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BIG IDEAS BY NEW ECONOMIES

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BIG IDEAS BY NEW ECONOMIES

by Ollie Forsyth · English

Welcome to BIG IDEAS by NEW ECONOMIES - a show where we learn how the most iconic founders have turned crucible moments into global companies. www.neweconomies.co

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Media Execs: The New Playbook for Creators and Brands in 2026

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Inflection AI

Inflection AI’s CEO Sean White argues that chasing AGI is the wrong goal; AI should be refocused on solving human problems and improving real-life connection.

12 Nov 2026 · 53m · 22 chapters

Recursive AI

Recursive AI and “The Eureka Machine” thesis: AI will accelerate scientific discovery by expanding from scaling models to building scientific systems, especially in biology—moving toward virtual…

8 Nov 2026 · 59m · 29 chapters

Dazzle AI

Marissa Meyer explains why consumer AI is shifting from enterprise/B2B to everyday life, and how Dazzle AI turns a user’s camera roll into a proactive personal assistant that can suggest, remind, and…

4 Nov 2026 · 58m · 23 chapters

Media Execs: The New Playbook for Creators and Brands in 2026

How media institutions and brands should partner with creators in 2026: creators going independent, IP ownership, video-first distribution, and how paid ads/placements can be “a feature not a bug” if…

1 Nov 2026 · 39m · 16 chapters

Klaviyo

How Klaviyo (and Clay VEO, per transcript) is using AI/agentic software to transform marketing into personalized, omnichannel customer engagement and service; what changes for email, channels,…

22 Oct 2026 · 1h 4m · 30 chapters

TBPN

TVPM (a live, daily 3-hour tech variety show) discusses why it was acquired by OpenAI, how it monetizes “unskippable” live ads/sponsorships, and how it builds a niche but high-value audience and…

21 Oct 2026 · 31m · 18 chapters

Eric Ries

Eric Ries argues that “best practices” and standard corporate structures quietly create “financial gravity” that drives companies toward corruption, value destruction, and eventual collapse.

16 Oct 2026 · 1h 4m · 26 chapters

Greenhouse

The “AI doom loop” in hiring—AI-driven job applications and AI resume screening have reduced trust and signal for both job seekers and employers.

8 Oct 2026 · 1h 8m · 29 chapters

Fiverr

Mika Korfman (Fiverr CEO) discusses how AI changes work, why “easy” tasks are being automated, and what freelancers/talent must do to survive—focusing on judgment, accountability, and deep AI…

1 Oct 2026 · 48m · 16 chapters

Fireworks AI

Fireworks AI’s “specialized intelligence” approach to AI product development—arguing that generic models and black-box APIs harm unit economics, while tuning models on a company’s private data…

29 Sep 2026 · 58m · 22 chapters

Coinbase

Coinbase’s CTO (Rob Wittoff) explains how Coinbase is integrating AI agents to 100x software productivity and how crypto is shifting from speculation to real payments/rails, stablecoins, and agentic…

26 Sep 2026 · 1h 3m · 26 chapters

Axios

Jim van der Heij (Axios co-founder/CEO) argues that the open web will shrink as AI/LLMs become the main information interface in 2–5 years, making human-created, differentiated content more valuable.

21 Sep 2026 · 59m · 24 chapters

Andreessen Horowitz

Josh Ellman (Andreessen Horowitz) discusses what makes consumer products win in the AI era: clear value, habit formation, and especially trust/privacy for mainstream adoption.

19 Sep 2026 · 1h · 28 chapters

Webflow

How Webflow’s CEO Linda Tong argues AI has commoditized “building” websites, so the real competitive edge is delivering value after publish: discovery, analytics, experimentation, taste, and trust.

14 Sep 2026 · 53m · 26 chapters

Pegasystems

Alan Treffler, founder of Pegasystems, argues that enterprise AI should be implemented sustainably by using AI “design time” to create reliable, workflow-based “recipes,” then running at predictable…

11 Sep 2026 · 57m · 31 chapters

Felicis Ventures

Aidan Senkut, founder of Felicis, discusses venture investing lessons from 20 years in the field, including how to spot outlier founders, why “10X” thinking matters, how to keep founders focused on…

8 Sep 2026 · 1h 6m · 28 chapters

Bebo

Michael Birch, co-founder of Bebo, recounts building early social networks (Ringo, Bebo), the engagement/viral-growth mechanics behind Bebo’s UK dominance, and why he sold Bebo to AOL for $850M.

3 Sep 2026 · 1h 8m · 31 chapters

Lambda

How Lambda’s founder Stephen Balaban describes GPU-driven AI demand, the company’s multiple pivots (including building its own infrastructure after a $40k/month AWS bill), and why he stepped down as…

27 Aug 2026 · 51m · 25 chapters

Superhuman

Shishir Mehrotra explains how to design “superhuman” bundles and rebrand a suite of AI productivity products (Grammarly, Superhuman Mail, Coda/Superhuman Docs, and new agent platform Go).

21 Aug 2026 · 1h 7m · 24 chapters

Europe Is Catching Up

Europe’s innovation strength and how to build global companies from outside the US; capital isn’t a moat, and investors should add value beyond money.

19 Aug 2026 · 57m · 23 chapters

Xero

Xero CEO Sukhinder Singh Cassidy explains why “thin AI wrappers” fail in complex, regulated, long-lived software, and what Xero is doing to win via constrained flexibility, customer adoption, and a…

16 Aug 2026 · 52m · 23 chapters

Circle

How creators can build sustainable businesses by focusing on lifetime value (LTV) and “true fans,” using taste (unique perspective + craft) to stand out in an AI-abundant content world, and designing…

9 Aug 2026 · 1h 6m · 26 chapters

Thumbtack

Thumbtack’s marketplace for home services, and how generative AI/LLMs are changing matching, customer/pro experience, and distribution beyond Google—especially via integrations with ChatGPT/Claude…

6 Aug 2026 · 57m · 28 chapters

Wispr Flow

Taneik Athari, co-founder of Whisperflow (Whisper), explains how to grow a voice AI company by deeply listening to users, matching initiatives to organizational capacity, and building an “internal…

30 Jul 2026 · 42m · 21 chapters