Podcast appearances and mentions of kevin xu

Kevin Xu of https://interconnect.substack.com/, Matt Klein of https://theovershoot.co/, and Peter Harrell, Biden's U.S. White House as senior director for international economics in 2021-2022 and host of the new https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/security-economics/id1794022711 podcast join the show to discuss whether America's cooked. Outtro Music: Madeleine Chartrand - Tout Doucement, 1975 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e856a_xZ1TI&ab_channel=Vinyle33-45RPM Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Kevin Xu of https://interconnect.substack.com/, Matt Klein of https://theovershoot.co/, and Peter Harrell, Biden's U.S. White House as senior director for international economics in 2021-2022 and host of the new https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/security-economics/id1794022711 podcast join the show to discuss whether America's cooked. Outtro Music: Madeleine Chartrand - Tout Doucement, 1975 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e856a_xZ1TI&ab_channel=Vinyle33-45RPM Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Kevin Xu of Interconnected and Interconnected Capital and I knock it out of the park with a roundup episode exploring: What DeepSeek does and doesn't illustrate about Chinese innovation Tensions between open-source cosmopolitanism and nationalism built into DeepSeek and the broader Chinese tech community DeepSeek's organizational and talent management strategy, parallels to OpenAI, and what the fame will mean for the firm and Chinese AI policy What DeepSeek should and may mean for the future of export controls and broader US innovation policy The JS Tan article referenced: https://www.chinatalk.media/p/deepseeks-secret-to-success Dario's first article on our happy AI future: https://darioamodei.com/machines-of-loving-grace Dario's second article on why America needs to export control China: https://darioamodei.com/on-deepseek-and-export-controls Outtro Music: Dizkar, 愛縂時刻盛開 https://open.spotify.com/track/1rXneAS9Djts7fwRGHUeG5?si=b2b29714802948de Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Kevin Xu of Interconnected and Interconnected Capital and I knock it out of the park with a roundup episode exploring: What DeepSeek does and doesn't illustrate about Chinese innovation Tensions between open-source cosmopolitanism and nationalism built into DeepSeek and the broader Chinese tech community DeepSeek's organizational and talent management strategy, parallels to OpenAI, and what the fame will mean for the firm and Chinese AI policy What DeepSeek should and may mean for the future of export controls and broader US innovation policy The JS Tan article referenced: https://www.chinatalk.media/p/deepseeks-secret-to-success Dario's first article on our happy AI future: https://darioamodei.com/machines-of-loving-grace Dario's second article on why America needs to export control China: https://darioamodei.com/on-deepseek-and-export-controls Outtro Music: Dizkar, 愛縂時刻盛開 https://open.spotify.com/track/1rXneAS9Djts7fwRGHUeG5?si=b2b29714802948de Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Kevin Xu, author and founder of the Interconnected newsletter, joins Jeanne Meserve on NatSec Tech to delve into the complex world of open source software and its role in the global AI race. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit scsp222.substack.com

Kevin Xu, founder of Interconnected Capital and author of the Interconnected newsletter, joins Kevin Frazier, Senior Research Fellow in the Constitutional Studies Program at the University of Texas at Austin and a Tarbell Fellow at Lawfare, to analyze China's AI ambitions, its current AI capacities, and the likely effect of updated export controls on the nation's AI efforts. The two pay particular attention to the different AI development strategies being deployed by the U.S. and China and how those differences reflect the AI priorities of the respective nations.To receive ad-free podcasts, become a Lawfare Material Supporter at www.patreon.com/lawfare. You can also support Lawfare by making a one-time donation at https://givebutter.com/lawfare-institute.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/lawfare. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Meet Kevin Xu, founder of the social stock trading app AfterHour. (00:29) Are we still sleeping on Reddit? (01:27) Growing a subreddit from scratch (06:12) Reddit promotion tactics (without getting downvoted) (10:15) How meme stocks is the name of the finance game (12:39) Learning stock trading with memes (17:14) Making $8 MILLION from YOLO trades (22:37) Is Reddit currently shooting themselves in the foot? (28:15) “Wall Street Bets is dead” (29:09) Should startups kick off their own subreddit? (31:44) Being terminally online: your secret weapon (37:55) Innovating to beat traditional finance Jason Levin⁠⁠⁠ is a viral marketer and founder of Memelord Technologies. Read Jason's ⁠weekly advice column on organic social media growth for startups⁠. Follow Jason on ⁠Twitter⁠. Follow Kevin on Twitter Subscribe to Jason on ⁠YouTube⁠. Past guests of The Jason Levin Show include: Eric Jorgenson, Greg Isenberg, Jack Raines, Paul Millerd, Mike Solana, Danny Miranda, Billy Oppenheimer, Jack Rhysider, Ben Wilson, and more.

Within the first two weeks of October 2024, Hurricane Helene and Hurricane Milton ravaged parts of the United States' east coast. Notable natural disasters are increasing in frequency and ferocity across both the United States and China, highlighting the urgent need for solutions. Amid the global climate crisis, the capability of artificial intelligence in cutting-edge fields such as extreme weather forecasting and self-driving electric vehicles (EVs) is advancing at an unprecedented rate, showcasing its remarkable potential to address climate issues. What are the challenges in balancing rapid AI development with environmental sustainability? How are the United States and China addressing these concerns?   Kevin Xu joins the National Committee in an interview recorded September 2024 to offer in-depth insights into how China and the United States are utilizing AI technology to address critical climate challenges and potential opportunities for future collaboration. 

