A certain level of chaos is healthy: Franz Faerber on fighting bureaucracy and the importance of deep domain knowledge in AI
Franz Faerber, co-founder and CEO of Everest Systems and former architect of SAP HANA, challenges Sam Altman's vision of throwaway software, arguing humans crave stability, while making the case for w...
17 Feb 52min
The corporate immune system: Google Cloud's Daniël Rood on building Europe's first AI team
Daniël Rood, director of AI go-to-market at Google Cloud, offers a masterclass in navigating transformation from inside a tech giant. Building Google's first European AI team when gen AI was still "a ...
16 Jan 27min
Skin in the game: Professor Neil Lawrence on vulnerability, accountability and why the next generation will thrive.
From oil rigs to Amazon's machine learning division and now Cambridge's DeepMind chair, Professor Neil Lawrence brings a refreshingly grounded perspective to AI. Lawrence introduces his "atomic human"...
18 Dec 202550min
The 3 speed problem: Jason Richards speaks to Oji Udezue on CPO leadership in the age of unlimited engineering
9 Dec 202529min
Fevered determination: Building Zalos from zero to enterprise in 5 weeks. Hg's Jonathan Wulkan speaks to founder, William Fairbairn
In this illuminating conversation from the frontier of AI-native startups, William Fairbairn, founder of Zalos.ai and part of Y Combinator's class of 2025, reveals what it takes to build at Silicon Va...
25 Nov 202538min
Trust, Velocity, and Building the Answer Engine: Dmitry Shevelenko of Perplexity speaks to Farouk Hussein
In this fascinating conversation, Perplexity's Chief Business Officer Dmitry Shevelenko reveals how a company barely three years old is mounting the first credible challenge to Google's search dominan...
28 Okt 202541min
The long road to the last mile : Nic Humphries and Matthew Brockman reflect on 25 years of Hg
In this candid anniversary conversation, Hg's leadership team of Matthew Brockman and Nic Humphries reflects on 25 years of building one of Europe's most focused software investors. Humphries shares t...
24 Sep 202536min
AI, Control Points, and the Next Wave of Vertical SaaS with Tidemark Capital founder, Dave Yuan
In this compelling conversation, Tidemark Capital founder Dave Yuan shares his journey from Bain consultant to building one of the most thoughtful voices in vertical SaaS investing. Yuan reveals his "...
5 Juni 202547min
