Silicon Valley Girl is a weekly AI and technology podcast hosted by Marina Mogilko.
Every week, Marina interviews the global tech leaders, CEOs and founders building the future of AI: Reid Hoffman (LinkedIn), Mustafa Suleyman (Microsoft AI), Aravind Srinivas (Perplexity AI), Mary Barra (General Motors), Thomas Dohmke (GitHub), Mike Krieger (Instagram/Anthropic), Mel Robbins and others.
Topics: AI careers, future of work, AI tools, startup building, entrepreneurship, making money with AI, and career growth in the AI era.
Featured in the official program of the World Economic Forum in Davos 2026. Available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and YouTube.
New episodes every week.
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ChatGPT now brings everything together in one place: Chat for quick questions, Codex for building with code, and Work, an agent that gathers context, plans the steps, and hands back the finished output.
You start with a rough idea or your own files. It plans and builds while you review the key steps, and you end with a polished deck, spreadsheet, or web app you can use or share.
It runs on GPT-5.6. You stay in control the whole way. Work asks before the steps that matter and gets your approval as it goes, and you never write a single line of code.
ChatGPT Work is available today in ChatGPT on web and mobile for Pro, Enterprise, and Edu, with Plus and Business rolling out over the next few days. In the ChatGPT desktop app, Chat, Work, and Codex are available on every plan, including Free, and is available globally to download on Windows and Mac.
Download the ChatGPT desktop app and try ChatGPT Work here: https://chatgpt.com/download/
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ChatGPT now brings everything together in one place: Chat for quick questions, Codex for building with code, and Work, an agent that gathers context, plans the steps, and hands back the finished output.
You start with a rough idea or your own files. It plans and builds while you review the key steps, and you end with a polished deck, spreadsheet, or web app you can use or share.
It runs on GPT-5.6. You stay in control the whole way. Work asks before the steps that matter and gets your approval as it goes, and you never write a single line of code.
ChatGPT Work is available today in ChatGPT on web and mobile for Pro, Enterprise, and Edu, with Plus and Business rolling out over the next few days. In the ChatGPT desktop app, Chat, Work, and Codex are available on every plan, including Free, and is available globally to download on Windows and Mac.
Download the ChatGPT desktop app and try ChatGPT Work here: https://chatgpt.com/download/
@OpenAI #ChatGPT_Partner
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Sal Khan built Khan Academy into a free education platform used by over 200 million people worldwide. Now he's writing a book called Job Shock, arguing AI could disrupt jobs faster than his own past predictions accounted for.
Which jobs are already disappearing. Which ones are safe. What Khan Academy is doing internally with AI, including a $1.2M/year Anthropic bill.
And Sal's new venture with TED and ETS: a $10,000, accreditation-pending degree built around durable skills — the kind AI still can't replicate.
Timestamps:
00:00 – Teaser
06:34 – How soon will AI hit jobs?
09:31 – Is Khan Academy laying anyone off because of AI?
13:15 – AI tools that would've seemed impossible 2 years ago
14:09 – Khan Academy's $1.2M/year Anthropic bill
19:57 – Could AI build another Khan Academy from scratch?
22:43 – A $10K degree with TED and ETS
25:20 – The 5 durable skills that matter in an AI world
29:28 – What happens to non-elite universities?
31:36 – Should parents still save for college?
37:45 – What can one person do today to stay relevant?
39:06 – The AI prompts that changed how they work
*Links:*
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Sal Khan built Khan Academy into a free education platform used by over 200 million people worldwide. Now he's writing a book called Job Shock, arguing AI could disrupt jobs faster than his own past predictions accounted for.
Which jobs are already disappearing. Which ones are safe. What Khan Academy is doing internally with AI, including a $1.2M/year Anthropic bill.
And Sal's new venture with TED and ETS: a $10,000, accreditation-pending degree built around durable skills — the kind AI still can't replicate.
Timestamps:
00:00 – Teaser
06:34 – How soon will AI hit jobs?
09:31 – Is Khan Academy laying anyone off because of AI?
13:15 – AI tools that would've seemed impossible 2 years ago
14:09 – Khan Academy's $1.2M/year Anthropic bill
19:57 – Could AI build another Khan Academy from scratch?
22:43 – A $10K degree with TED and ETS
25:20 – The 5 durable skills that matter in an AI world
29:28 – What happens to non-elite universities?
31:36 – Should parents still save for college?
37:45 – What can one person do today to stay relevant?
39:06 – The AI prompts that changed how they work
*Links:*
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Steve Jurvetson was one of the earliest investors in Tesla and SpaceX — back when private space wasn't even a category anyone would fund. He's known Elon for 29 years and put money into every company he's built. In this conversation he breaks down how he sees the future, the three things he's learned watching Elon up close, and the industries he thinks are about to change faster than we're ready for.