In which Nicholas Larus-Stone, co-founder of Sphinx Bio, discusses the future of “software-defined biology” and how his startup is accelerating scientists' research by streamlining the process of experimental design, data processing, and data analysis. He also shares his experience working as a software engineer at early- to mid-sized biotech companies as well as the story behind Bits in Bio, a community dedicated to researchers, developers, and those interested in the intersection of software and biology. Hosted by Kevin Xu. Timestamps: (00:00) Intro (02:04) Working at BenevolentAI and Octant Bio (08:07) Problem-driven vs. solution-driven innovation (10:50) Sphinx Bio (12:27) What makes biological data different? (18:10) Adapting to new technologies as a data platform (22:37) Bits in Bio (25:24) Sharing knowledge in a competitive industry (27:12) Software-defined biology (31:57) Studying CS in the age of AI Links: Sphinx Bio: https://www.sphinxbio.com/ "Software-defined biology": https://www.sphinxbio.com/post/software-defined-biology Bits in Bio: ⁠https://www.bitsinbio.org/⁠

This week on Sinica, Paul Triolo rejoins the show for a deep, deep dive into China's response to American export controls on advanced semiconductors and related technologies. How much hurt has the policy put on Chinese firms — and how far along is China in finding its way toward technological autonomy? Kevin Xu, author of the fantastic "Interconnected" newsletter, joins to talk about some of the big ideas he's written about in recent months and to play co-host as we grill Paul on China's efforts to get out from under American controls.9:10 – The downplaying of generative AI in the Third Plenum's decision document 18:25 – Why the Middle East is an appealing and important region for major AI players 26:20 – Why chip wars have evolved into to cloud wars 29:36 – How China has fared in trying to achieve its goal of indigenous advanced semiconductor manufacture31:50 – Semiconductors: What lies within the “small yard” versus what products are unaffected under U.S. export controls35:42 – The quality and reliability caveat to China's goal of self-sufficiency in semiconductor manufacture 38:35 – The success of the Biden administration's export controls and whether the controls have really put the hurt on anyone 46:00 – The Harmony operating system 47:47 – The importance of packaging 50:45 – Paul explains what he calls “China Semiconductor Industry Policy 3.0” and its predecessors57:03 – China's EUV lithography challenge1:03:14 – DUV lithography and multi-patterning, and the importance of collaboration across the ecosystemin the process of making semiconductors at scale 1:11:50 – Huawei's progress so far and remaining major hurdles and bottlenecks 1:18:42 – Paul and Kevin's thoughts on whether the American strategic class will regret its approach to export controls and whether there is an off-ramp Recommendations:Paul: Ed Conway's Material World: The Six Raw Materials That Shape Modern Civilization Kevin: Thurston Clarke's The Last Campaign: Robert F. Kennedy and 82 Days That Inspired America Kaiser: The House of the Dragon (2022- ) TV series See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

In a press release this morning, the European Commission named Apple as the first of tech's so-called “gatekeepers” to be charged for violating the EU's Digital Markets Act. Apple is one of six tech giants named by the European Commission as “gatekeepers” last year, alongside Alphabet, Amazon, ByteDance, Meta and Microsoft. While we continue to keep our eyes on the EU's attempts to ensure a competitive marketplace, that's not all we got into on the Equity podcast this morning. Rebecca Bellan led the show this morning and reported that X still has a Verified bot problem, but this time they came for TechCrunch writers (herself included). The experience had us wondering if X's competitors will step up, and create platforms with more safety…and fewer bots.Rebecca also had an IPO update for our listeners this morning as Shein finally filed for its public debut in London, and we closed out our startup coverage with a look at Sir Jack A Lot's startup for retail traders. The startup, which recently raised a $4.5 million seed round, had us hyped on the retail trading space and its continued growth.Finally, Haje closed out today's show with a teardown for Feel Therapeutics. The startup recently raised a $3.5M seed deck to revolutionize mental health care with a science-forward approach that integrates wearable devices, mobile apps, and clinician dashboards. Hit play to hear how they did it!Equity is TechCrunch's flagship podcast, produced by Theresa Loconsolo, and posts every Monday, Wednesday and Friday. Subscribe to us on Apple Podcasts, Overcast, Spotify and all the casts. You also can follow Equity on X and Threads, at @EquityPod. For the full episode transcript, for those who prefer reading over listening, check out our full archive of episodes over at Simplecast. Credits: Equity is produced by Theresa Loconsolo with editing by Kell. Bryce Durbin is our Illustrator. We'd also like to thank the audience development team and Henry Pickavet, who manages TechCrunch audio products.

Good AI is good and bad AI is bad, but how do lawmakers tell the difference? Will AI bring the world together or balkanize the internet beyond repair? Why do governments even need cloud computing anyway? To discuss, ChinaTalk interviewed Pablo Chavez, a fellow at CNAS and former Vice President of Google Cloud's Public Policy division, as well as the inestimable investing tycoon Kevin Xu. Xu, formerly of GitHub, is the founder of Interconnected, a bilingual newsletter on the intersections of tech, business, investing, geopolitics, and US-Asia relations. In this interview, we discuss: The digital sovereignty movement and the lessons we can learn from China's Great Firewall; The value and risks of open source architecture in the future of AI governance; Meta's long history of open source and how Llama fits into that strategy; The geopolitical and cultural forces driving nations to pursue their own AI strategies; The viability of sovereign AI initiatives in the face of global tech giants. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Good AI is good and bad AI is bad, but how do lawmakers tell the difference? Will AI bring the world together or balkanize the internet beyond repair? Why do governments even need cloud computing anyway? To discuss, ChinaTalk interviewed Pablo Chavez, a fellow at CNAS and former Vice President of Google Cloud's Public Policy division, as well as the inestimable investing tycoon Kevin Xu. Xu, formerly of GitHub, is the founder of Interconnected, a bilingual newsletter on the intersections of tech, business, investing, geopolitics, and US-Asia relations. In this interview, we discuss: The digital sovereignty movement and the lessons we can learn from China's Great Firewall; The value and risks of open source architecture in the future of AI governance; Meta's long history of open source and how Llama fits into that strategy; The geopolitical and cultural forces driving nations to pursue their own AI strategies; The viability of sovereign AI initiatives in the face of global tech giants. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In which Kamal Obbad, co-founder and CEO of Nebula Genomics, shares his journey founding one of the largest consumer whole genome sequencing services. He also discusses trends in the consumer genomics landscape, the future of genomics research, and the implications of social and technological innovations on genetic privacy. Hosted by Kevin Xu.

