What's Uptin?
What's Uptin? explores the minds driving technology, finance, and power. Host Uptin interviews influential figures to uncover their insights and strategies. The podcast delves into the intersection of innovation, money, and influence.
Episodes
Sweden’s secret to creating global companies, from a Billion dollar company founder
Oscar Höglund has started six companies. This is the one that turned into a nine-figure business, and along the way, he learned some of the sharpest lessons on hiring, leadership, and building through inflection points that I've heard on this show.In this episode, Oscar (co-founder of Epidemic Sound) and I get into what it actually takes to build and scale a company: why he believes you should onl
Why Klarna's CMO thinks Amex is just a Transfer of Wealth
David Sandstrom, CMO of Klarna, sits down with Uptin at Cannes Lions to explain why he thinks the credit card industry is broken, and why Klarna is coming for it.In this episode:Why Sandstrom says Amex lounge perks are secretly funded by people drowning in credit card debtThe real story behind Klarna's viral Snoop Dogg ("Smooth Dogg") campaign, and the 50/50 boardroom vote that almos
This might be the most unusual CEO in Silicon Valley: Twitch's CEO gets brutally honest
Twitch CEO Dan Clancy has no PR team filtering his live streams, argues with his own mom about playing football, and thinks failure is the entire point of success. On this episode of What's Uptin, we sit down with one of the strangest, most disarming CEOs in tech.Dan Clancy went from NASA researcher to running Twitch, and along the way built a leadership style that looks nothing like Silicon V
How YouTube became a $30 Billion business nobody saw coming, and is now becoming TV's biggest threat
Alison Lomax, Managing Director of YouTube, joins What's Uptin? to unpack how a platform once dismissed as "amateur bedroom vlogging" has become one of the most dominant forces in media and why most people are still underestimating it.In this conversation, we cover:Why YouTube viewing on television sets has overtaken every other format in some marketsHow podcasts went from irrelevant
The woman who decides what 3 billion people see every day
3 billion people open Instagram every month. Someone decides what they see. This week, I sat down with that person. Tessa Lyons, VP of Product at Instagram, on the future of your feed, AI-generated reality, and why the app that knows everything about you is now coming for your TV.We get into how Instagram went from a square photo app to consuming 60% of all time spent on social media and why that
After Working With Stephen Bartlett, He Bet Everything on This
Oliver Yonchev spent 15 years in entrepreneurship, starting as a musician, and worked closely with Stephen Bartlett before launching Co-Created, an investment office that has incubated 14 businesses. He breaks down what he actually looks for in founders: domain expertise, resilience, and humility over degrees or credentials, and why a business plan is basically irrelevant at day zero.He talks abou
The AI Jobs Myth, China's Secret Weapon, and Why Your Chatbot Will Get You Sued
David Cox runs AI research at IBM and leads the MIT-IBM Watson AI Lab. He's testified to Congress twice in 60 days, built AI his entire career, and he thinks we're getting almost everything wrong. In this episode: why 95% of AI projects fail, why China is quietly winning the open source war, why your chatbot could get your company sued, and why the real AI threat isn't Skynet ... t'
Hummer's Revenge: GM's President on Killing Gas, Killing Apple CarPlay, and Betting Everything on America
GM President Mark Reuss doesn't hold back. Uptin asks about Hummer's insane electric comeback, the death of Apple CarPlay, robo-taxis, Gemini AI in your car, China's brutal price wars, Detroit's rebirth, and the one thing that keeps him up at night. If you care about the future of American cars, this is the interview you need to watch.
"We're running out of people on the internet" -- Meta CMO gets brutally honest about the future
Meta has 3 billion users and they're still not satisfied. I sat down with Alex Schultz, CMO of Meta, to find out what their endgame actually looks like — and his answers were more candid than I expected.We get into why Americans still aren't using WhatsApp (and how Meta plans to change that), the real reason you have to demo the AI glasses in person, what Meta actually thinks about your ki
The CEO who inherited a $4.3 Billion Storm. Then Built an Empire
Richard Teng took over Binance after a $4.3 billion US government settlement, a departing founder, and a wave of public skepticism. Two years later, the platform has gone from 170 million to nearly 300 million users and it's just getting started.In this episode, Teng breaks down how he rebuilt trust from the inside out, why compliance is Binance's secret weapon, what Trump's crypto age
Telling Gary Vee why I unfollowed him: is hustle culture dying?
Just days after Uptin sold his agency, Uptin and Gary Vaynerchuk talk honestly about focus vs juggling, personal brand vs client work, and how to know when you’ve made the right move, even when there’s no “right” answer.They get into:• Why shiny object syndrome is actually part of the entrepreneur’s gift• The truth behind “hustle culture” and why Gary stopped using the word• How algorithms really
The End of Swiping? How Dating is about to change forever
Everyone says dating is broken. But is the problem the people, the paradox of choice, or the app itself?Uptin sits down with Mark Kantor, Head of Product at Tinder, to find out how one of the world's most recognizable dating apps is quietly reinventing itself. From AI that scans your camera roll to figure out who you really are, to a new feature called Chemistry that could replace swiping alto
Logan Paul: Cancelled, Sued ... but Still Winning?
Love him or hate him, Logan Paul refuses to be defined by his past. From internet villain to co-founding Antifund, a venture capital firm with investments in some of the biggest tech companies in the world, this is one of the most unlikely reinvention stories in internet history. In this raw conversation at Web Summit Qatar, Logan opens up about building Prime into a global brand, why attention is
The man who bet on OpenAI before anyone else has a warning for you
Brad Smith, President of Microsoft, sits down with Uptin to share his experience on one of the most consequential bets in tech history. From why Microsoft invested in OpenAI before most people had ever heard of it, to how the two companies now both collaborate and compete, Brad breaks down the strategy behind Microsoft's AI dominance. Uptin pushes him on the 15,000 layoffs, the future of work,
We’re entering the most disruptive era in human history: Reid Hoffman tells me everything
In this episode, Uptin sits down with Reid Hoffman, the Billionaire co-founder of LinkedIn and one of Silicon Valley’s most influential investors, to decode the reality behind the AI revolution.Key Discussion Points:The AI Bubble: Fact or fiction?The Job Market: Are roles disappearing or simply evolving?Upskilling: Why mastering AI is the most critical skill today.Global Impact: How AI could trans
The Mayor Trying to Fix San Francisco
San Francisco was written off. The headlines were brutal, the streets were struggling, and everyone said the city was done. So what happened?I sat down with SF Mayor Daniel Lurie right outside the iconic Ferry Building to get the real story. In this episode, we talk about how crime dropped 33% in his first year, why every major AI company is planting roots in San Francisco, what he's doing abo
The Fugitive CEO: Carlos Ghosn on Power, Betrayal, and the Escape that Shocked the World
Carlos Ghosn was one of the most powerful CEOs on the planet ... running Nissan, Renault, and Mitsubishi all at once. Then came the arrest, the scandal, and the escape in a box from Japan that shocked us all.Uptin travels to Beirut, Lebanon and pushes Ghosn on the questions everyone wants answered. Why did he run? Was it justice or guilt? And now that he's in Beirut with nowhere to go, what do
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