Tech Talks Daily
Neil C. Hughes
If every company is now a tech company and digital transformation is a journey rather than a destination, how do you keep up with the relentless pace of technological change?
Every day, Tech Talks Daily brings you insights from the brightest minds in tech, business, and innovation, breaking down complex ideas into clear, actionable takeaways.
Hosted by Neil C. Hughes, Tech Talks Daily explores how emerging technologies such as AI, cybersecurity, cloud computing, fintech, quantum computing, Web3, and more are shaping industries and solving real-world challenges in modern businesses.
Through candid conversations with industry leaders, CEOs, Fortune 500 executives, startup founders, and even the occasional celebrity, Tech Talks Daily uncovers the trends driving digital transformation and the strategies behind successful tech adoption. But this isn't just about buzzwords.
We go beyond the hype to demystify the biggest tech trends and determine their real-world impact. From cybersecurity and blockchain to AI sovereignty, robotics, and post-quantum cryptography, we explore the measurable difference these innovations can make.
Whether improving security, enhancing customer experiences, or driving business growth, we also investigate the ROI of cutting-edge tech projects, asking the tough questions about what works, what doesn't, and how businesses can maximize their investments.
Whether you're a business leader, IT professional, or simply curious about technology's role in our lives, you'll find engaging discussions that challenge perspectives, share diverse viewpoints, and spark new ideas.
New episodes are released daily, 365 days a year, breaking down complex ideas into clear, actionable takeaways around technology and the future of business.
Every day, Tech Talks Daily brings you insights from the brightest minds in tech, business, and innovation, breaking down complex ideas into clear, actionable takeaways.
Hosted by Neil C. Hughes, Tech Talks Daily explores how emerging technologies such as AI, cybersecurity, cloud computing, fintech, quantum computing, Web3, and more are shaping industries and solving real-world challenges in modern businesses.
Through candid conversations with industry leaders, CEOs, Fortune 500 executives, startup founders, and even the occasional celebrity, Tech Talks Daily uncovers the trends driving digital transformation and the strategies behind successful tech adoption. But this isn't just about buzzwords.
We go beyond the hype to demystify the biggest tech trends and determine their real-world impact. From cybersecurity and blockchain to AI sovereignty, robotics, and post-quantum cryptography, we explore the measurable difference these innovations can make.
Whether improving security, enhancing customer experiences, or driving business growth, we also investigate the ROI of cutting-edge tech projects, asking the tough questions about what works, what doesn't, and how businesses can maximize their investments.
Whether you're a business leader, IT professional, or simply curious about technology's role in our lives, you'll find engaging discussions that challenge perspectives, share diverse viewpoints, and spark new ideas.
New episodes are released daily, 365 days a year, breaking down complex ideas into clear, actionable takeaways around technology and the future of business.
Episodes
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Mar 10, 2026 • 27min
Inside Wrike's Research On Shadow AI And The Future Of Work
Thomas (Tom) Scott, CEO of Wrike and expert in AI-driven workplace transformation, joins to explore how employees adopt AI faster than organizations can govern it. He discusses shadow AI, security and compliance risks from unapproved tools, and how poor integration fragments workflows. The conversation also covers what connected intelligence looks like and how to scale AI beyond pilots.
Mar 9, 2026 • 25min
How Phenom Is Using AI To Transform Hiring And Talent Intelligence
Mahe Bayireddi, co-founder and CEO of Phenom, leads a talent experience and HR tech company. He discusses using AI across hiring, talent intelligence, fraud detection, and responsible rollout. Short takes cover regional policy differences, a five-dimension Hypercell Framework for tailored deployment, piloting AI in select units, and real-time identity validation to combat fake candidates.
Mar 8, 2026 • 28min
How CISOs Can Earn Real Influence In The Boardroom With Rapid7
Tom Langford, EMEA CTO at Rapid7 and former CISO, blends security leadership with public speaking and awareness work. He talks about the shift from gaining board access to earning influence. He contrasts risk language with boards’ focus on profit and costs. He explains why frameworks can cloud decisions and highlights tabletop exercises and P&L-style communication as ways to connect security to the business.
Mar 8, 2026 • 27min
How Shokz Is Leading The Rise Of Open-Ear Headphones
Nicole, Shokz UK marketing manager, explains open-ear and bone-conduction audio in plain terms. She discusses why open-ear has moved from niche to mainstream. Short takes cover design shaped by real-world use, tech advances like mics and Dolby, and how products balance awareness, comfort, and sound. She also previews future AI and audio-glasses directions.
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Mar 7, 2026 • 26min
d-Matrix - Ultra-low Latency Batched Inference for Gen AI
Satyam Srivastava, electrical engineer and d-Matrix co-founder who built energy-efficient ML systems after stints at NVIDIA and Intel. He discusses why inference—not training—is becoming the real scaling challenge. He explains memory, data-movement, and power bottlenecks, why general-purpose GPUs struggle, and how purpose-built, efficiency-first hardware and 3D memory designs can change data center economics.
Mar 6, 2026 • 33min
How InfoScale Is Redefining Enterprise Resilience In A Multi-Cloud World
Cassie Stanek, product marketer focused on real-time protection and rehearsals, and Joseph D'Angelo, product manager with deep disaster recovery and resiliency experience, discuss application-centric resilience. They cover why backups and replication fall short. They explain orchestrated multi-component recovery, regulatory fire drills, predictive analytics, and autonomous self-healing for multi-cloud and hybrid systems.
Mar 6, 2026 • 23min
How Ticket Fairy Is Rebuilding The Technology Behind Live Events
Ritesh Patel, co-founder and CEO of Ticket Fairy, builds unified, AI-native tech for live events. He explains why organizers act like creative founders and how a full-stack platform unifies ticketing, marketing, CRM, logistics and payments. They discuss practical AI uses for documents and voice agents, operational fixes that speed entry and boost revenue, and gamification-driven ticket growth.
Mar 5, 2026 • 43min
Hiring AI Talent Across Borders With Alcor
Oksana Petrus, Head of Customer Success and Operations at Alcor who helps scale engineering teams across Eastern Europe and Latin America. She discusses opaque outsourcing costs and transparent pricing models. She calls out AI-driven recruiting fraud and stronger verification. She highlights hidden budget items like taxes, benefits and local customs, and when to use EOR versus local entities.
Mar 4, 2026 • 39min
How Flashfood Uses Data And AI To Solve The Grocery Food Waste Crisis
Jordan Schenck, CEO of Flashfood, leads a marketplace connecting grocery retailers' surplus food to shoppers at steep discounts. She discusses rescuing edible groceries before landfill. She covers why waste persists despite abundance. She explains how the marketplace works, shopper demand for deals, and using data and AI to price and move inventory.
Mar 4, 2026 • 28min
SmartRecruiters On Turning AI Experiments Into Business Outcomes
Chris Riche-Webber, VP of Business Intelligence and Analytics at SmartRecruiters, brings two decades in recruiting and HR tech. They dig into why many AI pilots stall after launch. Listen for a clear take on agent washing, when automation beats agents, and how to measure trust, adoption, and business impact. Practical examples show linking hiring to revenue and fixing ownership and baseline mistakes.
