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MAX DEPTH
by Max Potter
Talking about technology, business, philosophy, history, and everything else interesting. ∞ MAX DEPTH
Episodes
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Interviewing Every YC Company - Palmier (Summer 2024)
This is the Max Depth Podcast. Today we speak with the co-founder and CEO of Palmier. Palmier is a video editor built for AI, where Claude and Codex can edit your timeline directly: trimming, reordering, and generating footage. We used it to make 15+ cinematic AI launch videos for YC companies…
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Interviewing Every YC Company - Autumn AI (Winter 2026)
This is the Max Depth Podcast. Today we spoke with a founding engineer at Autumn. Autumn is building the first real-time signal intelligence platform for GTM teams. We monitor posts, commits, blogs, and announcements, surfacing buying signals the moment they appear. Define your ICP and the…
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Interviewing Every YC Company - Light Anchor (Spring 2026)
This is the Max Depth Podcast. Today we speak to the founder and CEO of Light Anchor. Light Anchor operates one flagship brand and multiple experiment stores, all run by AI agents on a shared platform that compounds with every new brand launched. The vision is thousands of consumer businesses,...
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Finance & Technology: How Provenance is Improving Existing Finance Workflows
In today's episode we speak with Tuna Uskudar about his company Provenance, the company seeking to improve the way large financial institutions use Excel and PowerPoint. We spoke about the vision for the company, fundraising, team, moats, customer obsession, and lots more. I hope you find this...
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Tales from the Road: African Inconveniences, China's Global Influence, and The Least Visited Countries List
Today I had a guest on who decided to remain anonymous, though through his stories you can learn a lot about who he is and what he believes. He produces incredible videos on tiktok of his travels: raw, honest, digestible. His TikTok is https://www.tiktok.com/@gcvvgcvvgcvv?_r=1&_t=ZP-96nVYBwioxi…
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Building AI Sales Agents in Kazakhstan w/ Mark Inger
Today I sat down with Mark Inger, the founder of Pleep, who is building AI sales agents for medium to large business across MENA, South America, and APAC. I found him extremely intelligent and focused on building an enduring company, a very challenging feat in the rapidly advancing world of 2026....
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Reflex: 1M Enterprise AI Apps and Counting w/ Alek Petuskey
Today I spoke with Alek Petuskey, the founder of Reflex - the platform for enterprises to build and scale apps. Having identified a problem with his roommate and co-founder, Reflex gained massive traction (10,000 users) very quickly, rising to the top spot on Hacker News. From there the company…
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Vibe Coding, SaaS-Apocalypse, and Investing for a better future w/ Isaiah Washington ∞ MAX DEPTH
Todays conversation is hosted in person in NYC. Isaiah Washington and I discussed how he built AI tools built with Claude Code as a largely non technical person for his organization. We also discussed his experience at Facebook and Insight and his current role at Artemis. I greatly enjoyed the...
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Chatting with a Reiki Master Teacher
Check out our guest: www.rosemaryd.com Reiki was not something that I had heard much about before my conversation with Rosemary. The ability to sense and heal people using energy and intuition was always slightly outside of my scope of belief / understanding. Through my conversation with…
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AI, Robotics, Defense, Stanford, Anduril, & Forging Your Own Path w/ Andreas Tempereau ∞ Max Depth Podcast
Today I hosted Andreas Tempereau on the podcast. He currently attends Stanford, will be joining Anduril next year, and has been building a insane military helmet for the past few months. I sat down today to understand his outlook on the world, how he sees the current state of technology, and what...
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Philosophy for The Modern World w/ Dragan Wilms ∞ MAX DEPTH PODCAST
While I try to find what is practical and useful in philosophy, Dragan seems intent on destroying my entire conception of myself, how I perceive reality, and the systems we all operate in. In today's episode you will hear lines such as, "You are made a slave by language" & "We are castrating...
