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What if, in the future, everything breaks humanity's way? Possible is an award-winning, weekly podcast that sketches out the brightest version of the future—and what it will take to get there. Hosts Reid Hoffman and Aria Finger explore what’s possible with forward-thinking leaders, deep thinkers, and ambitious builders across many fields, such as technology, art, education and healthcare. These conversations center on the ways technology—and, in particular, AI—is shaping the future. In episodes, AI tools such as OpenAI’s GPT-4 and Inflection’s Pi are at work, offering informational asides, prompting guests, or demoing what they can do. Lastly, between guest episodes, Aria interviews her co-host Reid on his latest takes on what’s possible if we use technology—and our collective effort—effectively.

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This episode is our third and final installment of a special, three-part Reid Riffs miniseries focused on what it actually means to become AI-native. In this episode, Parth shares how founders can rethink work by breaking problems into modular pieces, orchestrating AI agents in parallel, and collapsing timelines that once required entire teams days of iteration. Using real-world examples like coding agents that tackle week-long engineering challenges to reimagining how content can be localized across languages and regional markets, the conversation explores how AI enables small teams to operate with outsized leverage. Along the way, Reid and Parth discuss what separates real AI traction from “AI theater,” how founding teams are evolving, and why the most powerful AI often works best when it fades into the background, quietly amplifying human creativity and ambition.

For more info on the podcast and transcripts of all the episodes, visit https://www.possible.fm/podcast/

Reid Riffs with Parth Patil on AI-Native Startups (Part 3 of 3)

This episode is our second installment of a special, three-part Reid Riffs miniseries focused on what it actually means to become AI-native. Instead of a news or headline-driven conversation, Reid sits down one-on-one with AI engineer and strategist, Parth Patil, for a deeper exploration of how AI is changing the way people and organizations work. In this second episode, they discuss why most enterprises are still talking about AI without truly integrating it (“AI theater”), and how the real shift begins inside everyday workflows rather than strategy decks. Together, they explore how language models and agents can reduce friction in communication and coordination, reinvent meetings, and turn unstructured information into actionable insight (with examples). They also examine how AI-powered analysis, automation, and parallelized agents are accelerating decision-making, reshaping roles, and moving work from execution toward orchestration. Parth and Reid both highlight how an open mindset and experimentation are required to collaborate effectively with these systems as AI evolves from a productivity tool into a foundational layer for thinking and leadership.

Subscribe below to catch the third episode for startup founders and their early teams building AI-native companies. 

For more info on the podcast and transcripts of all the episodes, visit https://www.possible.fm/podcast/

Reid Riffs with Parth Patil on Enterprise AI Integration (Part 2 of 3)

This is the first of a special, three-part Reid Riffs miniseries. Instead of a news-and-headline driven conversation, Reid sits down one-on-one with Parth Patil, an AI engineer and strategist, for a deeper exploration of what it actually means to become AI-native. In this first episode of the series, Parth and Reid discuss how individuals can better leverage LLMs, agents, and creative tools daily. They trace the shift from seeing AI as a productivity boost to understanding it as a meta-tool, as well as unpack techniques like role-based prompting, meta-prompting, and voice as a high-bandwidth thinking interface. Along the way, they discuss the humility required to collaborate with these systems, the move from a single copilot to orchestrating fleets of specialized agents, and how these tools are already reshaping workflows.

Subscribe below to catch the second episode on how large companies can integrate AI, as well as the third episode for startup founders and their early teams building AI-native companies. 

For more info on the podcast and transcripts of all the episodes, visit https://www.possible.fm/podcast/ 

01:07 – When ChatGPT became an “everything tool” 
03:11 – Role-based prompting and meta-prompting 
07:04 – Ego, humility, and the GPT-4 inflection point 
10:41 – Why voice is the highest-bandwidth interface 
14:15 – Choosing models and building an AI stack 
18:09 – From one copilot to fleets of agents 
21:11 – When agents go wrong 
25:40 – Using AI as an agent, not a chatbot 
28:34 – Building real systems with AI agents 
32:49 – Context engineering and advanced prompting 
36:03 – Becoming AI-native 
40:34 – Closing

Reid Riffs with Parth Patil on Individual AI Mastery (Part 1 of 3)

On this episode of Possible, Reid Hoffman and Aria Finger sit down with Amjad Masad, founder and CEO of Replit, to explore how AI is fundamentally changing who gets to build software and what that means for work, creativity, and human agency. Masad traces his journey from growing up in Jordan teaching himself to code and connects it to his love of video games which helped inspire him to build a platform that turns natural language into working software. The conversation spans everything from why gaming mindsets make better builders, to how CEOs are rediscovering hands-on creation, to why “vibe coding” is the next form of literacy and why computational thinking is more important than syntax mastery. The conversation also digs into the future of AI agents, long-running autonomous workflows, and what it means to design environments for machines rather than humans. They also confront harder questions about jobs, fear, regulation, and society’s responsibility during a cognitive industrial revolution. The episode ultimately reframes AI not as a replacement for human creativity, but as a force that can return people to a more entrepreneurial, expressive, and meaningful way of life. 

