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Qasar Younis

Qasar Younis

Pakistani American businessman, CEO and co-founder of Applied Intuition

Every podcast episode featuring Qasar Younis that Attunex has found: 43 interviews and appearances across 31 shows between 2018 and 2026. Most often on The Road to Autonomy (5), The a16z Show (3) and Sourcery (3). Often in conversation with Erik Torenberg. Follow Qasar in Attunex to get new appearances automatically, each with an on-device transcript and summary.

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Updated 2026-10-14.

  1. "Run Towards Growth" Career Advice From ex-YC COO and Applied Intuition CEO Qasar Younis
    Giant Ideas

    Today, we're back for our FINAL episode before a 3 week summer break! We're back the first week of September. Today we're joined by Qasar Younis, co-founder and CEO of Applied Intuition and former…

    2026-08-06
  2. Applied Intuition CEO, Qasar Younis: Why He Raised ~$1B but Never Spent a Dollar
    Giant Ideas

    Today, we're joined by Qasar Younis, co-founder and CEO of Applied Intuition, a physical AI company valued at $15 billion that builds the models and simulation tools behind autonomous vehicles,…

    2026-07-30
  3. Applied Intuition: A Billion Intelligent Machines
    Business Breakdowns

    Today, we are breaking down Applied Intuition. Our guests are co-founders Qasar Younis and Peter Ludwig, who started the company in 2017 with a mission to make a billion machines intelligent. The…

    2026-07-27
  4. a16z Podcast: Why Physical AI Could Transform Real-World Machines
    AI Podcast Summaries from Transcripted.ai (VIDEO)AI

    Physical AI is moving beyond software and into cars, trucks, drones, factories, and defense systems. In this condensed a16z Podcast episode, host(s) explore Qasar Younis and Peter Ludwig’s vision for…

    2026-07-24
  5. Applied Intuition’s Qasar Younis and Peter Ludwig on Building Intelligence for a Billion Machines | MTS Live
    MTS

    Qasar Younis and Peter Ludwig join MTS to discuss Dana, their new agentic platform for building physical AI applications at scale. They explain how physical AI differs from digital AI, why safety…

    2026-07-22
  6. Why Physical AI Is the Next Frontier | Applied Intuition
    The a16z Show

    Applied Intuition has spent the past decade building the software that powers intelligent machines, from passenger vehicles and trucks to defense systems, mining equipment, and industrial robots. In…

    2026-07-21
  7. Dylan Patel, SemiAnalysis, Nebius, Glean, Legora.. 12 Hot Takes From The Biggest Names in AI
    Sourcery

    Day 2 of RAISE Summit in Paris, the biggest AI summit in Europe. 12 founders, operators, and investors give us their hottest takes on the debates splitting the room right now: is token maxing genius…

    2026-07-19
  8. Sourcery: 12 AI Hot Takes on Enterprise, Infrastructure, and the Real Winners
    AI Podcast Summaries from Transcripted.ai (VIDEO)AI

    AI’s biggest names at Raise Summit reveal where the market is really headed—from enterprise adoption and data infrastructure to open source, security, and physical AI. In this condensed Sourcery…

    2026-07-19
  9. Physical AI that Moves the World — Qasar Younis & Peter Ludwig, Applied Intuition
    Latent Space: The AI Engineer Podcast

    From building Applied Intuition from YC-era autonomy tooling into a $15B physical AI company, Qasar Younis and Peter Ludwig have spent the last decade living through the full arc of autonomy: from…

    2026-04-27
  10. Battle-tested playbooks for recuriting, reading the market, and adapting to AI
    Knuckle Up with Nakul

    Qasar Younis grew up on a farm in Pakistan, moved to Detroit as a kid, and worked at General Motors before landing at Google and becoming COO of Y Combinator. He then founded Applied Intuition, today…

    2026-04-23
  11. Inside the AI Garage Powering the Real World
    Sourcery

    We got rare access inside Applied Intuition’s commercial garage with Co-Founders CEO Qasar Younis and CTO Peter Ludwig, where they’re building AI systems that power cars, trucks, mining equipment,…

    2026-04-07
  12. Inside Applied Intuition’s Physical AI Garage — Sourcery
    AI Podcast Summaries from Transcripted.ai (VIDEO)AI

