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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Update frequency: every 6 days
Average duration: 44 minutes
Episodes: 416
Years Active: 2017 - 2025

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The global fallout from Trump's tariffs

Ryan Petersen is the CEO of Flexport, a company that plans and manages shipping globally. Perfectly positioned, then, to lay out the inside story on how companies have been affected by President Trum…

00:36:42 | Thu 17 Apr 2025

A device that records your entire life? Yeah, sure great idea...

What if there was a device that could record every conversation, every interaction, and then transcribed your entire life? Well there is, the Pendant, and according to its creator, it isn’t like an e…

00:43:27 | Fri 11 Apr 2025

Dropbox CEO drops in & Softbank's $40B OpenAI bet

It's been almost 20 years since Drew Houston founded Dropbox in an effort to solve the problem of forgotten USB sticks. But how is the company innovating in a now much busier market? Plus Softbank ma…

00:49:24 | Fri 04 Apr 2025

Will your humanoid robot compliment you? And the end of 23andMe?

Danny has been delving deeper into his humanoid robot obsession as he interviews the CEO of Texas based company, Apptronik. Plus, what went wrong at 23andMe as the once buzzy biotech startup files fo…

00:41:35 | Fri 28 Mar 2025

Nvidia's 'Superbowl of AI' event, and a Silicon Valley dog longevity start up

Danny reports from the Nvidia GTC event. And he and Katie discuss whether some of the biggest tech companies in the US really are currently losing money. Plus, a Silicon Valley start-up, Loyal, is de…

00:49:24 | Fri 21 Mar 2025

The algorithm says we’re soulmates… Now what?

Hinge CEO, Justin McLeod, joins the podcast to discuss how online dating Apps have changed dating (for good or bad) and how AI may change it even more. While Danny argues that being direct might just…

00:46:23 | Fri 14 Mar 2025

Ocado's robotics, Crypto's rise and Skype's demise

Tim Steiner, the CEO of Ocado, drops by the studio to discuss in detail his expectations for the future of food deliveries with the use of robotics and humanoid robots. Elsewhere, President Trump wan…

00:48:27 | Fri 07 Mar 2025

Nuclear's big return, British creators revolt & Elon sends an email

Is nuclear power the answer to energy hungry Artificial Intelligence? Matt Loszak CEO & Cofounder of Aalo Atomics thinks so. Plus, British artists send a disapproving open letter about AI to the Gove…

00:44:27 | Fri 28 Feb 2025

With Marc Benioff, CEO of Salesforce

Marc Benioff, CEO of Salesforce & owner of Time Magazine explains his vision of the future of work. Plus he talks President Trump, Elon Musk and has a pop at Microsoft's AI too.

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00:43:46 | Fri 21 Feb 2025

Elon bids for OpenAI, and Sam says no

Katie and Danny explore Elon Musk's $97.4 billion bid to buy OpenAI, and Sam Altman's instant dismissal of the bid, as well as decoding the rest of the exclusive interview earlier in the week.

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00:26:40 | Sun 16 Feb 2025

An interview with Sam Altman, Co-Founder & CEO of OpenAI

Ahead of the Paris AI Action Summit, Katie and Danny are together in London for a special interview with the man who is synonymous with Artificial Intelligence - Sam Altman. He is the studio talking …

00:29:09 | Mon 10 Feb 2025

Getty Images CEO, Craig Peters interview, plus ADPUs - really, Danny?

The CEO of Getty Images, Craig Peters, joins the podcast to make his case for the ongoing value of human creation in an AI world. Plus Danny updates on how Tech is embracing President Trump's new adm…

00:44:20 | Fri 07 Feb 2025

DeepSeek and you shall find? With Professor Neil Lawrence

The release of DeepSeek's R1 language model by a little known Chinese AI company sent Silicon Valley into turmoil this week - albeit temporarily. Who, how, why and what is DeepSeek? Professor Neil L…

00:33:35 | Fri 31 Jan 2025

Trump's "broligarchy", writers' rights and TikTok returns?

A picture is worth a thousand words - it is said - and at President Trump's inauguration some of the biggest names in tech were very much in the picture. TikTok banned; then unbanned. And Trip Adler,…

00:42:45 | Fri 24 Jan 2025

A Very British AI Revolution!

The Technology Secretary, Peter Kyle, joins the pod to discuss the British Government's 'AI Opportunities Action Plan' (and Elon Musk). Plus, a new guide the UK's fastest growing tech companies is re…

00:40:51 | Fri 17 Jan 2025

Sam Altman reflects on AI, Meta scraps fact-checkers, and data centres in outer space?

Is AGI right around the corner? Sam Altman thinks so. Mark Zuckerberg decides to get rid of fact-checkers at Meta, at least for the USA. And what does it take to put data centres in space?

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00:40:45 | Fri 10 Jan 2025

Big predictions for Big Tech in 2025!

Happy New Year! If 2025 is half as fascinating as 2024, we're in for wild ride. So, to predict the future, Katie and Danny are joined by two venture capitalists who spend their days checking out wher…

00:33:01 | Fri 03 Jan 2025

Drone deliveries in London?

Drones! Guys and St. Thomas' Hospital in London have started a pioneering trial using drones to deliver blood samples between the two sites. Sound simple, but this is one of the most regulated airspa…

00:27:00 | Fri 27 Dec 2024

Anthropic's Dario Amodei on AI and the future

Dario Amodei imagines that "powerful AI" will bring a golden future which people "will be literally moved to tears by". He talks about his grand vision and his grave concerns; and why he left OpenAI.

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00:43:43 | Fri 20 Dec 2024

Be the "CEO of your own health" & GM pulls the plug on robotaxis

Will an Oura ring change the health industry as we know it? The company's CEO Tom Hale is this week's guest. Plus, why GM have pulled the plug on their robotaxi and has Google come closer to achievin…

00:40:05 | Fri 13 Dec 2024

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