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A guide to the best B2B podcast coverage of hard tech - the shows and 63 episodes that go deepest, ranked by substance, not downloads.

Best shows on hard tech

Best episodes on hard tech

  1. Can You Engineer Serendipity?

    Austin Next · 2026-10-07

    80 / 100

  2. Mark Suster of Upfront Ventures: Los Angeles' VC Powerhouse on Why LA is Dominating Space, Hard Tech, and National Defense

    Something Ventured · 2026-06-23

    72 / 100

    …we 25% of all of our investments are in space, hard tech, and national defense, and that's actually increasing.…

  3. How To Pick A Startup Idea

    Y Combinator Startup Podcast · 2026-06-17

    61 / 100

    …Or taking on very large incumbents, like a $10 billion legacy SaaS company, or building hard tech like robotics for space assembly.…

  4. From Farm to Fortune: Toph Day on Building Businesses, Leading with Humility, and Fueling Innovation in the Midwest (Part One)

    Startup Science Podcast with Gregory Shepard · 2025-03-26

    …peaker B: You've led companies in AI SaaS, hard tech, broad Internet, and on and on and on.…

  5. The Future Is Actually Starting to Happen | Andrew Côté, Deep Tech Week

    Austin Next · 2026-09-16

  6. The Army Is Adapting to the New Speed of War | Matt Willis, Army FUZE

    Austin Next · 2026-09-10

  7. What This Unlikely Deal Shows About New Austin | Max Cunningham (Sesh) & Jake Medwell (8VC)

    Austin Next · 2026-07-16

  8. Live from Hack Club Stasis: The Teenage Hardware Frontier Lands in Austin

    Austin Next · 2026-06-30

  9. Love Conquers Fear: The Last Barrier to Abundance Is Our Own Fear | Brett Hurt

    Austin Next · 2026-06-18

  10. Austin: From Counterculture to Culture | Karen Blashek, Austin Home Magazine

    Austin Next · 2026-06-11

  11. Revisited: How Specificity in Vertical AI Rewrites Industries | Nick Tippmann, TipTop VC

    Austin Next · 2026-05-21

  12. What Building in Austin Actually Feels Like Right Now | Will Johnson & Alex Cohen

    Austin Next · 2026-04-29

  13. The First Thing Built on the Moon Will Come from Austin | Jason Ballard & Will Hurd, ICON

    Austin Next · 2026-04-23

  14. Reinventing School Is Accelerating Austin's Talent Flywheel | Joe Liemandt, Alpha School

    Austin Next · 2026-04-15

  15. We're Living Through the Cyberpunk Era of War | Jim Rebesco, CEO, Striveworks

    Austin Next · 2026-03-24

  16. Innovation Ecosystems Are Inherited | Nait Jones

    Austin Next · 2026-03-18

  17. The Western Canon in the Age of Vibe Coding | Carlos Carvalho, President, University of Austin

    Austin Next · 2026-03-11

  18. Bootstrap vs. VC: Speed Costs Control | Rob Taylor, Silverton Partners

    Austin Next · 2026-02-19

  19. Patient Capital in the Age of the $10B Seed | Brian Smith, S3 Ventures

    Austin Next · 2026-01-21

  20. The Semiconductor Moment for the Mind

    Austin Next · 2026-01-14

  21. Combat as the Minimum Viable Product | Cix Liv, REK

    Austin Next · 2025-12-10

  22. Is The Venture Capital Model Broken? | Andrew Romans, 7BC

    Austin Next · 2025-12-03

  23. Zachary Levi | Can Austin Build an Ark for Human Creativity?

    Austin Next · 2025-10-01

  24. Is Austin a Music Incubator? | Terry Lickona, Austin City Limits

    Austin Next · 2025-09-24

  25. From Wristbands to AI: A New Cancer Playbook | Suzanne Stone, CEO, Livestrong

    Austin Next · 2025-09-09

  26. Did Austin Turn Soda Into Fashion? | Stephen Ellsworth, Co-founder, Poppi

    Austin Next · 2025-09-03

  27. Autonomy’s Moment Is Now. Austin Is the Autonomy Capital | Jeff Cavins, Outdoorsy Group

    Austin Next · 2025-08-27

  28. Reading the Global Rankings | Austin’s Momentum vs the Incumbents

    Austin Next · 2025-08-20

  29. Can AI Really 2X Output and Break Legacy Business Models? | Dru Armstrong, AffiniPay CEO

    Austin Next · 2025-07-23

  30. Design vs Slop | John Roescher, Raw Materials

    Austin Next · 2025-07-16

