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 who don't have a passport or driving licence. Chloe explains how this creates barriers to essential...
Jul 08, 2025•42 min•Season 3Ep. 95
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 than 150 academic institutions since April 2023. The conversation explores common misconceptions about ...
Jun 20, 2025•38 min•Season 3Ep. 94
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 why decentralisation is becoming crucial as people wake up to the risks of centralised platforms, from...
Jun 05, 2025•23 min•Season 3Ep. 93
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 businesses to spot micro-trends that start in small online communities and behavioural shifts that compani...
Jun 02, 2025•37 min•Season 3Ep. 92
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 your own personal Jarvis. They discuss how Martin is filling gaps that current AI assistants haven't a...
May 22, 2025•30 min•Season 3Ep. 91
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 flexibly while helping hospitals reduce agency spending. They discuss how their solution has tripled i...
May 16, 2025•32 min•Season 3Ep. 90
This week on Tech Can't Save Us, host Paul David is joined by Mike Rolih, Founder and CEO of GoRout, a sports technology company transforming coach-to-player communication through innovative wearable technology. Mike shares how GoRout's technology is changing training efficiency for teams across professional leagues, Division 1 programs, and youth sports. They discuss the traditional challenges of coach-to-player communication in sports and how wearable tech is creating more streamlined, effecti...
May 03, 2025•44 min•Season 3Ep. 89
This week on Tech Can't Save Us, Paul David chats with Kavitta Ghai, CEO and co-founder of Nectir, about transforming education with FERPA-compliant AI assistants. They explore how Nectir provides 24/7 personalised support for students while relieving overwhelmed teachers across 100+ partner institutions. Kavitta shares her personal journey from struggling student to EdTech founder, including her content marketing philosophy and vision for AI in education. The conversation reveals how user feedb...
Apr 24, 2025•55 min•Season 3Ep. 88
This week on Tech Can't Save Us, host Paul David is joined by Tove Nilstun, co-founder and CEO of Emission Twin, a climate tech startup based in Malmö, Sweden that helps companies tackle their carbon emissions through smart, user-friendly solutions. Tove shares how Emission Twin's platform simplifies climate reporting for businesses while identifying practical opportunities to cut emissions. They discuss the company's approach to onboarding companies through existing data and helping them work t...
Apr 10, 2025•38 min•Season 3Ep. 87
This week on Tech Can’t Save Us , host Paul David is joined by Ruby Raut, CEO and co-founder of WUKA, the brand leading the charge in sustainable period care with its innovative leak-proof underwear. They discuss how WUKA is challenging the dominance of disposable pads and tampons, the role of sustainability in product design, and the growing movement toward eco-friendly period solutions. Ruby shares how WUKA is scaling through major retailers like Tesco, and what it means to be a FemTech leader...
Mar 28, 2025•36 min•Season 3Ep. 86
This week on Tech Can’t Save Us, Paul is joined by Michael Kissner, Founder & CEO of Akhetonics, the company developing the world’s first all-optical general-purpose processor. They discuss how optical computing could transform AI, networking, avionics, and space applications by processing data with light instead of electricity. Michael explains why now is the right time for all-optical processors, how Akhetonics is challenging assumptions about hardware design, and why their fully optical a...
Mar 20, 2025•28 min•Season 3Ep. 85
This week on Tech Can’t Save Us, host Paul David is joined by Dr. Alec Snow and Dr. Rebecca Allam, co-founders of PreActiv, a digital prehabilitation platform helping patients get stronger before surgery. They discuss how thousands of surgeries are delayed or come with avoidable complications simply because patients aren’t physically prepared. With PreActiv, Alec and Rebecca are making personalised prehab more accessible through tech, helping patients recover faster while reducing costs and stra...
Mar 06, 2025•49 min•Season 3Ep. 84
This week on Tech Can’t Save Us , Paul is joined by Mical Jeanlys-White, Founder and CEO at WealthMore, a fintech platform that’s making financial advice more accessible. They discuss why wealth management has historically been out of reach for most people, and how WealthMore is changing that by offering financial planning services and a supportive community to help users build generational wealth. Mical shares what she’s learned from launching WealthMore in 2021, including talking about its new...