    What happens when AI meets heavy industry? In this condensed take, Molly O'Shea tours Applied Intuition’s working garage with Qasar Younis and Peter Ludwig to show where autonomy is built and tested.…

    2026-04-07
  13. Applied Intuition: The $15B Physical AI Company (You Should Know)
    Sourcery

    Qasar Younis (CEO) & Peter Ludwig (CTO) of Applied Intuition join Sourcery to break down how they’ve quietly built one of the most important AI companies in the world reaching a $15 billion valuation…

    2026-04-06
  14. Sourcery — How Applied Intuition Built $15B Without Burning Cash
    AI Podcast Summaries from Transcripted.ai (VIDEO)AI

    A rare startup playbook: build product, sell to industry, and grow to $15B without spending a billion. (Original ~60 minutes, condensed to 12 minutes.) Host Molly O'Shea sits down with founders Qasar…

    2026-04-06
  15. AI Is Coming for Your Memes, Axios NPM Package Compromised, Claude Code Source Code Leak | Alex Pruden, Qasar Younis, Sebastian Mallaby, Forrest Heath, Dino Mavrookas, Will Ahmed, Jannick Malling, Ryan Daniels, Chris Yu
    TBPN

    Sign up for TBPN’s daily newsletter at TBPN.com (01:47) - AI Is Coming for Your Memes (11:42) - Axios NPM Package Compromised (23:17) - Claude Code Source Code Leak (34:36) - Google: Quantum Threat…

    2026-03-31
  16. The Secretive $15B AI Company That Never Spent Its VC Money: Its Founder's First Tweet Got a Reply From Elon Musk.
    AI DispatchAI

    Episode Introduction: In this episode of AI Dispatch, we dive deep into the story of Applied Intuition, a $15 billion AI company that has quietly reshaped the automotive and industrial landscape…

    2026-03-09
  17. The most successful AI company you’ve never heard of | Qasar Younis
    Lenny's Podcast: Product | Career | Growth

    Qasar Younis is the co-founder and CEO of Applied Intuition, a $15 billion AI company that adds intelligence to cars, tractors, planes, submarines, and other vehicles—essentially, Tesla or Waymo…

    2026-03-08
  18. You Can’t Vibe Code a 100-Ton Truck: Inside Applied Intuition’s Approach to Safety-Critical AI
    Beyond The Prompt - How to use AI in your company

    Applied Intuition builds the kind of AI you don’t see, but can’t live without. Co-founders Qasar Younis and Peter Ludwig share how their $15 billion company powers vehicle intelligence across cars,…

    2025-10-28
  19. Episode 332 | 99% of Autonomy's Impact Is Still Ahead of Us
    The Road to Autonomy

    Qasar Younis , CEO and Peter Ludwig , CTO, Co-Founders of Applied Intuition joined Grayson Brulte on The Road to Autonomy podcast to discuss why Applied Intuition continues to be one of the most…

    2025-09-16
  20. Mark Cuban, Vlad Tenev & MORE | Larry Ellison's Cloud Scores Big, Silicon Valley's Family Life, Qasar Younis, Minna Song
    TBPN

    (00:21) - Timeline (06:37) - AI Orality Opens Up the Grift Gates (27:23) - Ellison's Cloud Scores Big with AI Titans (44:25) - Timeline (01:35:31) - Silicon Valley's Pro-Family Posture Fights Reality…

    2025-08-20
  21. Inside the ex-YC partner’s $15B self driving car company | Qasar Younis
    In Depth

    Qasar Younis is the co-founder and CEO of Applied Intuition, a leading vehicle intelligence platform that helps companies develop and deploy autonomous systems at scale. In June 2025, the company…

    2025-08-01
  22. Episode 312 | The Most Interesting Company in Autonomy
    The Road to Autonomy

    Qasar Younis , CEO and Peter Ludwig , CTO, Co-Founders of Applied Intuition joined Grayson Brulte on The Road to Autonomy podcast to discuss Applied Intuition’s evolution from a tooling platform to a…

    2025-07-01
  23. The Operating System for Self Driving Cars (and Tanks, and Trucks...) With Qasar Younis and Peter Ludwig of Applied Intuition
    No Priors: Artificial Intelligence | Technology | Startups

