The Next Iteration Podcast

All about defense. This is arguably one of the most difficult and interesting conversations we've ever had on the podcast. Enjoy the listen :)

Timestamps

(2:10) - What are Segundo Bros?


(5:30) - What can young people do in Defense?

(11:44) - $1000 drones taking out 3 billion dollar ships

(25:20) - Deterrence Theory and Francis Fukuyama

(40:50) - The Valley of Death for Defense Startups

(55:00) - The Trickle Down Effect of Defense Tech

Parth Sareen, Founder of LLM monitoring startup Extensible, talks Gen AI, building cool shit, and tech Twitter.

Timestamps: 


(2:00) - How will AI change UI? Will there even be UI?

(9:25) - How did Waterloo shape you?

(19:20) - Nature vs Nurture; building cool shit

(31:40) - Founding Extensible

(38:00) - Why Do an Accelerator?

(47:30) - Why are Agents hard to Monitor? 
(1:00:20) - Human Interaction in an Agentic Future



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Back to our regularly scheduled programming with the Next Iteration Podcast! Having the privilege to talk cool ideas with amazing people has always been what we love the most about hosting a platform like this. 



On today’s episode, we talk career pivots, AI, and the future of gaming with Jijnes! He led platforms and product at EA for years, and recently pivoted to biotech to work with TempusAI.

If you know us, we're massive FIFA fans, and it was so fun getting to hear some behind-the-scenes insights on one of my favorite products of all time.

Timestamps:

(3:30) - Are video games a net positive to society?

(18:45) - Why does every FIFA game feel the same?

(27:00) - The AI “winter break” hypothesis

(32:00) - When do know you should go on a sabbatical?

(41:00) - How to pivot industries - gaming to biotech

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So, 2023 kinda kicked our ass 😅. And it's weird, usually as we approach the New Year you see a flood of "new year, new me" posts all over your feed — but it felt different this time with 2024. Did you guys feel that too?

In place of the usual posts with all the fanfare and typical hype, there was a quiet determination instead. A lot of people I talked to felt this way — no words, let's just do this. Action. With intention.

I can feel it in my bones, this is going to be a milestone year for so many of us.

Now, while Fuad Ali and I were getting our asses kicked last year, The Next Iteration Podcast (our baby and brainchild) was one of the first things we started to forego.

And this sucked for many reasons. Of course, we'd lost any semblance of balance in our lives. It turns out when you throw chronic stress, anxiety, and poor health choices into the cauldron, you don't get the Powerpuff girls — just mental health issues and an all-inclusive vacation into a rut.

But more than that, we genuinely LOVED doing this thing. And it created a void that nothing else could really fill.

It let us meet so many cool ass people and we found our own community in you guys as well.

So, as we embark into this New Year we're committed to doing this again, with intention. We learned a lot from those low points last year, and we grew a lot. We're so excited to reconnect with you guys again and catch up ❤️

And we hope that we can be part of your 2024 glow-up as well.

Here's to your continued success.

And getting up more times than you fall.

Timestamps:

(2:50) - How would you intro me?

(13:50) - Favourite podcast moment

(15:40) - the power of compliments

(20:28) - How have we changed

(23:25) - finding purpose

(35:30) - Do I need to work harder or do I just need a break

(47:25) - Random eugenics tangent

(52:50) - If you could have any future technology what would it be

Wallace Torres, Co-founder and Head of Ops at WellTheory joins us on the pod today. WellTheory is a virtual care platform dedicated to fighting the autoimmune epidemic and empowering those with “invisible illnesses.”

In this episode, we delve deep into the challenges faced by the countless millions who struggle with autoimmune diseases, often quietly and without proper recognition. We explore the gaps in traditional healthcare, the need for a root-cause approach, and the power of personalized, evidence-based care.

Join us as we uncover the unique initiatives that WellTheory is taking to fill these gaps, including expert-led holistic health programs, personalized coaching, and a supportive community that provides validation and support.

We discuss the importance of inclusivity in healthcare, the role of community support in the healing journey, and the impact of invisible illnesses on mental health and overall quality of life.

