Alex Stephany

1 episode · 1 moment · last on 11 Aug 2026

11 Aug 2026META’s Philosophy, Gym Class Hacks, PE Boyfriends, $300M Cambridge Aerospace, Hamsters on Strava

1:35:4525 min

Guest: Alex Stephany, CEO of Beam — AI for Frontline Social Services

The hosts preview the agenda (Beam's CEO, Silicon Data's Steve Hu, and Robinhood's Johan Kerbrat) before welcoming Alex Stephany, founder and CEO of Beam, the AI toolkit for frontline social workers whose Beam Notes produces around 50,000 documents a day for government agencies in six countries. He traces Beam's origin to his JustPark days and SF's Tenderloin inequality, describes frontline teams ~40% under capacity, and weighs data sovereignty, the NHS–Palantir values debate, and building UK sovereign AI champions like Faculty. Afterward the hosts reflect on whether UK-built companies can stay independent instead of being acquired offshore.