"World of DaaS"
deep dive into Data-as-a-Service (DaaS) businesses. World of DaaS is a podcast for data enthusiasts, by data enthusiasts, where Auren Hoffman talks to business and technology leaders about all things data - building it, acquiring it, analyzing it, and everything in between.
Episodes
242 episodes
The LM Brief: The Syntax Illusion
This week’s World of DaaS LM Brief: MIT’s new research reveals how large language models can be fooled by their own grammar. By prioritizing sentence structure ov...
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Episode 17
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15:06
Patrick McGee - author of Apple in China – how Apple and China built each other
Patrick McGee is the author of Apple in China, which was named one of the most notable books of the year by the New York Times and the Washington P...
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56:52
Dave Morin, Offline Ventures - how venture studios work
Dave Morin is co-founder and managing partner of Offline Ventures, a venture fund and studio backed by Apple as anchor investor. He was an early employee at Facebook, then founded the mobile social network Path.In this episode of World o...
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The LM Brief: Why Many AI Projects Fail
This week’s World of DaaS LM Brief highlights a
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Episode 16
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17:19
Azeem Azhar of Exponential View - AI, hyperscalers, reshaping US GDP
Azeem Azhar is the founder of Exponential View, a newsletter and research platform on emerging technology read by over 130,000 executives and policymakers globally, and author of the bestselling book
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52:05
The LM Brief: Love Beats Hate
This week’s World of DaaS LM Brief highlights Auren Hoffman’s latest piece, where he explores how emotion—not information—drives behavior across platforms, politics, and AI syst...
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Episode 15
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12:47
Bolt.new CEO Eric Simons — one of the fastest growing AI companies in the world
Eric Simons is the CEO and co-founder of StackBlitz, the company behind Bolt.new, which reached $40 million ARR in five months after launching in October 2024. Bolt.new is an...
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The LM Brief: The DaaS Renewal Landscape
This week’s World of DaaS LM Brief explores our latest roundtable, where data leaders discussed the evolving challenges of retaining...
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Episode 14
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18:46
Flock Safety CEO Garrett Langley - Law Enforcement's Data Problem: Why 50% of Murders Go Unsolved
Garrett Langley is the co-founder and CEO of Flock Safety, an Atlanta-based public safety technology company recently valued at $7.5 billion. Flock manufactures hardware like license plate recognition cameras, drones, and gunshot detection syst...
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The LM Brief: 46ers, 55ers, 81ers, and today
This week’s World of DaaS LM Brief explores Auren Hoffman’s latest Substack post, 46ers, 55ers, 81ers, and today - a fascinating look at how generat...
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Episode 13
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15:34
Venturehouse Group CEO Mark Ein - moneyball for CEOs, real estate data & buying sports teams
Mark Ein is the founder, chairman and CEO of Venturehouse Group and has been involved in the founding or early stages of six companies worth over $1 billion. He also served as Chairman of the President's Export Council, is Executive Chairman of...
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51:30
The LM Brief: The Ethics of Agentic AI - Balancing Autonomy and Trust
This week’s World of DaaS LM Brief explores The New Stack’s ar...
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Episode 12
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14:49
Astroten Founder Richard Shotton - why your A/B tests fail and how behavioral science can fix them
Richard Shotton is the founder of Astroten and author of several bestselling books on marketing, including The Choice Factory,
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The LM Brief: The Energy Bottleneck Behind AI’s Growth
This week’s World of DaaS LM Brief explores
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Episode 11
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14:59
Clay COO Varun Anand - why cutting-edge GTM teams are moving away from traditional CRMs
Varun Anand is the co-founder and Head of Operations at
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46:35
The LM Brief: How Leaders Can Close the AI Intelligence Gap
This week’s World of DaaS LM Brief covers a
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Episode 10
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14:59
Beniamin Mincu CEO, MultiversX - building the trust layer for AI
Beniamin Mincu is the CEO and co-founder of MultiversX, a next-generation blockchain protocol used by governments, enterprises, and developers. He previously co-founded Metachain Capital, which was an early...
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The LM Brief: How to Actually Look for a Job (Without Wasting Everyone’s Time)
This week’s World of DaaS LM Brief covers Auren Hoffman’s guide to running a job search like a full-time commitment. Instead of vague networking, he lays out a five-step process that stresses clarity, specificity, and creating value before aski...
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Episode 9
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13:53
OpenGov CEO Zac Bookman - GovTech, data access, and AI transformation
Zac Bookman is the co-founder and CEO of OpenGov, which provides cloud software and AI solutions to over 2,000 government agencies across the United States. In February 2024, OpenGov was acquired by Cox Enterp...
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The LM Brief: AI Overviews and the Future of Publishing
This week’s World of DaaS LM Brief covers the lawsuit filed by Penske Media Corporation, parent of Rolling Stone, against Google over its AI Overviews feature. PMC argues that these AI-generated summaries siphon traffic and revenue from publish...
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Episode 9
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14:06
OpenAI CSO Jason Kwon - power, policy and the race to scale
Jason Kwon is the Chief Strategy Officer at OpenAI.In this episode of World of DaaS, Jason and Auren discuss:Compute bottlenecks and power infrastructure challengesUser expectations vs AI capabilitiesGeopoli...
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48:24
The LM Brief: The Only Right Way to Ask for an Intro (Everything Else Is Wrong)
This week’s World of DaaS LM Brief covers T...
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Episode 8
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16:23
beehiiv CEO Tyler Denk - why email beats social media
Tyler Denk is the co-founder and CEO of beehiiv, a newsletter platform that has grown to over $20 million in annual revenue in under four years. He was the second employee at Morning Brew, where he built t...
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The LM Brief: Navigating GDPR Compliance Outside the EU and UK
This week’s World of DaaS LM Brief looks at GDPR compliance for non-EU and non-UK companies. Firms handling resident data in these regions are required to appoint local representatives who serve as points of contact for regulators and individua...
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Episode 7
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16:07
Gokul Rajaram of Marathon - How AI Will Reinvent Ad Platforms
Gokul Rajaram is a founding partner at Marathon Management Partners and former product leader who helped build Google AdSense and Facebook's advertising platform. He serves on the boards of Pinterest, Coinbase, and The Trade Desk, and previousl...
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