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After many years in London, Danny Fortson returns to Silicon Valley to meet the new wave of tech entrepreneurs hoping to disrupt our lives.

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    The Danny In The Valley podcast is an incredibly insightful and entertaining show that covers a wide range of topics in the world of tech. I started listening a couple of years ago and recently returned as a regular listener. One of the best aspects of this podcast is Danny's skill as a host. He navigates interviews with such skill that they are easily accessible to the layman listener, even though the topics discussed can be quite technical.

    Another great aspect of this podcast is the range and variety of topics covered. Danny puts extraordinary effort into covering salient topics and finding guests that are authentic and innovative in the world of tech. The insights they bring to bear are mind-blowing every single time. From aviation to space exploration to emerging startups, there's always something new and interesting to learn from each episode.

    One potential downside to this podcast is that it may not appeal to everyone, especially those who have no interest in or knowledge about the tech industry. However, even for non-tech enthusiasts, this podcast still offers something valuable because Danny is able to make every topic accessible and engaging.

    In conclusion, The Danny In The Valley podcast is a must-listen for anyone interested in keeping up with the world of tech. With its engaging conversations, insightful content, and actionable ideas, this podcast provides a great way to stay informed about a wide range of technical businesses across Silicon Valley and beyond. Danny's interviewing style and his ability to draw out the most from his guests make each episode informative and enjoyable. Whether you're already knowledgeable about tech or just starting to explore this field, this podcast has something for everyone.



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    Latest episodes from Danny In The Valley

    Can the UK invent the next internet?

    Play Episode Listen Later May 22, 2025 40:48


    The internet, GPS, autonomous vehicles... they all have one thing in common: they're existence is in large part down to the DARPA (the US Department of Defense's Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency). And the UK is trying to repeat the success of that agency with its own: ARIA (the Advanced Research and Invention Agency). The organisation's CEO, Ilan Gur, joins Katie to discuss how. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    Inside the mind of Elon Musk & is the future of EV market Chinese?

    Play Episode Listen Later May 15, 2025 39:23


    Katie and Danny are joined for a conversation with Jon McNeil. For a pivotal 30 month period, Jon was President of Tesla and worked closely with Elon Musk. And also just where is the EV market currently at? Is the future of driving autonomous? And how best to invest in our AI future? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    Deliveroo gets swallowed up, OpenAI gets purposeful & how not to get 'Tinder Swindled'

    Play Episode Listen Later May 8, 2025 39:42


    Sam Altman wrote a letter to staff at OpenAI explaining a new structure for the company. Katie and Danny react to that and the news this week that Deliveroo had agreed to a £2.9billion takeover from DoorDash. Plus, an interview with the subject of Netflix's Tinder Swindler, who in a world of deepfakes and online scammers wants us to trust again. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    What satellite imaging reveals about the Earth & will Elon take us to Mars?

    Play Episode Listen Later May 1, 2025 39:57


    Danny's second obsession (after humanoid robots) is space, so he's been speaking to someone sending satellites into orbit. No, not Elon Musk - though naturally his plans to colonise Mars do come up. Will Marshall is the co-founder and CEO of Planet Labs, a company which provides often revealing imagery of Earth in high definition.Any thoughts or questions, get in touch - techpod@thetimes.co.uk Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    Binance's new CEO makes the case for crypto (and forgiveness)

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 24, 2025 48:39


    Finally, the crypto episode is here. And after a lowdown on the vibe shift towards the industry in Washington, Katie is joined by Binance's new CEO, Richard Teng, who is tasked with making the case for the company that was beset by scandal under previous CEO and founder, Changpeng Zhao “CZ”. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    The global fallout from Trump's tariffs

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 17, 2025 36:42


    Ryan Peterson is the CEO of Flexport, a company that plans and manages shipping globally. Perfectly positioned, then, to lay out the inside story on how companies have been affected by President Trump's tariffs and what happens next. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    A device that records your entire life? Yeah, sure great idea...

