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Digital JPEGs selling for millions of dollars; machines that turn thin air into food; people buying a McDonald's with Bitcoin; an AI program that can replace illustrators; psychedelics being prescribed by doctors. What do these ideas have in common? They were all completely crazy notions until, one day, before most people had even heard of them, they were part of our world. So what’s next? “Crazy until it’s not” is a podcast by firstminute capital where we talk with tech visionaries about their predictions for the future — ideas that may seem crazy today but could be part of daily life tomorrow. We ask each guest to come onto the show with one big, bold and non-obvious vision for the next five years as a jumping-off point for debate about how the world will be tomorrow. Previous guests on the firstminute capital podcast include Tony Blair, David Bonderman, Roelof Boetha, Max & Nellie Levchin, Jeff Immelt, Rio Ferdinand, Sir Hermann Hauser, Nico Rosberg and Niklas Zennstrom.
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We are going to see 10 Tesla-sized companies springing up in the coming years tacking big issues in climate. That’s 10 new companies with a market cap of over $520bn 🏢💪🏻♻️That’s the big idea of David Helgason, the founder of Unity Technologies, one of the world’s two largest game engine companies, who is now a prominent climate investor through his fund Foobar.David spoke to us last autumn about the advancements he’s seeing in sustainability and his journey as a founder and investor. David He...
In the future, viruses will no longer cause disease. 🦠😷That’s the big prediction of BaseImmune’s Ariane Gomes, who says that in the future vaccines will be so good that viruses and other pathogens will not make people sick. We spoke with Ariane last autumn about her background as a PhD in Clinical Medicine from Oxford focused on immunology and vaccine development with 11 years of experience in basic and translational medical research. She is the co-founder of Baseimmune, a compan...
Are AI and automation going to lead to mass unemployment? We spoke to King’s Riccardo Zacconi about his ‘crazy’ prediction for the future, and he said that we are going to have the opposite problem. He believes that big problem in the near future is that, with an ageing population, we are not going to have enough workers.He believes unemployment rates will effectively be at zero for many areas as demographic make it hard to find enough young people to do certain jobs. Do you ag...
Are you reading this on your smartphone?Nothing’s CEO and co-founder Carl Pei’s ‘crazy’ prediction for the future is that nothing will displace the smartphone. Last fall at an FF event, we discussed the trend-driven nature of tech where fads come and go as Carl used VR, AR and drones as examples. But he predicts that 10 years from now, we’ll still be scrolling on our smartphones. In 20 years, he sees technology becoming more seamless and fading into our everyday lives. This is also his m...
A glass which is impossible to drink from, sustainable diapers and an email paywalls. Here are just some of the business ideas going through the head of Jim McKelvey, one of the most extraordinary entrepenurs we know.Jim was a cofounder and now board member of Block (the $50bn fintech formerly known as Square) also is also chairman of the St. Louis Federal Reserve and founder of Invisibly, a startup backed by Peter Thiel’s Founders Fund.
Science is making MOOOOOOOves to eliminate cow farming! At the FF event in Scotland last autumn, we spoke with Dan Widmaier the CEO and co-founder of Bolt Threads about his ‘crazy’ idea for the future. Dan originally trained as a scientist at UCSF where he holds a PhD in Chemistry and Chemical Biology. With that degree, he went on to create Bolt Threads, a sustainable material solutions company. He and his co-founder, David Breslauer, grew Bolt Threads from a couple of scientists an...
In the future, there will be no private cars in cities. That’s according to Bolt’s CEO and Founder Markus Villig.Many European cities have already passed legislation to reduce traffic — from London’s congestion charges to Paris making every first Sunday of the month car-free.The move to ban all private car use would provide major environmental and social benefits from a reduction in noise and environmental pollution to a rise in safety. Markus hopes bolt will help make this change happen...
Currently, 75% of the US and 62% of the UK drive to work*. Now imagine if that commute looked more like a relaxing session in a first-class airport lounge than a dull and stressful experience in a cramped seat. 🚗🧘As the automotive industry and EV technology advances, the thought of self-driving cars becomes more of a reality and less of an abstract futuristic concept. CEO and co-founder of Aurora, Chris Urmson believes self-driving vehicles will displace driving and vehicles as we know t...
While on a video call, if you’re boss asked you to open a link, would you do it? If the answer is yes, maybe you should think again as it could be a cyberattack! 🏼🕵🏻♀️We spoke with cybersecurity software Darktrace’s CEO, Poppy Gustafsson, at an FF event last year about her predictions that cyberattacks will use deep fakes in live videos. The craziest thing is, these attacks will be happening in the near future as they are already happening over audio. She also discusses the fact that it...
