Summation (formerly World of DaaS)
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Summation (formerly World of DaaS)

by Summation with Auren Hoffman

Summation: non-obvious ideas that move the world. Auren Hoffman hosts leaders across tech, business, markets, and government. Summation is the permanent home for the relentlessly curious. Auren is CEO of NQB8, GP at Flex Capital, Chairman of Dialog; former CEO of SafeGraph and LiveRamp (NYSE: RAMP).  

100 episodes
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1
Fmr Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger on chips, China, and lessons from Andy Grove
58:10 Mar 31, 2026
2
Vlad Tenev and Tudor Achim on mathematical superintelligence, why math is harder than code for LLMs, and the end of buggy software
48:54 Mar 24, 2026
3
Retired 4-star General John Allen on Iran, AI hyperwar, and Taiwan’s future
55:19 Mar 17, 2026
4
Adrian Aoun on healthcare as a product, Apple's AI problem, and why you should have kids now
53:57 Mar 10, 2026
5
Tod Sacerdoti (Flex GP and Pipedream CEO) on seed at scale and SaaS mispricing
1:02:20 Mar 3, 2026
6
Nextdoor CEO Nirav Tolia on bowling alone, AI bots, and why the heartland is happier than the coasts
57:42 Feb 24, 2026
7
Lt. General Mike Fenzel (Ret.) on bad data, bad experts, and why we can’t exit wars
42:25 Feb 17, 2026
8
Martin Shkreli on prison, beating Bloomberg, and being hated
1:01:33 Feb 11, 2026
9
World of DaaS is now Summation
1:16 Feb 9, 2026
10
Turing CEO Jonathan Siddharth - The $30 Trillion Knowledge Work Market, Training Frontier AI Models and Building Stage Five Culture
41:54 Feb 3, 2026
11
Chapter CEO Cobi Blumenfeld-Gantz - medicare complexity, $100B fraud and how tech can fix it
42:20 Jan 27, 2026
12
Industry Ventures Founder Hans Swildens - how secondaries became the dominant path for VC exits
54:12 Jan 20, 2026
13
Economist Glenn Hubbard - The Fed’s dilemma, AI productivity, and why experts lost trust
41:54 Jan 12, 2026
14
Rembrand CEO Omar Tawakol - why product placement works better than traditional ads
52:32 Jan 6, 2026
15
We the Builders Podcast l From LiveRamp ($RAMP) to NQB8: Auren Hoffman’s Founder Journey
1:44:14 Dec 30, 2025
16
FreightWaves CEO Craig Fuller - why pricing data businesses trade at 30x EBIT despite 4% growth
51:31 Dec 23, 2025
17
Wispr Flow CEO Tanay Kothari - voice AI deep dive
35:41 Dec 16, 2025
18
The LM Brief: India as the Next Epicenter of AI?
12:39 Dec 12, 2025
19
YipitData CEO Vin Vacanti - why hedge funds dominate data usage (and corporations don't)
52:12 Dec 9, 2025
20
The LM Brief: The Syntax Illusion
15:06 Dec 5, 2025
21
Patrick McGee - author of Apple in China – how Apple and China built each other
56:52 Dec 2, 2025
22
Dave Morin, Offline Ventures - how venture studios work
1:01:48 Nov 25, 2025
23
The LM Brief: Why Many AI Projects Fail
17:19 Nov 21, 2025
24
Azeem Azhar of Exponential View - AI, hyperscalers, reshaping US GDP
52:05 Nov 18, 2025
25
The LM Brief: Love Beats Hate
12:47 Nov 14, 2025
26
Bolt.new CEO Eric Simons — one of the fastest growing AI companies in the world
40:20 Nov 11, 2025
27
The LM Brief: The DaaS Renewal Landscape
18:46 Nov 7, 2025
28
Flock Safety CEO Garrett Langley - Law Enforcement's Data Problem: Why 50% of Murders Go Unsolved
53:37 Nov 4, 2025
29
The LM Brief: 46ers, 55ers, 81ers, and today
15:34 Oct 31, 2025
30
Venturehouse Group CEO Mark Ein - moneyball for CEOs, real estate data & buying sports teams
51:30 Oct 28, 2025
31
The LM Brief: The Ethics of Agentic AI - Balancing Autonomy and Trust
14:49 Oct 24, 2025
32
Astroten Founder Richard Shotton - why your A/B tests fail and how behavioral science can fix them
45:17 Oct 21, 2025
33
The LM Brief: The Energy Bottleneck Behind AI’s Growth
14:59 Oct 17, 2025
34
Clay COO Varun Anand - why cutting-edge GTM teams are moving away from traditional CRMs
46:35 Oct 14, 2025
35
The LM Brief: How Leaders Can Close the AI Intelligence Gap
14:59 Oct 10, 2025
36
Beniamin Mincu CEO, MultiversX - building the trust layer for AI
48:25 Oct 7, 2025
37
The LM Brief: How to Actually Look for a Job (Without Wasting Everyone’s Time)
13:53 Oct 3, 2025
38
OpenGov CEO Zac Bookman - GovTech, data access, and AI transformation
45:39 Sep 30, 2025
39
The LM Brief: AI Overviews and the Future of Publishing
14:06 Sep 26, 2025
40
OpenAI CSO Jason Kwon - power, policy and the race to scale
48:24 Sep 23, 2025
41
The LM Brief: The Only Right Way to Ask for an Intro (Everything Else Is Wrong)
16:23 Sep 19, 2025
42
beehiiv CEO Tyler Denk - why email beats social media
38:38 Sep 16, 2025
43
The LM Brief: Navigating GDPR Compliance Outside the EU and UK
16:07 Sep 12, 2025
44
Gokul Rajaram of Marathon - How AI Will Reinvent Ad Platforms
48:12 Sep 9, 2025
45
The LM Brief: Synthetic Data in AI
10:41 Sep 5, 2025
46
Patrick Lencioni - the six types of working genius
46:03 Sep 2, 2025
47
The LM Brief: AI Meets Copyright Law
10:53 Aug 29, 2025
48
CMO Confidential: Auren Hoffman l Why Vendor Management Is A Skill You Need to Master Now
35:27 Aug 26, 2025
49
The LM Brief: Integration gaps and budget missteps stall enterprise AI
10:56 Aug 22, 2025
50
Zip CEO Rujul Zaparde - procurement, AI agents and YC insights
28:34 Aug 19, 2025
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