Future of Tech

In this episode, Avish a i sits down with AI pioneer Yoav Shoham. Yoav was a professor of computer science at Stanford for 28 years, where he was the director of the AI Lab. He is also a serial entrepreneur and has founded various companies across industries. Most recently, he co-founded AI21 labs. AI21 Labs aims to take AI to the next level and builds LLMs for enterprises that make machines thoug...

The journey through GenAI continues! In this episdoe, Avishai enjoys talking to Dr. Sharon Zhou, founder and CEO of Lamini. Sharon's PhD in GenAI from Stanford along with her business career made the dialog intriguing. Sharon studied both classics and computer science at Harvard, and she has risen to be a pioneer in the GenAI space, having recently been named an MIT Tech Review 35 under 35. Buildi...

In this exciting episode, Avashai is joined by Michael Kagan, CTO of NVIDIA. He and Avishai dive into the challenges and opportunities faced by organizations when it comes to the explosion of Gen AI. Michael has been at the forefront of the tech space and is passionate about the potential implications of AI, and has said that we are experiencing AI's ‘iPhone moment.’ Don’t miss the exciting conver...

Welcome back to Future of Tech! In this special season, Avishai sits down with some of the leading thinkers in Generative AI. In this episode, he is joined by Charles Lamanna, Corporate Vice President, Business Apps & Platforms at Microsoft. He and Avishai discuss what Microsoft is doing to educate their workforce about Gen AI, the impacts of Gen AI on large enterprises like Microsoft, and wha...

This week, lace up your boots and be sure to stretch, because we have an exciting new Future of Tech to share with you! Avishai had a chance to sit down with Jonathan Lee, the Senior Director of Sports Performance Technology for Intel. If you never connected Intel and sports technology before, you certainly will after this conversation.  In this lively conversation, Jonathan dives deep into how In...

We can be so passionate about tech that we can get caught up in its concepts and capabilities. But what is at the core of all technology? Our guest today, Mark Potter, the Chief Information Officer at Optus, says “that great technology is a result of people.” Mark’s fascinating career evolved from studying civil engineering to eventually working in the banking and telecommunications industries. Th...

Intro: On this episode of Future of Tech, we speak to Chris Byers, CEO of Formstack. In 2010, Chris stepped in to lead Formstack as CEO for six months. Twelve years later, Chris has not only remained CEO, but the company has grown to 220 employees around the world and recently started fundraising at a billion dollar valuation. In this conversation, Chris discusses Formstack’s focus on intuitive, e...

What does it take to solve an intimidating problem that many feel is unsolvable?  Andrew Feldman, Co-founder and CEO of Cerebras Systems, can tell you, because he and his team engineered an unprecedented technological breakthrough. They set out to build a new class of computer system to accelerate Artificial Intelligence work. In the end, they built the fastest AI accelerator, based on the largest...

Kristina Wallender , Chief Experience Officer of Human Interest , discusses tackling the retirement crisis in the United States, where a vast majority of people will be unable to afford the life that they envision after work. She dives into how our psychological biases can negatively impact our decisions about long-term investing and how Human Interest works to combat those biases.    Intro: How c...

Intro: How should businesses properly utilize a CFO?   Today’s guest is Ronit Maor , the Chief Financial Officer at the insurance and banking software provider Earnix . With nearly two decades of CFO experience, she is the perfect person to talk to about the intricacies of the CFO position, and how it has changed over the years.   On this episode of Future of Tech, Ronit explains how in successful...

Intro: The odds of an entrepreneurial venture succeeding are, statistically speaking, not stacked in the founder’s favor. This is something that Asaf Peled, Founder and CEO of Minute Media, was well aware of when he left his career as a tech investor to found his own tech startup. Today, Minute Media owns 6 major media brands, is considered the third largest online sports publisher in the world, a...

Cybersecurity has become increasingly complicated with the rise of the Internet of Things. How do we protect critical data as it transfers from 1st party to 3rd party devices and services? What are the challenges of modern-day cybersecurity? How can they be addressed? On this episode of Future in Tech, Nadir Izrael, Co-Founder and Chief Technology Officer of Armis, discusses how their platform hel...

