In this episode, Ed is joined by Ben Taylor, Chief Financial Officer and President of Recursion UK, to discuss how AI is reshaping drug discovery, biotech, and the future of medicine.

Ben explains how Recursion uses AI, lab automation, biological data, and machine learning to improve the way new medicines are discovered and developed. They explore why drug discovery has such a high failure rate, how AI can open up new areas of biology, and what this could mean for healthcare over the next decade.

April is rethinking tax as something that should happen year-round, not just at filing time. In this episode, co-founder and CEO Ben Borodach explains how April embeds AI-powered tax filing, planning and estimation tools into financial platforms, why tax can become a more useful part of everyday financial decision-making, and how the company is building trusted infrastructure for banks, fintechs and millions of American households.

What can Kratos Defense do that larger defense primes can’t? In this episode of Opto Sessions, CEO Eric DeMarco explains the company’s low-cost approach to AI drones, hypersonic systems and space infrastructure, and makes the case that the future of defense belongs to scalable, software-enabled, affordable systems.

AI agents are targeting the biggest problem in healthcare: slow, expensive operations. In this episode, Autonomize AI founder & CEO Ganesh Padmanabhan breaks down why approvals like MRIs can take weeks and how AI agents streamline prior authorisation workflows to deliver faster decisions and lower costs in healthcare.

In this AI Christmas special of OPTO Sessions, we revisit standout moments from this year’s conversations on how AI is changing products, cost bases and competitive moats, from Better.com and Upstart in lending, to Box and Intercom in enterprise workflows and customer service, and SoundHound in voice AI. We look at near-term execution over the next year, longer-term positioning over five years, and the best criteria for spotting real AI advantage.

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Today’s episode comprises insights from some of the most illuminating interviews we’ve run to date, including conversations with chess master and hedge fund adviser, Adam Robinson; founder of Morgan Creek Capital, Mark Yusko; co-founder of the Quantum Fund, Jim Rogers; and investing legend and strategist, Kiril Sokoloff, to name a few.

Tapping into their combined decades of experience, the following clips explore what it takes to develop a successful investment approach. From perfecting the craft of preparation and controlling your emotions, to honing a sophisticated strategy and intuition, they examine how to sharpen the craft of investing. Their knowledge testifies that by mastering that craft, an investor can attain alpha.

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Today I have the pleasure of welcoming back Macro investor Diego Parrilla, the best-selling author of "The Energy World is Flat" and "The Anti-Bubbles". In his day-to-day, he’s both Managing Partner and Portfolio manager at Quadriga Asset Managers which focuses on Global Macro, Volatility, and Tail Risk.

Earlier in his career, he was managing risk with global teams in prestigious investment banks such as JP Morgan, Goldman Sachs, and Merrill Lynch.

We discuss ‘The New Paradigm of High Inflation, High Volatility and High Risk’ where we go over what the new world might look like with persistently higher inflation and we also talk about how to embrace volatility rather than fight it with active rebalancing and insurance.

This interview was recorded just prior to the FED funds announcement on the 14th of December.

Enjoy

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CMC Markets is an execution-only service provider. The material (whether or not it states any opinions) is for general information purposes only and does not take into account your personal circumstances or objectives. Nothing in this material is (or should be considered to be) financial, investment, or other advice on which reliance should be placed. No opinion given in the material constitutes a recommendation by CMC Markets or the author that any particular investment, security, transaction, or investment strategy is suitable for any specific person.

The material has not been prepared in accordance with legal requirements designed to promote the independence of investment research. Although we are not specifically prevented from dealing before providing this material, we do not seek to take advantage of the material prior to its dissemination.

CMC Markets does not endorse or offer opinions on the trading strategies used by the author. Their trading strategies do not guarantee any return and CMC Markets shall not be held responsible for any loss that you may incur, either directly or indirectly, arising from any investment based on any information contained herein for any loss that you may incur, either directly or indirectly, arising from any investment based on any information contained herein.

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The content in this podcast is for informational purposes only. Opto Markets LLC does not recommend any specific securities or investment strategies. Investing involves risk & investments may lose value, including the loss of principal. Past performance does not guarantee future results. Investors should consider their investment objectives and risks carefully before investing. The information provided is not an endorsement of this product and is for information and/or educational purposes only.

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Michael Loukas is CEO of Truemark Investments, owner of TrueShares, an ETF provider that embodies active management, believing a concentrated portfolio that holds best-of-breed names is essential to capturing alpha. As they put it on their website, ‘Long-term investing in companies with a competitive edge’ is paramount to market outperformance.

We discuss this investment philosophy and dig into the TrueShares process to understand how they consistently identify these best-of-breed names. Michael also evaluates the bifurcation of the tech sector, having recently noticed a divergence between B2B and B2C company performance. And finally, we learn more about the TrueShares Technology, AI and Deep Learning ETF [LRNZ], a prime example of the firm’s commitment to investing in ‘the new economy’. Enjoy!

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Past performance is not a reliable indicator of future results.
CMC Markets is an execution-only service provider. The material (whether or not it states any opinions) is for general information purposes only and does not take into account your personal circumstances or objectives. Nothing in this material is (or should be considered to be) financial, investment, or other advice on which reliance should be placed. No opinion given in the material constitutes a recommendation by CMC Markets or the author that any particular investment, security, transaction, or investment strategy is suitable for any specific person.

The material has not been prepared in accordance with legal requirements designed to promote the independence of investment research. Although we are not specifically prevented from dealing before providing this material, we do not seek to take advantage of the material prior to its dissemination.

CMC Markets does not endorse or offer opinions on the trading strategies used by the author. Their trading strategies do not guarantee any return and CMC Markets shall not be held responsible for any loss that you may incur, either directly or indirectly, arising from any investment based on any information contained herein for any loss that you may incur, either directly or indirectly, arising from any investment based on any information contained herein.

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The content in this podcast is for informational purposes only. Opto Markets LLC does not recommend any specific securities or investment strategies. Investing involves risk & investments may lose value, including the loss of principal. Past performance does not guarantee future results. Investors should consider their investment objectives and risks carefully before investing. The information provided is not an endorsement of this product and is for information and/or educational purposes only.