TechFirst with John Koetsier

TechFirst with John Koetsier

John Koetsier

Episodes 376
Avg. Duration 21m
Activity Declining
Apple Rating 4.5 (15)
Since Nov 2019
Latest Episode May 2026

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AI & education: disaster or destiny?

May 14, 2026 18m

Is AI in education a disaster ... or inevitable. We can easily see that AI is already changing education ... but is it making kids smarter, or just more dependent?In this episode of TechFirst, John…

Roomba CEO's new home robot: not humanoid!

May 12, 2026 23m

What if the next big wave of AI isn’t about robots doing your chores but about robots that understand you?In this episode, we sit down with Colin Angle, co-founder of iRobot and the creator of the…

AI-native manufacturing

Apr 20, 2026 36m

AI is everywhere ... except the factory. What does AI-native manufacturing look like? Is it possible? Can AI agents help manufacturers produce more product at better quality?And, maybe also enable…

Quantum navigation: Unhackable, GPS-free

Apr 15, 2026 13m

What happens when GPS goes down: jammed, spoofed, or completely denied?In this episode of TechFirst, host John Koetsier sits down with Michael Biercuk, founder and CEO of Q-CTRL, to explore one of…

Are AI agents the new apps?

Apr 07, 2026 28m

Are AI agents really the future of software — or just the latest wave of hype?In this episode of TechFirst, host John Koetsier sits down with Don Murray, CEO of Safe Software, to break down what’s…

Amazing robot hands from Kyper Labs

Apr 01, 2026 34m

What if the hardest part of building a humanoid robot isn’t the brain but the hands? Robot hands are half the complexity of a robot, a humanoid robot CEO told me a while back: they're insanely…

Welcome to the agentic enterprise

Mar 19, 2026 29m

What does the agentic enterprise of tomorrow look like? What happens when AI can build software in hours and agents can run entire business processes?In this episode of TechFirst, John Koetsier sits…

NanoClaw is a safer OpenClaw

Mar 13, 2026 31m

NanoClaw is a new agent inspired by OpenClaw, but without the massive security risks you get with OpenClaw. Essentially, it's a safer OpenClaw.What if you could run a powerful AI agent on your own…

Teaching robots like humans: 1000 tasks in 24 hours

Mar 10, 2026 24m

Imagine teaching a robot 1000 tasks in just 24 hours. Imagine teaching robots just like you teach humans.In fact, what if teaching a robot were as easy as showing it once?Humans can learn new skills…

Giving AI a human soul

Feb 27, 2026 27m

Can we give an AI human emotions? A soul? Can AI truly feel, or will it just act like it does?In this episode of TechFirst, I talk with Vishnu Hari, founder and CEO of Ego AI (backed by Y Combinator…

AI, agents, robots: our insane WestWorld future

Feb 23, 2026 26m

Is your AI agent running a restaurant — or a factory — while you sleep?In this episode of TechFirst, John Koetsier sits down with Jensen Teng, CEO and co-founder of Virtuals, to unpack one of the…

AI killing creativity: this scientist proved it

Feb 20, 2026 25m

Is AI killing creativity ... or just making it easier to be average?94% of creatives now use AI. But only 11% believe it actually makes them more creative. So what’s really happening?In this episode…

93% of jobs will be hit by AI .... $4.5 trillion at stake

Feb 16, 2026 17m

AI is moving faster than anyone predicted.In a massive new study analyzing 1,000 jobs and nearly 20,000 tasks, Cognizant found that 93% of jobs are already impacted by AI ... with $4.5 trillion in…

Machine unlearning: AI's missing link?

Feb 13, 2026 21m

AI models are powerful, but they don’t forget. And that's a problem.They hallucinate. They inherit bias. They absorb sensitive data. And once they’re trained, fixing those issues is painfully…

SLMs vs LLMs: 10% of the cost, 100% of the accuracy?

Feb 10, 2026 18m

Large language models have dominated the AI conversation — but are small language models (SLMs) actually the future?In this episode of TechFirst, host John Koetsier sits down with Andy Markus, SVP…

Robots won't do chores?

Jan 28, 2026 31m

Humanoid robots are coming into our homes, but they probably won’t be doing your laundry anytime soon.In this episode of TechFirst, host John Koetsier sits down with Jan Liphardt, founder & CEO…

Generative Hollywood: E! founder Larry Namer on AI

Jan 26, 2026 20m

AI is hitting entertainment like a sledgehammer ... from algorithmic gatekeepers and AI-written scripts to digital actors and entire movies generated from a prompt.In this episode of TechFirst, host…

Robot reasoning: why data is not enough

Jan 23, 2026 22m

Robots aren’t just software. They’re AI in the physical world. And that changes everything.In this episode of TechFirst, host John Koetsier sits down with Ali Farhadi, CEO of Allen Institute for AI,…

Social humanoid robot for kids under $10,000

Jan 16, 2026 37m

Can we really build a $10,000 humanoid robot on open-source AI?In this episode of TechFirst, John Koetsier talks with Chris Kudla, CEO of Mind Children, about a radically different approach to…

AI is now every UI: generative user interfaces explained

Jan 14, 2026 21m

Is AI really the new UI, or is that just another tech buzzphrase? Or ... is AI actually EVERY user interface now?In this episode of TechFirst, host John Koetsier sits down with Mark Vange, CEO &…

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