The Times Tech Podcast

By The Sunday Times

As The Sunday Times’ West Coast Correspondent, Danny Fortson has witnessed the technological whirlwind coming from Silicon Valley first hand. The Times' Technology Business Editor Katie Prescott ... more

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January 07, 2022 SeedInvest’s Ryan Feit: “The best founders are drop-outs and criminals”
The Sunday Times’ tech correspondent Danny Fortson brings on Ryan Feit, co-founder of SeedInvest, to talk about creating the Robinhood for private startups (3:45), working at Lehman Brothers before the recession (6:45), scratching the entrepreneurial itch (12:45), business school (16:30), the idea for SeedInvest (18:30), getting a law passed in Congress (20:20), making the regulator’s job harder (28:45), pondering giving up (31:45), finally getting regulations passed (34:20), the average SeedInvest investor (37:50), what’s in it for founders (42:10), and frothy markets (46:40).
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December 22, 2021 Glorify's Ed Beccle: "James Corden, Michael Bublé and God"
The Sunday Times’ tech correspondent Danny Fortson brings on Ed Beccle, co-founder of Glorify, to talk about his being a teenage entrepreneur (3:30), moving to London (8:00), his other businesses (10:45), starting Glorify (14:00), religion and faith (16:20), how the app took off in Brazil (20:00), raising money for a religion business (24:15), rubbing elbows with Hollywood A-listers (27:40), eyeing becoming a Christian social network (29:40), working with the church (33:00), how he met his biggest investors (35:00), Michael Ovitz (40:45) doing carpool karaoke with James Corden - and getting him to invest (45:55).
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December 17, 2021 Benedict Evans
This week Danny speaks with Benedict Evans, a technologist. In this episode they cover a range of things including web 3.0, cryptocurrency regulating tech and the future of tech as a whole.
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December 10, 2021 Cambrian Biopharma's James Peyer: "70 will be the new 50"
The Sunday Times’ tech correspondent brings on James Peyer, co-founder of Cambrian Biopharma, to talk about the unique structure of his startup (6:30), the goal (8:45), alighting on longevity as a 15-year-old (12:45), why the field has matured (15:40), what he chooses to focus on (19:50), getting drugs to market (24:55), raising money (32:00), why he chose the name (38:30), why dying of old age not necessarily an evolutionary inevitability (41:00), and the vaccine model (45:00),
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December 03, 2021 Genomic Prediction’s Elizabeth Carr: “Scoring embryos”
The Sunday Times’ tech correspondent Danny Fortson brings on Elizabeth Carr, America’s first baby conceived by in-vitro fertilization and patient advocate at Genomic Prediction, to talk about the new era of pre-natal screening (5:45), the dawn of in-vitro fertilization (8:40), the technology’s acceptance (12:10), what Genomic Prediction does (13:40), scoring embryos (16:30), the slippery slope (19:20), selecting for smarts (24:15), the cost (25:00), and the future of conception (28:30). PLUS Dan Benjamin, bio economist at UCLA, comes on to talk about why he and others raised the alarm about polygenic scoring (30:20), drawing the line between prevention and enhancement (34:15), limits of the tech (37:15), what else we can select for (40:00), and unexpected consequences (42:00).
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November 26, 2021 Thanksgiving!
We take a break this week in observance of the Thanksgiving holiday. Back next week with a new episode!
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November 19, 2021 Cruise’s Oliver Cameron: “The Everest of self-driving tech”
The Sunday Times’ tech correspondent Danny Fortson brings on Oliver Cameron, founder of Voyage and VP of product at Cruise, to talk about the arrival of self-driving cars (3:40), dropping out of uni to develop apps (14:40), getting a spot at Y Combinator (17:20), the difference between America and Britain (18:20), becoming an executive at Udacity (20:25), his disastrous first fundraising pitch (23:55), launching his self-driving car startup Voyage (28:10), selling it to Cruise (30:40), what does “self-driving” mean (33:30), launching commercial services in San Francisco (38:30), his worst day (42:20), and his best (43:20).
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November 12, 2021 Think Better's Heath Jansen: "Riding the millennial super cycle"
The Sunday Times’ tech correspondent Danny Fortson brings on Heath Jansen, founder of Think Better Group, to talk about his start running an aluminium smelter (3:30), coming to London (7:00), his ‘Jerry Maguire’ moment (8:25), creating a coffee company (12:40), why he quit the City(19:40), how his former colleagues reacted (21:25), building the Unilever for millennials (25:35), nappies (26:50), the millennial consumer (33:30), and whether sending premium products to rich people make a difference (40:30).
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November 05, 2021 A taste test of lab-grown chicken with Upside Foods' Uma Valeti
The Sunday Times’ tech correspondent brings on Uma Valeti, founder of Upside Foods, to talk about creating “cultivated meat” doing a taste test (4:00), the process (6:00), why he is working on this (10:20), his “aha” moments (12:15), signing a release to eat chicken (19:55), cutting out fetal bovine serum (23:10), the scaling challenge (26:00), and the importance of transparency (29:40).
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October 29, 2021 Bessemer’s David Cowan: “The more off-the-wall the better”
The SundayTimes’ tech correspondent Danny Fortson brings on David Cowan to talk about Bessemer Venture Partners' anti-portfolio (4:00), missing Google (6:05), why tech is accelerating (7:25), why he bet on space (10:00), why colonizing space is “inevitable” (12:45), the rise of micro satellites (15:30), backing Rocket Lab (21:30), the privatisation of weather (25:00), backing off-the-wall ideas (27:30), the future of Silicon Valley (34:45), his mock-umentary Bubbleproof (38:00), and the FOMO epidemic (41:40).

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