Episodes

  • Sage CEO on the future of work & Stanford’s big study on AI and jobs

    Sage CEO on the future of work & Stanford’s big study on AI and jobs
    Sep 4 2025

    Danny and Katie tackle Google's antitrust win, TikTok job cuts and a new Stanford research on how AI is reshaping entry-level roles. Plus, Katie speaks to Steve Hare, CEO of Sage, the FTSE 100 accounting software company, to discuss AI’s impact on hiring, the limits of “copilot” tools, and why Britain needs more homegrown tech champions so he can have 'some friends'.


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    Perplexity CEO on Chrome, AI and challenging the tech giants


    An AI-induced recession on the horizon? Klarna's CEO thinks so

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    43 mins
  • AMD CEO Lisa Su on the AI chip race and Nvidia

    AMD CEO Lisa Su on the AI chip race and Nvidia
    Aug 28 2025

    Katie and Danny unpack Nvidia's $47 billion second-quarter revenue – more than it made in all of 2023. But can anyone challenge its dominance? Danny interviews AMD’s Lisa Su, head of the American chipmaker that designs the processors powering everything from PCs to data centres, about the company’s turnaround, China, and whether Nvidia’s crown is within reach.


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    46 mins
  • Perplexity CEO on Chrome, AI and challenging the tech giants

    Perplexity CEO on Chrome, AI and challenging the tech giants
    Aug 22 2025
    Perplexity CEO Aravind Srinivas explains his bold $35 billon bid for Google Chrome and why he thinks the startup can take on tech giants. Was it a PR stunt or a serious move? Danny puts that to him directly, and they talk about how Perplexity hopes to reshape the internet. Plus, Danny and Katie unpack the complicated geo-politics of semiconductors.

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    54 mins
  • The race for quantum supremacy

    The race for quantum supremacy
    Aug 14 2025
    Katie is joined by Niccolo de Masi, the CEO of US quantum computing firm IonQ, to chat about the future of quantum and their acquisition of the British firm Oxford Ionics. And as Katie and Danny are reunited they discuss Katie's new smart glasses, NVIDIA's US deal to sell chips to China, and an AI startup's exceptionally bold $34.5bn bid to buy Google Chrome.

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    49 mins
  • Lawyers and the AI revolution

    Lawyers and the AI revolution
    Aug 6 2025
    AI is coming to the legal world. Danny Fortson talks to Eleanor Lightbody, the chief executive of Luminance, a UK startup using artificial intelligence to automate and augment legal work. So is there to be a looming “white collar recession” or will we be able to have more time for thinking afresh about the law and other professions? Hear how AI is transforming contract review, and the future of the legal profession. Plus, why AI adoption is surging. what happens when AI makes mistakes, and how to avoid over-reliance on a single AI model: A fascinating insight into the practicalities of AI adoption.

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    33 mins
  • The man behind the NHS mental health bot

    The man behind the NHS mental health bot
    Jul 31 2025

    AI chatbots are being used by millions. But are they safe? Danny Fortson speaks to Ross Harper, the co-founder and CEO of Limbic AI, a company which has developed artificial intelligence software which can be used clinically as part of mental health treatment. Limbic is now used in 50% of NHS trusts, and has its eye on being used in all 50 States by the end of 2025. They talk about the future - and the reckoning he thinks is coming for wellness apps. Plus the Times' US business editor Louisa Clarence-Smith joins Danny to talk about the Figma IPO and the backlash to the UK's Online Safety Act.


    Further listening: Interview with Dylan Field, the CEO of Figma.

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    40 mins
  • How big does a supercomputer need to be really

    How big does a supercomputer need to be really
    Jul 24 2025
    Danny is joined by the Times' Technology correspondent Mark Sellman whio has been spending time with the UK's newest supercomputer, Isambard AI, which has become the world's 11th most powerful supercomputer and could be used to develop British LLMs (Large Language Models). Plus, flirtatious or insulting AI companions, and a government plan to ban businesses from paying hackers ransoms.

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    39 mins
  • Can an AI scientist solve humanity's problems?

    Can an AI scientist solve humanity's problems?
    Jul 17 2025
    Danny goes solo this week, in old-school Danny in the Valley style. He speaks to Sam Rodriques, the founder and CEO of FutureHouse – a non-profit organisation developing AI scientists that could revolutionise human discovery. Plus, he rounds up the week in tech – from NVIDIA’s chips making a return to China, to Mark Zuckerberg’s ambitious plan to build data centres the size of Manhattan.

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    34 mins