The best AI podcasts for business leaders are Built This Week, The AI Daily Brief, Everyday AI, The a16z Show, Big Technology Podcast, Hard Fork, Pivot and No Priors. A practical setup is one daily briefing for the news, one show on strategy, and one that shows what AI does when a team actually uses it.
Built This Week is our show, so we put it first; here's how we picked the rest.
Built This Week is hosted by Jordan Metzner and Sam Nadler, co-founders of Ryz Labs, weekly since June 2025, with 53 episodes so far. Each episode we build something with AI on air, test new AI tools, interview a founder or operator, and cover the AI news, in about 21-28 minutes. For leaders, it shows what AI does inside a real team: internal tools, workflows and the trade-offs, by industry.
For example, for our episode with Attention CEO Anis Bennaceur, Sam built a Monte Carlo pipeline forecast dashboard. Our industry pages, such as AI in healthcare and AI in construction, collect what operators told us.
Start with: Episode 52: She Sold Her First AI Company to Google in 2009 (September 2026), with Jennifer Dulski on AI coaching for how teams work. See all episodes.
Nathaniel Whittemore (NLW) hosts this independent daily show, covering new tools, industry moves, AI's impact on work and the bigger questions about advanced AI. Episodes run about 26-31 minutes, short enough for a morning routine. It is built for busy professionals who want a daily AI briefing, and it is rated 4.7 out of 5 from 864 ratings on Apple Podcasts, as of October 2026.
Start with: Why AI Hasn’t Increased Unemployment, According to Anthropic (July 2026). Read our full profile of The AI Daily Brief.
Jordan Wilson runs Everyday AI as a weekday livestream and podcast that helps "everyday people" use AI at work. It mixes AI news roundups, how-to episodes and guest interviews, typically in 33-40 minutes. Its "Start Here Series" episodes, such as one that simplifies desktop agent lingo, are a natural entry point for non-technical professionals and business users; it is rated 4.7 out of 5 from 148 ratings on Apple Podcasts, as of October 2026.
Start with: Ep 853: The State of the AI Race. Who will win in 2026: OpenAI, Microsoft, Google Or Anthropic (Start Here Series Vol 12) (September 2026). Read our full profile of Everyday AI Podcast.
Andreessen Horowitz's flagship show (formerly titled the a16z Podcast) covers tech and culture trends with rotating a16z partners, industry experts and business leaders. It publishes multiple episodes a week, typically 40-55 minutes, and AI is a major recurring topic. Leaders get a venture-capital view on where AI and technology are going.
Start with: Greg Brockman on Why OpenAI Says We’re Entering the AGI Era (September 2026). Read our full profile of The a16z Show (a16z Podcast).
Tech journalist Alex Kantrowitz covers Big Tech and AI about twice a week, with weekly news-discussion episodes and interviews with industry insiders. Episodes typically run 56-62 minutes. It is the pick for professionals who follow Big Tech strategy and the business side of AI; it is rated 4.7 out of 5 from 617 ratings on Apple Podcasts, as of October 2026.
Start with: Meta CTO Andrew Bosworth: Our Path To Frontier AI, Renting Models, Consumer AI's Struggles (July 2026). Read our full profile of Big Technology Podcast.
Hard Fork is The New York Times' weekly tech news show, with heavy AI coverage. Kevin Roose and Casey Newton hosted it from 2022 until both left in 2026; per the October 2026 feed, guest host Max Read and Times reporters are hosting for the next few months. It is an accessible weekly read on tech and AI news from mainstream journalists, and it is rated 4.3 out of 5 from 5.5K ratings on Apple Podcasts, as of October 2026.
Start with: The Bing Who Loved Me + Elon Rewrites the Algorithm (February 2023). Read our full profile of Hard Fork.
Kara Swisher and Scott Galloway discuss the week's biggest stories in tech, business and politics, including AI, every Tuesday and Friday, with predictions and occasional guests. It comes from New York Magazine and the Vox Media Podcast Network, and episodes typically run 59-70 minutes. It suits listeners who want opinionated commentary that connects AI to business and politics; it is rated 4.2 out of 5 from 9K ratings on Apple Podcasts, as of October 2026.
Start with: Zuck's Meta Manifesto, Data Center Wars, and AI Slop Pushback (August 2026). Read our full profile of Pivot.
Investors Sarah Guo and Elad Gil interview leading AI engineers, researchers and founders weekly about AGI timelines, market disruption and research, in episodes of about 36-45 minutes. Produced by Conviction, it gives leaders a look at the AI companies and ideas their markets may be shaped by next.
Start with: NVIDIA’s Jensen Huang on Reasoning Models, Robotics, and Refuting the “AI Bubble” Narrative (January 2026). Read our full profile of No Priors.
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For a short daily update, The AI Daily Brief (about 26-31 minutes). For practical tips on using AI at work, Everyday AI. For strategy and the business side of Big Tech and AI, Big Technology Podcast and The a16z Show.
Everyday AI is aimed at helping 'everyday people' use AI at work, and Hard Fork from The New York Times covers tech and AI news for a general audience. Neither assumes you write code.
Many pair one daily show, such as The AI Daily Brief or Everyday AI, with a weekly show like Hard Fork, Pivot or Built This Week, where Jordan Metzner and Sam Nadler build something with AI on air and interview an operator.
