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Orbit - An Hg software leadership podcast

Hg
B2B Software
Artificial Intelligence
Saas
Azlin Software
Prototypes
Vertical Saas
AI Innovations
Automation
AI Transformation
Customer Support
Software Development
Investment Management
Perplexity AI
Product Management
Machine Learning
Devon
Cognition
Google
Bay Area
Office Of the CFO

Hg sits at the centre of a universe of tech and software knowledge and expertise. We are constantly surprised by the ideas generated by these satellite minds and we want to share some of it with you. Join us for conversation with the experts, leaders and founders in our orbit.

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Daniël Rood, director of AI go-to-market at Google Cloud, offers a masterclass in navigating transformation from inside a tech giant. Building Google's first European AI team when gen AI was still "a PhD science project," Rood reveals the hidden resi... more

From oil rigs to Amazon's machine learning division and now Cambridge's DeepMind chair, Professor Neil Lawrence brings a refreshingly grounded perspective to AI. Lawrence introduces his "atomic human" concept; arguing it's not our capabilities but ou... more

Product Mind Principal Oji Udezue - veteran of Microsoft, Twitter, Atlassian, Calendly, and Typeform - offers an energising vision of product leadership in the AI era. Drawing from 25 years building products, Udezue reveals that it isn't something to... more

In this illuminating conversation from the frontier of AI-native startups, William Fairbairn, founder of Zalos.ai and part of Y Combinator's class of 2025, reveals what it takes to build at Silicon Valley velocity. Just five weeks after launch, Zalos... more

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Recent Guests

Professor Neil Lawrence
DeepMind Professor of Machine Learning at the University of Cambridge and author of 'The Atomic Human'
University of Cambridge
Episode: Skin in the game: Professor Neil Lawrence on vulnerability, accountability and why the next generation will thrive.
Oji Udezue
Principal at Product Mind and experienced product executive
Product Mind
Episode: The 3 speed problem: Jason Richards speaks to Oji Udezue on CPO leadership in the age of unlimited engineering
William Fairbairn
Co-founder of zalos.ai
zalos.ai
Episode: Fevered determination: Building Zalos from zero to enterprise in 5 weeks. Hg's Jonathan Wulkan speaks to founder, William Fairbairn
Dave Yuan
Founder of Tidemark Capital, a growth-oriented investment firm
Tidemark Capital
Episode: AI, Control Points, and the Next Wave of Vertical SaaS with Tidemark Capital founder, Dave Yuan
Russell Kaplan
Founding President of Cognition
Cognition
Episode: A golden age of software engineering with Russell Kaplan, Founding President of Cognition
Andrew Ng
Director at Stanford AI Lab, co-founder of Coursera, and executive of Landing AI, known for his contributions to AI education and ventures.
AI Fund
Episode: Quick and dirty prototypes with Andrew Ng

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Fevered determination: Building Zalos from zero to enterprise in 5 weeks. Hg's Jonathan Wulkan speaks to founder, William Fairbairn
Q: What did it mean to you when you got accepted into Y Combinator?
Getting accepted into YC means access to valuable resources, a strong peer network, and supportive playbooks that help build AI companies.
Fevered determination: Building Zalos from zero to enterprise in 5 weeks. Hg's Jonathan Wulkan speaks to founder, William Fairbairn
Q: How did you pick the Office of CFO as the sort of area that you wanted to go after?
I spoke to hundreds of CFOs at my last job and found many were going through ERP transformations and faced inefficiencies in their finance tools.
AI, Control Points, and the Next Wave of Vertical SaaS with Tidemark Capital founder, Dave Yuan
Q: What advice would you have for a vertical software SaaS CEO in this current environment?
Focus on playing good defense by ensuring you are fully financed and controlling your operations, while also investing in AI capabilities for long-term growth.
Refounding in the face of AI with Des Traynor of Intercom
Q: How do you think about that in the long run?
Des Traynor sees AI as the largest change in how labor is applied in most businesses, suggesting significant structural changes in organizations as AI capabilities evolve.
Refounding in the face of AI with Des Traynor of Intercom
Q: Can you share a little bit more about what that early journey was like? Being a founder of a business and then growing it to kind of scale that Intercom reached.
Des Traynor describes the early journey as both fun and manic, highlighting various fundraising milestones and the challenges associated with each stage of growth.

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