Hello 50:50 World - Make Tech More Humane

In this episode of the Hello 50:50 World Podcast, we speak with Youssef Demitri, VP Engineering & Product at Wingtra, a Zurich-based robotics scale-up building autonomous drones and digital mapping solutions used around the world. Together, we explore the intersection of hardware, software, robotics, AI, and leadership: - Why hardware is becoming exciting again in the age of AI - What it takes to...

In this episode of the Hello 50:50 World Podcast, we speak with Alessia Paccagnella, Software Engineer and Co-Founder of VibeFlow, a Y Combinator-backed AI tech startup. Together, we explore her journey from Italy to Switzerland to Silicon Valley: - How she went from the corporate world to building a tech startup - Why understanding users matters more than writing code when building products - Wha...

In this episode of the Hello 50:50 World Podcast, we speak with Romano Roth, Group Chief AI Officer at Zühlke, long-time software engineering leader, and co-organizer of DevOpsDays Zurich. Together, we explore what happens when AI accelerates software development: - Why the biggest bottlenecks in software delivery are often not in engineering, but before development even begins - How DevOps helps...

In this episode of the Hello 50:50 World Podcast, we speak with Britta Hummel, former engineering leader at Meta, who worked on products like Meta Quest and the early foundations of the Microsoft HoloLens. Together, we explore virtual and mixed reality beyond the hype: - Why the biggest technical challenges in VR are largely solved - Why the business side of the metaverse is struggling despite mas...

In this episode of the Hello 50:50 World Podcast, we speak with Aaron Seigo, long-time open source contributor and passionate software developer/architect. Together, we explore how the open source movement evolved over the last decades: - How Aaron discovered open source software in the early days of Linux - Why open source was originally both a technical and political movement - How small open so...

In this episode of the Hello 50:50 World Podcast, we speak with Vardon Hamdiu, co-founder of Sparkable, and Sofiia Kaminska, behavioral researcher and creator of the Option Control project. Together, we explore how social media platforms are architected: - Why many of today’s platforms are optimized for attention and what that does to users - How engagement-based algorithms amplify polarization, o...

In this episode of the Hello 50:50 World Podcast, we speak with Lisa Falco, health tech innovator, author of Go Figure, and co-founder of N23 Health. Together, we explore how data and AI are already shaping the health industry: - How AI can improve women’s health and help close the gender health gap - Why data can both support and harm, especially in healthcare - How AI systems can bring expertise...

In this first episode of the Hello 50:50 World Podcast, we speak with Dr. Marisa Tschopp, psychologist and researcher in human-AI relationships and trust. Marisa is a corporate researcher at scip AG, a cybersecurity company based in Zurich. Since April 1st 2026, she is Head of Subject Area Humans & AI at ZHAW Angewandte Psychologie. Together, we explore what it really means to design AI for humans...

In our trailer episode, host Lisa Stähli, co-lead of Hello 50:50 World, speaks with Martina Niggli, founder of proxi and Hello 50:50 World ambassador. Together, we explore what Hello 50:50 World is and why we are launching a podcast: - Where the idea of the podcast comes from, and what we want to achieve with it - Why different perspectives are so essential to counterbalance current trends in soci...