In which Vasilis Stenos, Columbia alumni and Founder and CEO of Solmeyea, discusses his company's innovations in producing carbon-negative biological products (such as pigments and proteins) through fermentation and hybrid vertical microalgae photosynthetic processing. He shares his experience integrating various technologies into a unique product pipeline and collaborating with government agencies, carbon emitters, and food manufacturers along the way. Hosted by Kevin Xu. Note: Solmeyea and Vasilis' team are actively recruiting students and researchers who are interested in working with Solmeyea for 2024 Spring/Summer either as interns or permanent employees. For anyone interested, reach out to Vasilis at vasilis@solmeyea.com or info@solmeyea.com!

Kevin Xu of https://interconnect.substack.com/ and I run down our top five stories of the year in US-China tech. We get into: The eternal chip war The battle for AI model supremacy EV competition Venture investing in China PDD and Temu's rise TikTok's impressive resilience Here's ChinaTalk's attempt to benchmark Chinese models https://www.chinatalk.media/p/putting-chinas-top-llms-to-the-test Outtro music: two songs from my spotify wrapped which are kind of ancillary to crappy US-China relations? 2gether, Mura Masa and Gretel Ganlyn: https://open.spotify.com/track/1Wqd0R1X1tuVK9FySVyLpt?si=48a61ddf3f094b57 No Talk, Lowell: https://open.spotify.com/track/0ToOqwERQswtN1O7AveCU9?si=9424183956b74960 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Kevin Xu of https://interconnect.substack.com/ and I run down our top five stories of the year in US-China tech. We get into: The eternal chip war The battle for AI model supremacy EV competition Venture investing in China PDD and Temu's rise TikTok's impressive resilience Here's ChinaTalk's attempt to benchmark Chinese models https://www.chinatalk.media/p/putting-chinas-top-llms-to-the-test Outtro music: two songs from my spotify wrapped which are kind of ancillary to crappy US-China relations? 2gether, Mura Masa and Gretel Ganlyn: https://open.spotify.com/track/1Wqd0R1X1tuVK9FySVyLpt?si=48a61ddf3f094b57 No Talk, Lowell: https://open.spotify.com/track/0ToOqwERQswtN1O7AveCU9?si=9424183956b74960 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In which Elena Itskovich, PhD, co-founder and president of Nest Catalyst, discusses her experiences helping Israeli science founders translate their research into biotech startups and explains the unique challenges of entrepreneurship in the life sciences. She also shares her takeaways speaking with scientists outside of academia in her podcast: mAcademia. Hosted by Kevin Xu.

In which Jeffrey Kim, co-founder and CEO of Slingshot Biosciences, discusses how synthetic cell mimics are revolutionizing the way cell-based assays and therapies are performed. He also explains the metagenomics data platform he built at Radiant Genomics and shares his insights on the industry as a scientist, investor, and entrepreneur. Hosted by Kevin Xu.

In which Eliah Overbey, PhD, chief scientific officer at BioAstra, and research associate at the Mason lab discusses the innovations and insights from multi-omics sequencing, specifically with regards to astronaut samples. She also shares her journey into the field of space healthcare and her views on the future of biomedical research in promoting long-term human space habitation. [hosted by Kevin Xu and Theodore Nelson]

Kevin Xu, Obama-era White House official and creator of https://interconnect.substack.com/ comes on ChinaTalk to discuss: Our impressions of the House's TikTok hearing Continued cross-border reliances around batteries and cloud computing The missed opportunity of Zhang Yiming's generation of founders GPT4's remarkable translation capabilities Outtro Music: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LQiOA7euaYA Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Kevin Xu, Obama-era White House official and creator of https://interconnect.substack.com/ comes on ChinaTalk to discuss: Our impressions of the House's TikTok hearing Continued cross-border reliances around batteries and cloud computing The missed opportunity of Zhang Yiming's generation of founders GPT4's remarkable translation capabilities Outtro Music: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LQiOA7euaYA Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode, we discuss issues that were problems long before anyone ever heard of COVID-19: alcohol use disorder and opioid overdose. Both seem to have gotten worse during the pandemic. Alcohol sales rose during the early days of lockdown, and they've remained high. Laura J. Bierut, MD, the Alumni Endowed Professor of Psychiatry, says another issue is that with some people losing their jobs while millions more have worked from home, some of the guardrails that have kept people from drinking too much have just gone away. She expects the fallout from the pandemic, in terms of alcohol use, will continue being felt for years to come. And just as the pandemic has fueled alcohol problems, deaths from drug overdoses have continued to climb, with more than 107,000 overdose deaths reported in the U.S. during a recent 12-month period. One issue, according to Kevin Xu, MD, a resident in psychiatry and Evan S. Schwarz, MD, an associate professor of emergency medicine and director of the Division of Medical Toxicology, is that many who use opioids are not prescribed a drug that can reduce cravings and lower risk of future overdose. That drug, buprenorphine, is prescribed for only about half of the patients treated for opioid use disorder, and it's used even less frequently in people who use opioids along with other substances, such as cocaine, alcohol or methamphetamine. The podcast, “Show Me the Science,” is produced by the Office of Medical Public Affairs at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis.

