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Middle Tech

A podcast network exploring startups, technology, and entrepreneurship in Kentucky and beyond.

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520 episodes

  1. Mission Critical | Silicon Solar Is Hitting Its Limit. What Comes Next? | Blake Martin and Jack Manzella of Sofab Inks 1:00:40
  2. Mission Critical | More AI From the Data Centers We Already Have: Abhi Sastri, FLUIX AI 44:43
  3. Mission Critical | How AI Actually Reaches the Factory Floor: Matt Klein of S&K Industrial on Why Factory Floors Still Run on Code You Can Debug 45:51
  4. Mission Critical | Inside the Louisville Machine Shop Rebuilding America's Defense Industrial Base: Patrick Malcor & Wesley Sparks of Ajax Defense 59:38
  5. 341 | Tensor Black: Dr. Douglas Flora on Building the GPS for AI in Oncology and AI's Impact on Healthcare 51:01
  6. 340 | Builder Backed: Paul Koop on Building the Carfax for Homes from Covington, KY 46:27
  7. 339 | Fireroad Ventures: Tim Metzner on Why AI Makes Small Business the Biggest Opportunity in Tech 49:35
  8. 338 | Toothsure: Why Hospitals Fail at Oral Care and the Hazard, KY Startup Fixing It 34:22
  9. 337 | ChargeRight: How an Electrician Used AI to Stop Homeowners From Getting Ripped Off 38:55
  10. 336 | Sunflower Fuels: This startup's plan: grow a crop on old mines, sell horse bedding, then make jet fuel 39:12
  11. 335 | The State of Lexington's Startup Ecosystem with Garrett Fahrbach & Ben Strevy of Awesome Inc 51:30
  12. 334 | Vsimple: Buddy Bockweg on Why 99% of Companies Need to Retool Their Operations Before AI Can Deliver Real Value 52:18
  13. Mission Critical | The Urban Mine Nobody's Processing: Matt Bedingfield of Mint Innovation on Recovering Critical Minerals from E-Waste 47:31
  14. 333 | Due Gooder: How Nate Royal Built an AI App That Onboarded 23K Students in January 50:08
  15. Mission Critical | TVA Is Turning a Coal Plant into a Fusion Reactor: Tony Williams on the Infinity Project 55:57
  16. 332 | AI, Entrepreneurship, and Wealth in America: Logan & Evan on Building with AI, the OpenClaw Moment, and Why the American Dream Has to Survive This 1:33:15
  17. Mission Critical | Ashley Zumwalt-Forbes: Inside America's Plan to Break China's Critical Minerals Grip 50:38
  18. 331 | Proximity Parking: Turning Parking Into Economic Development Tool: How Grant Murray Raised $1.5M to Fix Parking 46:43
  19. Introducing Mission Critical: Logan Jones & Alex Mercer on Energy, Manufacturing, and America's Most Critical Industries 32:55
  20. 330 | Immersive Hearing Technologies: Shingles Took His Hearing at 40 - Now Jeff Cummins is Fixing How Hearing Aids Are Sold 54:25
  21. 329 | Season 9 Kickoff: Logan Joins Valent, Reflections on 2025, and What's Next for Middle Tech 59:11
  22. 328 | Atomic Ambition: Inside the Texas Nuclear Model & What Kentucky Can Learn w/ Will Howard of Elementl 45:54
  23. 327 | Modernizing the Bourbon Barrel Market: Chris Wiedmar of Hogshead 1:05:29
  24. 326 | Bourbon Meets Biotech: How Brandon Corace and Meridian Biotech Turn Stillage into Sustainable Products 38:31
  25. 325 | Paducah’s Nuclear Revival: Global Laser Enrichment CEO Steve Long on America’s Energy Future 55:52
  26. 324 | ElectraMet: How University Research Launched a Hard-Tech Startup to Remove Metals from Wastewater 35:42
  27. 323 | Nuclear Energy In Action: Inside TVA's Sequoyah Nuclear Plant with Chief Nuclear Officer Tim Rausch 1:05:20
  28. 322 | Parasight Systems: Eric Hauck on Building Biotech Hardware to Fight Parasites in Pets & Livestock 1:13:36
  29. 321 | Invest Blue: How Raechele Smalls and Eric Hartman are Building a Mission-Driven Angel Community for Kentucky Startups 49:34
  30. 320 | TVA’s Nuclear Milestone: Justin Maierhofer on Advancing the Nation’s First SMR Construction Permit 45:03
  31. 319 | Lexington AI Meetup Live: The Story of AlphaFold with Founding Member Steve Crossan 57:28
  32. 318 | Content Credits: Adam Koehler on How Dotloop’s $108M Exit Led to Content Credits Taking on Paywalls 37:49
  33. 317 | Gun Interactive: Wes Keltner on Creating Viral Multiplayer Horror Hits from KY 1:03:09
  34. 316. Valent: Evan Knowles and Ryan Rudd on Enabling Human-AI Collaboration to Win More RFPs, Faster 1:26:41
  35. GAME Change Mini Series | Part 3: From Vision to Action 7:45
  36. GAME Change Mini Series | Part 2: Circularity in Action Across Kentucky and Tennessee 5:05
  37. 315. Lepidext: Dr. Bruce Webb and Dr. Mary Wallace on Solving a $2B Pest Problem Without Chemicals 50:08
  38. GAME Change Mini Series | Part 1: Redefining Manufacturing in Kentucky and Tennessee 8:10
  39. 314. How a UK Grad Bootstrapped a Startup to an $84M Exit: The Story of Silas Deane & VendEngine 44:03
  40. 313. Why America Needs a Nuclear Renaissance: a Conversation with Nuclear Engineer & Advocate Dr. Nick Touran 1:19:23
  41. 312. What if AI Actually Knew You? Plastic Labs & Courtland Leer Just Raised $5.35M to Make it Possible 56:00
  42. 311. Prologue: Brad Luttrell on Learnings from Shutting Down GoWild and Starting Again 1:19:23
  43. 310. Valvoline: Cooling the Hottest Tech - Valvoline’s Move into AI Infrastructure w/ George Zhang & Michael Morrison 25:17
  44. 309. Bringing Billions to Kentucky: Governor Andy Beshear on KY's Economic Development Successes 30:34
  45. 308. Season 8 Kickoff: Big Moves, New Ventures & The Future of Middle Tech 29:37
  46. 307. SOAR: Colby Hall on Eastern Kentucky's $40 Million Grant 56:21
  47. 306. Sprocket Innovation: Monica Bilak on Supporting Entrepreneurship in Western Kentucky 47:31
  48. 305. Card.io: Destin George Bell on his Shark Tank experience, Building a gamified fitness app, and Moving to Austin 56:33
  49. 304. SOAR Summit Live Podcast with Elijah Jensen & Cindy Sparks 45:50
  50. 303. Buddle Skincare: Gaylord VanGuilder on Innovating Baby Skincare and E-Commerce Strategies 36:13