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2,077 episodes across 48 shows cover AI & machine learning. The shows that cover it most are Embedded.fm, EE Times Current and IoT For All Podcast. The most recent, from 14 Oct 2026, is “Designing for Joy: Finding Meaning in Industrial Design with Daniela Garcia | S3E04” from Designing in the Wild.
AI in products (edge AI, computer vision) and AI used to design, build or run the business, including AI tooling for engineers.
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AI Detection with Max Spero
Max Spero, founder and CEO of Pangram, joins Bryan Cantrill and Adam Leventhal to discuss the technology and societal implications of AI detection. They analyze the recent Stanley Druckenmiller Wall Street Journal op-ed as a watershed…
Live Recording: the Missing Data for Physical AI
Eduardo Torrealba of Lumafield, Vikram Pavate of Tacta Systems, and Pari Singh of Flow Engineering discuss how physical AI is bottlenecked by the lack of specific, non-public data. They argue that while software AI thrives on open internet…
The Open Weight Revolution with Simon Willison
Simon Willison joins Bryan Cantrill and Adam Leventhal to discuss the recent Hugging Face security incident, where an OpenAI model exploited a zero-day to break out of its sandbox, and the rise of frontier-class open-weight models like…
BONUS: AI in Manufacturing: What’s Broken, What’s Working, and How Manufacturers Can Succeed with AI featuring PTC's Joseph June
Joseph June, Head of AI Strategy at PTC, explains that manufacturers fail when they go too broad with AI, advocating instead for a 'production data foundation' focused on decision-making patterns rather than just volume. He argues that the…
#464: Why LLM Unpredictability is a Liability in MedTech
Tyler Harmon, CEO of Iaso Automated Medical Systems, explains why the inherent randomness in Large Language Models (LLMs) makes them unsuitable for safety-critical medical devices compared to deterministic algorithms like Convolutional…
Trust at Scale: The Next Challenge for AI-Driven Semiconductor Development
Dr. Jim Shiely, Chief of Staff for Calibre Semiconductor R&D at Siemens EDA, discusses the 'trust bottleneck' emerging in semiconductor development as AI becomes embedded in engineering workflows. He explains that while AI accelerates…
Beyond Automation: Self-Verifying AI Agents for Semiconductor and PCB Design
Amit Gupta, Chief AI Strategy Officer at Siemens EDA, and Tim Costa, VP and GM of Industrial and Computational Engineering at NVIDIA, discuss their collaboration to build self-verifying AI agents for semiconductor and PCB design. They…
Moving From Generative to Physical AI on the Manufacturing Floor w/ Etienne Lacroix
Etienne Lacroix, Founder and CEO of Vention, discusses the transition from generative AI to 'physical AI' on the manufacturing floor, defining it as injecting AI code into embodied systems like robots to achieve autonomy. He identifies bin…
This Old Repo: LLMs and the Restoration of BattleTris
Bryan Cantrill and Adam Leventhal discuss using LLMs, specifically Claude, to restore BattleTris, a networked Tetris clone Bryan developed in 1993. They detail the process of getting the legacy C++ code to compile and run on modern Linux…
How Quality and Innovation Roles are Changing in Data-Rich Manufacturing Environments w/ Daniel First
Daniel First, founder and CEO of Axion, explains how AI is transforming quality and innovation roles in manufacturing by turning overwhelming streams of customer, device, and service data into actionable insights. He argues that quality…
BONUS: Purpose-Built AI for Manufacturing: How AI Agents Are Transforming Workflows on the Factory Floor with Apprentice CEO Angelo Stracquatanio
Angelo Stracquatanio, CEO of Apprentice, explains how his company evolved from a 2014 startup solving pharmaceutical paper-based workflows to launching A1, an AI agent platform for manufacturing. He details the 'Predict and Prepare'…
#458: What the FDA Actually Says About AI in Medical Devices
Etienne Nichols explains how the FDA's adoption of its internal AI tool, Elsa, signals that AI in medical devices is a regulated reality requiring strict adherence to new standards. He argues that companies should view AI like electricity…
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AI in Computer Science Education
Brown University computer science professors Shriram Krishnamurthi and Kathi Fisler discuss their experimental 'AgenTic Studio' course, which integrates agentic programming tools like Claude into the curriculum. They detail their…
Hands-on Physical AI with Kevin Cloutier
Kevin Cloutier, North American Lead for Physical AI at a global engineering consulting firm, explains the transition from legacy, statically programmed industrial robots to modern systems using imitation learning and 'Physical AI.' He…
Building Real-Time Voice AI Experiences | Agora's Patrick Ferriter | Internet of Things Podcast
Patrick Ferriter, SVP of Product at Agora, discusses the architecture and challenges of building real-time voice AI for physical devices, such as AI companions and plush toys. He explains how Agora’s SD-RTN network and orchestration layer…
Are LLMs Insufficently Lazy?
