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Machine Dreams
Machine Dreams is a weekly dive into the real world of AI. Hosts Kolawole Samuel Adebayo and Leah Stern talk with the founders, researchers, investors, engineers, and stakeholders shaping the future of intelligent machines. These are unfiltered, human conversations about what’s working in AI, what isn’t, and what might reshape the world next. From databases and infrastructure to agents, regulation, the future of work, and more, Machine Dreams brings clarity to arguably the most important tech…
Episodes
Machine DreamsEveryone's Worried About AI Hallucinations. This CEO Says the Silent Failures Are Worse
When you ask an AI a question about your company's data, it looks something up before it answers. Most of the time that works. But often it joins the wrong…
Machine DreamsWhy AI Companies Are Talking About Consciousness and What It Means for Business
Is AI really conscious? This week on Machine Dreams, Sam Adebayo and Leah Stern sit down with Andy Thurai, founder and principal analyst at The Field CTO…
Machine DreamsEveryone’s Worried AI Will Destroy Us. This Cybersecurity Pioneer Sees a Different Problem
Everyone is worried AI will destroy us. This week on Machine Dreams, Sam Adebayo and Leah Stern sit down with Rob T. Lee, Chief AI Officer and Chief of…
Machine DreamsShould AI Replace Salespeople? Johan Torssell Says We’re Automating the Wrong Part
Salespeople spend most of their week on everything except selling. Research, CRM updates, meeting prep, follow-up emails. Only about a fifth of their time goes…
Machine DreamsCameras Used to Just Record Us. AI Is Changing That
Cameras used to have one job: record what happened. Now they are starting to make sense of what they see while it happens, and that raises a bigger question…
Machine DreamsYour Employees Are Telling AI Your Company’s Secrets. This CEO Says It's Time to Bring AI In-House
Why do so many enterprise AI projects get built and then quietly abandoned? That's the question at the heart of this conversation with Yevgeniy Vahlis…
Machine DreamsAI Is Learning to Predict Which Bridges Need Fixing Before It’s Too Late
Bridges, roads and tunnels can last for generations, and engineers have spent decades photographing, inspecting and documenting how they change. In this…
Machine DreamsFBI’s Former Lead Kidnapping Negotiator Chris Voss on AI, Negotiation, and the Human Advantage
Chris Voss spent 24 years with the FBI and became its lead international kidnapping negotiator. Today, he is the bestselling author of Never Split the…
Machine DreamsCan We Build a Better Internet in the Age of AI?
AI is becoming more powerful, but there is still a lot we don’t fully understand about how these systems work. In this episode of Machine Dreams, we sit down…
Machine DreamsSnowflake’s VP of AI on the Cost, Data, and Future of AI
AI feels instant. Ask a question, get an answer. But behind every answer is data, computing power, a choice of models, and a real cost. In this episode of…
Machine DreamsThe Hidden Cost of AI Nobody Is Talking About | Collibra CEO Felix Van de Maele
AI is getting smarter. But inside real companies, intelligence alone isn't enough. If employees still have to double-check every response, correct mistakes and…
Machine DreamsAI Agents Are About To Flood The Internet. There’s Just One Problem
Gartner predicts that more than 40% of agentic AI projects will be canceled by the end of 2027 due to escalating costs, unclear business value, and inadequate…
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Machine Dreams - Episode 23 Trailer
What happens when your company doesn't hire one AI agent... but a thousand?In this episode of Machine Dreams, BAND CEO Arick Goomanovsky explains why the…
Machine DreamsAI Is Finding Vulnerabilities Faster Than Humans Can Fix Them
The cybersecurity industry has spent decades getting better at finding vulnerabilities. Better scanners, better scoring systems, better detection. And yet…
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Machine Dreams - Episode 22 Trailer
AI is about to flood cybersecurity with vulnerabilities, and most companies are nowhere near ready for what comes next.In this episode of Machine Dreams, Tonic…
Machine DreamsFortune 500 Companies Are Deploying AI Agents Faster Than They Can Secure Them
AI agents are being deployed across enterprises faster than security teams can track them. Employees aren't waiting for approval. They're spinning up agents…
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Machine Dreams - Episode 21 Trailer
AI agents are already inside companies making decisions, accessing sensitive systems, and moving faster than most security teams can track. But here’s the real…
Machine DreamsWhat Happens When AI Starts Making Decisions Without You?
