# The Builders with Walter Isaacson

Markdown copy of https://realalpha.app/shows/the-builders/ on Real Alpha, the best minutes from long interviews with the people building AI. Cite and link the page, not this copy.

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The Builders with Walter Isaacson is an interview show with the people building AI, hosted by Walter Isaacson, with a new episode every day.

2 moments cut from one episode, 2 with an AI builder talking, mostly on AI startups and frontier models.

- [Walter Isaacson](https://realalpha.app/hosts/)

**New episodes**

Daily

**Latest**

Oct 22, 2026

**Moments cut**

2

**Episodes cut**

1

What its moments are about

- AI startups 1
- Frontier models 1
- Robotics 1
- Jobs & the economy 1
- AI business models 1

## Best moments from The Builders with Walter Isaacson

From its most-watched episodes, best first. Each plays right here.

1. The Builders with Walter Isaacson · Oct 20, 2026 · 5 min
   **[Musk says he stayed in government too long](https://realalpha.app/s/musk-says-he-stayed-in-government-too-long/)**
   > “But I think I should have been more in the background and probably only had it last for a month or two.”
   The Builders with Walter Isaacson [12:47](https://realalpha.app/v/AQnwQHMnCrE/?t=767)
2. The Builders with Walter Isaacson · Oct 20, 2026 · 5 min
   **[Robots could make intelligence far more economically valuable](https://realalpha.app/s/robots-could-make-intelligence-far-more-economically/)**
   > “My guess is digital superintelligence probably improves the output of goods and services by 20% to 30%, something like that.”
   The Builders with Walter Isaacson [16:34](https://realalpha.app/v/AQnwQHMnCrE/?t=994)

## The guest we’ve cut

- [Elon Musk](https://realalpha.app/builders/elon-musk/) CEO, SpaceX & Tesla; founder, xAI 3 moments

## Recent episodes

- The Builders with Walter Isaacson
  **[Peter Thiel: The Real Danger of AI Isn't What You Think](https://realalpha.app/v/H9Bdv3t5VtQ/)**
  Peter Thiel · Co-founder, PayPal
  51.2K views · Oct 22
- The Builders with Walter Isaacson
  **[Elon Musk: The End of Work, the Death of Money, and a World Run by AI](https://realalpha.app/v/AQnwQHMnCrE/)**
  Elon Musk
  [10:18](https://realalpha.app/v/AQnwQHMnCrE/?t=618) of 37:14 · Oct 20

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