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Data · Nov 13, 2026

The best AI podcasts of 2026, ranked by what leaders said on them

We follow 69 AI shows by name. These twelve gave us the most quotes from the people building AI, each checked word for word.

By Rushabh Sheth, Founder of Pod Data. 4 quotes from 4 shows, each checked word for word.

“Best” is usually a matter of taste. We use a count instead. For each show, we count the quotes we hold that are checked word for word against the episode. More checked quotes means more lines from founders, chief executives and researchers.

A count measures how much leaders say on a show. It doesn’t say whether you’ll enjoy it.

The twelve, as of Nov 14, 2026

Rank Show Checked quotes Latest episode
1 All-In 261 Nov 10, 2026
2 MTS 181 Nov 13, 2026
3 TBPN 161 Nov 13, 2026
4 Lightcone 158 Nov 11, 2026
5 Training Data 155 Nov 5, 2026
6 Sourcery 154 Nov 13, 2026
7 Latent Space 153 Nov 10, 2026
8 a16z Podcast 135 Nov 13, 2026
9 Moonshots 116 Nov 13, 2026
10 Lenny’s Podcast 107 Nov 8, 2026
11 Lex Fridman Podcast 104 Nov 10, 2026
12 No Priors 99 Nov 12, 2026

The full list of the shows we follow, with their counts, is on our coverage page.

A recent line from four of them

On TBPN, Dylan Patel of SemiAnalysis named a gap in export rules.

Selling data is something that has not had any scrutiny yet
Dylan Patel Founder & CEO, SemiAnalysis TBPN · Nov 12, 2026
1:15:25 Speaker confirmed
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On Lightcone, Amjad Masad said how Replit expects agent use to grow.

our prediction internally is that you go from everyone using one agent to 10 agents, to 100 agents, to 10,000 agents at some point.
Amjad Masad Co-founder & CEO, Replit Lightcone · Nov 7, 2026
34:16 Speaker confirmed
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On Training Data, Ronak Malde talked about keeping people in the loop.

you need to allow these models and build the algorithm so that it keeps humans in the loop.
Ronak Malde Co-founder & CEO, Trajectory Training Data · Nov 5, 2026
24:05 Speaker confirmed
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On Lenny’s Podcast, Tulsee Doshi of Google DeepMind gave product teams a place to start.

start with even just five prompts, right? Like start, you don’t have to start large.
Tulsee Doshi Senior director & head of product for Gemini, Google DeepMind Lenny's Podcast · Nov 8, 2026
23:29 Speaker confirmed
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How the count works

We follow each show by name. Every quote is checked word for word against its episode, and only checked quotes count. The counts grow every week, so this list will change.

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