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Zhipu’s GLM 5.2 dropped last week and Silicon Valley noticed immediately. The Chinese open-source model is closing in on the American frontier on the benchmarks that matter most for agentic work. And it’s free to download, fine-tune, and run on your own servers. Developer adoption on OpenRouter is moving faster than DeepSeek did back in April.

This week we ask what it actually means for enterprises, for vertical AI companies, and for the infrastructure trade underneath all of it.

Box CEO Aaron Levie on how enterprises are thinking about model selection when capable open-source is in the mix. Harvey co-founder and president Gabe Pereyra on building specialized AI on top of open-source infrastructure. And Bernstein’s Stacey Rasgon on OpenAI’s new Jalapeño chip and what the race to cut inference costs means for Nvidia and Broadcom.

Chapters:
00:00 Introduction
1:02 Zhipu’s latest model, GLM 5.2
5:12 Gabe Pereyra, President and Co-Founder, Harvey
8:41 Aaron Levie, CEO, Box
36:31 Stacy Rasgon, Senior Analyst, Bernstein Research

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Most African startups end up doing one thing: financial services.

Ismael Belkhayat built Chari by starting in 2020 delivering groceries to small corner shops in Morocco.

Today it runs a banking-as-a-service platform, agency banking for independent retailers, and a retail operating system, and it became the first VC-backed startup to receive a payment institution license from Morocco’s central bank.

We get into why he believes nearly every African startup eventually becomes a fintech, how he killed his original e-commerce business so gradually that customers never noticed, why the grocery delivery model was a “necessary evil” that unlocked the license, and the one founder trait he bets on above all else when he invests his own money.

This is essential listening for any founder navigating a pivot, any investor trying to understand the Moroccan and North African ecosystem, and anyone curious how a delivery app turned into financial infrastructure.

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Chapters:

00:00 Intro
00:54 What is Chari
02:34 African startups becoming banks
06:40 From Grocery Delivery to Fintech
10:15 Would he start with Fintech If he did It again?
12:40 Every SaaS business becomes a Fintech
14:55 Personal angel investments
15:30 Advice to founders
16:30 Most important trait in founders
19:30 Main constraint of Chari now
21:50 Importance of people
24:53 How fundraising changed over time
29:52 Morocco’s tech ecosystem
32:10 The role of his brother in his life
33:18 Outro

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Allie Miller is the #1 most-followed voice in AI business on LinkedIn with 2M followers. She launched IBM’s first multimodal AI team, then became global head of machine learning for startups at AWS. Now her advisory firm, Open Machine, works with Novartis, ServiceNow, Warner Bros. Discovery — and she’s advised Reid Hoffman and Melinda French Gates’s Pivotal Ventures. In 2025 Allie was named TIME100 AI.
In this episode, she shows us her exact setup — 36 proactive workflows, around 100 agents running while she sleeps — and walks us through how to build it yourself without writing a single line of code. We covered the 3 context documents everyone should create first, why most people are using AI at 20% of its potential, and what separates the people winning with AI from the ones falling behind.

This is the most practical AI episode I’ve recorded. Watch it once and you’ll spend the rest of the day inside Claude.

00:00 — Intro
1:08 — Allie’s morning: AI agents working while she sleeps
02:59 — 36 workflows, 100 agents: how her system actually works
05:58 — You don’t need to code. Here’s why
08:12 — The best way to start: just complain to Claude
09:37 — Claude Chat vs Claude Cowork vs Claude Code — what’s the difference
13:26 — Live demo: building a morning briefing from scratch
16:01 — What is a “skill” in Claude — the toolbox explained
18:57 — How to migrate everything from one AI setup to another in minutes
20:23 — AI as intern vs AI as teammate — why the difference matters
24:22 — 3 documents everyone should start with in Claude
30:07 — ChatGPT vs Claude: why Allie switched
31:57 — “The concept of an hour has changed” — how AI reshapes work and pricing
33:38 — What about your business? How Allie uses AI with clients
35:48 — Allie reviews Marina’s Claude setup live
40:10 — When to trust AI and when not to
43:21 — The mindset that separates AI winners from everyone else
46:05 — What’s coming in AI in the next 12 months that nobody expects
49:33 — Your AI will know you better than your strategist
52:06 — What happens to teams when everyone is 10X more productive
54:25 — The gap in 1 year: Claude user vs non-Claude user
57:41 — Should you sacrifice income to go all-in on AI?

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In this episode of the Africans in Tech Podcast, we sit down with Abraham Kromah, Partner at Wayve Capital, live from the Techgiving Summit at Nationals Park.

Abraham shares his incredible journey from growing up in the Liberian community of Staten Island to playing linebacker at Duke University and professionally in the CFL. He breaks down how the “pivot” mindset learned on the football field became his greatest asset in the world of asset management and growth equity.

We dive deep into:

The transition from professional sports to commercial real estate and venture capital.

Why math is the most important transferable skill for any student or entrepreneur.

Wayve Capital’s thesis on AI as “Internet 2.0” and their research trip to Taiwan.

