Irregular co-founder Dan Lahav is redefining what cybersecurity means in the age of autonomous AI. Working closely with OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google DeepMind, Dan, co-founder Omer Nevo and team are pioneering “frontier AI security”—a proactive approach to safeguarding systems where AI models act as independent agents.
Dan shares how emergent behaviors, ... Show More
Oct 20
Inside the Robot Data Factory: Mecka's Josh Gao on Sensorizing Humans to Train Robots
Robotics never got the internet's gift of free training data, so someone has to manufacture it. Josh Gao, founder and CEO of Mecka AI, runs one of the largest robot data factories, and he explains what that actually involves: custom baseball caps and tactile gloves because nothin ... Show More
45m 11s
Oct 6
Google's AI Infrastructure Chief, Amin Vahdat, on the Physics & Economics of Frontier AI
At 100,000-accelerator scale, something fails multiple times an hour, which is why Google's Chief Technologist for AI Infrastructure Amin Vahdat thinks FLOPS is a vanity metric. The metric that matters is what he calls goodput: the useful work a workload actually delivers through ... Show More
1h 4m
Oct 2023
AI Threats & Opportunities in Cyber Security With Material Security Co-Founder Ryan Noon
Cyber Security is going to change significantly in the era of AI, according to Ryan Noon, cofounder of Material Security, a security company that makes cloud-based Google and Microsoft email a safe place for sensitive data. Elad Gil and Ryan talk about how Material Security start ... Show More
36m 22s
Aug 2025
66: Using AI Agents at Work: Governance, Security, and Real-World Wins with Oren Michaels
Chris Daigle sits down with Oren Michaels, founder of Barndoor.ai, to explore the rise of AI agents in the workplace and why governance and security matter just as much as innovation. From defining what makes an AI agent different from ChatGPT, to tackling the risks of the new Mo ... Show More
57m 25s
Jul 2025
Machine-Scale Defense and the Future of Cybersecurity
Jeetu Patel, President and Chief Product Officer at Cisco, joins Ann on this week's episode of Afternoon Cyber Tea to explore how artificial intelligence is reshaping the cybersecurity landscape. Jeetu shares insights on the urgent need for machine-scale defenses, the potential f ... Show More
29m 50s
Oct 2025
The AI Augmented SOC: Balancing Technology, Talent, and Trust
In this episode, Dr. Dave Chatterjee speaks with Will Ledesma, Director of MDR Cybersecurity Operations at Adlumin, a veteran SOC leader and cyber defender with over two decades of experience in enterprise security and the U.S. Air Force Reserves. Ledesma shares his journey from ... Show More
40m 8s
Sep 2025
AI's Next Frontier: Privacy-Preserving Neural Networks
Jimmy Secretan, CTO of JustWin, explores the latest innovations in privacy-preserving neural networks, and explains how JustWin is leveraging AI to help small businesses win government contracts. He also explores the future directions of AI, and the impact of AI on user autonomy ... Show More
36m 44s