We use the internet every day, but 99% of our data relies on fragile, undersea fiber optic cables that are completely unprotected from accidental cuts or deliberate sabotage. Dr. Mohammad Danesh, co-founder of Transcelestial, is solving this global security threat by building an unhackable internet backbone using high-bandwidth space lasers.

💡 What You'll Learn:

• The fragility of the global internet: Why the world's reliance on a few undersea cables is a massive economic and security risk.
• The future of connectivity: How Transcelestial is using lasers to bring unhackable, gigabit-speed internet to the masses.
• Surviving deep tech: The brutal reality of "manufacturing hell" and what it takes to scale precision optics.

Psychiatrists have no objective feedback. Every other field of medicine does. Dr. Bechara Saab left his neuroscience lab at Zurich Psychiatry Hospital to fix that, and the data suggest he's onto something remarkable.

In this conversation, Dr. Saab shares how Mobio Interactive is bringing objective measurement to mental healthcare through over 1,000 psychotherapy sessions across seven languages. From proving mindfulness works via smartphone to using fMRI to show exactly which brain regions change with therapy, he's building the tools that clinicians desperately need but never had. We explore his journey from small-town surgeon's son to youngest research intern at Procter & Gamble to principal investigator in Zurich - and why he walked away from academic prestige to tackle the "greatest problem in mental healthcare."

What You'll Learn

• How objective measurement is solving psychiatry's greatest problem
• The science behind proving mindfulness works through brain imaging
• What it takes to transition from neuroscience researcher to startup founder
• Why the prefrontal cortex matters more in mental health than most people realise
• Where mental healthcare is headed and why measurement will become the standard

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What if all your loyalty points, credit card deals, and travel rewards lived in one open ecosystem, built around you instead of the banks?

In this episode, we talk to David Wang, founder of Krip, Hong Kong’s first centralised credit card deals platform, now part of HeyMax, the Singapore-based startup redefining loyalty across Asia.

David shares how recognising just how much value gets lost in everyday spending led him to build Krip, a platform that helped Hongkongers spend smarter and ultimately drew the attention of HeyMax. In this conversation, he reflects on building a startup from scratch, navigating its acquisition, and finding new purpose leading the next phase of growth, all while reshaping how loyalty and rewards actually work.

What You’ll Learn:

• How Krip became one of Hong Kong’s standout fintech success stories
• Why HeyMax’s “open loyalty” model could change how you earn and spend rewards
• What founders should know before considering an acquisition
• The emotional reality of entrepreneurship, how to balance the highs and lows
• Where travel, tech, and loyalty are converging next in Asia