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Beyond The Model

Beyond The Model

Written by: Dan Wilkinson
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Beyond the Model is a podcast for Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning professionals.


We love to share the latest insights on new trends, products, releases, diversity, talent & leadership.


It's a lot. We know.


That's why all of our content is created in collaboration with guest industry experts & market leaders from within the space.


By connecting these voices and sharing our combined expertise, Beyond the Model is designed to advance AI & ML for good.

So, go on. Hit that subscribe button!


We promise you'll learn loads and have a lot of fun on the way.

If you'd like to be a guest on our podcast or get involved, please get in touch with any of our community leaders:


Antonia - a.otter@strativgroup.com

Kieran - k.haynes@strativgroup.com

Rich - r.bilyard@strativgroup.com

Marco - m.narvarro@strativgroup.com

Neil - n.patel@strativgroup.com

Josh - j.howlett@strativgroup.com


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Episodes
  • From GNN's to World Models with Google DeepMind's Thomas Kipf

    From GNN's to World Models with Google DeepMind's Thomas Kipf
    Feb 12 2026

    On our beyond the model Episode 2, we had the pleasure of interviewing Thomas Kipf.


    A researcher whose career has gone from strength to strength, we were able to disect Thomas' journey from a Physics undergrad to Computer Science PhD to Senior Staff Research Scientist at Google DeepMind.


    He works on their flagship AI Research products such as Veo (Video generation model) and Flow.

    Thomas' work has had immense impact, and oftentimes people wonder how exactly do you get to the position in which you can produce such work? Is it raw skill? Intelligence? Luck? A mixture of all three?

    A profoundly humble, articulate, talented researcher, Thomas gives an overview of the work he has done so far. If this is a career path you could ever be interested in, you might want to listen to this!


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    49 mins
  • Why I Left Google: The Truth Behind AI Labs

    Why I Left Google: The Truth Behind AI Labs
    Nov 20 2025

    We had the pleasure of sitting down with Yanping Huang, former Research Director at Google DeepMind and Google Brain. Yanping's research career has been nothing short of exceptional. He is responsible for pioneering techniques the entire AI community use today.

    In this episode, we got to really know Yanping and were lucky enough to hear his journey from Physics undergrad to Neuroscience PhD to leading elite research teams inside Google. Yanping shared with us how this all happened, the actions he took and we explored his why.

    Now a Start-Up founder, Yanping shared what really happens behind closed doors at Brain and now DeepMind. We discussed multiple key questions but really settled on one topic - how do businesses reduce over-reliance on core foundational AI models?

    Don’t miss Yanping’s advice for scientists navigating corporate politics, innovation and launching something truly new.

    Subscribe, comment and share - helping Beyond the Model reach more listeners keen to hear the real stories powering the future of artificial intelligence.

    This podcast was created by Strativ Group, leaders in global talent solutions for the AI industry.

    Check out more of our content by following our community founder & podcast host Kieran Haynes on LinkedIn.

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    48 mins
  • Ep 6: Building a Foundation Model for Drug Discovery - Jason Rolfe from Variational AI

    Ep 6: Building a Foundation Model for Drug Discovery - Jason Rolfe from Variational AI
    Mar 3 2025
    In this episode, Kieran sat down with Jason Rolfe, Co-Founder and CTO of Variational AI. They discussed Variational's approach to building Enki: their foundation model for small molecule drug discovery. We also discussed the impacts AI will have in this area, with direct knowledge from Jason who is at the forefront of this field!

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    43 mins
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