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 11, 2025 43:27


    What if there was a device that could record every conversation, every interaction, and then transcribed your entire life? Well there is, the Pendant, and according to its creator, it isn't like an episode of Black Mirror at all. In fact, its creator, and CEO of Limitless AI, Dan Siroker, believes it can "to free the human mind from its biological limitations". He joins the pod to speak to a sceptical Danny Fortson. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    Dropbox CEO drops in & Softbank's $40B OpenAI bet

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 4, 2025 49:24


    It's been almost 20 years since Drew Houston founded Dropbox in an effort to solve the problem of forgotten USB sticks. But how is the company innovating in a now much busier market? Plus Softbank makes a $40billion investment in OpenAI, while a new book allegedly tells the inside story of Sam Altman's 2023 (temporary) dismissal. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    Will your humanoid robot compliment you? And the end of 23andMe?

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 28, 2025 41:35


    Danny has been delving deeper into his humanoid robot obsession as he interviews the CEO of Texas based company, Apptronik. Plus, what went wrong at 23andMe as the once buzzy biotech startup files for bankruptcy. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    Nvidia goes for it! And a Silicon Valley dogs life start up!

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 21, 2025 49:25


    Danny reports from the Nvidia GTC event, which he calls the 'Super Bowl of AI.' And he and Katie discuss whether some of the biggest tech companies in the US really are currently losing money. Plus, a Silicon Valley start-up, Loyal, is developing drugs to extend the lives of dogs - so just how close are they to success? It's CEO, Celine Halioua shares the latest breakthroughs and what this could mean for human longevity. (And what does this mean for Kate's tadpoles?)Clips: Nvidia Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    The algorithm says we're soulmates… Now what?

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 14, 2025 46:23


    Hinge CEO, Justin McLeod, joins the podcast to discuss how online dating Apps have changed dating (for good or bad) and how AI may change it even more. While Danny argues that being direct might just be better than tech! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    Ocado's robotics, Crypto's rise and Skype's demise

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 7, 2025 48:27


    Tim Steiner, the CEO of Ocado, drops by the studio to discuss in detail his expectations for the future of food deliveries with the use of robotics and humanoid robots. Elsewhere, President Trump wants is making the USA the "Crypto Capital of the World". And Danny gets personal as he and Kate reminisce as Skype is "retired". Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    Nuclear's big return, British creators revolt & Elon sends an email

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 28, 2025 44:27


    Is nuclear power the answer to energy hungry Artificial Intelligence? Matt Loszak CEO & Cofounder of Aalo Atomics thinks so. Plus, British artists send a disapproving open letter about AI to the Government, while Elon Musk sends a strongly worded email to Government employees. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    With Marc Benioff, CEO of Salesforce

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 21, 2025 43:46


    Marc Benioff, CEO of Salesforce & owner of Time Magazine explains his vision of the future of work. Plus he talks President Trump, Elon Musk and has a pop at Microsoft's AI too. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    Elon bids for OpenAI, and Sam says no

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 16, 2025 26:40


    Katie and Danny explore Elon Musk's $97.4 billion bid to buy OpenAI, and Sam Altman's instant dismissal of the bid, as well as decoding the rest of the exclusive interview earlier in the week. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    An interview with Sam Altman, Co-Founder & CEO of OpenAI

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 10, 2025 29:09


    Ahead of the Paris AI Action Summit, Katie and Danny are together in London for a special interview with the man who is synonymous with Artificial Intelligence - Sam Altman. He is the studio talking all things OpenAI, President Trump, DeepSeek and the future of life and work. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    Autonomous Data Production Units (ADPUs) - really, Danny? Plus a Silicon Valley vibe check...

