Alan Patterson and Darren Garvey take us on their journey to date - linking the appeal of small companies, their passion optimising and automating things, and their desire to show how tools fit together to solve bigger and bigger problems.

With over half a dozen exits to the likes of Rolls Royce, Amazon, BT, Oracle, and Google they don’t believe in optimizing for an exit, but in building value and doing a good job.

We look at the brief history of AI - #SymbolicAI #ConnectionistAI #MachineLearning #DeepLearning - it’s all #AI!

We also talk similarities and differences between being a startup in the UK and the US – the short runway, the investment and VC culture, and the engineers.

And of course, we talk about BeyondMath and how this innovative startup is transforming engineering design in key focussed industries using AI.

Produced by Carl Homer, Cambridge TV

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To remain globally competitive, Cambridge needed to refocus its innovation aspirations over the next 10-15 years.

Formed in 2022, Innovate Cambridge has been a collaborative approach that has brought together different actors and participants in Cambridge. Collectively they have developed a new agenda and in this episode Tabitha Goldstaub, Executive Director of Innovate Cambridge; and Diarmuid O'Brien, CEO of Cambridge Enterprise take us through the process, the plans, and the importance of translating the economic benefit of innovation with local community.

More information and how to get involved can be found at www.innovatecambridge.com

Produced by Carl Homer, Cambridge TV

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For our first anniversary 🎂🎉, we are joined by UK Angel Investor Simon Thorpe.

Simon talks to us about his portfolio and what he looks for in an investment. With 150-200 rounds in 60 companies and 10 successful trade exists under his belt, Simon discusses identifying investments and managing risk, advising his investments, and building relationships with his portfolio companies.

We discuss some interesting topics – does the UK sell tech companies too early? Should start-ups have revenue or not? And much more including some of the top themes from the first year of the podcast.

In this first episode of Series 2, we also have our first FOC charity advert at the end of the podcast, so stay listening to hear from this week’s charity – Form the Future CIC /Cambridge LaunchPad

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This week, we have an insightful conversation with Tony Quested about the recent annual #BusinessWeeklyAwards, and about what being a journalist means in an environment where there is so much access to and pressure to deliver news.

Working with Tony and the team at Business Weekly is much more than sending press releases – they have a unique role in opening doors and helping companies develop and grow. Tony shares his thoughts with us in this episode.

Now in their 33rd year, we look back at the legacy of Business of the Year companies and showcase some of the 2023 winners.

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In this episode, we talk to VividQ COO and co-founder Aleksandra Pedraszewska.

Aleks talks to us about the six-year journey to date at VividQ, how there are five co-founders, and the natural evolution as the team continues to expand.

Aleks talks to us about how VividQ is leading the visual revolution of #AR by integrating innovative and immersive holographic display technology into every conceivable consumer device.

Tune in for an open discussion about how a global team operates in such an exciting new technology area, while keeping their feet firmly on Cambridge soil.

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Financial journalist and author, James Ashton joins us to talk about his book ‘The Everything Blueprint: The Microchip Design that Changed the World’.

James tells the Arm story - a big corporate story, of global and high impact, with products used by 70% of the world’s population.

From producing a better chip for Acorn Computers, tension and competition with Intel and other corporate interactions, how the relationship with Nokia embraced the mobile opportunity, the human pursuit of creating great things, and other topics from Arm’s 33-year history so far.

The Everything Blueprint: The Microchip Design that Changed the World is available in all good book shops, and as an audio book.

Produced by Carl Homer, Cambridge TV

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From an engineering degree, digital media product development, Paris to New York, Tech City to Tech Nation, Brexit and other inflection points, this week’s guest Gerard Grech provides a fascinating insight on tech in a national (UK) context.

From the start of Tech City with 200 software companies to bringing government and tech entrepreneurs closer together. Moving to Tech Nation with 20 clusters across the UK – find out about some regional specialisms and how the ecosystem has grown 16x in value over the last 10 years.

With 1/3rd all UK tech unicorns having gone through a Tech Nation programme, Gerard shares some great insights for anyone working in or building a tech ecosystem locally, nationally and internationally.

Founders Forum has acquired all the assets of Tech Nation – and we’re advised to watch this space for the next era of activities as the value of the UK ecosystem is predicted to be worth $4trn by 2033.

And obviously, we ask Gerard about Cambridge and its role in the national and international ecosystem - “Cambridge has always been a huge cluster of innovation, and science and technology” - we think you’ll find his comments really engaging. 

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After a first rainy visit to Cambridge, in 2019 Gary Brotman made the decision to move his family here to take on a great opportunity with a startup.

Gary joined as VP product and marketing and set straight to rebranding the company to Secondmind. He added discipline in product development and commercialisation, and a real sense of purpose, resulting in an opportunity to take on the role of CEO.

Gary talks to us about the move to the UK, navigating changes in direction, restructuring, funding and operating in and after a pandemic, plus so much more.

We also find out about how the Machine Learning company helps engineers in the automotive industry make better decisions (see also a report by analyst house Frost & Sullivan about the future of automotive product development, featuring Secondmind https://www.secondmind.ai/insights/cloud-based-ml-the-catalyst-transforming-automotive-product-development/)

Produced by Carl Homer, Cambridge TV.

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Much of our audience is outside Cambridge, so we thought we’d invite the encyclopaedic-knowledgeable David Gill to talk us through the history of innovation in this great city. Tune in to discover more about our city's ‘magic sauce’ - a research base, people with vision, and the ability to build a broad coalition - and much more.

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Qureight is a digital healthcare company focused on applying AI-enabled lung image analysis in the treatment of severe respiratory diseases

CEO and co-founder, Muhunthan Thillai, talks with Faye about the company and how it came about, technology, funding, the recent announcement with Astra Zeneca, and a whole host of other things, including some great tips for entrepreneurs starting their journey, and a passion for family and reading. 

Produced by Carl Homer.

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