The Spiro Circle

AI translates our words. Can it “read the room?” - #0106, Arona Maskil

Arona Maskil told me about a client whose chatbot could answer in 27 languages. Despite this, she recalled the client saying it still had not figured out “how to give fee

Cybersecurity has a Sisyphus problem - #0105, Jonathan Langer

In Greek mythology, a mortal king of Corinth, Sisyphus, was condemned by the gods to roll a boulder up a hill, only to watch it roll back down each time. For eternity.

Three years after Oct. 7: The battle over Jewish belonging - #0104, Charles Asher Small

Three years after October 7, the conversation about antisemitism reaches far beyond the immediate aftermath of the attacks. It touches universities, political movements,

Founders are bringing Claude to their therapy sessions - #0103, Yael Daniely

There was a moment in my latest conversation with startup psychologist Yael Daniely that surprised me. She described someone who walked into her clinic and asked to keep

Everyone at the UN wants AI rules except Trump (and he might be right) - #0102, Alexander Piskunov

I recorded a conversation yesterday with Alexander Piskunov, a government AI advisor and founding partner at KAAN Ventures, at a strange little intersection of timing.

The executive philosophy of ‘Structured Risk’ - #0101, Uzi Krieger

Uzi Krieger has jumped from planes, descended into underwater caves, and skied slopes steep enough to unsettle most people’s stomachs. When I asked what draws him to it,

AI is breaking the data loss prevention model - #0100, Nitay Milner & Emily Fontaine

Well, here it is: Episode 100 of The Spiro Circle. When I recorded the first episode 18 months ago, I had a rough idea of what this show could be. I wanted it to be a p

Meta’s $16.7 billion fine is a win for this Israeli VC thesis - #0099, Oren Charnoff

For two decades, the winning formula in consumer tech was simple: maximize time on screen. Last month that formula got a multibillion-dollar price tag attached to it when

Israel’s politicians are coming for the podcasts - #0098, Guy Katsovich

Guy Katsovich and I sat across from each other in our shared studio a few weeks ago, discussing what happens when podcasting moves from the media ecosystem into the campa

Can 'cleaner' data centers win over America’s NIMBYs? - #0097, Emmanuel Levy

America’s fight over data centers is becoming a mainstream political staple. Seven in ten Americans say they don’t want a data center near their home, and more people now

Beef’s price surge could give fake meat a second chance - #0096, Amos Golan

I’ll admit it upfront: I’ve tried alternative meat on my own barbecue, and they’ve never been exactly a slam dunk for me. So when I sat down with the Chunk Foods founder

AI is changing what venture capitalists actually do - #0095, Arik Kleinstein & Amit Spitzer

Glilot Capital’s internal AI agent has a name and a full-time job - Elliot. It reads deal memos, surfaces founder meeting summaries, coordinates diligence advisors, and r

This AWS product leader couldn't install his own product. So he built a $42m company - #0094, Gal Ordo

The week Gal Ordo joined Amazon Web Services as the Product Leader for AWS Security Hub, he did something his colleagues thought was unnecessary. Instead of using the int

The Depth Premium: Why Deep Thinking is Becoming Rare in the AI Era - #0093, Yuval Ariav

Most VCs will tell you they invest in people. Push them further, and you’ll hear the same formula of exceptional team, large market, and right timing. It is recited so of

"Love the chaos": What 22 years in the IDF taught one Israeli founder about leadership - #0092, Shahaf Galili

In cybersecurity, hesitation can be the most expensive decision a company makes. Shahaf Galili knows this not as a management theory, but as a lived operational reality f

Find Your "Mona Lisa" Before the Hackers Do - #0091, Toni Samson

While I was recording an episode with Toni Samson, co-founder and CEO of Arte Security, she told me it was important for companies and CISOs to “find your Mona Lisas.” It

After Wiz, Cybersecurity Founders Are Thinking Bigger - #0090, Oren Yunger

Israel’s cyber numbers from 2025 were staggering. We all know the big ones: Google acquired Wiz for $32 billion. Palo Alto Networks spent $25 billion to absorb CyberArk

The Impossible Math of Israel's Information War - #0089 Rachel Lester

Israel isn't fighting one information war. It's fighting three. At least, that’s the takeaway I had when I read Digital Warrior: Inside Israel’s Battle for the Narrative

The AI "Habitat" That Waymo Never Built - #0088, Dr. Tal Cohen

On July 8, the head of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration sent a letter to the autonomous vehicle industry saying that AV developers had shown a “clear pa

The $125 Billion Leak AI Agents Are About To Make Worse - #0087, Ofir Tahor

Every day, billions of dollars move through the global payments system as people buy things online. And every day, a portion of those transactions gets reversed. Not thro