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LATEST EPISODE · 16.01.2026

THE TAO OF INNOVATION: STEVEN HOFFMAN ON BUILDING GLOBAL STARTUPS

In the third episode of The DAO video podcast, Captain Hoff — Steven Hoffman, founder of global venture builder Founders Space — sits down for an open conversation bridging Silicon Valley and China. He shares how Founders Space partners with entrepreneurs across the US, Europe, and Eurasia, what separates founders who survive from those who don't, how AI is rewriting the startup playbook, and the cross-cultural mindset required to build truly global companies in 2026.

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THE TAO OF INNOVATION: STEVEN HOFFMAN ON BUILDING GLOBAL STARTUPS
EP. 1432:07:11

THE TAO OF INNOVATION: STEVEN HOFFMAN ON BUILDING GLOBAL STARTUPS

with Steven Hoffman (Captain Hoff)

CHINA'S AI UNDERDOGS: STARTUP LESSONS FROM BEIJING TO SHENZHEN
EP. 1441:15:33

CHINA'S AI UNDERDOGS: STARTUP LESSONS FROM BEIJING TO SHENZHEN

with Li Xiaohua

THE AI INFRASTRUCTURE BUBBLE: CAPEX, GPU CLUSTERS, AND THE NEW RAILROADS
EP. 1421:42:08

THE AI INFRASTRUCTURE BUBBLE: CAPEX, GPU CLUSTERS, AND THE NEW RAILROADS

with Lin Wei & Marcus Cho

THE AI CHIP WARS: EAST–WEST SUPPLY CHAINS AND THE FIGHT FOR SILICON
EP. 1411:18:54

THE AI CHIP WARS: EAST–WEST SUPPLY CHAINS AND THE FIGHT FOR SILICON

with Ava Tanaka

STILLNESS IN THE AGE OF AI: A FOUNDER'S MIND AMID THE NOISE
EP. 14059:21

STILLNESS IN THE AGE OF AI: A FOUNDER'S MIND AMID THE NOISE

with Daniel Hou

THE TAO OF OPEN-SOURCE AI: WEIGHTS, LICENSES, AND THE NEW COMMON GROUND
EP. 1391:33:47

THE TAO OF OPEN-SOURCE AI: WEIGHTS, LICENSES, AND THE NEW COMMON GROUND

with the DAO roundtable

AI'S HUNGER FOR POWER: ENERGY, GRIDS, AND THE NEXT DECADE
EP. 1381:24:12

AI'S HUNGER FOR POWER: ENERGY, GRIDS, AND THE NEXT DECADE

with Priya Raman

WHAT THE ANCIENTS KNEW ABOUT AI RISK: ALIGNMENT, RUIN, AND PATIENCE
EP. 1371:11:05

WHAT THE ANCIENTS KNEW ABOUT AI RISK: ALIGNMENT, RUIN, AND PATIENCE

with the DAO roundtable

XAI, GROK, AND THE RACE FOR AGI
EP. 13658:14

XAI, GROK, AND THE RACE FOR AGI

with Elon Musk

INSIDE THE GPU EMPIRE: HOW NVIDIA BUILT THE AI ECONOMY
EP. 1351:02:33

INSIDE THE GPU EMPIRE: HOW NVIDIA BUILT THE AI ECONOMY

with Jensen Huang

THE OPENAI ROADMAP: FROM GPT TO SUPERINTELLIGENCE
EP. 1341:14:08

THE OPENAI ROADMAP: FROM GPT TO SUPERINTELLIGENCE

with Sam Altman

DEEPMIND, ALPHAFOLD, AND SCIENCE AT THE FRONTIER
EP. 1331:21:45

DEEPMIND, ALPHAFOLD, AND SCIENCE AT THE FRONTIER

with Demis Hassabis

WORLD MODELS AND THE FUTURE OF OPEN-SOURCE AI
EP. 1321:33:12

WORLD MODELS AND THE FUTURE OF OPEN-SOURCE AI

with Yann LeCun

THE GODFATHER SPEAKS: DEEP LEARNING AND EXISTENTIAL RISK
EP. 1311:47:55