Bryan Cantrill and Adam Leventhal of Oxide Computer Company are joined by software engineer Gregoirein to critique Y Combinator CEO Garry Tan’s claim of writing 37,000 lines of code daily using LLMs. Gregoirein used Claude to audit Tan’s…
Will Photonics Loosen the Bottlenecks in Neural Systems?
Dr. Patty Stabile of Eindhoven University of Technology explains her all-optical neuromorphic computing architecture using semiconductor optical amplifiers and wavelength division multiplexing to achieve ultra-low latency processing…
The Future of AI-Powered Public Safety | Jabil's Yanshi Tao | Internet of Things Podcast
Yanshi Tao, VP of Public Safety & Vision Systems at Jabil, discusses the shift from traditional CCTV surveillance to 'physical AI' ecosystems that integrate drones, body cams, and UGVs for autonomous public safety responses. He explains…
Why Traditional Robotics Data Collection Is Obsolete and What Replaces It
Eric Chan, chief scientist and co-founder of Rhoda AI, explains the company's Direct Video Action (DVA) model, which uses internet video data to train robots for zero-shot learning. Chan contrasts this approach with traditional…
B2S Operators — Structured AI | The 3D QA Agent
Raymond Zhao and Ben Remy of Structured AI explain how they are building an AI-native quality assurance layer for construction, using agents to read complex Revit models and 2D drawings to find design clashes and code violations. They…
Can AI Design IoT Hardware? | Flux's Matthias Wagner | Internet of Things Podcast
Matthias Wagner, Founder and CEO of Flux, explains how his company uses agentic AI to democratize PCB design, allowing non-engineers to create hardware via natural language prompts. He discusses the historical bottlenecks of hardware…
Ep. 20: The Future of Emotional Intelligence: A Conversation with Blueskeye Co-Founder Michael Valstar
Michael Valstar, Co-Founder and Scientific Officer at Blueskeye AI, discusses the integration of emotional intelligence into robotics, focusing on facial expression and voice analysis for healthcare and automotive applications. He explains…
EP 192: Talking Apple Silicon with Apple's Tom Boger, Kaiann Drance, and Sri Santhanam
Tom Boger, Kaiann Drance, and Sri Santhanam from Apple discuss the transition to 2-nanometer process technology across the A20 Pro and M-series chips, highlighting the shift to a dual neural engine and unified memory architecture. They…
Engineering Rigor in the LLM Age
Bryan Cantrill, Adam Leventhal, Rain Paharia, and David Crespo of Oxide Computer Company discuss using LLMs like Claude Code and Opus 4.5 to increase engineering rigor rather than just velocity. They share specific examples of using AI to…
359 - The most interesting way AI is disrupting packaging design with Andy Kurtts from Buttermilk Creative
Andy Kurtts, founder of Buttermilk Creative, explains how 'agentic shoppers'—AI tools that autonomously select products based on user intent—are disrupting packaging design by requiring brands to optimize copy and visual claims across all…
Inside a Multi-$Billion IP Engine Driving IC and EDA Innovations
John Koeter, Senior Vice President of IP at Synopsys, discusses the evolution of semiconductor intellectual property, the shift to multi-die chiplet architectures, and the transformative role of AI in chip design. He details Synopsys'…
Live for Your Drive
Hosts Matt Perrott and Scott Wilcox discuss the economic shift from 'token maxing' to LLM routing as open-source models like Kimi close the gap on frontier labs. They explore the emerging HR challenges of employee token spend, the mobile…
When Production Overtakes Prototyping: Materialise’s Next Phase of AM
Bart van der Schuren, CTO of Materialise, explains how the company transitioned from a 1995 service bureau to a production powerhouse, recently surpassing prototyping with serial manufacturing. He details the three pillars of…
AI PCB Routing Without the Epic Fails: Inside DeepPCB
Alain-Sam Cohen and Nabil Chouba of InstaDeep’s DeepPCB explain how their reinforcement-learning routing engine, paired with the natural-language orchestrator Cooper, detects design intent like net classes and impedance before routing…
TDD: The Hard Parts - Getting Started with Test-Driven Development
Jeff Gable and Luca Ingianni discuss the practical challenges of adopting Test-Driven Development (TDD) in embedded software, specifically addressing the difficulty of starting with a blank screen. They outline a process that begins with…
How AI is changing weather forecasting
Peter Battaglia, senior director of research at Google DeepMind’s sustainability program, explains how AI models like transformers and graph neural networks are improving weather forecasting by capturing complex spatial dependencies that…
Shell Game with Evan Ratliff
Evan Ratliff, journalist and creator of the podcast Shell Game, joins Bryan Cantrill and Adam Leventhal to discuss his experiment building a company staffed entirely by agentic AI. Ratliff details the operational chaos, including agents…
Building robots that survive the warehouse
Josh Cloer, General Manager for North America at No Magic, explains how the company applies 'physical AI' and vision-language-action (VLA) models to warehouse each-picking and recovery workflows. He emphasizes that No Magic’s competitive…
AI PCB Design: Turning a 100-Page Spec Into an MCU Shortlist
Marco Witzmann, Head of Requirements Portal at Altium, demonstrates the new AI-powered engineering assistant within the Altium Requirements Portal, formerly known as Requirements Manager. He walks through a live demo of converting a…
#443: Generative AI in MedTech: Quality, Risks, and the Autonomy Scale with Ashkon Rasooli
Ashkon Rasooli, founder of Ingenious Solutions and a specialist in Software as a Medical Device (SaMD), discusses the unique quality assurance challenges of generative AI in the medical device industry. He explains that unlike traditional…
#441: ICYMI (In Case You Missed It!) How Artificial Intelligence is Impacting the MedTech Industry
Ashkon Rasooli, a biomedical engineer and quality management expert, discusses the integration of AI in the medical device industry, highlighting the fundamental difference between deterministic software and statistical AI models. He…
248. Xometry’s Oscar Lovera & How AI Is Rebuilding Manufacturing
Oscar Lovera, COO at Xometry, explains how the AI-powered manufacturing marketplace is digitizing the sourcing of custom parts by integrating design, quoting, and manufacturability feedback into a single workflow. He discusses the shift…
Predictions 2026!!
