Literal Humans

Tech Can't Save Us

Business EN ↓ 207 episodes

A podcast for tech founders and operators building the next generation of mission-driven tech companies. Each episode, host Paul David (Founder/CEO of Literal Humans) sits down with a CEO, founder, or innovator and digs into the key questions that separate companies that scale from those that stall:  What's going on in your sector? What's your path to category leadership? How's your product? Do your customers truly love it? How sharp is your go-to-market (GTM) strategy + execution?  Who are your senior leaders? How are their personal and professional experiences shaping your growth trajectory?...

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Literal Humans

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Business

Podcast website

literalhumans.com

Latest episode

Jul 9, 2026

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Episodes

S4 Ep41: Revolutionizing AI Monetization and Usage-Based Billing with Arnon Shimoni, VP of Growth at Solvimon 09.07.2026

This week on Tech Can’t Save Us, host Paul David is joined by Arnon Shimoni, VP of Growth at Solvimon, a next-generation billing monetization platform. Headquartered in the Netherlands, Solvimon is designed to help modern SaaS companies navigate hybrid business models and the shifting landscape of usage-based pricing. They discuss the evolution of software billing, analyzing why traditional seat-b...

S4 Ep40: Rebuilding the Foundation of Financial Operations with Ignacio Berardi, Co-Founder and CEO of Rexi 02.07.2026

This week on Tech Can’t Save Us, host Paul David is joined by Ignacio Berardi, Co-Founder and CEO of Rexi, an AI-native financial operations platform rebuilding the infrastructure layer beneath modern fintech. Rexi automates reconciliation, accelerates financial close, and replaces fragile manual back-office workflows with intelligent agentic systems — building what Ignacio describes as the operat...

S4 Ep39: Bridging the Gap in Maternal Health Equity with Kim Smith, Founder and CEO of Health Evolve 25.06.2026

This week on Tech Can’t Save Us, host Paul David is joined by Kim Smith, Founder and CEO of Health Evolve, a South Carolina-based femtech company building patient-centred technologies at the intersection of care and culture. Kim founded Health Evolve in 2023 following the loss of her daughter Lauren to HELLP Syndrome, naming the company’s flagship platform in her honour. They discuss why the patie...

S4 Ep38: Accelerating MedTech Innovation and First-in-Human Success with Julio Martinez-Clark, Co-Founder & CEO of bioaccess 18.06.2026

This week on Tech Can't Save Us, host Paul David is joined by Julio Martinez-Clark, co-founder and CEO of BioAccess, the world's first contract research organization (CRO) purpose-built specifically for first-in-human (FIH) clinical trials. They discuss the "valley of death" that claims roughly 90% of healthcare startups, which frequently fail not because their technology is flawed, but because th...

S4 Ep37: Redefining Digital Visibility in the Age of AI Search with Vojtech Oravec, Founder of Ranketta 11.06.2026

This week on Tech Can't Save Us, host Paul David is joined by Vojtech Oravec, the founder of Ranketta, an innovative platform helping companies measure and optimize their visibility within AI-driven search engines and answer engines like ChatGPT and Perplexity. With a deep background as an AI research scientist and enterprise product manager, Vojtech is now building the tools brands need to stay r...

S4 Ep36: Scaling the AI-Driven Health Operating System with Nick Lenten, Founder & CEO of Ahead Health 04.06.2026

This week on Tech Can’t Save Us, host Paul David is joined by Nick Lenten, founder and CEO at Ahead Health and a veteran of the tech world who previously served as head of product at Google. Ahead Health is on a mission to build Europe’s AI-driven prevention platform, offering advanced health checkups in under 60 minutes to bring elite-level preventative care to the general public. The conversatio...

S4 Ep35: Enhancing Leadership Intelligence with Ben Perreau, Founder & CEO of Parafoil 28.05.2026

This week on Tech Can’t Save Us, host Paul David is joined by Ben Perreau, founder and CEO of Parafoil, a leadership intelligence platform that uses cognitive science and psycholinguistics to help managers evolve into exceptional leaders. They discuss the current crisis in management, where a “great flattening” of organizational structures has significantly increased the cognitive load on individu...