    When will fully autonomous vehicles see widespread adoption? According to Applied Intuition, that future is closer than you may think. Applied Intuition’s CEO, Qasar Younis, and CTO, Peter Ludwig,…

    2025-06-17
  24. Applied Intuition Co-founder and CEO Qasar Younis on bringing AI to military vehicles 6/4/25
    Manifest Space with Morgan Brennan

    CNBC’s Morgan Brennan sits down with Applied Intuition Co-founder and CEO Qasar Younis to discuss the company’s work to bring AI to more civilian and military vehicles, and the important of American…

    2025-06-04
  25. Uncapped #9 | Qasar Younis from Applied Intuition
    Uncapped with Jack Altman

    I had a blast sitting down with Qasar Younis, Co-Founder and CEO of Applied Intuition, a company that’s on a mission to accelerate the world’s adoption of safe and intelligent machines. The company…

    2025-05-15
  26. E139: America’s Tech Strategy w/ Qasar Younis, Sen. Jack Reed, and Josh Wolfe
    "Upstream" with Erik Torenberg

    This week, we’re featuring a panel discussion from the 2025 Hill and Valley Forum with Josh Wolfe (Lux Capital), Senator Jack Reed (RI), and Qasar Younis, Founder and CEO, Applied Intuition They…

    2025-05-08
  27. Senator Jack Reed, Applied Intuition CEO Qasar Younis, and Josh Wolfe | Command and Control: AI, Autonomy, and the Future of National Defense
    The Hill & Valley Forum Podcast

    In this Hill and Valley Forum panel, Applied Intuition CEO Qasar Younis, Senator Jack Reed, and Lux Capital's Josh Wolfe discuss the challenges of maintaining US technological leadership against…

    2025-05-03
  28. LIVE FROM HILL & VALLEY: Jacob Helberg, Delian Asparouhov, Christian Garrett, Josh Wolfe, Eric Glyman, Karim Atiyeh, Mike Solana, Keith Rabois, Qasar Younis, Shaun Maguire, Sampriti Bhattacharyya, David Friedberg, Joshua Steinman & more
    TBPN

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    2025-05-01
  29. Truck Tech EP72 $6 billion startup Applied Intuition develops tools for emergence of autonomy
    FreightCasts

    Qasar Younis, co-founder and CEO and Peter Ludwig, co-founder and CTO, Applied Intuition Topic: Applied Intuition counts nearly every major automotive and truck maker among its customers for bespoke…

    2024-09-11
  30. $6 billion startup Applied Intuition develops tools for emergence of autonomy
    Truck Tech

    Qasar Younis, co-founder and CEO and Peter Ludwig, co-founder and CTO, Applied Intuition Topic: Applied Intuition counts nearly every major automotive and truck maker among its customers for bespoke…

    2024-09-11
  31. Episode 212 | Autonomy Insights: Powering Off-Road Autonomy
    The Road to Autonomy

    Applied Intuition is developing an off-road autonomy stack to address the growing demand for autonomous solutions in industries such as mining, agriculture, and defense. Qasar Younis , CEO and Peter…

    2024-07-15
  32. How Applied Intuition used the Valley’s hardest lessons to upgrade automotive with autonomy
    Riskgaming

    Qasar Younis and Peter Ludwig built Applied Intuition differently from most other startups. At a time of profligate spending at the peak of the tech bubble, they kept expenses low — and the company…

    2024-05-31
  33. Qasar Younis (Applied Intuition) - Radically Pragmatic Insights
    Entrepreneurial Thought Leaders (ETL)

    Qasar Younis is the co-founder and CEO of Applied Intuition, which creates software solutions to help automakers, Tier 1 suppliers, and companies in the trucking, construction, and agriculture…

    2024-04-24
  34. Radically Pragmatic Insights [Entire Talk]
    Entrepreneurial Thought Leaders Video Series

    Qasar Younis is the co-founder and CEO of Applied Intuition, which creates software solutions to help automakers, Tier 1 suppliers, and companies in the trucking, construction, and agriculture…

    2024-04-24
  35. Episode 191 | AI-First Approach: Bringing Silicon Valley’s Leading Edge to Global Automakers
    The Road to Autonomy

