Connie talks to Jason Del Rey, author of veteran journalist Jason Del Rey about his new book, Winner Sells All: Amazon, Walmart, and the Battle for Our Wallets, which chronicles the no-holds-barred battle between Amazon and Walmart to become the biggest retailer in the world. Music:  1. "Inspired" by Kevin MacLeod (htt

Connie & Alex talk to Spencer Bogart of Blockchain Capital about his firm"s recent investment in Tools for Humanity, the Sam Altman-backed startup behind Worldcoin, an ambitious attempt to create an identity token for everyone in the world.  Music:  1. "Inspired" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/

Connie & Alex talk tech news, and then Connie interviews Gary Marcus, scientist, entrepreneur,  author, and expert on AI. (Marcus was one of the experts who joined OpenAI CEO Sam Altman in talking to the Senate this week on the future of artificial intelligence.)  Music:  1. "Inspired" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompe

Connie & Alex skim through this week"s tech news and then talk to Elad Gil, who has been called Silicon Valley’s biggest solo venture capitalist, with investments in such high fliers as well as Stripe, Anduril, and Figma as well as more recent bets in cutting-edge AI startups such Character.ai, Harvey.ai, and  Perplexi

Connie & Alex talk tech news, and then Connie talks Harry Nelis of Accel about the VC scene in Europe. Music:  1. "Inspired" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3918-inspired) 2. "Blippy Trance" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/5759-blippy-trance) 3. "Dream Catcher" by Kevin M

Connie interviews Parker Conrad of Rippling about how Conrad was able to save his company from Silicon Valley Bank"s epic implosion, while Alex talks to Paul Eremenko about Universal Hydrogen"s quest to power planes with hydrogen.  Music:  1. "Inspired" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3918-inspi