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The Times Tech Podcast

From Silicon Valley to The City, tech journalists Danny Fortson and Katie Prescott bring you the inside track on the new industrial revolution.


Co-hosted from San Francisco and London, this weekly podcast delivers the latest news and freshest interviews with the people creating the future.


As West Coast Correspondent for The Sunday Times, Danny is on the ground to witness the technological whirlwind that first roared out Silicon Valley. From London, working as The Times' Technology Business Editor, Katie has seen the waves of boom and bust rolling through one of the world's financial capitals. Together they explore this strange new world of high finance and tech giants, explaining how we got here and what is just around the corner.


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Business News Ai Business News Tech Technology Interviews
Update frequency
every 6 days
Average duration
44 minutes
Episodes
416
Years Active
2017 - 2025
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Expensify's David Barrett:

Expensify's David Barrett: "Venture capital is a scam”

The Sunday Times’ tech correspondent brings on David Barrett, founder of Expensify, to talk about creating a “remote-first” company (3:15), the lounge (6:45), the return-to-office movement (14:15), g…

00:44:40  |   Fri 23 Feb 2024
Climactic's Raj Kapoor:

Climactic's Raj Kapoor: "We need 1,000 climate tech unicorns"

The Sunday Times’ tech correspondent Danny Fortson brings on Raj Kapoor, co-founder of Climactic, to talk about growing up in Pennsylvania (3:10), his early days in Silicon Valley (8:00), making hims…

00:50:12  |   Fri 16 Feb 2024
The Hacking Games' Fergus Hay:

The Hacking Games' Fergus Hay: "Most hackers are kids"

The Sunday Times’ tech correspondent Danny Fortson brings on Fergus Hay, founder of The Hacking Games, to talk about why he started the company (5:00), the difference between the real and online worl…
00:47:21  |   Fri 09 Feb 2024
Investing in Us’ Dmitri Mehlhorn: “Tech and America’s $30bn election year”

Investing in Us’ Dmitri Mehlhorn: “Tech and America’s $30bn election year”

The Sunday Times’ tech correspondent Danny Fortson brings on Dmitri Mehlhorn to talk about Investing in Us (4:45), what it invests in (7:30), funneling cash into election groups (13:20), why America’…
00:48:32  |   Fri 02 Feb 2024
Longevity enthusiast Bryan Johnson

Longevity enthusiast Bryan Johnson

A throwback conversation with Bryan Johnson, a billionaire techie turned longevity enthusiast who goes to extreme measures to "reverse" his age.

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01:04:54  |   Fri 26 Jan 2024
Khan Academy’s Sal Khan: “Building an AI tutor for every student”

Khan Academy’s Sal Khan: “Building an AI tutor for every student”

The Sunday Times’ tech correspondent Danny Fortson brings on Sal Khan, founder of Khan Academy, to talk about how he started tutoring family members (4:30), doing startups in the dotcom boom (5:50), …
00:45:31  |   Fri 19 Jan 2024
Metaphysic’s Martin Adams: “Copyrighting humans”

Metaphysic’s Martin Adams: “Copyrighting humans”

The Sunday Times’ tech correspondent Danny Fortson brings on Martin Adams of Metaphysic to talk about using artificial intelligence in entertainment (3:20), the Tom Cruise moment (5:50), how the tech…
00:46:45  |   Fri 12 Jan 2024
Common Sense's Jim Steyer:

Common Sense's Jim Steyer: "I'm more worried than ever for our democracy"

The Sunday Times’ tech correspondent Danny Fortson brings on Jim Steyer, founder of Common Sense Media, the leading online advocacy group, to talk about 2024 as a pivotal year for democracy (4:20), w…
00:36:44  |   Fri 22 Dec 2023
Babson’s David Stein: “Succeeding where Theranos failed”

Babson’s David Stein: “Succeeding where Theranos failed”

The Sunday Times’ tech correspondent Danny Fortson brings on David Stein, chief executive of Babson Diagnostics, to talk about the importance of blood testing (4:49), why Babson is not Theranos (6:47…
00:41:24  |   Fri 15 Dec 2023
Apeiron’s Christian Angermayer: “AI, psychedelics and living for hundreds of years”