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 7, 2025 44:20


    The CEO of Getty Images, Craig Peters, joins the podcast to make his case for the ongoing value of human creation in an AI world. Plus Danny updates on how Tech is embracing President Trump's new administration. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    DeepSeek and you shall find? With Professor Neil Lawrence

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 31, 2025 33:35


    The release of DeepSeek's R1 language model by a little known Chinese AI company sent Silicon Valley into turmoil this week - albeit temporarily. Who, how, why and what is DeepSeek? Professor Neil Lawrence joins the pod to help Katie and Danny answer those questions and a few more besides.Clip: AI House Davos Jan 2024 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    Trump's "broligarchy", writers' rights and TikTok returns?

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 24, 2025 42:45


    A picture is worth a thousand words - it is said - and at President Trump's inauguration some of the biggest names in tech were very much in the picture. TikTok banned; then unbanned. And Trip Adler, founder of Scribd, joins the show to talk about a new venture and a potential Spotify moment for AI and humans (or at least the authors among us!).Clips: @tiktok via Tiktok@Henry的小木屋 via Xiaohongshu Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    AI Very British Revolution!

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 17, 2025 40:51


    The Technology Secretary, Peter Kyle, joins the pod to discuss the British Government's 'AI Opportunities Action Plan' (and Elon Musk). Plus, a new guide the UK's fastest growing tech companies is revealed by The Times and Sunday Times. Find it here - https://www.thetimes.com/sunday-times-100-tech/tech-feature/article/best-uk-tech-companies-2025-qzt9lcmnd Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    Sam Altman reflects on AI, Meta scraps fact-checkers, and data centres in outer space?

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 10, 2025 40:45


    Is AGI right around the corner? Sam Altman thinks so. Mark Zuckerberg decides to get rid of fact-checkers at Meta, at least for the USA. And what does it take to put data centres in space? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    Big predictions for Big Tech in 2025!

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 3, 2025 33:01


    Happy New Year! If 2025 is half as fascinating as 2024, we're in for wild ride. So, to predict the future, Katie and Danny are joined by two venture capitalists who spend their days checking out where tech goes next. Interplanetary overdrive anyone? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    Drone deliveries in London this Christmas

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 27, 2024 27:00


    Drones! Guys and St. Thomas' Hospital in London have started a pioneering trial using drones to deliver blood samples between the two sites. Sound simple, but this is one of the most regulated airspaces on the planet so how did they do it? Plus Katie and Danny get nostalgic for Christmas Tech past. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    Anthropic's Dario Amodei

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 20, 2024 43:43


    Dario Amodei imagines that "powerful AI" will bring a golden future which people "will be literally moved to tears by". He talks about his grand vision and his grave concerns; and why he left OpenAI. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    Be the "CEO of your own health" & GM pulls the plug on robotaxis

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 13, 2024 40:05


    Will an Oura ring change the health industry as we know it? The company's CEO Tom Hale is this week's guest. Plus, why GM have pulled the plug on their robotaxi and has Google come closer to achieving the dream of quantum computing? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    The AI newsroom & Intel's fall from the top

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 6, 2024 43:43


    How can we trust the news in a world with artificially created content? Thomson Reuters CEO, Steve Hasker, joins the podcast to discuss the use of their information, and the future of journalism. Plus a look at Intel as the battle for chip supremacy goes on. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    Google vs The Feds & Quantum computing for babies?

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 29, 2024 39:24


    What's the point of quantum computing now we have generative AI? Will quantum computing change the world? And just what is quantum computing anyway? Raj Hazra, CEO of Quantinuum, joins the show to explain. Plus the Bluesky debate continues, and should we use Google to find out what a monopolist is? Clip from BBC Radio 5Live Breakfast used by permission. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    Bluesky is getting bigger but how big?

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 23, 2024 44:11


    Danny and Katie take on two big issues of the week - finding out from social media analyst Dan Whitmarsh just how big new social media platforms need to be. And software security expert Joe Levy talks about where crypto is taking us. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    Are flying cars the future?

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 15, 2024 47:07


    The future might finally be here! Danny visits the headquarters of Joby Aviation, the company possibly furthest along in commercialising "flying cars" - just don't call them that! Plus, more on how the tech world is reacting to Donald Trump's victory and Elon Musk's new job. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    Big tech and big politics

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 8, 2024 35:39


    Danny and Katie look at the implications for Tech with the return of President-elect Donald Trump to the Whitehouse. And media analyst, Renée DiResta joins Danny and Katie to talk about how the new digital media has changed politics - and what you can do to be heard. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    What if robots thought like animals?

