Beschrijving
As the pace of AI development continues to accelerate, startups and SMEs are changing how they operate – smaller teams, tighter timelines, and doing more with new tools.
Jenny Lee, Senior Managing Partner at Granite Asia, and a Forbes 2025 "World's Most Powerful Women" honouree, speaks to Su Shan on how this is also changing the role of investors – from deciding where to place bets, to working alongside founders as they build.
Chapters:
00:00 How AI is changing expertise and productivity
00:48 Building companies at speed: from idea to launch in months
01:45 The origins of Granite Asia and investing in Asia’s growth
03:05 Why Asia still lags in capital and what needs to change
04:44 Why ecosystems matter: capital, banks, and public markets
06:55 AI acceleration: embodied AI and real‑world applications
08:36 Robotics, healthcare, and industrial AI applications
10:29 Jobs and productivity: what AI will replace and create
13:01 The role of human judgement in an AI‑driven world
14:03 Robotics, remote work, and extending working careers
14:37 Advice for the next generation: beyond degrees
16:06 Using AI tools in everyday decision‑making
17:30 Startup life cycle: building and scaling companies
18:22 Investing: vision, conviction, and long‑term bets
20:52 “Why you, why now?” – what investors look for
22:36 Supporting founders beyond capital
23:42 Structuring companies from day one
About Two in a Pod, with Su Shan:
The world is moving faster than ever before. Entire industries are being reshaped overnight, and leaders are having to make decisions in conditions no one would have ever predicted.
Two in a Pod gives you an inside look into how these decisions are made – real stories from leaders navigating volatility, building trust, and moving forward when the future feels uncertain.