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Conor Bronsdon

I interview the people building AI, build the tools my own agents need, and write about what it all means, and how it works.

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The newest Chain of Thought episodes, two favorites, and talks I've given elsewhere.

  1. Chain of Thought, Ep 79 For AI Agent Fleets, the Model Is Rarely the Bottleneck Theory Ventures' Andy Triedman
  2. Chain of Thought, Ep 78 What Breaks When Agents Become the Customer Svix CEO Tom Hacohen
  3. Chain of Thought, Ep 77 Switching Models Shouldn't Mean Starting Over Walrus Protocol's Kimberly Logan
  4. Chain of Thought, Ep 76 Your Best AI Engineer Might Have the Worst Metrics Sonar CTO Andrea Malagodi
  5. Chain of Thought, Ep 75 Why Context Alone Isn't Enough for Enterprise AI Agents WisdomAI CPO Kapil Chhabra
  6. Chain of Thought, Ep 74 AI Codes: Product Engineers Decide What to Build Laurie Voss, Arize
  7. Chain of Thought, Ep 61 The AI Framework Era Is Over: Why Context Is the Moat Jerry Liu, LlamaIndex
  8. Chain of Thought, Ep 33 Mastering Multi-Agent Systems Mikiko Chandrasekhar, MongoDB
  9. Evan Kirstel PodcastWhat happens when your AI goes rogue? Guest spot, Sep 2025 What happens when your AI goes rogue? Evan Kirstel Podcast (opens in new tab)
  10. Guest spot, Apr 2024 SaaS metrics and growth, from the LinearB playbook Science of SaaS (opens in new tab)
  11. Build Propulsion Lab, DPE SummitDeveloper productivity and AI Guest spot, Sep 2023 Developer productivity and AI Build Propulsion Lab, DPE Summit (opens in new tab)
  12. Guest spot, Oct 2022 Leading engineers in uncertain times INTERACT panel (opens in new tab)

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  2. Ep 78
  3. Ep 77
  4. Ep 76
  5. Ep 75
  6. Ep 74
  7. Ep 61
  8. Ep 33
  9. Sep 2025
  10. Apr 2024
  11. Sep 2023
  12. Oct 2022

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What guests and listeners say

Rated 5.0 across 150 ratings on Apple Podcasts (40) and Spotify (110), as of October 2026.

  • Jeetu Patel President & CPO, Cisco
    Thanks for having me on the pod @ConorBronsdon. Always a pleasure chatting with you my friend!

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  • ArianaRaeF Apple Podcasts review

    ★★★★★

    Connor is the GOAT

    Conor has a knack for making every conversation interesting and easy to follow. He gets guests to go deeper while keeping even the most technical and complex topics approachable and fun.

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  • Kimberly Logan Head of Product, Walrus Foundation
    Thanks for having me, @ConorBronsdon. Loved this conversation

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  • sk8 Apple Podcasts review

    ★★★★★

    always well researched

    Conor does a great job of bringing the most relevant convos to the table, proving that timing + quality wins every time. have this on auto-download

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  • SterlingChin Apple Podcasts review

    ★★★★★

    The Needle in the Haystack of AI podcasts

    Conor is thoughtful with his questions, and it brings out the best in many of his guests. … CoT is one of my top 3 podcasts.

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  • Anush Elangovan VP of AI Software, AMD
    “Systems that were built for humans may not scale..” Always great to chat with @ConorBronsdon on Chain of Thought.

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  • IHeartPonycorns Apple Podcasts review

    ★★★★★

    Excellent Resource for AI Insight and Great Ear Feel

    Do I want to drift off to sleep to the sound of Conor’s voice? Absolutely! But can I? NO! Because I’m absolutely riveted by the education and insight.

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  • Evan K. 2.0 Apple Podcasts review

    ★★★★★

    Kudos to Host and Guests

    I really appreciate Conor finding sharp guests and deftly guiding the conversation.

