AI is advancing at a breakneck pace, but how will we store the massive amounts of data it requires? In this episode of Agents of Tech, hosts Autria Godfrey, Stephen Horn, and Laila Rizvi explore the growing demand for AI data storage and the innovations shaping the future.
💡 We break down:
- The Stargate Project, a $500 billion AI infrastructure investment
- DeepSeek AI, a cost-efficient rival to ChatGPT?
- The next frontier of data storage – synthetic DNA
- How biology meets computing to create a more sustainable tech future
We’re joined by Dr. Jeff Nivala, Co-Director of the Molecular Information Systems Lab (University of Washington & Microsoft), to discuss the groundbreaking potential of DNA-based storage and its role in the future of AI.
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Chapters:
00:00 - Welcome to Agents of Tech
00:11 - The AI data storage crisis
00:42 - The $500B Stargate Project – The U.S. bets big on AI
01:22 - The rise of DeepSeek AI – Can it rival ChatGPT?
02:44 - Mark Zuckerberg’s AI ‘war room’
03:37 - Meet our guest: Laila from WebsEdge
04:52 - The storage bottleneck – why AI outpaces traditional infrastructure
06:47 - The innovation lag: Can engineers solve AI’s storage problem?
08:33 - Dr. Jeff Nivala joins the discussion
09:46 - How synthetic DNA can store digital data
12:00 - Can DNA replace traditional data centers?
14:33 - The intersection of biology and computing
16:21 - DNA vs. traditional computing: A paradigm shift
18:45 - Scaling DNA-based storage – When will it be practical?
21:00 - The future of AI storage: Data forests instead of data centers?
23:00 - Final thoughts & wrap-up
Program Notes:
https://openai.com/index/announcing-the-stargate-project/
https://fortune.com/2025/01/27/mark-zuckerberg-meta-llama-assembling-war-rooms-engineers-deepseek-ai-china/
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