Stuck @Om
36 episodes - English - Latest episode: 4 months ago -Stuck@Om is a series of conversations about about technology and how it is reshaping our society. Om Malik (a veteran technology writer) sits down and chats with some of the best and the brightest from around the world. The podcasts supplement his writing on his blog, On My Om. (http://om.co)
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The GeoPolitical Implications of A.I. - a chat with Sean Gourley
December 25, 2023 09:35 - 52 minutes - 48.3 MBThe buzz around artificial intelligence (AI) and its wide-ranging impact is inescapable. But beyond industry disruption, what significant effects does this groundbreaking technology hold for geopolitical dynamics and conflicts? Joining me in this episode is Sean Gourley, a renowned scientist and founder of data and machine learning-focused startups Quid and Primer. Sean will share his profound insights on AI, exploring its potential to both benefit and harm humanity. He draws parallels b...
Reality of Self-Driving Dreams w/ Trucks.VC Reilly Brennan
December 18, 2023 22:30 - 56 minutes - 51.3 MBThis conversation with my friend Reilly Brennan - a VC expert for the automotive industry, roams across a broad landscape of topics, from the beginning of Reilly’s interest in the car industry, to his assessment of the auto industry’s progress in 2023, to Reilley’s predictions for 2024, and more — but all of those topics are tied together along the theme of technology. A.I. in particular is making the opportunities in the automotive industry bigger and bolder than we’ve seen for a very l...
Future of Search: A candid conversation with Sridhar Ramaswamy, an ex-Googler fighting his former employer with a new approach to search!
January 26, 2023 18:07 - 50 minutes - 46.2 MBSearch is changing. You won’t hear Google talking heads talk about it very much because the types of things that are happening will fundamentally change the model the search engine giant has used to build its search and ad infrastructure. Sridhar Ramaswamy knows; he’s the man who led teams inside Google to build the ad technology that exists today. This conversation pulls back the curtain on what is happening in the search industry, how large language models and the use of A.I. will change e...
Stuck@Om with Maria Konnikova
June 29, 2020 16:00 - 35 minutes - 28.7 MBIn this episode of Stuck@Om, I’m talking with an old friend, Maria Konnikova. Maria holds a Ph.D. in Psychology, is the author of multiple best-selling books, and is also a professional poker player. We immediately dive into her book “The Confidence Game” about how con artists convince people of unbelievable things. We dissect how movies and TV glamorize the con artists while placing blame on those who were conned. We even touch on our shared love for Sherlock Holmes. We enter into a ...
Stuck@Om with Ophir Gottlieb
June 26, 2020 16:00 - 39 minutes - 31.9 MBIn this episode of Stuck@Om, I chat with my friend Ophir Gottlieb, the CEO and Editor-in-Chief of Capital Market Laboratories. We talk about the importance of proper perspective. Ophir likens perspective to a superpower — with it, we are the best investors in the world. Yet the increase of access to and influx of information has only served to create more confusion. Ophir emphasizes that we are totally overwhelmed with data and underwhelmed with information. With that proliferation com...
Stuck@Om with Jeffrey Sachs
June 22, 2020 16:00 - 53 minutes - 43.1 MBIn this episode of Stuck@Om, I’m joined by world-renowned economist, professor, and best-selling author Jeffrey Sachs. A central topic in our conversation is Jeff’s newest book The Age of Globalization and the impact of digitalization on our culture and economy. We dissect how COVID-19 has clearly changed office culture — and how it won’t be the same after this. The Coronavirus has taught us that 80% of our work can be done anywhere. We are recognizing that we can function with a dece...
Stuck@Om with Barry Ritholtz
June 02, 2020 16:02 - 42 minutes - 34.4 MBIn this episode of Stuck@Om my friend Barry Ritholtz joins me to discuss our current existence. Barry is the CIO of Ritholtz Wealth Management, an avid blogger, and prolific author. His voice is well-recognized in the stock market and investing universe. Barry and I have a conversation about how the pandemic has served to amplify the gap between the ‘haves’ and ‘have-nots’. We acknowledge it can be a catalyst for necessary change on a governmental level. Barry and I also chat about the...
