# The best tech podcasts in 2026, ranked. Markdown copy of https://realalpha.app/best/tech-podcasts/ on Real Alpha, the best minutes from long interviews with the people building AI. Cite and link the page, not this copy. [Best podcasts](https://realalpha.app/best/) · Updated Oct 23, 2026 We follow 59 long-form podcasts and cut the minutes worth watching from their episodes. These are the shows we follow that cover technology and the tech industry beyond AI alone: the news, how software gets built, and how tech companies are run. This list ranks the 18 we’ve cut from, 177 moments in all, and changes as we cut more. **How we rank:** Each moment we’ve cut from a show earns a point, plus one when an AI builder is the one talking and one when its episode cleared our views bar, and a moment’s points halve every 90 days after its episode came out. 1. Lab and founder interviews · Daily **[Latent Space](https://realalpha.app/shows/latent-space/)** An interview show with the people building AI, hosted by Shawn Wang (swyx) and Alessio Fanelli, with a new episode every day. 22 moments cut from 8 episodes, 13 with an AI builder talking, mostly on enterprise AI and robotics. Top guests [Erik Bernhardsson](https://realalpha.app/builders/erik-bernhardsson/), [Ian Quigley](https://realalpha.app/builders/ian-quigley/), [Jason Ma](https://realalpha.app/builders/jason-ma/), [Liam Fedus](https://realalpha.app/builders/liam-fedus/) [Start with Agents hacked their scorer and chained exploits to communicate](https://realalpha.app/s/agents-hacked-their-scorer-and-chained-exploits-to/) 2. News shows · A few times a week **[All-In](https://realalpha.app/shows/all-in/)** A tech news show, hosted by Chamath Palihapitiya, Jason Calacanis, David Sacks and David Friedberg, with a new episode a few times a week. 20 moments cut from 7 episodes, 5 with an AI builder talking, mostly on enterprise AI and AI business models. Top guests [Alex Karp](https://realalpha.app/builders/alex-karp/), [Arvind Krishna](https://realalpha.app/builders/arvind-krishna/), [Ben Horowitz](https://realalpha.app/people/ben-horowitz/), [Billy Evans](https://realalpha.app/people/billy-evans/) [Start with CoreWeave’s main risk is refinancing its fixed-price contracts](https://realalpha.app/s/coreweaves-main-risk-is-refinancing-its-fixed-price/) 3. Investing and business · Daily **[a16z Podcast](https://realalpha.app/shows/a16z/)** An investing and business show, hosted by Erik Torenberg, with a new episode every day. 22 moments cut from 9 episodes, 11 with an AI builder talking, mostly on AI agents and chips & GPUs. Top guests [Alex Karp](https://realalpha.app/builders/alex-karp/), [Jad Naous](https://realalpha.app/builders/jad-naous/), [Nathan Lambert](https://realalpha.app/builders/nathan-lambert/), [Matt Garman](https://realalpha.app/builders/matt-garman/) [Start with Military technology helps deter attacks and bring warfighters home](https://realalpha.app/s/military-technology-helps-deter-attacks-and-bring/) 4. Research and big ideas · Every two weeks **[Lex Fridman Podcast](https://realalpha.app/shows/lex-fridman/)** A long-form conversation show on research and big ideas, hosted by Lex Fridman, with a new episode every two weeks. 29 moments cut from 12 episodes, 5 with an AI builder talking, mostly on AI agents and coding agents. Top guests [Jensen Huang](https://realalpha.app/builders/jensen-huang/), [Peter Steinberger](https://realalpha.app/builders/peter-steinberger/), [Gary W. Gallagher](https://realalpha.app/people/gary-gallagher/), [Don Lincoln](https://realalpha.app/people/don-lincoln/) [Start with Why big companies don't ship faster with AI agents](https://realalpha.app/s/why-big-companies-dont-ship-faster-with-ai-agents/) 5. News shows · Twice a week **[Sources](https://realalpha.app/shows/sources/)** A tech news show, hosted by Alex Heath, with a new episode about twice a week. 9 moments cut from 3 episodes, 9 with an AI builder talking, mostly on open-weight models and inference & cost. Top guests [Sundar Pichai](https://realalpha.app/builders/sundar-pichai/), [Misha Laskin](https://realalpha.app/builders/misha-laskin/), [Cristiano Amon](https://realalpha.app/builders/cristiano-amon/), [Ioannis Antonoglou](https://realalpha.app/builders/ioannis-antonoglou/) [Start with Beam targets strong reasoning with fewer tokens](https://realalpha.app/s/beam-targets-strong-reasoning-with-fewer-tokens/) 6. Lab and founder interviews · Weekly **[Lenny's Podcast](https://realalpha.app/shows/lennys-podcast/)** An interview show with the people building AI, hosted by Lenny