Tech Overflow
We're Tech Overflow, the podcast that explains tech to curious people. Hosted by Hannah Clayton-Langton and Hugh Williams.
Tech Overflow
Latest Episodes
Venture Investing With The VC Who Invested in Insta and Figma (with John Lilly)
Entrepreneurs get the glory, investors get the spreadsheets, and John Lilly says that’s exactly how it should be. John (former VC, now angel and board member, and newly involved with Gigascale Capital) joins us to demystify venture capital for ...
Microsoft’s Rogue AI — What We Learned from Tay (with Derrick Connell)
This week Hannah is joined by guest host Derrick Connell to discuss how Microsoft's Tay went wrong, how Satya Nadella reacted in the moment, and what Derrick learned about innovation. Derrick also shares stories from shifts in technology and di...
You’re Not Searching the Web (How Google Search Really Works)
Google Search feels like magic because it is solving an impossible problem on your behalf: you show up with a complex information need, type a couple of words, and expect a great answer almost instantly. We unpack what’s really happening in tha...
AI Is Already Better Than You Think with Ramez Naam
AI did not creep in quietly, it arrived like a tidal wave. We talk with Ramez Naam, computer scientist, science fiction author, futurist, and climate tech investor, to pin down what today’s large language models really are, why they’re the fast...
How Big Tech Really Works (From the Inside)
Big tech isn’t a buzzword anymore, it’s the scaffolding holding up the modern economy and, increasingly, modern politics. We sit down and map the real shape of power behind the Magnificent Seven: Apple, Microsoft, Amazon, Alphabet, Meta, NVIDIA...