*Timestamps:*
00:00 — What the next 3 years actually look like
00:47 — Backing SpaceX when "space" wasn't even a category
02:12 — The one graph Steve calls the most important ever drawn
03:58 — The 3 giant industries about to wake up
05:15 — The breakthrough still hiding in plain sight
07:53 — Superintelligence: a 30% chance by next year?
10:18 — Why the robots are ready but we're not
12:29 — How much "AI code" humans still actually touch
13:52 — Elon's actual secret (yes, I asked)
17:25 — Why the best people keep saying yes to Elon
18:04 — Holding a 50-year vision when everyone says "too early"
20:52 — What still surprises him after 30 years of betting
23:02 — What Steve is quietly betting on right now
26:17 — Can you just copy this with ETFs? (nice try)
26:51 — The 30-day plan when all you have is an idea
29:33 — Where the best co-founders actually meet
31:21 — When machines do everything, what's left for us?
35:22 — Q&A: the Neuralink question everyone asks
39:12 — Q&A: can a machine ever be conscious?
*Links:*
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Steve Jurvetson was one of the earliest investors in Tesla and SpaceX — back when private space wasn't even a category anyone would fund. He's known Elon for 29 years and put money into every company he's built. In this conversation he breaks down how he sees the future, the three things he's learned watching Elon up close, and the industries he thinks are about to change faster than we're ready for.
*Timestamps:*
00:00 — What the next 3 years actually look like
00:47 — Backing SpaceX when "space" wasn't even a category
02:12 — The one graph Steve calls the most important ever drawn
03:58 — The 3 giant industries about to wake up
05:15 — The breakthrough still hiding in plain sight
07:53 — Superintelligence: a 30% chance by next year?
10:18 — Why the robots are ready but we're not
12:29 — How much "AI code" humans still actually touch
13:52 — Elon's actual secret (yes, I asked)
17:25 — Why the best people keep saying yes to Elon
18:04 — Holding a 50-year vision when everyone says "too early"
20:52 — What still surprises him after 30 years of betting
23:02 — What Steve is quietly betting on right now
26:17 — Can you just copy this with ETFs? (nice try)
26:51 — The 30-day plan when all you have is an idea
29:33 — Where the best co-founders actually meet
31:21 — When machines do everything, what's left for us?
35:22 — Q&A: the Neuralink question everyone asks
39:12 — Q&A: can a machine ever be conscious?
*Links:*
📩 Follow my Newsletter: https://siliconvalleygirl.beehiiv.com/
🔗 My Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/siliconvalleygirl/
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Richard Socher is the fourth most-cited researcher in the history of natural language processing — he invented the word vectors and prompt engineering that run inside almost every chatbot you use. He sold his first startup to Salesforce, built You.com into a $1.5B unicorn, and in May 2026 raised $650M at a $4.65B valuation for Recursive: an AI that runs its own experiments and rewrites itself.
In this conversation he explains why he thinks the self-improvement loop arrives within two years, which jobs grow and which disappear, and his hack for seeing the future — look at what only the wealthy can afford today, then ask which of it is bottlenecked on intelligence. Stay till the end for the first question he'd ask a superintelligence.
Feeling behind on AI and don't know where to start? Start here.
*Timestamps:*
00:00 — Intro
01:05 — What recursive self-improving AI actually means
02:35 — Reward hacking: when AI does what you said, not what you meant
05:42 — Why entrepreneurs love AI and hourly workers fear it
08:57 — Superintelligence vs. AGI
10:43 — The dimension of intelligence no one is working on
14:48 — His timeline: recursive self-improvement within 2 years
15:55 — How your business changes when AI gets metacognition
18:27 — Which jobs grow, which shrink: the elasticity rule
21:15 — His hack for predicting the future: what only the wealthy can afford
24:11 — Why home robots are a hardware problem, not software
25:56 — How he recruited co-founders from DeepMind, OpenAI, Meta
29:41 — Is a PhD still worth it?
31:41 — Who decides AI's goals — and the role of government
35:11 — Where he'd invest now: AI for biology
37:19 — Which market feels the AI hit next
40:39 — Advice for people who get paid by the hour
42:33 — His productivity hack for learning fast
43:53 — His first question to a superintelligence
45:27 — What gives people meaning in 2035
*Links:*
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Richard Socher is the fourth most-cited researcher in the history of natural language processing — he invented the word vectors and prompt engineering that run inside almost every chatbot you use. He sold his first startup to Salesforce, built You.com into a $1.5B unicorn, and in May 2026 raised $650M at a $4.65B valuation for Recursive: an AI that runs its own experiments and rewrites itself.
In this conversation he explains why he thinks the self-improvement loop arrives within two years, which jobs grow and which disappear, and his hack for seeing the future — look at what only the wealthy can afford today, then ask which of it is bottlenecked on intelligence. Stay till the end for the first question he'd ask a superintelligence.
Feeling behind on AI and don't know where to start? Start here.