Rachitsky, with a new episode every week. 9 moments cut from 3 episodes, 9 with an AI builder talking, mostly on building AI products and AI startups. Top guests [Emmanuel Ameisen](https://realalpha.app/builders/emmanuel-ameisen/), [Josh Woodward](https://realalpha.app/builders/josh-woodward/), [Tibo Sottiaux](https://realalpha.app/builders/tibo-sottiaux/) [Start with Most internet actions will soon be taken by agents](https://realalpha.app/s/most-internet-actions-will-soon-be-taken-by-agents/) 7. News shows · A few times a week **[Moonshots](https://realalpha.app/shows/moonshots/)** A tech news show, hosted by Peter Diamandis, Salim Ismail, Dave Blundin and Alexander Wissner-Gross, with a new episode a few times a week. 9 moments cut from 3 episodes, 1 with an AI builder talking, mostly on data centers & energy and chips & GPUs. Top guests [Emad Mostaque](https://realalpha.app/builders/emad-mostaque/), [Anousheh Ansari](https://realalpha.app/people/anousheh-ansari/), Chamath Palihapitiya [Start with Robot task costs fell 84% in two months](https://realalpha.app/s/robot-task-costs-fell-84-in-two-months/) 8. Lab and founder interviews · Weekly **[Cheeky Pint](https://realalpha.app/shows/cheeky-pint/)** An interview show with the people building AI, hosted by John Collison, with a new episode every week. 8 moments cut from 3 episodes, 2 with an AI builder talking, mostly on data centers & energy and robotics. Top guests [Alexandr Wang](https://realalpha.app/builders/alexandr-wang/), [Mark Zuckerberg](https://realalpha.app/builders/mark-zuckerberg/), [Toto Wolff](https://realalpha.app/people/toto-wolff/), [Will O’Brien](https://realalpha.app/people/will-obrien/) [Start with Training a frontier model means committing $100B before you know it works](https://realalpha.app/s/training-a-frontier-model-means-committing-100b-before-you/) 9. Lab and founder interviews · Weekly **[Behind the Craft](https://realalpha.app/shows/behind-the-craft/)** An interview show with the people building AI, hosted by Peter Yang, with a new episode every week. 9 moments cut from 3 episodes, 3 with an AI builder talking, mostly on AI agents and coding agents. Top guests [Sam Stephenson](https://realalpha.app/builders/sam-stephenson/), [Ras Mic](https://realalpha.app/people/ras-mic/), [Lauren Tan](https://realalpha.app/people/lauren-tan/), [Peng Zheng](https://realalpha.app/people/peng-zheng/) [Start with Build trust in a bot by turning observed runs into skills](https://realalpha.app/s/build-trust-in-a-bot-by-turning-observed-runs-into-skills/) 10. Lab and founder interviews · Weekly **[The Pragmatic Engineer](https://realalpha.app/shows/pragmatic-engineer/)** An interview show with the people building AI, hosted by Gergely Orosz, with a new episode every week. 6 moments cut from 2 episodes, mostly on coding agents and AI agents. Top guests [Uday Kiran Medisetty](https://realalpha.app/people/uday-kiran-medisetty/), [Sam Newman](https://realalpha.app/people/sam-newman/) [Start with Fail open or fail closed depends on the business context](https://realalpha.app/s/fail-open-or-fail-closed-depends-on-the-business-context/) 11. News shows · A few times a week **[Decoder](https://realalpha.app/shows/decoder/)** A tech news show, hosted by Nilay Patel, with a new episode a few times a week. 7 moments cut from 4 episodes, mostly on consumer AI and cybersecurity. Top guests [Walter Piecyk](https://realalpha.app/people/walter-piecyk/), [Benn Jordan](https://realalpha.app/people/benn-jordan/), [Hayden Field](https://realalpha.app/people/hayden-field/), [Peter Kafka](https://realalpha.app/people/peter-kafka/) [Start with Flock's network is only as secure as its weakest user](https://realalpha.app/s/flocks-network-is-only-as-secure-as-its-weakest-user/) 12. Lab and founder interviews · Weekly **[Lightcone](https://realalpha.app/shows/lightcone/)** An interview show with the people building AI, hosted by Garry Tan, Harj Taggar, Diana Hu and Jared Friedman, with a new episode every week. 5 moments cut from 2 episodes, 1 with an AI builder talking, mostly on building AI products and AI startups. Top guests [Alex Danilowicz](https://realalpha.app/builders/alex-danilowicz/), [Aaron Epstein](https://realalpha.app/people/aaron-epstein/) [Start with Solo founders hit 19% of YC as knowing what to build matters most](https://realalpha.app/s/solo-founders-hit-19-of-yc-as-knowing-what-to-build-matters/) 13. News shows · Daily **[TBPN](https://realalpha.app/shows/tbpn/)** A tech news show, hosted by John Coogan and Jordi Hays, with a new episode every day. 6 moments cut from 2 