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Pioneers of AI

Pioneers of AI

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Show overview

Pioneers of AI has been publishing since 2024, and across the 2 years since has built a catalogue of 123 episodes, alongside 1 trailer or bonus episode. That works out to roughly 75 hours of audio in total. Releases follow a weekly cadence.

Episodes typically run thirty-five to sixty minutes — most land between 31 min and 39 min — and the run-time is fairly consistent across the catalogue. None of the episodes are flagged explicit by the publisher. It is catalogued as a EN-language Technology show.

The show is actively publishing — the most recent episode landed 2 days ago, with 45 episodes already out so far this year. The busiest year was 2025, with 61 episodes published. Published by WaitWhat.

Episodes
123
Running
2024–2026 · 2y
Median length
36 min
Cadence
Weekly

From the publisher

Pioneers of AI is your guide to the latest technological frontier. Each week, host Rana el Kaliouby (AI scientist, investor, author, co-founder of Affectiva) is joined by the leading creators, critics, and thinkers behind mind-blowing technology and asks the important questions about how artificial intelligence is changing the way we live. As we venture together into the unknown, Pioneers is your tool to understanding and anticipating what comes next.

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Rapid Response: When AI agents do your shopping, everything changes, with Shopify’s Jess Hertz

Sep 14, 202629 min

Zapier wants to be the AI hub where all your agents connect

Sep 9, 202635 min

Axios’ Ina Fried reads the AI fine print, so you don’t have to

Sep 2, 202635 min

Rapid Response: What the jobs report isn't telling you about AI & the workforce, with Upwork’s Hayden Brown

Aug 31, 202630 min

Government benefits are broken. Is AI the fix?

Aug 26, 202635 min

World Models: a trillion dollar opportunity

Aug 19, 202640 min

Rapid Response: OpenAI’s Critterz blowback — Director Nik Kleverov on year zero for Hollywood

Aug 17, 202631 min

Replay: Could a robot fix the loneliness epidemic?

Aug 12, 202630 min

The deep AI shifts that will reshape our lives

Aug 5, 202638 min

Why AI conversations are always one-sided

Jul 29, 202639 min

Rapid Response: The quiet reinvention of a $42b business, with Canva’s Cameron Adams

Jul 27, 202623 min

WorkLab: Culture, not tech, softens AI’s impact

Jul 22, 202622 min

Stanford’s Silicon Valley pipeline, investigated

Jul 15, 202632 min

What my kids taught me about the AI divide

Jul 8, 202646 min

AI on the pitch at The World Cup

Jul 1, 202632 min

Masters of Scale: IBM’s $10 billion bet on what comes after AI

Jun 29, 202641 min

Reid Hoffman says the AI race is not a cage match

Jun 24, 202635 min

What we risk losing to AI, w/ Natalie Monbiot

Jun 17, 202641 min

Rapid Response: The race no one can win: AI’s anti-human crisis, with Aza Raskin

Jun 15, 202639 min

Does AI know you better than your doctor? w/ Ōura CEO Tom Hale

Jun 10, 202640 min