What Abraham looks for in a tech founder before cutting a check.

The importance of proximity and relationships in the investment world.

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Timestamps
0:00 – Thinking outside the box: The founder’s gap.

1:30 – Welcome to Africans in Tech live at the Techgiving Summit.

2:50 – Abraham’s roots: Liberia to Staten Island.

4:00 – From Duke Football to the Investment Space.

6:25 – Early sports days and moving to Georgia.

8:55 – The “Little Liberia” community in Staten Island.

10:15 – Playing Linebacker at Duke & majoring in Sociology.

12:30 – Growing up with an entrepreneurial grandmother.

14:00 – The mindset of an only child in an African household.

16:45 – Cutting class for MTV’s TRL in Manhattan.

19:40 – Family life and the decision to have two kids.

22:15 – Transitioning from Duke to the CFL and NFL mini-camp.

27:40 – Life after football: Construction, Mortgages, and Real Estate.

31:10 – The role of a supportive partner during career pivots.

34:30 – Meeting his partners and forming Wave Capital.

36:30 – The power of proximity: Hanging out with “Wall Streeters.”

40:30 – Why Math is the ultimate transferable skill.

42:20 – Why athletes make the best engineers and founders.

44:30 – The meaning behind the name “Wayve Capital.”

46:10 – Growth Equity vs. Venture Capital: What’s the difference?

47:35 – 4 Key things tech products need to stand out to investors.

51:20 – Investing in AI Infrastructure and the Taiwan research trip.

53:15 – How to spot a “GPT Wrapper” vs. a real business.

55:45 – Identity: Being more than just your job title.

1:00:25 – The intake process for high-net-worth investors.

1:02:00 – How to connect with Abraham Kroma.

Claude Design lets you describe what you want in plain language and get production-quality outputs. Learn how a small team built a design tool that ships in your brand, from prompt to production.

Emily Chang meets Nobel Prize-winning scientist and University of California, Berkeley, Professor Jennifer Doudna to discuss the origins of CRISPR, other breakthroughs in gene editing and what Silicon Valley gets wrong about the future of biology.

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He walked away from a six-figure investment banking salary to build in Africa. His grandfather was one of the first Africans at Harvard Law in the 1960s, then was assassinated during Eritrea’s civil war. His father fled as a political refugee. Now, Yacob Berhane is building the infrastructure for Africa’s next generation of founders.
We unpack:
• Why good African startups “died on the vine” during the funding winter
• The real reason African founders struggle to raise Series A
• How AI will create millions of jobs in Africa
• Building Quill: an agentic AI note-taker that’s quietly raised $5M+
• Why taste and discernment matter more than technical skills in the AI era
• The 48-month countdown to a “step function change” in AI
• Why builders need to stop being silent while “noise makers” fill the void

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TIMESTAMPS
0:00 Intro
2:04 What does it take to build in Africa?
5:16 Yacob’s origin story: Harvard Law grandfather, assassination, refugee father
7:13 “Life is very finite” – choosing Africa after loss
8:08 The Flutterwave connection (OluBenga in the first accelerator)
9:26 The 2014 founder vintage and startup cycles
10:07 Why African startups died: macros, currency collapse, AI boom
13:47 Building Parity: solving the asymmetry of knowledge
18:28 Africa’s 8 million job deficit
20:18 The fundraising paradox: pre-revenue vs. in-review
22:19 Default to live explained
25:34 Africa’s AI opportunity: human capital advantage
31:05 Technology won’t wait for Africa
33:25 Creativity and storytelling as leverage
37:11 The return of analog experiences
41:44 Yacob’s AI journey and building Quill
47:07 Taste, discernment, and judgment in the AI era
48:55 The $140K prototype now costs $20
52:12 The layoff reckoning: AI replacing white-collar jobs
55:04 48 months to step-function change
57:29 Robots, solar, and the future of labor
1:02:53 “You have to be an owner of something”
1:14:07 Building quietly: why they haven’t announced the raise
1:19:27 Builders vs. noise makers
1:23:38 Grandmother’s letter: seek wisdom from people who love you
1:29:43 Rapid fire questions
1:30:20 Bible verse: “Arise, shine for your light has come”
1:30:52 Best city for African founders
1:32:03 Book recommendation: The Alchemist
1:33:50 “The universe meets you at your level of faith, not fear”
1:34:03 Who should be in that chair next? Acha Leke

Africa Tech Summit Nairobi 2026 celebrated its 8th edition on February 11th and 12th at the Sarit Expo Centre in Nairobi. Bringing together leading industry players the summit explored the latest trends and insights in technology and business across Africa and beyond.

AI in Africa: Hype, Reality, and What Comes Next – Panel Session at Africa Tech Summit Nairobi 2026 – with Sir John Lazar, Co-founder and General Partner at Enza Capital, Rawan Dareer, Founder at Hakimu, H.E. Ambassador Philip Thigo, Special Envoy for Technology for H.E the President of the Republic of Kenya, Richard Muthua, Executive Head of Cloud and Cyber Security at Liquid Intelligent Technologies and moderated by Mike Mompi, Co-Founder and Managing Partner of Enza Capital.

