In-depth conversations with leaders in ML, AI and Data (MAD), hosted by Matt Turck, Partner at FirstMark, an early stage venture capital firm based in New York (see FirstMark.com).

In addition to our weekly podcast series, we host a monthly in-person event in New York, Data Driven NYC. The event is free and open to everyone. If you'd like to attend, please follow FirstMark on Eventbrite (link below). Events are free and open to everyone.

AI That Ends Busy Work — Hebbia CEO on “Agent Employees”
48:32
AI That Ends Busy Work — Hebbia CEO on “Agent Employees”
AI Eats the World: Benedict Evans on What Really Matters Now
1:15:17
AI Eats the World: Benedict Evans on What Really Matters Now
OpenAI: 5 Lessons from Real-World AI Agent Deployments
10:37
OpenAI: 5 Lessons from Real-World AI Agent Deployments
Jeremy Howard on Building 5,000 AI Products with 14 People (Answer AI Deep-Dive)
55:10
Jeremy Howard on Building 5,000 AI Products with 14 People (Answer AI Deep-Dive)
Rewriting Success: What InfluxDB 3.0 Teaches About Scaling—and Scrapping—Your Core Tech
35:42
Rewriting Success: What InfluxDB 3.0 Teaches About Scaling—and Scrapping—Your Core Tech
Dashboards Are Dead: Sigma’s BI Revolution for Trillion-Row Data
41:39
Dashboards Are Dead: Sigma’s BI Revolution for Trillion-Row Data
Glean’s Breakthrough: CEO Arvind Jain on Scaling AI Agents & Search
52:17
Glean’s Breakthrough: CEO Arvind Jain on Scaling AI Agents & Search
Box’s Big AI Leap: Aaron Levie on Agents & the Future of Work
1:15:47
Box’s Big AI Leap: Aaron Levie on Agents & the Future of Work
From OpenSea to OpenRouter: Alex Atallah’s Masterplan for LLMs | Data Driven NYC
10:11
From OpenSea to OpenRouter: Alex Atallah’s Masterplan for LLMs | Data Driven NYC
Snowflake CEO on Winning the AI Arms Race
1:23:42
Snowflake CEO on Winning the AI Arms Race
From Palantir to Thread AI: Angela McNeal’s AI Blueprint | Data Driven NYC
14:02
From Palantir to Thread AI: Angela McNeal’s AI Blueprint | Data Driven NYC
Chasing Real AGI: Inside ARC Prize 2025 with Chollet & Knoop
1:00:53
Chasing Real AGI: Inside ARC Prize 2025 with Chollet & Knoop
Why This Ex-Meta Leader is Rethinking AI Infrastructure | Lin Qiao, CEO, Fireworks AI
59:22
Why This Ex-Meta Leader is Rethinking AI Infrastructure | Lin Qiao, CEO, Fireworks AI
Top AI Researcher on GPT 4.5, DeepSeek and Agentic RAG | Douwe Kiela, CEO, Contextual AI
50:52
Top AI Researcher on GPT 4.5, DeepSeek and Agentic RAG | Douwe Kiela, CEO, Contextual AI
From Selfie to Studio: Captions CEO on AI Video for 10M Creators
1:13:22
From Selfie to Studio: Captions CEO on AI Video for 10M Creators
Farewell, Chatbots: AI Agents Are Taking Over Customer Service | Mike Murchison, CEO, Ada
1:11:35
Farewell, Chatbots: AI Agents Are Taking Over Customer Service | Mike Murchison, CEO, Ada
The AI Coding Agent Revolution, The Future of Software, Techno-Optimism | Amjad Masad, CEO, Replit
1:29:47
The AI Coding Agent Revolution, The Future of Software, Techno-Optimism | Amjad Masad, CEO, Replit
Trino, Iceberg and the Battle for the Lakehouse | Justin Borgman, CEO, Starburst
1:06:32
Trino, Iceberg and the Battle for the Lakehouse | Justin Borgman, CEO, Starburst
Understanding Data Engineering in 2025 | Ben Rogojan, Seattle Data Guy
1:02:30
Understanding Data Engineering in 2025 | Ben Rogojan, Seattle Data Guy
What You MUST Know About AI Engineering in 2025 | Chip Huyen, Author of “AI Engineering”
1:12:36
What You MUST Know About AI Engineering in 2025 | Chip Huyen, Author of “AI Engineering”
Dataiku's Secret to Scaling AI in Global Enterprises | Florian Douetteau, CEO, Dataiku
52:58
Dataiku's Secret to Scaling AI in Global Enterprises | Florian Douetteau, CEO, Dataiku
Serverless for AI at Scale: Modal CEO Erik Bernhardsson Explains | Data Driven NYC
10:13
Serverless for AI at Scale: Modal CEO Erik Bernhardsson Explains | Data Driven NYC
Building the Feedback Loop for LLM Apps — TensorZero’s Viraj Mehta | Data Driven NYC
10:25
Building the Feedback Loop for LLM Apps — TensorZero’s Viraj Mehta | Data Driven NYC
Red‑Team to Robust AI: Inside Haize Labs with CEO Leonard Tang | Data Driven NYC
12:28
Red‑Team to Robust AI: Inside Haize Labs with CEO Leonard Tang | Data Driven NYC
Building the Easy Button for Generative AI | May Habib, CEO, Writer
35:53
Building the Easy Button for Generative AI | May Habib, CEO, Writer
State of AI 2024: Frontier Models, AI Geopolitics, Robotics | Nathan Benaich, Air Street Capital
51:46
State of AI 2024: Frontier Models, AI Geopolitics, Robotics | Nathan Benaich, Air Street Capital
Superintelligence, Bubbles And Big Bets: AI Investing in 2024 | Matt Turck & Aman Kabeer, FirstMark
1:09:39
Superintelligence, Bubbles And Big Bets: AI Investing in 2024 | Matt Turck & Aman Kabeer, FirstMark
Can AI Infrastructure Work Like Magic? Erik Bernhardsson, CEO, Modal
56:14
Can AI Infrastructure Work Like Magic? Erik Bernhardsson, CEO, Modal
The Death of Big Data and Why It’s Time To Think Small | Jordan Tigani, CEO, MotherDuck
59:08
The Death of Big Data and Why It’s Time To Think Small | Jordan Tigani, CEO, MotherDuck
The $4.5B Platform Driving the Open Source AI Revolution | Clem Delangue, CEO, Hugging Face
1:07:09
The $4.5B Platform Driving the Open Source AI Revolution | Clem Delangue, CEO, Hugging Face