Stuck@Om with Nick Thompson
May 19, 2020 16:00 - 41 minutes - 33.6 MBIn this episode of Stuck@Om I chat with one of the great human beings on the planet — Nicholas Thompson. He’s the Editor in Chief at WIRED Magazine, an avid marathoner, and has penned one of the best essays I’ve read in recent times. In this conversation, Nick and I talk about how media outlets have to shift how they write stories to generate ‘clicks’ over ‘subscriptions’. We also converse about the reputation of the media and how it hasn’t improved during the Coronavirus crisis. We p...
Stuck@Om with Herman Narula
May 15, 2020 16:00 - 31 minutes - 25.2 MBIn this episode of Stuck@Om, Herman Narula joins me in a conversation about our future. Herman is the CEO of Improbable — a company that is obsessed with multiplayer games. They build the underlying technology to support new gaming experiences. He strives to be able to create a “virtual environment that is as representative and complex as the real world.” A virtual world that improves upon the real word — that doesn’t replicate it. With the uncertainty of the future of travel, the abi...
Stuck@Om with Scott Belsky
May 01, 2020 21:47 - 41 minutes - 54.7 MBIn this episode of Stuck@Om my friend Scott Belsky—CPO of Adobe and founder of Behance—joins me to have a conversation about the state of our world. He shares how his family is keeping safe and what they’re doing to keep their children occupied. We chat about our love/hate relationship with Twitter, and how their engagement-driven algorithm is being overwhelmingly driven by the fear-filled masses. An algorithm that curates topics you’re passionate about would better suit them. We worry...
Stuck@Om with Matt Mullenweg
April 25, 2020 16:00 - 16 minutes - 13.5 MBIn this episode of Stuck@Om my good friend Matt Mullenweg joins me. Matt is the CEO of Automattic and a founding member of WordPress. Matt usually travels extensively for work — he logged over 500,000 miles in the air last year — but is enjoying his extended time at home. Recently, I started embracing a concept Matt popularized called “Away From Keyboard”, shortened to “AFK”. It began as a simple way to relate that you were away from your desk but evolved into a way to encourage vacation ...
Stuck@Om with Jason Fried
April 17, 2020 16:00 - 1 hour - 55.2 MBIn today’s episode of Stuck@Om, I have a conversation with my friend Jason Fried — Co-founder and CEO of Basecamp. We talk about the parts of lockdown that we’ve enjoyed as well as the ways it’s made us more thankful. Jason admits that we don’t realize how much we take for granted. Hopefully, when we emerge from this pandemic we can be more appreciative of the teachers, nannies, and cleaning services that help us manage our everyday lives. Jason and I chat about the reality that there are...
Stuck@Om with Paul Kedrosky
April 11, 2020 07:00 - 36 minutes - 29.3 MBIn this episode of Stuck@Om, I chat with my friend Paul Kedrosky, Ph.D.— a general partner in SK Ventures. In our conversation, Paul notes that he’s pretty happy with the way he’s constructed his reality. He jokingly states he’s been in preparation for self-quarantine for the last decade—it’s his time to shine. Aside from missing coffee and sushi, he’s enjoying his time at home with his wife and children. When our conversation takes a deeper turn, we chat about how the implicit assumption...
Stuck @Om With Reilly Brennan
April 09, 2020 07:00 - 34 minutes - 46.3 MBIn this episode of Stuck@Om, my dear friend Reilly Brennan — lead partner of Trucks Venture Capital — joins me to talk about the future of the transportation industry. We have a very philosophical conversation about how the Coronavirus pandemic has taken away our basic level of societal trust. Will we think twice before climbing in an Uber ride? What about public transportation? We wonder if rideshare services will start monitoring the health of their drivers and whether or not their vehicle...
Stuck @Om With John Markoff
April 07, 2020 07:00 - 35 minutes - 28.2 MBIn this episode, I’m Stuck@Om with John Markoff—a renowned technology reporter for the New York Times. John currently allocates his time to writing a biography for Stewart Brand—a writer, editor, and entrepreneur—who is famous for saying “We are as God’s and we might as well get good at it”. John and I discuss topics revolving around the biography, such as the Whole Earth Catalogue and Stewart’s organizations “The Long Now Foundation” and “Revive & Restore”. During our conversation, we ta...
Stuck@Om with Matt Buchanan
April 06, 2020 07:00 - 45 minutes - 36.9 MBIn this episode of Stuck@Om my friend Matt Buchanan (Executive Editor at Eater.com) joins me for a conversation surrounding the restaurant industry. Matt points out that there are approximately 12 million jobs in the foodservice industry. Of the 10 million people who’ve now filed for unemployment — many were likely from this sector. Dining rooms across the country are forcefully emptied, leaving many restaurants closing their doors. Matt believes that takeout and delivery aren’t sufficien...
