Coreweave: AI Bubble Poster Child Or The Next Tech Giant? — With Michael Intrator and Brian Venturo

Big Technology Podcast

Alex Kantrowitz

Management, Religion, Politics, Entrepreneurship, Business News, News, Investing, Marketing, News Commentary, Social Sciences, Science, Society & Culture, Religion & Spirituality, Business, Tech News, Philosophy, Government, Technology

4.7 • 596 Ratings

🗓️ 7 January 2026

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Summary

Michael Intrator is the CEO of Coreweave. Brian Venturo is the chief strategy officer at Coreweave. The two join Big Technology Podcast to discuss the company's rapid rise amid the AI boom and the criticisms of its business model. In this episode, we cover what it takes to build so many datacenters in such a short time, what happens to Coreweave if the AI boom flattens out, why the company uses debt to build its infrastructure, and how AI chips depreciate over time. Tune in to hear an in-depth, illuminating interview with the founding team of one of the AI moment's most fascinating and controversial companies. --- Enjoying Big Technology Podcast? Please rate us five stars ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ in your podcast app of choice. Want a discount for Big Technology on Substack + Discord? Here’s 25% off for the first year: https://www.bigtechnology.com/subscribe?coupon=0843016b Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Is AI a bubble or the biggest boom of our lifetimes?
0:03.6	The fate of one company, Corweave, may tell us everything we need to know.
0:08.4	We'll be back with the company's founders right after this.
0:11.5	Why do growing businesses love working in Slack?
0:14.2	Let's ask Christia Ari Bikes.
0:16.0	Running things in Slack saves me so much time.
0:18.7	AI summaries save 97 minutes
0:21.0	per week. What say you?
0:22.8	Rocks from Gosney. Slack helps us build
0:24.7	community. It helps us build connection.
0:26.6	Your partners, vendors and customers all
0:28.6	in one place. Take us on home,
0:30.6	Ashley from Carraway. If we did have
0:32.5	Slack tomorrow, I would explode.
0:34.8	Well, let's not let that happen.
0:36.5	Visit Slack.com slash podcast
0:38.1	to get 50% of Slack Business Plus.
0:41.6	Hear that?
0:42.7	It's your big McDonald's hunger calling
0:44.1	because the Big Arch is back
0:45.9	and this time is here to stay
0:47.8	with juicy beef, cheddar cheese
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