*Timestamps:*
00:00 — Intro
01:05 — What recursive self-improving AI actually means
02:35 — Reward hacking: when AI does what you said, not what you meant
05:42 — Why entrepreneurs love AI and hourly workers fear it
08:57 — Superintelligence vs. AGI
10:43 — The dimension of intelligence no one is working on
14:48 — His timeline: recursive self-improvement within 2 years
15:55 — How your business changes when AI gets metacognition
18:27 — Which jobs grow, which shrink: the elasticity rule
21:15 — His hack for predicting the future: what only the wealthy can afford
24:11 — Why home robots are a hardware problem, not software
25:56 — How he recruited co-founders from DeepMind, OpenAI, Meta
29:41 — Is a PhD still worth it?
31:41 — Who decides AI's goals — and the role of government
35:11 — Where he'd invest now: AI for biology
37:19 — Which market feels the AI hit next
40:39 — Advice for people who get paid by the hour
42:33 — His productivity hack for learning fast
43:53 — His first question to a superintelligence
45:27 — What gives people meaning in 2035
*Links:*
📩 Follow my Future-Proof Newsletter: https://siliconvalleygirl.beehiiv.com/subscribe?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=video&utm_campaign=futureproof-sub&utm_content=Richard-Socher
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Why business owners are about to stop doing half of their weekly tasks — explains Gusto Co-founder and Head of Technology, Edward Kim.
@Gusto just announced Gusto Cofounder, an AI teammate that helps small businesses stay on top of payroll, compliance, and the daily admin that keeps things running.
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Why business owners are about to stop doing half of their weekly tasks — explains Gusto Co-founder and Head of Technology, Edward Kim.
@Gusto just announced Gusto Cofounder, an AI teammate that helps small businesses stay on top of payroll, compliance, and the daily admin that keeps things running.
🔗 try it here: https://gusto.com/cofounder?idgm=2mm6b6i2
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📌 Discover the Internet of Cognition: enabling agents to share intent, accumulate knowledge, and innovate collectively for truly transformative AI beyond bigger models :
- Read Scaling Out Superintelligence https://outshift.cisco.com/internet-of-cognition/whitepaper?utm_campaign=fy26q4_ioc_ww_paid-media_ioc-svg-wp_podcast&utm_channel=podcast&utm_source=podcast
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📌 Discover the Internet of Cognition: enabling agents to share intent, accumulate knowledge, and innovate collectively for truly transformative AI beyond bigger models :
- Read Scaling Out Superintelligence https://outshift.cisco.com/internet-of-cognition/whitepaper?utm_campaign=fy26q4_ioc_ww_paid-media_ioc-svg-wp_podcast&utm_channel=podcast&utm_source=podcast
- Try Internet of Cognition Interactive Demo https://outshift.cisco.com/internet-of-cognition/explore?utm_campaign=fy26q4_ioc_ww_paid-media_ioc-svg-explore_podcast&utm_channel=podcast&utm_source=podcast
- And visit https://outshift.cisco.com/?utm_campaign=fy26q4_ioc_ww_paid-media_ioc-svg-outshift_podcast&utm_channel=podcast&utm_source=podcast to Learn More
📌 How the Internet of Cognition can transform outcomes in 5 real-world use cases:
- Read Scaling Out Superintelligence https://outshift.cisco.com/internet-of-cognition/whitepaper?utm_campaign=fy26q4_ioc_ww_paid-media_ioc-svg-wp_podcast&utm_channel=podcast&utm_source=podcast
- Try Internet of Cognition Interactive Demo https://outshift.cisco.com/internet-of-cognition/explore?utm_campaign=fy26q4_ioc_ww_paid-media_ioc-svg-explore_podcast&utm_channel=podcast&utm_source=podcast
- And visit https://outshift.cisco.com/?utm_campaign=fy26q4_ioc_ww_paid-media_ioc-svg-outshift_podcast&utm_channel=podcast&utm_source=podcast to Learn More
Dr. Fei-Fei Li built ImageNet, the dataset that set off the deep learning revolution. Now she runs World Labs, where she just raised $1 billion to teach AI something it still can't do: understand physical space. She sat down with me and David Rogier, CEO of Masterclass, who codes his own work tools now instead of buying software (his to-do app auto-deletes anything that sits on the list longer than a day and a half).
We get into what AI can already do and what it still can't, why the two loudest takes on AI — that it'll save the world, and that it'll take all the jobs — are both wrong, and what your kids' schooling and your own career actually look like in 10 years. Plus the one thing Fei-Fei and David both say matters more than which tools you use.Feeling behind on AI and don't know where to start? Start here.
*Timestamps:*
00:00 — Intro
04:47 — David's CEO playbook
08:57 — If the cost of intelligence goes to zero, what happens to your career?
12:38 — Mass layoff headlines vs. reality: what's actually driving AI fear
16:23 — What AI can and can't do right now
21:23 — What does a company look like in 10 years?
