Tom is one of the most seasoned founders I’ve had the pleasure of meeting - his calmness to the nuclear winters of AI. His Spidey sense to recognise a problem and build a solution in addition to balancing a cofounder relationship with his long-term partner.

🛠️ Building something new, in the future of modern product development and experimentation.

🚀 4x founder NAVA, RASSA +more

👼 And Angel investor

Background

- When did he find his love for tech and startups?

- How did he develop the traits of a driven individual with a strong moral compass.

- What would Tom say he is running from?

- How did having a mother who was a psychologist shape Tom during his childhood?

- Growing up, did Tom always know he wanted to be involved in startups?

Building with your partner

- How did Tom meet his partner Olivia

- What is it like for Tom working with Olivia to build software businesses?

- Is there a fine line Tom has to draw to balance personal life with work, or is it a mix of both?

- Tom mentions that great partnerships are about complementary skill sets, what skills does Olivia possess that allow Tom to excel?

- How does Tom think Olivia would describe what it's like to work with him?

AI, ML & Startups

- What does Tom see as the single largest difference between building a company in the US versus the UK?

- How important does Tom believe it is to have early success in one's startup career?

- What gave Tom the conviction to start building startups years ago?

- What does Tom look for in an idea to determine its viability?

- What was Tom's first startup and the top three lessons he learned from it?

- From the one startup that failed, what were the key learnings from that experience?

- Tom wrote an article in 2016 discussing the proximity to creating AGI, has his opinion changed ?

- How does Tom stay focused on building the best product without getting distracted by market hype?

- What advice would Tom give to young founders on differentiating their products?

- What's the best technical advice Tom has received about building with AI? What about the best non-technical advice?

- How did Tom stumble upon the idea for his current startup?

- Does Tom believe that humans today are ready for the kind of products he's building?

- What essential piece of advice would Tom give to founders wanting to start in building AI products?

- What do other people think is false that Tom knows to be true about startups?