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"It happened due to greed and corruption": 21 years after the tragic fire at the Argentine nightclub CromañónFrom 🇦🇷 Cara o Ceca, published at 2025-12-30 17:31
It is about the catastrophe at the Buenos Aires nightclub on the night of December 30, 2004, which left 194 dead and around 1,500 injured; the event had strong political and social repercussions. In 'Cara o Ceca' (Heads or Tails), we spoke with Nilda Gómez, president of the Families for Life Association and mother of Mariano Benítez, one of the victims of the tragedy. "The pain is permanent and searing, it's something that cannot be changed. When one commemorates this date, everything that happened resurfaces," she said. "My son was 20 years old when he died. The moment they handed me his body was horrible. It was very difficult for me to put myself back together. It was a fierce struggle; we took over the Government House of the City of Buenos Aires and then the Legislature to get justice," she added. "We are alone in this fight. There was never a solution from any government. Cromañón happened due to greed and corruption," she concluded.
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How to prepare yourself for 2026 (with 3 lessons from TED-Ed)From 🇺🇸 TED Talks Daily, published at 2025-12-30 16:00
The end of the year is a time to reflect and think ahead. What hopes did you have for 2025, and what might be different for 2026? In this special episode, learn from three TED-Ed lessons on how to overcome your mistakes, make smarter decisions and get motivated even when you don’t feel like it. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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[State of RL/Reasoning] IMO/IOI Gold, OpenAI o3/GPT-5, and Cursor Composer — Ashvin Nair, CursorFrom 🇺🇸 Latent Space: The AI Engineer Podcast, published at 2025-12-30 15:59
From Berkeley robotics and OpenAI's 2017 Dota-era internship to shipping RL breakthroughs on GPT-4o, o1, and o3, and now leading model development at Cursor, Ashvin Nair has done it all. We caught up with Ashvin at NeurIPS 2025 to dig into the inside story of OpenAI's reasoning team (spoiler: it went from a dozen people to 300+), why IOI Gold felt reachable in 2022 but somehow didn't change the world when o1 actually achieved it, how RL doesn't generalize beyond the training distribution (and why that means you need to bring economically useful tasks into distribution by co-designing products and models), the deeper lessons from the RL research era (2017–2022) and why most of it didn't pan out because the community overfitted to benchmarks, how Cursor is uniquely positioned to do continual learning at scale with policy updates every two hours and product-model co-design that keeps engineers in the loop instead of context-switching into ADHD hell, and his bet that the next paradigm shift is continual learning with infinite memory—where models experience something once (a bug, a mistake, a user pattern) and never forget it, storing millions of deployment tokens in weights without overloading capacity. We discuss: Ashvin's path: Berkeley robotics PhD → OpenAI 2017 intern (Dota era) → o1/o3 reasoning team → Cursor ML lead in three months Why robotics people are the most grounded at NeurIPS (they work with the real world) and simulation people are the most unhinged (Lex Fridman's take) The IOI Gold paradox: "If you told me we'd achieve IOI Gold in 2022, I'd assume we could all go on vacation—AI solved, no point working anymore. But life is still the same." The RL research era (2017–2022) and why most of it didn't pan out: overfitting to benchmarks, too many implicit knobs to tune, and the community rewarding complex ideas over simple ones that generalize Inside the o1 origin story: a dozen people, conviction from Ilya and Jakob Pachocki that RL would work, small-scale prototypes producing "surprisingly accurate reasoning traces" on math, and first-principles belief that scaled The reasoning team grew from ~12 to 300+ people