patchperfect

Kirin Sennik

Technology is changing fast, and it’s not always easy to keep up. Through expert guests and solo episodes, patchperfect explains what’s happening in emerging tech in clear, accessible language, whether you work in tech or not. Each episode also spotlights the people behind the technology, closing with a short lifestyle segment on the daily habits, books, and work styles that shape how they show up feeling their best. Hosted by Kirin Sennik.

  1. 2. APR.

    built different: canva's grandmaster move

    This week I'm getting into the woman behind the tool you probably used to make your last pitch deck. Melanie Perkins is the co-founder and CEO of Canva, and her story is one of the most interesting in tech right now. We get into how a frustrating Photoshop class at a Perth university became a design platform used by 170 million people, how democratizing design means that a freelancer in Lagos or a student in São Paulo now has access to the same professional tools as anyone in New York or London, and why she got rejected by over a hundred investors before anyone said yes. This is the patch: from Perth to everywhere: how Melanie built a billion dollar company with no Bay Area network, no fancy connections, and over a hundred no'sthe yearbook company nobody talks about and why it built the foundation for everything Canva became92% of business leaders now expect design skills from every employee, not just creatives. what that means for your career right nowthe grandmaster move: why chess grandmasters are making deliberately imperfect moves to beat AI, and what that means for anyone building a creative careerWe close with the lifestyle segment: Melanie used to work seven days a week and has been open about how unsustainable that was. We get into her 100km walking habit, her AI walks with AirPods, and why the most ambitious women in tech are starting to talk about rest as seriously as they talk about results. All views expressed are my own.

    24 min
  2. 4. MARS

    building robots, breaking guinness records + playing drums

    The robotics market is already worth over $50 billion and projected to hit $200 billion by 2033. It is one of the fastest growing areas in tech and one of the most exciting spaces to be paying attention to right now. This week I sit down with Hiten Sonpal, CEO of Rise Robotics, based out of Somerville, Massachusetts. He has spent his entire career in the robotics industry, from iRobot to leading his own companies, and now he's running a startup founded by graduates of MIT and the Rhode Island School of Design that just broke a Guinness World Record for the strongest robotic arm ever built. This is the patch The technology: how Rise's belt technology is replacing hydraulics, the system that has powered heavy machinery for over a century, with something faster, smoother and more efficientThe record: what it actually took to build the strongest robotic arm prototype ever and why 7,000 pounds matters - check out their celebration hereThe opportunity: how Rise is powering the electrification of heavy machinery and why that makes this one of the most interesting spaces to be watching right nowRise recently opened their funding round to the public, raised $5.7 million, and came in 15% over their cap. A new round is opening soon so if you're interested in becoming an investor, check out the link! In the lifestyle segment, Hiten shares how drumming keeps him connected to the creative side of engineering. All views expressed are my own.

    34 min
  3. 25. FEB.

    physicsgirl + building a dictionary for the universe

    Sabrina Pasterski is a theoretical physicist at the Perimeter Institute in Waterloo, Canada. She built a plane at twelve, graduated top of her class at MIT, earned her PhD at Harvard, and is now leading one of the most ambitious research programs in modern physics. Stephen Hawking cited her work. And people are calling her the next Einstein. This episode is about her. And honestly it is one of my favourite ones I have done. Here is the thing about physics that I never really understood until I started researching this episode. It has two languages. One describes the very small. One describes the very large. Both work incredibly well on their own. And they fundamentally don't agree with each other. For a hundred years the smartest people on the planet have been trying to fix that. Sabrina is one of the people working closest to cracking it. This is the patch: The problem: why physics has two languages that don't speak to each other and why that tension is at the heart of everything we don't yet understand about the universeThe work: what celestial holography actually is and why it might be the bridge physicists have been searching forThe person: a first generation Cuban-American from Chicago public schools who built a plane before she could drive and put the whole thing on YouTubeIn the lifestyle segment I get into why this one felt personal, and what it means to have one of the most important scientific minds in the world working in Waterloo. All views expressed are my own.

    15 min

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Technology is changing fast, and it’s not always easy to keep up. Through expert guests and solo episodes, patchperfect explains what’s happening in emerging tech in clear, accessible language, whether you work in tech or not. Each episode also spotlights the people behind the technology, closing with a short lifestyle segment on the daily habits, books, and work styles that shape how they show up feeling their best. Hosted by Kirin Sennik.

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