This panel brought together founders, policymakers, investors, and infrastructure leaders to cut through the hype around AI and examine what it truly means for Africa. The discussion moved beyond buzzwords to focus on infrastructure, talent, sovereignty, and real-world use cases – from legal AI tools and judicial digitization to large-scale GPU infrastructure and continental policy coordination. The core theme was clear: Africa was not left behind due to lack of talent but limited access to infrastructure and capital – now the continent is actively building both, with an opportunity to define its own AI trajectory rather than copy Silicon Valley.

Key Highlights Include:

• From Hype to Infrastructure Reality: AI is transformational but requires serious investment in compute, energy, data centres, and connectivity. Companies like Cassava are building AI factories (2,000+ GPUs), fiber networks (110,000km+), and AI-as-a-Service models to lower barriers to entry.
• Excluded by Design, Not by Talent: Panellists emphasized that Africa has deep AI talent (millions contributing globally), but has faced infrastructure and policy exclusion. The opportunity now is to build sovereign, locally relevant AI systems.
• Local Use Cases Over Copy-Paste Models: Successful AI in Africa must solve contextual challenges – legal access, agriculture, healthcare, logistics, education – rather than replicate Western consumer models.
• Data Sovereignty & Governance: Hosting, controlling, and fairly monetizing African data is critical. Continental coordination, local language datasets, and practical governance frameworks are essential to ensure value stays in Africa.
• Jobs, Skills & Long-Term Investment: AI is expected to create more jobs than it displaces in Africa, but only if education systems, R&D funding, and workforce upskilling evolve. AI must be treated as critical infrastructure, with balanced funding across commercial ventures and foundational ecosystem projects.

From keynotes to dynamic panel discussions, the summit explored groundbreaking topics across four flagship tracks: the Africa Money & DeFi Summit, Africa Climate Tech & Investment Summit, Africa Startup Summit, and Africa AI & Digital Summit. Attendees immersed themselves in the latest trends, shared ideas, and discovered cutting-edge innovations that are redefining Africa’s tech landscape.

But it wasn’t just about the talks – networking buzzed with energy, workshops sparked creativity, and exhibitions showcased the region’s tech solutions.

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When we look at the explosive market for LLMs and coding assistants, it’s easy to think we are already on the doorstep of AGI. But what if the systems we call “advanced” are actually operating at the level of a preschooler when it comes to the visual world that enterprises actually care about?

In this episode of Inside the Silicon Mind, we sit down with Andrew, co-founder of Elorian, to unpack a fascinating perspective on the true state of artificial intelligence and the legendary culture that birthed the modern AI revolution. Andrew spent 14 years inside Google Brain, working alongside pioneers like Jeff Dean. In 2015, he co-authored the seminal paper on language model pre-training and fine-tuning, a breakthrough that created the foundational triangle of modern LLMs. Today, his new research and product lab, Elorian, is taking on the next massive frontier: moving humanity past “baby vision” and building the models that will unlock true visual AGI.

In this episode:

Traditional text and code models are rapidly maturing, but enterprise AI is heavily bottle-necked because current models possess the visual spatial awareness of a preschooler.

The legendary culture of early Google Brain thrived on absolute intellectual freedom, a total lack of product launch pressure, and the cross-pollination of ideas over micro-kitchen lunches.

Ambitious researchers heavily underestimate the power of career “osmosis” the ability to naturally inherit elite problem-solving frameworks just by standing in the same room as greatness.

True technological breakthroughs in physical industries like aerospace, agriculture, and data center infrastructure cannot be coded; they require AI that inherently understands complex visual diagrams.

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Chapters:

0:00 – The Myth of AGI & The “Baby Vision” Problem
0:45 – Google Brain: The Bell Labs of the AI Era
1:20 – Inside the Culture of Freedom and Innovation
2:50 – Andrew’s Journey: From the UK to Google Brain
4:45 – The 2015 Pre-Training Breakthrough That Changed Everything
7:41 – Why Language Modeling is the Core of Understanding
10:00 – The Playbook Behind the Google Brain Residency Program
13:01 – Geoffrey Hinton’s Philosophy: Modeling the Human Brain
17:25 – Psychological Safety and the Power of Being Wrong
18:51 – The Concept of Osmosis in Elite Teams
21:41 – Thinking Bigger: Moving Past Academic Niches
23:28 – Why the Frontier Labs Weren’t Built Inside Google
26:00 – Launching Elorian: The Mission for Visual AGI
28:55 – The Nokia vs. iPhone Era of AI Development
32:05 – Final Thoughts

Book recommendation:
Foundation Series – Isaac Asimov

About Andrew:
Andrew Dai is the co-founder and CEO of Elorian, a research startup focused on advancing AI visual reasoning. Before founding Elorian, he spent 14 years at Google, most recently serving as a Research Director at Google DeepMind. During his tenure there, he was a key leader in the development of the Gemini and PaLM 2 models, specifically co-leading Gemini data efforts and PaLM 2 pre-training.

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