25:25 — The barbell effect: specialist vs. high-agency generalist
28:39 — The tools that actually changed how Fei-Fei Li works
31:11 — What is spatial intelligence
39:10 — How to build agency in yourself
45:52 — The easiest way to start with AI if you feel completely lost
*Links:*
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#ai #podcast #siliconvalleygirl
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📌 How the Internet of Cognition can transform outcomes in 5 real-world use cases:
- Read Scaling Out Superintelligence https://outshift.cisco.com/internet-of-cognition/whitepaper?utm_campaign=fy26q4_ioc_ww_paid-media_ioc-svg-wp_podcast&utm_channel=podcast&utm_source=podcast
- Try Internet of Cognition Interactive Demo https://outshift.cisco.com/internet-of-cognition/explore?utm_campaign=fy26q4_ioc_ww_paid-media_ioc-svg-explore_podcast&utm_channel=podcast&utm_source=podcast
- And visit https://outshift.cisco.com/?utm_campaign=fy26q4_ioc_ww_paid-media_ioc-svg-outshift_podcast&utm_channel=podcast&utm_source=podcast to Learn More
Dr. Fei-Fei Li built ImageNet, the dataset that set off the deep learning revolution. Now she runs World Labs, where she just raised $1 billion to teach AI something it still can't do: understand physical space. She sat down with me and David Rogier, CEO of Masterclass, who codes his own work tools now instead of buying software (his to-do app auto-deletes anything that sits on the list longer than a day and a half).
We get into what AI can already do and what it still can't, why the two loudest takes on AI — that it'll save the world, and that it'll take all the jobs — are both wrong, and what your kids' schooling and your own career actually look like in 10 years. Plus the one thing Fei-Fei and David both say matters more than which tools you use.Feeling behind on AI and don't know where to start? Start here.
*Timestamps:*
00:00 — Intro
04:47 — David's CEO playbook
08:57 — If the cost of intelligence goes to zero, what happens to your career?
12:38 — Mass layoff headlines vs. reality: what's actually driving AI fear
16:23 — What AI can and can't do right now
21:23 — What does a company look like in 10 years?
25:25 — The barbell effect: specialist vs. high-agency generalist
28:39 — The tools that actually changed how Fei-Fei Li works
31:11 — What is spatial intelligence
39:10 — How to build agency in yourself
45:52 — The easiest way to start with AI if you feel completely lost
*Links:*
📩 Follow my Future-Proof Newsletter: https://siliconvalleygirl.beehiiv.com/subscribe?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=video&utm_campaign=futureproof-sub&utm_content=Fei-Fei
🔗 My Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/siliconvalleygirl/
📌 My Companies & Products: https://partnerships.marinamogilko.co
#ai #podcast #siliconvalleygirl
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A year ago Peter Yang was drowning in meetings and paperwork. Then he rebuilt his entire workflow around AI.
He left product roles at Meta, Reddit, and Roblox to go solo. Today he runs a 140K newsletter and has built 16 apps without writing a line of code. In this episode he breaks down how: how to move from using AI like a search engine to building systems that run your work, how to build a personal AI that knows your strategy, and the one thing to do this week to get ahead.
*Timestamps:*
00:00 — Intro
02:51 — How his AI posting system works across platforms
08:54 — The weekly strategic brief Peter built in Codex
11:59 — The 5 Layers of AI Adoption framework explained
14:09 — How to move from Level 1 to Level 5 (practical walkthrough)
24:32 — AI that learns your decision-making style
25:53 — Step-by-step: how to go from Level 2 to Level 5
27:57 — Peter's honest fear about AI
29:06 — Peter's radical solution for raising kids in the AI era
30:18 — Action plan: what to do this week to stay ahead
*Links:*
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A year ago Peter Yang was drowning in meetings and paperwork. Then he rebuilt his entire workflow around AI.
He left product roles at Meta, Reddit, and Roblox to go solo. Today he runs a 140K newsletter and has built 16 apps without writing a line of code. In this episode he breaks down how: how to move from using AI like a search engine to building systems that run your work, how to build a personal AI that knows your strategy, and the one thing to do this week to get ahead.
*Timestamps:*
00:00 — Intro
02:51 — How his AI posting system works across platforms
08:54 — The weekly strategic brief Peter built in Codex
11:59 — The 5 Layers of AI Adoption framework explained
14:09 — How to move from Level 1 to Level 5 (practical walkthrough)
24:32 — AI that learns your decision-making style
25:53 — Step-by-step: how to go from Level 2 to Level 5
27:57 — Peter's honest fear about AI
29:06 — Peter's radical solution for raising kids in the AI era
30:18 — Action plan: what to do this week to stay ahead
*Links:*
📩 Follow my Future-Proof Newsletter: https://siliconvalleygirl.beehiiv.com/subscribe?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=video&utm_campaign=futureproof-sub&utm_content=Peter-Yang
🔗 My Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/siliconvalleygirl/
📌 My Companies & Products: https://partnerships.marinamogilko.co
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Grant Lee built a $2.1 billion AI company in 4 years. He started during a pandemic, with a newborn daughter, no salary, and an investor who told him it was the worst idea he'd ever heard.