For more info on the podcast and transcripts of all the episodes, visit https://www.possible.fm/podcast/ 

01:45 – Introductions and Amjad’s background

02:07 – Growing up in Jordan, video games, and learning to build

06:19 – How gaming culture shaped Replit’s product philosophy

09:55 – Designing Replit around safety, reversibility, and exploration

13:24 – Defining vibe coding and where the term came from

15:55 – The new literacy: computational thinking and soft skills

22:09 – Getting past the blank page and learning by making

25:06 – Entrepreneurs, solopreneurs, and who Replit empowers

30:48 – Designing environments for AI agents and durable businesses

35:55 – Open source, abstraction, and “cathedrals built from bazaars”

38:25 – The future of corporate work and creative ownership

48:29 – Fear, skepticism, and cultural responsibility around AI

54:13 – Jobs, disruption, and becoming AI-native in a changing economy

01:11:12 – Rapid Fire Questions

Amjad Masad on vibe coding, AI agents, and the end of boilerplate

This is a bonus episode from the Conversations of Coleman podcast, featuring Reid Hoffman as the guest. Here are the show notes from that episode:

My guest today is entrepreneur and LinkedIn co-founder Reid Hoffman. He’s now facing something most tech business people never imagine: being personally targeted by a sitting president’s Department of Justice. Reid and I talk through the rise of politically motivated prosecutions, the erosion of trust in institutions, and how social media and AI have accelerated our collective slide into suspicion. We get into deepfakes, vaccine skepticism, the inequality debate, and whether billionaires should exist at all. Reid also walks me through what it’s like to wait for an indictment he believes is purely retaliatory. This is a conversation about democratic guardrails, not partisan talking points—and about what happens when political power becomes personal.

A big thanks to The Free Press and Conversations with Coleman podcast, available at theFP.com.

BONUS: Conversations with Coleman: Big Tech, Politics, and Trust in Institutions

This is a holiday special re-airing of our excellent episode with Stephen Colbert. 

What could we gain—and what might we lose—when technology begins to approximate the contours of human connection and presence? In this episode, Reid and Aria chat with comedian, actor, and political commentator Stephen Colbert. Best known for hosting The Colbert Report and The Late Show, Stephen combines a razor sharp satire with a sincere curiosity about the world. Together, Reid, Aria, and Stephen discuss the art of live performance, the many lessons one can learn from J.R.R. Tolkien, and the nature of creativity, humor, and imagination in the age of AI. The result is a meditation on discovery, empathy, and the bonds that make connection more than performance — but a shared act of being human.

Stephen Colbert on connection, discovery, and human nature

In this special episode of Reid Riffs, Reid and Aria are joined by Pulitzer Prize–winning author, oncologist, and Manas AI cofounder Siddhartha Mukherjee for a few questions about cancer, AI, and the second edition of The Emperor of All Maladies. Reflecting back on the 15 years since its initial publication, Reid, Aria and Sid discuss how cancer prevention, early detection, and immunotherapy have fundamentally shifted while the disease continues to be a defining challenge of modern medicine. The conversation charts how AI can become a true engine of drug discovery and how Manas was built to be an AI-native biopharmaceutical company focused on developing entirely new medicines. The episode then broadens out to tackle the current cultural moment in Silicon Valley, questioning whether the Valley is entering a new Renaissance driven by more meaningful work, clearer values, and a renewed theory of human progress. The episode closes by grappling with AI’s growing persuasive power in politics and public discourse, and the responsibility to design systems that elevate truth, agency, and humanity rather than distort them.

The power of AI, from curing cancer to ballot boxes

In this episode of Reid Riffs, Reid and Aria explain why "compute" is the new oil powering the cognitive industrial revolution. They argue that the United States must urgently expand domestic data centers and energy infrastructure to remain globally competitive. The conversation explores how rapid data center construction is transforming blue-collar labor markets, driving significant wage growth for electricians, HVAC technicians, and skilled trades while dispelling misinformation about data centers' impact on rising electricity costs. Reid warns that China's aggressive energy expansion is also widening the global competitiveness gap, underscoring the need for stable, long-term U.S. energy policy spanning nuclear, natural gas, solar, and wind. Reid and Aria also discuss how America's next era of prosperity hinges on how decisively it builds the physical backbone of AI and why keeping AI infrastructure on U.S. soil is critical for jobs, intellectual property, and national security.

The AI energy war is here

In this special live episode of Possible, Reid and Aria sit down with Wispr Flow founder and CEO Tanay Kothari to explore a post-keyboard future where voice becomes the primary way humans interact with computers. From building one of the world’s first voice assistants as a child to creating a product now used the world over (with, as of publish, 70% user retention after one year and daily users at over half of the Fortune 500), Tanay shares how Wispr Flow removes the cognitive friction of typing and restores natural communication to our digital world. The conversation touches on increasing accessibility to AI, emotional tone in digital communication, and why speaking to computers may ultimately be more human than typing ever was. And shortly into the conversation, Tanay puts his tech to the test in a live demo that pits a 110-words-per-minute typist against Wispr Flow in a dramatic battle of speed and accuracy. This episode showcases what is possible in a future where technology fades into the background and nudges people to become more present in the real world.

A big thanks to Sean Mendy and the Westbound Equity Partners, and David Stiepleman and the Sixth Street Partners for hosting the conversation. And a shout to Isabella Sikaffy and the Florabella Studios team, Marshall Potter and the Push Record team, and Marcus Chua and the Wispr Flow team.

R.I.P. Computer Keyboard (1964 – 2025)

This week, Reid and Aria dive into three central AI stories that have been dominating the headlines: Pope Leo XIV issues a powerful call for moral discernment in an AI-driven world, Anthropic reveals that state-sponsored hackers used agentic AI to automate a sophisticated cyberattack, and Disney considers a radical shift as it weighs opening its IP vault to fan creators. Reid reflects on what it means when spiritual, civic, and technological institutions all step into the AI conversation and how the race between offensive and defensive AI will define the next era of security. Reid and Aria also break down what Disney's creative signals mean for IP ownership, storytelling, and the relationship between mega-studios and their audiences. The overarching question that runs through this episode: how does society stay anchored in human dignity as AI reshapes everything from faith to culture?

Stephen Colbert on connection, discovery, and human nature

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