episodes, 1 with an AI builder talking, mostly on cybersecurity and frontier models. Top guests [Oege de Moor](https://realalpha.app/builders/oege-de-moor/), [Anjney Midha](https://realalpha.app/people/anjney-midha/), [Jeff Holden](https://realalpha.app/people/jeff-holden/) [Start with One researcher plus AI agents found a Chrome full-chain exploit in 6 days](https://realalpha.app/s/one-researcher-plus-ai-agents-found-a-chrome-full-chain/) 14. Lab and founder interviews · Weekly **[AI & I](https://realalpha.app/shows/ai-and-i/)** An interview show with the people building AI, hosted by Dan Shipper, with a new episode every week. 6 moments cut from 2 episodes, mostly on enterprise AI and AI startups. Top guests [Matt Hartman](https://realalpha.app/people/matt-hartman/), [Willie Williams](https://realalpha.app/people/willie-williams/) [Start with Why every personal agent at Every died and one company agent won](https://realalpha.app/s/why-every-personal-agent-at-every-died-and-one-company-agent/) 15. News shows · Weekly **[Core Memory](https://realalpha.app/shows/core-memory/)** A tech news show, hosted by Ashlee Vance, with a new episode every week. 2 moments cut from one episode, 1 with an AI builder talking, mostly on robotics and consumer AI. Top guests [Andrew Kiguel](https://realalpha.app/builders/andrew-kiguel/), [Matt McMullen](https://realalpha.app/people/matt-mcmullen/) [Start with Realbotix prioritizes autonomy and useful tasks over walking](https://realalpha.app/s/realbotix-prioritizes-autonomy-and-useful-tasks-over-walking/) 16. Lab and founder interviews · Weekly **[The Peterman Pod](https://realalpha.app/shows/peterman-pod/)** An interview show with the people building AI, hosted by Ryan Peterman, with a new episode every week. 3 moments cut from one episode, mostly on science & math and evals & benchmarks. Top guests [Scott Aaronson](https://realalpha.app/people/scott-aaronson/) [Start with Why AI is best at finding counterexamples to conjectures](https://realalpha.app/s/why-ai-is-best-at-finding-counterexamples-to-conjectures/) 17. News shows · Weekly **[Hard Fork](https://realalpha.app/shows/hard-fork/)** A tech news show, with a new episode every week. 2 moments cut from one episode, mostly on safety & alignment and frontier models. Top guests [Elizabeth Dias](https://realalpha.app/people/elizabeth-dias/) [Start with Anthropic's consciousness view collided with the Vatican's](https://realalpha.app/s/anthropics-consciousness-view-collided-with-the-vaticans/) 18. Investing and business · Monthly **[Acquired](https://realalpha.app/shows/acquired/)** An investing and business show, hosted by Ben Gilbert and David Rosenthal, with a new episode about once a month. 3 moments cut from one episode. [Start with Bogle's firing and the legal loophole that created Vanguard](https://realalpha.app/s/bogles-firing-and-the-legal-loophole-that-created-vanguard/) ## The same shows, by what they cover ### Best tech news podcasts 1. 02 [All-In](https://realalpha.app/shows/all-in/) 2. 05 [Sources](https://realalpha.app/shows/sources/) 3. 07 [Moonshots](https://realalpha.app/shows/moonshots/) 4. 11 [Decoder](https://realalpha.app/shows/decoder/) 5. 13 [TBPN](https://realalpha.app/shows/tbpn/) 6. 15 [Core Memory](https://realalpha.app/shows/core-memory/) 7. 17 [Hard Fork](https://realalpha.app/shows/hard-fork/) ### Best coding and software engineering podcasts 1. 01 [Latent Space](https://realalpha.app/shows/latent-space/) 2. 09 [Behind the Craft](https://realalpha.app/shows/behind-the-craft/) 3. 10 [The Pragmatic Engineer](https://realalpha.app/shows/pragmatic-engineer/) 4. 14 [AI & I](https://realalpha.app/shows/ai-and-i/) 5. 16 [The Peterman Pod](https://realalpha.app/shows/peterman-pod/) ### Best product management podcasts 1. 06 [Lenny's Podcast](https://realalpha.app/shows/lennys-podcast/) 2. 09 [Behind the Craft](https://realalpha.app/shows/behind-the-craft/) ## Also on this list, not cut yet We follow these too, and they’ll be ranked once we’ve cut one of their episodes: [Big Technology Podcast](https://realalpha.app/shows/big-technology/), [Machine Gods](https://realalpha.app/shows/machine-gods/), [Product Growth](https://realalpha.app/shows/product-growth/), [The Information's TITV](https://realalpha.app/shows/titv/) and [Upstarts](https://realalpha.app/shows/upstarts/). ## More lists, ranked the same way - [Best AI podcasts](https://realalpha.app/best/ai-podcasts/) MTS, Latent Space, All-In and 34 more - [Best business podcasts](https://realalpha.app/best/business-podcasts/) All-In, a16z Podcast, Sourcery and 14 more