{"podcast":{"title":"Unsupervised Learning with Jacob Effron","slug":"unsupervised-learning-with-jacob-effron-6041643","podcast_index_feed_id":6041643,"rss_url":"https://feeds.simplecast.com/dOSE_bdP","website_url":"https://unsupervised-learning.simplecast.com","image_url":"https://image.simplecastcdn.com/images/ff0dbf2f-5711-4964-9172-807c39ca4824/be7895b2-4fcc-4f70-9864-584710596b1d/3000x3000/redpoint-unsupervised-learning-logo.jpg?aid=rss_feed","author":"Redpoint Ventures","episode_count":98,"summary":"We probe the sharpest minds in AI in search for the truth about what’s real today, what will be real in the future and what it all means for businesses and the world. If you’re a builder, researcher or investor navigating the AI world, this podcast will help you deconstruct and understand the most important breakthroughs and see a clearer picture of reality. Follow this show and consider enabling notifications to stay up to date on our latest episodes. Unsupervised Learning is a podcast by Redpoint Ventures, an early-stage venture capital fund that has invested in companies like Snowflake, Stripe, and Mistral. Hosted by Redpoint investor Jacob Effron alongside Patrick Chase, Jordan Segall and Erica Brescia.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-10T00:20:35.953212+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/unsupervised-learning-with-jacob-effron-6041643"},"episode":{"title":"Ep 76: Sora Creators Bill Peebles, Rohan Sahai & Thomas Dimson on Their Unexpected Viral Success","slug":"ep-76-sora-creators-bill-peebles-rohan-sahai-thomas-dimson-on-their-unexpected-viral-success","published_at":"2025-11-03T14:42:44+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/unsupervised-learning-with-jacob-effron-6041643/ep-76-sora-creators-bill-peebles-rohan-sahai-thomas-dimson-on-their-unexpected-viral-success","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/unsupervised-learning-with-jacob-effron-6041643","url":"https://unsupervised-learning.simplecast.com/episodes/ep-76-sora-creators-bill-peebles-rohan-sahai-thomas-dimson-on-their-unexpected-viral-success-hlfcz1HK","audio_url":"https://cdn.simplecast.com/audio/2c08ad29-5b79-42c0-a40a-6c1af4327f2f/episodes/012c3370-f738-4ca2-8e9d-5fc50c5b1f3a/audio/d463b5f6-1d55-4771-93de-00fbe9e45b76/default_tc.mp3?aid=rss_feed&feed=dOSE_bdP","summary":"This episode features the core team behind Sora, OpenAI's groundbreaking video generation platform that became the #1 app in the App Store. Bill Peebles (research lead), Rohan Sahai (product lead), and Thomas Dimson (engineering/product lead with Instagram background) discuss the unexpected viral success of Sora's launch, the product journey that led to the breakthrough \"cameo\" feature (putting yourself in AI-generated videos), and their philosophy of building a creator-first social network that prioritizes human creativity over passive consumption. They reveal the technical milestones in video generation, their small team size (under 50 people total at launch), navigation of content moderation challenges, early monetization strategy, and their ambitious vision for video models as world simulators that could eventually contribute to scientific breakthroughs by 2028. The conversation captures both the tactical product decisions and strategic philosophy that made Sora a cultural phenomenon.","meta_description":"This episode features the core team behind Sora, OpenAI's groundbreaking video generation platform that became the #1 app in the App Store. Bill Peebles (…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3803,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/unsupervised-learning-with-jacob-effron-6041643/episodes/ep-76-sora-creators-bill-peebles-rohan-sahai-thomas-dimson-on-their-unexpected-viral-success/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/unsupervised-learning-with-jacob-effron-6041643/ep-76-sora-creators-bill-peebles-rohan-sahai-thomas-dimson-on-their-unexpected-viral-success.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}