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Be a guest on Chain of Thought

A long-form interview with the people building and running AI in production. We talk about the decisions behind the system: what you tried, what broke, and what you'd tell another team before they start.

  • 82 episodes
  • 85 guests
  • 72 companies
  • 170,020 downloads + views

Pitch an episode What guests get

Who we talk to

Engineers, researchers, founders and product leaders with first-hand experience shipping AI: models, inference, agents, evaluation, data, security and developer tools. The best episodes come from someone who can explain a real decision in detail, including the parts that didn't work.

Conversations stay technical and specific. We don't run product demos or read prepared messaging, and we push past the press-release version of a story. Guests don't pay to appear. When a sponsor's own team appears as part of a sponsorship, the episode is labeled as sponsored.

"Being on a podcast is to be honest a bit daunting, at least to me... Conor Bronsdon made this feel like a natural and relaxed conversation."

How recording works

  1. Prep call (optional, 15 minutes). We agree on the angle and the stories worth telling.
  2. Talk track, two days ahead. Conor Bronsdon sends the questions and the flow in advance, so nothing is a surprise.
  3. Recording, 45 to 60 minutes. Remote on Riverside with separate audio and video tracks. Some episodes record in person.
  4. Edit and release. We edit in-house and confirm the release date with you or your team.

What you get after release

  • An episode page on chainofthought.show with the full transcript, chapters and show notes. Each transcript passage has its own timestamped link, which makes the page easy to cite and easy for search and AI assistants to find.
  • The full video on YouTube and the audio in every podcast app.
  • Short clips when the conversation has strong moments for them, cut and ready to post. We share them in a folder as they're finished, which can be after launch day. Ask for a different moment and we'll try to cut it.
  • Ready-to-post copy for your LinkedIn and X, written from what you actually said.
  • Launch promotion from the show and from Conor Bronsdon, including a LinkedIn teaser, the full episode on X when available, and, where the episode supports them, clips over the following weeks.

Recent guests

All 85 guests are in the guest directory.

How to pitch

Email podcast@conorbronsdon.com with:

  • who the guest is and what they've built or run;
  • one decision or result they can walk through in detail;
  • why now: a launch, a paper, a talk or a change in how they work;
  • any episodes of the show it connects to.

PR and comms teams are welcome. Pitches that name a specific person and a specific story get a reply much faster than a general list of available executives. Sponsorship is a separate conversation: see sponsor.chainofthought.show.