# Why AI Compute Comes in Rectangles — Erik Bernhardsson, Modal CEO

An episode of [Latent Space: The AI Engineer Podcast](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1674008350), 22 Oct 2026, 1 h 26 min.

Audio: https://podcasts.beehiiv.com/3967c1f2-cb97-4eb0-a5c0-21a1d2579408/01a15fdf-0e93-7e1a-880d-d73752a1f915/01a16579-8537-79c0-86b7-c9fb7a723041/01a16579-85f9-7405-b65b-7eeb25ff90b0.mp3

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