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Unsupervised Learning with Jacob Effron

Jacob Effron, Patrick Chase, Jordan Segall, Erica Brescia

Booking Overview

An interview-led technology show focused on artificial intelligence, frontier-model development, AI safety, and the business implications of emerging systems, typically featuring prominent researchers, founders, executives, and technology analysts. Credible pitches include AI company founders, senior researchers, AI safety specialists, enterprise AI strategists, and investors with original expertise; booking difficulty is high because recent guests include major lab leaders, widely recognized analysts, and pioneering researchers.

Metrics

Episodes: 103

Frequency: Irregular

Rating: 4.9/5.0

Estimated listeners: 1,000 - 10,000

Gender skew: Male

Listener location: USA

YouTube: 4.4k subscribers

Instagram: 75.0k followers

Page updated: Oct 28, 2026 · How we check this data

Contact Information

Publicly listed emails

jacob@redpoint.com

jeffron@redpoint.com

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Host

Jacob Effron - Investor at Redpoint Ventures who has led investments in Abridge, Physical Intelligence, and Legora.

Patrick Chase - Co-host of the Redpoint Ventures podcast focused on artificial intelligence and emerging technology.

Jordan Segall - Co-host of the Redpoint Ventures podcast focused on artificial intelligence and emerging technology.

Erica Brescia - Co-host of the Redpoint Ventures podcast focused on artificial intelligence and emerging technology.

Booking Intelligence

Booking Requirements

high
Typical Credentials:  
Senior AI researchers, founders and executives of notable AI companies or research organizations, technology analysts, AI safety specialists, and investors with substantial firsthand expertise and distinctive views on frontier AI.
Required Achievements:  
Founded or led an AI company, research organization, or major laboratory, Held senior research or engineering roles at prominent AI labs, Published influential AI research or developed foundational machine-learning methods, Built a recognized body of analysis on technology markets, AI adoption, or platform economics

Recent Guest Discussions

Buck Shlegeris - The Openai-hugging Face Incident, AI Behavior And Evaluation, AI Safety, Alignment, And The Probability Of An AI Takeover.

Igor Babuschkin - Frontier-model Development, AI Agents, Personal AI, Enterprise Model Training, Open-weight Models, AI Hardware, And The Future Of Model Progress.

Benedict Evans - AI Adoption, Enterprise Use Cases, Platform Economics, Foundation-model Business Models, Automation, And Lessons From Prior Technology Transitions.

Jürgen Schmidhuber - Artificial General Intelligence, Recursive Self-improvement, Artificial Curiosity, Robotics, AI Infrastructure, Open-source Models, And AI Safety.

Recent Topics

Technology, Artificial Intelligence, Ai Safety, Machine Learning, Venture Capital

Episodes

Here's the recent few episodes on
Unsupervised Learning with Jacob Effron
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Ep 94: Applied Compute CEO on the Limits of RL, the New AI Hyperscaler & Why Post-Training Wins Inference

October 06, 2026

Yash Patil, a former OpenAI researcher who worked on Codex and now runs Applied Compute, argues that post-training is the most overlooked part of the AI stack and the key to owning your intelligence.He explains when companies should optimize their harness and context first, and when it's worth updating the weights: the largest inference workloads, plus tasks that change over time or depend on judgment. That's the heart of why he believes post-training wins inference. The biggest workloads are...

Ep 93: CEO of Redwood Research Buck Shlegeris on OpenAI/HuggingFace Revelations, Fixing AI Safety & Takeover Odds

September 03, 2026

Jacob sits down with Buck Shlegeris, CEO of Redwood Research, one of the organizations that led the independent investigation into OpenAI/Hugging Face's incident. They dig into the incident itself, Buck's reactions to it, and what he believes it reveals about the state of where we are today. (0:00) Intro(1:02) Buck's initial reaction upon first reading the report(2:37) How fast the AIs actually solved the "hack"(3:59) Why the AIs cheated in the first place(10:28) How this might have play...

AI Vibe Check: Chinese Open Models, Distillation & The Hugging Face Breach

August 03, 2026

In this installment of their recurring roundtable, Jacob, Ari, and Rob dig into the accelerating Chinese open-source model race, debating whether Kimi K3 has actually closed the gap with the US frontier or just looks like it has, and whether distillation fully explains China's progress. That opens into the messier fight over open-weight models generally, with the group dissecting the backlash against Anthropic's stance and asking whether powerful open models are inherently dangerous or actual...

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How do I get in touch with Unsupervised Learning with Jacob Effron?

Unsupervised Learning with Jacob Effron is hosted by Jacob Effron and Patrick Chase. Its publicly listed emails are jacob@redpoint.com and jeffron@redpoint.com. For guest bookings, the host or producer is usually the best person to reach. Podseeker helps you find direct host and producer contacts and pitch from your own inbox.

What is the email for Unsupervised Learning with Jacob Effron?

The publicly listed emails for Unsupervised Learning with Jacob Effron: jacob@redpoint.com and jeffron@redpoint.com.

How many listeners does Unsupervised Learning with Jacob Effron have?

Podseeker estimates Unsupervised Learning with Jacob Effron reaches 1,000 to 10,000 listeners per episode. Only the publisher has exact numbers.

Who is an ideal guest for Unsupervised Learning with Jacob Effron?

Unsupervised Learning with Jacob Effron typically books well-known public figures. Typical guest background: Senior AI researchers, founders and executives of notable AI companies or research organizations, technology analysts, AI safety specialists, and investors with substantial firsthand expertise and distinctive views on frontier AI. Common among recent guests: Founded or led an AI company, research organization, or major laboratory; Held senior research or engineering roles at prominent AI labs; Published influential AI research or developed foundational machine-learning methods. Recent guests include Buck Shlegeris, Igor Babuschkin, and Benedict Evans.

How hard is it to get booked on Unsupervised Learning with Jacob Effron?

High. It mostly books established leaders in its field.

What topics does Unsupervised Learning with Jacob Effron cover?

Recent episodes cover Technology, Artificial Intelligence, Ai Safety, Machine Learning, and Venture Capital. Pitch an idea tied to one of these topics and mention a recent episode.

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