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PTSD and Deep Psychotherapy w/ Dr. Ruwan M. Jayatunge M.D. PhD
What I privilege it was to connect with Dr. Ruwan M. Jayatunge M.D. PhD. We spoke about the nature of suffering, buddhism, happiness, Dostoyevsky, Tolstoy, Nietzsche, and his work across the globe treating patients with PTSD. I promise you that if you listen to this conversation with an open mind...
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The "Dark" Philosophers of History
"Dark" philosophies engage deeply with the topic of suffering. That is the problem set we explore today.
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The Secrets of Polymaths and Great Thinkers w/ Nic Munoz ∞ MAX DEPTH PODCAST
Today we are joined by Nic Munoz. He is someone worth listening to for a few reasons: 1. He has studied countless "Great" individuals throughout history. He is a wealth of information. 2. He has built a successful online brand, standing out in the competitive education space. 3. He has a clear...
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The Most Interesting Man In The World — Fridtjof Nansen
Who do you admire? I have always immersed myself in the ideas of those I have admired, through podcasts, audiobooks, & conversations. There is no way better way to do this, than to think, write, and finally produce a piece of content about the person. Fridtjof Nansen is truly worthy of study, for...
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AI Revolutionizing Medicine w/ Startup founder eMalick Njie, Ph.D ∞ MAX DEPTH PODCAST
0:00 Intro 1:00 ImageNet 7:00 Data Ownership 8:00 Web3 13:15 Ecotone ( New BioAI Company ) 22:30 Brief History of Genetics 34:00 Playgrounds of Science 37:00 Crispr, Precision Medicine 40:00 Drug Design Process 50:00 Clear Overview of Ecotone 1:08:30 - Pushing Back on $1,000,000,000,000 TAM…
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Investigations Into Reality w/ Henry Cerbone (Harvard) ∞ MAX DEPTH
"Hello! I'm a student at Harvard pursuing a special degree across five fields - robotics, computer science, philosophy, mathematics, and organismic/evolutionary biology. These come together under my project by attempting to apply ways of thinking about nature to the way we think about robots." -...
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The Fascinating Current State of Cognitive Science ∞ MaxDepth
Adam Green is the director of the Lab for Relational Cognition and Provost's Distinguished Associate Professor at Georgetown University. Adam's academic interests lie in understanding how neural processes generate intelligence and creativity. Hope you enjoy our conversation! Stay Classy San…
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The CEO Working to Build the 1st Houses on Mars
Today I sit down with the founder and CEO of Astreia: Natalie Rens... Enjoy
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A "No BS" Guide to AI and Consciousness
0:00 Introduction 6:15 Chinese Room Argument 12:00 Consciousness and Metacognition 16:50 Flatland 25:10 Book a Week 33:00 Positioning yourself in history 39:00 How to combat philosophical/existential dread 49:45 Extended Theory of Mind 54:00 BRAIN SCORE 1:05:30 Superintelligence 1:12:30 God is...
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How DNA Nano-Robots are Changing the World w/ Dr. Kosuri ∞ MAXDEPTH
Dr. Pallav Kosuri received his Ph.D from Columbia, his PostDoc from Harvard, and completed his thesis at CERN. Now he works at the Salk Institute in La Jolla working in a field called DNA Origami. If you have never heard of it, you are in for a wild ride. Essentially, they are constructing...
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Boys Go Too Deep into Simulation, Metaverse, and Religion ∞ MAXDEPTH
"Simulation is a modern day religion" ∞ This is what a conversation can sound like. People with different perspectives fiercely trying to get their point across while simultaneously listening to what the other person is saying. This is chaotic, but I think a few halfway decent points were made. I...
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The STEM Major Sells ∞ MAXDEPTH
100M * 80 = 8Bajezus
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Extremely Bullish on Tian Shi ∞ MAX DEPTH
General Sentiment: If you invested in people like you invest in stocks I would be extremely bullish on Tian Shi. Favorite Quote: "Time is a F*ing Currency" Board topics covered: VC, BIOTECH, & ASSESSING TALENT Thanks for listening. I hope you enjoy!
