What's Next

Jul 11 2024

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Welcome to What's Next with Balderton Capital, where we take a closer look at emerging technologies, the people behind them and the potential impact on our lives.

We're interviewing the founders of companies behind breakthroughs in fields as diverse as self-driving vehicles, robotics, drones, biohacking and clean energy. If you're interested in hard tech companies, what drives the people behind them, and how they might shape our world, this is for you.

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Robots that lay bricks with Monumental's Salar al Khafaji

Jul 11 2024 43 mins

The UK is facing an acute shortage of bricklayers. At the same time, the new UK government has pledged to build 1.5m new homes over the next five years. Can bricklaying robots be the solution? Salar al Khafaji, CEO and co-founder of Dutch robotics startup Monumental, sat down with Suranga Chandratillake to why autonomous construction robots are the future, why Monumental was on con

AI safety and responsibility with Baroness Joanna Shields

Jul 04 2024 39 mins

Drawing on her experience leading big social media platforms in their early days, we talk with Baroness Joanna Shields about what AI leaders need to get right when thinking about building their businesses, and how we’d accelerate the adoption of these new technologies in a safe and responsible way.Find out more about Precognition here and follow Baroness Joanna Shields on LinkedI

Reinventing health monitoring with Sava's Renato Circi

Jun 27 2024 41 mins

Painless real-time health monitoring at an affordable price? Listen to our chat with SAVA’s Renato Circi to find out how their advanced biosensing technology will deliver on this. Find out more about SAVA here and follow them on LinkedInFind Balderton Capital here and follow us on LinkedIn

Transforming logistics with Manna Drone Delivery's Bobby Healy

Jun 20 2024 43 mins

Coffee delivered to your doorstep via a drone? Manna Drone Delivery is already making it happen in the suburbs of Dublin and Texas. Tune into our conversation with founder and CEO Bobby Healy to learn more about how Manna are making deliveries more accessible in suburbs, the regulatory journey, and whether there’s a case for drones in space. Find out more about Manna Drone Delive

Antibody discovery with LabGenius' James Field

Jun 06 2024 43 mins

What do synthetic biology, machine learning and robotics have in common? James Field, CEO and founder of LabGenius, explains how his company is integrating bleeding-edge technologies from across these fields to discover the next-generation therapeutic antibodies. And change the way we approach drug discovery. Find out more about Labgenius here and follow them on LinkedInFind Balder

Cultivated Meat with Uncommon’s Benjamina Bollag

May 22 2024 38 mins

Uncommon is using ground-breaking RNA cell technology to tackle the most pressing challenges to our health, starting with cultivated pork. Co-founder and CEO Benjamina Bollag sat down with James Wise to break down how cultivated meat will help tackle not only climate challenges, but also help improve global public health. Find out more about Uncommon here and follow them on LinkedI

Embodied AI with Wayve's Alex Kendall

May 08 2024 45 mins

Welcome to What's Next with Balderton Capital, where we take a closer look at emerging technologies, the people behind them and the potential impact on our lives. Wayve has just raised a landmark $1.05 billion Series C round to launch their first Embodied AI solutions for autonomous vehicles. James Wise sat down with co-founder and CEO Alex Kendall to chat about the company's early