Why Your Company Should Own Its AI Model | E2278

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*Eragon CEO Josh Sirota believes that you should "own your intelligence." He demos a live enterprise AI operating system connecting email, Slack, calendar, and financial data into a single agentic layer that's pre-trained to understand any business inside and out.

PLUS we've got IONA Drones founder Etienne Louvet, a first look at Moonshot's Kimi K2.6, and a brand new Off Duty with JCal and Lon.

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Guests :
Eragon: eragon.ai
Josh Sirota on X: x.com/joshua_sirota
IONA: ionadrones.com
Etienne Louvet on X: x.com/etienneldva
Relevant Links
Eragon Seed Round coverage: techcrunch.com/2026/03/18/this-startup-wants-t…
Neurometric: neurometric.ai
Ollama model: ollama.com
Orange Slice: orangeslice.ai
Corgi Insurance: corgi.insure
Slash Financial: slash.com
The Syndicate: thesyndicate.com
FAA Part 108 Explained: pilotinstitute.com/part-108-explained
Zipline: zipline.com
Google Wing: wing.com
Joby Aviation: jobyaviation.com
Enterprise Ireland: enterprise-ireland.com
Éire Composites: eirecomposites.com
Kimi K2.6 blog post: kimi.com/blog/kimi-k2-6
Kimi K2 series on GitHub: github.com/moonshotai/Kimi-K2
NVIDIA GB300 NVL72 work station: nvidia.com/en-us/data-center/gb300-nvl72

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5:07 Why founders should own and control their data sets
8:33 What is a "company world model?"
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11:32 Eragon demo
15:55 Giving agents their own bank accounts
19:07 Inside Eragon's first partnerships
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25:50 How does Eragon make money?
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39:33 Etienne Louvet of Iona Drones joins the show
42:37 What is FAA's Part 108?
47:13 How innovation in drones impacts the aviation industry
50:26 Working with Enterprise Ireland
58:28 Jason attended the Breakthrough Awards
1:04:10 Doug Liman's AI-powered "Bitcoin" movie
1:09:09 "Love Story" on FX and "Dust Bunny" on HBO Max
1:13:10 Jason's love of tinned fish
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