In this conversation he shares what actually got Gamma to 100 million users with a team of 50 — including how to run a fundraise in two weeks, how to pick an idea worth a year of your life, and the two things that tell you you have product-market fit before the revenue shows up.
*Timestamps:*
00:00 — Intro
04:43 — What his wife said when he quit his job
05:38 — Live demo: building a pitch deck with Gamma in real time
10:04 — The biggest mistake AI founders make when fundraising
14:33 — Grant rates the AI-generated deck as an investor
21:42 — How Gamma got its first 1,000 users
26:20 — Why every founder needs an audience now
28:27 — How to price an AI product
32:01 — Can you triple revenue without growing the team?
39:00 — The honest truth about delegating to AI agents right now
41:11 — First 30 days plan for anyone starting a startup today
*Links:*
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📌 My Companies & Products: https://partnerships.marinamogilko.co
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🎁 Free Workplace Automation Kit — the system my team uses daily to automate the busywork and stay focused on what actually matters. Download here → https://clickhubspot.com/fbd897
Grant Lee built a $2.1 billion AI company in 4 years. He started during a pandemic, with a newborn daughter, no salary, and an investor who told him it was the worst idea he'd ever heard.
In this conversation he shares what actually got Gamma to 100 million users with a team of 50 — including how to run a fundraise in two weeks, how to pick an idea worth a year of your life, and the two things that tell you you have product-market fit before the revenue shows up.
*Timestamps:*
00:00 — Intro
04:43 — What his wife said when he quit his job
05:38 — Live demo: building a pitch deck with Gamma in real time
10:04 — The biggest mistake AI founders make when fundraising
14:33 — Grant rates the AI-generated deck as an investor
21:42 — How Gamma got its first 1,000 users
26:20 — Why every founder needs an audience now
28:27 — How to price an AI product
32:01 — Can you triple revenue without growing the team?
39:00 — The honest truth about delegating to AI agents right now
41:11 — First 30 days plan for anyone starting a startup today
*Links:*
📩 Follow my Future-Proof Newsletter: https://siliconvalleygirl.beehiiv.com/subscribe?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=video&utm_campaign=futureproof-sub&utm_content=Grant-Lee
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📌 My Companies & Products: https://partnerships.marinamogilko.co
Airtable CEO Howie Liu calls them "luxury hires" — roles that were never worth a full-time person. With agents, a 24/7 researcher or an ops person costs almost nothing.
Try building one on @Hyperagentapp (by @AirtableApp) and get $1000 in credits to build your first agent! → http://www.hyperagent.com/marina
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Airtable CEO Howie Liu calls them "luxury hires" — roles that were never worth a full-time person. With agents, a 24/7 researcher or an ops person costs almost nothing.
Try building one on @Hyperagentapp (by @AirtableApp) and get $1000 in credits to build your first agent! → http://www.hyperagent.com/marina
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Join me for an inspiring conversation with Esther Wojcicki, the "godmother of silicon valley," whose wisdom on parenting tips and education has guided countless families. I share my personal journey of how her parenting advice helped me navigate the challenges of new motherhood. This discussion highlights crucial teaching methods and life lessons for the future of learning, applicable to all.
Timestamps:
0:00 — Why I've wanted this guest for years
3:02 — How to use AI without losing your critical thinking
4:36 — Steve Jobs and the computers that changed everything
8:30 — Will AI take your kids' jobs? Esther's honest answer
10:17 — The TRICK system: Trust, Respect, Independence, Collaboration, Kindness
14:13 — How to rebuild self-trust as an adult
17:08 — What Esther told Anne during the 23andMe crisis
23:21 — How each daughter went a completely different direction
26:44 — How to raise kids when you were brought up differently
29:29 — Should you still push for college in the AI age?
31:05 — What parents should do more of right now
35:24 — Women in Silicon Valley: the price of success nobody talks about
38:52 — "Fail fast and revise" — and what Zuckerberg got wrong
40:33 — The $1.1 billion bet that created YouTube
42:54 — The Godmother of Silicon Valley documentary is coming
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Join me for an inspiring conversation with Esther Wojcicki, the "godmother of silicon valley," whose wisdom on parenting tips and education has guided countless families. I share my personal journey of how her parenting advice helped me navigate the challenges of new motherhood. This discussion highlights crucial teaching methods and life lessons for the future of learning, applicable to all.
