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What if you could control computers with just a thought? Precision Neuroscience is one of several companies working to make that a reality. Michael Mager is the co-founder and CEO of the brain-computer interface company whose technology aims to give patients with severe mobility issues new ways to interact with the digital world [https://www.wsj.com/science/inside-the-operating-room-doctors-test-a-revolutionary-brain-computer-implant-f69eb0c2?mod=WSJ_BNPOD]. How does Precision plan to offer brain implants to millions of people who could benefit from them? And how is the company competing with rivals like Synchron [https://www.wsj.com/tech/apple-brain-computer-interface-9ec69919?mod=WSJ_BNPOD] and Elon Musk’s Neuralink [https://www.wsj.com/tech/how-elon-musk-neuralink-brain-chip-works-36522cc1?mod=WSJ_BNPOD]? Mager speaks to WSJ’s Christopher Mims [https://www.wsj.com/news/author/christopher-mims] and Tim Higgins [https://www.wsj.com/news/author/tim-higgins] on the latest episode of the Bold Names podcast. Check Out Past Episodes: Why Elon Musk’s Battery Guy Is Betting Big on Recycling [https://www.wsj.com/podcasts/wsj-the-future-of-everything/why-elon-musks-battery-guy-is-betting-big-on-recycling/7F1430AE-815A-4802-B0A7-9CAB60ABDAF2?mod=WSJ_BNPOD]   Venture Capitalist Sarah Guo’s Surprising Bet on Unsexy AI [https://www.wsj.com/podcasts/wsj-the-future-of-everything/venture-capitalist-sarah-guos-surprising-bet-on-unsexy-ai/732EEAB6-C7A9-4FA0-857B-B751C8C0FCB7?mod=WSJ_BNPOD]  Could Amazon’s Zoox Beat Tesla and Waymo in the Robotaxi Race? [https://www.wsj.com/podcasts/wsj-the-future-of-everything/could-amazons-zoox-beat-tesla-and-waymo-in-the-robotaxi-race/EE7D5DDA-C53D-4F46-816A-71A2B9E216BA?mod=WSJ_BNPOD]  Humanoid Robot Startups Are Hot. This AI Expert Cuts Through the Hype. [https://www.wsj.com/podcasts/wsj-the-future-of-everything/humanoid-robot-startups-are-hot-this-ai-expert-cuts-through-the-hype/4911EC21-54E6-4137-8A1A-FA4FECA4FF25?mod=WSJ_BNPOD]  Let us know what you think of the show. Email us at BoldNames@wsj.com Sign up for the WSJ's free Technology newsletter [https://www.wsj.com/newsletters/technology?mod=WSJ_BNPOD]. Read Christopher Mims’s Keywords column [https://www.wsj.com/news/types/keywords?mod=WSJ_BNPOD]. Read Tim Higgins’s column [https://www.wsj.com/news/types/tim-higgins?mod=WSJ_BNPOD].  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices [https://megaphone.fm/adchoices]

What's next for artificial intelligence beyond autonomous agents and next-gen language models? Sarah Guo [https://www.wsj.com/articles/former-greylock-general-partner-sarah-guo-has-raised-a-101-million-fund-11665004353?mod=WSJ_BNPOD], the founder of venture capital firm Conviction, is a rising star among Silicon Valley investors. She says the next big wave [https://www.wsj.com/articles/venture-capitalists-are-playing-matchmaker-in-the-age-of-ai-c66029b0?mod=WSJ_BNPOD] of AI innovation could transform the business world. What is she looking for in investment opportunities? And why does Guo say enterprise software is prime for transformation in the AI era? She speaks to WSJ’s Christopher Mims [https://www.wsj.com/news/author/christopher-mims] and Tim Higgins [https://www.wsj.com/news/author/tim-higgins] on the latest episode of the Bold Names podcast. Check Out Past Episodes: ‘Businesses Don’t Like Uncertainty’: How Cisco Is Navigating AI and Trump 2.0 [https://www.wsj.com/podcasts/wsj-the-future-of-everything/businesses-dont-like-uncertainty-how-cisco-is-navigating-ai-and-trump-20/C605071C-F5E6-4F2E-8655-BD7F0D787786?mod=WSJ_BNPOD] Humanoid Robot Startups Are Hot. This AI Expert Cuts Through the Hype. [https://www.wsj.com/podcasts/wsj-the-future-of-everything/humanoid-robot-startups-are-hot-this-ai-expert-cuts-through-the-hype/4911EC21-54E6-4137-8A1A-FA4FECA4FF25?mod=WSJ_BNPOD] Reid Hoffman Says AI Isn’t an ‘Arms Race,’ but America Needs to Win [https://www.wsj.com/podcasts/wsj-the-future-of-everything/reid-hoffman-says-ai-isnt-an-arms-race-but-america-needs-to-win/EAFAB54F-65D6-4A7D-BBC1-49660196A89D?mod=WSJ_BNPOD] Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff and the AI ‘Fantasy Land’ [https://www.wsj.com/podcasts/wsj-the-future-of-everything/bold-names-salesforce-ceo-marc-benioff-and-the-ai-fantasy-land/804EFA7D-B834-4BD2-B634-E90D8985A2CB?mod=WSJ_BNPOD] Let us know what you think of the show. Email us at BoldNames@wsj.com Sign up for the WSJ's free Technology newsletter [https://www.wsj.com/newsletters/technology?mod=WSJ_BNPOD]. Read Christopher Mims’s Keywords column [https://www.wsj.com/news/types/keywords?mod=WSJ_BNPOD].  Read Tim Higgins’s column [https://www.wsj.com/news/types/tim-higgins?mod=WSJ_BNPOD]. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices [https://megaphone.fm/adchoices]

After flying 100 million miles and making over 1.4 million deliveries using autonomous drones, [https://www.wsj.com/tech/the-drone-delivery-service-beating-amazon-to-your-front-door-1ad898b4?mod=WSJ_BNPOD] Zipline CEO and co-founder Keller Rinaudo Cliffton is looking to transform how same-day delivery works in the U.S. His company has spent years shipping medical supplies across countries like Rwanda, Ghana and Kenya. But will Zipline become a household name by flying burritos and salads to backyards in the U.S.? And how is the startup competing with tech giants like Amazon and Alphabet [https://www.wsj.com/tech/amazon-alphabet-and-others-are-quietly-rolling-out-drone-delivery-across-america-11648872022?mod=WSJ_BNPOD]? Cliffton speaks to WSJ’s Christopher Mims [https://www.wsj.com/news/author/christopher-mims] and Tim Higgins [https://www.wsj.com/news/author/tim-higgins] on the latest episode of the Bold Names podcast. Correction: Zipline has flown more than 100 million commercial autonomous miles. An earlier version of this podcast incorrectly stated that it's flown 50 million miles without human pilots. (Corrected on May 2.) Check Out Past Episodes: Could Amazon’s Zoox Beat Tesla and Waymo in the Robotaxi Race? [https://www.wsj.com/podcasts/wsj-the-future-of-everything/could-amazons-zoox-beat-tesla-and-waymo-in-the-robotaxi-race/EE7D5DDA-C53D-4F46-816A-71A2B9E216BA?mod=WSJ_BNPOD] Palmer Luckey's 'I Told You So' Tour: AI Weapons and Vindication [https://www.wsj.com/podcasts/wsj-the-future-of-everything/palmer-luckey-i-told-you-so-tour-ai-weapons-and-vindication/6BF67ABC-4341-4B85-9D49-8DED33BDC0C3?mod=WSJ_BNPOD] Humanoid Robot Startups Are Hot. This AI Expert Cuts Through the Hype. [https://www.wsj.com/podcasts/wsj-the-future-of-everything/humanoid-robot-startups-are-hot-this-ai-expert-cuts-through-the-hype/4911EC21-54E6-4137-8A1A-FA4FECA4FF25?mod=WSJ_BNPOD] Let us know what you think of the show. Email us at BoldNames@wsj.com Sign up for the WSJ's free Technology newsletter [https://www.wsj.com/newsletters/technology?mod=WSJ_BNPOD]. Read Christopher Mims’s Keywords column [https://www.wsj.com/news/types/keywords?mod=WSJ_BNPOD]. Read Tim Higgins’s column [https://www.wsj.com/news/types/tim-higgins?mod=WSJ_BNPOD]. The Drone-Delivery Service Beating Amazon to Your Front Door [https://www.wsj.com/tech/the-drone-delivery-service-beating-amazon-to-your-front-door-1ad898b4?mod=WSJ_BNPOD] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices [https://megaphone.fm/adchoices]

