In this episode, Boz sits down with Shyam Sankar, CTO of Palantir Technologies, fellow Lieutenant Colonel in the U.S. Army Reserves, and author of Mobilize: How to Reboot the American Industrial Base and Stop World War III. The two reflect on their shared experience as part of Detachment 201, one year into their service. They discuss Shyam's "heretics and heroes" framework for innovation, Palantir's "artist colony" culture, and why Shyam believes AI will reindustrialize America and crea...
Jul 2
52 min
In the latest episode of Boz To The Future, Meta CTO, Head of ATA and Reality Labs, and host Andrew "Boz" Bosworth talks to Ed Catmull—co-founder of Pixar Animation Studios, former president of Walt Disney Animation Studios, Turing Award laureate, and author of the bestselling book Creativity, Inc. Ed spent 20 years turning an impossible dream—making a feature film entirely with computers—into reality with Toy Story. Along the way, he invented foundational computer graphics techniques, built ...
May 28
1 hr 13 min
What happens when design meets the AI revolution? In the latest episode of Boz to the Future, Meta CTO Andrew "Boz" Bosworth sits down with Figma Co-Founder and CEO Dylan Field, the visionary who started Figma at just 19 years old and transformed how millions of product builders create today. Boz and Dylan dive deep into the intersection of technology and creativity, from the early days when designers were scarce to today's collaborative, cloud-based workflows. They talk about the imminent pa...
Nov 19, 2025
44 min
In this episode of Boz To The Future, Meta CTO and Head of Reality Labs and host Andrew "Boz" Bosworth is joined by Lucasfilm and Industrial Light & Magic CTO Francois Chardavoine. They discuss how technology is transforming the entertainment industry and creating new opportunities for creators. Francois, with 20 years of experience in immersive storytelling, highlights how the history of film is essentially a history of technology, and how each technological advancement, from early...
Nov 6, 2025
45 min
In the latest episode of Boz To The Future, Meta CTO, Head of Reality Labs, and host Andrew “Boz” Bosworth talks to the legendary film-maker, explorer, and inventor James Cameron. James Cameron is best known for writing, directing, and producing critically acclaimed blockbusters like “The Abyss,” “Titanic,” “True Lies,” “Aliens,” and “The Terminator” and “Avatar” franchises. Beyond producing some of the most iconic science fiction films of all time, he is also an inventor and explorer, ...
Apr 9, 2025
1 hr
Welcome back for another episode with guest Alex Himel, Meta’s VP of Wearables. Alex’s team works on some of the industry’s hardest technical problems, all in the service of helping to build the next computing platform. Like Boz, he’s a tenured leader at Meta, having filled numerous leadership roles across the business in his 15+ years at the company. Boz and Alex cover a range of topics, including wearables, augmented reality, and how AI is accelerating and improving the kinds of...
Nov 12, 2024
40 min
In today’s episode, Boz is joined by StatusPRO Founders Andrew “Hawk” Hawkins and Troy Jones. StatusPRO, the company behind the immensely popular game NFL PRO ERA, was founded by former athletes Hawkins and Jones. They leveraged their experience by developing Pre Game Prep, a training product for NFL club coaches and players where they signed the Baltimore Ravens as their first client. They then moved on to develop NFL PRO ERA which is the first NFL- and NFLPA-licensed football simulati...
Oct 9, 2024
57 min
In today’s episode, Boz is joined by internationally renowned media artist and director Refik Anadol. Anadol is a pioneer in the aesthetics of data and machine intelligence. He’s been creating with algorithms since 2008, with projection mapping on an architectural scale since 2010, and in virtual reality since the days of the first Oculus developer kit in 2013. His work locates creativity at the intersection of humans and machines and uses the massive datasets around us as his primary materia...
Sep 13, 2024
45 min
In today’s episode, our host, Meta CTO and Head of Reality Labs Andrew “Boz” Bosworth, is joined by our very own Reality Labs Research Chief Scientist Michael Abrash. They cover a range of topics, from the progress Reality Labs Research has made through a decade of exploring and prototyping novel ideas, to the technologies it’s brought to Meta’s products in-market, like hand tracking, pancake lenses, and spatial audio. They take a look back at some of the biggest developments of the last 10...
Jul 29, 2024
42 min
In this bonus episode of Boz To The Future, investor, technologist, and author of The Metaverse, Matthew Ball, turns the tables on our host to ask him about Meta's vision for helping build the metaverse, MR, the challenging path to full augmented reality, investments, and timelines to building the future. You can follow Boz on Instagram, Twitter/X, and Threads @boztank. Follow Matthew Ball on Twitter/X and Threads and pick up a copy of The Metaverse at your favorite bookstore.
Jul 9, 2024
46 min
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