SparX by Mukesh Bansal
by Mukesh Bansal
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Welcome to Sparx, the show that empowers you with the latest research, strategies and tools to help you achieve exponential impact in every aspect of your life. Whether you're looking to advance your career, improve your relationships, leave a mark on the world or simply become the best version of yourself, this is where you need to start.
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- Ex-Google VP: How AI Caught A Spy Inside OpenAI | Peeyush Ranjan · 53 min · Episode 141What happens when AI stops answering your questions and starts acting on your behalf? Mukesh Bansal and Peeyush Ranjan, co-founder of Fermi.ai and former Google and Flipkart…
- Myntra Founder: The Technology That Could End India’s Oil Dependence · 42 min · Episode 140What if the energy crisis has a solution that could change the future of humanity?Nuclear fusion powers the Sun. Now, scientists and startups are racing to recreate it on Earth…
- Nobel Prize Winner: Quantum Is The Next Big Advance After AI · 48 min · Episode 139AI is getting better at answering questions. But what happens when it starts asking and solving the questions scientists haven’t answered yet?In this episode of SparX, Mukesh…
- India's Top AI Researcher: Can Indian IT Services Survive AI? · 53 min · Episode 138AI is getting better at answering questions. But what happens when it starts asking and solving the questions scientists haven’t answered yet?In this episode of SparX, Mukesh…
- Can One AI Model Control Every Robot? | Sergey Levine · 56 minWhat will it take to build robots that can truly operate in the real world? 🤖 In this episode of SparX, Mukesh Bansal is joined by Sergey Levine, computer scientist and…
- India’s ₹1 Lakh Crore Deep Tech Innovation Mission: A Game Changer · 1 h 2 min · Episode 136What does the roadmap to a "Viksit Bharat 2047" look like from the very top? 🇮🇳In this special episode of SparX, Mukesh Bansal is joined by Professor Ajay Sood, the Principal…
- Nick Bostrom on Sycophantic AI and Who It Really Serves | Sparx · 42 min · Episode 134Description- Is superintelligence a few years away, and would we even notice if the systems we built started to matter morally?- Nick Bostrom is the philosopher who put…
- Inside the $1.1 Billion Rocket Company That Just Beat SpaceX · 1 h 18 minIndia just carved its name into the history of space.In this episode of SparX by Mukesh Bansal, we sit down with Pawan Chandana, Co-founder & CEO of Skyroot Aerospace, just days…
- India’s Space Revolution Starts Here | Sanjay Nekkanti · 35 min · Episode 133Can India build the next SpaceX? From building satellites at just 19 years old to founding Dhruva Space, one of India's pioneering private space companies, Sanjay Nekkanti shares…
- How Wispr Flow Beat OpenAI · 52 min · Episode 132Tanay built a 72% habit-forming product that changed how millions compute. In 12 months, Wispr Flow went from side project to 40% MoM growth, beating OpenAI's model, while…
- Vinod Khosla on AI, India’s IT Future & the Next Trillion-Dollar Opportunity · 52 min · Episode 131Legendary venture capitalist Vinod Khosla joins Mukesh Bansal on SparX, for one of the most wide-ranging and provocative conversations on the future of technology, investing, and…
- Gary Marcus: The AI Bubble, OpenAI's Burn Rate, and Why the Hype Will End Badly · 49 min · Episode 130Is AI the biggest scam of our generation — or the most misunderstood technology in history? Cognitive scientist Gary Marcus has been studying artificial intelligence for over 30…
- Peter Diamandis: The Future of Work, Abundance, and Why AI Changes Everything · 55 min · Episode 129In this episode of SparX, Mukesh Bansal sits down with Peter Diamandis to break down the future of AI, abundance, exponential technology, and the massive shift happening right…
- Mukesh Bansal: Building With AI & Why Junior Developers Are Already Losing · 42 min · Episode 128Mukesh Bansal hasn't written code in 20 years. In the last 60 days, he built two fully functional websites, an iOS app integrating four frontier AI models, and a working health…
- The Future of Code, Companies & Engineers in the Age of AI | SparX · 1 h 11 min · Episode 127What does it look like when a Google VP, a Flipkart CTO, and a 30-year technology veteran stop managing people — and start building again with AI? In this episode of SparX…
- The Dark Side of AI No One Talks About | Mukesh Bansal | Connor Leahy | SparX · 1 h 5 min · Episode 125What happens when the most powerful technology ever built is also the one nobody fully understands - including its creators? Connor Leahy, US Director of Control AI and one of…
- Harvard Scientist on Alien Life, Black Holes, & the Discovery of 5000 Planets | SparX · 59 minIn this episode of SparX, we sit down with Priyamvada Natarajan, theoretical astrophysicist at Yale University and author of the acclaimed book "Mapping the Heavens", for a…
- The AI Safety Crisis: Are We Ready for Superintelligence? | AI Safety Expert Roman Yampolskiy | SparX · 59 min · Episode 125In this episode of SparX, we speak to Roman Yampolskiy, a leading AI safety researcher and professor of computer science, about the risks of creating superintelligence and…
- PM’s Economic Adviser on India’s Semiconductor Future | Neelkanth Mishra | SparX · 53 minIn this episode of SparX, we speak with Neelkanth Mishra one of the leading voices of India Semiconductor Mission. He talks about India’s semiconductor journey from the origins…
- AI Threatens Jobs in 2026: Programmers, Call Centers, and Beyond ft. Emad Mostaque | SparX · 1 h 1 minIn this episode of SparX, Mukesh Bansal speaks with Emad Mostaque about the rapid acceleration of artificial intelligence and how it could fundamentally reshape work, daily life…
