{"podcast":{"title":"Scouting for Growth","slug":"scouting-for-growth-4686831","podcast_index_feed_id":4686831,"rss_url":"https://feed.podbean.com/sabinega/feed.xml","website_url":"https://sabinega.podbean.com","image_url":"https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/image-logo/21959862/c84aea4ad531642db775e0d7782c8f77.jpg","author":"Sabine VanderLinden","episode_count":233,"summary":"There are over 180,000 FinTech ventures out there today. My team tracks 7.3 million of them across markets every single week. But the number that matters isn’t the one that’s growing. It’s the one that isn’t. Only 25% of these ventures have secured funding and meaningful backing. The other 75% aren’t just looking for capital. They’re looking for access, credibility, and partnerships with the institutions that can turn a great product into real-world impact. This is Scouting for Growth. I’m Sabine VanderLinden. I lead Alchemy Crew Ventures, and I built the Venture-Client Model for regulated industries... the model where a growth venture earns a corporation as its customer before a VC writes the cheque. When that sequence works, it changes the equation for everyone: founders, corporates, and the investors watching from both sides of the table. Each episode, I bring a founder, an operator, or an institutional leader to the table for the conversation that usually happens behind closed doors: about how corporates really think, how capital really flows, and what it actually takes to build, grow, and scale in a world where the boundaries between FinTech, InsurTech, HealthTech, and AI are…","last_synced_at":"2026-07-30T16:17:45.012213+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/scouting-for-growth-4686831"},"episode":{"title":"Trust Is the Operating System of the Agentic Enterprise","slug":"trust-is-the-operating-system-of-the-agentic-enterprise","published_at":"2026-04-09T07:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/scouting-for-growth-4686831/trust-is-the-operating-system-of-the-agentic-enterprise","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/scouting-for-growth-4686831","url":"https://sabinega.podbean.com/e/trust-is-the-operating-system-of-the-agentic-enterprise/","audio_url":"https://cohst.app/pdcst/6K4Q1I/mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/25fiwgshxpe234wc/260405_SFG_EP_221_Trust_Is_the_Operating_System_of_the_Agentic_Enterprise_03IV26_M_SAS_Jimmy_3973.mp3","summary":"Trust is not a feature. It’s the foundation. And yet, most organizations are still treating it as an afterthought—something to audit, regulate, or retrofit once AI is already in motion. That mindset is breaking. Fast. In this episode, Steven Abel and Franklin Manchester introduce a critical shift: from managing AI risk to engineering trust into the system itself. This is the essence of Trust by Design—a framework that redefines how enterprises build, deploy, and scale AI in an agentic world. Because we are no longer deploying tools. We are deploying decision-makers. And that changes everything. Here’s what becomes clear: The industry’s false start Organizations are over-investing in models and under-investing in decision architecture. More LLMs ≠ more trust More data ≠ better decisions More pilots ≠ real transformation The breaking point of autonomy As AI systems evolve from copilots to agents, the risk profile shifts dramatically: Decisions are made faster—and at scale Human oversight becomes impractical Errors compound across interconnected systems The idea of “human in the loop” quickly collapses when one human is expected to validate thousands of machine-generated decisions daily. What Trust by Design actually requires Trust must be embedded across the full lifecycle of decision-making: Governance: Clear ownership and accountability structures Explainability: Every decision must be traceable and interpretable Monitoring: Continuous oversight, not periodic review Testing: Backtesting decisions—not just models Documentation: Transparent and auditable processes This is not compliance overhead. It is an operational infrastructure. A critical shift in metrics Leaders must move beyond accuracy as the gold standard. 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