The Sparknify Podcast
The Sparknify Podcast features conversations with founders, investors, technologists, and creators shaping the future of innovation. Produced in the heart of Silicon Valley, the show explores the ideas, technologies, and people driving the next wave of change.
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Can Taiwan produce the next globally defining technology company? (opens the original)
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In this episode of Silicon Valley Unplugged, YouTube co-founder Steve Chen shares his perspective on Taiwan’s startup potential, its world-class engineering talent and the bridge it can build with Silicon Valley. After returning to Taiwan following two decades in Silicon Valley, Steve saw an ecosystem with extraordinary strengths in semiconductors, hardware manufacturing and AI but also obstacles facing entrepreneurs, investors and international talent. He discusses the shortage of early-stage c
Opening Remarks by Quei-hua Yang | Taiwan Tech Day: From Lab to Market 4/20/2026 in Silicon Valley (opens the original)
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Quei-hua Yang, Director General of Taiwan’s Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI), opens Taiwan Tech Day: From Lab to Market, a Silicon Valley gathering focused on how breakthrough technologies move from research labs into real-world markets on April 20, 2026.Hosted at the intersection of Taiwan’s deep tech innovation and Silicon Valley’s startup ecosystem, the event brought together leaders from ITRI, Stanford Office of Technology Licensing, Plug and Play Tech Center, investors, entre
AI and Humanity: Leadership, Work, and the Future We Must Choose (opens the original)
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Artificial intelligence is no longer a distant technology trend. It is already changing how companies operate, how teams make decisions, how leaders think about strategy, and how people imagine the future of work. But as AI becomes more powerful, the most important question is not simply what the technology can do. It is how humans choose to lead with it.In this episode of Silicon Valley Unplugged, we sit down with Tonya J. Long, a leadership and AI strategist, venture builder, speaker, and auth
The Future of Custom Silicon Delivery by Native Chips (opens the original)
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Accelerating ASIC Operations with Agentic AI & Automated WorkflowsIn this talk, Mohamed Kassem, CEO of Native Chips ( http://nativechips.ai ), explores how the next generation of custom silicon is being built—and how AI is fundamentally reshaping the way ASICs move from concept to production.As demand for specialized chips continues to surge across AI, edge computing, and high-performance systems, traditional ASIC development cycles are being pushed to their limits. Mohamed shares how agentic AI
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