Episodes 17
Avg. Duration 5m
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Since Jan 2026
Latest Episode Feb 2026

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About This Podcast

Welcome to the lab. I’m Tech Dad. I believe the best way to understand AI is to use it. This briefing is for Builders, Realists, and Citizen Developers. We move beyond hype to analyze the tools and infrastructure defining 2026—from Agent Orchestration and Vibe Coding to the physical constraints of hardware. What to expect: 🍌 Trends: What matters now. ⚙️ Hardware: The compute powering the agents. 🤖 Systems: Real-world agent workflows. The voice is AI. The analysis is 100% Human. Let's Use AI.

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S1 AI Security 2026: OpenClaw Monoliths vs. Modular Nanobots

Feb 09, 2026 5m

Autonomy is a double-edged sword. In 2026, we've hit a fork in the road between the OpenClaw Monolith—the "all-in-one" agent that wants root access—and specialized Modular Nanobots.In this briefing,…

The SaaSpocalypse: Why Anthropic Just Wiped Out $300B

Feb 08, 2026 5m

The ground just shifted. On February 3, 2026, nearly $300 billion in equity vanished in a single trading session. This wasn't a scandal—it was the launch of 11 open-source agentic plugins from…

S1 Why Your AI is a "Brilliant Intern" (And How to Manage It)

Feb 07, 2026 4m

The era of passive AI tools is over. In 2026, we’ve entered the "Workforce Era," where managing AI agents is the defining skill for the modern "Tech Dad." This briefing breaks down how to treat…

S1E10 The "Synthetic Studio": From Creator to AI Executive Producer

Feb 06, 2026 4m

If you are still hand-editing your own clips in 2026, you are doing it wrong. We analyze the "Agentic Creator Report" and the shift from Augmentation (using AI to write faster) to Autonomy (AI doing…

S1E9 Why "Forward Deployed Engineers" Are Up 800% (The AI Last Mile)

Feb 05, 2026 5m

Job postings for "Forward Deployed Engineers" (FDEs) have spiked 800%. Why? Because the era of "Frictionless SaaS" is ending. We are moving to "Service Software"—high-touch, bespoke engineering…

S1E8 Don't Wait for Tesla AI5: The "Energy Tax" Problem

Feb 04, 2026 4m

Should you buy the Model Y Juniper refresh now, or wait for the rumored AI5 Supercomputer?We analyze the "Silicon Horizon" roadmap and uncover a critical flaw in the upgrade path: The Energy Tax.Key…

S1E7 The $0 AI Stack: Stop Paying for ChatGPT (2026 Guide)

Feb 03, 2026 5m

The era of "AI Scarcity" is over. You don't need a $20/month subscription to access frontier models anymore—you just need to know how to arbitrage them.We break down the "Gumbo Compute" model and the…

S1E6 Physical AI: Why Robots Finally Work (Nvidia GR00T & 1X Neo)

Feb 02, 2026 4m

We have moved from "Generative Text" to "Generative Motion." The era of "Physical AI" is here, and it solves the "Moravec's Paradox" (why hard things are easy for robots, but easy things like folding…

S1 AI Wealth Management: How to Close the "Advice Gap" in 2026

Jan 31, 2026 6m

The velvet rope is falling. For decades, fiduciary advice was a luxury for the wealthy. Today, AI is bringing institutional-grade strategies like Tax Loss Harvesting and Direct Indexing to…

S1 The World Model Revolution: How Genie 3 Generates Interactive Reality

Jan 31, 2026 5m

We’ve seen AI generate video, but DeepMind Genie just made it interactive. In this technical briefing, we dive into the "Foundation World Models" that are turning static pixels into 720p playable…

S1 The Moltbot AI Security Nightmare: When Agents Go Local

Jan 31, 2026 5m

We moved from chatbots to autonomous agents, but this week, we saw what happens when you give a lobster the keys to your house. In this briefing, we analyze the "Security Shock" of Moltbot—formerly…

S1E5 Why Tesla FSD Stalled: The "Memory Wall" Explained

Jan 30, 2026 4m

Why is Full Self-Driving taking so long? It isn't just a code problem—it is a physics problem. We analyze the "Von Neumann Bottleneck" and why current chips spend more time moving data than actually…

S1E4 Why 70% of AI Pilots Fail (The ROI Gap)

Jan 29, 2026 4m

71% of companies are using AI, but only 39% are seeing any real impact on their bottom line. We break down the "Industrialization of Intelligence" report to understand why most pilots fail and what…

S1E3 AI Skills 2026: Prompt Engineering is Dead (The "Agentic" Shift)

Jan 28, 2026 4m

If you still have "Prompt Engineer" on your resume in 2026, you are officially behind. The industry has moved from "Chatbots" to "Agentic Systems" that can plan, execute, and fix errors…

S1E2 Vibe Coding & The Agentic Web (2026 AI Briefing)

Jan 27, 2026 5m

We have moved squarely into the infrastructure phase of AI. The toy has become a tool.In this January 2026 Briefing, we analyze the shift from "Prompt Engineering" to "Vibe Coding"—where the barrier…

S1E1 Stop Learning Excel Formulas (Do This Instead)

Jan 26, 2026 5m

We have moved squarely into the infrastructure phase of AI. The toy has become a tool.In this January 2026 Briefing, we analyze the shift from "Prompt Engineering" to "Vibe Coding"—where the barrier…

Welcome to Tech Dad: The End of the Technical Divide (Trailer)

Jan 22, 2026 0m Trailer

Welcome to the lab. The toy has become a tool.This is a 44-second preview of the Tech Dad AI Briefing—a new series for System Architects and Citizen Developers.Coming up in Episode 1:We break down…

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