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 1, 2024 45:08


    If we made robots think more like animals, how clever could they be? This week we hear from David Rajan, CEO of Opteran, a pioneering AI company which is reverse engineering biological brains to create a "radical new scientific approach to doing AI". And Danny, the cat and the Tesla. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    Satya Nadella, Chairman and Chief Executive of Microsoft

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 25, 2024 53:26


    Satya Nadella is only the third boss in the tech giant's 50 year history, but he has pivoted Microsoft towards accelerating technology, and forging partnerships with leading companies including OpenAI. On a whistle-stop AI tour of the world and in his only UK interview this year - this exclusive conversation with Satya Nadella covers the dangers, pitfalls and growth of AI. What better time to sit down with the Microsoft supremo than almost two years after the public launch of ChatGPT? He tells Katie that his major worry is that nations miss the opportunity to take advantage of AI and technological innovation for economic growth "ultimately the benefits of it being much more broad spread are, I think... the real dream." Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    Al Gore, Tech and Climate

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 18, 2024 51:45


    Katie and Danny are joined by Al Gore for big thoughts on how to take on the big challenges. Outside of AI, there is one area that is still getting a good amount of venture capital dollars and that's tackling climate change. But what's the right way to invest and will it work? Who decides the way forward, the investors, the tech giants or the politicians? And who better to answer these questions than Al Gore, former US Vice-President and now guru to climate campaigners worldwide. He's our guest this week. Follow us now for more big interviews coming up. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    Vlad Tenev (Plus, Nobel Prizes for A.I.)

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 11, 2024 49:44


    This week - money, invention and regulation as we delve deep into the mind of Vlad Tenev, the co-founder and CEO of Robinhood, a hugely influential App designed in their words to “democratise finance”. And did Danny cleverly predict in our first episode, that Sir Demis Hassabis would indeed win a Nobel Prize? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    The First Episode: Google DeepMind's Sir Demis Hassabis

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 4, 2024 34:52


    Danny joins Katie in London for the Times Tech Summit, where the co-founder and boss of Google DeepMind Sir Demis Hassabis sets out his startling view that AI has the potential "to cure all diseases" and could 'have general human cognitive abilities within ten years." But fundamentally - do we really understand what AI is? Professor Neil Lawrence, the inaugural DeepMind Professor of Machine Learning at Cambridge University, Faculty AI CEO, Marc Warner, and Naila Murray, Director of AI Research at Meta share their views. And Danny and Katie ponder whether AI mania could be more about money than the mind? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    Coming soon: The Times Tech Podcast with Danny and Katie

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 1, 2024 21:38


    Danny Fortson in California - 'Danny in the Valley' - joins Katie Prescott in London to talk to the people changing tech across the world. As The Sunday Times' West Coast Correspondent, Danny Fortson has witnessed first hand the technological whirlwind coming from Silicon Valley. Katie as Technology Business Editor at The Times has reported on how digital technology is transforming businesses and society around the world. Now ‘Danny in the Valley' meets ‘Katie in the City' - with a podcast presented from San Francisco and London. Each week sees a fresh interview with pioneers in tech from the brightest start-ups to the tech giants as they chronicle the AI revolution. Sounds good, but what will it sound like? Here's a taste.'What Occurs' by Islands is used by permission. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    Danny in the Valley meets Katie in the City

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 27, 2024 40:17


    'For nearly seven years Danny Fortson has made the Valley his own, interviewing the newcomers and the established; the inventors and the entrepreneurs; the brightest minds and most daring doers in Silicon Valley. Now the show gets an extra dimension as he is joined by London Technology Business Editor, Katie Prescott for the new Times Tech Podcast as they look at who is shaping tech not just in Silicon Valley, but around the world. It will be with you very soon, but first a special edition of Danny in the Valley, where Danny talks Katie through the people and the themes from the journey so far. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    Tech legend John Chambers: “Don't do the right thing for too long”