-- 로버트 프로스트 님의 The Road Not Taken에 대한 추가 해석은 웹사이트의 녹취록 가장 하단에 올려두겠습니다. -- 시즌의 마지막. 각자의 블루 오션에 대하여. 00:00:00 -- 1: 오프닝 00:03:23 -- 2: 구기 종목과 오래달리기 00:09:06 -- 3: 가지 않은 길 00:12:10 -- 4: 레드 오션 00:18:49 -- 5: 그리 가는 길 00:25:37 -- 6: 교집합 00:31:38 -- 7: 일기장과 라면 00:42:15 -- 8: 떼 아닌 집합 00:54:22 -- 9: 시즌 2 안내 00:58:28 -- 10: 마무리 에피소드 관련 링크 00:00:58 - 블루 오션, investopia -- https://www.investopedia.com/terms/b/blue_ocean.asp 00:01:59 - 나무위키, 블루 오션 -- https://namu.wiki/w/%EB%B8%94%EB%A3%A8%20%EC%98%A4%EC%85%98 00:09:32 - The Road Not Taken -- https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/44272/the-road-not-taken 00:12:54 - 레드 오션, 나무위키 -- https://namu.wiki/w/레드%20오션 00:15:43 - 교장의 몰카 -- https://n.news.naver.com/article/052/0001703763 00:44:20 - 한국 팟캐스트 통계 -- https://www.podcastinsights.com/podcast-statistics/ 00:45:22 - 디즈니 레밍 씬 -- https://www.adfg.alaska.gov/index.cfm?adfg=wildlifenews.view_article&articles_id=56 00:46:55 - 위키피디아, 집합 -- https://ko.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/집합 00:50:44 - 미국 팟캐스트 통계 -- https://www.statista.com/chart/amp/15609/podcast-audience-characteristics/ 00:51:39 - 스포티파이 Open Access Platform -- https://pr-newsroom-wp.appspot.com/2021-04-27/spotify-ushers-in-new-era-of-podcast-monetization-with-new-tools-for-all-creators/ 00:54:14 - Kevin Xu 님의 뉴스레터, Interconnected -- https://interconnected.blog 00:59:24 - 시즌1 플레이리스트 -- https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4DRuAEu2lIMxjfnhTXChVF?si=78658137f2604cf5 01:00:03 - 한아임 스포티파이 프로필 -- https://open.spotify.com/user/314zaqo74ojufynb6lubnm4rtqqm?si=af65db0e1a8c47cd 01:01:05 - 우크라이나 기부 단체 목록 -- https://fortune.com/2022/02/25/how-to-help-ukraine/amp/ 01:01:40 - International Medical Corps -- https://internationalmedicalcorps.org/ 전체 에피소드 녹취록 https://ithaka.imaginariumkim.com/ep-12-beulruosyeon-jibhabyi-jou

Recorded Thursday 2/10/21.Kevin, now at Github, is the founder of interconnected.blog, a bilingual newsletter on the intersections of tech, business, money, geopolitics, and US-Asia relations.We go over:What is Agora? It's a platform as a service company.The origin story of Tony Zhao the CEO who was previously at WebEx & then CTO at YY, where he achieved substantial success.Agora's technology & business model, which is developer facing and self service and usage basedWhat happens when there are more Chinese companies like Agora building infrastructure technologies? Does innovation have to be something super different / sexy or can it also be arising out of battle-tested scaling-up technologies, like Agora? And finally, Agora's latest acquisition, another Chinese company called Easymob.

Recorded Thursday 2/10/21.Kevin, now at Github, is the founder of interconnected.blog, a bilingual newsletter on the intersections of tech, business, money, geopolitics, and US-Asia relations.We go over:What is Agora? It's a platform as a service company.The origin story of Tony Zhao the CEO who was previously at WebEx & then CTO at YY, where he achieved substantial success.Agora's technology & business model, which is developer facing and self service and usage basedWhat happens when there are more Chinese companies like Agora building infrastructure technologies? Does innovation have to be something super different / sexy or can it also be arising out of battle-tested scaling-up technologies, like Agora? And finally, Agora's latest acquisition, another Chinese company called Easymob.

On episode 44 of "Unfiltered," hear as Emily sits down and talks with her friend, block-mate, and roommate Kevin Xu. Together, they discuss the concept of model minority, Kevin's tendency to play around with social norms, the recent rise in anime popularity, and Kevin and Emily's experiences working at research labs. Why is Kevin "shameless"? What are Kevin's views on anime? And what are some things that surprised them about the culture and structure of the lab? Find out on this episode!

Recorded Thursday 2/10/21.Kevin, now at Github, is the founder of interconnected, a bilingual newsletter on the intersections of tech, business, money, geopolitics, and US-Asia relations.We go over:What is Agora? It's a platform as a service company.The origin story of Tony Zhao the CEO who was previously at WebEx & then CTO at YY, where he achieved substantial success.Agora's technology & business model, which is developer facing and self service and usage basedWhat happens when there are more Chinese companies like Agora building infrastructure technologies? Does innovation have to be something super different / sexy or can it also be arising out of battle-tested scaling-up technologies, like Agora? And finally, Agora's latest acquisition, another Chinese company called Easymob.

Recorded Thursday 2/10/21. Kevin, now at Github, is the founder of interconnected.blog, a bilingual newsletter on the intersections of tech, business, money, geopolitics, and US-Asia relations. We go over: What is Agora? It's a platform as a service company. The origin story of Tony Zhao the CEO who was previously at WebEx & then CTO at YY, where he achieved substantial success. Agora's technology & business model, which is developer facing and self service and usage based What happens when there are more Chinese companies like Agora building infrastructure technologies? Does innovation have to be something super different / sexy or can it also be arising out of battle-tested scaling-up technologies, like Agora? And finally, Agora's latest acquisition, another Chinese company called Easymob.

