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EPISODE · Feb 26, 2026 · 56 MIN

How to build a new AI paradigm, with Dan Akarca (CEO, Callosum)

from Sovereign Albion · host Andrew Bennett

Dan Akarca is Co-founder & CEO at Callosum, a new AI infrastructure company orchestrating and co-evolving heterogeneous chips & intelligence to solve the world's hardest problems.Here we discuss how to move beyond the dominant, monolithic AI paradigm, what we can learn from the brain to unlock exquisite, efficient intelligence, and what this means for redistributing leverage away from the biggest labs and countries to rebuild optionality across the world.00:00 The Brain as an Analogy for AI04:38 Why One Big Model Fails06:57 The Heterogeneous Compute Spectrum, from Datacentres to Edge Computing11:54 Orchestrating Chips and Models16:58 Supply, Demand and the Hardware Lottery29:36 Value Beyond Chips30:43 Bringing Chips to Market35:50 Dynamic Compute Future39:22 Funding and Roadmap43:39 Riskiest Assumptions and Scaling the Team This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.sovereignalbion.com

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