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 20, 2024 57:21


    The Sunday Times' tech correspondent brings on John Chambers, former chief executive of Cisco, to talk about artificial intelligence (4:30), why booms are necessary (8:00), coming to Silicon Valley (12:15), Cisco (14:15), buying 180 companies (19:00), the dotcom bust (23:00), how the old startups have grown up (29:15), whether founder shares are a good thing (31:00), still working at 75 (34:00), competition (35:40), why he has bet on the startup Humane (40:45), spending his own money (45:00), how AI will change everything (48:15), and his worst day (53:15). Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    HourOne's Natalie Monbiot: “Building the virtual human economy”

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 13, 2024 41:17


    The gig economy is coming for your soul. The Sunday Times' tech correspondent Danny Fortson brings on Natalie Monbiot of HourOne, to talk about the digital clone company starting before the ChatGPT moment (4:15), turning 5 minutes of footage into a digital clone (7:10), the hunt for the “killer app” for virtual humans (13:25), how the company started (18:20), Hollywood (24:00), bringing the dead back to life (27:20), your rights over what your clone does (32:40), and virtual human marketplaces (37:20). Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    Hebbia's George Sivulka: “Bots will be most of the economy within decade”

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 7, 2024 46:11


    Artificial intelligence “agents” will create more economic value than humans within ten years. Sound outlandish? That is the prediction of this week's guest, George Sivulka, founder of AI startup Hebbia, who comes on to talk about building AI that actually works for business (3:20), AI orchestra conductors (9:15), coral reefs and why he called the company Hebbia (10:30), why he started the company (19:30), being a “disappointment” to his athlete parents (29:30), working at NASA as a teen (33:00), meeting Peter Thiel (36:45), and how AI is going to revolutionize the economy (42:00). Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    Captura's Steve Oldham: “Removing a drop of ink from a swimming pool”

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 30, 2024 45:10


    The Sunday Times' tech correspondent Danny Fortson brings on Steve Oldham of Captura, to talk about why sucking CO2 out of the air is not a bad idea (6:30), using the ocean (10:00), their contraption (11:15), whether it can be done at scale (16:45), the maths of climate solutions (19:00), paying for it (21:00), the evolution of carbon removal tech (26:00), moving to Canada from England (30:00), how the space industry is like climate (31:45), the role of regulation (34:15), raising $60m (37:45), and politics (41:30). Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    Refactor's Zal Bilimoria: “I am the investment committee”

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 9, 2024 46:48


    The Sunday Times' tech correspondent Danny Fortson brings on Zal Bilimoria to talk about being a solo venture capitalist (3:15), how he decided on investments (6:30), happening into climate tech (9:30), raising $50m every three years (10:45), learning at his dad's business (12:20), bouncing around the tech industry (14:30), his first job as a kid (21:40), focusing on hard tech (28:00), where he won't invest (31:00), hunting for the “fund returner” (35:30), why venture is not glamorous (37:00), reinventing IVF (43:20), and the potential backlash (46:00). Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    How lab-grown meat company SciFi Foods failed - and why many others may soon follow

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 2, 2024 45:12


    It wasn't long ago that lab-grown meat was booming. Startups raised billions of dollars. Investors boldly predicted the large scale slaughter of cows, chickens and fish would soon end. Then it all went pear-shaped. This week Joshua March and Kasia Gora come on to talk about how their startup, SciFi Foods, failed after raising more than $40 million on how the market turned against their company and the industry broadly (3:30), being affected by the downturn in plant-based meat (7:30), the Gamechangers documentary (10:30), being transparent with staff (15:10), the importance of failing well (19:30), the progress they made (27:30), Big Meat's lobbying efforts (30:45), whether they would do it again (32:45), the Silicon Valley machine (37:00), venture debt (40:30), and the next thing (42:30). Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    Mike Lynch's first post-acquittal interview

