GSD Venture Studios Podcasts by Gary Fowler

Join Jason Ma, Founder & CEO of ThreeEQ, for a candid conversation on what's reshaping the world of single family offices and ultra-high-net-worth investing. As a senior advisor and rainmaker to select SFOs, UHNW families, and enterprises, longstanding B20 member across 12 G20 presidencies, and chair of the recent Silicon Valley Economic Forum (SVEF) and moderator of its "Single Family Office...

Join Steven Walchek, Co-Founder and CEO of Liminal, for a deep dive into the "adoption paradox" facing the modern enterprise. Despite billions in AI investment, most organizations remain trapped in perpetual pilots. A serial entrepreneur with over $1.1B in exit value and a former CINO at FIS, Steven argues that the failure isn't technical—it’s strategic. In this episode, we explore w...

Join Warren Myers, CEO and Co-Founder of AURA, for a conversation on one of the most urgent and underleveraged opportunities in global tech — democratizing access to emergency response. Warren's journey began with a video monitoring business in South Africa, built to detect crimes in real time and alert police to respond. But even with video evidence, police response was often too slow or didn...

Join Yogi Goel, Co-founder, CEO, and CFO of Maxima, for an unvarnished conversation on breaking the legacy architecture of corporate finance. After a 20-year career spanning auditing at EY, tech IPOs at Citi and Barclays, and scaling Rubrik from $5M to $900M in ARR, Yogi was firmly on the venture-backed CFO track. Instead, he realized that despite decades of enterprise software, accounting teams w...

Join Patañjali Chary, Founder and CEO of Fourth Vital, for a profound exploration into the true frontier of proactive medicine. Boasting a 30-year pedigree across AI and enterprise architecture at giants like Oracle and Microsoft, Patañjali is shifting healthcare from reactive treatment to upstream intelligence. In this episode, we move past basic medical chatbots and workflow automation to discus...

Join Tess Michaels, Founder and CEO of Clasp, for a strategic discussion on solving one of the most critical crises in modern infrastructure: the healthcare staffing shortage. With a high-octane background in healthcare investment banking at Goldman Sachs and private equity at Vista Equity Partners, Tess is applying institutional-grade financial logic to a human problem. In this episode, we explor...

Join Tim Williams, CEO and Co-Founder of AstraSync AI, for a critical exploration of the foundational challenges facing the next era of automation. With two decades of experience commercializing AI—including ten years at the sharp end of KYC, AML, and identity verification in financial services—Tim is one of the few leaders focused on the "missing layer" of the agentic revolution. In thi...

Join Marcus Flakes, Category Founder and CEO of PantriApp, for a vision-shifting conversation on the future of domestic infrastructure. A multidisciplinary leader with a background in public health, culinary operations, and high-volume logistics, Marcus is pioneering a new category: Household Intelligence Technology (HIT). In this episode, we explore how Marcus is leveraging AI and behavioral inte...

Join Teddy Howsare, Founder and CEO of Oliver Wildheart International, for an exploration into the next evolution of "Conscious Capitalism." A former military pilot with a mastery of high-stakes operations and a background in large-scale real estate development, Teddy is building a global brand that refuses to compromise on ethics for the sake of scale. In this episode, we discuss how Ol...

Join Kethees Ketheesan, Co-founder and CEO of Puloli (SkopeOne.io), for a masterclass on scaling deep-tech solutions for the planet's most urgent challenges. With over 20 years of experience in wireless infrastructure and R&D—spanning the evolution of 3G at Motorola to leading flagship RAN products at Netscout—Kethees is now applying his technical pedigree to the climate crisis. In this ep...

Join Milena Nikolic, Founder and CEO of Heywa Labs, for a masterclass on the next great interface revolution. With a 13-year tenure at Google—rising from a graduate engineer to Senior Engineering Director in Search and Android—and a former role as CTO of Trainline, Milena is one of the most sophisticated voices in tech today. In this episode, we move past the limitations of the "chat window&q...

Join Gil Bar-Lev, CEO of HomeRoots, for a masterclass on the evolution of digital commerce. A software engineer who helped bridge the gap between physical retail and the digital world during the legendary Toys "R" Us integration with Amazon, Gil has seen the "under the hood" mechanics of global trade for decades. In this episode, we move beyond the buzzwords to discuss how Home...