Stuck @ Om with Toby Ord, University of Oxford
April 03, 2020 07:00 - 30 minutes - 24.8 MBIn this episode of Stuck @ Om, my friend Toby Ord — author and Senior Research Fellow of Philosophy at Oxford University — joins me. Our conversation revolves around topics found in his new book, “The Precipice: Existential Risk and the Future of Humanity”. Could we face the downfall of civilization or human extinction? Even better — what could we achieve if we survive? His book explores what could happen if humanity ignores the potential dangers we face. One nation making a serious mista...
Stuck @ Om with Anne Dwane, Village Global
April 01, 2020 02:00 - 33 minutes - 27 MBMy good friend Anne Dwane (General Partner at an early-stage venture capital firm, Village Global) joins me in this episode of Stuck@Om to chat about how we are both navigating life at home during a pandemic. Anne and I have both lives through multiple downturns — the dotcom crash, the 2008 meltdown and of course, the present. So it is obvious we talked about how her experiences through those tough times have given her some insights into navigating the current crisis. We question if startu...
Stuck @ Om with Bijan Sabet, Spark Capital
March 29, 2020 07:00 - 27 minutes - 22.5 MBIn this episode of the Om Show, I have a candid conversation with my friend Bijan Sabet—the co-founder of Spark Capital—about the impact of the Coronavirus on humanity. It seems as a species we are losing the ability to connect. We don’t view humanity as a collective but instead have become individualistic and elitist. With a society that has become narcissistic and self-centered—is this our opportunity to emerge evolved, with a more compassionate approach to the people we encounter? But ...
Steve Tidball of Vollebak on the Future of Clothing & Exotic Materials
February 05, 2020 08:00 - 48 minutes - 39 MBSteve Tidball—the CEO and co-founder of Vollebak—is passionate about leveraging technology and science to create the clothing of the future. He and his brother co-founded the apparel brand in 2016 and have completely shaken up the industry. They focus on creating clothing from exotic materials such as graphene and algae, each with its own unique purpose. How did their business come about? What sparked the idea to launch something so revolutionary? Learn more as Steve and I chat about the ...
A Conversation With Twilio CEO Jeff Lawson On The Evolution Of Communication
June 27, 2019 07:00 - 35 minutes - 28.5 MBThere is no better person to talk with about the evolution and future of communication then Jeff Lawson. We have known each other since 2008 when we met outside a Starbucks—the same year he co-founded Twilio. He was one of the original product managers for Amazon Web Services (AWS), heavily involved in Versity, the founder of NineStar, and CTO of StubHub. He could be described as a serial inventor and early on recognized the need for communication systems. I believe Jeff truly embodies the...
(Updated) Microsoft CTO Kevin Scott on the future of software engineering and the better world ahead
April 19, 2019 10:36 - 57 minutes - 46.5 MBThere was a technical glitch on this episode when first released that prevented the entire conversation from being heard. We've corrected the problem with this re-release. Thank you for understanding. ***************************** My friend Kevin Scott has a unique vantage point from which to speak about the future of software engineering. He is a very gifted and accomplished man who serves as CTO at Microsoft, but his career as a software engineer spans a number of years and a variety o...
Microsoft CTO Kevin Scott on the future of software engineering and the better world ahead
April 02, 2019 10:00 - 37 minutes - 29.9 MBMy friend Kevin Scott has a unique vantage point from which to speak about the future of software engineering. He is a very gifted and accomplished man who serves as CTO at Microsoft, but his career as a software engineer spans a number of years and a variety of different roles in companies both large and small. Naturally, he didn’t start out the amazing software engineer he is today. If you will take the time to listen in to this conversation you’ll hear his story, of life in a very small...
Kevin Rose on the next wave of consumer apps and what’s happening in the podcast industry
February 11, 2019 09:00 - 33 minutes - 26.7 MBKevin Rose is someone I’ve known for quite a while. I think it was 11 years ago we first worked together when he was starting out as an intern. The promise I saw in him at that time has undoubtedly blossomed into an amazing set of skills, insights, and passions that have contributed to the world in truly meaningful ways. Kevin is a serial entrepreneur. He’s best known for founding Digg and Revision3. He also serves on the True Ventures team with me and many others, funding startups that ca...