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  • Andrea Malagodi CTO, SonarSource
    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. … an enjoyable experience end to end

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  • KaylaG111 Apple Podcasts review

    ★★★★★

    A must listen AI podcast

    Most AI podcasts drown you in really deep technical jargon or just rehash the same surface-level takes but Chain of Thought has found the perfect in between. Conor clearly knows the space well …

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  • Teo of the West Apple Podcasts review

    ★★★★★

    A Must Listen for Anyone Entering AI Space

    Conor brings in leading experts and breaks down complex topics in a way that actually makes sense. … Conor is also just a genuinely great person — it comes through in every episode.

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Everything I've shipped since 2019

672 episodes, articles and repos on the public record, by quarter.

  • Podcast episodes255
  • Articles and essays361
  • Open-source repos56
Sources: the Chain of Thought, Dev Interrupted (my LinearB years, 2021–2024), and Growing the Green Economy feeds; the publication archive; and public GitHub repos by creation date. The archive is a census of what can be found, not a complete history.
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I build tools for agents.

Trust infrastructure for agents: permissions, provenance, memory hygiene, and proportionate review. Built for my own work first, then open-sourced.

Agent MemoryChecksWriting
  • Context & memory agent-context-os ★ 30 Git-backed context and workflow for Claude Code, Codex, and Hermes.
  • Check & prove ssot-check One canonical home per fact; every copy audited.
  • Write & publish avoid-ai-writing (skill) ★ 5,256 Audit + rewrite AI writing patterns. Public Claude Code skill.

56 public repos, 5,441 GitHub stars (as of October 26, 2026)

See the builds

I help AI companies grow.

Developer relations, ecosystem, and technical marketing for AI infrastructure and developer-tools companies, from someone who has built those functions from inside.

  • Modular Acquired by Qualcomm
  • Galileo Acquired by Cisco
  • LinearB Series A to B
  • Microsoft Enterprise consulting
Ways to work together

I back founders.

I write angel checks of $1–10K into AI infrastructure, developer tools, and robotics.

  • Substack
  • Zaapi
  • Hermetiq
  • Iris
  • DreamForge
  • Scam.ai
  • Swytchcode
  • Shield
  • Haply Robotics
  • Trilobio
  • Stride Soles
  • Rad Intel
  • Self Care
  • Ansel
  • YC Orange Fund F25

15 active portfolio companies

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Previously

How I got here

Full bio

  1. Middle school

    Websites and RuneScape clans

    I taught myself to build websites by making them for RuneScape clans, then ran clans of my own. Keeping an online community together was my first lesson in organizing people.

  2. High school

    Computer labs abroad

    I refurbished donated PCs with a nonprofit that built school computer labs across Latin America, Africa, and the Middle East. It’s how I got into computer hardware.

  3. Campaigns

    Organizing and campaign management

    I started my career in political organizing and ran campaigns, which taught me to listen closely, explain complicated ideas plainly, and turn interest into people showing up.

  4. 2015–2016

    Building my own business

    I co-founded B&B Strategies, a political tech and consulting firm whose clients included Rep. Pramila Jayapal and Lt. Gov. Cyrus Habib, then sold my stake to my business partner after the 2016 cycle.

  5. Into tech

    Content, community, and Dev Interrupted

    Content marketing at Olive & Goose, enterprise consulting at Microsoft, then LinearB, where I co-hosted Dev Interrupted. Helped LinearB grow ARR 28x during my tenure after joining as employee #23.

  6. AI

    Galileo and Modular

    Employee #40 at Galileo (acquired by Cisco, May 2026), then led Technical Ecosystem at Modular (acquired by Qualcomm, July 2026), running developer relations and community.

  7. Now

    Host, builder, advisor, investor

    I host Chain of Thought, build open-source tools for agents, advise AI infrastructure companies, and write checks into founders I believe in.

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