S4 Ep34: Unlocking the Bitcoin Advantage with Shawn Owen, CEO of SALT Lending 21.05.2026

This week on Tech Can't Save Us, host Paul David is joined by Shawn Owen, CEO of SALT Lending, a pioneer in the blockchain space since 2016. As a serial entrepreneur with over 26 years of experience and a passion for Bitcoin dating back to 2011, Shawn provides a unique perspective on bridging the gap between legacy finance and the digital asset revolution. They discuss the fundamental problems SAL...

S4 Ep33: Architecting the Future of Campus Commerce with Taran Lent, CTO of Illumia 14.05.2026

This week on Tech Can’t Save Us, host Paul David is joined by Taran Lent, CTO of Illumia. A leader in enterprise-grade cloud software, Illumia was born from the strategic merger of Transact Campus and Seaboard, two powerhouses focused on revolutionizing commerce and credentialing solutions. They discuss the unique challenges of modernizing the tech stack for mission-critical legacy industries, inc...

S4 Ep32: Episode Description: Engineering Durability in Complex Systems with Ivan Gekht, CEO of Gehtsoft USA 07.05.2026

This week on Tech Can't Save Us, host Paul David is joined by Ivan Gekht, CEO of Gehtsoft USA, a prominent leader in software delivery for highly regulated environments. Ivan’s professional journey is remarkably unique, beginning as a Siberian aerospace engineer before he transitioned into the high-stakes world of fintech and trading. As the creator of the New York Stock Exchange’s first-ever FX m...

S4 Ep31: Revolutionizing African Payments through Payments-as-a-Service with Jonatan Allback, CEO & Co-Founder of NjiaPay 30.04.2026

This week on Tech Can’t Save Us , host Paul David is joined by Jonatan Allback , Co-founder and CEO of NjiaPay , a payments-as-a-service company simplifying online commerce across the African continent. With nearly 15 years of fintech experience, Jonatan is now applying big-tech growth principles to one of the world's most exciting emerging markets. They discuss the immense hurdles of operating in...

S4 Ep30: Turning Sustainability into a Positive Business Case with Jonatan Roose, Co-Founder at Healthy Workers 23.04.2026

In this episode of the Tech Can't Save Us podcast, host Paul David interviews Jonatan Roose, the co-founder of Healthy Workers. Based in Amsterdam, the company specializes in making every building smart through innovative building automation and energy management solutions. Since its founding, Healthy Workers has grown to manage over three million square meters across various asset classes, includ...

S4 Ep29: How Leaders Actually Use AI for Strategy – Part Two with Gary Bonilla, Co-Founder of Goodmora 16.04.2026

This week on Tech Can’t Save Us, host Paul David is joined for part two of a deep dive with Gary Bonilla, the co-founder of GoodMora. Following their previous discussion on why business transformations fail, they shift focus to the future of leadership, decision-making, and how behavior changes with better data and insights. The conversation explores how strategy is shifting from trying to lock in...

S4 Ep28: Fixing Remote Work Burnout with Steven Puri, Founder & CEO of The Sukha Company 09.04.2026

This week on Tech Can't Save Us, host Paul David is joined by Steven Puri, founder and CEO of The Sukha Company. Steven has led a fascinating career, transitioning from a high-level studio executive and producer at major Hollywood studios like DreamWorks and Sony to raising $21 million in venture funding across three tech startups. Together, they explore how remote work has broken traditional prod...

S4 Ep27: Tackling Waste in Our Homes and Communities with Tessa Clarke, Co-founder and CEO of Olio 02.04.2026

This week on Tech Can't Save Us, host Paul David is joined by Tessa Clarke, co-founder and CEO of Olio, a free app on a mission to tackle waste in homes and local communities. Since its launch in 2015, Olio has grown to over 8 million users who have collectively shared more than 130 million meals and prevented 300,000 tons of CO2 emissions. Tessa discusses how waste has become endemic across socie...

S4 Ep26: AI Agents for the Next Generation of Channel Partnerships with Leo Crowe, CEO of Souk 26.03.2026

This week on Tech Can’t Save Us , host Paul David is joined by Leo Crowe , the co-founder and CEO of Souk , a newly launched AI platform transforming how companies build and scale channel partnerships. Selected for Antler’s 2025 London cohort from over 150,000 applicants, Leo brings a wealth of experience from leadership roles at Deel and Papaya Global to solve the age-old inefficiencies of partne...

