Behind The Tech with Kevin Scott

Ask Me Anything with Microsoft CTO, Kevin Scott

Michele Elam, William Robertson Coe Professor in the Humanities; Senior Fellow, Institute for Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence; Bass University Fellow in Undergraduate Education

Year in Review 2024

Refik Anadol, Director / Media Artist at Refik Anadol Studio, Visiting Researcher & Lecturer at UCLA's Design Media Arts Department.

Ben Laude, Professor of Music (Piano Literature & Aural Skills) at Utah State University

Sal Khan, Founder and CEO of Khan Academy

Ethan Mollick, Author and Associate Professor at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania

Mike Volpi, Partner at Index Ventures

Mike Schroepfer, Partner, Gigascale Capital

Xyla Foxlin, Engineer and YouTube Creator

Lisa Su, Chair and CEO, AMD

Year in Review 2023

David Kirtley, Co-Founder and CEO, Helion

William A. Adams, Software Engineer, DEI Innovator, and Philanthropist

Kevin Roose, Tech Columnist, Podcast Host, and Author

will.i.am, Entrepreneur, Philanthropist, Musician, and Producer

Mira Murati, Chief Technology Officer, OpenAI

Neil deGrasse Tyson, Astrophysicist, Author, and Podcast Host

Adrian Tchaikovsky, Award-winning Science Fiction and Fantasy Writer

Bill Gates, Co-chair, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

Rana el Kaliouby, Founder of Affectiva, Deputy CEO of Smart Eye, and Emotion AI Pioneer

Tobi Lütke: CEO and Founder, Shopify

Year in Review 2022 

Randall Munroe: XKCD Cartoonist, Author, & Physicist

Sam Schillace: Deputy CTO, Microsoft

Simone Giertz: Inventor, entrepreneur & robotics enthusiast

Phil Spencer: CEO, Microsoft Gaming

David Baszucki: Co-Founder and CEO, Roblox

Alexis Ohanian: Reddit Co-Founder and CEO of 776

Irma Olguin: CEO & Co-Founder of Bitwise Industries

Neal Stephenson, Award-winning science fiction author

Dr. Daniela Rus, Director of MIT Computer Science and AI Lab

Year in Review 2021

Dr. Steven Pinker: Psychologist, psycholinguist and author

Justine Ezarik: Digital influencer, author, and actress

Dr. Peter Lee: Microsoft Research & Incubations

Steven Bathiche: Microsoft Technical Fellow

Chase Jarvis: Entrepreneur, artist and photographer

Dr. David Baker: Director of the Institute for Protein Design, University of Washington

Kimberly Bryant: CEO & Founder of Black Girls Code

Ashley Llorens: Artificial intelligence and robotics

Jacob Collier and Ben Bloomberg: Bonus Episode

Jacob Collier & Ben Bloomberg: Grammy award-winning duo

Dr. Mae Jemison: Astronaut, engineer, physician and educator

Behind the Tech: 2020 Year in Review

Oren Etzioni, PhD: CEO of Allen Institute for AI

Charles Stross: Award-winning sci-fi author

Daphne Koller, PhD: CEO and founder of insitro

Tom Daniel: Neuroscientist and bioengineer

Drew Endy: Bioengineering pioneer