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Gradient Dissent: Conversations on AI

Gradient Dissent: Conversations on AI

By: Lukas Biewald
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Join Lukas Biewald on Gradient Dissent, an AI-focused podcast brought to you by Weights & Biases. Dive into fascinating conversations with industry giants from NVIDIA, Meta, Google, Lyft, OpenAI, and more. Explore the cutting-edge of AI and learn the intricacies of bringing models into production.All rights reserved Economics
Episodes
  • The $64M Bet on an AI That Has to Be Right | Carina Hong, CEO of Axiom
    Feb 5 2026

    Formal verification already consumes years of human effort.

    In this episode, Lukas Biewald talks with Carina Hong, Founder & CEO of Axiom, about why verification is becoming the real bottleneck in high stakes AI systems.

    They discuss how Axiom uses AI to take on the tedious checking that stretches verification cycles across years, starting with formal mathematics and extending to hardware and software.

    Carina also explains why Axiom’s approach to auto-formalization mirrors spec driven models like Kiro from AWS.

    Connect with us here:

    Carina Hong: https://www.linkedin.com/in/carina-hong/

    Axiom: https://www.linkedin.com/company/axiommath/

    Lukas Biewald: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lbiewald/

    Weights & Biases: https://www.linkedin.com/company/wandb/

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    51 mins
  • What a $42B Software Co. Really Spends on AI Tools
    Jan 20 2026

    “I don't worry about being replaced by AI. I worry about being replaced by someone who's really good at using AI.”

    Atlassian has 10,000+ engineers currently split-testing the world’s top AI coding tools, from GitHub Copilot and Cursor to Claude Code.

    In this episode, Co-Founder & CEO Mike Cannon-Brookes joins Lukas Biewald to share what their data reveals about the world's best AI tools today.

    Hear how 24 years of building a tech giant and a massive internal study on AI productivity have shaped Mike's vision for the future of dev jobs.

    Connect with us here:

    Mike Cannon-Brookes: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mcannonbrookes/?originalSubdomain=au

    Atlassian: https://www.linkedin.com/company/atlassian/?viewAsMember=true

    Lukas Biewald: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lbiewald/

    Weights & Biases: https://www.linkedin.com/company/wandb/


    00:00 Trailer

    01:08 Introduction

    03:11 Connecting Technology and Business Teams

    07:22 The Impact of AI on Business Workflows

    13:26 Developer Productivity and AI

    21:03 Measuring Developer Efficiency

    25:41 Future of AI in Development

    34:59 Legacy Technology and Code Changes

    39:29 AI's Role in Developer Productivity

    47:40 AI and Junior Developers

    52:30 Product-Led Growth and Business Strategy

    01:00:29 Core Metrics for Sustainable Growth

    01:06:56 Staying Creative in the Tech Industry

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    1 hr and 8 mins
  • Inside the $41B AI Cloud Challenging Big Tech | CoreWeave SVP
    Jan 6 2026

    The future of AI training is shaped by one constraint: keeping GPUs fed.

    In this episode, Lukas Biewald talks with CoreWeave SVP Corey Sanders about why general-purpose clouds start to break down under large-scale AI workloads.

    According to Corey, the industry is shifting toward a "Neo Cloud" model to handle the unique demands of modern models.


    They dive into the hardware and software stack required to maximize GPU utilization and achieve high goodput.

    Corey’s conclusion is clear: AI demands specialization.


    Connect with us here:

    Corey Sanders: https://www.linkedin.com/in/corey-sanders-842b72/

    CoreWeave: https://www.linkedin.com/company/coreweave/

    Lukas Biewald: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lbiewald/

    Weights & Biases: https://www.linkedin.com/company/wandb/


    (00:00) Trailer

    (00:57) Introduction

    (02:51) The Evolution of AI Workloads

    (06:22) Core Weave's Technological Innovations

    (13:58) Customer Engagement and Future Prospects

    (28:49) Comparing Cloud Approaches

    (33:50) Balancing Executive Roles and Hands-On Projects

    (46:44) Product Development and Customer Feedback

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    53 mins
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