Pioneers of AI

Rana el Kaliouby

Booking Overview

Pioneers of AI is a weekly conversation about where artificial intelligence is heading and what it means for real life. Host Rana el Kaliouby, an AI scientist and investor, brings in builders and thinkers to unpack technical progress, risks, and human-centric impact.

Metrics

Episodes: 100

Frequency: Weekly

Rating: 4.6/5.0

Estimated listeners: 1k-10k

Gender skew: Neutral

Location: USA

YouTube: 31.2k subscribers

Instagram: 1.6k followers

30s Ad: 28 - 34, 60s Ad: 33 - 40

Contact Information

hello@waitwhat.com

Host

Rana el Kaliouby - AI scientist, investor, author, and co-founder of Affectiva. She leads discussions on how AI is changing everyday life, emphasizing human-centric intelligence that augments people, while also inter...

Booking Intelligence

Booking Requirements

medium

Typical Credentials:

Recognized AI/tech leaders, senior executives, and prominent researchers/academics; alternatively, high-authority journalists or authors with strong public credibility on AI and technology.

Required Achievements:

C-suite or senior research roles at major tech or industrial organizations, Academic leadership (professorships) and influential research, Major publications/books or widely read journalism on AI/technology, Public recognition as a critic/thinker on AI impacts and ethics

Recent Guest Discussions

Joanna Stern - Consumer AI Coverage, Learning-by-doing Approach, Real-world Integration Of AI, Risks/benefits Framing

Jahmy Hindman - AI In Agriculture, Sensors/data/ml For Farm Operations, Autonomous Farm Vision, Sustainability And Efficiency

Sinan Aral - AI Societal Implications And Outlook; Human-centric AI Vs Replacement; EQ In Ai; Startup Landscape Risks

Recent Topics

Artificial Intelligence, Human Computer Interaction, Ai Ethics, Machine Learning, Computer Vision, Product Innovation, Responsible Ai, Future Of Work, Ai Policy, Consumer Ai

Episodes

Here's the recent few episodes on

Pioneers of AI

How fast can you upskill in AI? We did a sprint to find out.

May 20, 2026

We all feel the urgency: learn to use AI, or risk falling behind at work. And we all know there's an upside: AI can reduce tedious tasks, streamline operations, and boost output. But knowing is half the battle (maybe even less) and implementing AI needs to happen across an entire organization. So what does it take to start?Well, here at WaitWhat (the company behind this podcast!) we paused all operations for three days to find out. From editorial curation to visual design to event planning, w...

Possible: Should we give AI a bank account?

May 18, 2026

This week, we're sharing something from our friends over at Possible. In this episode of Possible, Reid Hoffman and Aria Finger talk with Sean Neville, co-founder of Circle and architect of USDC, about building the financial infrastructure for an AI-driven economy. Now leading Catena Labs, Neville is working on what he calls the first AI-native bank—designed for autonomous agents that can transact, comply, and interact without humans in the loop. The conversation explores what breaks whe...

I gave AI a year of my life: tech journalist Joanna Stern

May 13, 2026

It’s not easy to cover AI as a reporter when the technology moves so fast. Joanna Stern’s approach: learn by doing. For one year, the longtime Wall Street Journal tech reporter and Pulitzer Prize finalist embedded AI into every corner of her life: her doctor's office, her kids' toys, even her romantic relationships. (Her wife approved the last one.) Stern chronicles the experience in her new book, I Am Not a Robot, a perspective on consumer AI that's equal parts honest, funny, and hopeful. On...

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