Best UK Financial Intelligence Unit Podcasts (2025)

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3531: Scaling Without the Hype Inside Uploadcare's Technical Philosophy 27:23

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What does it really take to build software that can grow from a single line of code to millions of users a day without losing its soul along the way? In this episode of Tech Talks Daily, I'm joined by Alex Gusev, CTO at Uploadcare, for a wide-ranging conversation about scale, simplicity, and why leadership in technology starts with people long befo…

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3530: Candy Crush Accessibility Lessons From a 200 Million Player Game 24:01

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If you have ever opened Candy Crush over the holidays without thinking about the design decisions behind every swipe, this episode offers a rare look behind the curtain. I sit down with Abigail Rindo, Head of Creative at King, to unpack how accessibility has evolved from a well-meaning afterthought into a core creative and commercial practice insid…

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3529: How Ping Identity Sees the Next Chapter of Digital Identity 27:39

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What does it actually mean to prove who we are online in 2025, and why does it still feel so fragile? In this episode of Tech Talks Daily, I sit down with Alex Laurie from Ping Identity to talk about why digital identity has reached a real moment of tension in the UK. As more of our lives move online, from banking and healthcare to social platforms…

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3528: How Boomi Thinks About Scaling AI Without Losing Control 26:49

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What does it really mean to keep humans at the center of AI when agentic systems are accelerating faster than most organizations can govern them? At AWS re:Invent, I sat down with Michael Bachman from Boomi for a wide-ranging conversation that cut through the hype and focused on the harder questions many leaders are quietly asking. Michael leads te…

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3527: How AWS Is Building Trust Into Responsible AI Adoption 27:01

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What does responsible AI really look like when it moves beyond policy papers and starts shaping who gets to build, create, and lead in the next phase of the digital economy? In this conversation recorded during AWS re:Invent, I'm joined by Diya Wynn, Principal for Responsible AI and Global AI Public Policy at Amazon Web Services. With more than 25 …

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3526: TinyMCE and the Human Side of Developer Experience 31:54

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What does it really mean to support developers in a world where the tools are getting smarter, the expectations are higher, and the human side of technology is easier to forget? In this episode of Tech Talks Daily, I sit down with Frédéric Harper, Senior Developer Relations Manager at TinyMCE, for a thoughtful conversation about what it takes to se…

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3525: iBanFirst and the Shift Toward Specialist Fintechs for Global Payments 30:43

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What does it really take to build a fintech company that quietly fixes one of the most frustrating problems SMEs face every day? In this episode of Tech Talks Daily, I'm joined by Pierre-Antoine Dusoulier, the Founder and CEO of iBanFirst, for a candid conversation about entrepreneurship, timing, and why cross-border payments have remained broken f…

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3524: Trust, Verification, and Ownership in the Age of AI, with eSentire's Alexander Feick 29:50

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What happens when artificial intelligence moves faster than our ability to understand, verify, and trust it? In this episode of Tech Talks Daily, I sit down with Alexander Feick from eSentire, a cybersecurity veteran who has spent more than a decade working at the intersection of complex systems, risk, and emerging technology. Alex leads eSentire L…

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3523: From Chaos to Clarity, Valiantys on Making AI Work for Developers 30:12

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How much value do your developers actually get to deliver in a typical week, and how much of their time is quietly lost to meetings, context hunting, and process drag? I'm joined by Phil Heijkoop, Global Practice Head of Developer Experience at Valiantys, for a conversation that cuts through the hype surrounding AI and asks a harder question about …

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Is Artificial Intelligence a threat to democracy? With AI Safety Asia 24:56

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Is Artificial Intelligence a threat to democracy? As AI is adopted across the globe, we're already seeing some of the negative effects that this is having on democracy, from deepfakes to climate issues to the concentration of corporate power. In this episode, we spoke with Supheakmungkol Sarin, co-founder of AI Safety Asia and Michael Bąk, Head of …