Nexar's Eran Shir
March 28, 2018 20:30 - 54 minutes - 49.8 MBOm sits down with Eran Shir, Founder, and CEO of Nexar, to talk about his company's connected dash cam, how it works to improve safe driving, and what a world full of cameras + intelligence means for our future. Eran explains why computer vision matters and why it also can go wrong pretty fast.
Audeze, Sankar Thiagasamudram
March 19, 2018 18:20 - 1 hour - 55.6 MBSankar Thiagasamudram is the co-founder and CEO of Audeze, a maker of high-quality headphones, which are all the rage with audiophiles and music professionals. Sankar, who started his life working for a high-end 3D graphics company, is an engineer by training and audiophile in real life. He co-founded the company with Alexander Rosson. They were pioneers in putting (a proprietary) planar magnetic designs with extremely thin-film driver materials and powerful custom magnets inside their headp...
Tony Haile, Digital Media Entrepreneur
March 15, 2018 03:02 - 1 hour - 57.4 MBTony Haile is the CEO of Scroll, a New York-based company that is helping media outlets build a sustainable pay-to-read strategy. From 2009 to 2016 he worked for Chartbeat, a digital media analytics company. As a result, he thinks a lot about media, economic models and the open web. He talks about it with reporters, on panels and, obviously on podcasts such as this. We have gotten to know over the years — me as a recovering media entrepreneur who thinks the end is near, always get into argu...
Christopher Michel
March 04, 2018 21:43 - 58 minutes - 53.5 MBChris Michel, the founder of Military.com and Affinity Labs, is a well-known entrepreneur and investor. He is also an accomplished photographer and someone whom I call my photography guru. He is one of the quiet success stories in Silicon Valley, and his journey is chock-a-block of lessons. Michel sits on the boards of Dale Carnegie, Catchlight, Kixeye, and 3D Robotics. His photos have appeared in the National Geographic, the Smithsonian, the New York Times, the BBC, Outside Magazine and oth...
Dropbox it like it's hot
February 27, 2018 14:34 - 29 minutes - 27.2 MBAfter ten years, Dropbox is going public. Om Malik and Chris Albrecht discuss the file-sharing company's impending exit, the troubles it's had adding premium features to what is basically a commodity service, and what's in store as the company must fight off giants like Google and Microsoft. Also: Om is reading The Grid, by Gretchen Bakke, PhD And Chris is reading The Elements of Eloquence, by Mark Forsyth
Face(book) Off
February 17, 2018 00:14 - 29 minutes - 27.1 MBIs Facebook even fun anymore? It's big, noisy, and the glue that connects two billion people. Om and Chris chat the challenges for the social network, sacrifices made to the god of growth, and how Mark Zuckerberg is still one of the best CEOs in Silicon Valley.
Michael Driscoll on Blockchain & Edge Datacenters
December 13, 2017 17:52 - 43 minutes - 39.4 MBOm sits down with Metamarkets Co-Founder and CEO, Michael Driscoll to geek out and deep dive on deep tech topics like AWS and Google Cloud, blockchain and edge datacenters.
Abe Burmeister, co-founder & CEO of Outlier
October 25, 2017 15:23 - 45 minutes - 41.4 MBAnd we are back on with my latest conversation with Abe Burmeister, co-founder, and CEO of New York-based technical/daily clothing brand, Outlier. During our hour-long conversation we touched on a variety of topics, from technical clothing, changing reality of fashion, impact of climate change on fashion and materials, bootstrapping his business and more importantly, why he does what he does. If you are a keen follower of technical clothing and interested in small businesses that eschew vent...
Shakil Khan
May 11, 2017 19:09 - 1 hour - 61.8 MBA conversation with Shakil "Shak" Khan, a London-based tech entrepreneur and special ambassador for Spotify. We talk about his life, and his journey from the streets to where he is today. It is a riveting tale.
Arun Sundararajan on The Sharing Economy
September 09, 2016 19:15 - 43 minutes - 40 MBArun Sundararajan, author of the book The Sharing Economy, talks with Om about megacities, universal basic income and the consumption experience.
Jian Deleon on technology, sneakers and streetwear
September 09, 2016 19:15 - 31 minutes - 28.7 MBNoted blogger Jian Deleon chats about how technology and fashion are influencing each other.