Join Václav Kandrnal, CEO and Co-Founder of DecisionRules, for a masterclass on the evolution of automated decision-making. A veteran of the financial world with 20 years of experience building digital banks like Zopa and MONETA, Václav is a leader who understands the high cost of rigid code. In this episode, we discuss the strategic "spin-off" of DecisionRules, the critical difference b...

Join Youssef Khayali, CEO and Co-founder of Sustalium, for a strategic look at the massive shift occurring at the intersection of Artificial Intelligence and corporate responsibility. As LLM business models optimize for cost and enterprise scale, a familiar pattern is emerging: a fragmented ecosystem of compliance and sustainability frameworks that threatens to leave Small and Medium Businesses (S...

Join Dr. Simon MacKenzie, co-CEO of Cellbricks Therapeutics, for a grounded and high-stakes discussion on the reality of biofabrication. With over 25 years of experience building biotech and med-tech organizations across Europe, the US, and Asia, Simon is a veteran leader who knows that the gap between a "cool demo" and a "clinical therapeutic" is paved with disciplined engineering. In this episod...

Join Kathryn Bricken, Founder and CEO of Doughlicious – The London Dough Co., for a candid masterclass on scaling a better-for-you frozen snack brand across two continents. Moving from a single London facility to over 6,000 US locations including Whole Foods, Target, and Costco, Kathryn has mastered the art of the "lean scale-up." In this episode, we discuss the grit of being a female fo...

Join Sweta Patel, Founder of Healveda Care and creator of Make Me Visible, for a profound look at why our most critical institutions—healthcare, legal, and financial—frequently fail the people they are meant to serve. A survivor of multiple systemic failures and a Silicon Valley veteran who has advised over 200 startups, Sweta has developed a groundbreaking model for multi-system accountability. I...

Join Tim Bucher, Founder and CEO of Agtonomy, for a journey that sits at the unique intersection of soil and silicon. A lifelong farmer and legendary computer scientist, Tim has spent over three decades building tech giants and landmark products like the original Xbox and iPad. In this episode, we explore how Tim is applying his "Fortune 50" engineering pedigree to the agricultural world...

Join Jue Wang, Co-founder and CEO of a stealth automotive tech startup, for a deep dive into the literal foundations of the next generation of transport. With 15 years of experience developing chassis systems for some of the world’s most complex vehicle programs—spanning both legacy giants and ground-up EV pioneers—Jue possesses a rare perspective on the structural evolution of the car. In this ep...

Join Paul Steven Conyngham, Co-founder of Core Intelligence Technologies and a veteran data scientist with 17 years of experience, for a conversation that redefined the boundaries of "citizen science." In 2026, Paul stunned the global medical and tech communities by doing the unthinkable: designing a personalized mRNA cancer vaccine for his rescue dog, Rosie, after a terminal diagnosis....

Join Paul Colan, CEO of Kasti.ai, for a deep-dive into the "distraction phase" of educational technology. Despite 2,900+ apps and a $30B annual spend, student outcomes remain stagnant. Paul argues that generic AI is making this worse by treating technology as the teacher rather than the tool. In this episode, we explore the Kasti philosophy: that AI is not the product, but the infrastruc...

Join Dr. Chad Spensky, Founder and CEO of Allthenticate, for a deep dive into the persistent "stupidity" of modern security. Despite billions spent on cybersecurity, 86% of breaches still involve simple credential theft—essentially, hackers just walking through the front door. A former researcher at MIT Lincoln Laboratory and a veteran of world-class hacking competitions, Chad is on a mi...

Join Edward Woodford, Founder and CEO of Zero Hash, for a definitive look at the structural transformation of the global financial system. As the head of the infrastructure platform powering digital assets for titans like Morgan Stanley, Stripe, and Franklin Templeton, Edward sits at the center of the "Great Rewiring." In this episode, we move past the crypto hype to discuss how stableco...

Join Luis Antón Gollonet, Founder and CEO of EchoWi, for a strategic session on the most significant shift in consumer behavior since the invention of the search engine. With a background in corporate development at giants like Amadeus and a history of building AI-vetted platforms, Luis is now solving the "visibility crisis" created by Large Language Models. In this episode, we explore h...

Join Shravan Bhati, CEO of SatLeo Labs, for an expert-led journey into the frontier of the NewSpace economy. With over 20 years of experience—including a pivotal role in the space technology team at Amazon Web Services (AWS)—Shravan is a veteran of the global satellite and geospatial landscape. In this episode, we discuss how SatLeo Labs is utilizing specialized thermal satellite data to solve ter...