as o1 became a product and safety, tooling, and deployment scaled up Why Cursor is uniquely positioned for continual learning: policy updates every two hours (online RL on tab), product and ML sitting next to each other, and the entire software engineering workflow (code, logs, debugging, DataDog) living in the product Composer as the start of product-model co-design: smart enough to use, fast enough to stay in the loop, and built by a 20–25 person ML team with high-taste co-founders who code daily The next paradigm shift: continual learning with infinite memory—models that experience something once (a bug, a user mistake) and store it in weights forever, learning from millions of deployment tokens without overloading capacity (trillions of pretraining tokens = plenty of room) Why off-policy RL is unstable (Ashvin's favorite interview question) and why Cursor does two-day work trials instead of whiteboard interviews The vision: automate software engineering as a process (not just answering prompts), co-design products so the entire workflow (write code, check logs, debug, iterate) is in-distribution for RL, and make models that never make the same mistake twice — Ashvin Nair Cursor: https://cursor.com X: https://x.com/ashvinnair_ Chapters 00:00:00 Introduction: From Robotics to Cursor via OpenAI 00:01:58 The Robotics to LLM Agent Transition: Why Code Won 00:09:11 RL Research Winter and Academic Overfitting 00:11:45 The Scaling Era and Moving Goalposts: IOI Gold Doesn't Mean AGI 00:21:30 OpenAI's Reasoning Journey: From Codex to O1 00:20:03 The Blip: Thanksgiving 2023 and OpenAI Governance 00:22:39 RL for Reasoning: The O-Series Conviction and Scaling 00:25:47 O1 to O3: Smooth Internal Progress vs External Hype Cycles 00:33:07 Why Cursor: Co-Designing Products and Models for Real Work 00:34:14 Composer and the Future: Online Learning Every Two Hours 00:35:15 Continual Learning: The Missing Paradigm Shift 00:44:00 Hiring at Cursor and Why Off-Policy RL is Unstable
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Imran Khan vs Wasim Akram - Greatest Pakistani Cricketer ever debate - Behram Qazi - #TPE 498From 🇵🇰 The Pakistan Experience, published at 2025-12-30 15:44
Chapters:0:00 Introduction and the book5:00 Zohran Mamdani9:40 Single greatest sporting achievement in Pakistan14:00 Was Shahid Afridi more popular than Imran Khan?23:53 Wasim Akram vs Imran Khan - Greatest Cricketer36:06 Wasim Akram as a captain and Africi's World Cup40:00 Match Factor and Subjectivity 47:00 Babar Azam 48:20 T20 World Cup XI and the Pakistan Cricket TeamThe Pakistan Experience is an independently produced podcast looking to tell stories about Pakistan through conversations. Please consider supporting us on Patreon:https://www.patreon.com/thepakistanexperienceTo support the channel:Jazzcash/Easypaisa - 0325 -2982912Patreon.com/thepakistanexperienceAnd Please stay in touch:https://twitter.com/ThePakistanExp1https://www.facebook.com/thepakistanexperiencehttps://instagram.com/thepakistanexpeperienceThe podcast is hosted by comedian and writer, Shehzad Ghias Shaikh. Shehzad is a Fulbright scholar with a Masters in Theatre from Brooklyn College. He is also one of the foremost Stand-up comedians in Pakistan and frequently writes for numerous publications. Instagram.com/shehzadghiasshaikhFacebook.com/Shehzadghias/Twitter.com/shehzad89Join this channel to get access to perks:https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC44l9XMwecN5nSgIF2Dvivg/join
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The Most Hidden Path to Financial Freedom in AmericaFrom 🇺🇸 My First Million, published at 2025-12-30 14:58
