Having first served in the Marine Corps and later in Congress, Mike Gallagher now manages Palantir’s defense business in the private sector. Now, he shares his story with Arm CEO Rene Haas, explaining the role of AI in national security, both present and potential, and revealing his best “life hack.” Join Mike and Rene to learn whether leaders are born or made, and why great leaders aren’t afraid to take risks or make mistakes. 

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Mike Gallagher: On AI and National Security

Economic historian Chris Miller is the author of Chip War: The Fight for the World’s Most Critical Technology. He joins Arm CEO Rene Haas for a conversation about the past, present, and future of the semiconductor industry.

Chris Miller discovered the semiconductor industry by way of Russian history and is now a highly sought-after advisor to tech companies, investors, and government entities. Chris and Rene discuss the global connectedness of chip production and why some countries have thrived in their semiconductor industry development while others have stagnated. They also theorize about the future of AI and the ways its evolution will continue to impact the global chip industry.

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Chris Miller: On the Chip War and the Future of Semiconductors

Zoox CEO Aicha Evans has been behind the wheel of the autonomous vehicle company for the past six years, steering Zoox through its acquisition by Amazon in 2020. Aicha joins Arm CEO Rene Haas to talk about her journey to the C-Suite and about the future of autonomous vehicles. 

Aicha Evans began her journey in tech by hacking the family’s long-distance phone to call friends in Paris. From there, with stops along the way to open a Senegalese restaurant and serve as Intel’s Chief Strategy Officer, Aicha is now the first non-founder CEO of autonomous vehicle company Zoox. She shares with Rene the biggest joys and challenges of both her current role and her career thus far. They also discuss the importance of transparency and trust in a safety-critical industry like Aicha’s. 

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Aicha Evans: On Transparency and Trust in Autonomous Vehicles

Alex Wang, CEO of data annotation platform Scale AI, joins Arm CEO and host Rene Haas for a conversation about Alex’s history and about what it means to be a humanity-first AI company. 

CEO Alex Wang founded Scale AI in 2016 at the age of only 19. Now Scale AI works with companies like Microsoft, Meta, OpenAI, and more, and Alex is a major voice for AI, both in Silicon Valley and Washington, DC. Alex and Rene discuss connections between humans, data, and artificial intelligence. They also dig into Alex’s roots growing up among scientists near Los Alamos National Laboratory and learning to manage stress through math competitions – and how it’s helped him get to where he is today. 

Tune in to hear Alex’s take on leadership, humanity-first AI, why he views his youth as an advantage, and his visions for the future of tech.  

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Alex Wang: On Humanity-First AI

Alex Kendall, co-founder and CEO of autonomous driving startup Wayve, joins Arm CEO and host Rene Haas for a conversation about embodied AI and the courage it takes to build a company from the ground up.

When CEO Alex Kendall co-founded Wayve in 2017, he was simultaneously writing his PhD thesis at Cambridge University. From that point onwards he’s been in the driver’s seat, as Wayve pioneers a new way to create self-driving cars using end-to-end machine learning. 
 
Alex tells Rene about Wayve’s embodied AI and about the challenges of growing a company from a garage in Cambridge to offices around the world with hundreds of employees, all while navigating a global pandemic. 

To learn more about Wayve and their software strategy, keep an eye out for an upcoming conversation with VP of Engineering Silvius Rus on the Arm Viewpoints podcast. 

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Alex Kendall: On Driving Wayve From The Garage Onto City Streets

Mark Chen, Chief Research Officer at OpenAI, joins Arm CEO and host Rene Haas for a
conversation about pioneering new frontiers in AI.

Before leading research at OpenAI, Mark Chen was a self-proclaimed “late-bloomer” to
computer science. He pivoted from an initial career in finance to heading up OpenAI’s frontiers
research, where he led the teams that created DALL-E, developed Codex, and incorporated
visual perception into GPT-4.

Mark tells Rene about his roundabout path to AI research and about how he integrates research
and product development to drive scientific progress at OpenAI.

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Mark Chen: On AI’s New Frontiers

Peter Gabriel, legendary musician, activist, and innovative technology advocate, joins Arm CEO and host Rene Haas at Founders Forum Global for a conversation about technology and creativity. 

Perhaps best known for hit songs like “Solsbury Hill” and “Sledgehammer”, Peter has long been an early adopter of new technologies in music. He was on the front edge of digital recording, download, and distribution tech, and he joined Stability AI in 2023 to run a competition for AI-generated animated music videos set to his music. 

Peter shares his thoughts on the role of innovative technology like AI in music and the arts. He also talks to Rene about using tech to connect people and generate hope and compassion through projects like TheElders.org. 


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Peter Gabriel: On Creativity Through Innovation

Recorded live at Carnegie Mellon, university president Farnam Jahanian and Arm CEO Rene Haas discuss the future of innovation and education in an AI world.  

 In this President Lecture Series conversation, Farnam Jahanian flips the script and asks host Rene Haas about his path to becoming CEO of Arm, how his time working with Jensen Huang at NVIDIA helped shape his leadership, and the evolving role of AI in our world. 

 The two also discuss the future of education and how universities like Carnegie Mellon can best prepare students for an AI-inclusive tech landscape. 
 
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Farnam Jahanian: On Education With and For AI [LIVE]

At Arm’s new office in Bengalaru, Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw joins host and Arm CEO Rene Haas for a conversation about India’s semiconductor initiative. 

Ashwini Vaishnaw has a unique background for a Member of the Indian Parliament: before he entered the government, he was an engineer. Now he brings that experience to bear as India’s Minister for Railways, Information & Broadcasting, and Electronics & Information Technology.  

In this conversation, recorded on location at Arm’s new Bengalaru office, the minister tells Rene about India’s semiconductor initiative and other national programs driving technological and economic growth. 

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Ashwini Vaishnaw: On India’s Path to “Tech Powerhouse”

Jayshree Ullal, CEO of Arista Networks, joins host and Arm CEO Rene Haas to talk about her path from engineer to executive. 

Before leading one of America’s foremost tech companies, Jayshree Ullal worked in both large companies and startups, as an engineer and executive. She and Rene chat about everything from Cisco’s acquisitions to programming with batch cards as young product engineers, as the two CEOs swap stories about their parallel paths to the C-suite. 

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The future of AI is built on Arm. 

Jayshree Ullal: On People-Centered Leadership

Arm CEO Rene Haas takes you behind the boardroom door with technology’s most inspiring visionaries. Tech Unheard lets you listen in on one-on-one conversations with industry leaders, everything from the potential of artificial general intelligence to pre-keynote nerves.

Haas and his guests explore the drivers behind each leader’s path and analyze the most pressing trends in their space — plus tell a few entertaining anecdotes of success and failure along the way.

Mike Gallagher: On AI and National Security

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