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Renaissance Philanthropy’s Ethna Ghosh on Partnership Building in India, AI and Unlocking Scientific and Technological Advancement

Ethna Ghosh, India Partnerships Lead with Renaissance Philanthropy, discusses the nonprofit organization’s operational strategy, her work and India’s role as a global hub for AI experimentation with Brent Phillips, Humanitarian AI Today podcast producer. Drawing on her deep roots in the Indian dev…

Big If True Thinking, AI and Early Literacy with Kumar Garg, President Renaissance Philanthropy

Kumar Garg, President of Renaissance Philanthropy, rejoins host Mike Palmer for his third appearance on Trending in Ed, earning his highly coveted refrigerator magnet. Kumar discusses RenPhil's growth and its mission to help donors invest effectively in science and technology research areas like AI…

Can Donors Save Science?

Renaissance Philanthropy — in my opinion, the most exciting S&T philanthropic venture in the US — is getting a one-year check-in. Kumar Garg first appeared on the show right before I went on paternity leave, and now we’re back for round two. Before founding Renaissance Philanthropy, Kumar worked in…

Rickover’s Playbook: Building Hard Things Inside the State

Admiral Rickover — America’s most famous, perhaps most influential admiral of the second half of the 20th century. To discuss his unbelievable life story, dramatic impact on the Cold War, and implications for the future of what the U.S. government should do when it tries to build hard things, we ha…

#82 – Tom Kalil on Institutions for Innovation (with Matt Clancy)

Tom Kalil is the CEO of Renaissance Philanthropy. He also served in the White House for two presidents (under Obama and Clinton); where he helped establish incentive prizes in government through challenge.gov; in addition to dozens of science and tech program. More recently Tom served as the Chief…

Fei Fei Li's AI Journey

AI expert and Stanford Professor Fei-Fei Li shares her experience and insights from more than two decades at the forefront of the field. Tech policy guru and current CEO of Renaissance Philanthropy Tom Kalil moderated the discussion, which was made possible by the generous support of the Patrick J.…

R&D Renaissance with Kumar Garg

To discuss America’s comparative advantages in national competition and the structural forces that drive (and limit) innovation, ChinaTalk interviewed Kumar Garg.  Formerly an Obama official in the Office of Science and Technology Policy, Kumar spent several years at Schmidt Futures focusing on sci…

Renaissance's Tom Kalil: "Transforming philanthropy"

There are about 1,200 billionaires in Europe and America. Why don't they do more good with their money? This week's guest reckons he can get them to do just that. The Sunday Times’ tech correspondent Danny Fortson brings on Tom Kalil, founder of Renaissance Philanthropy, to talk about why he create…

Plot Twist: Could Artificial Intelligence Be the Transformative Force for Justice?

Artificial Intelligence (AI) technology, from predictive analytics to advanced data systems, has emerged as a catalyst for innovation. Yet, the criminal justice system lags decades behind, as more than 3,000 counties in the United States continue to rely on outdated and manual case management syste…

"Scientific breakthroughs of the year" by technicalities

A couple of years ago, Gavin became frustrated with science journalism. No one was pulling together results across fields; the articles usually didn’t link to the original source; they didn't use probabilities (or even report the sample size); they were usually credulous about preliminary findings…