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About the show

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. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Latest episodes

  • The Interview: Replit CEO on the contradictions at the heart of AI doom

    October 3, 2026 · 32 min

    This week, Danny speaks to Amjad Masad, co-founder and CEO of Replit, a ‘vibe-coding’ company which enables anyone – coder or not – to build software simply by telling AI what they want it to do. Amjad makes the case that we’ve lost the…

  • Why is Anthropic asking people to fund AI doom?

    October 1, 2026 · 25 min

    Warnings that AI is going to kill us are once again abounding. This week, Anthropic’s long awaited IPO prospectus was leaked. In it, the company warns that its technology poses “catastrophic or existential risks to humanity” while…

  • The Interview: Ordnance Survey CEO on AI reinventing maps

    September 26, 2026 · 28 min

    Ordnance Survey might just be the oldest tech company around. For 235 years, it has been mapping out every single metre of the UK – no matter how remote. And that data plays a huge part in how we use technology today; think of the many…

  • Why OpenAI and Anthropic should fear Meta Muse

    September 24, 2026 · 22 min

    Meta’s new AI agent app, Muse, has rocketed straight to number one on the App Store. Having put it to the test, Danny explains what the hype is all about. Meanwhile, Katie has bid farewell to her agent Norman in favor of a new AI assistant…

  • The Interview: Nu Quantum CEO on how quantum computing could solve the energy crisis

    September 19, 2026 · 19 min

    This week, Nu Quantum founder and CEO Dr. Carmen Palacios-Berraquero explains how quantum computing could change the world — and why the industry is still waiting on its "ChatGPT moment."  She joins Danny and Katie to discuss the global…

  • The battle to control AI: Who gets to write the rules?

    September 17, 2026 · 22 min

    Over the past week, warnings about the existential threat of AI have reached fever pitch. In an essay backed by Sam Altman, Anthropic’s Dario Amodei called for international cooperation with states like China and for independent safety…

  • The Interview: Bill Gates on AI risk, regulation and the "vacuum of US leadership"

    September 15, 2026 · 28 min

    The Microsoft co-founder tells Danny and Katie why AI is "ultra-different" from any previous technology - and why tech companies shouldn’t be responsible for controlling it.  Speaking about a new report on AI and equity published by The…

  • Is there a 10% chance AI “could kill all humans”?

    September 10, 2026 · 21 min

    Evan Hubinger, the Alignment Lead at Anthropic has warned there’s more than a ten percent chance that AI could kill all humans. And he’s the person responsible for making sure their AI systems are safe.  He’s also not the only person…