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In this episode, we explore how AI is reshaping tasks, not removing people. From the rise of “super-workers” to the hidden economic upside, we unpack why AI could lead to more jobs (not fewer) if we learn to redesign around it.

We dive into the proliferation of AI companions and the roles we can expect them to play in our lives, in our finances, our health, our education and our wider lifestyle.

David unpacks a powerful idea from Alex Rampell at Andreessen Horowitz: software isn’t just eating markets anymore, it’s eating labour.

We canter through how Gen Z is reshaping our approach to learning and work, based around an article from Balderton.

This week on Sidekick, David unpacks ChatGPT’s newest feature: Apps in ChatGPT and what Coursera’s launch inside Chat means for founders in learning and work

The Portfolio Summit is one of our major energy boosts of the year, getting the Family together for a couple of days. Here's a little recap!

This week on Sidekick, David briefly digs into one of the hottest topics: the current state of the VC market in Europe.

In this episode, David explores how AI is reshaping growth at startups: from making every product output a marketing asset, to Answer Optimisation Engines (the new SEO), to the return of the one-channel playbook, and why automation is shrinking growth teams.

Each construction project brings new people and new expectations, but when knowledge doesn’t flow and compliance gets reinterpreted on every site, the sector repeats its most costly mistakes. A new layer of tools is helping teams preserve both insight and integrity. We dove into this space.

In this short episode of Sidekick, David explores the hidden opportunities behind OpenAI’s new jobs play: - How certifications could become the “AI literacy exam” of record - Why bridging tools for HR tech could be a real unlock - Where vertical job networks in regulated industries (healthcare, construction, etc.) could thrive

You’re shipping fast. Customers are interested. Your engineers are sprinting to keep up with a growing list of priorities. Things are happening and all at once. Then someone asks the question: “Should we hire a PM?”

A "Product-led" company is an aim for many founders. Few can explain what that really means. Fewer still have a product strategy that guides decisions, aligns teams, and scales with the company. Roadmaps can become grab bags (whoever shouts loudest gets their feature grabbed first), and features ship, but things aren’t moving the needl