Get 200 business ideas here: https://clickhubspot.com/fda Episode 779: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talk to Alex Smereczniak( https://x.com/AlexfromFranzy ) about one of the most overlooked paths to wealth creation. Show Notes: (0:00) Intro (2:21) Turning $2K into $400K revenue (8:48) A case for franchising (10:56) The blueprint (16:02) How one operator opened 100 franchises (23:43) Another Nine (30:19) Waterloo Turf (33:47) PopUp Bagels (36:36) Red Flags (41:10) Nothing Bundt Cakes, Crumbl Cookie, home services (46:06) Garage Kings (50:15) Senior care (51:52) Funeral homes, crime scene clean up, pet cremation (55:24) Red flags (1:02:21) The Flynn Group — Links: • Franzy - https://franzy.com/ • List of Top Franchise Brands - https://go.franzy.com/download-franzys-top-ten-franchises-of-2026 • WakeWash - https://wakewashwfu.com/ • Dave’s Hot Chicken - https://daveshotchicken.com/ • Another Nine - https://anothernine.com/ • Waterloo Turf - https://waterlooturf.com/ • PopUp Bagels - https://www.popupbagels.com/ • Roark Capital - https://www.roarkcapital.com/ • Nothing Bundt Cakes - https://www.nothingbundtcakes.com/ • Benjamin Franklin Plumbing - https://www.benjaminfranklinplumbing.com/ • Garage Kings - https://garagekings.com/ • Bio 1 - https://bio1sd.com/ • Aftermath - https://aftermath.com/ • Flynn Group - https://flynn.com/ — Check Out Shaan's Stuff: • Shaan's weekly email - https://www.shaanpuri.com • Visit https://www.somewhere.com/mfm to hire worldwide talent like Shaan and get $500 off for being an MFM listener. Hire developers, assistants, marketing pros, sales teams and more for 80% less than US equivalents. • Mercury - Need a bank for your company? Go check out Mercury (mercury.com). Shaan uses it for all of his companies! Mercury is a financial technology company, not an FDIC-insured bank. Banking services provided by Choice Financial Group, Column, N.A., and Evolve Bank & Trust, Members FDIC — Check Out Sam's Stuff: • Hampton - https://www.joinhampton.com/ • Ideation Bootcamp - https://www.ideationbootcamp.co/ • Copy That - https://copythat.com • Hampton Wealth Survey - https://joinhampton.com/wealth • Sam’s List - http://samslist.co/ My First Million is a HubSpot Original Podcast // Brought to you by HubSpot Media // Production by Arie Desormeaux // Editing by Ezra Bakker Trupiano //
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253. Top 10: The Best Communication Tips from 2025From 🇺🇸 Think Fast Talk Smart: Communication Techniques, published at 2025-12-30 14:00
Our 10 favorite communication insights from 2025.The most transformative communication insights are the ones we actually remember to use. That’s why host Matt Abrahams is taking stock of his favorite communication tips from this year, so we can carry them into the next.In this annual Think Fast, Talk Smart tradition, Abrahams shares his top 10 communication insights from guests over the past year, from facilitating connection through Gina Bianchini's "proactive serendipity” to Jenn Wynn’s use of dialogue as a gateway to synergy. Whether you're looking to build trust, boost productivity, or speak more spontaneously, this year’s top 10 insights offer a reminder of all we’ve learned this year — and a roadmap for better communication in the year ahead.Episode Reference Links:Ep.177 Don’t Resolve, Evolve: Top 10 Lessons From 2024Ep.120 A Few of Matt’s Favorite Things: 10 Communication Takeaways from 2023's TFTS Episodes Connect:Premium Signup >>>> Think Fast Talk Smart PremiumEmail Questions & Feedback >>> [email protected] Transcripts >>> Think Fast Talk Smart WebsiteNewsletter Signup + English Language Learning >>> FasterSmarter.ioThink Fast Talk Smart >>> LinkedIn, Instagram, YouTubeMatt Abrahams >>> LinkedInChapters:(00:00) - Introduction (03:22) - Facilitation and Productive Serendipity (04:57) - Toxic vs. Healthy Productivity (07:20) - Dialogue as the Path to Synergy (09:52) - How Actions Build Trust (11:18) - Communication as an Unselfish Act (13:13) - Be Present and Prepare to Be Spontaneous (15:18) - Why Memorable Words Matter (18:27) - Persuasion and Identity (20:16) - Finding Meaning Through Purpose (22:11) - Listening to Negative Emotions (24:28) - Conclusion ********This episode is sponsored by Virtual Speech. Visit virtualspeech.com to learn how AI-powered learning can transform your team.Join our Think Fast Talk Smart Learning Community and become the communicator you want to be.