Timestamps:
0:00 — Why I've wanted this guest for years
3:02 — How to use AI without losing your critical thinking
4:36 — Steve Jobs and the computers that changed everything
8:30 — Will AI take your kids' jobs? Esther's honest answer
10:17 — The TRICK system: Trust, Respect, Independence, Collaboration, Kindness
14:13 — How to rebuild self-trust as an adult
17:08 — What Esther told Anne during the 23andMe crisis
23:21 — How each daughter went a completely different direction
26:44 — How to raise kids when you were brought up differently
29:29 — Should you still push for college in the AI age?
31:05 — What parents should do more of right now
35:24 — Women in Silicon Valley: the price of success nobody talks about
38:52 — "Fail fast and revise" — and what Zuckerberg got wrong
40:33 — The $1.1 billion bet that created YouTube
42:54 — The Godmother of Silicon Valley documentary is coming
Links:
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Gusto Co-founder Edward Kim has a simple answer.
@gusto just launched Gusto Cofounder — an AI teammate for small businesses: payroll, compliance, and daily ops handled before they become problems.
Here’s the link to try: https://gusto.com/cofounder?idgm=2mm6b6i2
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Gusto Co-founder Edward Kim has a simple answer.
@gusto just launched Gusto Cofounder — an AI teammate for small businesses: payroll, compliance, and daily ops handled before they become problems.
Here’s the link to try: https://gusto.com/cofounder?idgm=2mm6b6i2
#GustoPartner
Chasing people for timesheets is the worst part of payroll. Now Gusto Cofounder does it for you — Slacks your team, tracks who's missing, and sends you a status update by Friday. I can even run payroll by text now.
📌Try Gusto Cofounder: https://gusto.com/cofounder?idgm=2mm6b6i2
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Chasing people for timesheets is the worst part of payroll. Now Gusto Cofounder does it for you — Slacks your team, tracks who's missing, and sends you a status update by Friday. I can even run payroll by text now.
📌Try Gusto Cofounder: https://gusto.com/cofounder?idgm=2mm6b6i2
#GustoPartner
📌 Head to https://granola.ai/marina and enter the code MARINA for 3 months off.
Chris Pedregal built a $1.5 billion AI app in 3 years, in a category where Zoom and Google already had similar features before he launched. In this conversation he hands over the exact playbook for breaking out of a crowded market with a tiny team and a small marketing budget — a playbook anyone can use to win in the AI era.
*Timecodes:*
00:00 — Can you still compete with Big Tech in 2026?
01:16 — If anyone can vibe-code, why build anything?
02:31 — Is there still room for new AI startups?
04:31 — The launch strategy almost nobody uses
06:23 — How to find a winning startup idea in 2026
09:55 — The startup advantage Big Tech can't copy
14:10 — The 2×2 framework for what's worth building
17:00 — The Slack and Dropbox growth playbook
18:20 — 500 installs on day one — no marketing
21:40 — The hidden signal of product-market fit
23:56 — Inside Chris's AI workflow
27:07 — The one job Chris won't give to AI
28:42 — The prompt that found Marina's bottleneck
29:20 — The prompt that makes any AI tool better
32:25 — Turn every meeting into a chief of staff
37:40 — Why some AI feels magical and most doesn't
39:22 — What Chris tells people who fear AI
40:52 — Chris on dealing with AI anxiety
43:24 — Chris's #1 warning for AI founders
*Links:*
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📌 Head to https://granola.ai/marina and enter the code MARINA for 3 months off.
Chris Pedregal built a $1.5 billion AI app in 3 years, in a category where Zoom and Google already had similar features before he launched. In this conversation he hands over the exact playbook for breaking out of a crowded market with a tiny team and a small marketing budget — a playbook anyone can use to win in the AI era.
*Timecodes:*
00:00 — Can you still compete with Big Tech in 2026?
01:16 — If anyone can vibe-code, why build anything?
02:31 — Is there still room for new AI startups?
04:31 — The launch strategy almost nobody uses
06:23 — How to find a winning startup idea in 2026
09:55 — The startup advantage Big Tech can't copy
14:10 — The 2×2 framework for what's worth building
17:00 — The Slack and Dropbox growth playbook
18:20 — 500 installs on day one — no marketing
21:40 — The hidden signal of product-market fit
23:56 — Inside Chris's AI workflow
27:07 — The one job Chris won't give to AI
28:42 — The prompt that found Marina's bottleneck
29:20 — The prompt that makes any AI tool better
32:25 — Turn every meeting into a chief of staff
37:40 — Why some AI feels magical and most doesn't
39:22 — What Chris tells people who fear AI
40:52 — Chris on dealing with AI anxiety
43:24 — Chris's #1 warning for AI founders
*Links:*
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🔗 My Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/siliconvalleygirl/
📌 My Companies & Products: https://partnerships.marinamogilko.co
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Howie Liu co-founded Airtable — used by over 80% of Fortune 100 companies. Now he's building HyperAgent. He asked me: if you could hire as many people as you want for almost zero cost, what roles would you fill first? I didn't have an answer. We covered the two skills that will make you superhuman in the agent era, how to build a virtual twin of yourself so you stop being the bottleneck in your own company, and why builders are going to win the next few years. He also showed me his real setup live: an agent that monitors X 24/7 and pushes him only what matters, and a full billboard campaign his agents ran end-to-end. If you've been reading about agents but haven't deployed one yet, Howie gives you three steps to start today.
