MTS

MTS

MTS 164 Episodes Aug 23, 2026

MTS is a live news and interview program that covers technology, business, politics, and culture as events unfold. The show positions itself as a “situation room,” offering real-time analysis and conversations. It aims to keep listeners informed on breaking stories and major developments across multiple fields.

Episodes

Smarter AI Won't Cure Disease Faster | Ruxandra Tesloianu
Smarter AI Won't Cure Disease Faster | Ruxandra Tesloianu Aug 23, 2026 00:25:57 Ruxandra Tesloianu joins MTS to discuss Anthropic's protein binder design work, Moderna's mRNA cancer vaccine results, and how intelligence is not the main bottleneck in drug discovery. Check out our sponsor Lovable: https://lovable.dev. Turn ideas into software people love.https://x.com/RuxandraTeslo--MTS is a live news and interview show covering technology, business, politics, and cultu
Why AI Has Not Killed Full Employment | Peter McCrory
Why AI Has Not Killed Full Employment | Peter McCrory Aug 22, 2026 00:26:31 Peter McCrory joins MTS to discuss why AI hasn't increased unemployment despite rapid capability advances, how AI is functioning as a skill-biased technology that complements human expertise, and the possibility of economic singularities driven by recursive self-improvement and collapsing transaction costs. Check out our sponsor Lovable: https://lovable.dev. Turn ideas into software people lov
Cursor, OpenRouter, and Where the Money Went | Martin Casado
Cursor, OpenRouter, and Where the Money Went | Martin Casado Aug 21, 2026 00:42:07 FULL INTERVIEW: Martin Casado says AI is the first technology where you can put in $10 and reliably get something back. Everything before it was engineer, wait two years, cross your fingers. Check out our sponsor Lovable: ⁠https://lovable.dev.⁠ Turn ideas into software people love.@martin_casado is the @a16z GP behind the firm's investments in both Cursor and OpenRouter. Days after SpaceX clos
Google Is Losing the AI Talent War | TalentWatch
Google Is Losing the AI Talent War | TalentWatch Aug 20, 2026 00:11:40 Katie Kirsch joins MTS to discuss how billion-dollar funding rounds are reshaping AI talent competition, major moves at OpenAI and Google DeepMind, and why tracking where researchers go reveals where the industry is heading. Check out our sponsor Lovable: https://lovable.dev. Turn ideas into software people love.MTS is a live news and interview show covering technology, business, politics, and cul
AI Leaps in Science Without Human Help
AI Leaps in Science Without Human Help Aug 19, 2026 00:29:23 Yong Zheng-Xin joins MTS to discuss how LLMs can accelerate scientific discovery through interconnected knowledge, the challenges of achieving recursive self-improvement safely, and what explains variation in research acceleration across different domains. Check out our sponsor Lovable: https://lovable.dev. Turn ideas into software people love.--⁠https://x.com/yong_zhengxin⁠--MTS is a live news an
Can US Drone Tech Overcome China's Hardware Dominance? | Chad McCoy
Can US Drone Tech Overcome China's Hardware Dominance? | Chad McCoy Aug 18, 2026 00:13:34 Chad McCoy joins MTS to discuss containerized edge manufacturing, disposable drone warfare, and autonomous targeting systems. He outlines how mobile factories print military hardware directly in combat zones to overcome supply chain delays. He also shares insights on defense startup venture capital and China's manufacturing parity with the United States.Check out our sponsor Lovable: https://l
Uber and Zipline Just Changed Deliveries Forever | Keller Cliffton
Uber and Zipline Just Changed Deliveries Forever | Keller Cliffton Aug 18, 2026 00:19:11 Keller Cliffton joins MTS to discuss Zipline's partnership with Uber to scale autonomous drone delivery to one million deliveries per day, the technical and regulatory challenges of building reliable autonomous logistics systems, and how instant delivery could expand the market from 5 billion to 50 billion deliveries annually in the US. Check out our sponsor Lovable: https://lovable.dev. Turn
Cracking the hardest problem in Robotics
Cracking the hardest problem in Robotics Aug 17, 2026 00:30:08 FULL INTERVIEW: Matic Robotics co-founder Mehul Nariyawala reveals how his team cracked the hardest problem in home robotics: mapping chaotic real homes to five-nines accuracy. He talks Silicon Valley origins, an Elon Musk comparison, a live voice-command demo, and the wild story behind Roomba's $199 price tag. Check out our sponsor Lovable: https://lovable.dev. Turn ideas into software people
Compute Is the New Power Grid | Rev Lebaredian
Compute Is the New Power Grid | Rev Lebaredian Aug 17, 2026 00:15:31 Rev Lebaredian joins MTS to discuss NVIDIA's AI factory design in Armenia, the concept of sovereign AI and national compute independence, and how infrastructure investment can transform a country's technical capabilities. Check out our sponsor Lovable: https://lovable.dev. Turn ideas into software people love.–https://x.com/RevLebaredian–MTS is a live news and interview show covering techn
Will RSI Break the Economy? | Aidan McLaughlin
Will RSI Break the Economy? | Aidan McLaughlin Aug 14, 2026 00:29:14 Aidan McLaughlin joins MTS to discuss recursive self-improvement timelines, the shift from capabilities to alignment research, and how AI models are already uplifting researcher productivity at OpenAI.MTS is a live news and interview show covering technology, business, politics, and culture as it happens.Follow MTS: X | ⁠https://twitter.com/MTSlive⁠YouTube | ⁠https://www.youtube.com/@mtsituation⁠S
Grindr CEO: Is Gen Z Over Dating Apps For Good? | George Arison
Grindr CEO: Is Gen Z Over Dating Apps For Good? | George Arison Aug 14, 2026 00:35:56 George Arison joins MTS to discuss how Grindr is using AI to improve dating recommendations, why the platform continues growing with Gen Z users, and how Woodwork is expanding into wellness products like PrEP and peptides. Check out our sponsor Lovable: https://lovable.dev. Turn ideas into software people love.MTS is a live news and interview show covering technology, business, politics, and cultu
Are Agents About to Replace Software Engineering? | Lauren Tan and Roshan Sadanani
Are Agents About to Replace Software Engineering? | Lauren Tan and Roshan Sadanani Aug 13, 2026 00:29:26 Lauren Tan and Roshan Sadanani join MTS to discuss GrokBot, Grok 4.6, and how agents are changing software development. They demonstrate GrokBot's capabilities, share how the product found internal PMF at Cursor, and explain how model efficiency unlocks new possibilities for developers and teams.--https://x.com/potetohttps://x.com/roshan_s--MTS is a live news and interview show covering techno

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