# Behind the Tech

> Behind the Tech is a Microsoft-produced interview podcast hosted by Kevin Scott with Christina Warren. Launched in 2018, it explores the personal histories, motivations and working lives of engineers, AI researchers, entrepreneurs, artists and educators through free audio, video and transcripts.

- **Founded:** 2018
- **Headquarters:** Redmond, United States
- **Founders:** Kevin Scott (Podcast creator and host)
- **Products:** Behind the Tech audio podcast, Video interviews, Episode transcripts and topic guide
- **Notable:** Released its trailer on May 5, 2018 and first full episode on June 20, 2018., Built an archive spanning computer languages, AI, music, education, biology and science fiction., Interviews with Fei-Fei Li and Andrew Ng were highlighted by Stanford HAI and DeepLearning.AI respectively.

## Products & services

- **Behind the Tech audio podcast** — Free long-form interviews, year-in-review editions and listener Q&A, distributed through podcast platforms and RSS.
- **Video interviews** — Selected interviews published on Microsoft’s YouTube channel.
- **Episode transcripts and topic guide** — Microsoft episode pages offer transcripts; the guide covers AI, biotech, entrepreneurs, the arts, research and Microsoft.

## Achievements

- Released its trailer on May 5, 2018 and first full episode on June 20, 2018.
- Built an archive spanning computer languages, AI, music, education, biology and science fiction.
- Interviews with Fei-Fei Li and Andrew Ng were highlighted by Stanford HAI and DeepLearning.AI respectively.
- Its promotional workflow became an AI demonstration in Kevin Scott’s Microsoft Build 2023 keynote.

## Latest updates

- **2025-02** — The latest episode in the public RSS at research time is a February 18 listener AMA with Kevin Scott and Christina Warren, covering AI, education, software development, regulation and creative work.
- **2025-01** — Michele Elam discusses humanities, arts, diversity and technology in a January 21 episode.
- **2024-12** — The December 10 year-in-review revisits creativity, education and transformation.

## Links

- Website: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/behind-the-tech
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@Microsoft

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