DLA Piper interviews on AI, climate ventures and African markets
Conversations pair someone from DLA Piper with one outside guest: a London Stock Exchange Group executive, a former Google chief business officer, an academic and broadcaster, a climate venture builder. The talk runs from self-driving cars that share what they learn to the case for African tech firms listing on a stock exchange.
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The DLA Piper TechLaw Podcast Series is built on one-to-one conversations: someone from DLA Piper asks the questions, and a guest from outside the firm answers them. The draw is the range of guests, from a London Stock Exchange Group primary markets head and a former Google chief business officer to an academic and broadcaster and the co-founder of a climate venture builder. Several episodes are pegged to the DLA Piper European Technology Summit 2021, set for 5 October, and say so in their opening lines. That gives them the feel of a preview. Kit Burden, a London-based partner and global co-chair of the firm's technology sector, closes his talks with Mo Gordat and Hannah Fry by looking forward to their keynotes. The conversation with Mo, the former Google chief business officer, runs to two parts. In 'Part 1: Raising responsible AI', he argues that machines already beat people on memory and on how fast they share what they learn, and that the absence of general intelligence so far is no sign it will not come, since in AI everything is measured in microseconds. His closing point is that human values are what the machines must be taught. 'Part 2: Tech innovation for a happier future' resumes the talk, with Kit noting that a House of Lords Select Committee has concentrated on the ethics of AI. Mo touches on COVID-19, health care and consumerism, then names science as a wish, because advancing science advances everything else. Hannah Fry's episode, 'Man versus machine: Working together in the age of AI', recalls a gathering of people so set against tracking that one had built an operating system that lived on a USB stick and left no trace once unplugged. What startled her was the lengths they went to, and how far that removed them from society. The talk ends on a note about humility: keep improving what has been built instead of basking in it. The Africa pair, 'Part 1: The capital markets landscape for African Tech' and 'Part 2 Developing Africa’s capital markets', puts Trudy, head of the corporate practice in DLA Piper Africa's Uganda office, in conversation with Gokul Mani. They had hoped to meet in London around the Africa Tech Summit at the London Stock Exchange, but could not. Trudy's questions are practical: why African tech still leans on private equity and venture capital, and how a listing, domestic or international, might become the more attractive route. Gokul sets out the group's work with African exchanges, from dual listings to FTSE country classification that can draw passive investment in. In 'SESG Building start-ups to fight climate emergency', Dylan Kennett, a corporate senior associate in London who specialises in venture capital, talks with Chris Coleridge, CEO and co-founder of Carbon13. Chris admits a comparable company landing investment is hard to ignore, but says Carbon13 adds value by testing opportunity, team, carbon unit economics and business model from first principles. For AI and society, start with the Mo Gordat pair or the Hannah Fry conversation; for how technology companies get funded, the Africa episodes and the Carbon13 talk.
Made for: Suits a listener who wants AI, privacy, climate start-ups and the funding of African tech discussed one guest at a time with people who have a stake in them, from a stock exchange group's primary markets head to a climate venture builder.
What sets it apart: The questions come from DLA Piper partners and associates, and the answers come from guests with hands-on stakes, such as Carbon13's co-founder and a London Stock Exchange Group primary markets head. Several episodes double as previews of keynote speakers at the firm's European Technology Summit 2021.
The DLA Piper TechLaw Podcast Series covers the latest technological developments in our rapidly changing world. From Artificial Intelligence, Big Data and Privacy, FinTech, Internet of Things to Robotics, we will forecast new trends and cover policies and regulation, contract and legal changes. As global leaders, our DLA Piper partners along with industry experts will provide invaluable insight into how new challenges arise and how you can stay ahead of the curve.
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A grounded look at the market infrastructure linking African tech to public capital.
Trudy Wamala-Karabiawa's conversation with Gokul Mani looks at the capital-market rails around African tech: dual listings, securities connectivity, FTSE country classification, market data, and exchange technology.
AI ethics, science investment, and online influence converge in a careful look at technology's promise of a happier future.
Technology's promise of a happier future is put through a legal and investment stress test as Kip Burden and Mo Gordat connect AI governance to the choices that shape social well-being.
Mo Gordat makes responsible AI a question of how machines inherit human values.
