Literal Humans
Tech Can't Save Us
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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Jul 9, 2026
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Episodes
S4 Ep16: Redefining Fertility Through Precision Medicine with Kirsten Karchmer, Founder & CEO of Conceivable 15.01.2026 30:16
This week on Tech Can't Save Us, host Paul David is joined by Kirsten Karchmer , CEO of Conceivable , a pioneering digital health company that is revolutionizing precision medicine for fertility and women's wellness. Kirsten's career spans more than two decades transforming how women approach their reproductive health. After running one of North America's largest fertility wellness clinics as the...
S4 Ep15: Reimagining brand strategy for the AI era, with Gary Bonilla, Co-Founder of GoodMora 07.01.2026 39:59
This week on Tech Can’t Save Us , host Paul David is joined by Gary Bonilla, Co-Founder of GoodMora, a company pioneering structural intelligence. AI-driven tools that make the hidden architecture of a business visible, measurable, and adaptable. Gary’s career spans newsroom reporting, global brand strategy, and creative leadership at Nickelodeon, where he helped revive icons like SpongeBob Square...
S4 Ep14: Wearable headsets for treating depression with Erin Lee, CEO of Flow Neuroscience 18.12.2025 28:58
This week on Tech Can’t Save Us , host Paul David is joined by Erin Lee, CEO of Flow Neuroscience, the Swedish health-tech company behind a breakthrough in depression treatment: a wearable brain-stimulation headset that offers a safe, evidence-based alternative to traditional antidepressants. Flow’s device uses transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) to gently activate brain regions respons...
S4 Ep13: Reimagining groceries for the everyday shopper, with Andy Ellwood, Founder & CEO of Stretch 11.12.2025 37:40
This week on Tech Can’t Save Us , host Paul David is joined by Andy Ellwood , founder and CEO of Stretch , the first shopping intelligence platform built to help families save money and make smarter grocery decisions. Andy’s career spans private aviation, startups acquired by Facebook and Google, business development at Waze, and years spent coaching top founders and now he’s bringing that eclecti...
S4 Ep12: Rethinking SME Finance with Dr. Serge Santos, Founder & CEO of Funding Alternative Group 04.12.2025 35:16
This week on Tech Can’t Save Us , host Paul David is joined by Dr. Serge Santos, entrepreneur, investor, and award-winning leader known as The Business Physicist . After deploying over $1 billion in capital during his investment banking and hedge fund career and achieving a multi-million-dollar exit with his previous company, Serge is now tackling one of the UK’s most persistent economic challenge...
S4 Ep11: Quantum security and the fight against counterfeiting with Rob Young, Co-Founder & CSO of Quantum Base 27.11.2025 33:05
This week on Tech Can’t Save Us , host Paul David is joined by Professor Rob Young, Co-Founder & Chief Science Officer of Quantum Base, a pioneering deep-tech company using quantum physics to authenticate products and stop counterfeiting at the atomic level. Rob explains how Quantum Base’s flagship technology, Q-ID, a tiny, printed tag containing “atomic-level uniqueness,” delivers provably se...
S4 Ep10: Solving the sales coaching crisis with John Richardson, Co-Founder & Director of Coaching at MySalesCoach 20.11.2025 36:09
This week on Tech Can’t Save Us , host Paul David sits down with John Richardson, Co-Founder and Director of Coaching at MySalesCoach, the fast-growing platform tackling a problem almost every sales leader knows too well: sales reps simply aren’t getting enough meaningful coaching. John explains why traditional sales management often fails to deliver authentic coaching, outlining the fundamental d...
S4 Ep9: Global bill payments through one integration with Rupert Shaw, Founder & CEO of BILRS 19.11.2025 40:23
This week on Tech Can’t Save Us , host Paul David is joined by Rupert Shaw, founder and CEO of BILRS, a global bill payment platform that allows companies to offer everything from electricity and gas to mobile top-ups and TV subscriptions, all through a single API integration. Rupert shares how BILRS is tackling one of fintech’s biggest challenges: the “last mile” of cross-border payments. While m...
