Konstantin Saifoulline

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Konstantin Saifoulline is a podcast about the people who build exceptional companies, products, and careers. Each episode explores the decisions, principles, failures, and obsessions behind remarkable outcomes through honest conversations with founders, investors, engineers, artists, and unconventional thinkers.

  1. 2d ago

    10 Billion AI Workers Will Need Their Own Computers | Nick Vasilescu, Orgo

    What happens when billions of AI agents start doing real work? Nick Vasilescu is the co-founder of Orgo, which is building cloud computers for AI agents. His thesis is simple: every AI worker will eventually need its own persistent computer, just like every human worker does today. Nick Vasilescu: @nickvasiles https://www.orgo.ai 00:00 Why 10 billion AI workers will need computers 03:18 Orgo vs OpenAI and Grokbot 06:02 Why agents need real computers 08:07 How Orgo went viral 11:48 Why viral content stopped converting 13:57 The best AI agent tools right now 17:42 Can smaller AI companies survive OpenAI? 19:33 What San Francisco is building for the next 5–10 years 20:50 The business opportunity in AI workers 21:19 Generative UI and the end of static interfaces 21:48 Voice becomes the interface for AI 23:53 Is “Her” becoming real? 25:53 What comes after phones and laptops? 27:09 VR, glasses and holograms 30:31 Can AI crack hardware and manufacturing? 32:36 Autonomous factories and reindustrialization 35:12 Do agents actually need computers? 36:23 When AI becomes alien at using computers 38:40 How Orgo plans to scale into enterprise

  2. Oct 1

    The Man Making Oil From Sunlight and Air | Casey Handmer

    Casey Handmer is the founder and CEO of Terraform Industries, a company building machines that turn sunlight and air into synthetic fuel. 00:00 Making fuel from sunlight and air 02:48 How Terraform's technology works 05:54 The hardest manufacturing problems 08:59 Inside Terraform Industries 12:05 How Casey hires exceptional people 14:56 Leadership and staying focused 18:07 Developing talent and building culture 20:58 Terraform's long-term vision 27:37 What happens when energy becomes abundant? 30:28 Bringing industrial production back locally 31:56 China's energy dependence 33:49 Why Terraform may be difficult to copy 37:11 The challenge of scaling hardware 40:12 Why simpler machines win 44:08 AI and automation in manufacturing 49:32 Will humanoid robots take over factories?

  3. Sep 27

    He Built a $4 Billion Company in Europe | Trivago Founder Rolf Schrömgens

    Rolf Schrömgens co-founded trivago and helped build it into a multi-billion-dollar company. We talk about raising capital, keeping control, hiring, company culture, leadership, bureaucracy, and the lessons he learned building trivago. 03:10 Lessons From His First Startup 05:51 Raising Capital: Angels vs. Institutional Investors 08:45 Why Founders Need to Maintain Control 11:48 Profitability and Choosing the Right Ventures 15:00 How Bureaucracy Kills Agility 17:48 The Myth of Hiring “Amazing People” 21:02 Building Company Culture and Values 23:56 How Leadership Changes as a Company Scales 35:35 Learning to Let Go 37:00 Becoming a System Creator

  4. Sep 23

    Pixar Founder: Steve Jobs, Disney and the Fight to Stay Alive | Alvy Ray Smith

    Pixar co-founder Alvy Ray Smith shares the story of trying to get Pixar funded, hearing no and making a Hail Mary call to Steve Jobs. We talk about seeing color graphics for the first time at Xerox PARC, the early days of computer animation, George Lucas and what it took to turn the technology into a company. Alvy also explains the relationship with Disney and why protecting Pixar’s culture mattered as much as the technology itself. Chapters: 00:00 Seeing Color Graphics for the First Time 03:02 Xerox PARC and the Future of Computing 05:57 What Made Xerox PARC Different 09:02 The Journey to New York Tech 11:59 The Early Days of Computer Animation 14:52 How Pixar Began 18:06 The Challenges of Starting Pixar 20:58 Finding a Way Forward 34:04 The Struggle to Get Pixar Funded 38:54 The Hail Mary Call to Steve Jobs 42:56 Building Pixar and Keeping It Alive 52:11 The Disney Partnership 58:02 Protecting Pixar’s Creative Culture

