Model Mayhem, Nvidia Hugging Face, Pablo Torre Joins, New Data Center Designs
Hosts John Coogan and Jordi Hays break down the latest wave of AI model releases and Nvidia's $13 billion acquisition of Hugging Face before bringing on a series of guests. Investigative journalist Pablo Torre explains his reporting on Steve Ballmer's alleged salary-cap circumvention scheme with Kawhi Leonard, followed by founder interviews on enterprise AI, specialized hardware, space defense, and model training paradigms.
- Pocket scaled to 300,000 units sold after discovering test users recorded 10 times more often on physical hardware prototypes than on their original mobile app. Read →
- Frontier labs like OpenAI run the exact same reinforcement learning recipes as American and Chinese open-source teams. Read →
- Legacy orbital assets operate on predictable trajectories with fixed propellant reserves, resembling single-use vehicles discarded after their first tank of fuel. Read →
- Nvidia agreed to acquire Hugging Face for $12.93 billion, matching the decimal code of the hugging face emoji icon. Read →
- Investigative reporter Pablo Torre documented $48 million ($28 million in cash and $20 million in stock) routed to Kawhi Leonard outside the NBA salary cap. Read →
- Snowflake posted $1.49 billion in quarterly revenue, growing 37% year-over-year while rolling out AI products like Koko and Co-work. Read →