We’re coming to you from beautiful Napa Valley, California, where we hosted an Opal Spotlight episode at the Family Office & Private Wealth Forum West (October 22–24). Over three incredible days, we connected with some of the smartest—and kindest—leaders shaping the future of family offices, private wealth, and innovation.

On this week’s episode of Silicon Valley Impact, we’re talking health and startups with Dr. Ashish Atreja, Dr. Luke Blauch, Ph.D., and Nick Larson — Founder of Silicon Zombies Live Show & Podcast and Co-Founder of the Ageless Evolution Longevity Summit.

On this week’s episode of Silicon Valley Impact my good friend, Founder and General Partner of  GoodTrouble Ventures, AJ Thomas is back on the set to help me guide the conversation with Kelly Steven-Waiss, Chief Transformation Officer at ServiceNow, and Shelly Morales, Founder and CEO at MoralesHR. Today we’re talking about talent, enterprise AI strategy and so much more.

On this week’s episode of Silicon Valley Impact we speak with Kelli Richards: Founder, President & Chief Connections Officer of The All Access Group LLC; Ivan Linn, CEO of Wavv, and Filip Orth, Principal at ZAKA Venture Capital, and Head of North America at Cleevio.

On this week’s episode of Silicon Valley Impact we speak with Shashi Tripathi, Managing Partner at Nurture Growth Fund; Leah Houston, MD, Founder and Product Owner of Evercred; and Dave Scott is the CEO of Evil Genius Games.

On this week’s episode of Silicon Valley Impact we speak with Jing Kuang, Founding Partner of Y Plus Ventures; David Sarabia Founder / CEO at inRecovery - Addiction Recovery Platform, serial entrepreneur with an incredible story on how to build and “recover;” and David Menard, Co-Founder & CTO at The Care Connxion, General Partner at Invaluable labs, and investor. Listening as they bring a fresh perspectives on building, “rebuilding,” investing, and scaling in the age of AI.

Preetha Ram is Managing Partner at Pier 70 Ventures and the founder of OpenStudy. pier70ventures.com Simon Lancaster is the founding GP of Omni Ventures, an inventor/ex-product leader with extensive patent history and experience at Apple/Google/BlackBerry.

On this week’s episode of Silicon Valley Impact, we speak with Prof. PK Prasanna Kumar and Tallulah Le Merle about pioneering AI innovation, global investment, and the strategies shaping the next era of technology and business.

On this week’s episode of Silicon Valley Impact, we’re bringing you a full house of insights from leaders shaping capital markets, global ventures, AI, and founder tools.

On this week’s episode of Silicon Valley Impact we give you the live recording from STEP San Francisco 2025, a two-day startup and technology conference held August 20–21 at The Midway in San Francisco. STEP SF brought together founders, investors, and tech leaders to explore the future of artificial intelligence, deep tech, and global scaling strategies.

On this week’s episode of Silicon Valley Impact we have Part 3, of “Opal Spotlight” from San Francisco, California, at the Opal Group AI/Tech Investing Forum. Join us for the third and final part of ”Opal Spotlight” as we share the stories from Opal speakers who are making an impact!

On this weeks episode of Silicon Valley Impact we have Part 2, of “Opal Spotlight” from San Francisco, California, at the Opal Group AI/Tech Investing Forum. Joining us for the second of a 3-part series of ”Opal Spotlight” as we share the stories from Opal speakers who are making an impact!

On this week’s episode of Silicon Valley Impact, we speak with Daniel Idzkowski, a Founder, Funder, Inventor; and inventor of SKUNKLOCK, a $1B+ deterrent lock industry for carbon neutrality. He is also working toward precision portfolio hedging for the 99% to help reduce economic inequality. Daniel also invented in-bottle aging to stop deforestation. Also on the show are Michael Hoy and Clay Minor, Co-Founders at Atlas. Atlas makes it easy to own your monetization—no more patching together tools or hiring pricey consultants. Atlas combines product analytics and billing data so you can launch pricing models fast, track what’s working, and turn revenue into a real growth engine. Pricing shouldn’t be an afterthought—it should lead the way.

On this week’s episode of Silicon Valley Impact, we speak with Blake Beltram, former founder of Mindbody and current founder of OffyO; Guy Horowitz of 33N Ventures; and Meg McWilliams, Founder and COO of Gossip Goblin.

Akash Saraf, Founder of TheAgentic—builders of the best large reasoning models for AI agents; Hans Sandhu, Chief Business Officer at TheAgentic with a focus on strategy and revenue; and Iddo Tal, Founder of Raise The Round.

Christopher Peralta, Founder & CEO of Silicon Valley HQ, and Saurabh Bhatia Co-founder of FuturePath AI, and global investor. Join us as we talk about acceleration, investing, and building.

Aytakin Aliyeva, Founder of Femigrants Foundation; Iryna Voskerician, Founder and Managing Partner of MachX; and Randy Marsden, CEO of Skidattl.

On this week’s special edition of Silicon Valley Impact, we give you “Opal Spotlight” from San Francisco, California, at the Opal Group’s AI/Tech Investing Forum. Joining us on today’s show for the first of a 3-part series, we have some incredibly talented and insightful guests.

On this week’s episode of Silicon Valley Impact we speak with Allison Paz, Co-founder & Chief Operating Officer at Nicklpass, and Partner at Reign Ventures; Arnaud Saint-Paul, founder and CEO of the Heart Leadership Institute Tapuat; and also on the show Jonathan Festejo, Co-Founder and CEO at Salesbricks.

On this week’s episode of Silicon Valley Impact we speak with Svetlana Kamyshanskaya, startup advisor, and Founding Partner at Primum Law Group PC; and LouAnn Conner, Founder & CEO of Sagacious Think LLC.