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3522: Building the Future of Money at Gnosis With Dr. Friederike Ernst 40:31

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3521: What ABB Is Seeing Across Global Industrial Energy Systems 36:46

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In this episode of Tech Talks Daily, I'm joined by Stuart Thompson, President of ABB's Electrification Service Division, to explore the intersection of industrial sustainability, energy security, and cutting-edge technology. As industries face growing energy demands and climate targets, Stuart explains how companies can modernize their infrastructu…

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3520: How Ecolab Is Rethinking Water Risk In An AI Driven World 31:42

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Are we finally treating water risk like a board-level issue, rather than a line item that only shows up when something breaks? In this episode, I'm joined by Emilio Tenuta, SVP and Chief Sustainability Officer at Ecolab, to unpack why water has become a strategic variable for business, right alongside energy and carbon. Ecolab works with customers …

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3519: How Verdent AI is Building the Next Generation AI Coding Agents. 36:43

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In this episode of Tech Talks Daily, I sit down with Yuyu Zhang to unpack a shift that many developers can feel but struggle to articulate. Yuyu's journey spans academic research at Georgia Tech, building recommendation systems that power TikTok and Douyin at global scale, and leading the Seed-Coder project at ByteDance, which reached state-of-the-…

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3518: AWS re:Invent: The New Playbook For Detection, Response, And Secure AI 28:12

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How do you move faster with AI and cloud innovation without losing control of security along the way? Recorded live from the show floor at AWS re:Invent in Las Vegas, this episode of Tech Talks Daily features a timely conversation with Kimberly Dickson, Worldwide Go-To-Market Lead for AWS Detection and Response Services. As organizations race to ad…

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3517: How AWS and the PGA Tour Are Changing Live Sports Technology 26:27

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How do you capture every moment of a golf tournament spread across hundreds of acres, tens of thousands of shots, and dozens of players competing at the same time? That question sits at the heart of this conversation recorded at AWS re:Invent, where I sat down with Eric Hansen, VP of Product at the PGA Tour, and Elaine Chiasson, who leads the globa…

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3516: Twilio's Vision For AI First Engagement And The Rise Of Context Driven Interactions 28:37

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How do you make sense of an industry that is changing at a pace few predicted, especially with SIGNAL London still fresh in our minds and Twilio unveiling the next stage of its vision for customer engagement? That question sits at the heart of today's conversation with Peter Bell, VP of Marketing for EMEA at Twilio, who joined me to unpack what the…

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3515: How Portnox Connects Cognitive Science With Access Control 30:25

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Why do smart people still click when every instinct tells them they should pause first? That question sits at the heart of this conversation with Denny LeCompte, CEO of Portnox and a rare cybersecurity leader who brings a background in cognitive psychology to identity, trust, and human error. It is a discussion that pulls back the curtain on the ha…

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3514: How JLL Is Reshaping Commercial Real Estate Through AI 34:34

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Have you ever wondered what it takes to run technology for one of the largest commercial real estate companies in the world? That question shapes my conversation with Yao Morin, Global CTO at JLL, as we look at how AI is changing the places where we work, shop, and gather. Real estate may seem traditional from the outside, yet inside JLL the pace i…

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3513: How Dropbox Is Rethinking Work With AI And Dropbox Dash 38:46

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Did you ever stop and wonder how many hours you lose each week hunting for files, tabs, links, or half-written ideas scattered across your apps? It is a familiar frustration, and it sits at the center of today's conversation with Dropbox VP of Engineering, Josh Clemm. Josh has spent two decades building products shaped around scale, personalisation…

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3512: How D2L's Rob Telfer Sees Universities Adapting to an AI First World 29:30

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What does learning look like when technology shifts faster than most university systems can adapt? That question shaped my conversation with Rob Telfer, who leads education strategy for D2L across Europe, the Middle East, and Africa. Rob returned to the show with a clear view of how AI is transforming higher education and why so many institutions a…

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3511: BCG on Closing the Gap Between AI Experiments and Real Business Impact 25:15

