Episodes

  • Mistral AI: Europe's answer to Silicon Valley?

    Mistral AI: Europe's answer to Silicon Valley?
    Jun 19 2025
    Katie speaks to Arthur Mensch, the 32 year old co-founder and CEO of Mistral AI who believes European sovereignty will be under threat if it does not gain traction in the race for AI supremacy. Plus, does Meta's $15bn investment in Scale AI suggest Mark Zuckerberg is anxious they are falling behind in that same race?

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    36 mins
  • Tech's rising stars?

    Tech's rising stars?
    Jun 13 2025
    Katie is at 'Founders Forum' in the Oxfordshire countryside surrounded by titans from the world of tech as well as robots, flying cars, and a host of expensive gear proclaiming everlasting health. She talks to four of the 'Rising Stars' who may one day return as titans themselves - from a French startup working on robots that burrow inside your brain to AI tools creating new materials from scratch. Danny listens and is amazed - almost!

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    37 mins
  • An AI-induced recession on the horizon? Klarna's CEO thinks so

    An AI-induced recession on the horizon? Klarna's CEO thinks so
    Jun 5 2025

    Sebastian Siemiatkowski joins the pod from the SXSW festival in London to tell the story of Klarna, the "buy now, pay later" fintech company he co-founded and currently leads. Press coverage suggests that he has gone all in on AI at the company; he claims his position is more nuanced. But what is clear, in his mind, is that an AI-induced recession may be unavoidable.


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    39 mins
  • OpenAI's iPhone moment & can AI teach?

    OpenAI's iPhone moment & can AI teach?
    May 29 2025

    Last week Sam Altman announced the acquisition of Sir Jony Ive's hardware startup, io, in order to create a new class of AI-native devices. This week, Katie and Danny ask whether this could be the bet of the century and more than just an expensive video shoot. Meanwhile did Anthropic's early model show a worrying tendency to blackmail it's users? Plus, Danny speaks to the founder of a school where kids may only have to learn for 2 hours a day, maybe! All thanks to AI.


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    46 mins
  • Can the UK invent the next internet?

    Can the UK invent the next internet?
    May 22 2025
    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.

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

    Inside the mind of Elon Musk & is the future of EV market Chinese?
    May 15 2025
    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?

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

    Deliveroo gets swallowed up, OpenAI gets purposeful & how not to get 'Tinder Swindled'
    May 8 2025
    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.

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

    What satellite imaging reveals about the Earth & will Elon take us to Mars?
    May 1 2025

    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.


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    40 mins