AI agents are already deployed across enterprises. They touch company data, hold permissions, and perform actions on behalf of employees. But most…
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Machine Dreams - Episode 20 Trailer
AI agents are already operating inside enterprises. They're touching company data, performing actions, and working on behalf of employees. But most…
Machine DreamsAI Agents Are Coming For The Security Operations Center
Security teams are buried. Alerts pile up faster than analysts can triage them. Investigations take days or weeks. By the time threats get contained, the…
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Episode 19 Trailer
AI is no longer just assisting security teams. It is starting to investigate, triage, and respond at machine speed.Tom Findling is CEO and co-founder of…
Machine DreamsHow to Make Your AI Work in B2B Commerce
Most B2B companies get pitched AI that sounds great in demos but doesn’t fix what’s actually broken: fragmented systems, manual order entry, and buyers who…
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Machine Dreams - Episode 18 Trailer
Most B2B companies are being sold flashy AI demos that don’t solve their real problem: fragmented back-office systems, manual order processing, and customers…
Machine DreamsCan AI Replace Your Rabbi Or Pastor? Two Faith Leaders Answer Honestly
Many people are now turning to AI chatbots like ChatGPT and Claude for spiritual guidance, asking algorithms questions that used to go to rabbis and pastors…
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Machine Dreams - Episode 17 Trailer
Our next episode on Machine Dreams Podcast is one unlike any other. In this special edition, we talk about something that most people don’t talk about: The…
Machine DreamsAI Is Flooding Journalism. This Analyst Shows Where To Draw The Line
The AI in journalism debate is trending hard right now. The Wall Street Journal recently reported on journalists using AI to boost output. Tech.eu suspended a…
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Machine Dreams - Episode 16 Trailer
AI is flooding journalism. Reporters are getting suspended for fabricating quotes with AI. Publications are catching writers who generated entire stories with…
Machine DreamsThis AI Can Predict Your Behavior From How You Speak
In this episode, hosts Samuel Adebayo and Leah Stern sit down with Hafeez Jacobson, CEO of Daatra Holdings, to explore how AI is reshaping the software…
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Machine Dreams - Episode 15 Trailer
What if your voice could predict your future behavior? This isn't science fiction.On this episode of Machine Dreams, we explore how Daatra Holdings uses AI to…
Machine DreamsAI Agents Can Now Investigate Financial Crime Faster Than Humans
Financial crime is becoming more complex, more connected, and harder to detect. As money moves across borders in real time, many of the systems banks rely on…
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Machine Dreams - Episode 14 Trailer
Money is moving faster than ever, and so is financial crime. Traditional systems weren’t built for this pace.In this episode of Machine Dreams, we sit down…
Machine DreamsCan AI Predict When Students Will Drop Out?
Nearly one third of college students drop out every year. According to Elvee's 2026 Higher Education Retention Report, 42% of students say they've felt close…
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Machine Dreams - Episode 13 Trailer
What if universities could know a student was about to drop out before it actually happened?In this episode of Machine Dreams, Raz Dar, CEO of Elvee, explains…
Machine DreamsThe Nancy Guthrie Case And The Truth About Bitcoin
This episode of Machine Dreams comes with a twist. We’re diving into the Nancy Guthrie kidnapping case, a story that’s dominated headlines and sparked fierce…
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Machine Dreams - Episode 12 Trailer
This episode of Machine Dreams Podcast takes a different turn. The Nancy Guthrie kidnapping has dominated headlines. Perpetrators demanded millions in Bitcoin…
Machine DreamsYour Employees Are Using AI You Don’t Know About—And It’s A Security Nightmare
Most companies believe they’ve approved 30 apps. The truth? Over 500 are running right now. Your employees aren’t waiting for IT approval. They’re using…
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Machine Dreams - Episode 11 Trailer
Most companies believe they control their AI tools. They don’t.Employees are bypassing approved software and using shadow AI apps you’ve never heard of…
Machine DreamsHow This Biotech Founder Studies Breast Milk To Design Unique Therapeutics
Most AI drug discovery companies fail in clinical trials. Maolac’s success rate? 10 out of 10. In this episode of Machine Dreams, CEO Maya Ashkenazi Otmazgin…