Is cash really king? 💳 >💵Physical coins have been around for 28 centuries. But that is all coming to an end in the next decades. During a chat at FF’s event in autumn, Cyril Chiche predicted that cash will no longer exist in the next few decades. He has seen this trend of moving away from cash for digital alternatives accelerated by Covid.Cyril is CEO and co-founder of Lydia, a Paris-based fast-growing mobile financial services platform with over 4 Million users and a 30% market share amon...
🔗 Humans, Connected: The Age of the Exocortex🌐 Imagine a world where you’re seamlessly connected to the internet, not through screens and keyboards, but directly through your brain.Our minds are already a marvel of evolution, with three layers:Reptilian Brain: The ancient core responsible for keeping us alive by regulating basic functions like breathing.Mammalian (Limbic) Brain: The “monkey brain,” managing emotions like fear and excitement.Neocortex: Our human layer, dedicated to logic, reas...
DNA is an alien programming language - that can be learned That's the mind blowing idea of Stef van Grieken, the founder of Cradle, which is unlocking the keys to human biology.What does he mean here?Well, DNA was not designed like most languages, but it evolved, and so it's hard to understand and harder to engineer. But what if, similarly to how we have learned natural language, we might be able to engineer organic chemistry?That's exciting because most of the things around us are biolo...
In the global AI race, product will matter more than tech. That's the prediction from Mehdi Ghissassi, the Head of Product & Deepmind Check out the latest episode of "Crazy Until It's Not" to discover more about why it's the builders who bring AI tech to life that will conqueror the world.
In the future, buildings will be grown not builtThat's the prediction from Tim Fu, the Generative AI architect and founder of Studio Tim Fu. We're already well on our way, with advances in synthetic biology. But there is so much further to go. Check out the latest episode of "Crazy Until It's Not" to discovery the future of biology.
In the future we will be able to program biology. That's the prediction from Dr Mark Kotter, the founder of three synth bio companies bit.bio, clock.bio and Meatable.We're already well on our way, with the ability to perform feats like turning bacteria into lightbulbs. But there is so much further to go. Check out the latest episode of "Crazy Until It's Not" to discovery the future of biology.
Julia Collins is not only known for co-founding Planet FWD and Zume Pizza, but she’s also known for her kindness and what she calls ‘realistic optimism’. In conversation with Pam Kostka, Julia shares her secrets on how she stays kind and positive throughout the founding journey in this special edition of my firstminute alongside Pam Kostka from July 14th 2020. Pam was the CEO of All Raise whose mission is to amplify female voices, accelerate their success, and create a tech culture ...
As we wrap up 2022, we’ve looked back at firstminute capital’s first podcast “My firstminute” from 2020 and 2021. My firstminute talked to some of the world’s top investors, founders and thought-leaders about the first minutes of their careers, some of the battles they’ve overcome and their advice on navigating the world today. When discussing ‘the world today’, many guests addressed the effects of Covid-19 as this series was recorded in the height of the pandemic. Each episode concludes...
What makes a great entrepreneur turn into a great investor? David Sacks started his career in the ‘PayPal Mafia’ as one of the company’s earliest members as COO and product lead. During his time as COO in 2001, payment volume grew from 0 to $3.5 billion per year and revenue saw equally tremendous growth from 0 to $100 million. After a stint as a film producer on Thank You For Smoking which was nominated for Best Picture at the 2006 Golden Globes, David founded and was CEO of Yammer,...
What is it like being the CEO of a company with 300,000 employees? 🏢📊We asked former CEO and Chairman of General Electric, Jeff Immelt in June 2020. Jeff Immelt is the former Chairman and CEO of General Electric, which he stepped down from in 2017 after 16 years. Jeff was the 9th Chairman of GE, and has been named one of the ""World's Best CEOs"" three times by Barron's, and GE has been named ""America's Most Admired Company"" by Fortune magazine and one of ""The World's Most Respected C...
What is the recipe for successful co-founders? 👨🏻🍳🥣How do you make marketplace economics work? 🔂We dig into all this as well as the future of commerce, contrarian ideas, COVID tailwinds, how to make marketplace economics work with Niraj Shah, Co-founder, Co-Chairman & CEO of Wayfair. Niraj co-founded the company with Steve Conine back in 2002 and the pair rapidly grew the business to become one of the largest online destinations for home furnishings, housewares, home improvement goo...
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