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Pathfounders, with Mike Butcher, covers the tech startup and venture ecosystem.

  1. 29 thg 7

    Can we engineer Critical Minerals?

    The energy transition depends on scarce critical minerals used in batteries, hydrogen electrolysers, solar panels and electronics. Oxford, UK-based startup Milvus Advanced believes there is another option besides digging more mines: engineering abundant nano-scale materials that can mimic critical minerals such as platinum, iridium and indium. Pathfounders editor Mike Butcher speaks to founder and CEO Dr Assia Kasdi about the science behind Milvus, its move from laboratory experiments to kilogram-scale production, and whether engineered replacements could reduce the West’s dependence on fragile global supply chains.

    Can we engineer Critical Minerals?

  2. 24 thg 7

    That OpenAI / Hugging Face Incident. What now?

    What happens when an AI model is told to solve a cybersecurity test and decides the easiest route is to escape its sandbox, reach the open internet and hack another company?In this episode of the Pathfounders podcast, Mike Butcher is joined by Meryem Arik, co-founder and CEO of Doubleword; Rory Blundell, CEO of Gravitee.io; and Ivan Burazin, co-founder and CEO of Daytona, to examine the extraordinary OpenAI–Hugging Face security incident which occurred recently. Did the models genuinely go rogue or simply follow their instructions too effectively? Why did sandboxing and conventional enterprise security fail? Are frontier AI companies increasingly using stories about their powerful models as "danger porn" to hype their capabilities?The podcast explored the growing security risks created by autonomous agents, why agents should never inherit a human user’s identity and permissions, and how businesses can protect themselves through isolated environments, tighter authorisation and stronger governance.Subscribe to Pathfounders for conversations on AI, startups, venture capital and geopolitics.

  3. 6 thg 7

    Pathfounders Live: The Coming Drone Revolution

    When we talk about drones, the conversation often jumps straight to warfare, surveillance or consumer gadgets. But one of the most important uses may be less dramatic but far more economically significant: inspecting the critical infrastructure that keeps modern life running. Energy grids, gas pipelines, pylons and remote assets still often rely on helicopters and manual inspection, which is expensive, slow, and can be dangerous. Beagle Systems, a startup based in Hamburg, is trying to change that Co-founder Oliver Lichtenstein joins Pathfounders Editor for this Pathfounders Live Podcast, recorded in front of an audience in Berlin. ​This fireside conversation covers: ​• ​Oliver's journey to founding Beagle Systems and scaling in a complex regulatory landscape​​• Why drones are becoming the default tool for critical infrastructure inspection​• How autonomy and AI are transforming what's possible in the field​• What the next wave of drone technology actually looks likeThank You To Our Event Partners: ​Infra Onehttps://www.infra.oneFull fund setup for multi-LP structures. Ideal for long-term venture or private-equity vehicles with multiple investors.​PT1https://www.pt1.vc PT1 is a European venture capital platform investing in early-stage tech that’s upgrading the physical world in three core clusters: \ Electrification & energy transition\ Built world AI & automation\ Climate & infrastructure resilience. With initial tickets ranging from €300k to €4M, we back the boldest founders across the UK and Europe who are redefining how we build, power and sustain our world. At PT1 we don’t just fund startups - we actively support to add value where it matters most. Combining deep domain expertise with data-driven insights, we leverage our AI-enabled deal flow engine to identify and accelerate future category winners. Championed by our network of 100+ industry experts – from unicorn founders to corporates and industrial veterans – we provide startups with collective wisdom, hands-on guidance, strategic acceleration sprints and the backing needed to scale.

    Pathfounders Live: The Coming Drone Revolution

  4. 3 thg 7

    Emergency Podcast: How will Andy Burnham change the UK's AI strategy?

