Sedinam Simpson is the co-founder and strategy lead at The Tech Bros but her journey to get there is anything but ordinary.
A Google DeepMind Scholar and MPhil graduate in Machine Learning and Machine Intelligence from the University of Cambridge, Sedinam has spent her career sitting at the intersection of cutting-edge AI research, entrepreneurship, and building pathways for the next generation of founders.
She joins us for an honest conversation about what it really takes to break into tech, why she co-founded The Tech Bros, and what the industry still gets wrong about women in entrepreneurship.
In this episode, we cover:
The problem that drove Sedinam to co-found The Tech Bros and why it needed to exist
What getting into Cambridge actually looked like and what it taught her
Where to begin if you want to learn to code practical advice for complete beginners
What running an accelerator programme has taught her about early-stage founders
The biggest barriers holding women back in tech and entrepreneurship and what needs to change
The most impressive founders she’s worked with and what sets them apart
How she founded Chara, a sustainable fashion brand, as an undergraduate Allan Gray Orbis Foundation Fellow
Her path from Data Scientist to strategy lead and what she learnt along the way
Whether you’re a woman navigating your way into tech, an aspiring founder looking for your first step, or simply curious about what it takes to build at the frontier of AI this episode is for you.
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