The All-In Podcast · September 21, 2026 · 22m 35s

Naveen Rao: 4D Computing, AI's Energy Wall & Beating Biology

Naveen Rao joins the All-In Podcast to discuss the energy wall facing AI, where the cost per token and power constraints threaten scalability. He presents a new computing paradigm based on dynamical systems that eliminates software abstractions, promising massive efficiency gains. The conversation covers the path to product, including porting existing models and building the team.

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AI's energy wall is a critical barrier00:04:45

Rao explains that the energy cost per token and power contracts are the key bottlenecks preventing AI from scaling economically.

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A new kind of machine that cuts out software abstractions00:10:24

Rao describes a novel computing architecture based on dynamical systems, which directly maps problems to physical dynamics, bypassing traditional software layers.

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