Tech Can't Save Us
Literal Humans
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A podcast for tech founders and operators building mission-driven technology companies. Host Paul David of Literal Humans interviews CEOs, founders, and innovators about what separates companies that scale from those that stall. Conversations cover sector trends, category leadership, product quality, customer love, go-to-market strategy, and senior leadership. Paul draws on his experience leading B2B SaaS growth consultancies and working with companies such as Wise, Payoneer, Oura, and Oyster.
Episodes
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S4 Ep57: Democratising Philanthropic Funding: Building the AI Tool That Levels the Grant Playing Field with Justin Steele, Co-Founder & CEO of Kindora 29.10.2026 38mIn this episode of Tech Can’t Save Us, Paul speaks to Justin Steele, Co-Founder & CEO of Kindora, about how a decade on the funder side of philanthropy led him to build an AI platform that helps nonprofits find and win the grants they deserve. -
S4 Ep56: Unlocking Leadership Potential Through Scalable Executive Coaching with Farley Thomas, Co-Founder & CEO of Manageable 22.10.2026 39mIn this episode of Tech Can’t Save Us, Paul speaks to Farley Thomas, Co-Founder & CEO of Manageable, about why most managers are never trained, and how scalable, human-centric coaching can finally make management a profession. -
S4 Ep55: Modernizing the Bill Pay Experience with Steve Kramer, VP of Product of PayNearMe 15.10.2026 25mIn this episode of Tech Can’t Save Us, Paul speaks to Steve Kramer, VP of Product of PayNearMe, about removing the friction from paying bills and giving consumers every way to pay, from digital wallets to cash at retail stores. -
S4 Ep54: Revolutionising Last-Mile Logistics: Inside the Future of Drone Delivery with Beth Flippo, CEO and Founder of DEXA 08.10.2026 32mIn this episode of Tech Can’t Save Us, Paul speaks to Beth Flippo, CEO and Founder of DEXA, about turning autonomous drone delivery from futuristic novelty into everyday last-mile logistics that help local retailers compete. -
S4 Ep53: Commercialising Earth’s Last Empty Orbit: Building Satellites for Very Low Earth Orbit with Anatolii Papulov, Founder & CEO of NewOrbit 01.10.2026 30mIn this episode of Tech Can’t Save Us, Paul speaks to Anatolii Papulov, Founder & CEO of NewOrbit, about building the first commercial satellites designed to survive Very Low Earth Orbit, and why the most valuable empty real estate in space is finally opening up. -
S4 Ep52: Navigating the Age of Attention Scarcity with Claire Coady, Founder of The Attention Practice 24.09.2026 27mIn this episode of Tech Can’t Save Us, Paul speaks to Claire Coady, Founder of The Attention Practice, about why attention is now the scarcest resource for brands, governments and NGOs, and how leaders can build strategies that earn and sustain it. -
S4 Ep51: Taking Specialist Anxiety and OCD Care Off the Waitlist with Mona Potter, MD, Co-Founder and Chief Medical Strategy Officer of InStride Health 17.09.2026 25mIn this episode of Tech Can’t Save Us, Paul speaks to Mona Potter, MD, Co-Founder and Chief Medical Strategy Officer of InStride Health, about why evidence-based anxiety and OCD care so rarely reaches the families who need it, and how InStride closes that gap. -
S4 Ep50: How Proofed is Humanizing AI and Creating a Better Editorial Model with Adam Harvey and Kiran Chauhan, Co-Founders of Proofed 10.09.2026 27mIn this episode of Tech Can’t Save Us, Paul speaks to Adam Harvey and Kiran Chauhan, Co-Founders of Proofed, about building a tech-enabled, human-led editorial model that humanises AI content at enterprise scale. -
