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A guide to the best B2B podcast coverage of Small language models - the shows and 8 episodes that go deepest, ranked by substance, not downloads.

Small language models are reshaping how organizations deploy AI without the complexity and cost of massive systems. Episodes explore practical decision-making frameworks for AI adoption, from critical thinking approaches that preserve human judgment to the strategic buy-versus-build calculations CTOs like Sergii Gorpynich at Star navigate. Leaders spanning AI ethics, founding strategy, and technical architecture discuss how to stay grounded when evaluating where smaller models fit versus when to build custom solutions.

Best shows on Small language models

Best episodes on Small language models

  1. The End of One Model to Rule Them All: Why Enterprise AI Is Going Small, Specialized, and Multi-Model

    Disambiguation · 2026-06-24

    85 / 100

    …Those combinations can be as impactful or more than simple model choice, right? And so we started to show that and then started to show how ensembles, models and different approaches and sometimes small language models can perform better.…

  2. IBM’s AI Bet: Rebuilding Software Development with IBM Bob

    The Digital Leader Show · 2026-05-07

    76 / 100

    …A lot of people are going back to the or at least considering small language models and I don't similar to you worked in machine learning and analytics for a very long time and so well I have a 100 million parameter LLM like you said and then all right let's do a 100red billion one well if you're…

  3. Beyond the AI Bubble: What Founders Need to Know Now

    Startup Success · 2026-06-02

    66 / 100

    …We call them small language models and it's a very good portfolio.…

  4. Bill Gusmano on AI, Critical Thinking, and Keeping the Human Edge

    Enabling Buying · 2026-06-23

    63 / 100

  5. Solving the AI Buy or Build Dilemma for Tech Leaders with Sergii Gorpynich, CTO at Star

    Shine: a podcast by Star · 2024-06-13

    57 / 100

    …Even if we talk about so called small language models, they're still quite expensive to build and quite difficult to build.…

  6. Edge AI Foundation at Sensors Converge 2026 (with Pete Bernard)

    The neXt Curve reThink Podcast · 2026-05-07

    55 / 100

    …And then, uh, more applied almost like, small language models being applied to that sensor data to get more context- Yeah, exactly about what's going on.…

  7. shepx reimagined: a brand experience lab

    Field Notes Podcast by Brand Shepherd · 2026-07-25

    54 / 100

  8. Smarter Decisions Start With Smarter AI

    Mission Matters Money with Adam Torres · 2026-07-01

    51 / 100