Bryan Cantrill and Adam Leventhal of Oxide Computer Company host a predictions episode with Simon Willison, Steve Klabnik, and Ian Grunert, reviewing past forecasts and speculating on the next 1, 3, and 6 years. The group discusses the…
#439: MedTech AI Trends 2025: Scaling Regulatory Intelligence with Michelle Wu
Michelle Wu, Founder and CEO of Nyquist AI, discusses the transformative impact of AI on the MedTech regulatory and quality assurance (RAQA) industry. She outlines the shift from AI skepticism to necessity, driven by the FDA’s ELSA…
The Abundance Stack
Matt Perrott, founder of construction company W and accelerator WVC, and Scott Wilcox, founder of software company Bill Pass, discuss the convergence of AI, robotics, and physical labor. They propose a 'world model' for business where AI…
Inside a $300 million bet on AI for physical R&D
Ekin Dogus Cubuk, co-founder of Periodic Labs, explains how his company combines frontier AI models with automated physical labs to accelerate materials discovery. Cubuk argues that recent advances in reasoning models like OpenAI's O1 and…
Deep Dive into Arm’s Physical AI and Robotics Strategies with Drew Henry
Drew Henry, Executive Vice President of Arm’s Physical AI business unit, explains how Arm is shifting from component-level design to system-level architecture for robotics and autonomous vehicles. He details the critical engineering…
AI Update in Additive Manufacturing: Design, Process, Workforce and Industry impact
Duann Scott, founder of CDFAM and executive director of the 3MF Consortium, discusses the evolution of AI in additive manufacturing, moving from hype to practical tools like the Raven plugin for Rhino/Grasshopper. He highlights the…
265: How SMB Manufacturers Can Leverage AI, Live from Waukesha County Technical College
Dr. Richard Barnhouse, President of Waukesha County Technical College (WCTC), joins Amanda Payne of the Waukesha County Business Alliance, Guido Mazza of ITER IDEA, and student Caleb Bryant for a live roundtable on applying AI in…
352 - Are you ready to see the next revolution in packaging testing?!? Ankit Dhawan from Blue-Pill.ai
Ankit Dhawan, founder of Bluepill.ai, explains how his software uses AI-driven digital twins to simulate consumer behavior for packaging testing, reducing costs from $15,000–$25,000 and weeks of time to under ten minutes. During a live…
514: Just Turn Off All the Computers
Philip Koopman, a retired Carnegie Mellon University professor and author of 'Embodied AI Safety: Reimagining safety engineering for artificial intelligence in physical systems,' discusses the critical safety, security, and legal…
239. The Saucies: 2025 Recap & TNB Turns Five!
The hosts of The Next Byte Podcast celebrate the show's 5th anniversary and recap their 2025 favorites, highlighting nine key episodes ranging from sustainable recycling to AI-driven manufacturing. They discuss Georgia Tech's research on…
EP 147: Talking All Things AI with Benedict Evans
Benedict Evans, a technology analyst and author, discusses the current state of AI with hosts Ben Bajarin and Jay Goldberg, comparing the industry's early uncertainty to the internet in 1997. Evans argues that while general-purpose models…
Code-Based PCB Design with AI: Inside atopile
Ioannis Papamanoglou and Narayan Powderly, co-founders of atopile, explain their code-based, AI-driven approach to PCB design, arguing that hardware has lagged behind software in tooling automation. They discuss how capturing engineering…
BONUS: How Manufacturers Should Prepare for an AI Implementation featuring CADDi's Aaron Lober
Aaron Lober, VP of Marketing at CADDi, discusses how manufacturers can realistically prepare for AI implementation, emphasizing that companies should start by identifying specific use cases rather than chasing trends. He explains that…