{"podcast":{"title":"Training Data","slug":"training-data","podcast_index_feed_id":null,"rss_url":"https://feeds.megaphone.fm/trainingdata","website_url":"https://www.sequoiacap.com/","image_url":"https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/8ca8a61c-08b4-11ef-97ab-9fe273d59030/image/4a16fd33b06708003827556209cd42b7.png?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress","author":"Sequoia Capital","episode_count":104,"summary":"Join us as we train our neural nets on the theme of the century: AI. Sonya Huang, Pat Grady and more Sequoia Capital partners host conversations with leading AI builders and researchers to ask critical questions and develop a deeper understanding of the evolving technologies—and their implications for technology, business and society. The content of this podcast does not constitute investment advice, an offer to provide investment advisory services, or an offer to sell or solicitation of an offer to buy an interest in any investment fund.","last_synced_at":"2026-08-02T15:06:49.231983+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/training-data"},"episode":{"title":"Physics Gets a Vote: Nominal Cofounders on Hardware Development in an AI World","slug":"physics-gets-a-vote-nominal-cofounders-on-hardware-development-in-an-ai-world","published_at":"2026-03-10T09:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/training-data/physics-gets-a-vote-nominal-cofounders-on-hardware-development-in-an-ai-world","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/training-data","url":"https://pscrb.fm/rss/p/traffic.megaphone.fm/CPUAI6588043940.mp3","audio_url":"https://pscrb.fm/rss/p/traffic.megaphone.fm/CPUAI6588043940.mp3","summary":"Nominal’s cofounders (Cameron McCord, Jason Hoch and Bryce Strauss) realized that the new age of reindustrialization requires a new approach to hardware engineering and testing that’s closer to how software is developed. They founded Nominal with the insight that while SpaceX, Tesla, and Anduril built proprietary internal platforms for hardware testing, the thousands of new hardware entrants can't afford to replicate that work. Nominal serves as the system of record for hardware testing, helping companies move from PDF-based workflows to modern data infrastructure that catalogs telemetry from sensors producing millions of data points per second. The platform enables engineers to author validation logic that follows hardware systems from initial testing through manufacturing and field deployment. We discuss their belief that all hardware companies will become physical AI companies, and why they think Nominal's role as the verification layer will be critical - because unlike a video game, physical products require rigorous validation before they enter the real world. Hosted by: Alfred Lin and Sonya Huang, Sequoia Capital","meta_description":"Nominal’s cofounders (Cameron McCord, Jason Hoch and Bryce Strauss) realized that the new age of reindustrialization requires a new approach to hardware e…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2455,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/training-data/episodes/physics-gets-a-vote-nominal-cofounders-on-hardware-development-in-an-ai-world/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/training-data/physics-gets-a-vote-nominal-cofounders-on-hardware-development-in-an-ai-world.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}