S4 Ep25: Bringing Modern EdTech to Underserved Schools with Robby Cobbs & Kyle Sumrow of Tech My School 19.03.2026

This week on Tech Can’t Save Us , host Paul David is joined by Robert "Robby" Cobbs , CEO and founder, and Kyle Sumrow , director of development at TechMySchool . As the Caribbean’s leading EdTech consulting nonprofit, TechMySchool serves over 40 schools across Puerto Rico, the U.S., and internationally, helping them modernize systems and create student-centered learning environments. They discuss...

S4 Ep24: How Lori is Building the AI Operating System for Patient Stories with Asmaa Bencherif, Founder of Lori 12.03.2026

This week on Tech Can’t Save Us , host Paul David is joined by Asmaa Bencherif , founder of Lori . Lori is an AI operating system designed to make real-world patient stories and outcomes usable at scale, helping individuals find health products that genuinely work in a crowded and often untrustworthy market. Asmaa shares her personal journey of being diagnosed with an autoimmune condition and the...

S4 Ep23: Rethinking the Future of the Internet with Galen Wolfe-Pauly, Co-Founder of Tlon 05.03.2026

This week on Tech Can’t Save Us, host Paul David is joined by Galen Wolfe-Pauly, co-founder of Tlon. Tlon is a company radically reimagining the internet's foundation to create a simpler, more personal computing experience. They discuss the structural flaws of the modern internet, where users rely on centralized identifiers and servers they do not own, leading to issues with privacy, data mining,...

S4 Ep22: Reinventing Urban Delivery Through AI Route Optimization with Richard Savoie, CEO of Adiona 26.02.2026

This week on Tech Can’t Save Us , host Paul David is joined by Richard Savoie , Founding CEO of Adiona , an award-winning AI-powered delivery optimization platform that is reinventing how cities move goods. As urban populations grow and delivery volumes explode, the "last mile" has become the most expensive, complex, and emissions-intensive part of the supply chain. They discuss the "cracks" in mo...

S4 Ep21: Tackling the Screen Time Epidemic with Connor Mason and Glenn Stephenson, Co-founders of Fluid Focus 19.02.2026

This week on Tech Can’t Save Us , host Paul David is joined by Connor Mason and Glenn Stephenson, co-founders of Fluid Focus , a Belfast-based company rethinking our relationship with technology. With research showing the average adult spends nearly a third of their waking hours—and Gen Z over six hours a day—on their smartphones, Fluid Focus aims to flip the dynamic from tech consuming our lives...

S4 Ep20: Reinventing How We Pay Off Mortgages with Jinesh Vohra, CEO of Sprive 11.02.2026

This week on Tech Can't Save Us, host Paul David is joined by Jinesh Vohra , founder and CEO of Sprive , a UK-based fintech on a mission to help homeowners pay off their mortgages years earlier and save thousands in interest. The conversation dives deep into the structural flaws of the UK mortgage system, where high property prices relative to salaries have forced many into 30 or 40-year mortgage...

S4 Ep19: Solving the Data and AI Literacy Crisis with Greg Freeman, CEO of Data Literacy Academy 04.02.2026

This week on Tech Can’t Save Us, host Paul David is joined by Greg Freeman , founder and CEO of Data Literacy Academy , an organization dedicated to building data-confident cultures within the world’s top companies. They discuss the staggering reality that up to 83% of the workforce is data illiterate, leaving businesses unable to effectively monetize or act upon the billions of dollars they inves...

S4 Ep18: Winning B2B Software Sales in the Age of AI with Matthew Whyatt, Founder & Chief Strategist at TechTorque 28.01.2026

This week on Tech Can't Save Us, host Paul David is joined by Matthew Whyatt, founder and chief strategist at TechTorque, a consultancy that helps B2B software and SaaS companies sharpen their go-to-market strategies, scale revenue, and build predictable sales systems. They discuss how AI is fundamentally reshaping B2B software sales while emphasizing that great selling isn't dying, it's evolving....

S4 Ep17: Weaving the Future of Sustainable Textiles with Mijke van Ballegooijen, CEO of BYBORRE 21.01.2026

This week on Tech Can't Save Us, host Paul David is joined by Mijke van Ballegooijen, CEO of BYBORRE, a pioneering textile innovation company based in Amsterdam that's redefining how fabrics are designed, produced, and valued through data-driven design and radical transparency. They discuss the fundamental problems plaguing the global textile industry, which accounts for up to 10% of global carbon...

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