Responsible AI is framed here as a matter of inheritance: what values should machines absorb from the societies that create them? Kit Burden's conversation with Mo Gordat moves from Gordat's work at IBM, Microsoft, Google, and Google X into a broader argument that intelligence,…
Hannah Fry connects privacy, surveillance, and flawed machines to the humility needed when technology makes decisions about people.
Hannah Fry and Kit Burden look at the awkward gap between fast-moving technology and the slower social and legal habits meant to contain it. Fry starts with people going to striking lengths to avoid being tracked, including a USB-based operating system that wipes traces when…
A practical first-principles look at how Carbon13 evaluates climate ventures and the investor interest around them.
Climate venture building gets a grounded treatment in this DLA Piper Tech Law conversation between Dylan Kennett, a Corporate Senior Associate in DLA's London office, and Chris Coleridge, CEO and co-founder of Carbon13.
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Specialists walking through software's tradeoffs, one system at a time.
Founders and engineers on AI coding agents like Claude Code, and supply chain security.
["DLA Piper TechLaw Podcast Series episode Part 2 Developing Africa\u2019s capital markets pairs Trudy Wamala-Karabiawa of DLA Piper Africa Uganda with Gokul Mani of the London Stock Exchange Group.", "Mani says younger African tech companies face heavy disclosure, reporting, and AGM demands after listing, so private VC capital is often the more sustainable growth route for now.", "He points to the London Stock Exchange\u2019s issuer-services platform, which hosts presentations, capital market days, non-deal roadshows, and profile pages that draw 2 million monthly visitors.", "The discussion also covers 10% minimum free float on the LSE tech regime, dual listings in Nigeria and Kenya, and a 2022 outlook centered on metals and mining, financial services, and African tech."]
Kip Burden and Mo Gawdat examine how AI ethics should be shaped by human behavior, including the example of a Twitter bot that produced Holocaust-denying and misogynistic content.
Mo Gordat, former chief business officer at Google and former leader at Google X, joins Kit Burden on the DLA Piper Tech Law podcast series ahead of the European Technology Summit 2021.
DLA Piper TechLaw Podcast Series opens with Kit Burden speaking to Hannah Fry ahead of the European Technology Summit 2021 on 5 October, where she is the keynote speaker.
DLA Piper Tech Law Podcast Series previews the 2021 DLA Piper European Tech Summit with Chris Coleridge and Carbon13.
DLA Piper senior associate Floris de Wit interviews GlobalData principal analyst David Bicknell about smart cities before the European Technology Summit on 5 October 2021.
DLA Piper TechLaw Podcast Series examines smart cities and real estate with Daphne Benz and Jeroen Lokussen of Cushman & Wakefield.
Mark O'Connor and David Bell define health tech broadly, from consumer wearables and electronic patient records to medical devices, AI, and drug discovery.
Sunita Grote, who leads UNICEF Ventures, describes how its venture fund backs frontier technologies such as AI, blockchain, drones, and extended reality for work affecting children across 190 countries.
DLA Piper partner Mike Conradi interviews Sean Williams, chairman of G-Networks and Grain Connect, about fibre deployment ahead of the European Technology Summit 2021 on 5 October.
DLA Piper TechLaw Podcast Series host Luca Gori interviews Gary Stewart, founder and CEO of Founder Tribes, about using corporate venture capital, strategic alliances, and diversity to “build back better.” Stewart draws on Telefonica’s investment in 185 companies worth $1.1 billion and argues that Europe needs greater early-stage risk appetite and stronger funding outside capital cities.
Bryony Willip of DLA Piper interviews Tom Hambritt, Revolut's global group general counsel, about cashless societies, fintech growth, and risk after COVID-19.
Will Sivright, Eamon Holley, Courtney Smith, and Will Brown examine Middle East technology M&A during 2020 and the expected 2021 market.
Paul Atto moderates a DLA Piper TechLaw panel with Phil, Khaled Saad, and Tony Joseph on Middle East payments, fintech regulation, crypto assets, and digital infrastructure.
Alexandra Kammerling and Laura Petroni examine whether traditional antitrust rules fit digital platforms that can grow rapidly through data, network effects, and innovation.
Discussion of the European Technology Index 2020 with insights from a cyber security expert.
Launch of the European Technology Index 2020 with a discussion on diversity and inclusion in tech acquisitions.
A podcast episode exploring fintech trends, payment transformation, and diversity in technology, featuring an interview with Paybase CEO Anna Tsupko.