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AI After Dark

Alex Gras

AI After Dark is a podcast hosted by Alex Gras, venture capitalist at Mercury, focused on how real companies are built once the hype fades and the hard decisions begin. Through candid conversations with founders, CTOs, and operators, the show cuts through buzzwords to talk about people, systems, risk, and the trade-offs that actually matter. Alex brings a background as an operator, founder, and revenue leader, with a belief that technology matters, but people come first. This podcast is for builders who care less about trends and more about what lasts.

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16 episodes

  1. The Hidden Logistics of Moving a Stadium Tour Every Night 47:20
  2. What an Ex-Palantir Executive Learned Selling Terrorist-Hunting Software to Oil Companies 1:05:21
  3. "You Completely Automated My Job." Now What? 53:10
  4. We Want Everyone Using AI. Then We Judge Them for It 1:08:15
  5. AI Can Do Anything. That’s the Problem. 1:07:48
  6. AI Is Making Software Easier to Build and Harder to Buy 50:42
  7. He’s Building an AI Transaction Coordinator for Real Estate 1:01:10
  8. How AI Agents Are Changing Grocery Shopping Forever 1:00:18
  9. Ex-CIA Operator: Why America Is Losing The Cyber War 1:05:29
  10. Ex-JPM Trader: Why Expertise Is No Longer The Edge 55:45
  11. How AI Turned a Designer Into a CTO 1:00:03
  12. Why This AI Startup Doesn't Use AI For Math 1:00:10
  13. How AI Cut Hiring From 42 Days To An Afternoon 1:02:13
  14. The Best AI Product Is The One You Never Log Into 1:14:46
  15. How AI Could Turn 100,000 Homes Into A Power Plant 1:04:17
  16. Chat Is The Lousiest Way To Interact With AI 1:15:30