S4 Ep8: Disrupting Consumer Debt using AI with Jason Saltzman, CEO and Co-Founder of Relief 06.11.2025 32:47
This week on Tech Can’t Save Us , host Paul David is joined by Jason Saltzman, co-founder and CEO of Relief, the first AI-powered consumer debt resolution platform designed to help people tackle the overwhelming credit-card debt crisis. Jason shares how Relief automates the complex process of negotiating with creditors, helping users save up to 70% on what they owe, while restoring trust, transpar...
S4 Ep7: Using AI to Solve Patient No-Shows with Dr. Benyamin Deldar & David Hanbury, Co-Founders of Deep Medical 29.10.2025 41:35
This week on Tech Can’t Save Us , host Paul David is joined by Dr. Benyamin Deldar and David Hanbury, the co-founders of Deep Medical, a healthcare startup using AI to tackle one of medicine’s most expensive and overlooked problems: patient no-shows. Deep Medical’s platform analyzes over a decade of appointment and social data to predict which patients are most likely to miss visits and why. Their...
S4 Ep6: Purpose-driven tech for enterprise transformation with David Glennie, Founder & CEO of Voodoo Park 23.10.2025 42:45
This week on Tech Can’t Save Us , host Paul David is joined by David Glennie, founder and CEO of Voodoo Park, a purpose-driven technology company creating transformational solutions for the financial services industry. Under David’s leadership, Voodoo Park has become a certified B Corp, donates 10% of its profits to support women and girls worldwide, and has even founded the world’s first internat...
S4 Ep5: The AI-powered senior living ecosystem with Michael Wang, Founder and Chief Clinical Officer of Inspiren 16.10.2025 35:54
This week on Tech Can’t Save Us , host Paul David is joined by Michael Wang, founder and Chief Clinical Officer of Inspiren, a health tech company revolutionizing senior care through augmented intelligence. Michael shares how Inspiren has built the first complete AI-driven senior living ecosystem, integrating care planning, resident safety, emergency response, and workforce optimization into a sin...
S4 Ep4: Building a direct-pay healthcare marketplace with John Fontein, Co-Founder of Sesame 08.10.2025 47:17
This week on Tech Can't Save Us , host Paul David is joined by John Fontein, co-founder of Sesame, a healthcare marketplace making quality medical care affordable and accessible for everyone. They explore how Sesame’s direct-pay model enables patients to book medical services, ranging from primary care visits to specialist procedures, at transparent, upfront cash prices that are often 60% lower th...
S4 Ep3: Transforming Alzheimer's disease diagnosis through blood tests with Dr. Joel Braunstein, CEO and Co-founder of C2N Diagnostics 22.09.2025 41:05
This week on Tech Can’t Save Us , host Paul David is joined by Dr. Joel Braunstein, co-founder, CEO, and president of C2N Diagnostics, a pioneering biotech company transforming the way we diagnose Alzheimer’s disease. They explore how C2N is advancing blood-based diagnostic tools, most notably the Precivity AD test that delivers accuracy comparable to PET scans and spinal taps, but in a simpler, l...
S4 Ep2: Building visibility for underrepresented founders and executives with Sar Ruddenklau, Founder of Cursive Media 16.09.2025 40:55
This week on Tech Can't Save Us, host Paul David is joined by Sar Ruddenklau, Founder of Cursive Media, a strategic communications agency that works specifically with underrepresented B2B founders and C-suite executives to transform them into influential thought leaders. They discuss how the executive branding landscape has shifted, and why showing up as an authentic human voice has become more cr...
S4 Ep1: Helping underinvested entrepreneurs build equitable communities with Shawna Young, CEO of Camelback Ventures 02.09.2025 41:39
This week on Tech Can't Save Us, host Paul David is joined by Shawna Young, CEO of Camelback Ventures, a New Orleans-based organization that invests in entrepreneurs of color and women building social impact ventures. They discuss how Camelback is tackling one of entrepreneurship's biggest challenges: while genius is equally distributed, opportunity definitely isn't. Since 2015, the organization h...
