Businesses have entered a “trough of disillusionment” for AI. In this Five-Minute Friday, Jon Krohn learns why Fortune 500 execs are so frustrated with the tools and how they can work their way up the “slope of enlightenment” towards effective AI. Hear why AI takeup hasn’t so far gone to plan in the corporate world and what that world needs from AI to encour ... Show More
Oct 7
929: Dragon Hatchling: The Missing Link Between Transformers and the Brain, with Adrian Kosowski
Breaking news: Jon Krohn welcomes Adrian Kosowski to the show to talk about the groundbreaking research happening at Pathway. Adrian and his team demonstrate how they have brought attention in AI closer to the way the brain functions, creating, in essence, a “massively parallel s ... Show More
1h 14m
Oct 3
928: The “Lethal Trifecta”: Can AI Agents Ever Be Safe?
Prompt injections, malicious code, and AI agents: In this week’s Five-Minute Friday, Jon Krohn looks into the current security weaknesses found in AI systems. A structural vulnerability that The Economist dubs a “lethal trifecta” could cause havoc for AI users, unless we take the ... Show More
5m 55s
Sep 30
927: Automating Code Review with AI, feat. CodeRabbit’s David Loker
Earlier this year, David Loker joined CodeRabbit as their Director of AI. As more people come to write code with the help of large language models, David believes CodeRabbit will become a helpful assistant for code reviewing and pull requests. He tells Jon Krohn how CodeRabbit as ... Show More
1h 19m
Jan 2025
Scaling AI: Why Your Path to Growth Requires Agentic AI
Are you ready for AI that doesn’t need instructions? And if AI shifts from being an order-taker to an order-maker, what does that mean for how we interact with it? Welcome to 2025! In this special New Year kickoff episode, we dive into the transformative power of Agentic AI, laun ... Show More
34m 34s
Sep 18
Why experts writing AI evals is creating the fastest-growing companies in history | Brendan Foody (CEO of Mercor)
Brendan Foody is the CEO and co-founder of Mercor, the fastest-growing company in history to go from $1M to $500M in revenue (in just 17 months!). At 22, he is also the youngest American unicorn founder ever. Mercor works with 6 of the Magnificent 7 and all top 5 AI labs to help ... Show More
1h 6m
Jun 2025
The AI Minded Path to Scalable and Responsible Innovation Across the Enterprise - with James Raybould of Turing Intelligence
Enterprise leaders are no longer asking if they should adopt AI — the question is how to do it effectively. In this episode, Emerj Editorial Director Matthew DeMello speaks with James Raybould, SVP and GM of Turing Intelligence at Turing, about what distinguishes successful enter ... Show More
31m 18s
Jan 2025
Synthesia’s AI Revolution: Behind the $2.1B Valuation and What It Means for Businesses
In this episode, we dive into Synthesia, the London-based AI startup that has taken the business world by storm with its cutting-edge video avatar technology. With $180M raised in Series D funding and a valuation of $2.1B, Synthesia is reshaping how enterprises create content, fr ... Show More
8m 57s
Jul 2023
Akooda Raises $11M to End Meetings Forever Using AI
In this episode, we delve into Akooda's recent $11 million funding round, aimed at revolutionizing corporate communication by leveraging AI to eliminate traditional meetings. Explore how their groundbreaking technology works, the potential impact on productivity, and the chal ... Show More
8m 23s
Sep 5
How to Be An AI Leader (According to OpenAI)
OpenAI has published a new leadership guide for executives, laying out five principles — align, activate, amplify, accelerate, and govern — designed to help organizations lead in the age of AI. This episode breaks down the most important lessons, the subtext behind OpenAI’s recom ... Show More
28m 11s