Summation with Auren Hoffman

Auren Hoffman

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Booking Overview

An interview podcast focused on non-obvious ideas across technology, business, markets, and government, featuring senior founders, CEOs, investors, and specialized experts. Agencies could credibly pitch accomplished executives, venture investors, market analysts, defense-technology leaders, and policy experts with substantial operating results or distinctive domain expertise; booking is likely high difficulty.

Metrics

Episodes: 280

Frequency: Weekly

Rating: 4.8/5.0

Estimated listeners: 1k-10k

Gender skew: Male

Location: USA

YouTube: 96.6k subscribers

Contact Information

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Host

Auren Hoffman - CEO of NQB8, general partner at Flex Capital, and chairman of Dialog; previously CEO of SafeGraph and LiveRamp.

Booking Intelligence

Booking Requirements

high

Typical Credentials:

Senior founders, CEOs, investors, market specialists, and government or defense-technology experts with substantial operating experience and a distinctive perspective on consequential issues.

Required Achievements:

Founded or led major technology, investment, or financial firms, Built or managed businesses with significant institutional scale, Developed notable expertise in markets, defense, government, or emerging technology, Produced influential research or achieved a significant transaction, contract, or investment track record

Recent Guest Discussions

Brendan Wallace - Data Centers, Real Estate, Venture Capital, Remote Work, And Capital-intensive Businesses.

Jim Rebesco - Artificial Intelligence In Warfare, Autonomous Systems, Defense Procurement, National Security, And High-frequency Trading.

Carson Block - Activist Short Selling, Corporate Fraud, The Wirecard Scandal, Financial Regulation, And Weaknesses In Corporate Governance.

Recent Topics

Technology, Markets, Venture Capital, Government, Entrepreneurship

Episodes

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Summation with Auren Hoffman

CodeRabbit CEO Harjot Gill on software's new bottleneck and zero to $50m ARR in 2 years

August 11, 2026

Harjot Gill is the co-founder and CEO of CodeRabbit, the AI code review company that became the most installed AI app on GitHub and GitLab. Over about two years, CodeRabbit went from zero to over $50M in ARR and a $1B+ valuation. It is his third startup.In this episode of Summation, Harjot and Auren discuss:Why the bottleneck in software just moved from writing code to reviewing itWhy mature companies now adopt AI firstWhy you should never let a coding agent review its own workThe playbook th...

Moritz Baier-Lentz on why the future of AI runs on video games

August 04, 2026

Moritz Baier-Lentz is one of the foremost investors in gaming, AI, and frontier technologies—including companies like OpenAI, SpaceX, Palantir, Etched, Decart, and Recursive. He founded Goldman Sachs's global gaming practice and was previously a partner, IC member, and head of gaming at Lightspeed. Moritz is part of the founding team of General Intuition, an AI research lab training agents on video game data, which has raised a $133M Seed round and a $320M Series A. He is also a senior a...

OpenAI Chief Economist Ronnie Chatterji: measuring the greatest technology of our time

July 28, 2026

Ronnie Chatterji is the Chief Economist at OpenAI, where he leads research on how AI reshapes growth, jobs, and the economy. He is also an economics professor at Duke. He was previously the White House CHIPS coordinator implementing the $52B CHIPS Act, and before that the chief economist at the US Department of Commerce.In this episode of Summation, Ronnie and Auren discuss:The three things people actually do with ChatGPTThe 10x jump in people handing their work to AI Why the next big leap in...

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