Feb 27, 2025•35 min•Season 3Ep. 83
This week on Tech Can’t Save Us, Paul welcomes Sanchit Thakur, the founder and CEO of Illuminz, a creative consultancy based in Mohali, India. Sanchit is no stranger to the podcasting world, as he also hosts the Bright Talks podcast, where he chats with industry leaders about creative strategies and the latest tech trends. In their conversation, Sanchit shares what makes Illuminz stand out in a crowded field of creative agencies. He dives into the inspiration behind founding the company in 2009 ...
Feb 20, 2025•38 min•Season 3Ep. 82
This week on Tech Can’t Save Us , Paul is joined by Dr. Chang Liu, CEO of Extend Robotics. Chang’s company uses VR technology to help people control robots remotely, making operations safer, more intuitive, and accessible. From manufacturing to agriculture, Extend Robotics is transforming automation in industries that need human oversight in hazardous environments. Chang shares the story behind the company’s founding, how it’s grown since 2019, and the potential for VR-powered robotics to addres...
Feb 12, 2025•34 min•Season 3Ep. 81
This week on Tech Can’t Save Us, hosts Paul David and Maya Dharampal-Hornby are joined by James Townsend, co-founder and CEO of Mobilise, an online platform providing expert support and tailored advice to its community of 90,000 unpaid carers across the UK. James shares his personal experience of caregiving, and why it inspired him to create an online community for other unpaid carers. The discussion also touches on the future ambitions of Mobilise, the demographics of its users, and the ongoing...
Feb 06, 2025•39 min•Season 3Ep. 80
This week on Tech Can’t Save Us, hosts Paul David and Maya Dharampal-Hornby are joined by Manjul Rathee, co-founder and CEO at BFB Labs. BFB Labs provides digital therapy for children through an app based video game called Lumi Nova which has been funded and commissioned by the NHS. The conversation delves into the challenges of mental health support for young people, the importance of user engagement and game design, and the role of exposure therapy in building resilience. Manjul emphasises the...
Jan 30, 2025•40 min•Season 3Ep. 79
This week on Tech Can’t Save Us, hosts Paul David and Maya Dharampal-Hornby are joined by Kat James, Director of New Projects at Consultant Connect. They discuss how Consultant Connect helps reduce waiting times and improve patient outcomes by connecting community-based clinicians with specialists for immediate advice. The conversation centres around how Consultant Connect has helped over 400,000 patients avoid hospital trips, including the little learning curb it has for hospital staff and GPs....
Jan 23, 2025•35 min•Season 3Ep. 78
This week on Tech Can’t Save Us, hosts Maya Dharampal-Hornby and Paul David speak to Nana Parry, co-founder of Cluso, a voice survey and engagement platform aimed at increasing public participation in local government. Nana was inspired to start Cluso when he saw the decline in response rates to traditional surveys: household surveys had a 48% response rate a decade ago; in 2023 it was at 14%. If it continues at the same rate it’ll be down to 4% by 2033. Nana shares the benefits of voice respons...
Jan 16, 2025•27 min•Season 3Ep. 77
This week on Tech Can’t Save Us, hosts Maya Dharampal-Hornby and Paul David are joined by Jo-Jo Hubbard, co-founder and CEO at Electron. Currently, the energy system is diverse and decentralised. Amidst this, flexible market platforms, like Electron’s, are emerging as the solution to help energy network operators to launch and coordinate multiple markets at scale. On this podcast, Jo-Jo discusses the importance of engaging DERs in the market, how Electron is growing on the other side of the pond...
Jan 09, 2025•37 min•Season 3Ep. 76
This week on Tech Can’t Save Us, hosts Maya Dharampal-Hornby and Savena Surana are joined by Andrew O Neill, Headteacher at All Saints Catholic College and CEO at Lighthouse Data. All Saints is a school like no other; it has trialled a mobile phone ban, an 11-hour school day, and flexible working for teachers. On the podcast, Andrew discusses his reasons for these innovative approaches to education – including the impact of social media on students' mental health and academic performance, the im...
Dec 19, 2024•24 min•Season 3Ep. 75
This week on Tech Can’t Save Us, hosts Maya Dharampal-Hornby and Savena Surana are joined by Erika Anderson, co-founder and CCO at Storytell.ai and author of Building Humane Tech substack. They discuss what humane technology means for Storytell.ai and how the team implements responsible design principles in the technology that they develop. The episode also touches on the need for storytelling in business, the four different stages of people’s relationship with AI, and the growing dangers of AI ...