Kevin Xu of the fantastic Interconnected newsletter, and formerly of Commerce and the Obama White House, ran through a grab bag of some of the hottest topics in US-China tech. We got into the politics of Tesla in China, what Morris Chang of TSMC thinks about the future of the semiconductor industry, how open source is key to the future of American industrial policy, why the Endless Frontier Act (which I wrote about in the most recent edition of the ChinaTalk newsletter) is the most important bill you've never heard of, and why Bytedance's Zhang Yiming deserves his own biopic.  Student Research Symposium: https://forms.gle/FYoSeHS7t3ZLLwEh9 Work with me! https://rhg.com/job/research-assistant-china-technology-and-industry-research/ Outtro Music: Soft Lipa - An Epic | Warrior OST https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gAOTdpEeZ6s Get bonus content on Patreon See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Kevin Xu of the fantastic Interconnected newsletter, and formerly of Commerce and the Obama White House, ran through a grab bag of some of the hottest topics in US-China tech. We got into the politics of Tesla in China, what Morris Chang of TSMC thinks about the future of the semiconductor industry, how open source is key to the future of American industrial policy, why the Endless Frontier Act (which I wrote about in the most recent edition of the ChinaTalk newsletter) is the most important bill you've never heard of, and why Bytedance's Zhang Yiming deserves his own biopic.  Student Research Symposium: https://forms.gle/FYoSeHS7t3ZLLwEh9 Work with me! https://rhg.com/job/research-assistant-china-technology-and-industry-research/ Outtro Music: Soft Lipa - An Epic | Warrior OST https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gAOTdpEeZ6s

China aspires to develop world-class capability in the designing, engineering and producing semiconductors. But as Chairman Mao liked to say: "The road ahead is bright but full of twists and turns, setbacks and adversities." Kevin shares the story of what he calls the "Theranos of China's Chip Industry" - how three clever con artists with zero experience in chips crafted a deal that resulted in $2 billion gone sideways. Kevin also talks about how Tesla might contribute to China's chip drive by doing original engineering for autonomous technologies inside China, thereby sidestepping tough US technology export controls. How will that work out?

欢迎关注晚风说。希望我们对你，常常陪伴，偶尔启发。除了播客内容，我们还出品了《冥想与大脑维修艺术》线上课程 (https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s?__biz=MzA5Nzk4MDMxMg==&mid=2247484680&idx=1&sn=2a5b8f1e1f1c1e6820adf5cc95d997fe&chksm=9099dfffa7ee56e9408aa248731e3e3e502c984ca1e577decc28d66d458f2e93a600dc6d6b40&scene=21#wechat_redirect)，并发起了 20 x 12 Club 线上冥想社群 (https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s?__biz=MzA5Nzk4MDMxMg==&mid=2247484834&idx=1&sn=ebd2c537b12e63baef2e9eaac505c26b&chksm=9099df55a7ee5643ab84485931d52082bbb2a6ee7078bdd536faf2cbbcb7bb22783aeaf13d4b&scene=21#wechat_redirect)。 ———————————— # 摘要 36 岁偶遇佛法的理工金融男 # 引言 Kevin是我在佛法、禅宗上的第一位引路人。几年前我刚开始入门冥想上，一边练习一边生起了大大小小或现实实操或抽象哲学的问题，那时我没有老师也没有同学，除了翻看各种智慧之书，Kevin总是我第一个寻求解惑的对象。每次他的只言片语，都能帮助我再往前走一段，再走一段。 那时的我就像播客里自述的N年前的他，虽然已经有了许多足以颠覆人生的体悟，但还在习惯性地用左脑不停地评判，分析，钻研，试图用可以搞明白任何事物的“聪明法”去搞明白宇宙的终极智慧。可是，智慧之所以为智慧，信仰之所以为信仰，恰恰在于突破了理性，逻辑，甚至想象的大脑作用。 打破自己再重建总是困难的。正因为这份矛盾，比我年长一些，走过相似道路的Kevin，也是我认识的朋友中能把佛法用非宗教语言讲的最清楚，最有趣的。在播客中，他也常常用“google、手机、下载、游戏”这样的词语来比喻许多难以言说的含义： 什么是法，什么是定，什么是觉知，什么是无为，众生皆苦的苦到底是什么苦，极乐世界存在还是不存在，人到底有没有自由意志，如果意识创造了世界，那不同人之间的意识是如何PK的……最后，我甚至问出了”读哪部经书能发财“这样的荒诞问题，Kevin也能从容作答。 就如同几年前他用亲身故事和一次次的答疑解惑启发了我一样，现在我也想把这份机缘带给更多人。（by Jade） # 朋友介绍 Kevin Xu： 数字资产金融服务圈的理工男。CyberX联合创始人，三个理工硕士（清华大学、NYU、Columbia）+ 香港大学佛学硕士。 机缘巧合，36岁偶遇佛法，通过禅修发现了纯左脑理性逻辑思维的局限性。希望每个人都能走出过去经验的限制，发现日常生活本身就是不平凡的幸福。 # Highlights 36岁，唯物而理性的我偶遇佛学 能否描述一下，你的一个早晨是如何度过的 印度的那棵菩提树下，发生了我没法解释的事 因为持续的怀疑，我去读了佛学硕士 禅七第三天疼到极致处，我第一次感到“定” 觉知，就是唯一能超越因果命定的东西 无为，就是“找回玩游戏的自己” 不同的“法”只是不同的电视频道，没有唯一 为什么佛法中的很多教导总是自相矛盾的 佛祖说的“众生皆苦”，到底是什么苦 全然接受，就是全然摆脱 佛法有两部分，相对世界和究竟世界 世界介于存在和不存在之间，非空非有 集体意识就是重叠的梦 有没有一本经书，念了就能赚钱 # 音乐 Now Here No Where - Kölsch Eyes Closed And Traveling - Peter Broderick ———————————— 你可以在这里找到我们： 播客官网：https://podcasts.cosmosrepair.com/ 微博：https://weibo.com/cosmosrepair/ 微信公众号：cosmosrepair Telegram 群：https://t.me/cosmosrepair 各大声音平台或泛用型播客客户端搜索“禅与宇宙维修艺术”或“晚风说”。

Open source software is software distributed along with its source code, using a permissive license that allows anyone to view, use, or modify it. The term “open source” also refers more broadly to a philosophy of technology development which prioritizes transparency and community development of a project. Typically, development is managed by a governing body, The post Open Source Industrialization with Kevin Xu appeared first on Software Engineering Daily.

