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Hosted by Haydn Brain & Ed Gotham · business · EN · 268 episodes
Investment Opportunities: Opto Sessions brings you exclusive interviews with the world’s top investors, fund managers and CEOs, uncovering their secrets to success. Tune in to learn how to invest in the next big idea and gain actionable insights from the industry's sharpest minds.
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Signup to Generate a PitchInvestment Opportunities: Opto Sessions brings you exclusive interviews with the world’s top investors, fund managers and CEOs, uncovering their secrets to success. Tune in to learn how to invest in the next big idea and gain actionable insights from the industry's sharpest minds.
Opto Sessions – Invest in the Next Big Idea is hosted by Haydn Brain & Ed Gotham. The show has published 268 episodes to date.
Recent episodes include "How Recursion Is Using AI to Rethink Drug Discovery" (29 June 2026, 42 minutes), "The AI Tax Firm Challenging How Americans Use Money" (8 May 2026, 38 minutes), and "Kratos CEO on Drones, Hypersonics & Future of Defense" (19 March 2026, 36 minutes).
Opto Sessions – Invest in the Next Big Idea publishes roughly monthly, with episodes averaging 37 minutes across 268 episodes.
Booking probability for Opto Sessions – Invest in the Next Big Idea is 36%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. Opto Sessions – Invest in the Next Big Idea requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. Opto Sessions – Invest in the Next Big Idea's contact route on record: verified email.
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Haydn Brain & Ed Gotham hosts Opto Sessions – Invest in the Next Big Idea, a business show with 268 episodes published.
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Opto Sessions – Invest in the Next Big Idea
In this episode, Ed is joined by Ben Taylor, Chief Financial Officer and President of Recursion UK, to discuss how AI is reshaping drug discovery, biotech, and the future of medicine. Ben explains how Recursion uses AI...
Opto Sessions – Invest in the Next Big Idea
<p>April is rethinking tax as something that should happen year-round, not just at filing time. In this episode, co-founder and CEO Ben Borodach explains how April embeds AI-powered tax filing, planning and estimation...
Opto Sessions – Invest in the Next Big Idea
<p>What can Kratos Defense do that larger defense primes can’t? In this episode of Opto Sessions, CEO Eric DeMarco explains the company’s low-cost approach to AI drones, hypersonic systems and space infrastructure, and...
Opto Sessions – Invest in the Next Big Idea
<p>AI agents are targeting the biggest problem in healthcare: slow, expensive operations. In this episode, Autonomize AI founder & CEO Ganesh Padmanabhan breaks down why approvals like MRIs can take weeks and how AI...
Opto Sessions – Invest in the Next Big Idea
<p>In this AI Christmas special of OPTO Sessions, we revisit standout moments from this year’s conversations on how AI is changing products, cost bases and competitive moats, from <b>Better.com</b> and <b>Upstart</b> in...
Opto Sessions – Invest in the Next Big Idea
<p>Leah Price, VP of the Tinman AI platform at Better.com, joins OPTO Sessions to unpack the company’s pivot to a full-stack GenAI mortgage OS and Betsy, the chat- and voice-based assistant embedded across the...
Opto Sessions – Invest in the Next Big Idea
<p>Intercom co-founder and CSO Des Traynor joins OPTO Sessions to unpack the company’s AI-first shift and Fin, the 27-part AI customer service agent that delivers better, faster answers up to 94% of the...
Opto Sessions – Invest in the Next Big Idea
<p>QuantumScape CFO Kevin Hettrich joins OPTO Sessions to unpack solid-state EV batteries, why this tech could enable faster charging, more range and improved safety for electric vehicles, and what Volkswagen’s...
Opto Sessions – Invest in the Next Big Idea
<p>Upstart co-founder and CTO Paul Gu joins OPTO Sessions to explain how AI underwriting powers 92% fully automated loans and lifts conversion to approximately 24% as the AI lending marketplace returns to profitability...
Opto Sessions – Invest in the Next Big Idea
<p>Box CEO and co-founder Aaron Levie returns to OPTO Sessions to reveal how AI agents are turning 90% of unstructured corporate data into instant answers, powering automation across roles. He maps where enterprise AI...
Opto Sessions – Invest in the Next Big Idea
<p>Andy Marsh, Plug Power CEO, joins OPTO Sessions to discuss the current state and future of green hydrogen, emphasizing how hydrogen production can free up scarce grid electricity for other uses while accelerating...
Opto Sessions – Invest in the Next Big Idea
<p>Charlie Youakim, CEO and Co-Founder of Sezzle, joins OPTO Sessions to discuss company’s journey from startup to a leading public company in the fintech space, the evolution of Buy Now, Pay Later (BNPL) model and...
Opto Sessions – Invest in the Next Big Idea
<p>Nitesh Sharan, CFO of SoundHound AI, returns to OPTO Sessions to discuss the company’s accelerating momentum and why Voice AI is fast becoming the default interface of the future. As pioneers in the space, with deep...
Opto Sessions – Invest in the Next Big Idea
<p>Victor Basta, Managing Partner and Co-founder of Artis Partners, joins OPTO Sessions to share his two-stage exit preparation process - designed to ensure companies are bought, not sold. He delves into why success...
Opto Sessions – Invest in the Next Big Idea
<p>In this episode of OPTO Sessions, Andrew Ye, an investment strategist at GlobalX ETFs, discusses the evolving landscape of the defence industry, particularly in light of recent geopolitical tensions and technological...
Opto Sessions – Invest in the Next Big Idea
<p>Sir Peter Beck, CEO and Founder of Rocket Lab, returns to OPTO Sessions a year after our first conversation to delve deeper into the company’s evolution as an end-to-end space provider, its growing role in national...
Opto Sessions – Invest in the Next Big Idea
<p>Dr. Alan Baratz, D-Wave CEO, joins OPTO Sessions to discuss the current state and future of quantum computing, emphasizing the unique capabilities of D-Wave's quantum annealing technology. He explains how quantum...
Opto Sessions – Invest in the Next Big Idea
<p>In this week’s OPTO Sessions, Ashley Johnson, President and CFO of Planet Labs, explains how the company is using satellites and AI to deliver real-time insights about life on Earth. She breaks down Planet’s evolving...
Opto Sessions – Invest in the Next Big Idea
<p>In this week’s OPTO Sessions, Craig Bealmear, CFO of Oklo, shares how the company is transforming nuclear energy with small modular reactors. He discusses Oklo’s unique business model model, rising demand from data...
Opto Sessions – Invest in the Next Big Idea
<p>This week, Sebastian Schroetel, Senior VP of Product Management at UiPath, joins OPTO Sessions to explore the future of AI-driven automation. He shares how UiPath has evolved from robotic process automation (RPA) to...
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