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Machine Dreams - Episode 10 Trailer
AI is transforming software. But what happens when it starts transforming biology?In this episode of Machine Dreams, we sit down with Maya Ashkenazi-Otmazin…
Machine DreamsThe Age of Digital Humans Has Already Begun
Digital humans are no longer a concept. They’re already showing up in how we learn, work, communicate, and interact online. In this episode of Machine Dreams…
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Machine Dreams - Episode 9 Trailer
In this episode of Machine Dreams, we sit down with Ron Friedman from D-ID to unpack the rise of digital humans — lifelike AI avatars now being used across…
Machine Dreams“You Can’t Worship AI”: Building Brain Recovery Tech That Puts Patients First
One in four people over 65 will have a stroke. Most will survive, but survival doesn’t mean recovery. While we’ve built data centers in space, stroke patients…
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Machine Dreams - Episode 8 Trailer
AI is moving fast into healthcare, but the brain is not just another system to optimize. It’s fragile, personal, and deeply human.In this episode of Machine…
Machine DreamsHis VC Firm Just Raised a $140M Fourth Fund. What He Says About AI Cuts Against the Narrative
In this episode of Machine Dreams, we sit down with Judah Taub, Co-founder and Managing Partner at Hetz Ventures, fresh off closing the firm’s $140M Fund IV…
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Machine Dreams - Episode 7 Trailer
AI spending isn’t dropping. Investors are just getting smarter about where it goes.That’s what Judah Taub, founder and managing partner at Hetz Ventures, tells…
Machine DreamsThank You For Being Part of This!
We are now 4000+ subscribers strong and that’s only because of you, our dear viewers and subscribers. We’ve had some of the most forward-thinking minds in the…
Machine DreamsInside Medical AI: What Works, What Doesn’t, and Why It Matters
AI is often talked about as if it can instantly diagnose illness, replace doctors, and see everything humans miss. In healthcare, that belief can be dangerous…
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Machine Dreams - Episode 6 Trailer
AI in healthcare is often described like it’s some magic. It isn’t.In this episode of Machine Dreams, AccuLine CEO Moshe Barel explains how medical AI actually…
Machine DreamsThe One Big Question You Must Answer Before Designing Your Next AI Product
Everyone wants to add AI to their products right now. But few stop to ask whether it actually belongs there. In the last episode of Machine Dreams for 2025, we…
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Machine Dreams - Episode 5 Trailer
Everyone seems to be adding AI to their products. But very few stop to ask the harder question if it should even be there in the first place.In this final…
Machine DreamsHe Leads AI Investing At A $2.4B VC. Here’s Why He Says The AI Bubble Debate Is Wrong
Everyone is asking whether AI is in a bubble. Fewer people are asking the right question. In this episode of Machine Dreams, we sit down with Guy Dassa…
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Machine Dreams - Episode 4 Trailer
Is AI repeating the dot-com era or are we misreading what’s happening?In this episode of Machine Dreams, we sat down with Guy Dassa, who leads AI investing at…
Machine DreamsWhy AI Still Gets The Real World So Wrong
Ofir Mulla spends his days inside the uncomfortable edge cases of AI perception, where systems misread shadows as people, mistake celebration for aggression…
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Machine Dreams— Episode 3 Trailer
We keep talking about smarter models and better benchmarks. But one big question that we don’t see many talk about is whether AI actually understands the world…
Machine DreamsHe Helped Pioneer The Internet. Now He Says AI Will Change Everything Again
Roger Camrass has spent more than 50 years advising Global 500 companies through every major technology shift — from the birth of the Internet to mobile data…
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Machine Dreams - Episode 2 Trailer
The AI revolution is here, but most people still don’t understand what’s really changing.Our next episode breaks it open with Roger Camrass, a technologist who…
Machine DreamsWhy The AI Revolution NEEDS The Right Kind Of Databases
The AI revolution isn’t running on magic. It’s running on databases, and most were never built for what’s coming. In this first episode of Machine Dreams…
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Machine Dreams—Episode 1 Trailer
Here’s your first glimpse into Machine Dreams. In this episode preview, we sit down with Tobie Morgan Hitchcock, cofounder and CEO of SurrealDB, one of the…