{"podcast":{"title":"The Times Tech Podcast","slug":"the-times-tech-podcast-487766","podcast_index_feed_id":487766,"rss_url":"https://feeds.acast.com/public/shows/8cf4cec7-5a0f-49c5-8ec9-36941b5c6b6e","website_url":"https://www.thetimes.co.uk/podcasts/danny-in-the-valley","image_url":"https://assets.pippa.io/shows/61ba0b311a8cbef1d93cf121/1728038865168-4d111bb9-300e-4efb-b485-601b498a043e.jpeg","author":"Will Morley","episode_count":475,"summary":"From Silicon Valley to The City, tech journalists Danny Fortson and Katie Prescott bring you the inside track on the new industrial revolution. Co-hosted from San Francisco and London, this weekly podcast delivers the latest news and freshest interviews with the people creating the future. As West Coast Correspondent for The Sunday Times, Danny is on the ground to witness the technological whirlwind that first roared out Silicon Valley. From London, working as The Times' Technology Business Editor, Katie has seen the waves of boom and bust rolling through one of the world's financial capitals. Together they explore this strange new world of high finance and tech giants, explaining how we got here and what is just around the corner. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-05T22:20:19.310030+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-times-tech-podcast-487766"},"episode":{"title":"PayPal’s Max Levchin on Donald Trump, Elon Musk and mega-IPOs","slug":"paypal-s-max-levchin-on-donald-trump-elon-musk-and-mega-ipos","published_at":"2026-07-02T23:01:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-times-tech-podcast-487766/paypal-s-max-levchin-on-donald-trump-elon-musk-and-mega-ipos","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-times-tech-podcast-487766","url":"https://shows.acast.com/dannyinthevalley/episodes/affirm-ceo-max-levchin","audio_url":"https://sphinx.acast.com/p/acast/s/dannyinthevalley/e/6a44f2ed75e7a3e96116d78d/media.mp3","summary":"Affirm CEO, PayPal co-founder, original member of the 'PayPal Mafia' Max Levchin joins Danny Fortson and Katie Prescott to talk about moral moneylending, Elon Musk, mega-IPOs and why there are so many tech bosses in Washington. As he puts it – “If you’re not at the table, you’re on the menu.” Meanwhile, Anthropic has announced that Claude Fable 5 will be released again globally after the Trump administration's ban. Plus, Danny and Katie discuss the latest trend in Silicon Valley - the rise of voice AI and the death of the keyboard. Is it hot air or if we are really in a new era of \"yapping, rather than tapping\"? On that note, Norman, Katie's AI agent, finally (and terrifyingly), has a voice. Would you swap your keyboard for voice-to-text software? Get in touch: techpod@thetimes.co.uk Read more: Is it time to say goodbye to the keyboard? Producer: Marnie Duke Executive Producer: Priyanka Deladia Video Producer: Bronwen Latham Image: Getty Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","meta_description":"Affirm CEO, PayPal co-founder, original member of the 'PayPal Mafia' Max Levchin joins Danny Fortson and Katie Prescott to talk about moral moneylending,…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2745,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-times-tech-podcast-487766/episodes/paypal-s-max-levchin-on-donald-trump-elon-musk-and-mega-ipos/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-times-tech-podcast-487766/paypal-s-max-levchin-on-donald-trump-elon-musk-and-mega-ipos.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}