# AI & I Markdown copy of https://realalpha.app/shows/ai-and-i/ on Real Alpha, the best minutes from long interviews with the people building AI. Cite and link the page, not this copy. [Best AI podcasts](https://realalpha.app/best/ai-podcasts/) Lab and founder interviews · [No. 29 of 37 AI podcasts](https://realalpha.app/best/ai-podcasts/#ai-and-i) AI & I is 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. Also [No. 14 of 18 tech podcasts](https://realalpha.app/best/tech-podcasts/#ai-and-i). - [Dan Shipper](https://realalpha.app/hosts/) **New episodes** Weekly **Latest** Oct 21, 2026 **Moments cut** 6 **Episodes cut** 2 What its moments are about - Enterprise AI 3 - AI startups 2 - Investing in AI 2 - AI agents 2 - Coding agents 1 - Open-weight models 1 ## Best moments from AI & I From its most-watched episodes, best first. Each plays right here. 1. AI & I · Oct 7, 2026 · 4 min **[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/)** > “there's all the people in the org who don't really. We don't really want to maintain their own cause and then the people who do want to do it like eventually you kind of get tired of it” AI & I [13:38](https://realalpha.app/v/_pcy1_jU27k/?t=818) 2. AI & I · Oct 14, 2026 · 3 min **[Back founders whose pivot foot is technology, not a market](https://realalpha.app/s/back-founders-whose-pivot-foot-is-technology-not-a-market/)** > “The companies that have been most successful that I've been involved with are ones where the pivot foot was about the technology, not about necessarily market understanding” AI & I [20:46](https://realalpha.app/v/RbUHf4HeBzo/?t=1246) 3. AI & I · Oct 7, 2026 · 2 min **[Builders want complexity, operators want an agent that just works](https://realalpha.app/s/builders-want-complexity-operators-want-an-agent-that-just/)** > “Builders want to be exposed to the complexity. Because that's everything you want to do is going in there and tinkering and turning knobs and whatnot.” AI & I [15:41](https://realalpha.app/v/_pcy1_jU27k/?t=941) 4. AI & I · Oct 14, 2026 · 3 min **[Vibe coding his own app taught an investor why SaaS still sells](https://realalpha.app/s/vibe-coding-his-own-app-taught-an-investor-why-saas-still/)** > “The other thing I learned was when you just vibe code something for yourself, you have to maintain it.” AI & I [37:23](https://realalpha.app/v/RbUHf4HeBzo/?t=2243) 5. AI & I · Oct 7, 2026 · 2 min **[Work will run on company agents while personal agents stay personal](https://realalpha.app/s/work-will-run-on-company-agents-while-personal-agents-stay/)** > “I really don't see like, us, or the industry, repeating the chaos of like, every worker gets their coworker, and we're all gonna like double our company size, you know?” AI & I [18:46](https://realalpha.app/v/_pcy1_jU27k/?t=1126) 6. AI & I · Oct 14, 2026 · 2 min **[How Hartman judges an earned insight in early founders](https://realalpha.app/s/how-hartman-judges-an-earned-insight-in-early-founders/)** > “I think about that as how many people were in a position to learn the thing that you did.” AI & I [31:47](https://realalpha.app/v/RbUHf4HeBzo/?t=1907) ## The best AI & I episodes Ranked as our lists rank shows: a point for each best minute we cut from it, one more when an AI builder is talking, and one more when it cleared our views bar. 1. 01 [OpenAI Dots Took Over Our Company](https://realalpha.app/v/_pcy1_jU27k/) Oct 7, 2026 · 3 moments 2. 02 [How Hugging Face’s Investor Spots Winners](https://realalpha.app/v/RbUHf4HeBzo/) Oct 14, 2026 · 3 moments ## The 2 guests we’ve cut - [Matt Hartman](https://realalpha.app/people/matt-hartman/) Founder & managing partner, Factorial Capital 3 moments - [Willie Williams](https://realalpha.app/people/willie-williams/) 3 moments ## Recent episodes - AI & I **[How a Frontier Team Can Help Your Company Keep Up With AI](https://realalpha.app/v/LZbjIE2LeTQ/)** Mike Taylor, Arielle Shipper & 4 more 2.6K views · Oct 21 - AI & I **[How Hugging Face’s Investor Spots Winners](https://realalpha.app/v/RbUHf4HeBzo/)** Matt Hartman · Founder & Managing Partner, Factorial Capital [18:07](https://realalpha.app/v/RbUHf4HeBzo/?t=1087) of 51:02 · Oct 14 - AI & I **[OpenAI Dots Took Over Our Company](https://realalpha.app/v/_pcy1_jU27k/)** Willie Williams · Head of Platform, Every [11:07](https://realalpha.app/v/_pcy1_jU27k/?t=667) of 33:46 · Oct 7 ## Host this show? Add the badge to your site. It links to this page, where people can watch the best moments we cut from your episodes. It fits your site or your show notes. [PNG](https://realalpha.app/badge/featured.png) Something wrong on this page? [Tell us and we'll fix it](https://realalpha.app/submit/?page=%2Fshows%2Fai-and-i%2F#send)