Peter Jackson, the CEO of Flutter Entertainment [https://www.wsj.com/market-data/quotes/FLUT?mod=WSJ_BNPOD], leads a global sports betting empire. With the U.S.-based FanDuel as its crown jewel, he has a prime view of one of the fastest-growing [https://www.wsj.com/business/earnings/gamblers-nfl-success-prompts-flutter-entertainment-to-cut-u-s-outlook-be138e03?mod=WSJ_BNPOD] and most profitable [https://www.wsj.com/finance/investing/sports-betting-study-5d9a0044?mod=WSJ_BNPOD] entertainment industries in the world. How is Flutter using technology to supercharge sports betting, [https://www.wsj.com/business/media/sports-betting-companies-limit-winners-f06ea822?mod=WSJ_BNPOD] while grappling with its potential harms [https://www.wsj.com/business/media/they-were-vip-gamblers-with-betting-problems-now-theyre-suing-draftkings-2f5272b5?mod=WSJ_BNPOD]? Jackson speaks to WSJ’s Christopher Mims [https://www.wsj.com/news/author/christopher-mims?mod=WSJ_BNPOD] and Tim Higgins [https://www.wsj.com/news/author/tim-higgins?mod=WSJ_BNPOD] on the latest episode of the Bold Names podcast. Check Out Past Episodes: What This Former USAID Head Had to Say About Elon Musk and DOGE [https://www.wsj.com/podcasts/wsj-the-future-of-everything/what-this-former-usaid-head-had-to-say-about-elon-musk-and-doge/0358F2DB-8AA2-4DB3-8DE0-03575EC59088?mod=WSJ_BNPOD]  Why Bilt’s CEO Wants You To Pay Your Mortgage With a Credit Card [https://www.wsj.com/podcasts/wsj-the-future-of-everything/why-bilts-ceo-wants-you-to-pay-your-mortgage-with-a-credit-card/8C2A0062-AB6E-4C7A-BD71-14BAC8DFBCF0?mod=WSJ_BNPOD]  The CEO Who Says Cheaper AI Could Actually Mean More Jobs [https://www.wsj.com/podcasts/wsj-the-future-of-everything/the-ceo-who-says-cheaper-ai-could-actually-mean-more-jobs/AAE02D7B-A73E-4BF3-9426-FC761DD9A71C?mod=WSJ_BNPOD]  Let us know what you think of the show. Email us at BoldNames@wsj.com Sign up for the WSJ's free Technology newsletter [https://www.wsj.com/newsletters/technology?mod=WSJ_BNPOD]. Read Christopher Mims’s Keywords column [https://www.wsj.com/news/types/keywords?mod=WSJ_BNPOD]. Read Tim Higgins’s column [https://www.wsj.com/news/types/tim-higgins?mod=WSJ_BNPOD]. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices [https://megaphone.fm/adchoices]

Rajiv Shah [https://x.com/rajshah], president of the Rockefeller Foundation [https://www.rockefellerfoundation.org/about-us/leadership/] and former head of USAID [https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/trump-officials-circulate-plan-that-would-overhaul-usaid-283e8ee1?mod=WSJ_BNPOD], has spent his career on the frontlines of the fight against global poverty. That gives him unique insight [https://www.rockefellerfoundation.org/big-bets/book/] into the rapidly changing world of foreign aid and philanthropy [https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/trump-officials-circulate-plan-that-would-overhaul-usaid-283e8ee1?mod=WSJ_BNPOD]. How are NGOs attempting to fill the funding gaps left [https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/judge-says-doges-dismantling-of-usaid-likely-unconstitutional-9352cf1a?mod=WSJ_BNPOD] as the Trump administration turns inward? Shah speaks to WSJ’s Christopher Mims [https://www.wsj.com/news/author/christopher-mims?mod=WSJ_BNPOD] and Tim Higgins [https://www.wsj.com/news/author/tim-higgins?mod=WSJ_BNPOD] on the latest episode of the Bold Names podcast. Check Out Past Episodes: ‘Businesses Don’t Like Uncertainty’: How Cisco Is Navigating AI and Trump 2.0 [https://www.wsj.com/podcasts/wsj-the-future-of-everything/businesses-dont-like-uncertainty-how-cisco-is-navigating-ai-and-trump-20/C605071C-F5E6-4F2E-8655-BD7F0D787786?mod=WSJ_BNPOD]  Palmer Luckey's 'I Told You So' Tour: AI Weapons and Vindication [https://www.wsj.com/podcasts/wsj-the-future-of-everything/palmer-luckey-i-told-you-so-tour-ai-weapons-and-vindication/6BF67ABC-4341-4B85-9D49-8DED33BDC0C3?mod=WSJ_BNPOD] Reid Hoffman Says AI Isn’t an ‘Arms Race,’ but America Needs to Win [https://www.wsj.com/podcasts/wsj-the-future-of-everything/reid-hoffman-says-ai-isnt-an-arms-race-but-america-needs-to-win/EAFAB54F-65D6-4A7D-BBC1-49660196A89D?mod=WSJ_BNPOD] Let us know what you think of the show. Email us at BoldNames@wsj.com Sign up for the WSJ's free Technology newsletter [https://www.wsj.com/newsletters/technology?mod=WSJ_BNPOD]. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices [https://megaphone.fm/adchoices]