Follow Wallace on:

Twitter - @bywallacetorres

LinkedIn - www.linkedin.com/in/wallacetorres

WellTheory:

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(3:26) - WellTheory's origin story

(7:14) - How to support your loved ones through their autoimmune condition

(12:14) - Fundraising to serve an invisible population

(19:34) - Perceptions around holistic care interventions

(23:49) - Meeting you where you're at in your health journey

(26:19) - Building a community for autoimmune patients

(31:34) - Tailoring care to your needs

(35:19) - Measuring impact and success

(39:24) - The long-term vision

(45:01) - Stand-out patient stories

(47:44) - Wallace's favourite kid

(50:19) - Advice for those struggling to reach out for help

Back with a Banger. Today's episode follows William's journey from doing Stanford ML Research to founding his startup Federato at age 22. Tune in to learn about how he thinks about building actually useful products with AI, and solving problems for real users.

Timestamps:

(6:00) - So many interesting problems work on, why AI and Data?


(20:25) - Applying to Stanford for Grad School

(26:00) - The Federato Origin Story

(34:50) - Businesses Don’t Have Problems; People Do

(43:00) - Helping Kids Learn Math Through ML

(58:00) - Reinforcement Learning and the Youtube Algo

https://federato.ai/

How can you become a strong and successful leader and inspire an innovative team across a rapidly growing company? As you know, we are on a never-ending mission to build the best iterations of ourselves, and we want to enable you to do the same. To gain the latest insights, we interviewed Gabriele Brambilla, CEO and Co-Founder of Alira Health. Join us as Gab shares his experiences of founding and developing Alira Health into a global leader in healthcare, and how his entrepreneurial spirit and team-building abilities were inspired by insights from sports and music. Discover strategies to becoming an effective CEO, how to successfully build your management skills to scale across a large enterprise, and identify and unlock the talent in your team to achieve their best.

Timestamps:

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(2:00) - How being in a position of power tests your character

(8:30) - Becoming an effective CEO

(13:00) - To KPI or not to KPI

(16:00) - Employee to CEO

(20:00) - Learning how to be a CEO through sports

(29:00) - Identifying and unlocking talent

(43:00) - If Alira were to fail, why?

(47:15) - Pronoia

(49:45) - Partnering with patients

Ray Christian's an expert in all things AI, product, and psychedelics. Today we hear his thoughts on the intersection between those spaces, tune in for a thought-provoking conversation that'll make you question your consciousness.

DISCOUNT CODE: Ray also runs Psoiree, a community for people who want to connect about their psychedelic experiences! He was kind enough to give us a discount code for our listeners, use NEXT75 for 75% off a membership!

https://www.psoiree.com/

Ray's LI: https://www.linkedin.com/in/raychristian1/

Timestamps:


4:20 - Rewind a bit; what was your path to success?


15:15 - Reintegrating after a psychedelic experience

30:21 - What if we administered shrooms to an AGI?

40:00 - What is consciousness even?

49:00 - Common Sense vs Emotion

Tune in for an intellectually rigorous conversation about investing, value, and the world's hardest problems.

Timestamps:

2:30 - Would Nostradamus make a good VC?

6:00 - How’d you go from engineer to VC?

22:30 - What are the hardest problems we need to solve?

25:00 - How do you actually measure value and impact?

37:30 - The benefits of moving to Miami

50:00 - Innovating in legacy industries

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Today’s episode is on ketamine assisted therapy and psychedelics in general, featuring Dr. Mai Shimada, who has completed her MD from the University of Tokyo, an emergency residency in New York City, and her MBA from INSEAD.



Find her on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/maishimada/


and check out her startup Isha health at https://www.isha.health/

Timestamps

2:40 - Emerg Doctor -> Founder, how did you do it?

12:30 - Did you hesitate to prescribe Ketamine as a psychedlic?

16:45 - When is the right time to consider Ketamine?

24:40 - How is this discussion different in East Asia?

37:30 - Balancing moving fast vs regulations at a healthcare startup

49:30 - FDA regulations and beyond