On today's episode I speak with Noor Siddiqui, the founder of Orchid, a company that quantifies the genetic risks of your future children. We discuss the plunge in genome sequencing costs and why Orchid's ability to predict polygenic diseases i

29: Kevin Caldwell — A Bio Bank for the Future

Dec 28th, 2020 23m 51s

In the last Flux episode of 2020, Alice talks with Kevin Caldwell, founder and CEO of Ossium Health, a company building the first bank of on-demand bone marrow stem cells and developing therapeutics to treat leukemia, blood cancer, and other di

28: Adam Arrigo—The Show Must Go Beyond

Oct 23rd, 2020 42m 8s

Flux fandom. In today's episode Alice talks with Adam Arrigo, co-founder and CEO of Wave, a live virtual concert company. Adam has been pushing the frontier of music his whole life, from touring as a musician to designing Rockband the game at H

27: Alex Bisignano — Decoding Pandemic Genetics

Jun 9th, 2020 24m 20s

Hi from Alice and the Flux team. We hope you are safe and well. In the latest episode I talk with Alex Bisignano, founder of Phosphorus is the second ever company to be approved by the FDA for at-home saliva testing to detect COVID-19. Alex ha

26: Andy Coravos — A Brave New World of Digital Medicine

Feb 13th, 2020 37m 16s

Welcome back to Flux! In this episode I talk with Andy Coravos the co-founder of Elektra Labs, which is building a future of digital medicine that's data-driven and secure. Recently we’ve seen an explosion of wearables and sensors in healthcare

25: LaTurbo Avedon — the Avatar That Grew up in Cyberspace

Sep 16th, 2019 25m 3s

In this episode we try out a new format. I talk remotely with LaTurbo Avedon, an online avatar who has been active as an artist and curator since 2008. Her responses have been run through a speech synthesizer. Recently we've seen a wave of ne

24: Matt Cauble—Soylent’s Co-Founder Goes After Alcohol

Aug 23rd, 2019 37m 49s

In this episode I talk with Matt Cauble the co-founder of Kin Euphorics, a functional beverage company that aims to reduce stress — “all bliss, no booze.” Matt was previously a co-founder of Soylent and he shares tales from the company’s early

23: Eric Marcotulli—Bottling the Fountain of Youth

Aug 15th, 2019 41m 22s

Eric Marcotulli is the co-founder of Elysium, a life sciences company developing consumer-facing health products based on aging research. Elysium's first product is Basis, a supplement that increases NAD levels and activates sirtuins, boosting

22: Isaac Cohen —An XR Trailblazer on how to Build Humane Technology

Jan 3rd, 2019 42m 38s

In the this episode I sit down with Isaac Cohen (Cabbibo), a fascinating creator at the forefront of VR and AR who has released a number of apps and experiences that push the boundaries - you can find some of his pieces on Steam. He has a backg

21: Alban Denoyel—One Billion 3D Views and Counting

Nov 15th, 2018 30m 10s

Alban Denoyel is the CEO of Sketchfab, a 3D hub to publish, share, buy and sell 3D, VR and AR content. We discuss the history of the business and what the company has learned from Youtube and why they are pursuing a distributed content strategy

20: Thomas Reardon—Building an API for the Brain

Oct 31st, 2018 42m 12s

Thomas Reardon is the cofounder and CEO of CTRL-labs, a company building an electromyography-based armband that decodes the brain's intentions, enabling users to control digital devices using their mind. In this fun and wide-ranging conversati

19: Assaf Glazer—Solving the Mystery of Sleep

Sep 18th, 2018 25m 27s

Assaf Glazer is the founder and CEO of Nanit, a baby monitor and human analytics company that helps parents navigate their child’s sleep. In this episode we get into Assaf's experience working in the Israeli defense and on chip manufacturing, a