S4 Ep49: Revolutionizing Retirement for Small Businesses with Dan Beck, CEO & Co-Founder of 401GO 03.09.2026 29mIn this episode of Tech Can’t Save Us, Paul speaks to Dan Beck, CEO & Co-Founder of 401GO, about why the legacy 401(k) model was never built for small businesses, and how automation is finally making plans accessible to them. -
S4 Ep48: Revolutionizing Personalized Diagnostics and Global Health with Jari Närhi, Co-Founder of NADMed 27.08.2026 23mIn this episode of Tech Can’t Save Us, Paul speaks to Jari Närhi, Co-Founder of NADMed, about pioneering a breakthrough method for measuring metabolic biomarkers to advance preventative medicine. -
S4 Ep47: Humanizing AI Transformation with Nikki Barua, Co-Founder & CEO of FlipWork 20.08.2026 28mIn this episode of Tech Can’t Save Us, Paul speaks to Nikki Barua, Co-Founder & CEO of FlipWork, about why AI adoption stalls on the human side, and how organisations become agentic enterprises without losing what makes people irreplaceable. -
S4 Ep46: Bringing Deal Intelligence to Private Markets with Eric Chang, Co-Founder and CEO of Claira 13.08.2026 25mIn this episode of Tech Can’t Save Us, Paul speaks to Eric Chang, Co-Founder and CEO of Claira, about transforming the antiquated, document-heavy world of private-market investing into a data-first deal intelligence layer powered by purpose-built AI. -
S4 Ep45: Accelerating the Agentic AI Revolution with Michael Pytel, Technology Leader & Director of VASS 06.08.2026 26mIn this episode of Tech Can’t Save Us, Paul speaks to Michael Pytel, Technology Leader & Director of VASS, about how agentic AI is turning enterprise ERP from a tool into a teammate, and what that shift asks of the leaders running it. -
S4 Ep44: Revolutionising Financial Integrity with Ahikam Kaufman, Co-Founder and CEO of SafeBooks AI 30.07.2026 34mIn this episode of Tech Can’t Save Us, Paul speaks to Ahikam Kaufman, Co-Founder and CEO of SafeBooks AI, about how a financial data graph and agentic AI can give finance teams continuous, automated revenue integrity across every system. -
S4 Ep43: Scaling the Standards for Ethical AI with Erika Anderson and Andalib Samandari, Founder and AI Researcher of Building Humane Technology 23.07.2026 38mIn this episode of Tech Can’t Save Us, Paul speaks to Erika Anderson and Andalib Samandari, Founder and AI Researcher of Building Humane Technology, about building HumaneBench, an open-source benchmark that measures whether AI models protect human well-being instead of simply optimising for engagement. -
S4 Ep42: Harnessing High-Fidelity Data for B2B Growth with Paula Chiocchi, Founder & CEO of Outward Media 16.07.2026 29mIn this episode of Tech Can’t Save Us, Paul speaks to Paula Chiocchi, Founder & CEO of Outward Media. -
S4 Ep41: Revolutionizing AI Monetization and Usage-Based Billing with Arnon Shimoni, VP of Growth at Solvimon 09.07.2026 36mIn this episode of Tech Can’t Save Us, Paul speaks to Arnon Shimoni, VP of Growth at Solvimon, about navigating complex billing models, pricing autonomous agents by outcome, and the human side of monetization. -
S4 Ep40: Rebuilding the Foundation of Financial Operations with Ignacio Berardi, Co-Founder and CEO of Rexi 02.07.2026 27mIn this episode of Tech Can’t Save Us, Paul speaks to Ignacio Berardi, Co-Founder and CEO of Rexi, about how AI-native reconciliation is eliminating systemic money leakage across the fragmented modern fintech infrastructure stack. -
S4 Ep39: Bridging the Gap in Maternal Health Equity with Kim Smith, Founder and CEO of Health Evolve 25.06.2026 37mIn this episode of Tech Can’t Save Us, Paul speaks to Kim Smith, Founder and CEO of Health Evolve. -
S4 Ep38: Accelerating MedTech Innovation and First-in-Human Success with Julio Martinez-Clark, Co-Founder & CEO of bioaccess 18.06.2026 26mIn this episode of Tech Can't Save Us, Paul speaks to Julio Martinez-Clark, co-founder and CEO of BioAccess.
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