    Are you ready to go behind the scenes and uncover the secrets of the company playing a pivotal role in the future of autonomous and electric vehicles? In this riveting episode, we dive deep into the…

    2024-04-16
  36. E2: Applied Intuition on Scaling Culture for a $3B+ Start-Up. It’s All About Execution.
    "1 to 1000" | Scaling Startups with CEOs

    Qasar Younis and Peter Ludwig of Applied Intuition join Erik and Jack for episode two of “1 to 1000." If you’re looking for SOC 2, ISO 27001, GDPR or HIPAA compliance, head to Vanta:…

    2023-09-21
  37. 93. Test Tracks of Reality: Applied Intuition and the Simulated Road, Warehouse and Port
    SAE Tomorrow Today

    What if you could test hundreds of thousands of traffic and road scenarios before your autonomous vehicles ever even touched asphalt? Imagine billions of miles and an untold number of road events…

    2022-01-20
  38. Qasar Younis and Peter Ludwig of Applied Intuition: A Startup Designed to Win
    Pattern Breakers

    Qasar Younis and Peter Ludwig both grew up in the backyard of American automotive giant General Motors in Detroit, but didn’t cross paths until their days as product managers at Google. Since then…

    2021-12-20
  39. Simulation First Approach to Autonomy
    The Road to Autonomy

    Qasar Younis, CEO & Co-Founder, and Peter Ludwig, CTO & Co-Founder, Applied Intuition joined Grayson Brulte on The Road To Autonomy Podcast to discuss simulation and why a simulation first approach…

    2021-06-29
  40. The Autonomous Vehicles of Tomorrow
    Horsepower to Hyperloops - Kettering University

    IN THE MIX: Automotive software executive Qasar Younis discusses the future of autonomous vehicles…and how soon our cars will be chauffeering us around!.

    2021-06-22
  41. Using simulation and software to accelerate autonomy(Episode 84)
    Shift: A podcast about mobility

    Tooling has always been an auto-industry backbone. In a software era, Qasar Younis and Peter Ludwig, the CEO and CTO, respectively, at Applied Intuition, argue it’s all the more important. The two…

    2021-02-12
  42. Founder and CEO of Applied Intuition, Qasar Younis: Creating Customer-Oriented Company Cultures
    Grit

    When it comes to building a company from the ground up, Qasar Younis has done it all. A mechanical engineer by trade and entrepreneur at heart, Qasar transitioned from working on cars to building…

    2021-01-25
  43. Applied Intuition - Qasar Younis & Varun Mittal
    The Autonomous Vehicles Podcast

    Today's guests are Qasar Younis (Founder & CEO) and Varun Mittal (Senior Engineer) at Applied Intuition. In this episode we discuss why advanced simulation is important for AV development, the…

    2019-03-28
  44. a16z Podcast: Capitalizing on an Autonomous Vehicle Future
    The a16z Show

    with Peter Ludwig, Qasar Younis (@qasar), and Sonal Chokshi (@smc90) When people talk about autonomous vehicles, we hear everything from "we're much closer than you think" to "we're much further than…

    2019-02-24
  45. The Present and Future of Autonomous Vehicles with Qasar Younis and Alexandr Wang
    Village Global Podcast

    On this episode of Venture Stories, Erik is joined by two exciting guests: Qasar Younis (@qasar), co-founder of Applied Intuition, and Alexandr Wang (@alexandr_wang), CEO of Scale. Both Qasar and…

    2018-12-10
  46. Applied Intuition - Qasar Younis, Matthew Colford
    Smarter Cars

    In this episode, we interview Qasar Younis and Matthew Colford of Applied Intuition about simulation and its role in developing and testing autonomous vehicles, including the safety and policy…

    2018-10-16
  47. Live Episode: Erik Torenberg, Daniel Kan and Qasar Younis on Fundraising
    Village Global Podcast

    This special live episode was recorded at the Atrium offices in San Francisco on June 20 2018. Village Global co-founder Erik Torenberg hosted a fireside chat with Daniel Kan, co-founder and COO of…

    2018-07-19
  48. a16z Podcast: Self-Driving Cars — Where Are We, Really?
    The a16z Show

    As cars become more like iPhones and less like just, well, cars — everything changes, from data to mapping to interfaces to security and more. How so? Where are we anyway, given all the hype around…

    2018-01-31