Every week on What’s Your Problem, entrepreneurs and engineers talk about the future they’re trying
Megan O’Connor is the co-founder and CEO of Nth Cycle. Megan’s problem is this: How do y
Getting energy from nuclear fusion has been a dream for decades; it would be cheap, abundant, and sa
Recycling plants take in a huge amount of random (and occasionally hazardous) stuff, which they then
In 2020, the Financial Times exposed a 2 billion euro fraud at Wirecard, a high-flying German fintec
AI might be the most consequential advancement in the world right now. But – astonishingly &n
AI is better than humans at a lot of things, but physical tasks – even seemingly simple ones l
Jacob Glanville is the founder and CEO of Centivax. Jacob’s problem is this: Can you create a
Alex Wiltschko got obsessed with perfume when he was 12 years old. He grew up to be an AI researcher
For decades, China’s economic rise has been symbolized by its unstoppable force of low-cost ma
Nick Jacobson and his team at Dartmouth medical school spent over 100,000 hours trying to build an A
This week, Nate and Maria discuss AI 2027, a new report from the AI Futures Project that lays out so
Blake Scholl is the founder and CEO of Boom Supersonic. Blake's problem is this: Can you build a com
Fiorenzo Omenetto is a professor of biomedical engineering at Tufts University and the director of S
A few years ago, a ransomware gang called LockBit rose from obscurity to extort over $100 million fr
Christopher Kirchhoff helped launch a Defense Department office that aimed to bring Silicon Valley t
Jared Baeten is senior vice president in virology at Gilead Sciences. Jared's problem is this: In a
Carlos Araque is the co-founder and CEO of Quaise Energy. Carlos' problem is this: How do you make d
Ben Rapoport is the co-founder and CSO of Precision Neuroscience. Ben's problem is this: Can you bui
Jeff Cardenas is the co-founder and CEO of Apptronik. Jeff's problem is this: Can you make a safe, r
We need better, cheaper ways to store solar and wind energy when it’s dark out and the wind is