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I traverse the night aloneFrom 🇪🇬 Eib | عيب, published at 2025-12-30 13:00
In this episode, writer Wafaa Khairy shares her experience of walking at night in several cities, starting from Sohag city, in Upper Egypt, passing through Cairo, Beirut, and Amsterdam. We learn about her inner feelings in these experiences, and whether her fear of walking at night can intersect with other women and vulnerable groups in Egyptian and Arab society?
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How to Manage -- and Motivate -- Gen ZFrom 🇺🇸 HBR IdeaCast, published at 2025-12-30 13:00
How different is the newest generation in the workforce, really? While stereotypes abound — some of them unfair — it’s important to understand what the young adults of Gen Z have in common and how they differ from Millennials, Gen X and Boomers. Tim Elmore is a leadership coach and author who says that this generation in particular craves connection with their colleagues, meaningful work, and assurances that they’re seen as people not commodities. He explains how organizational leaders can adapt to the needs of these workers while still maintaining high standards, providing feedback, and building grit and resilience. Elmore wrote the book "The Future Begins with Z: Nine Strategies to Lead Generation Z as They Disrupt the Workplace."
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7 Podcasts: Easy Health Care Anyone Can Start | MM Podcast LongplayFrom 🇹🇭 Mission To The Moon, published at 2025-12-30 13:00
Good health doesn't have to start with something grand. Just understand your body better: how to eat for longevity, how to sleep to wake up refreshed, what exercise suits your age, or even listening to the small signals your body gives you every day. We have compiled 7 podcasts that discuss health in an easy-to-understand, enjoyable, and practical way, covering everything from fundamental basics often overlooked to topics like the brain, hormones, and self-care in your 50s+. #Health #missiontothemoon #missiontothemoonpodcast
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PIANO PULSE Ep 72 | The 2025 Amapiano Wrapped Show, Top 3 Categories & Biggest ScandalsFrom 🇿🇦 MacG's Podcast & Chill, published at 2025-12-30 12:45
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The Wirecutter Show: Tips for Using A.I. Smartly With Kevin RooseFrom 🇺🇸 Hard Fork, published at 2025-12-30 12:00
If you’ve ever wondered what chatbots are good for and how best to use them, this episode is for you.
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Korea 24 - 2025.12.30From 🇰🇷 Korea 24, published at 2025-12-30 12:00
Korea 24 is a daily current affairs show that covers all the biggest stories coming out of South Korea. Every weekday, Korea 24 brings you the latest news updates, as well as in-depth analysis on the most important issues with experts and special guests, providing comprehensive insight into the events on the peninsula.
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Justice before the swamp of footballFrom 🇦🇷 Carlos Pagni en Odisea Argentina, published at 2025-12-30 11:21
Carlos Pagni's analysis on Odisea Argentina aired on LN+ on December 29, 2025.
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Why a16z's Martin Casado Believes the AI Boom Still Has Years to RunFrom 🇺🇸 a16z Podcast, published at 2025-12-30 11:00
This episode is a special replay from The Generalist Podcast, featuring a conversation with a16z General Partner Martin Casado. Martin has lived through multiple tech waves as a founder, researcher, and investor, and in this discussion he shares how he thinks about the AI boom, why he believes we’re still early in the cycle, and how a market-first lens shapes his approach to investing. They also dig into the mechanics behind the scenes: why AI coding could become a multi-trillion-dollar market, how a16z evolved from a small generalist firm into a specialized organization, the growing role of open-source models, and why Martin believes AGI debates often obscure more meaningful questions about how technology actually creates value.