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 27, 2024 75:45


    British tech tycoon Mike Lynch faced potentially dying in a federal prison. But in a 12-week trial in America, he beat all the odds and was found “not guilty” last month on 15 counts of fraud brought by the Department of Justice. He comes on the show to talk about the insight gleaned from a 12-year legal fight (5:30), the need for a British “Innocence Project” (11:30), going back to the origin of the case in 2011 (16:15), how the Autonomy sale went pear-shaped (18:45), why the boring nature of the case may have helped (23:15), what he would say to HP's former chief executive Meg Whitman (26:15), getting smeared (29:15), how he won (36:30), most deals fail (43:30), getting extradited (48:20), his family (53:00), spending tens of millions of pounds on his defence (56:00), his treatment in British business and society (58:30), advising startups and the public conversation about AI (1:01:15), acquittal day (1:03:00), overhauling the US extradition treaty (1:04:30), how his wife managed (1:08:00), watching the Super Bowl (1:10:30), and feeling like he has won a second life (1:13:40). Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    Alex Deghan

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 19, 2024 50:47


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    UC Berkeley's Hany Farid: “AI is a misinformation amplifier”

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 12, 2024 33:45


    The Sunday Times tech correspondent Danny Fortson brings on Hany Farid, a digital forensic professor, to talk about launching a cybersecurity startup called Get Real Labs (3:00), the growing capability of AI to create totally believable images (6:45), and video (9:00), the Slovakia election example (12:00), the end of shared truth (15:30), why we might learn the lessons from social media regulation failures (20:50), how AI could make things far worse, pre and post election in America (23:45), and how he managed to start a company while also being a university professor (27:00). Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    Deep Sky's Fred Lalonde - Holiday replay!

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 6, 2024 75:26


    Happy July 4th! Running back one of our favorite episodes from last summer - Fred Lalonde of Deep Sky, who speaks eloquently about the need to bury every ton of CO2 emitted since the Industrial Revolution. Enjoy! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    PagerDuty's Jennifer Tejada: "Going public is the wedding, staying public is the marriage"

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 28, 2024 33:45


    When a website goes down, companies lose an average of $500,000 per minute. The Sunday Times' tech correspondent Danny Fortson brings on Jennifer Tejada, chief executive of PagerDuty, a company founded to keep that from happening (2:45). She talks about growing up in a small town (8:00), using supercomputers in the 1990's to sell consumer products (12:30), coming to the West Coast via Australia (14:00), working around the world (16:30), operating as an outsider (18:15), defending DEI (21:00), the crossover of pro sports and tech (25:00), and going public (28:30). Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    Limbic's Ross Harper: “AI won't replace doctors, it will enhance them”

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 21, 2024 46:53


    The world is aflutter with talk of "AI doctors". A UK company has actually built one. The Sunday Times' tech correspondent Danny Fortson brings on Dr Ross Harper, co founder and chief executive of Limbic to talk about creating a clinical AI chatbot (4:30), how it works (6:40), starting out four years ago 13:40), getting in with 40% of mental health care providers in Britain (17:40), being certified as a medical device (22:40), targeting America (24:40), studying computational neuroscience (27:00), starting the company (33:40), the future of AI in medicine (38:00), and the comparison to self-driving vehicles (41:15). Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    Galvanize's Tom Steyer: "We're winning the climate fight"

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 14, 2024 55:21


    The climate fight is going far better than you realise. So says this week's guest, Tom Steyer, former presidential candidate and founder of Galvanize Climate Solutions. He comes on to talk with Sunday Times correspondent Danny Fortson about why doomerism doesn't work (4:30), beating Big Oil (8:45), when theory meets reality (15:10), whether the climate argument has been won (21:30), his life before dedicating his career to climate (30:20), dabbling in politics (36:30), running a climate investment firm (41:00), running for president (44:00), and the possibility that the oil industry will transform (51:10). Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    Peter D

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 7, 2024 59:21


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