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Hallway Chat

HallwayChat

Podcast by Bijan Sabet & Nabeel Hyatt

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20 of 41 episodes

The two types of Agentic Engineering, and their teams

We return from a break to discuss the effects of an avalanche of app making due to Claude and Codex, including “Camp,” an experiment by Nabe...

46:08Mar 26, 2026

Personality, humanism, poke, and raising the ceiling

Why are dentists so into vibe coding? Where's the Steve Jobs of this era? In this episode of Hallway Chat, Fraser and Nabeel discuss the vir...

52:53Nov 4, 2025

Be Water, Ubiquity over Ownership

In this episode of Hallway Chat, Nabeel and Fraser unpack the emerging power of tool use, reasoning traces, and code execution in modern mod...

25:19Oct 28, 2025

Building Open World AI w/Andrew Mason

Nabeel and Fraser sit down with Andrew Mason, founder of Descript, for a deep dive into evolution "open world agents" in AI products. The tr...

51:39Sep 27, 2025

Making the perfect backpack. Craft in the age of AI.

Craft in the age of AI. Nabeel and Fraser start with a dive into what makes the Boundary backpack so great. They explore how AI is changing...

41:18Jun 28, 2025

AI Severance: One Memory or Many?

In this episode of Hallway Chat, Nabeel and Fraser explore the future of AI through the lenses of memory, context, and product design. They...

61:02Jun 5, 2025

State of AI and Games

Nabeel and Fraser debrief on GDC and the opportunities for innovation beyond the conservative approaches in an industry going through a funk...

39:48Apr 16, 2025

Building an Interestingness Leaderboard

We have evals for AI models, what about AI products? Today, Nabeel and Fraser talk about building computer games through vibe coding, and ju...

20:00Mar 29, 2025

Questions we’re asking of AI startups in 2025.

Today, Nabeel and Fraser tackle the questions they've been asking internally. What level of improvement would it take to disrupt an incumben...

52:08Mar 12, 2025

Granola & The Art of Invisible AI - Christopher Pedregal

Nabeel and Fraser sit down for a round-table discussion with Chris Pedregal, founder and CEO of Granola, an AI note taking app, to discuss G...

66:30Jan 24, 2025

Distilling Lessons from AI in 2024

What lessons will we take from 2024's AI products into next year? How better to reflect on advancements in the field of AI over this past ye...

55:58Dec 26, 2024

Coaching Up: Should your AI be teaching you how to use it?

Everywhere you turn, companies have shoved AI features into their products that no one is using. Today, Fraser and Nabeel ask each other—are...

41:31Nov 22, 2024

Q&A: Is NotebookLM an exception to a rule? When to copy? When are small improvements better than big bets? Will data privacy matter?

Open format Q&A this week. Fraser and Nabeel explore AI data privacy, the ethics of copying features, and maintaining innovation. They discu...

41:33Nov 1, 2024

"Software should be soft" - Meter Command with Anil Varanasi

Join Fraser, Nabeel, and special guest Anil from Meter as they dive into the innovation behind Meter Command. Meter's new interface has been...

58:22Sep 30, 2024

The New Muse: Hobbyists and AI

How would you design an AI product differently for a hobbyist vs prosumer vs professional? Using MidJourney as a case study in the passion e...

28:45Aug 7, 2024

Making product on the S curve of AI. Plus, Anthropic Artifacts

Fraser and Nabeel start by retcon'ing their earlier "maybe we should stop talking about models" and reflecting on the importance of adapting...

42:28Jul 21, 2024

Granola, Designing AI for User Agency, and how to compete with $$$

Fraser and Nabeel dive into the evolving landscape of AI note-taking apps, focusing on a new product, Granola. They discuss Granola's unique...

45:19Jun 2, 2024

Should we stop talking about models?

Is it still worth it to discuss models when discussing startups? Nabeel and Fraser discuss how that may be the wrong question to ask in the...

32:45May 12, 2024

Devin & the Autonomous Engineer Wave. Plus, .Com lessons as a model for today

What is the extent of autonomous coding engineer Devin’s ability to generate real, functional applications with little to no help? Nabeel an...

39:32Apr 10, 2024

AI Models. Weighing the chances of commodity vs differentiation.

This week is a discussion of the points of differentiation vs commodification in various AI models. Including how these points might change...

37:43Mar 23, 2024