Apeiron’s Christian Angermayer: “AI, psychedelics and living for hundreds of years”

The Sunday Times' tech correspondent Danny Fortson brings on Christian Angermayer, founder of Apeiron Investments, to talk about psychedelics in Oregon (4:15), the spiritual experience of a “trip” (1…
01:09:17  |   Fri 08 Dec 2023
Founders Fund’s Keith Rabois: “The joy of missing out”

Founders Fund’s Keith Rabois: “The joy of missing out”

The Sunday Times’ tech correspondent Danny Fortson brings on Keith Rabois of Founders Fund to talk about leaving San Francisco for Miami (4:00), why San Francisco is a “black hole” (7:00), why remote…
00:40:33  |   Fri 01 Dec 2023
Stories of our times- Five days of chaos at ChatGPT HQ: The Sam Altman saga

Stories of our times- Five days of chaos at ChatGPT HQ: The Sam Altman saga

A special episode for your from our daily podcast from The Times:


Last week, Sam Altman the CEO of OpenAI - the makers of ChatGPT - was sacked by his board. After a dramatic few days, he is back at t…

00:33:41  |   Fri 24 Nov 2023
MosaicML's Naveen Rao:

MosaicML's Naveen Rao: "Bio-inspired AI"

The Sunday Times’ tech correspondent Danny Fortson brings on Naveen Rao, founder of MosaicML, to talk about the efficiency of the human brain (3:30), slashing the cost to train AI models (8:00), how …

00:45:17  |   Fri 17 Nov 2023
Rewind AI’s Dan Siroker on honesty through AI eavesdropping

Rewind AI’s Dan Siroker on honesty through AI eavesdropping

The Sunday Times’ tech correspondent Danny Fortson brings on Dan Siroker, founder of Rewind AI, to talk about why he started the company (4:40), recording everything you do, see and read (7:10), livi…
00:49:59  |   Fri 10 Nov 2023
One doctor's experience inside Babylon Health

One doctor's experience inside Babylon Health

The Sunday Times’ tech correspondent Danny Fortson brings on Hugh Harvey, managing director of consultancy Hardian Health, to talk about his time at Babylon Health (4:30), his first look at the compa…

00:36:24  |   Fri 03 Nov 2023
AI Chats with Vinod Khosla and Tyler Cowen

AI Chats with Vinod Khosla and Tyler Cowen

The Sunday Times’ tech correspondent Danny Fortson brings on two guests to talk about artificial intelligence. The first is Vinod Khosla, the legendary tech investor and founder of Khosla Ventures, t…
01:07:30  |   Fri 27 Oct 2023
Sima.ai's Krishna Rangasayee: “Plumbers of the AI age”

Sima.ai's Krishna Rangasayee: “Plumbers of the AI age”

The Sunday Times’ tech correspondent Danny Fortson brings on Krishna Rangasayee, founder and CEO of Sima.ai, to talk about why we need to remake the tech infrastructure for the AI age (5:10), what th…

00:44:05  |   Fri 20 Oct 2023
Age1’s Alex Colville: “Inventing the anti-ageing pill”

Age1’s Alex Colville: “Inventing the anti-ageing pill”

The Sunday Times’ tech correspondent Danny Fortson brings on Alex Colville, co-founder of Age1, to talk about funding longevity science (3:15), studying the biology of ageing (5:10), the snake oil pr…
00:42:56  |   Fri 13 Oct 2023
Climate Overshoot Commission’s Pascal Lamy: “Solar geoengineering should be explored”

Climate Overshoot Commission’s Pascal Lamy: “Solar geoengineering should be explored”

The Sunday Times’ tech correspondent Danny Fortson brings on Pascal Lamy, chairman of the Climate Overshoot Commission to talk about climate migration (7:30), the huge cost of adaptation (12:40), sol…
00:46:37  |   Fri 06 Oct 2023
Worldcoin's Alex Blania:

Worldcoin's Alex Blania: "Proof of personhood in an age of AI fakery”

The Sunday Times' tech correspondent Danny Fortson rings on Alex Blania, chief executive of Worldcoin developer Tools for Humanity, to talk about launching its iris-scanning orb around the world (5:0…
00:48:03  |   Fri 29 Sep 2023
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