Do tech leaders have to be tech experts?: Elona Mortimer-Zhika of IRIS
As CEO of IRIS Software, Elona Mortimer-Zhika has been a valued part of the Hg Orbit for 8 years and counting. In Orbit 39, she speaks to long-term friend and Hg's Senior Partner, Nic Humphries, about...
3 Sep 202436min
The business case for AI: Brent Hayward of Salesforce, David Carmona of Microsoft & Nagraj Kashyap of Touring Capital
In the final Orbit recorded at Hg's recent 'Software Leadership Gathering', we brought together three perspectives all investigating the AI wave through a business lens. With the technology in an ear...
13 Aug 202442min
The greatest tech comes when we ignore ROI: Raghu Raghuram of VMware
Inspired by watching the surge in space exploration during his childhood in 70s India, through the 80s microchip era and on into the internet boom and a 25-year career innovating software at a large e...
23 Jul 202424min
Mastering the billion-dollar software playbook: Joe Lonsdale of 8VC & Eric Poirier of Addepar
Born of the same crucible as Reid Hoffman, Peter Thiel and Elon Musk, Joe Lonsdale and Eric Poirier have been building and investing in software for over two decades. As the General Partner of 8VC an...
27 Jun 202429min
What drives business quality in an era of AI and digital platforms?: Jonathan Knee of Evercore
Time for a conversation with one of the greats. As Professor of Finance and Economics at Columbia, former senior banker at both Morgan Stanley and Goldman Sachs, and currently Senior Advisor at Everc...
30 Nov 202332min
Pace of innovation: Nick Crowne speaks to Rod O'Reilly
The advances in technology on the clinical side of healthcare were shown convincingly in the speed of our response to Covid and in the new discoveries and improvements we continue to see. Covid may h...
9 Okt 202320min
Harnessing a new superpower: Chris Kindt speaks to Guido Appenzeller Part 2
After a year when the sudden leap forward of Gen AI and LLMs took almost everyone by surprise, it’s a good time to ignore the hype, take a step back and look at what we have. Guido Appenzeller is a s...
2 Okt 202316min
LLM AI, the fourth pillar of software: Chris Kindt speaks to Guido Appenzeller Part 1
After a year when the sudden leap forward of Gen AI and LLMs took almost everyone by surprise, it’s a good time to ignore the hype, take a step back and look at what we have. Guido Appenzeller is a s...
2 Okt 202326min
