The Superintelligence Podcast

The Superintelligence Podcast

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The Superintelligence Podcast episodes

  • NVIDIA’s Quantum Computing Strategy | Sam Stanwyck

    What role do GPUs and AI play in quantum computing? Sam Stanwyck, who leads NVIDIA’s quantum computing product team, joins Kim Isenberg at ISC for The Superintelligence Podcast.


    They discuss CUDA-Q, simulation, control, error correction and systems that combine classical and quantum processors. Sam explains NVIDIA’s focus on the infrastructure around quantum computers and considers where useful applications in chemistry, materials and scientific research might emerge.


    Watch this interview: https://youtu.be/4d9fclrraMc


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    20 min
  • Notion’s AI Agent Workspace | Co-Founder Akshay Kothari

    Notion co-founder Akshay Kothari joins Kim Isenberg and Peter Thum on The Superintelligence Podcast to discuss how people, code and AI agents could work together in the same workspace.


    They explore Notion’s template ecosystem, Notion Workers, internal agents such as “Smilers,” and the choice between different AI models. Akshay discusses automating routine work while retaining human judgment, maintaining useful knowledge bases and sharing specialized agents across an organization.


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    55 min
  • Open Models and Local AI | Google DeepMind

    Google DeepMind’s Omar Sanseviero and Paige Bailey join Kim Isenberg at Google I/O for The Superintelligence Podcast to discuss open models and AI that runs locally.


    They examine the role of developer communities, how model releases translate into real products, and how competition from China is influencing the wider AI ecosystem. The conversation considers the choices developers face between local inference, open models and closed systems.


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    28 min
  • Open AI Video and Local Inference | LTX CEO Zeev Farbman

    Zeev Farbman, CEO and co-founder of Lightricks/LTX, joins Kim Isenberg on The Superintelligence Podcast to discuss open AI video models and creative workflows that run locally.


    He explains LTX’s focus on open weights, efficient models and NVIDIA GPUs, and discusses the trade-offs of closed APIs. They also examine Lightricks’ restructuring, competition with Big Tech and Farbman’s longer-term vision for AI models as an alternative to traditional rendering engines.


    Learn more about LTX: https://ltx.io/


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    43 min
  • Can AI Fix Meeting Scheduling? | SkipUp’s Co-Founders

    SkipUp co-founders Dheer and Sasha join Kim Isenberg on The Superintelligence Podcast to discuss the work behind booking a meeting and their approach to an AI scheduling agent.


    They explain how the agent operates inside email threads, proposes times across calendars and time zones, follows up and books meetings. The conversation compares this approach with booking-link tools, explores the business cost of missed meetings and covers how a small team built the product.


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    Watch on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@Superintel-daily

    44 min
  • AI for Drug Discovery and Materials | SandboxAQ’s Nadia Harhen

    How can quantitative AI models help researchers study molecules and materials? Nadia Harhen, General Manager of AI Simulation at SandboxAQ, joins Kim Isenberg on The Superintelligence Podcast.


    She explains Large Quantitative Models (LQMs), how they differ from language models, and their potential applications in drug discovery, battery chemistry and materials research. They also discuss the limits of AI in drug development, SandboxAQ’s work with Aramco and Harhen’s path from laboratory science to AI simulation.


    More interviews and the Superintelligence newsletter: https://getsuperintel.com

    Watch on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@Superintel-daily

    21 min
  • Inside Nemotron | NVIDIA’s Kari Briski

    NVIDIA’s Kari Briski joins Kim Isenberg at GTC 2026 on The Superintelligence Podcast to discuss Nemotron 3 Super and NVIDIA’s approach to enterprise AI.


    They examine the model’s hybrid Mamba-2, Transformer and mixture-of-experts architecture, its long context window and the released training recipe. Kari also discusses the Nemotron Coalition and the direction of NVIDIA’s open-model ecosystem.


    More interviews and the Superintelligence newsletter: https://getsuperintel.com

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    20 min

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Kim Isenberg and Peter Thum talk with the founders, researchers and business leaders building AI, robotics and the technology around them.


We ask how their products work, what…