THE GODFATHER SPEAKS: DEEP LEARNING AND EXISTENTIAL RISK

with Geoffrey Hinton

EDUCATING THE AI GENERATION: FROM COURSERA TO AGENTIC WORKFLOWS
EP. 13058:14

EDUCATING THE AI GENERATION: FROM COURSERA TO AGENTIC WORKFLOWS

with Andrew Ng

SPATIAL INTELLIGENCE AND THE NEXT VISUAL FRONTIER
EP. 1291:02:33

SPATIAL INTELLIGENCE AND THE NEXT VISUAL FRONTIER

with Fei-Fei Li

CLAUDE, CONSTITUTIONAL AI, AND SAFE SCALING
EP. 1281:14:08

CLAUDE, CONSTITUTIONAL AI, AND SAFE SCALING

with Dario Amodei

THINKING MACHINES: A NEW LAB FOR ALIGNED AI
EP. 1271:21:45

THINKING MACHINES: A NEW LAB FOR ALIGNED AI

with Mira Murati

THE PATH TO SAFE SUPERINTELLIGENCE
EP. 1261:33:12

THE PATH TO SAFE SUPERINTELLIGENCE

with Ilya Sutskever

SOFTWARE 2.0, LLMS, AND THE FUTURE OF CODING
EP. 1251:47:55

SOFTWARE 2.0, LLMS, AND THE FUTURE OF CODING

with Andrej Karpathy

INSIDE OPENAI: SCALING MODELS AND THE API ECONOMY
EP. 12458:14

INSIDE OPENAI: SCALING MODELS AND THE API ECONOMY

with Greg Brockman

THE COMING WAVE: CONTAINMENT IN THE AGE OF AI
EP. 1231:02:33

THE COMING WAVE: CONTAINMENT IN THE AGE OF AI

with Mustafa Suleyman

NETWORKS, AI, AND THE FUTURE OF WORK
EP. 1221:14:08

NETWORKS, AI, AND THE FUTURE OF WORK

with Reid Hoffman

WHY AI WILL SAVE THE WORLD
EP. 1211:21:45

WHY AI WILL SAVE THE WORLD

with Marc Andreessen

BETTING EARLY ON OPENAI: A VC'S VIEW OF THE FRONTIER
EP. 1201:33:12

BETTING EARLY ON OPENAI: A VC'S VIEW OF THE FRONTIER

with Vinod Khosla

COPILOT EVERYWHERE: MICROSOFT'S AI OPERATING SYSTEM
EP. 1191:47:55

COPILOT EVERYWHERE: MICROSOFT'S AI OPERATING SYSTEM

with Satya Nadella

GEMINI, SEARCH, AND THE REINVENTION OF GOOGLE
EP. 11858:14

GEMINI, SEARCH, AND THE REINVENTION OF GOOGLE

with Sundar Pichai

LLAMA, AI GLASSES, AND META'S OPEN BET
EP. 1171:02:33

LLAMA, AI GLASSES, AND META'S OPEN BET

with Mark Zuckerberg

APPLE INTELLIGENCE: AI ON A BILLION DEVICES
EP. 1161:14:08

APPLE INTELLIGENCE: AI ON A BILLION DEVICES

with Tim Cook

AI, HEALTH, AND THE NEXT PLATFORM SHIFT
EP. 1151:21:45

AI, HEALTH, AND THE NEXT PLATFORM SHIFT

with Bill Gates

SOVEREIGNTY, DEFENSE, AND AI: A CONTRARIAN VIEW
EP. 1141:33:12

SOVEREIGNTY, DEFENSE, AND AI: A CONTRARIAN VIEW

with Peter Thiel

AMD'S AI COUNTERATTACK: ROCM, MI300, AND BEYOND
EP. 1131:47:55

AMD'S AI COUNTERATTACK: ROCM, MI300, AND BEYOND

with Lisa Su

FOUNDRIES, GEOPOLITICS, AND THE AI SUPPLY CHAIN
EP. 11258:14

FOUNDRIES, GEOPOLITICS, AND THE AI SUPPLY CHAIN

with Pat Gelsinger

ON-DEVICE AI: THE EDGE INFERENCE REVOLUTION
EP. 1111:02:33

ON-DEVICE AI: THE EDGE INFERENCE REVOLUTION

with Cristiano Amon

ENTERPRISE AI: WATSONX AND THE TRUSTED STACK
EP. 1101:14:08

ENTERPRISE AI: WATSONX AND THE TRUSTED STACK

with Arvind Krishna

THE ANSWER ENGINE: REINVENTING SEARCH WITH PERPLEXITY