  31. Fungi, Coffee, and Diapers | Tero Isokauppila, Four Sigmatic & HIRO

    Austin Next · 2025-07-09

  32. Live from Health Supernova: Austin’s Rise as a Bio & Health Frontier Powerhouse

    Austin Next · 2025-06-24

  33. Bitcoin and the Future of American Power | Brian Morgenstern, Riot Platforms

    Austin Next · 2025-06-18

  34. How Specificity in Vertical AI Rewrites Industries | Nick Tippmann, TipTop VC

    Austin Next · 2025-06-11

  35. The Threads That Scale Innovation with Brian Hall EO Austin

    Austin Next · 2025-05-22

  36. Houston Will Be the Industrial Bio Capital of the World with Veronica Breckenridge, First Bight Ventures

    Austin Next · 2025-04-29

  37. Endless Frontiers and the Future of American Innovation with Jordan Blashek, Managing Director America's Frontier Fund

    Austin Next · 2025-04-15

  38. From Semiconductors to AI Ecosystems with Tyson Tuttle, Founder and CEO Circuit

    Austin Next · 2025-04-09

  39. Texas Innovation Ecosystems in the AI Era with Samantha Lewis, Partner Mercury Fund

    Austin Next · 2025-03-26

  40. Activating the Future of Human Flourishing with Janine Leger, Co-Founder Edge City

    Austin Next · 2025-02-25

  41. Rewriting Biopharma's Playbook with Mallory Factor, Founder and CEO IntraBio

    Austin Next · 2025-02-19

  42. Engineering Agency, Innovation, and Ecosystems with Gena Gorlin

    Austin Next · 2025-02-13

  43. Austin4America Rises From SXSW's Military Sponsor Ban with Luke Fischer, Co-Founder & CEO SkyFi

    Austin Next · 2025-01-24

  44. Science in the Commercial Space Age: Live from UATX's SOMA Inaugural Summit

    Austin Next · 2025-01-08

  45. Why Gauntlet AI Chose Austin to Build the Next Wave of AI Engineers with Austen Allred

    Austin Next · 2024-12-21

  46. From DNA to Deep Space with Eliah Overbey, Professor at University of Austin

    Austin Next · 2024-12-10

  47. The Skills and Learning Revolution in the New Tech World with Rob Rosenthal, CRO at Udemy

    Austin Next · 2024-12-03

  48. Quantum CEOs Get Real About Hype, Hope, and Hardware at Austin's Quantonation Day

    Austin Next · 2024-11-20

  49. Building Austin's Next Health and Wellness Revolution with Jim Donnelly, Humanaut Health

    Austin Next · 2024-11-13

  50. Backing Extraordinary Leaders to Build Austin Moonshots with Craig Cummings, Co-Founder and General Partner Moonshots Capital

    Austin Next · 2024-11-06

  51. Can Austin Lead the Race to Solving Rare Diseases with the Founders of the Firefly Fund

    Austin Next · 2024-10-02

  52. Angel Investing's Evolution and What Austin's Scene Reveals

    Austin Next · 2024-09-24

  53. Artificial General Intelligence Modeled on the Human Mind with Peter Voss

    Austin Next · 2024-09-18

  54. From Tel Aviv to Austin with Texas Venture Partners

    Austin Next · 2024-09-11

  55. Riskgaming and Tech's Future Frontiers with Danny Crichton, Lux Capital

    Austin Next · 2024-09-04

  56. Evolving Venture Capital for the AI and Data Era with Gopinath Sundaramurthy, Founder & Head of Data Science, Ensemble VC

    Austin Next · 2024-08-20

  57. Rekindling Humanity's Ambition Through Story with Devon Eriksen - Theft of Fire

    Austin Next · 2024-08-13

  58. From Building 3D-Printed Houses to Funding Critical Tech with Evan Loomis, Partner at Overmatch Ventures

    Austin Next · 2024-08-07

  59. Connection and Innovation in the Austin Food Scene with Grace Chow Co-Founder & CEO of Lobos Hospitality

    Austin Next · 2024-07-30

  60. Pattern Breakers with Mike Maples Jr., Founding Partner at Floodgate

    Austin Next · 2024-07-16

  61. Startups Playing the International Game with Joe Merrill, Co-Founder and Partner Sputnik VC

    Austin Next · 2024-07-10

  62. From the Archive: Can A Simple Walk Revolutionize Networking with Elle Beecher, Founder of The Board Walks

    Austin Next · 2024-06-24

  63. AI, Defense, and the Future of Warfare with Charlie Burgoyne, Founder and CEO of Andromeda and Valkyrie

    Austin Next · 2024-06-12