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Pioneers of AI: Mark Cuban’s investment strategy in this new era of techFrom 🇺🇸 Masters of Scale, published at 2025-12-30 10:00
Mark Cuban has spent decades as a serial entrepreneur and investor, with one of the best track records on the planet (including celebrity status on ABC’s Shark Tank). In this episode of Pioneers of AI, Cuban joins host Rana El Kaliouby for a wide-ranging conversation about whether we are in an AI bubble, how he’s applying his investment philosophy to AI, and why the AI world is tending to excite him less and less each day.Learn more about Pioneers of AI: http://pioneersof.ai/Visit the Rapid Response website here: https://www.rapidresponseshow.com/See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
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Cannibal tribes, chimpanzees, lions... He photographs extremely rare moments and animals.From 🇫🇷 LEGEND, published at 2025-12-30 10:00
Thanks to JC Pieri for coming to share his story in LEGEND Story.JC is a photographer specializing in wildlife photography, having traveled to over 80 countries worldwide. He has captured some of the planet's rarest animals and met tribes with unique ways of life. For Legend, he shares his most incredible experiences in contact with animals, as well as his most significant and moving moments.Find all information about our guest here ⬇️His Instagram account ➡️ https://www.instagram.com/jcpieri/?hl=fr His YouTube account ➡️ https://www.youtube.com/@jcpierivisual His TikTok account ➡️ https://www.tiktok.com/@jcpieri?lang=fr To get your tickets for the LEGEND TOUR, it's here ➡️ https://www.legend-tour.fr/Find the LEGEND shop ➡️ https://shop.legend-group.fr/Find the full interview on YouTube ➡️ https://youtu.be/7E3dv41_K3sFor all partnership inquiries: [email protected] us on all LEGEND networks!Facebook : https://www.facebook.com/legendmediafrInstagram : https://www.instagram.com/legendmedia/TikTok : https://www.tiktok.com/@legendTwitter : https://twitter.com/legendmediafrSnapchat : https://t.snapchat.com/CgEvsbWV Hosted by Acast. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Nick Kokonas - Know What You Are SellingFrom 🇺🇸 Invest Like the Best with Patrick O'Shaughnessy, published at 2025-12-30 09:00
Today, I am replaying my conversation with Nick Kokonas, one of my favorites from the show. Nick is the co-founder of 3 of the best restaurants and bars in America - Alinea, Next, and The Aviary as well as the co-founder and CEO of Tock, a comprehensive booking system for restaurants. He majored in philosophy before becoming a derivatives trader and is now one of the most well-known names in the hospitality industry. In this conversation, Nick shares his experience of bringing a business mindset to the restaurant industry. I'll remember it for why it's so important for a business to really know what it's selling and then actually sell it. Nick also pulls back the curtain on why restaurants and even book publishers can be great businesses if you do them the right way. I felt like this conversation could have gone on for hours and I hope you enjoy it. For the full show notes, transcript, and links to mentioned content, check out the episode page here. ----- This episode is brought to you by Ramp. Ramp’s mission is to help companies manage their spend in a way that reduces expenses and frees up time for teams to work on more valuable projects. Go to ramp.com/invest to sign up for free and get a $250 welcome bonus. ----- This episode is brought to you by Ridgeline. Ridgeline has built a complete, real-time, modern operating system for investment managers. It handles trading, portfolio management, compliance, customer reporting, and much more through an all-in-one real-time cloud platform. Head to ridgelineapps.com to learn more about the platform. ----- This episode is brought to you by AlphaSense. AlphaSense has completely transformed the research process with cutting-edge AI technology and a vast collection of top-tier, reliable business content. Invest Like the Best listeners can get a free trial now at Alpha-Sense.com/Invest and experience firsthand how AlphaSense and Tegus help you make smarter decisions faster. ----- Editing and post-production work for this episode was provided by The Podcast Consultant (https://thepodcastconsultant.com). Timestamps: (00:00) Welcome to Invest Like The Best (03:58) Intro to Nick Kokonas (4:36) – Why it’s so important to own something (6:09) – Make decisions that have outcomes (8:34) – His interest in the restaurant business (10:28) – Why restaurants are so tough (13:39) – How their business mindset changed their running of the restaurant (16:09) – Words they would avoid in the restaurant (17:53) – Asking the right questions in the restaurant business (22:14) – Importance in taking the right risks (23:36) – Coming up with innovative strategies for ticketing, selling meals ahead of time, and dynamic pricing (31:42) – Can dynamic pricing be extended to other businesses (32:54) – Origin of Tock (37:51) – Early days of Tock and identifying the right customers/challenges (43:07) – Importance of the first customer (45:56) – The typical restaurant business model (50:57) – Lessons from Tock and the importance of knowing what you’re selling (55:21) – Lessons from publishing (57:18) – Other aspects of business that people know but do nothing about (1:01:53) – Their response to Covid and lessons learned (1:09:17) – The real impact to the food delivery companies (1:10:58) – How businesses communicate their end processes to their customers (1:15:41) – The Kindest Thing
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Floods, Climate Change, Balochistan and PTI vs the Writ of the State - Dr. Musadiq Malik - #TPE 499
From 🇵🇰 The Pakistan Experience, published at 2025-12-30 08:40
Minister of Climate Change and Environmental Coordination Dr. Musadiq Malik comes on the Pakistan Experience to discuss the Floods, Climate Change, Early Warning Systems, the Hybrid Regime, Balochistan, PTI vs the Writ of the State, Imran Khan's sisters being mishandled, deforestation, accountability, electric vehicles, and more.Dr. Musadik Malik holds a BS in Pharmacy from the University of the Punjab.He then went to University of Illinois, where he earned an MBA, an M.S. and a Ph.D. in Healthcare Administration and Policy.In addition, he completed a post-doctoral fellowship in Health Economics and Medical Decision Making at the University of Illinois College of Medicine.The Pakistan Experience is an independently produced podcast looking to tell stories about Pakistan through conversations. Please consider supporting us on Patreon:https://www.patreon.com/thepakistanexperienceTo support the channel:Jazzcash/Easypaisa - 0325 -2982912Patreon.com/thepakistanexperienceAnd Please stay in touch:https://twitter.com/ThePakistanExp1https://www.facebook.com/thepakistanexperiencehttps://instagram.com/thepakistanexpeperienceThe podcast is hosted by comedian and writer, Shehzad Ghias Shaikh. Shehzad is a Fulbright scholar with a Masters in Theatre from Brooklyn College. He is also one of the foremost Stand-up comedians in Pakistan and frequently writes for numerous publications. Instagram.com/shehzadghiasshaikhFacebook.com/Shehzadghias/Twitter.com/shehzad89Join this channel to get access to perks:https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC44l9XMwecN5nSgIF2Dvivg/joinChapters:0:00 Karachi and Motorways6:38 Climate Change, Housing Societies and RUDA25:00 Floods, Early Warning Systems and GLOF34:00 RUDA and Flood prevention Systems44:00 Deforestation, Cutting Trees and Accountability 52:10 Siyaasi Majbooriyan and Petroleum 1:02:12 Balochistan and the Hybrid Regime1:19:00 Military Courts, Institution Strengthening and Writ of the State1:29:40 Imran Khan's sisters being manhandled and writ of the state1:35:20 Gandapur and PTI's incitement to violence1:40:15 Audience Questions
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[State of AI Startups] Memory/Learning, RL Envs & DBT-Fivetran — Sarah Catanzaro, Amplify
From 🇺🇸 Latent Space: The AI Engineer Podcast, published at 2025-12-30 07:00