EP. 1091:21:45

THE ANSWER ENGINE: REINVENTING SEARCH WITH PERPLEXITY

with Aravind Srinivas

DECENTRALIZED AI AND THE OPEN MODEL MOVEMENT
EP. 1081:33:12

DECENTRALIZED AI AND THE OPEN MODEL MOVEMENT

with Emad Mostaque

HUGGING FACE: THE HOME OF OPEN AI
EP. 1071:47:55

HUGGING FACE: THE HOME OF OPEN AI

with Clement Delangue

TRANSFORMERS, ENTERPRISES, AND COHERE'S BET
EP. 10658:14

TRANSFORMERS, ENTERPRISES, AND COHERE'S BET

with Aidan Gomez

ATTENTION, MIXTURES, AND THE ARCHITECTURE OF GEMINI
EP. 1051:02:33

ATTENTION, MIXTURES, AND THE ARCHITECTURE OF GEMINI

with Noam Shazeer

BACKING THE BEST: INSIDE THE AI FOUNDER PIPELINE
EP. 1041:14:08

BACKING THE BEST: INSIDE THE AI FOUNDER PIPELINE

with Daniel Gross

AI GRANT AND THE NEW INDIE LAB ERA
EP. 1031:21:45

AI GRANT AND THE NEW INDIE LAB ERA

with Nat Friedman

RLHF AND TEACHING MODELS TO BEHAVE
EP. 1021:33:12

RLHF AND TEACHING MODELS TO BEHAVE

with John Schulman

TPUS, PATHWAYS, AND BUILDING AI INFRASTRUCTURE
EP. 1011:47:55

TPUS, PATHWAYS, AND BUILDING AI INFRASTRUCTURE

with Jeff Dean

GEMINI'S MULTIMODAL FRONTIER
EP. 10058:14

GEMINI'S MULTIMODAL FRONTIER

with Oriol Vinyals

CATASTROPHIC AI RISK AND THE NEED FOR GOVERNANCE
EP. 991:02:33

CATASTROPHIC AI RISK AND THE NEED FOR GOVERNANCE

with Yoshua Bengio

PROVABLY BENEFICIAL AI: RUSSELL ON ALIGNMENT
EP. 981:14:08

PROVABLY BENEFICIAL AI: RUSSELL ON ALIGNMENT

with Stuart Russell

LIFE 3.0 AND EXISTENTIAL RISK
EP. 971:21:45

LIFE 3.0 AND EXISTENTIAL RISK

with Max Tegmark

IF ANYONE BUILDS IT, EVERYONE DIES
EP. 961:33:12

IF ANYONE BUILDS IT, EVERYONE DIES

with Eliezer Yudkowsky

DEEP LEARNING IS HITTING A WALL: THE MARCUS CRITIQUE
EP. 951:47:55

DEEP LEARNING IS HITTING A WALL: THE MARCUS CRITIQUE

with Gary Marcus

MARKETS, MANIA, AND AI CAPITAL CYCLES
EP. 9458:14

MARKETS, MANIA, AND AI CAPITAL CYCLES

with Chamath Palihapitiya

LEVERAGE, AI, AND THE SOLO CAPITALIST
EP. 931:02:33

LEVERAGE, AI, AND THE SOLO CAPITALIST

with Naval Ravikant

THE NETWORK STATE MEETS THE NETWORK MODEL
EP. 921:14:08

THE NETWORK STATE MEETS THE NETWORK MODEL

with Balaji Srinivasan

PUBLIC MARKETS AND THE AI SUPERCYCLE
EP. 911:21:45

PUBLIC MARKETS AND THE AI SUPERCYCLE

with Brad Gerstner

DISRUPTION, AI, AND THE ARK THESIS
EP. 901:33:12

DISRUPTION, AI, AND THE ARK THESIS

with Cathie Wood

AI SUPERPOWERS: THE US-CHINA AI RACE
EP. 891:47:55

AI SUPERPOWERS: THE US-CHINA AI RACE

with Kai-Fu Lee

ERNIE, BAIDU, AND CHINA'S FOUNDATION MODEL STACK
EP. 8858:14

ERNIE, BAIDU, AND CHINA'S FOUNDATION MODEL STACK

with Robin Li

MEITUAN, LIGHT YEARS BEYOND, AND THE CHINESE AI BOOM
EP. 871:02:33

MEITUAN, LIGHT YEARS BEYOND, AND THE CHINESE AI BOOM

with Wang Xing

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