  5. Sep 20

    Who Will Control The Humanoid Robots? | Randall Briggs

    Who Will Control Humanoid Robots? Randall Briggs explains why most people won’t actually own the robots they buy and why that could become a huge problem. CHAPTERS 00:00 Who Will Control Your Robot? 03:06 Why Open Robotics Matters 05:47 Safety vs Full User Control 08:55 Who Is Responsible When a Robot Fails? 11:53 How Robots Could Transform Small Businesses 14:54 Why Robot Quality and Longevity Matter 17:51 Humanoids Entering Everyday Life 20:46 Robots for Entertainment and Real Work 23:47 Building Robots That Are Actually Useful 31:22 What Actually Breaks in Humanoid Robots? 34:54 Why Actuators Are So Important 38:20 The Global Humanoid Robot Race 43:35 Why General-Purpose Robots Could Win 47:34 The Reality of Mechanical Engineering 52:05 Why Robotics May Take Longer Than Expected 57:04 Why Open Robotics Could Change Everything 1:01:00 The Future of Robotic Hands #Robotics #humanoidrobot

  6. Sep 16

    Figure vs 1X vs Tesla Optimus — Who Actually Wins? | Scott Walter

    Figure, 1X and Tesla are racing to build the first truly useful humanoid robot. But who is actually ahead? CHAPTERS 00:00 Introduction: The Humanoid Race 02:57 What Makes a Humanoid Robot Actually Useful? 06:05 Robots Are Entering the Real World 08:45 Tesla Optimus vs the Competition 11:59 How Humanoid Robots Are Actually Built 14:50 Scaling Production 17:57 When Will Humanoids Enter Everyday Life? 21:10 Why Autonomous Robotics Is Still Hard 24:00 The Upcoming 1X NEO Release 25:00 The Humanoid Hand Race 25:56 1X vs Tesla Hand Design 29:56 Tendons vs Direct-Drive Actuators 39:04 Which Hand Design Actually Works Best? 43:07 Ranking Figure, 1X and Tesla 49:28 The Race to Mass Production 56:35 Tesla, Figure and the Robotics Hype Cycle 1:01:55 The Next Wave of Robotics Companies 1:09:35 What Happens Next in Humanoid Robotics #Robotics #HumanoidRobots #TeslaOptimus

  7. Sep 13

    He Co-Founded Apple with Steve Jobs — Then Weeks Later He Left | Ronald Wayne

    Ronald Wayne was the third co-founder of Apple, alongside Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak. Chapters: 00:00 Founding Apple with Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak 02:11 Ronald Created Apple’s First Logo 04:16 Becoming a Self Taught Polymath 12:58 The Risk of Apple’s Early Days 14:24 Why Ronald Was Only at Apple for a Few Weeks 15:07 What Really Happened to His 10% Apple Stake 15:37 Why Every Part of a Business Has to Work Together 25:58 Lessons From a Lifetime of Entrepreneurship 26:09 The Remarkable Submarine Model 28:13 Teaching Yourself Almost Any Skill 29:39 The Simple Requirement for a Profitable Business 30:45 Finding Work You Actually Enjoy 32:44 Why Founders Need Good Legal Representation 35:41 Ronald Wayne on Money, Inflation and Fiat Currency 42:30 Why Ronald Buys Silver and Gold 44:28 His Warning About the Future of Fiat Money 48:26 Preserving Knowledge and Legacy

  8. Sep 9

    How to Build a Mars City That Doesn’t Need Earth | Casey Handmer

    How do you build a city on Mars that can survive without Earth? Casey Handmer broke it down from the ground up. The Starship fleet. The power supply. The factories you need before the first settlers arrive. We also got into radiation, finding water, and why he thinks the Moon has surprisingly little worth mining. Timestamps: 00:00 What a Self-Sustaining Mars Civilization Needs 09:06 Moving People and Industry to Mars 14:06 The Starship Production Bottleneck 22:29 How to Power a Civilization on Mars 25:04 Space-Based Solar Power for Mars 27:50 Designing Habitats for Life on Mars 31:39 Protecting Settlers from Radiation 36:41 Finding and Extracting Water on Mars 38:14 Where the Moon Fits In 40:25 Is There Anything Worth Mining on the Moon? 47:04 Manufacturing on Earth vs. in Space 48:10 Opportunities for New Space Startups

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Konstantin Saifoulline is a podcast about the people who build exceptional companies, products, and careers. Each episode explores the decisions, principles, failures, and obsessions behind remarkable outcomes through honest conversations with founders, investors, engineers, artists, and unconventional thinkers.

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  • Creator
    Konstantin Saifoulline
  • Years Active
    2026
  • Episodes
    15
  • Rating
    Explicit
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    © 2026 Konstantin Saifoulline
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