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UKTN | The Podcast

Each week, Jane Wakefield sits down with some of the key movers and shakers from the UK tech ecosystem for the UKTN Podcast. Learn growth strategies from both seasoned and up-and-coming founders, hear market sentiments from investors, and understand the tech policy affecting businesses across the country. The UKTN Podcast provides insight into the most influential people in the UK’s innovation economy, exploring their personal and professional journeys and hearing their views on the hottest tech topics of the day.

  1. How social media is preparing for the Online Safety Act – Almudena Lara, policy director, Ofcom

    3 DAYS AGO

    How social media is preparing for the Online Safety Act – Almudena Lara, policy director, Ofcom

    Almudena Lara, policy director at Ofcom discusses how social media firms are gearing up for the incoming enforcement of strict rules designed to keep children safe in digital spaces.    Ofcom is the UK's media and communications regulatory body. The watchdog was recently granted new powers in regulating content on the internet via the Online Safety Act. Lara explains why there has been an extended gap between the act passing and the rules being enforced and how AI could become both an incredible tool for content moderation and a dangerous weapon in harmful content creation.

    31 min
  2. Don't wait for political support to make climate tech – Chris Morris, founder, Sustainable Ventures

    NOV 12

    Don't wait for political support to make climate tech – Chris Morris, founder, Sustainable Ventures

    Chris Morris, co-founder and COO of Sustainable Ventures discusses why entrepreneurs can't wait for government support to make advancements in climate tech, why the Labour government's actions on climate solutions have left him pleasantly surprised and why the best climate solutions need to meet consumer needs.    Sustainable Ventures helps climate startups and entrepreneurs across the UK scale through investment, workspaces and venture support. Morris explains why the climate tech startups being funded by the group have to be able to provide solutions that the public can happily adopt without feeling like they are making too great of a sacrifice.

    26 min
  3. The surprising challenge of delivering flowers – Aron Gelbard, CEO, Bloom and Wild

    NOV 5

    The surprising challenge of delivering flowers – Aron Gelbard, CEO, Bloom and Wild

    Aron Gelbard, co-founder and CEO of Bloom and Wild, discusses why flower delivery has been a surprisingly difficult practice to perfect, how the Covid-19 pandemic massively boosted his firm’s popularity and how he went from management consultancy to founding a startup.    Bloom and Wild is an online flower delivery platform that posts assemblable bouquets through peoples’ doors. Gelbard described how his family has had a history of entrepreneurship that inspired him to found his own company – but not before a prominent consulting career in the City – and how he has had to learn to avoid perfectionism in the scrappy world of startup founding.

    30 min
  4. Why you can never do enough to prevent fraud – Martina King, CEO, Featurespace

    OCT 29

    Why you can never do enough to prevent fraud – Martina King, CEO, Featurespace

    Martina King, CEO of Featurespace, discusses why fraud has been an issue since the dawn of humanity, how the big banks are spending massive amounts on anti-fraud measures and only catching around half of all cases, and growing a company from a startup to a success story with interest from global giants.    Featurespace is an anti-financial crime startup for enterprises that analyses human behaviour to detect dangerous transactions. King, who joined the Cambridge-based firm as chief executive in 2012, discusses why financial institutions can never do enough to prevent fraud and ponders recent regulatory measures governing how finance firms should respond to cases.

    28 min
  5. Britain can't be ignored in the AI conversation – Sachin Dev Duggal, CEO, Builder.ai

    OCT 21

    Britain can't be ignored in the AI conversation – Sachin Dev Duggal, CEO, Builder.ai

    Sachin Dev Duggal, founder, CEO and self-described chief wizard, of Builder.ai, discusses the ways people commonly misinterpret AI, the importance of allowing diverse groups input in regulation and lawmaking concerning the technology.  Builder.ai is a Microsoft-backed startup that uses AI technology to provide a simplified method of app and software development. As the founder of one of Britain's most prominent AI companies, Duggal shares his own experience operating a tech company in the UK and explains why there is so much still to do to make the country viable as a leader in AI, but that the pieces are all there to achieve this.

    30 min
  6. How automation can transform Seaweed farming – Joyeeta Das, CEO, SamudraOceans

    OCT 14

    How automation can transform Seaweed farming – Joyeeta Das, CEO, SamudraOceans

    Joyeeta Das, co-founder and CEO of SamudraOceans, discusses how seaweed has an incredible variety of uses, including food, fuel, fertiliser and bioplastics; how coastal towns are facing the biggest danger from climate change, but could also contain vital ocean expertise; and the challenge of finding patient investors that will back causes over maximising profits.    SamudraOceans is developing automated technologies to transform the industry of seaweed farming. Das explains how the emerging sector is largely manual but with the right introduction of AI and robotics, could make all the difference in the global fight against man-made climate change. Das also describes why the ocean is one of the hardest environments to engineer for, including space.

    32 min
  7. How Apple and Google abuse the app market – Gene Burrus, global policy council, CAF

    OCT 7

    How Apple and Google abuse the app market – Gene Burrus, global policy council, CAF

    Gene Burrus, global policy council at the Coalition for App Fairness, discusses how Apple and Google use their dominant position in the app store market to unfairly treat app developers and the legal battle taking place over this.    Burrus joined the Coalition for App Fairness – a group of app developers advocating for a competitive and fair marketplace – after his work at Spotify (a CAF member) introduced him to the complex struggle between app stores and apps. CAF contains members from early-stage startups to global powerhouses, including Fortnite developer Epic Games. Burrus explains the various legal challenges made against Apple and Google and the progress from global competition regulators in breaking up the app store monopoly, described by Burrus as being akin to Microsoft’s domination of the software market in the 90s before anti-trust lawsuits came into place.

    31 min
  8. From Dragon's Den to a food tech unicorn – Timo Boldt, CEO, Gousto

    SEP 30

    From Dragon's Den to a food tech unicorn – Timo Boldt, CEO, Gousto

    Timo Boldt, founder and CEO of Gousto discusses growing his business from a Dragon's Den pitch to a market leader, how sustainability has always been at the heart of Gousto and the importance of new founders finding good mentors.    Gousto is a startup that sends pre-packaged meal kits with ingredients in the exact proportions required for the recipe. The company uses algorithms to tailor recipes to consumers' tastes, health requirements and to reduce food waste. Boldt pitched the startup on Dragon's Den in 2013 while suffering from food poisoning, and after rejecting two offers on the show, he grew the company to a valuation of almost $2bn.

    29 min
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Each week, Jane Wakefield sits down with some of the key movers and shakers from the UK tech ecosystem for the UKTN Podcast. Learn growth strategies from both seasoned and up-and-coming founders, hear market sentiments from investors, and understand the tech policy affecting businesses across the country. The UKTN Podcast provides insight into the most influential people in the UK’s innovation economy, exploring their personal and professional journeys and hearing their views on the hottest tech topics of the day.

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    UKTN
  • Years Active
    2022 - 2024
  • Episodes
    94
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