From investing through the modern data stack era (DBT, Fivetran, and the analytics explosion) to now investing at the frontier of AI infrastructure and applications at Amplify Partners, Sarah Catanzaro has spent years at the intersection of data, compute, and intelligence—watching categories emerge, merge, and occasionally disappoint. We caught up with Sarah live at NeurIPS 2025 to dig into the state of AI startups heading into 2026: why $100M+ seed rounds with no near-term roadmap are now the norm (and why that terrifies her), what the DBT-Fivetran merger really signals about the modern data stack (spoiler: it's not dead, just ready for IPO), how frontier labs are using DBT and Fivetran to manage training data and agent analytics at scale, why data catalogs failed as standalone products but might succeed as metadata services for agents, the consumerization of AI and why personalization (memory, continual learning, K-factor) is the 2026 unlock for retention and growth, why she thinks RL environments are a fad and real-world logs beat synthetic clones every time, and her thesis for the most exciting AI startups: companies that marry hard research problems (RAG, rule-following, continual learning) with killer applications that were simply impossible before. We discuss: The DBT-Fivetran merger: not the death of the modern data stack, but a path to IPO scale (targeting $600M+ combined revenue) and a signal that both companies were already winning their categories How frontier labs use data infrastructure: DBT and Fivetran for training data curation, agent analytics, and managing increasingly complex interactions—plus the rise of transactional databases (RocksDB) and efficient data loading (Vortex) for GPU-bound workloads Why data catalogs failed: built for humans when they should have been built for machines, focused on discoverability when the real opportunity was governance, and ultimately subsumed as features inside Snowflake, DBT, and Fivetran The $100M+ seed phenomenon: raising massive rounds at billion-dollar valuations with no 6-month roadmap, seven-day decision windows, and founders optimizing for signal ("we're a unicorn") over partnership or dilution discipline Why world models are overhyped but underspecified: three competing definitions, unclear generalization across use cases (video games ≠ robotics ≠ autonomous driving), and a research problem masquerading as a product category The 2026 theme: consumerization of AI via personalization—memory management, continual learning, and solving retention/churn by making products learn skills, preferences, and adapt as the world changes (not just storing facts in cursor rules) Why RL environments are a fad: labs are paying 7–8 figures for synthetic clones when real-world logs, traces, and user activity (à la Cursor) are richer, cheaper, and more generalizable Sarah's investment thesis: research-driven applications that solve hard technical problems (RAG for Harvey, rule-following for Sierra, continual learning for the next killer app) and unlock experiences that were impossible before Infrastructure bets: memory, continual learning, stateful inference, and the systems challenges of loading/unloading personalized weights at scale Why K-factor and growth fundamentals matter again: AI felt magical in 2023–2024, but as the magic fades, retention and virality are back—and most AI founders have never heard of K-factor — Sarah Catanzaro X: https://x.com/sarahcat21 Amplify Partners: https://amplifypartners.com/ Where to find Latent Space X: https://x.com/latentspacepod Substack: https://www.latent.space/ Chapters 00:00:00 Introduction: Sarah Catanzaro's Journey from Data to AI 00:01:02 The DBT-Fivetran Merger: Not the End of the Modern Data Stack 00:05:26 Data Catalogs and What Went Wrong 00:08:16 Data Infrastructure at AI Labs: Surprising Insights 00:10:13 The Crazy Funding Environment of 2024-2025 00:17:18 World Models: Hype, Confusion, and Market Potential 00:18:59 Memory Management and Continual Learning: The Next Frontier 00:23:27 Agent Environments: Just a Fad? 00:25:48 The Perfect AI Startup: Research Meets Application 00:28:02 Closing Thoughts and Where to Find Sarah
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Getting to know SomalilandFrom 🇮🇱 אחד ביום (Echad Ba'Yom), published at 2025-12-30 03:40
Four days ago, the Prime Minister signed in a video call on Israel's recognition of the State of Somaliland, a country in Africa that most of us hadn't heard of until that moment. While thousands celebrated with Israeli flags in its capital, Hargeisa, here we tried to understand who Somaliland actually is and why Israel is the first in the world to recognize its sovereignty. This time we are with Dr. Asher Lubotzky, a senior research fellow at the Israel-Africa Relations Institute, and with the story of Israel's new partner: Somaliland.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.