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EPISODE · Jun 30, 2026 · 29 MIN

Why intent prediction needs more than an LLM

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Ryan sits down with Frank Portman, CTO at Yobi, to talk about why next-token prediction, though great for language, isn’t the right inductive bias for forecasting human behavior. They discuss how Yobi builds a “foundation model of behavior” using transformers and graph neural networks instead of chat-style LLMs, and what it takes to run millions of personalization decisions per second while keeping consumer data private.Episode notes:Yobi is a behavioral AI company building foundation models that predict future behavior for ad tech, marketing, and more.Connect with Frank via fportman.com or at yobi.ai.Congrats to Hooked on winning a Populist badge for their answer to Removing whitespace around a saved image.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Ryan sits down with Frank Portman, CTO at Yobi, to talk about why next-token prediction is limited when it comes to forecasting human behavior.

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Ryan sits down with Frank Portman, CTO at Yobi, to talk about why next-token prediction, though great for language, isn’t the right inductive bias for forecasting human behavior. They discuss how Yobi builds a “foundation model of behavior” using...

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