The Times Tech Podcast
Wireless Group
As The Sunday Times’ West Coast Correspondent, Danny Fortson has witnessed the technological whirlwind coming from Silicon Valley first hand. The Times' Technology Business Editor Katie Prescott has reported on how digital technology is transforming businesses and society around the world. Now, 'Danny in the Valley' meets 'Katie in the City', with a podcast presented from San Francisco and London. Each week sees a fresh interview with pioneers in tech, from the brightest start-ups to the tech giants, as Katie and Danny chronicle the AI revolution.
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Location:
United Kingdom
Description:
As The Sunday Times’ West Coast Correspondent, Danny Fortson has witnessed the technological whirlwind coming from Silicon Valley first hand. The Times' Technology Business Editor Katie Prescott has reported on how digital technology is transforming businesses and society around the world. Now, 'Danny in the Valley' meets 'Katie in the City', with a podcast presented from San Francisco and London. Each week sees a fresh interview with pioneers in tech, from the brightest start-ups to the tech giants, as Katie and Danny chronicle the AI revolution. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Twitter:
@dannyfortson
Language:
English
Contact:
415-271-1009
Episodes
An AI-induced recession on the horizon? Klarna's CEO thinks so
6/5/2025
Sebastian Siemiatkowski joins the pod from the SXSW festival in London to tell the story of Klarna, the "buy now, pay later" fintech company he co-founded and currently leads. Press coverage suggests that he has gone all in on AI at the company; he claims his position is more nuanced. But what is clear, in his mind, is that an AI-induced recession may be unavoidable.
Any thoughts or questions, get in touch - techpod@thetimes.co.uk
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Duration:00:38:30
OpenAI's iPhone moment & can AI teach?
5/29/2025
Last week Sam Altman announced the acquisition of Sir Jony Ive's hardware startup, io, in order to create a new class of AI-native devices. This week, Katie and Danny ask whether this could be the bet of the century and more than just an expensive video shoot. Meanwhile did Anthropic's early model show a worrying tendency to blackmail it's users? Plus, Danny speaks to the founder of a school where kids may only have to learn for 2 hours a day, maybe! All thanks to AI.
Any thoughts or questions, get in touch - techpod@thetimes.co.uk
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Duration:00:46:13
Can the UK invent the next internet?
5/22/2025
The internet, GPS, autonomous vehicles... they all have one thing in common: they're existence is in large part down to the DARPA (the US Department of Defense's Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency). And the UK is trying to repeat the success of that agency with its own: ARIA (the Advanced Research and Invention Agency). The organisation's CEO, Ilan Gur, joins Katie to discuss how.
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Duration:00:40:48
Inside the mind of Elon Musk & is the future of EV market Chinese?
5/15/2025
Katie and Danny are joined for a conversation with Jon McNeil. For a pivotal 30 month period, Jon was President of Tesla and worked closely with Elon Musk. And also just where is the EV market currently at? Is the future of driving autonomous? And how best to invest in our AI future?
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Duration:00:39:23
Deliveroo gets swallowed up, OpenAI gets purposeful & how not to get 'Tinder Swindled'
5/8/2025
Sam Altman wrote a letter to staff at OpenAI explaining a new structure for the company. Katie and Danny react to that and the news this week that Deliveroo had agreed to a £2.9billion takeover from DoorDash. Plus, an interview with the subject of Netflix's Tinder Swindler, who in a world of deepfakes and online scammers wants us to trust again.
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Duration:00:39:42
What satellite imaging reveals about the Earth & will Elon take us to Mars?
5/1/2025
Danny's second obsession (after humanoid robots) is space, so he's been speaking to someone sending satellites into orbit. No, not Elon Musk - though naturally his plans to colonise Mars do come up. Will Marshall is the co-founder and CEO of Planet, a company which provides often revealing imagery of Earth in high definition.
Any thoughts or questions, get in touch - techpod@thetimes.co.uk
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Duration:00:39:57
Binance's new CEO makes the case for crypto (and forgiveness)
4/24/2025
Finally, the crypto episode is here. And after a lowdown on the vibe shift towards the industry in Washington, Katie is joined by Binance's new CEO, Richard Teng, who is tasked with making the case for the company that was beset by scandal under previous CEO and founder, Changpeng Zhao “CZ”.
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Duration:00:48:39
The global fallout from Trump's tariffs
4/17/2025
Ryan Peterson 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 Trump's tariffs and what happens next.
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Duration:00:36:42
A device that records your entire life? Yeah, sure great idea...
4/10/2025
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 episode of Black Mirror at all. In fact, its creator, and CEO of Limitless AI, Dan Siroker, believes it can "to free the human mind from its biological limitations". He joins the pod to speak to a sceptical Danny Fortson.
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Duration:00:43:27
Dropbox CEO drops in & Softbank's $40B OpenAI bet
4/4/2025
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 makes a $40billion investment in OpenAI, while a new book allegedly tells the inside story of Sam Altman's 2023 (temporary) dismissal.
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Duration:00:49:24
Will your humanoid robot compliment you? And the end of 23andMe?
3/27/2025
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 for bankruptcy.
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Duration:00:41:35
Nvidia goes for it! And a Silicon Valley dogs life start up!
3/20/2025
Danny reports from the Nvidia GTC event, which he calls the 'Super Bowl of AI.' 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 developing drugs to extend the lives of dogs - so just how close are they to success? It's CEO, Celine Halioua shares the latest breakthroughs and what this could mean for human longevity. (And what does this mean for Kate's tadpoles?)
Clips: Nvidia
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Duration:00:49:25
The algorithm says we’re soulmates… Now what?
3/13/2025
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 be better than tech!
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Duration:00:46:23
Ocado's robotics, Crypto's rise and Skype's demise
3/6/2025
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 wants is making the USA the "Crypto Capital of the World". And Danny gets personal as he and Kate reminisce as Skype is "retired".
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Duration:00:48:27
Nuclear's big return, British creators revolt & Elon sends an email
2/27/2025
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 Government, while Elon Musk sends a strongly worded email to Government employees.
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Duration:00:44:27
With Marc Benioff, CEO of Salesforce
2/20/2025
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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Duration:00:43:46
Elon bids for OpenAI, and Sam says no
2/15/2025
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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Duration:00:26:40
An interview with Sam Altman, Co-Founder & CEO of OpenAI
2/10/2025
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 all things OpenAI, President Trump, DeepSeek and the future of life and work.
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Duration:00:29:09
Automatic Data Production Units (ADPUs) - really, Danny? Plus a Silicon Valley vibe check...
2/7/2025
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 administration.
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Duration:00:44:20
DeepSeek and you shall find? With Professor Neil Lawrence
1/30/2025
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 Lawrence joins the pod to help Katie and Danny answer those questions and a few more besides.
Clip: AI House Davos Jan 2024
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Duration:00:33:35