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  • The power of storytelling in VCs, with Jeffrey Katzenberg and ChenLi Wang
    Sep 10 2025

    WndrCo is a venture capital firm that views storytelling as the foundation of every successful business, and for good reason. Its founding partner, Jeffrey Katzenberg, helped build DreamWorks into one of the most celebrated animation studios in the world. He is joined at the helm by ChenLi Wang, WndrCo’s managing partner and one of the earliest hires at Dropbox. Together, they sit down with Pioneers of AI to discuss how AI shapes their work, why storytelling is essential to building transformative companies, and WndrCo’s recent partnership with Kimbal Musk.

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    45 min
  • Replay: How AI is shaping the job market, with Hilke Schellmann
    Sep 3 2025

    This week, Pioneers of AI is bringing back one of our most thought-provoking conversations: How AI is transforming the job market. Hilke Schellmann, journalist and author of “The Algorithm,” has spent years diving into the impact of AI on who gets hired and moves up – or doesn’t. Revisit this episode where we talk about how and why she began reporting on AI and jobs, how AI has changed hiring, and how job seekers can leverage the technology to give them an edge.

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    31 min
  • Inside how The New York Times leverages AI
    Aug 27 2025

    For years, news organizations have walked a fine line between embracing new and emerging technologies and safeguarding their IP and content from those same technologies. The New York Times is no exception when it comes to its relationship with AI. Alex Hardiman, Chief Product Officer of The New York Times, is leading the storied news organization’s adoption of AI across the company. She also oversees NYT’s expanding portfolio of products, from NYT Cooking to Games. Hardiman joins Pioneers of AI to discuss the principles guiding the Times’ use of AI, how the organization develops and packages its products, and the enduring relevance of Wordle.

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    38 min
  • Back to school: How AI is transforming the classroom, with Sal Khan
    Aug 20 2025

    It’s back-to-school season and questions about how AI is changing the classroom are top of mind for parents, students, and teachers. Sal Khan, the founder of Khan Academy, an education platform that pioneered online learning, is one of the leading voices in the conversation about how AI is shaping education. He joins Pioneers of AI to discuss how AI can free teachers to connect more deeply with their students, how personalized AI tutors can enhance learning, and how both teachers and students can navigate the challenges of cheating.

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    42 min
  • Can artists and AI coexist?
    Aug 13 2025

    Award-winning visual artist Shantell Martin has made a name for herself through her signature black-line, graphic drawings that have scaled gallery walls and traced paths across Times Square. She's collaborated with iconic brands like Tiffany & Co, as well as leading artists like Kendrick Lamar. For the past ten years, Martin has also been at the forefront of integrating AI into her process. On this Pioneers of AI episode, we explore what creative control looks like in the age of AI, how AI can unlock new potential for artists, and why we need AI-enabled solutions to protect artists' IP.

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    39 min
  • Does OpenAI’s new model deliver on the hype? Inside GPT-5 with Jeremy Kahn
    Aug 9 2025

    OpenAI has released the latest iteration of its flagship product, GPT-5. It arrives after much anticipation, but does it live up to the hype? Jeremy Khan, AI Editor at Fortune, returns to the show to break down what this new model can do. We’ll explore how it performs compared to past iterations, what OpenAI decided to improve and why, and what GPT-5 means for the AI giant’s future.

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    23 min
  • Possible: Alexis Ohanian on the future of online and offline communities
    Aug 6 2025

    How do we build products and platforms that support a healthy, prosperous future? What will it take to “make the internet fun again?” Should kids be using AI? This week, serial entrepreneur and investor Alexis Ohanian—who co-founded Reddit two decades ago and is currently working to reinvent the social news aggregator Digg—joins Reid and Aria to talk about (re)building online and offline communities in the age of AI. They hear from Alexis on his recent bid for U.S. TikTok, the startups and women’s sports ventures he’s backing through his VC firm Seven Seven Six, and his approach to raising AI-forward daughters with his wife, tennis legend Serena Williams.

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    54 min
  • How Writer is helping Fortune 500 companies become AI-forward
    Jul 30 2025

    As AI becomes a bigger part of the modern workplace, more companies are integrating agents into their workflows, redefining how employees and technology collaborate. At the forefront of this shift is Writer, a company deploying AI agents to take on time consuming tasks, from analyzing customer feedback to drafting business proposals. In this episode of Pioneers of AI, Writer’s co-founder and CEO May Habib joins us to explore the rise of human-AI collaboration, why Writer built its own foundational model, and how she’s leading one of Silicon Valley’s most disruptive AI companies.

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    33 min