The Aarthi and Sriram Show
A show on optimistic conversations with people building and creating new products and technologies, hosted by veteran technologists Aarthi Ramamurthy and Sriram Krishnan.
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Debarghya 'Deedy' Das is an investor and he joins Aarthi and Sriram to break down the hurdles of immigration in America for skilled workers. Show notes: (0:00) Intro (8:08) Immigration routes to the United States (12:52) Cap for Chinese and Indian immigrants (15:30) Aarthi and Sriram’s green card story (17:48) Why shou
EP 75 - The Vivek Ramaswamy Interview: Immigration, TikTok Ban, Jake Paul vs Mike Tyson, Social Media Wokeness, More
Entrepreneur and politician Vivek Ramaswamy joins The Sriram and Aarthi Show to discuss lessons from his political campaign, wokeness in social media, the potential TikTok Ban, his views on crypto, how to fix immigration, and more. Show notes: (0:00) Intro (1:25) Lessons from entrepreneurship & campaigning (9:00) Disag
Sriram and Aarthi talk about Google's Gemini disaster after viral 'woke' photos surface. Show notes: (0:00) Welcome to the new studio! (4:13) Our best AI episodes (10:23) Google Gemini’s launch controversy (17:15) How can Google fix Gemini? (20:55) What Gemini gets right (26:11) The rise of Groq (35:37) NVIDIA and Jens
EP 73 - The Aravind Srinivas Interview: How Perplexity Is Revolutionizing The Future Of Search
Sriram and Aarthi are joined by Aravind Srinivas, CEO of Perplexity AI, an AI conversational engine that answers users' questions with sources and citations. Show notes: (0:00) Introduction (4:44) Aravind’s background (10:05) Getting hired at OpenAI (13:30) DeepMind vs. OpenAI (22:57) Cultivating Perplexity AI’s cultur
EP 72 - The Bryan Johnson Interview: How One Man’s Mission To Live Longer Might Save Humanity
Sriram and Aarthi are joined by longevity advocate and Project Blueprint founder Bryan Johnson. _ Show notes: (0:00) Intro (6:20) Bryan’s origin story (14:43) The idea that changed Bryan’s life (20:34) Bryan’s power laws to live longer (31:07) Improving willpower naturally (33:59) Responding to online criticism (37:31)
EP 71 - David Heinemeier Hansson (DHH) on Software Craft, Flow, Winning Le Mans and Fighting Wokeness
Creator of Ruby on Rails, Co-owner & CTO of 37signals (Basecamp & HEY) David Heinemeier Hansson (DHH) joins Sriram and Aarthi. _ Show notes: (0:00) Intro (5:07) Why Sriram used to hate DHH (13:09) Why DHH avoided VC money (17:54) Demystify wealth online (23:08) DHH’s issues with woke culture (38:15) Craft and beauty (4