S3 Ep99: Connecting content to revenue with Tom Rudnai, Founder & CEO of Demand-Genius 20.08.2025 30:47
This week on Tech Can't Save Us, host Paul David is joined by Tom Rudnai, Founder and CEO of Demand-Genius. Tom discusses why 75% of buyers are now avoiding sales reps and how most top-of-funnel content has started reading like a sales pitch. They explore the biggest misconceptions content teams make when trying to prove their value, and how the shift toward AI overviews in search has pushed compa...
S3 Ep98: Reinventing travel through home exchange with Justine Palefsky, Co-founder and CEO of Kindred 11.08.2025 42:01
This week on Tech Can't Save Us, host Paul David is joined by Justine Palefsky, co-founder and CEO of Kindred, a members-only home exchange community that's transforming how we think about travel and accommodation. They discuss how Kindred has grown to include over 130,000 homes across more than 100 cities since launching in 2021, and why home swapping is experiencing a renaissance in our post-pan...
S3 Ep96: Turning plastic waste into building blocks with Heidi Kujawa, Founder & CEO of ByFusion 27.07.2025 20:30
This week on Tech Can't Save Us, host Paul David is joined by Heidi Kujawa, Founder and CEO of ByFusion, a manufacturing company that's turning plastic waste into high-performing building materials called ByBlocks. They discuss the staggering scale of the plastic waste crisis, with less than 9% of plastic getting recycled annually, and how traditional recycling methods have failed to address this...
S3 Ep95: Making identity verification inclusive with Chloe Coleman, Co-Founder & CEO of Vouchsafe 08.07.2025 42:25
This week on Tech Can't Save Us, host Paul David is joined by Chloe Coleman, Co-Founder & CEO of Vouchsafe, an inclusive identity verification platform tackling the global challenge of ID poverty through innovative approaches like biometric vouching. They discuss the staggering reality that 1.1 billion people worldwide lack access to proper identification, including 11 million people in the UK...
S3 Ep94: Empowering educators through AI with Amanda Bickerstaff, Founder and CEO of AI for Education 20.06.2025 38:03
This week on Tech Can't Save Us, host Paul David is joined by Amanda Bickerstaff, Founder and CEO of AI for Education. They discuss how Amanda is helping bridge the growing divide between schools that are embracing AI and those that are restricting it entirely. Amanda, a former high school biology teacher, shares her journey from the classroom to founding a company that has partnered with more th...
S3 Ep93: Building the open social web with Matej Svancer, Founder & CEO of Openvibe 05.06.2025 23:02
This week on Tech Can't Save Us, host Paul David is joined by Matej Svancer, Founder & CEO of Openvibe, a platform that's bringing together the fragmented world of decentralised social media into one unified experience. They discuss how Openvibe connects platforms like Mastodon, BlueSky, Threads, and Nostr, allowing users to manage all their social networks from a single app. Matej explains wh...
S3 Ep92: Cultural listening for brands with Michael Howard, Founder and CEO of Nichefire 02.06.2025 37:26
This week on Tech Can't Save Us, host Paul David is joined by Michael Howard, founder and CEO of Nichefire, an AI-powered cultural intelligence platform that helps major brands like Walmart, Kraft Heinz, and Nestle identify and predict emerging cultural trends before they hit the mainstream. They discuss how cultural intelligence has evolved far beyond traditional social listening, allowing busin...
S3 Ep91: The rise of AI assistants with Dawson Chen, Co-founder and CEO of Martin 22.05.2025 30:01
This week on Tech Can't Save Us, host Paul David is joined by Dawson Chen, co-founder and CEO of Martin AI, a Y Combinator-backed startup building what they claim is a more intuitive and personalised AI assistant that rivals offerings from tech giants like OpenAI and Google. At just 19 years old, Dawson left Yale University to pursue his vision of creating an AI assistant that feels like having yo...
S3 Ep90: Solving the NHS staffing crisis using tech with Dr. Jing Ouyang, Co-Founder and Chief Growth Officer of Patchwork Health 16.05.2025 31:47
This week on Tech Can't Save Us, host Paul David is joined by Dr. Jing Ouyang, Co-Founder and Chief Growth Officer of Patchwork Health, an award-winning healthtech company transforming workforce management in the NHS. Jing shares how Patchwork Health was born from his own frustrations as a locum doctor, creating a platform that works like "an Uber for clinicians" allowing doctors to book shifts fl...
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