No Priors: Artificial Intelligence | Technology | Startups

Sarah Guo, Elad Gil

Booking Overview

An interview show focused on artificial intelligence, technology, startups, and the future of business, featuring senior founders, CEOs, engineers, and researchers as external guests. Strong pitch candidates include AI and technology founders, research leaders, venture-backed entrepreneurs, and executives leading major technology adoption; booking is very difficult because the show typically features highly prominent industry leaders and frontier innovators.

Metrics

Episodes: 174

Frequency: Weekly

Rating: 4.5/5.0

Estimated listeners: 1k-10k

Gender skew: Male

Location: USA

YouTube: 81.5k subscribers

Contact Information

Publicly listed emails

production@podpeople.com

Looking for the right person? Join Podseeker to find direct host and producer contacts and manage your podcast outreach.

Host

Sarah Guo - Startup investor and founder of Conviction, an investment firm focused on intelligent software companies. She previously spent nearly a decade incubating and investing at Greylock Partners.

Elad Gil - Serial entrepreneur and startup investor, co-founder of Color Health and Mixer Labs, which was acquired by Twitter, and author of High Growth Handbook.

Booking Intelligence

Booking Requirements

very_high

Typical Credentials:

Founders and CEOs of prominent technology, AI, energy, and platform companies, along with leading AI engineers, researchers, and investors with substantial operating or technical expertise.

Required Achievements:

Building or leading a prominent technology company, Developing significant AI, software, robotics, or energy technology, Holding senior executive or founder roles at major companies, Authoring influential books or contributing substantially to frontier research

Recent Guest Discussions

Stanley Tang - Agentic Commerce, Ask Doordash, Robotics, Autonomous Delivery, Multimodal Technology, And Scaling Operations.

Andy Fang - Agentic Commerce, Ask Doordash, Robotics, Autonomous Delivery, Multimodal Technology, And Scaling Operations.

Glenn Fogel - AI In Travel, Agentic Trip Planning, Technology Investment, Business Scale, Workforce Upskilling, And The Impact Of AI On Jobs.

Isaiah Taylor - Advanced Nuclear Reactors, Nuclear Energy Deployment, Hardware Execution, Venture-backed Energy Companies, Vertical Integration, And Energy Abundance.

Recent Topics

Artificial Intelligence, Startups, Venture Capital, Technology, Entrepreneurship

Episodes

Here's the recent few episodes on

No Priors: Artificial Intelligence | Technology | Startups

What Chess.com Teaches US About Superhuman Capabilities, with CEO Erik Allebest

August 13, 2026

In a world of infinite gaming and entertainment possibilities, how does a centuries-old game stay so popular? Chess.com co-founder and CEO Erik Allebest joins Sarah Guo to explain how the evolution of technology has kept people coming back to chess, even when machines can beat us at the game. Erik talks about how the desire to build a MySpace-like community for chess led to the purchase of a domain name from a bankruptcy sale back in 2005, and scaled into a community with 10 million daily act...

Chasing Trillion-Dollar Companies, Founder Ambition, Token Budgets, and Regulatory Capture with Sarah & Elad

August 06, 2026

Is the tech industry moving too quickly, or are founders letting fear of AI labs stunt their ambitions? Sarah and Elad explore the current landscape of artificial intelligence, venture capital, and startup dynamics. They discuss the realities of building multi-trillion-dollar companies, shifting market sizes and outcome-based pricing models, and how founders are reacting to the rise of major AI labs. They also talk about what the framework for startup exits should look like, the potential for...

Building an Autonomous Enterprise for Real-World Services with Netic Founder Melisa Tokmak

July 31, 2026

When your AC fails in a heatwave, you don’t want a busy signal; you need a solution. Netic founder and CEO Melisa Tokmak joins host Elad Gil to explain how Netic’s autonomous AI platform acts as an intermediary between companies and customers, deploying agents to instantly handle essential services, from emergency home repairs to hospitality to pet care. Melisa describes the complexity of these real-world workloads, which have traditionally relied on large human support teams, and how over 70...

Publicly listed emails

production@podpeople.com

Looking for the right person? Join Podseeker to find direct host and producer contacts and manage your podcast outreach.

Get your clients booked on top podcasts

Try us risk free with a FREE 3 days trial.

Start Your Free Trial

Join hundreds of PR teams using Podseeker to pitch and land bookings