TNW Podcast

Welcome to the new episode of the TNW Podcast, the show where we discuss the latest developments in the technology ecosystem and feature interviews with some of the most influential people in the industry.

In today's episode, we're happy to present an interview with Kirsty Sharman, founder and CEO of Referral Factory, one of the leading referral marketing platforms in Europe. Kirsty breaks down how referral programs really work, from the lemonade stand basics to the numbers behind them, and shares why cash is still king when it comes to rewards.

We also get into the hard parts: why most referral programs fail (hint: it's marketing, not tracking), how European data privacy rules shaped Referral Factory's product, and why distribution now matters more than the product itself for founders building in 2026.

Feel free to email us with any questions, suggestions, and opinions at [email protected].

Welcome to the new episode of the TNW Podcast — the show where we discuss the latest developments in the European technology ecosystem and feature interviews with some of the most interesting people in the industry.

In today’s special episode, we're happy to present an interview with Diana van Stijn, co-founder and chief medical officer at Lapsi Health, a Dutch startup that builds smart medical hardware — starting with a digital stethoscope. Also featured in the interview is the sound of Andrii's heart as captured by Lapsi’s first device, Keikku. 

Here are the links for this episode:

• Dutch startup targets remote patient monitoring with its smart stethoscope
• Keikku launch video on YouTube
• Another great podcast to listen to on this topic: Twenty Thousand Hertz — Sonic Diagnosis

Music and sound engineering for this podcast are by Sound Pulse.

Feel free to email us with any questions, suggestions, and opinions at [email protected].

Welcome to the new episode of the TNW Podcast — the show where we discuss the latest developments in the European technology ecosystem and feature interviews with some of the most interesting people in the industry.

In today’s special episode, we're happy to present an interview with Phill Robinson, founder of Boardwave — a networking platform for founders and CEOs working in the European software industry.

The conversation — recorded by our senior editor Linnea Ahlgren — focuses around Europe’s pathway to success. What are we doing right and wrong, compared to the other continents? What’s the future of the European software industry like? And what does AI have to do with it?

Here are the links for this episode:

• The white paper: “How the UK & Europe can lead the global software industry by 2034”

Music and sound engineering for this podcast are by Sound Pulse.

Feel free to email us with any questions, suggestions, and opinions at [email protected].

Welcome to the new episode of the TNW Podcast — the show where we discuss the latest developments in the European technology ecosystem and feature interviews with some of the most interesting people in the industry.

In today’s special episode, we're happy to present an interview with Anita Schjøll Abildgaard, co-founder and CEO at Iris.ai. The startup has been around for almost a decade and saw several significant pivots, while Anita and the team have been through all the highs and lows imaginable, including balancing on the brink of bankruptcy. Anita and Andrii talked about it all, as well as the future of academic publishing, the prospects of generative AI, the inconvenience of chat interfaces, and much more.

Here are the links for this episode:

• What is Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG)?
•  Scientific publishing is rigged — at our expense, by Anita Schjøll Abildgaard

Music and sound engineering for this podcast are by Sound Pulse.

Feel free to email us with any questions, suggestions, and opinions at [email protected].

Welcome to the new episode of the TNW Podcast — the show where we discuss the latest developments in the European technology ecosystem and feature interviews with some of the most interesting people in the industry.

In today’s special episode, we're featuring a conversation between the TNW Podcast co-host Andrii Degeler and our old friend, former colleague, and current freelance contributor, Callum Booth, about the future of publishing — particularly in the space of tech journalism, but also in a broader context. This fireside chat was recorded with live audience at Rome Startup Week.

Music and sound engineering for this podcast are by Sound Pulse.

Feel free to email us with any questions, suggestions, and opinions at [email protected].

Welcome to the new episode of the TNW Podcast — the show where we discuss the latest developments in the European technology ecosystem and feature interviews with some of the most interesting people in the industry.

In today’s special episode, we're featuring an interview with Ilkka Paananen, co-founder and CEO of Supercell, recorded with live audience at the Italian Tech Week conference in Turin last week. Andrii and Ilkka discussed the history of the gamedev industry, the mistakes entrepreneurs make at the start of their journey, the unique culture and structure of Supercell, the changes AI is bringing to the ecosystem, and much more.

