Digital Disruptors - with Geoff Nielson

Digital Disruption

with Geoff Nielson

Episode #82 09.14.26
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Our Guest Mehran Gul Discusses

There Is No AI Race. Inside the Trillion-Dollar Lie

Why have the United States and China pulled so far ahead in the global technology race? Mehran Gul, author of The New Geography of Innovation, argues that the answer goes far beyond individual companies or breakthrough technologies.

In this episode, we sit down with Mehran to discuss how successful innovation ecosystems are actually built, why Silicon Valley remains so difficult to replicate, and how China rapidly emerged as a global technology superpower. We also talk about why Europe and India have struggled to produce technology giants at the same scale, and how talent, capital, universities, government, and entrepreneurship shape long-term competitiveness.

Mehran also breaks down the extraordinary concentration of money flowing into AI companies like OpenAI, Anthropic, and Nvidia, whether today’s AI valuations are sustainable, and why a major market correction could still happen without ending America’s technological dominance.

From AI investment and venture capital to Silicon Valley, China, Europe, India, and the future of global innovation, this episode looks beyond the AI hype to ask a much bigger question: who will actually shape the next era of technology?

There Is No AI Race. Inside the Trillion-Dollar Lie

The Next Industrial Revolution Is Already Here

Digital Disruption is where leaders and experts share their insights on using technology to build the organizations of the future. As intelligent technologies reshape our lives and our livelihoods, we speak with the thinkers and the doers who will help us predict and harness this disruption.

Episode #82 09.14.26

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Our Guest Mehran Gul Discusses

There Is No AI Race. Inside the Trillion-Dollar Lie

From AI investment and venture capital to Silicon Valley, China, Europe, India, and the future of global innovation, this episode looks beyond the AI hype to ask a much bigger question: who will actually shape the next era of technology?

Episode #81 09.07.26

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Episode #80 08.31.26

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Our Guest Hany Farid Discusses

AI Has Made Everything Worse | Hany Farid on the Internet's Truth Problem

Hany Farid, one of the world’s leading experts on deepfakes and digital forensics, joins us to explain why AI-generated content is pushing us toward a world where we can no longer trust what we see, hear, or even who we’re talking to online.

Episode #79 08.24.26

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Our Guest Claire Stapleton Discusses

Google Insider Reveals How Greed Killed Big Tech

Former Google communications leader, Google Walkout organizer, and Don’t Be Evil author Claire Stapleton reveals what happened inside Google as its celebrated culture of openness, employee empowerment, and idealism began to change.