📌 Limited BONUS: HyperAgent is giving away $1,000 in free credits to the first 1,000 subscribers who sign up through my link — claim yours here: https://hyperagent.com/invite/MARINA-HA?utm_source=youtuber&utm_medium=influenceer&utm_campaign=MARINA-HA
*Timestamps:*
00:00 Intro
00:43 The real state of AI right now
03:06 The evolution no one mapped
07:58 Claude vs. ChatGPT vs. HyperAgent — how to actually choose
12:12 Building a virtual twin of yourself with AI
15:39 Live demo: Howie's real productivity setup
20:22 How to develop the builder mindset
24:58 Fun agent use cases
29:05 First 3 steps to start with agents today
31:15 The two skills that will make you superhuman
*Links:*
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📌 My Companies & Products: https://Marinamogilko.co
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Howie Liu co-founded Airtable — used by over 80% of Fortune 100 companies. Now he's building HyperAgent. He asked me: if you could hire as many people as you want for almost zero cost, what roles would you fill first? I didn't have an answer. We covered the two skills that will make you superhuman in the agent era, how to build a virtual twin of yourself so you stop being the bottleneck in your own company, and why builders are going to win the next few years. He also showed me his real setup live: an agent that monitors X 24/7 and pushes him only what matters, and a full billboard campaign his agents ran end-to-end. If you've been reading about agents but haven't deployed one yet, Howie gives you three steps to start today.
📌 Limited BONUS: HyperAgent is giving away $1,000 in free credits to the first 1,000 subscribers who sign up through my link — claim yours here: https://hyperagent.com/invite/MARINA-HA?utm_source=youtuber&utm_medium=influenceer&utm_campaign=MARINA-HA
*Timestamps:*
00:00 Intro
00:43 The real state of AI right now
03:06 The evolution no one mapped
07:58 Claude vs. ChatGPT vs. HyperAgent — how to actually choose
12:12 Building a virtual twin of yourself with AI
15:39 Live demo: Howie's real productivity setup
20:22 How to develop the builder mindset
24:58 Fun agent use cases
29:05 First 3 steps to start with agents today
31:15 The two skills that will make you superhuman
*Links:*
📩 Follow my Newsletter: https://siliconvalleygirl.beehiiv.com/subscribe?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=video&utm_campaign=futureproof-sub&utm_content=HowieLiu
🔗 My Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/siliconvalleygirl/
📌 My Companies & Products: https://Marinamogilko.co
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Thibault Sottiaux is the head of ChatGPT and Codex at OpenAI. He told me that in a few months, people who don't use AI at all will get the same benefits as those who've spent two years figuring it out. So what's actually going to be your edge in a market this competitive? Thibault opened up and shared a few of his secrets — he showed me how his own agents work and how anyone can set them up. We covered the must-have files everyone should create, the one file you should never write yourself, and the new skill that replaces prompting entirely. If you work with a computer for a living, this is the one to watch this week.
*Timestamps:*
00:00 — The change nobody is ready for
00:47 — How knowledge work changes tomorrow
03:00 — The agentic workflow breakthrough
04:18 — The must-have files everyone needs
05:54 — The one file you should NOT write yourself
07:08 — Use agents vs. don't — the productivity gap
07:50 — The trap of optimizing everything
11:47 — Vibe coding: when you still need an engineer
13:38 — The future of software engineering
15:07 — A workflow you should deploy today
16:30 — Live demo: agent runs my inbox + plans a trip
21:18 — "Where am I wasting my time?"
22:48 — What Thibault personally uses Codex for
24:53 — Live demo: agent pulls my LinkedIn analytics
25:55 — He quit his PhD after 2 weeks — would he do it today
27:48 — The "personal tailor" model of AI
29:04 — The real skill that replaces prompting
*Links:*
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📌 My Companies & Products: https://Marinamogilko.co
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Thibault Sottiaux is the head of ChatGPT and Codex at OpenAI. He told me that in a few months, people who don't use AI at all will get the same benefits as those who've spent two years figuring it out. So what's actually going to be your edge in a market this competitive? Thibault opened up and shared a few of his secrets — he showed me how his own agents work and how anyone can set them up. We covered the must-have files everyone should create, the one file you should never write yourself, and the new skill that replaces prompting entirely. If you work with a computer for a living, this is the one to watch this week.
*Timestamps:*
00:00 — The change nobody is ready for
00:47 — How knowledge work changes tomorrow
03:00 — The agentic workflow breakthrough
04:18 — The must-have files everyone needs
05:54 — The one file you should NOT write yourself
07:08 — Use agents vs. don't — the productivity gap
07:50 — The trap of optimizing everything
11:47 — Vibe coding: when you still need an engineer
13:38 — The future of software engineering
15:07 — A workflow you should deploy today
16:30 — Live demo: agent runs my inbox + plans a trip
21:18 — "Where am I wasting my time?"