Dec 12, 2024•38 min•Season 3Ep. 74
This week on Tech Can’t Save Us, hosts Paul David and Maya Dharampal-Hornby are joined by Odun Eweniyi, co-founder and COO at PiggyVest. By providing easy-to-use tools for digital saving and micro-investing, PiggyVest has helped 5 million people grow their savings. Odun shares her journey from tech journalism into fintech and the insights from the PiggyVest Savings Report 2024. Recognising social media as a tool to engage younger audiences and promote financial literacy, Odun explains the extent...
Dec 05, 2024•27 min•Season 3Ep. 73
This week on Tech Can’t Save Us, hosts Maya Dharampal-Hornby and Savena Surana speak to Ariana Alexander-Sefre, founder and co-CEO at Spoke, a music-based mental wellness app. SPOKE hires artists, who are trained by psychologists, therapists and neuroscientists, to produce music that supports mental wellbeing. Through this, SPOKE provides an aggregated platform for people who can connect with young men and other underrepresented young people - musicians, cultural leaders, influential voices - to...
Nov 28, 2024•29 min•Season 3Ep. 72
This week on Tech Can’t Save Us, hosts Paul David and Maya Dharampal-Hornby are joined by Tyler Denk, co-founder and CEO of beehiiv, a newsletter platform that helps creators monetise and grow their audiences. beehiiv currently sends out over 2 billion emails per month - up from 500 million per month in August 2023. Tyler is no stranger to a fast-growing media organisation. In the episode, he shares his experience growing Morning Brew from 100,000 subscribers to over 3,500,000. The episode also ...
Nov 21, 2024•37 min•Season 3Ep. 71
This week on Tech Can’t Save Us, hosts Paul David and Maya Dharampal-Hornby are joined by Sara Berkai, founder and CEO of Ambessa Play. Ambessa Play is a social enterprise that designs educational toy kits and tools for children, with a focus on supporting displaced and refugee children. The conversation centres around the importance of co-designing products with users - specifically, the importance of understanding the context of displaced children in product design. Sara also shares insights o...
Nov 14, 2024•30 min•Season 3Ep. 70
If you’re a content marketer who doesn’t believe the increasingly common wisdom that “AI will automate the boring parts of your job”, listen to this episode. This week on Tech Can’t Save Us, hosts Paul David and Maya Dharampal-Hornby are joined by Victor Ijidola, co-founder and CEO of Leaps. Victor explains why Google is deranking your content. In short, people want insights from SMEs, not from content marketers who are, for the most part, abstracted from the issues they pen blogs about. The con...
Nov 07, 2024•16 min•Season 3Ep. 69
In this week’s episode of Tech Can’t Save Us, host Paul David is joined by Yaseen Rostom, Founder and CEO of Incredible. Yaseen shares insights about the challenges of debt management, the importance of cash flow for small businesses, and how communities can be built within the fintech space. The conversation underlines why digital infrastructure will reduce the stress that comes with managing finance, all while addressing the emotional aspects of financial management. Find more about Incredible...
Oct 31, 2024•29 min•Season 3Ep. 68
In this week’s episode of Tech Can’t Save Us, hosts Paul David and Maya Dharampal-Hornby are joined by Gaurab Bansal, Executive Director of Responsible Innovation Labs. Gaurab shares insights on the practice gap in responsible innovation and attributes it, largely, to the complex regulations US startups face, and the ever-changing political landscape–both impeding startups from scaling sustainably and responsibly. The conversation also touches on the influence of Effective Altruism on policymake...
Oct 24, 2024•39 min•Season 3Ep. 67
In this week’s episode of Tech Can’t Save Us, hosts Paul David and Maya Dharampal-Hornby are joined by Rushab Shah, CEO of OneHive. Rushab speaks about the intersection between education, mindfulness and community engagement, exploring how technology can help educators understand better, and respond to, individuals’ psychosocial needs. Rushab also touches on the cultural expectations placed on students, particularly within South Asian communities, the emerging hydrogen sector and its workforce d...
Oct 17, 2024•36 min•Season 3Ep. 66