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3510: Orange Business and the Rise of Digital Innovation Across IMEA 23:30

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Did you know that when many people hear "Orange," they still ask if it involves SIM cards? That was the perfect place to begin my conversation with Sahem Azzam, President for IMEA and Inner Asia at Orange Business. Once we cleared that up, it opened the door to a much richer story about what enterprise innovation looks like across one of the fastes…

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3509: What AWS re:Invent Revealed About the Acceleration of Agentic AI 25:40

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Did you ever walk into a conference session thinking you were ready for the week, only to realise the announcements were coming so fast that you almost needed an agent of your own to keep up? That was the mood across Las Vegas, and it was the backdrop for my conversation with Madhu Parthasarathy, the general manager for Agent Core at AWS. He has sp…

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3508: Movember at re:Invent, A Conversation on Tech and Men's Health 24:12

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Have you ever wondered how an idea that begins with two friends in a pub ends up shaping conversations about health all over the world? That was on my mind as I met Graham Link & Timothy Gnaneswaran from Movember on the show floor at AWS re:Invent. Their story has grown far beyond the mustache that everyone recognises. What started with a simple ge…

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AWS re:Invent: Ruth Buscombe on How AWS Helps F1 Engineers Read a Million Data Points a Second 26:18

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Did you know a single Formula 1 car produces 1.1 million data points every second from hundreds of sensors? That number alone sets the tone for this conversation with Ruth Buscombe, an F1 strategist, analyst, and F1TV presenter whose work sits at the meeting point of engineering precision and real time storytelling. We met at AWS re:Invent in Las V…

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3531: Scaling Without the Hype Inside Uploadcare's Technical Philosophy 27:23

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3530: Candy Crush Accessibility Lessons From a 200 Million Player Game 24:01

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3529: How Ping Identity Sees the Next Chapter of Digital Identity 27:39

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3528: How Boomi Thinks About Scaling AI Without Losing Control 26:49

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3527: How AWS Is Building Trust Into Responsible AI Adoption 27:01

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3526: TinyMCE and the Human Side of Developer Experience 31:54

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3525: iBanFirst and the Shift Toward Specialist Fintechs for Global Payments 30:43

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3524: Trust, Verification, and Ownership in the Age of AI, with eSentire's Alexander Feick 29:50

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3523: From Chaos to Clarity, Valiantys on Making AI Work for Developers 30:12

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Is Artificial Intelligence a threat to democracy? With AI Safety Asia 24:56

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3522: Building the Future of Money at Gnosis With Dr. Friederike Ernst 40:31

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3521: What ABB Is Seeing Across Global Industrial Energy Systems 36:46

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3520: How Ecolab Is Rethinking Water Risk In An AI Driven World 31:42

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3519: How Verdent AI is Building the Next Generation AI Coding Agents. 36:43

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3518: AWS re:Invent: The New Playbook For Detection, Response, And Secure AI 28:12

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3517: How AWS and the PGA Tour Are Changing Live Sports Technology 26:27

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3516: Twilio's Vision For AI First Engagement And The Rise Of Context Driven Interactions 28:37

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3515: How Portnox Connects Cognitive Science With Access Control 30:25

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3514: How JLL Is Reshaping Commercial Real Estate Through AI 34:34

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3513: How Dropbox Is Rethinking Work With AI And Dropbox Dash 38:46

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3512: How D2L's Rob Telfer Sees Universities Adapting to an AI First World 29:30

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3511: BCG on Closing the Gap Between AI Experiments and Real Business Impact 25:15

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3510: Orange Business and the Rise of Digital Innovation Across IMEA 23:30

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3509: What AWS re:Invent Revealed About the Acceleration of Agentic AI 25:40

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3508: Movember at re:Invent, A Conversation on Tech and Men's Health 24:12

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AWS re:Invent: Ruth Buscombe on How AWS Helps F1 Engineers Read a Million Data Points a Second 26:18