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From a Worm's Brain to Mercedes: Building AI That Runs Without the Cloud // Mathias Lechner, Liquid AI

Latest · EP 150 · 12 Nov 2026 · 58 min

From a Worm's Brain to Mercedes: Building AI That Runs Without the Cloud // Mathias Lechner, Liquid AI

Mathias Lechner (Co-founder & CTO, Liquid AI; turned research on a 302-neuron worm into liquid neural networks) on why on-device AI has to start from the hardware, why memory bandwidth limits local models as much as FLOPS, and why silicon partnerships matter more than any technical moat.

Mathias Lechner · Co-founder & CTO

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