Open source software is software distributed along with its source code, using a permissive license that allows anyone to view, use, or modify it. The term “open source” also refers more broadly to a philosophy of technology development which prioritizes transparency and community development of a project. Typically, development is managed by a governing body, The post Open Source Industrialization with Kevin Xu appeared first on Software Engineering Daily.

Open source software is software distributed along with its source code, using a permissive license that allows anyone to view, use, or modify it. The term “open source” also refers more broadly to a philosophy of technology development which prioritizes transparency and community development of a project. Typically, development is managed by a governing body, The post Open Source Industrialization with Kevin Xu appeared first on Software Engineering Daily.

Open source software is software distributed along with its source code, using a permissive license that allows anyone to view, use, or modify it. The term “open source” also refers more broadly to a philosophy of technology development which prioritizes transparency and community development of a project. Typically, development is managed by a governing body, whether a company, foundation, or just a group of passionate users, and work is done in public repositories like Github. Nearly every corner of the software engineering world has been impacted in some way by open source. Well-known open source projects include Linux, Kubernetes, and WordPress.Kevin Xu is the author of Interconnected, a bilingual newsletter on tech, business, and U.S-China relations. He is an investor in open source startups at OSS Capital, and formerly served in the Obama White House. He joins the show today to talk about the benefits of open source in the public and private sectors, and how open source will be critical to the development of high-tech industry in our country as we pivot to facing some of the 21st century's most pressing challenges.

This episode is a look back at all of our podcast guests and the topics we covered in 2020, putting together some of our favorite moments for you into one single episode of goodness. The guests featured in this special episode are William Bao Bean, episode 22 released on January 7th; Scott Silverman, episode 28 released on January 31st; Scott Laprise, episode 34 released on March 6th; Dr. Julie Klinger, episode 42 released on April 13th; Gen Kanai, episode 54 released on July 17th; Wei Liang, episode 55 released on July 28th; James McGregor, episode 57 released on August 17th; Anne Stephenson Yang, episodes 58 & 59 released on August 25th and September 1st; Aynne Kokas, episode 61 released on September 16th; Kevin Xu, episodes 66 & 67 released October 27th and November 3rd; and Matthew Brennan, episodes 72 & 73 released December 8th and 15th.

There are more than 100 Chinese commercial space companies, almost all having been establishing within the past 5 years. To pick one, or even a handful, as the leading Chinese commercial space companies is no easy task, with hoards to choose from, and with most of the companies being new enough to not actually be making money yet.With that said, one of the few companies that would make the leaderboard on almost any China watcher’s space list is Landspace Technologies, likely China’s most well-funded commercial launch company. Founded in Beijing in 2015, Landspace has since raised ~US$400 million across 9 funding rounds, has grown to several hundred employees, and claims to be ~1 year away from launching its Zhuque-2 (ZQ-2) medium-lift rocket, a liquid methalox-powered rocket with capabilities of lifting several tons to LEO/SSO, and with eventual plans for reusability. On episode 6 of the Dongfang Hour, we sat down with Kevin Xu, Chief Marketing Officer at Landspace and one of the company’s early employees. Our conversation was wide-ranging, covering a broad variety of topics including, but not limited to: Landspace’s business and target marketDifferences between working in a new space company such as Landspace, and a traditional space company, such as Kevin’s former employer China Great Wall Industry Corporation (CGWIC) Perceptions of the space industry by Chinese university graduates, and Landspace’s evolving ability to attract top talentLandspace’s plans for reusability, fuel types, and general rocket strategy A plethora of other topics, including fan questions related to Kevin’s multilingualism Some Key TakeawaysLandspace has grown a lot in the past 5 years, as has the space sector in China. Kevin came to Landspace in 2017, and at that time, the company hired 1 fresh graduate during the course of the year. Today, the company receives hundreds of applications per year, and makes dozens of hires. People come to companies like Landspace for a number of reasons, but according to Kevin, one such reason is a desire to do something totally different. Compared to his previous role at CGWIC, which involved many similar projects (selling satellites abroad), Landspace offered the chance to build something new from the ground up. Despite a huge launch capacity of up to 4 tons on the ZQ-2, Landspace is not terribly concerned about filling their rockets—there’s a lot of demand out there, they say. While not directly mentioned in our discussion, a later webinar with Roger Zhang, CEO of Landspace, saw Zhang mention that Landspace is really only competing with themselves, in the sense that the company is developing a novel technology in China (liquid methalox launch capabilities), and their goal is to reach that point as soon as they can, irrespective of what anyone else is doing. Indeed, it sounds an awful lot like “if you build it, they will come”. Finally, we found out that Landspace has made some advancements on the international front, with Kevin mentioning that the company expects to announce good news in the coming weeks/months. With Landspace and many other Chinese companies starting to mature to the point of offering a product or service, it is highly likely that they will target international markets, often coming with turnkey packages or financing. With that being said, there are a lot more insights in the full interview, including Kevin’s thoughts on rocket cams, and detailed information on his linguistic prowess. Until next time, this is the Dongfang Hour, the Podcast on the Chinese Aero/space and Tech Sectors.