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DEEP LEARNING, CYBER ATTACKS, & BUILDING CONSCIOUSNESS ∞ MAX DEPTH
Cyber attacks have advanced rapidly along with the rest of technology. From flooding the SSA website with bots and crashing the system to the Solar Winds attack on the US Government by Russia, Cyber Attacks are now a huge problem for everyone. Clifton is a PHD student at Northeastern studying...
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Great Business w/ Jonathan Hillis: Payd — MAX DEPTH
how to run a successful business? treat your people well, have a SINGLE aim, & empower others + so much more. I hope you enjoy!
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AGI, Space Elevators, & Eccentric Self Improvement — MAX DEPTH
Third podcast with Andro. Today we discussed (in the order I remember): Andro's Startups Consciousness Psychedelics sauna, cold, breathing, meditation, journalling Hierarchies Jordan Peterson Sleep Hemp as a tool for Carbon Capture value systems, aims, goals alchemy --- Science --- MAX DEPTH...
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Entrepreneur, Investor, Polymath: Evan Zimmerman — MAX DEPTH
Evan Zimmerman founded Mighty Mug, a massively successful consumer product company in his teens, graduated from UChicago and Berkeley Law, invests in early stage technology companies through his investment vehicle Jovono, and is currently breaking into the biotech space with his company Drift...
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Our capacity for evil
sorry the audio sucks, also, Idk how to format the title of my show to make it consistent 🙃
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The Ex-Girlfriend Interview
She went deeper than I expected
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My favorite conversation so far: Prof. Michael Frank of Brown University
3 2 1 ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, aliens and dmt entities alike tuning in welcome to MAX DEPTH joining us today we have Dr. Michael Frank. director of the Carney Center for Computational Brain Science at brown university and current professor teaching computational cognitive…
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Shhhhh ∞ MAX DEPTH
Listen to this one. 2am convo with Molly Mai and Jordi. I HOPE YOU ENJOY!!!
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In Search of Truth
An EPIC conversation with Michael Silverstein-Bode. This conversation sets the bar for how deep MAX DEPTH can go. A pleasure. One of the most important conversations I have ever had.
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MOLLY SILVERSTEIN: Science vs. Religion, Affecting Change, and Facing Your Demons
Today I sat down with my Aunt/CUz Molly!! AMAZING CONVERSATION. I hope you guys enjoy. 2:00 Literature 10:00 Faith 17:00 Science and Religion 26:00 The Future of Education 36:00 Octavia Butler 45:00 Tribalism 51:30 Feminism 58:00 Personal Experience 1:05:00 Equality of Opportunity, Money, Power...
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ANTHONY GAGLIA: Social Media, Covid, and Learning from Your Mistakes
A phenomenal conversation with ANTHONY GAGLIA. We began speaking about fostering credibility in your life, practical modes of being, and covid, and then transitioned to a far deeper conversation about human nature, history, and addiction. 1:00 Getting people to take you seriously 5:00…
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Confidence and How To Build It
Short ramblings... enjoy. appreciate everyone.
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The Unreconcilable Question
This is a podcast. It's raw, unedited, unpolished—I'm not making these videos for Everyone—like Nietzsche, I am writing to...
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MAX DEPTH: Everything—but a lot about meditation, AI, and evolution
This is a conversation recorded between myself and a kind, new friend of mine named Andro. He shares a lot of my views and I enjoy talking with him a lot. This is our second conversation; the other file I can't access. If anyone is listening, I hope you enjoy. More coming soon!
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Max & Leo: Hyper aware people succeed
This is a ten minute clip from last night. I really enjoy talking to people. this was part of a much longer, cooler conversation. thanks
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#2 — Tatum Parr Carreiro
Welcome to Max Depth!! In this episode, I spoke with Tatum Parr Carreiro, a sensible and humble tech wizard and friend, who cares deeply about bettering the lives of other people. We discussed the role mentors play in shaping who we become, the ways in which technology, specifically increasingly...
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#1 — Jacob Gurney
some of the ideas discussed: ocean acidification addiction misinformation greed technology our generation and solving global problems + much more...
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Talking about technology, business, philosophy, history, and everything else interesting. ∞ MAX DEPTH
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