Can America Continue Its Bull Run?
In this episode of Culture and Code, Rei and Tara explore one of the most consequential questions facing the tech industry: whether America can maintain its technological dominance in an era of geopol...
12 Nov 202534min
The Battle for Your Browser
In this episode of Culture and Code, Rei and Tara explore the resurgence of the browser wars as AI companies race to control the interface between users and the digital world. From OpenAI's Atlas to P...
4 Nov 202525min
The Matcha Craze: How It Started
In this episode of Culture and Code, Rei and Tara explore the unexpected global rise of matcha through the lens of Cuzen Matcha, a San Francisco-based company bringing ceremonial Japanese tea to the m...
28 Okt 202525min
The Sora Experiment: Low & High Bars for Creativity
Episode SummaryIn this episode of Culture and Code, hosts Rei Inamoto and Tara Tan dissect OpenAI's controversial launch of Sora, the AI video generation platform that became a viral sensation and a c...
21 Okt 202527min
Agentic Commerce and the Future of Shopping
In this episode of Culture and Code, Rei and Tara explore the seismic shift happening in online commerce through OpenAI's latest announcements. They dissect how ChatGPT is evolving into an operating s...
14 Okt 202528min
Why Tech Brands Need Personality Again
Episode SummaryIn this episode of Culture and Code, hosts Rei Inamoto and Tara Tan dissect the recent advertising campaigns from AI giants OpenAI and Anthropic, exploring what these vastly different a...
8 Okt 202522min
Love and Attachment in the Time of AI
Episode SummaryIn this thought-provoking episode of Culture and Code, hosts Rei Inamoto and Tara Tan explore the rapidly expanding world of AI companionship—from adorable robotic creatures to virtual ...
30 Sep 202527min
Elevators, AI, and the Fear of Change
Automatic elevators were invented in the 1890s. But it took almost 50 years before people would ride them without an operator. Rei and Tara dive into why humans resist new tech, why AI adoption is bre...
23 Sep 202530min