18: Austin Woolridge—Where Playas Play

Jul 5th, 2018 30m 53s

Austin Woolridge is the co-founder and CEO of Players Lounge, a site that allows casual gamers to compete against each other and win money in games like FIFA, Fortnight, Madden, NBA 2K, MLB, NHL, and Call of Duty. In this episode we get into Au

17: Dean Kamen— The Myth of Eureka

Dec 31st, 2017 50m 44s

Dean Kamen is an engineer, businessman and inventor who holds over 400 patents. He is the man behind the Segway as well as the first wearable infusion pump. Through his R&D company DEKA he has continued to deliver one innovation after the other

16: Keller Rinaudo—Building the Sky Ambulance

Dec 24th, 2017 56m 46s

Keller Rinaudo is the CEO of Zipline, a company building instant delivery that currently supplies 20% of Rwanda's national blood supply via drone. In this episode, we get into the future of autonomous infrastructure, the importance of governmen

15: Arthur Hayes — The Wild West of Crypto Futures

Dec 6th, 2017 57m 52s

Arthur Hayes is the CEO of Hong Kong based BitMEX, one of the first cryptocurrency derivatives exchanges that currently ranks #1 in bitcoin USD futures volume. This episode reveals the thinking of a trader who’s been at the forefront of the mar

14: Kathleen Breitman — Tezos Unleashed

Jul 11th, 2017 38m 24s

Kathleen Breitman is the co-founder and CEO of Tezos, a self-amending blockchain platform. In this episode Kathleen reveals how flaws in bitcoin's design inspired Tezos to bake governance mechanisms into the blockchain itself. She discusses the

13: Helen Greiner—Robot Queen

Jul 5th, 2017 24m 42s

Helen Greiner was the co-founder of iRobot, the company behind the Roomba and PackBot, and is now the founder of CyPhy Works, a leading commercial drone company. In this episode of Flux, Helen reveals why timing the market is so critical for fo

12: Blake Scholl—Mach II with Your Hair on Fire

May 30th, 2017 31m

Blake Scholl is the founder and CEO of Denver-based Boom, a supersonic jet company. Blake gets into how the Concorde business model was flawed, why it takes an outsider to re-ignite innovation in the industry, and how simulation software has gr

11: Bill Doyle—Electric Feels

Apr 28th, 2017 26m 49s

Bill Doyle is executive chairman of Novocure, an Israeli company using an entirely new method to fight cancer: electric fields. Bill tells the story of the founder of Novocure, his unorthodox approach to problem-solving, and how he was able to

10: Natalya Bailey— Propelling the Future

Apr 17th, 2017 23m 18s

Natalya Bailey is co-founder and CEO of Accion Systems, an MIT spin-out commercializing miniature propulsion systems for satellites that enable them to maneuver in space. Natalya reveals why legacy manufacturers are unable to build these non

09: Gary Marcus— Making AI More Human

Apr 1st, 2017 31m 15s

Gary Marcus, best-selling author and NYU professor, has spent decades studying how children learn and is a known critic of deep learning. Gary was the founder and CEO of Geometric Intelligence, which uses insights from cognitive psychology to b

08: Sophia Dominguez — Building the Search Engine for VR

Mar 18th, 2017 34m 10s

Sophia Dominguez is co-founder and CEO of SVRF, a company making VR content discoverable. Sophia discusses how consumers are scared of the term "virtual reality", why nausea is critical in search rankings, how Snapchat will help bridge the gap

07: Paul Dabrowski — The CRISPR Revolution

Feb 27th, 2017 25m 56s

Paul Dabrowski is co-founder and CEO of Synthego, a company building a platform of tools for scientists. Paul discusses why CRISPR is much more precise than other gene editing techniques, how China has been pushing ethical boundaries, what it's

06: Balaji Srinivasan— The Third Web is Coming

Feb 17th, 2017 26m 47s

Balaji Srinivasan is CEO of 21, a company building the machine payable web. Balaji discusses how his software enables you to earn bitcoin for doing tasks on your phone, why ranking inbound email by most recent first is inefficient, how China'