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The MAD Podcast: Machine Learning, AI & Data with Matt Turck

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About the show

The MAD Podcast with Matt Turck is a leading AI podcast - deeply-researched but accessible conversations with the people building the AI revolution. Guests include frontier researchers from OpenAI, Anthropic, Google DeepMind and the new wave of AI labs; founders and CTOs of breakout AI startups (Vercel, LangChain, Granola, Legora); and leading analysts such as Benedict Evans and Dylan Patel. Matt is a General Partner at FirstMark and an active early-stage investor in AI startups. New episodes weekly, with full transcripts at mattturck.com/podcast.