22:48 — What Thibault personally uses Codex for
24:53 — Live demo: agent pulls my LinkedIn analytics
25:55 — He quit his PhD after 2 weeks — would he do it today
27:48 — The "personal tailor" model of AI
29:04 — The real skill that replaces prompting
*Links:*
📩 Follow my Newsletter: https://siliconvalleygirl.beehiiv.com/subscribe?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=video&utm_campaign=futureproof-sub&utm_content=Thibault-Sottiaux
🔗 My Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/siliconvalleygirl/
📌 My Companies & Products: https://Marinamogilko.co
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Josh Woodward, the VP behind Google Labs, the Gemini app, and AI Studio, gave me the clearest picture yet of where AI is actually heading at Google.
0:00 — Intro
1:01 — Why This Google I/O Is Different From Every Other One
2:21 — Feature That Was Built Two Weekends Before I/O
3:22 — Why Switch to Gemini When You Already Use Another AI
6:53 — The Shift to Voice-First Is Already Happening
8:02 — From Doing to Directing: Everyone Becomes a Manager
12:10 — Is Google Actually Losing the AI Race?
15:18 — Gemini's Personality
16:27 — How Josh Builds Personal Context Into AI
19:58 — Why Everyone Needs to Organize Their Personal Context Now
20:55 — What AGI Actually Means
22:35 — Why Human Taste Becomes More Valuable, Not Less
23:42 — Advice for Someone Starting Their Career Right Now
24:29 — How Google Labs Ships Products in Two Weekends
26:13 — The Metric Josh Uses Instead of Retention Dashboards
29:39 — The Next Shift Nobody Has Internalized Yet
31:12 — What His Five-Year-Old's Future Looks Like
*Links*:
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#googleio #podcast #gemini #geminispark
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📌 Increase your visibility in AI search with HubSpot AEO — see how your brand shows up in ChatGPT, Gemini, and Perplexity. FREE for 28 days, then $50/month: https://clickhubspot.com/a400ee
Josh Woodward, the VP behind Google Labs, the Gemini app, and AI Studio, gave me the clearest picture yet of where AI is actually heading at Google.
0:00 — Intro
1:01 — Why This Google I/O Is Different From Every Other One
2:21 — Feature That Was Built Two Weekends Before I/O
3:22 — Why Switch to Gemini When You Already Use Another AI
6:53 — The Shift to Voice-First Is Already Happening
8:02 — From Doing to Directing: Everyone Becomes a Manager
12:10 — Is Google Actually Losing the AI Race?
15:18 — Gemini's Personality
16:27 — How Josh Builds Personal Context Into AI
19:58 — Why Everyone Needs to Organize Their Personal Context Now
20:55 — What AGI Actually Means
22:35 — Why Human Taste Becomes More Valuable, Not Less
23:42 — Advice for Someone Starting Their Career Right Now
24:29 — How Google Labs Ships Products in Two Weekends
26:13 — The Metric Josh Uses Instead of Retention Dashboards
29:39 — The Next Shift Nobody Has Internalized Yet
31:12 — What His Five-Year-Old's Future Looks Like
*Links*:
📩 Follow my Newsletter: https://siliconvalleygirl.beehiiv.com/subscribe?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=video&utm_campaign=futureproof-sub&utm_content=Josh Woodward
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📌 My Companies & Products: https://Marinamogilko.co
#googleio #podcast #gemini #geminispark
📌 AI users publish 4X more content than the rest of us. Inside Magnific it's 40 models with over 250M assets to speed up your content creation.
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Ask to order coffee on DoorDash from your Gentle Monsters and Gemini will do that for you ✨✨
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Ask to order coffee on DoorDash from your Gentle Monsters and Gemini will do that for you ✨✨
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You can ask YouTube a real question and it gives you back a mix of summaries, clips and step-by-step answers pulled from videos
YouTube is about to stop being a video site and start being a knowledge engine
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#googleio
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You can ask YouTube a real question and it gives you back a mix of summaries, clips and step-by-step answers pulled from videos
YouTube is about to stop being a video site and start being a knowledge engine
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#googleio
Google is now processing 3.2 quadrillion tokens per month, up 7x from last year. That's a 3 with 15 zeroes after it!
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Google is now processing 3.2 quadrillion tokens per month, up 7x from last year. That's a 3 with 15 zeroes after it!
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#googleio
Why it matters: creating multi modal videos, creating your own worlds from a word prompt
My thoughts: one step closer to a laundry robot 😂🙏
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#googleio
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Why it matters: creating multi modal videos, creating your own worlds from a word prompt
My thoughts: one step closer to a laundry robot 😂🙏
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