Pioneers

About Pioneers

Ideas alone can’t change the world. It takes grit. In this podcast, Siemens sits down with startup founders, ecosystem partners and more in a quest to get to the bottom of what makes startups (and the people in them) tick. At Siemens, we understand the struggles of early-stage startups. Let us remove the barriers on your startup journey by helping you transform your engineering ideas into real, marketable products with industry-leading software solutions. Join the Siemens Startups Program to grow your startup to its full potential. Want to get in touch? Reach out here.

Publisher

Siemens Digital Industry Software

Category

technology

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

24 Aug 2020

Latest episode

30 Jul 2026

Latest episodes

52 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   30 Jul 2026

   30 Companies. 27 Exits. What Chad Wasilenkoff Sees That Others Don’t

   Host Peng-Sang Cau interviews Chad Wasilenkoff, who reveals his contrarian strategy for finding overlooked value and building successful companies, offering insights for founders and investors.

2. 

   26 Mar 2026

   From SpaceX Launch Pads to Nuclear Power Plants: Ben Kellie’s Mission to Make Clean Energy Affordable

   Host Peng-Sang Cau interviews infrastructure builder Ben Kellie about his innovative approach to making clean nuclear energy affordable and deployable.

3. 

   6 Feb 2026

   The Robot That Comes to Your Car: Inside Kiwi Charge’s Vision for Scalable EV Charging

   Host Peng-Sang Cau interviews Abdel Ali, founder and CEO of Kiwi Charge, and Dr. Paulina Karwowska-Desaulniers from SmartTO, exploring innovative robot-based EV charging solutions for scalable adoption.

Who has been a guest on Pioneers

Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.

• Chad Wasilenkoff
• Ben Kellie
• Abdel Ali
• Paulina
• Dr Paulina Karwowska-Desaulniers

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

Apple Podcasts (US)

4.6 / 5

5 ratings

Spotify

5.0 / 5

3 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 44 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

60

Social presence

0

YouTube

0

Engagement

68

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Guest appearances

Books guests

Based on episode analysis; this does not confirm that the show is currently accepting guests.

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