Today on The Negotiation, we continue our conversation with Kevin Xu, founder and author at Interconnected, “a publication that analyzes businesses and trends from the lens of builders (entrepreneurs & engineers), operators (business managers), investors (capitalists), regulators (politicians and government officials), and how they are all connected.” He is also a contributor for and the co-creator of COSS Media, a knowledge media platform aimed at helping Commercial Open Source Software (COSS) founders build lasting companies. Finally, Kevin is an investor and EIR at the venture capital firm OSS Capital, L.P.Unlike the U.S., the Chinese government can make decisions “that could impact your pocketbook tomorrow”. Entrepreneurs in China are, as a result, much more politically astute, as the only way to get ahead in business is to align your vision for your business with the government's vision for the country for the next several years. Americans, on the other hand, have the freedom to influence outcomes in ways the Chinese cannot; but at the same time, this has paved the way for more ignorance regarding Americans' knowledge about their own government, simply because they have less to worry about concerning the government's power to control their lives. This difference in worldviews and level of political knowledge between the citizens of these two countries serves as the theme underlying the rest of the topics which Kevin covers.Listen in as Kevin explains his perspective on the countless developments currently taking place between the U.S. and China, from each country's competitive edge in business to the long-term consequences of decoupling, and whether more Chinese companies will delist from the U.S. stock exchange. He then ties these issues together, explaining just how all of these unfolding events between these two superpowers are, in fact, interconnected.

Today on The Negotiation, we speak with Kevin Xu, Founder, and Author of Interconnected.blog, a publication that analyzes businesses and trends from the lens of builders, operators, investors, and regulators, and how they are all interconnected globally. Kevin received his Bachelor of Arts in International Relations from Brown University before studying both Law and Computer Science at Stanford. He then spent a couple of years at the White House in the Obama administration before becoming an entrepreneur in e-commerce and then design strategy. He then became very interested in open source projects, something he invests his money in to this day. His blog is bilingual in both English and Chinese, and he also podcasts.When asked about China's stance on open-source technology, Kevin says that due to sanctions on technologies from the US, by the US, there has been an official attitude shift towards embracing open-source technology, saying they now know there is always some sort of open-source alternative available instead of relying on the proprietary solution that one would normally buy or license. Kevin goes on to say that he believes open-source is “eating a lot of different parts of the entire technology stack.”Given Kevin's time at the White House, the conversation inevitably took a turn to politics, and wrapping up part 1 we delved into a discussion around whether Facebook and Twitter should be moderating political ads, which Kevin says no but maybe not for the reason you might think, then discussing why it seemed earlier in the conversation he was perhaps surprised to find so many Chinese that come from a Communist country background seemingly eager to be involved in politics in the US. 

Professor John Walsh, vice dean of education at the USC Leonard Davis School joins Professor George Shannon, holder of the Kevin Xu chair in Gerontology for a conversation on how teachers and students can make the most of online instruction and to discuss how our life experiences can help us meet this challenging moment in time, both in the classroom and outside of it. Quotes from this episode: John Walsh On isolation Many students are feeling isolated right now and it's obviously forced isolation and they just want to connect. The  premed class I'm teaching right now, I have 50 students. And, and so here we are, two weeks into the semester and  class ends at the hour 50 minute mark, and I'm having, 10 to 15 students stay afterwards just to hang out and, talk about anything. And they just want to feel connected and, that's a good thing because we got to help them through this. On always learning I always tell my students that I’ve never stopped being a student and that I always want to keep learning. And, so I will deliver a lecture, we'll get centered on a topic and philosophically, I know from my reading and from looking at websites or watching videos about how what we're discussing applies to furthering society or  helping you in the workplace. But I love hearing the actual application from students where they're down, boots on the ground, and they've experienced this. And they may even say, ” those guidelines,  or those principles are all good, however, in my experience…“ And, and then you put that in your back pocket… and then you use that in future lectures. I'm constantly learning  and I tell the students, I don't know everything and I really want to learn from you. On online classrooms: Well, I think this is a game changer. It was forced down our throats with a pandemic, but this is a game changer. We, as a program have always been a leader at USC in terms of online education and we can't stop being a leader. We just got to  keep up on it. These platforms do offer a level of interactivity that we weren't utilizing before. On collaborative exams I was just so amazed and so excited watching the active learning that went on during these collaborative exams. I know now that when we are back in session, // I'm going to be sitting there in the auditorium, I'm going to break people up into groups of six or seven, and they're going to do the collaborative exam right there in the auditorium, because it's, I think it's a really cool way to learn. George Shannon On his transition from elevator repairman to successful actor to USC professor I was 55 years old. I didn't have an undergraduate degree. So I spent two years in undergrad getting my undergraduate degree because I had hundreds of units where they were scattered all over in different things that I had touched upon. And then I went into the  master's program and did that in two years and was accepted into the PhD program. And so yeah, so that's a long winded way of saying there are, there are lots of things that you can do that come to an unexpectedly. I always say, if someone opens a door for you, don't slam it in their face, go walk in and see what's going on, because it might be an opportunity that can change your life in a very positive way as it did for me.  I had four kids and  a couple of wives and lots of bills and, and  I survived all of that  because I  didn't turn my back on something that I had never thought of before. If something presents a change or a mode that you're not expecting, it may be something that can lead you to something that's even more exciting that gives your life more meaning. People ask me if I'm thinking about retiring and I I'm astonished. Of course, I'm first of all, astonished that I'm 80 years old, but secondly, I'm further astonished that anyone would think that I would ever consider retiring as long as I have my faculties about me and I'm able to perform. Because life is an endless performance as long as it lasts. On online classes in some ways, from my perspective, I like Zoom because I have on the screen the 40 or 50 students, so I may have in class and I can pick them out and ask them specific questions instead of being in the auditorium where they're all trying to hide in the back of the room. And so I, I find there are some really some positives from this experience.

