Ashlee Vance is a South Africa-born, Texas-raised journalist, author, and documentary producer who spent 14 years at Bloomberg Businessweek before launching Core Memory in January 2025 - an independent sci-tech media company. He is the author of two New York Times bestselling books including the definitive pre-Isaacson biography of Elon Musk, producer of HBO's Wild Wild Space and Netflix's Don't Die, and creator of Bloomberg's most-watched video series Hello World. In 2025 he is writing a forthcoming book on OpenAI and Sam Altman with exclusive access, and already sold the film rights.
David Senra is the host of the Founders podcast, one of the world's top business podcasts, where he has spent nearly a decade reading and distilling the biographies of history's greatest entrepreneurs. After consuming 400+ founder biographies, Senra has become a rare bridge between the past and present - a living repository of entrepreneurial wisdom sought out by billionaires, CEOs, and the world's most ambitious builders. His monologue-driven episodes turn founder lives into tactical lessons, and his obsession with focus, craft, and deliberate work has made him one of the most trusted voices in the entrepreneurship space. In October 2025, he launched a second podcast featuring long-form conversations with the greatest living founders.