The Launch
The Launch
Podcast Description
The Launch is a podcast for founders, by founders, with unfiltered conversations from entrepreneurs across tech, property, wellness, AI, sport, and beyond. In each episode, our host James Smethurst dives into the real stories behind building a business, from first ideas to fundraising, exits, setbacks, and everything in between. It’s lighthearted but honest, giving founders space to share what they’ve learned, what they’re building, and why it matters.
Whether you’re interested in starting a business, raising investment, exiting, or the founder journey, this podcast shares real life stories and insights from people who have been there and done it.
With a growing guest list featuring AI innovators, filmmakers, athlete-founders, and more, The Launch offers powerful founder-focused content curated by founders for their interesting stories and insights. The podcast aims to become a leading voice in the UK’s startup ecosystem—helping founders learn, connect, and grow through real, unscripted storytelling.
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Content Themes
The podcast explores key themes in the startup ecosystem, including fundraising, business building, and unique entrepreneurial insights with episode examples like Raising investment & replacing frustrating phone systems with Neural Voice and conversations with AI innovators, athlete-founders, and filmmakers, focusing on practical advice and relatable experiences.
The Launch is a podcast for founders, by founders, with unfiltered conversations from entrepreneurs across tech, property, wellness, AI, sport, and beyond. In each episode, our host James Smethurst dives into the real stories behind building a business, from first ideas to fundraising, exits, setbacks, and everything in between. It’s lighthearted but honest, giving founders space to share what they’ve learned, what they’re building, and why it matters.
Whether you’re interested in starting a business, raising investment, exiting, or the founder journey, this podcast shares real life stories and insights from people who have been there and done it.
With a growing guest list featuring AI innovators, filmmakers, athlete-founders, and more, The Launch offers powerful founder-focused content curated by founders for their interesting stories and insights. The podcast aims to become a leading voice in the UK’s startup ecosystem—helping founders learn, connect, and grow through real, unscripted storytelling.
Raising investment, replacing frustrating phone systems and being on hold with AI – Inside Neural Voice’s AI Revolution with Jeremy Smith and Harry Finch
In this episode, we chat with Jeremy Smith (CEO) and Harry Finch (Lead Engineer) from Neural Voice, a UK startup building AI that replaces traditional phone systems with smart, human-like conversations.
They’re on a mission to scrap the rubbish call centre scripts and press one for this two for that. They have reimagined how businesses talk to customers, making things faster, smarter, and way less painful.
We get into:
• Why phone systems are still stuck in the ’90s
• How you can call up and speak to an AI agent who actually knows what it’s doing
• What it takes to build a deep-tech startup from the ground up
• Lessons from hiring, scaling, and solving a problem everyone hates
• How they started their business
• About their investment raise
If you’ve ever waited on hold for 40 minutes plus, this one’s for you.
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