Intro: Business leaders can reasonably feel overwhelmed, at times, with the volume of software solutions in the world that may or may not be helpful to their companies.   On this episode of Future of Tech, Godard Abel, the Co-founder and CEO of G2, explains how G2 has created a marketplace where business leaders can check out useful software reviews.   Godard also shares lessons he learned along h...

How essential is technology to the success of a business? How can CDOs and CTOs best enable digital transformation in their organizations?  Marcus East, Chief Digital Officer at T-Mobile, has been fascinated with technology ever since a teacher provided him with access to a computer when he was eight years old. This led him to work in technology for major brands including Apple, Google, National G...

This week we have a special episode of Future of Tech!   Avishai recently got a chance to sit down with Eric Boyer, The EVP of Customer Technology Platforms at AT&T to discuss how current and future innovations are going to have massive ripple effects into the businesses of tomorrow.    The world is more connected than ever because of the internet, and this interconnectedness will only increase. H...

Databases are exciting! Matt Cain , the CEO of Couchbase , contends that databases are right in the middle of digital transformation and that this reality provides great meaning to Couchbase’s work. Tune in to learn about Matt’s position that leaders must first look inside themselves to uncover the best way for them to lead.   Main Takeaways: Technology in the Family: Matt shares how his parents a...

With the increase of cyberthreats, how are backup and recovery techniques rising to the challenge?   Today’s guest is W. Curtis Preston , the Chief Technical Evangelist at the data protection and management provider Druva . Also known in the industry as “Mr. Backup,” Curtis’ nearly 30 years of experience working in backup and recovery make him one of the foremost experts in the field.   On this ep...

Regulations can be incredibly burdensome to companies operating globally. Managing workers and their pay across countries with very particular regulations can be extremely difficult. Yet, as the world is increasingly technologically connected and remote work has taken off, the workforce is likely to become even more internationally interconnected for companies. Eynat Guez, the Co-founder and CEO o...

Across industries, empowering creatives tends to lead to great results because they are the engine of whatever is being created. This is true for developers just as it would be for any sort of creative. As technology becomes more advanced and the world more interconnected, security concerns also become more pronounced too. Therefore, builders must consider security as they make their products and...

Everyone who cares about business and investing either wants to be a unicorn or discover one. But what does it take to be a unicorn or to have the ability to find one in a business environment replete with so many other creatures? Gigi Levy Weiss , General Partner at NFX , knows what it is like to be a unicorn, to identify unicorns, and to support their development. As a child, Gigi’s attraction t...

It’s easy to typecast what a successful entrepreneur should be like: someone growing up awash in technology, attending a prestigious university to study in that area, and then building a unicorn. But that’s not how it always works. In fact, it may not be how it often works. There’s a different sort of entrepreneurial narrative. In this story, it’s about a person who has had a winding path to busin...

To really solve a new problem, it’s essential to look at the reality of the current issue itself. Though it can be helpful to use past context, sometimes that can be a trap because the “solutions” are old ones and don’t really apply to the current situation. With technology developing so quickly, there are entire foundational systems today that did not exist a decade ago. Ami Luttwak , the Co-Foun...

Mickey Boodaei, the CEO and Co-Founder of Transmit Security discusses how the world can move on from passwords. Mickey also explains what he’s learned about attracting and retaining talent, and he offers some guidance to the next generation of entrepreneurs. One of the great identity security concerns for consumers and businesses is the vulnerability of passwords. The security solution to password...

So you want to build a unicorn. Learn from tech leaders and investors that have accomplished this feat, this upcoming season on Future of Tech.

Host of The Future of Tech, Avishai Sharlin recaps previous episodes and shares his lessons learned as he chats with guest host, Albert Chou. In this episode, it’s Avishai’s turn to answer questions about his own career journey and interesting areas of focus that he’s gleaned from hosting The Future of Tech shows. Avishai also teases upcoming episodes that focus on entrepreneurship and unicorns.