China Tech Investor is a weekly look at China’s tech companies through the lens of investment. Each week, hosts Elliott Zaagman and James Hull go through their watch list of publicly listed tech companies and also interview experts on issues affecting the macroeconomy and the stock prices of China’s tech companies.Make sure you don’t miss anything. Check out our lineup of China tech podcastsElliott and James welcome Kevin Xu to the podcast this week. Kevin is the author of Interconnected, a bilingual newsletter on tech, business, geopolitics, and US-China relations. The three guys discuss China’s cloud services landscape and its competitive dynamics. They also discuss TSMC and the intense competition in semiconductor development. Hosts may have interest in some of the stocks discussed. The discussion should not be construed as investment advice or a solicitation of services.Get the PDF of the China Consumer Index.Watchlist:TencentAlibabaBaiduiQiyiXiaomiJDPinduoduoMeituan-DianpingLuckin CoffeeHosts:Elliott Zaagman– @elliottzaagmanJames Hull– @jameshullxGuest:Kevin Xu - @kevinsxuEditorPeter IsachenkoPodcast information:iTunesSpotifyRSS FeedMusic: “Hey Ho” by Steve Jackson, Royalty Free Music

Should the US ban TikTok? What role does open source play in the tech ecosystem and the Chinese government's plans for self-reliance? Why does tech occupy such a unique role in the US-China tech cold war? And what can Kanye teach us about foreign policy? Today's guest is Kevin Xu, author of the interconnected newsletter. Click this link to support ChinaTalk.  Intro Music: Kanye's Runaway.  Exit Music: 2019 New Blood DBC Cypher. 

Should the US ban TikTok? What role does open source play in the tech ecosystem and the Chinese government's plans for self-reliance? Why does tech occupy such a unique role in the US-China tech cold war? And what can Kanye teach us about foreign policy? Today's guest is Kevin Xu, author of the interconnected newsletter. Click this link to support ChinaTalk.  Intro Music: Kanye's Runaway.  Exit Music: 2019 New Blood DBC Cypher.  Get bonus content on Patreon See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Amna Nawaz (@IAmAmnaNawaz), senior national correspondent of PBS NewsHour talks to Kevin Xu (@kevinsxu) about her career in journalism, being the first Asian American journalist to moderate a presidential debate, and how she deals with...

Evan Low (@evan_low) California Assemblymember and national co-chair of Andrew Yang’s presidential campaign talks with Kevin Xu (@kevinsxu) about what it means to be a national co-chair, why he entered electoral politics at a young...

Kevin Xu (@kevinsxu) is in Iowa to volunteer during the Iowa Caucus. Our guest cohost, Jenn Fang of Reappropriate.co and Tony Nagatani our long-time co-host, quizzes Kevin on all kinds of things Iowa. We also...

Jenn Fang, founder of Reappropriate.co, hosts this last episode 2019 with Kevin Xu and Tony Nagatani to explore the perennial raison d’etre question: Does Asian American and Pacific Islanders (AAPI) Make Sense?  We reflect on how...

Kevin Xu brings a special episode of his coverage of Day 2 of the Democratic Primary Debates in Detroit, Michigan, with both stories from real people he met in Detroit and his thoughts on the...

Kevin Xu brings a special episode of his coverage of Day 1 of the Democratic Primary Debates in Detroit, Michigan, with both stories from real people he met in Detroit and his thoughts on the...

It wasn't that long ago when Kevin Xu, general manager of global strategy and operations at PingCAP, remembers walking into what he described as a “dark and dingy” basement at an internet cafe to play World of Warcraft and eat noodles in his native China. “Those days did exist, but not so much anymore — there are many mobile phone vendors now and [almost] everything is being done on your smartphone,” Xu said. But after attending Stanford University Law School from 2014 until 2017 — when he took advanced computer science classes at the campus because he thought law school was “boring” — the Chinese Internet economy has become a much different place. “The interesting thing about the Chinese internet economy is that, number one, it has the largest number of Internet users in the world of about 800 million people since my last count, which is like two and a half times the entire population of the United States and is probably more now,” Xu said. “And not only are they internet users, but they are also mostly mobile users.” KubeCon + CloudNativeCon Open Source Summit China 2019 in Shanghai served as the perfect backdrop to record this latest edition of The New Stack Makers podcast with Xu.

Tony Nagatani and Kevin Xu talk about their passion for politics and their Model Majority Podcast. They share what it was like to work as campaign staffers for President Obama, how to amplify the Asian American voice in politics, and why intraparty squabbles have hurt the Democratic party. (Intro: Tragic Nonsense)

Model Majority Podcast visits the University of Rochester to speak to students at an event hosted by the Asian American Alliance, where Kevin Xu and Punya Krishnappa discuss political activism, civic engagement, and AAPI identity...

Kevin Xu of The Model Majority Podcast (modelmajoritypodcast.com) joins Oxford, Jess, and Teen to discuss his views on identity politic's effect on Asian Americans, as well as the importance of the coming November midterms. We try to avoid the standard civics class lecture, and try a more realistic assessment of liberal identity politics, Asian pet issues, and giving half a shit. The Model Majority Podcast is available on iTunes, Google Play, Spotify, and basically wherever you get your podcasts your from. Intro/Outro Music: Rage Against the Machine (Bulls On Parade, Testify) Intro Voice Track: The Manchurian Candidate (2004)

Andrew Janz, Fresno County Deputy District Attorney, and candidate for California’s 22nd Congressional District stops by the podcast for an informative, no-nonsense interview with Kevin Xu. Andrew and Kevin talk about Janz’s background and why he...

Unpacking the role of America’s moral authority in shaping democracies around the world with former White House communications & press advisor Kevin Xu… Myanmar has seen a massive shift to democracy in recent years, but is being accused of ethnic cleansing and genocide against an ethnic minority in the region. Just a few years prior, Kevin Xu helped planned President Obama’s trip to Myanmar, in which the US praised the country’s shift to a democracy but Obama also cautioned that violence against those having different beliefs would cripple their ability to grow into a true democratic state. Xu unpacks the role of America’s moral authority in shaping democracies around the world and confronting genocides, and how the relationship America has with its own media is impacting the effectiveness of that moral authority. Kevin Xu is a former White House communications and press advisor who helped plan President Obama’s trip to Myanmar, a country which is now embroiled with accusations of condoning genocide. He also advised the former Secretary of Commerce during the Obama Administration, and is a recent graduate of Stanford Law School.