John Reynolds

John Reynolds

Freelance business journalist @TheSundayIndo @thecurrency & sometimes others | Various other editing & writing | Opinions my own.

Appears in 33 Episodes

Europe has a "swarm" of global-scale AI firms, says VC

In the Tech.eu podcast, Ziv Riechert, partner at LocalGlobe, and Bobby Jackle, partner, Visionaries Club, talk AI.

We're not looking to poach researchers from other labs," says Anthropic's European boss

 In this Tech.eu podcast, Guillaume Princen talks about Anthropic's European ambitions.

Some of the best AI solutions are coming from Europe”, says OpenAI's EMEA startup boss

In the Tech.eu podcast, Laura Modiano talks about how OpenAI is working with startups across Europe.

Swedish AI legaltech founder: Most big law firms “not like to leverage Chinese models”

In the Tech.eu podcast,  Legora CEO Max  Junestrand talks about which LLMs the startup is leveraging and how widespread AI has become within the startup.

Europe in danger of being geopolitical “sitting duck” unless embraces defence tech, says Alpine Eagle founder

In this Tech.eu podcast, Alpine Eagle co-founder Jan-Hendrik Boelens talks defence tech and the opportunity it presents for Europe.

We are sprinting towards implementation of our first chip”, says UK startup in AI inference race

In the Tech.eu podcast, Fractile founder Walter Goodwin discusses Fractile's AI inference chips which he claims can run LLMs faster and more energy efficient than Nvid...

“Lot of work to be done” to achieve open banking success, says Volt CEO

In this episode, the co-founder and interim CEO of Volt, talks about Volt and open banking.

London’s fintech crown “under threat”, says Pockit CEO

The co-founder of Pockit talks about the fintech's future plans, the acquisition of Monese, and why he thinks the fintech sector is ripe for consolidation.

“There is still a lack of investment opportunities in Slovakia,” says Slovak fintech founder

Two Slovakia-based startup executives discuss the pros and cons of being located in the country.

Our future is predominantly American”, says founder of Nvidia-backed London startup PolyAI

Nikola Mrkšić talks PolyAI, the future of AI-powered voices, and the impact of AI on the workforce.

We will [still] be a unicorn today”, says CEO of Bulgaria’s first-ever $1bn startup

Hristo Borisov, CEO and co-founder of Payhawk, was speaking on the Tech.eu podcast, talking about the history of Payhawk and the challenges and opportunities it faces ...

AI grant applicants like "sizzle without the steak"

Speaking on the Tech.eu podcast, Payal Dalal, MasterCard, discusses the MasterCard Strive EU Innovation Fund.

“We see the Pluto, Lunar dynamic like N26 and Trade Republic”, says Pluto boss

Joakim Bruchmann, CEO & co-founder, Pluto.markets, and Ken Villum Klausen, the founder and CEO of Danish challenger bank Lunar, discuss Denmark as a tech hub.

Banking-as-a-Service will provide plumbing for half of future banking activity, says NatWest boss

Speaking on the Tech.eu podcast, George Toumbev, chief commercial officer, NatWest Boxed,  talks about NatWest’s BaaS offering and some of the challenges and opportuni...

“Maybe some things got a little wobbly,” says Techstars CEO addressing criticism about its corporate culture

A podcast interview with David Cohen, the co-founder and CEO of Techstars, the startup accelerator, which has backed thousands of startups. In the episode, Cohen addre...

“Dead man’s shoes. Older VCs need to move to the side,” says top VC

Zoe Peden, partner, Ananda Impact Ventures, an impact VC fund and Eleanor Kaye, managing director, Newton Venture Progam, an education scheme for overlooked and under-...

University spinout numbers on the up after universities “drop” stakes

Doctor Peter Garraghan, co-founder and CEO, Mindgard and  Kevin Berghoff,  co-founder of Quantum Diamonds, discuss the virtues and challenges of university spinouts.

Northvolt VC backer "optimistic" about its future, despite laying off 1,600 workers.

An interview with Agate Freimane, general partner, Norrsken VC and Pablo Pederjon, partner at Madrid-based impact VC fund Seaya about impact investing.

No tech firm can say “software is never going to fail”, says ethical hacker, amid CrowdStrike fallout

An interview with two experts on the CrowdStrike fallout and how businesses can limit impact of outage or cyber attack.

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