The Brave Technologist
Technology is reshaping society—but how are users included in the conversation? The Brave Technologist explores how emerging technologies like artificial intelligence, machine learning, and Web3 are influencing our lives, our choices, and our collective future. Unlike many tech podcasts that focus on hype and disruption, this show puts users at the center of the conversation. Each episode features thoughtful discussions with technologists working to ensure that innovation serves the public interest. How are these tools impacting users? And how can we ensure that technology is developed with transparency, accountability, and the public good in mind? We're going deep with fo...
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AI That Acts: How Autonomous Agents Are Rewriting Org Charts
<p >Manoj Saxena, Founder and CEO of Trustwise, explains why agentic AI represents a major shift inside organizations: from AI as a tool to AI as an active participant. He addresses the operational challenges that organizations face today, including AI-to-AI interactions, opaque decision-making, regulatory pressure, and the growing need for continuous oversight as AI systems gain autonomy.</p> <p >Key Takeaways:</p> <p >The ways AI agents are already taking on roles once owned by humans</p> <p >How leaders should prepare for AI systems that negotiate, decide, and act independently</p> <p >The emerging risks of AI acting without...
When AI and Enterprise Tech Feel Like Magic [Live from AI Summit]
<p >Kapil Gupta, former Enterprise AI Product & Platform Leader at Cigna, shares insights from more than two decades of turning cutting-edge technology into enterprise-ready products. He unpacks the difference between generative AI and agentic AI, and why governance, user choice, and thoughtful design matter just as much as innovation.</p> <p >Learn how enterprises can scale responsibly and why the best technology often feels invisible to the people using it.</p> <p >Key Takeaways: </p> <p >The tangible difference between generative AI and agent-based workflows</p> <p >Why adoption depends on fitting into existing workflows, rather than forcing behavior change</p...
Is Digital Money Becoming a Surveillance Tool? [LIVE From AI Summit]
<p >Chastity Murphy, former Senior Advisor at the U.S.Treasury and Visiting Research Fellow at the University of Manchester, shares her experiences working on digital money legislation, including the Stable Act. She reflects on the transition from cash to digital payments along with her current research developing offline, anonymous public interest payment systems.</p> <p >Key Takeaways:</p> <p >How early stablecoin legislation shaped our understanding of digital money, privacy, and consumer protection</p> <p >The gap between technologists and policymakers in understanding digital money</p> <p >Real-world risks of surveillance and data visibility in financial transactions</p> <p >...
Accountability Requires Identity: AI Agents & the Future of Digital Trust
<p >Evin McMullen, co-founder and CEO of Billions Network, explores how identity for agents is going to unlock the next era of the Internet. She shares outcomes from collaborations with regulatory bodies and major companies (like HSBC and TikTok), along with their use of Zero Knowledge Proofs in proving you're human without giving up privacy.</p> <p >Key Takeaways:</p> <p >How Billions Network plans to save the Internet, starting first with scaling trust (while balancing convenience and privacy)</p> <p >The critical importance of identity verification in an increasingly AI-dominated digital landscape, and the biggest challenges to solving for...
Charles Hoskinson: Re-Architecting Money and Extending Human Life
<p >Charles Hoskinson is a co-founder of Ethereum, and the CEO and Founder of Input | Output (the company behind the Cardano blockchain). In this episode he shares his journey into the world of cryptocurrencies and his early influences. He also explains the conception and operational details of the Midnight Network (a privacy-focused, layer-two solution), and discusses his ambitious efforts in anti-aging and regenerative medicine.</p> <p >Key Takeaways: </p> <p >Trillion dollar disruption ideas and a vision for how users will interact with the Internet in 2035</p> <p >Why regulation is the single most exciting opportunity for DeFi</p> <p >W...
When AI Becomes the Attacker: Most Organizations Aren't Ready for AI Threats
<p >Dave Chatterjee, Adjunct Associate Professor at Duke University, explains how scale, speed, and surprise are reshaping cyber threats and why many organizations remain dangerously reactive. He shares his Commitment-Preparedness-Discipline (CPD) framework along with ways that leaders can move beyond checkbox compliance by treating cybersecurity as a strategic business priority.</p> <p >Key Takeaways: </p> <p >The three underestimated AI risks that leaders often overlook, and how AI must be used to defend against AI-driven cyber threats</p> <p >Why deepfake attacks represent a systemic risk at both the individual and organizational levels</p> <p >Practical steps individuals can take to...
LIVE From AI Summit: AI That Only Gets Paid When It Works (Inside Tinman AI)
<p >Leah Price, Vice President of Tinman AI Platform at better.com, breaks down why traditional subscription-based pricing no longer works and how outcome-driven AI can unlock real value for enterprises. She also shares how embedded AI, avatars, and automation are transforming the mortgage experience for both lenders and borrowers, and what the future of AI-powered financial infrastructure could look like.</p> <p >Key Takeaways: </p> <p >How Tinman AI embeds generative AI across an entire mortgage tech stack</p> <p >The limitations of traditional ROI models in enterprise AI adoption, and Tinman's vision for outcome-based pricing</p> <p >How A...
Navigating AI's Hidden Risks: Lessons from the Nova Bridge Chatbot Failure
<p >Bhavesh Mehta and Mahesh Kumar—senior technology leaders at Uber and co-authors of the practical guide AI-First Leader—discuss the lessons learned from Nova Bridge's collapse, and share best practices for mitigating hidden risks that can derail ambitious AI projects. They also share specific ways that small businesses and Fortune 500 companies can embrace AI from a place of empowerment rather than fear.</p> <p >Key Takeaways: </p> <p >Ways to align C-suite leaders and engineering teams around a unified AI roadmap</p> <p >The most underestimated human factor that determines whether an AI transformation succeeds</p> <p >How overlooked vulne...
Building an Intelligent Internet: AI's Future is in Specialized Agents
<p >Emad Mostaque, founder and CEO of Intelligent Internet, discusses his vision for an open and intelligent internet, along with the impact it can have on everyday users. He acknowledges the risks of AI surpassing human capabilities, but shares an optimistic view of where the true strength of a society lies. He also discusses the ways communities can withstand these disruptions and thrive in a changing world.</p> <p >Key Takeaways: </p> <p >What problems AI agents are ready to solve today, and when we can expect future unlocks</p> <p >The future of low-cost intellectual work, and how specialized A...
Zcash and the Fight for Privacy in the Digital Age
<p >Arjun Khemani, memetic warlord at Zcash, shares his journey from questioning conventional thinking to becoming an advocate for rational optimism and privacy in the digital age. He discusses the importance of fighting for freedom, why memes are powerful tools for spreading ideas, and why users should remain skeptical of authority.</p> <p >Key Takeaways:</p> Why privacy is fundamental to freedom and how Zcash is helping us get closer to that ideal The role of shielded transactions in increasing your anonymity What's at stake if we don't transact privately, including broader implications for personal and financial autonomy How memes...
