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Meet the young Aussie behind an app that's backed by Peter Thiel's investment firm

Former technology reporter Ben Grubb, founder of Sydney University's Incubate startup program James Alexander, and tech entrepreneur and founder of Schedugram Hugh Stephens have tea and beer and talk to Zac Altman, co-founder of LoungeBuddy, which has raised $4 million to date, with Founders Fund the lead of its Series A, which is billionaire Peter Thiel's investment firm. Founders Fund is behind early investments in Airbnb, Spotify, Facebook and SpaceX, among others. The panel also discuss text bots v voice bots and which will win out + the proposed changes to the Australian R&D tax incentive + the federal government's Incubator Support Program . Skip to 27:11 if you want to hear Zac's story only.

Episode 3 - The untold story of how two Aussie students built an app empire on the back of PokemonGo

Former technology reporter Ben Grubb, founder of Sydney University's Incubate program James Alexander, and tech entrepreneur and founder of Schedugram Hugh Stephens have tea and beer and talk to Daniel Vassilev, developer of Audio Pocket and PokewhereGO, and Giselle Brand, co-founder of Health Copilot. They also discuss the iPhone 7 unveiling, the proliferation of health-tech startups and the latest in university bashing by leading Australian VCs who say entrepreneurship programs run by unis aren't the way to go. Skip to 40:30 if you want to hear Daniel's story only.

Episode 2 - Census fail, Mac Uni Innovation District, Guvera's downfall, why James is in Melbourne

Former technology reporter Ben Grubb, founder of Sydney University's Incubate program James Alexander, and tech entrepreneur Hugh Stephens have tea at Ben's and talk about the Australian government's Census fail, Macquarie Uni's planned Innovation District, Guvera's downfall and why James is in Melbourne (again).

Episode 1 - Gawker, Guvera's Aussie IPO and tech journalism

Former technology reporter Ben Grubb, founder of Sydney University's Incubate program James Alexander, and tech entrepreneur Hugh Stephens have tea at Ben's and talk about the media empire Gawker being made bankrupt by billionaire Peter Thiel, Spotify rival Guvera's Australian IPO, and the state of technology journalism in Australia.