Here are the stories and things mentioned in the episode:

• Supercell CEO Ilkka Paananen's annual blog for 2024: "Something absolutely had to change"

Music and sound engineering for this podcast are by Sound Pulse.

Feel free to email us with any questions, suggestions, and opinions at [email protected].

Welcome to the new episode of the TNW Podcast — the show where we discuss the latest developments in the European technology ecosystem and feature interviews with some of the most interesting people in the industry.

In today’s episode, Linnea and Andrii talk about energy use at data centres, the state of Northvolt, submarine communications, and a few things in between.

You will also hear an interview with Chiara Petrioli, CEO and founder of Wsense, a company that’s created what it calls the underwater Wi-Fi to help preserve cultural heritage, monitor critical infrastructure, and do a lot of other things. Andrii sat down with Chiara last week in Rome, during the Rome Startup Week, to learn more about the company, the technology it’s developed, and the future the founder has envisioned.

Here are the stories and things mentioned in the episode:

• Swiss startup bets on photonic chips to cut data centre energy consumption 
  • Startups race to curb data centre energy use amid AI boom
• Europe’s great battery hope Northvolt fights for survival
  • Northvolt: the Swedish start-up charging Europe’s battery ambitions
  • Northvolt to cut more than 20% of jobs in battle for survival
• Communication with submarines

Music and sound engineering for this podcast are by Sound Pulse.

Feel free to email us with any questions, suggestions, and opinions at [email protected].

Welcome to the new episode of the TNW Podcast — the show where we discuss the latest developments in the European technology ecosystem and feature interviews with some of the most interesting people in the industry.

In today’s episode, Linnea and Andrii talk about flight tracking and its community, the new European Commission, health trackers for pets, revisiting Prince of Persia, and much more.

Here are the stories and things mentioned in the episode:

• This Swedish startup wants to pay the flight tracking community using blockchain
• Thierry Breton on X
• Ursula von der Leyen unveils her new European commissioners
•  The EU is getting its first ever commissioner for startups
• The Making of Prince of Persia

Music and sound engineering for this podcast are by Sound Pulse.

Feel free to email us with any questions, suggestions, and opinions at [email protected].

Welcome to the new episode of the TNW Podcast — the show where we discuss the latest developments in the European technology ecosystem and feature interviews with some of the most interesting people in the industry.

In today’s episode, Linnea and Andrii talk about quantum accelerators, major job cuts at WeTransfer, a planet that never was, and a few things in between. 

You'll also hear an on-stage interview with Lee Taylor, CFO of OnlyFans, with Cristina Criddle, technology reporter at Financial Times. The conversation was recorded at this year’s TNW Conference — Lee talked about the journey of OnlyFans and the intricacies of its day-to-day work, including those in the financial realm. 

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Here are the stories and things mentioned in the episode:

• The world’s most powerful supercomputers are getting a diamond quantum boost
• Italiaanse eigenaar schrapt tot driekwart banen WeTransfer, een maand na overname (WeTransfer to lose 75pc of staff from Bending Spoons’ acquisition)
• 9 Ghostly Planets
• Vulcan May Not be Real, but Spock's Home System is

Music and sound engineering for this podcast are by Sound Pulse.

Feel free to email us with any questions, suggestions, and opinions at [email protected].

Welcome to the new episode of the TNW Podcast — the show where we discuss the latest developments in the European technology ecosystem and feature interviews with some of the most interesting people in the industry.

In today’s episode, Linnea and Andrii talk about the Barbiephone, Telegram’s future in the EU, running blades for the Paralympics, the end of AnandTech, and more.

You'll also hear an interview with Ferry Zonder, founder of the Dutch bicycle company Veloretti. The company has grown a lot over the past years and has very recognisable bikes. Our reporter Siôn Geschwindt sat down with Ferry in this studio last week to learn more about the latest developments.

Here are the stories and things mentioned in the episode:

• New Barbie dumbphone could cleave tweens from their screens
• EU investigating Telegram over user numbers
• The Fastest Woman on Blades | Who I am: Marlou van Rhijn
• End of the Road: An AnandTech Farewell
• AnandTech, mainstay of computer hardware reviews, closes after 27 years

Music and sound engineering for this podcast are by Sound Pulse.

Feel free to email us with any questions, suggestions, and opinions at [email protected].