    We’re looking at what could become a major reset coming for Britain’s AI strategy. According to the Financial Times, Andy Burnham, who is tipped to be the next UK Prime Minster, is exploring a shift away from the current policy towards one built around UK AI sovereignty, regional growth and re-skilling, as opposed to the more AI-forward approach we’d become used to under Sir Keir Starmer, who had wooed US tech giants like OpenAI and Anthropic, while promoting of home-grown AI companies. Indeed, it even launched a £500 sovereign AI fund. But are we about to see the rise of a far more tech-sceptical UK administration?  Featured on this podcast: Host: Mike Butcher, Founder & Editor, Pathfounders.com and former Editor-at-large of TechCrunch.  https://x.com/mikebutcher https://www.linkedin.com/in/mikebutcher Guest: Alys Key, an Editor, Writer and Journalist, who writes the Substack newsletter, UK2.0. https://x.com/@alys_key https://www.linkedin.com/in/alyskey/ Guest: Meryem Arik, Co-founder and CEO at Doubleword, which builds high-performance open source model inference infrastructure for AI at scale. https://x.com/@MeryemArik9 https://www.linkedin.com/in/meryemarik

  5. 1 thg 7

    Xylo arrives to rescue the UK from its planning nightmares

    When Habs Kim’s family moved from South Korea to the UK, one of their first encounters with the British state was one of the most feared entities on the British Isles: The planning department. That experience now sits behind Xylo, the UK govtech startup Kim cofounded with former lawyer and operator Dermot O’Riordan, which has now raised £2.8m in pre-seed funding to help local authority planning officers process applications faster and more accurately. Xylo is building AI agents for planning teams. The pitch is not that AI should make planning decisions. It is that officers are drowning in admin before they even get to the decision. Kim spoke to Pathfounders’ Mike Butcher.

    Xylo arrives to rescue the UK from its planning nightmares

  6. 22 thg 6

    Seedcamp’s new $320M warchest is for AI, deeptech, and US expansion

    Seedcamp, one of Europe’s best-known early-stage venture firms, has raised $320 million for its next phase of investing. The firm, an early investor in Revolut, Wise, UiPath, Fluidstack and Synthesia, is also expanding its US presence and placing a bigger bet on startups operating where AI meets science, robotics and the physical world. Seedcamp partner Tom Wilson joined Mike Butcher to discuss where one of Europe’s ‘original gangster’ investors goes from here.

    Seedcamp’s new $320M warchest is for AI, deeptech, and US expansion

  7. 19 thg 6

    Is Impact and Diversity still relevant in tech?

    You might have though diversity and impact was out of fashion, but apparently it’s alive and well. And Europe has no shortage of startups claiming to make an “impact”. But what does Impact mean in 2026, which companies are genuinely worth watching? “Next Impact Europe”, is a new platform created by two investors: 4P Capital in Paris, and Impact Shakers, a VC and accelerator. They’ve unveiled an inaugural list of 50 impact startups, selected from 520 nominations across 35 countries. The initiative aims to give greater visibility, and potentially greater access to capital, to diverse founders tackling challenges ranging from climate and waste to healthcare, food and education. To discuss how the companies were selected, what “impact” really means in venture capital in 2026, and whether greater visibility can translate into investment, Mike Butcher spoke to Yonca Braeckman, founder of Impact Shakers and co-founder of Next Impact Europe.

    Is Impact and Diversity still relevant in tech?

  8. 15 thg 6

    Can Cosine really build the UK’s first sovereign AI model?

    UK startup Cosine has won UK government backing to train Lumen Sovereign, its own frontier AI model, on the Isambard-AI, the UK’s most powerful supercomputer. It will work with partners such as BT, Lloyds Banking, HSBC, BAE Systems, Thales and other major British companies and institutions, to build a frontier AI model designed to operate without dependence on foreign technology or infrastructure. Cosine co-founder Yang Li spoke to Pathfounders’ Editor Mike Butcher about their plans.

    Can Cosine really build the UK’s first sovereign AI model?
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Pathfounders, with Mike Butcher, covers the tech startup and venture ecosystem.

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