Mike Collins
CEO and Co-Founder at Alumni Ventures
Appears in 60 Episodes
#100 - 100 Episodes of Optimism: A Look Back at Our Best Moments
In this special milestone episode of the Alumni Ventures Tech Optimist Podcast, we celebrate 100 episodes of breakthroughs, bold predictions, and game-changing convers...
#99 - Three Breakthroughs: Big AI vs Little AI
In this Three Breakthroughs episode of the Alumni Ventures Tech Optimist Podcast, Mike Collins and Lucas Pasch explore three major shifts shaping the future of technol...
#97 - Three Breakthroughs: The AI Arms Race
In this Three Breakthroughs episode of the Alumni Ventures Tech Optimist Podcast, host Mike Collins and Lucas Pasch explore three transformative advancements shaping t...
#95 - Three Breakthroughs: The Return of Supersonic Travel?
In this Three Breakthroughs episode of the Alumni Ventures Tech Optimist Podcast, we explore three game-changing advancements shaping the future. First, we examine how...
#94 - 3 Big Stories in AI
In this Three Breakthroughs episode of the Alumni Ventures Tech Optimist Podcast, Mike Collins and Naren Ramaswamy explore three groundbreaking innovations redefining ...
#92 - Three Breakthroughs: A Survey of the AI Landscape
In this Three Breakthroughs episode of the Alumni Ventures Tech Optimist Podcast, Mike Collins and Lucas Pasch tackle three major developments shaping the AI landscape...
#89 - Three Breakthroughs: The Future of Fighting Wildfires
In this Three Breakthroughs episode of the Alumni Ventures Tech Optimist Podcast, Mike Collins and Lucas Pasch explore three groundbreaking innovations shaping the fut...
#88 - Three Breakthroughs: The latest in AI, Net Neutrality, and Drones
In this Three Breakthroughs episode of the Alumni Ventures Tech Optimist Podcast, host Mike Collins and guest Lucas Pasch kick off 2025 with a dynamic exploration of t...
#85 - Meet the Startup Turning Employee Departures Into Brand-Building Opportunities
In this Meet the Startup episode of the Alumni Ventures Tech Optimist Podcast, Mike Collins, CEO and Founder of Alumni Ventures, sits down with Andy Hamilton, CEO and ...
#84 - Three Breakthroughs: AlphaFold 3
In this Three Breakthroughs episode of the Alumni Ventures Tech Optimist Podcast, host Mike Collins, Founder and CEO of Alumni Ventures, is joined by Senior Principal ...
#81 - Three Breakthroughs: AI and Careers for College Grads
In this Three Breakthroughs episode of the Alumni Ventures Tech Optimist Podcast, Mike Collins and Naren Ramaswamy spotlight three groundbreaking innovations reshaping...
#78 - Three Breakthroughs: 2024 Election—Polling Is Dead, Prediction Markets Are In
In this Three Breakthroughs episode of the Alumni Ventures Tech Optimist Podcast, Mike Collins and Naren Ramaswamy explore game-changing advancements shaping the futur...
#75 - Three Breakthroughs: AI Agents—They Came, They Saw, They Conquered
In this Three Breakthroughs episode of the Alumni Ventures Tech Optimist Podcast, Mike Collins and Naren Ramaswamy discuss three cutting-edge innovations reshaping tec...
#72 - Three Breakthroughs: AI and Nuclear Energy
In this Three Breakthroughs episode of the Alumni Ventures Tech Optimist Podcast, host Mike Collins and Naren Ramaswamy explore transformative innovations reshaping ou...
#71 - Blue Flame Thinkers: Russell Hannigan
In this Blue Flame Thinkers episode of the Alumni Ventures Tech Optimist Podcast, host Mike Collins welcomes Russell Hannigan, a visionary in the commercial space indu...
#70 - Three Breakthroughs: More on AlphaFold
In this Three Breakthroughs episode of the Alumni Ventures Tech Optimist Podcast, Mike Collins and Naren Ramaswamy spotlight three pioneering advances that are shaping...
#67 - Meet the Startup Unlocking Crypto-Backed Loans
In this Meet the Startup episode of the Alumni Ventures Tech Optimist Podcast, Mike Collins speaks with Dhruv Patel and Himanshu Sahay, the co-founders of Arch Lending...
#66 - Three Breakthroughs: Digitizing Smell Using AI
In this Three Breakthroughs episode of the Alumni Ventures Tech Optimist Podcast, host Mike Collins and Senior Principal Naren Ramaswamy explore three fascinating tech...
#62 - Three Breakthroughs: Warfare Goes High-Tech
In this Three Breakthroughs episode of the Alumni Ventures Tech Optimist Podcast, Mike Collins and Naren Ramaswamy explore three pivotal technological advancements sha...
#59 - Meet the Startup Gamifying Your Training Gains
In this Meet the Startup episode of the Alumni Ventures Tech Optimist Podcast, host Mike Collins speaks with Troy Jones Jr., co-founder and CEO of StatusPRO, an innova...