Tech Swamp

About Tech Swamp

Listen to monthly episodes of Tech Swamp for global tech policy and business headlines, tidbits of tech history, and topical policy deep-dives on legislation and regulation in the U.S., EU, UK, and around the globe!

Publisher

ACT | The App Association

Category

business · news

Language

en

Explicit

Yes

First episode

2 Jan 2018

Latest episode

19 May 2026

Latest episodes

26 of 128 episodes have a transcript.

1. 

   19 May 2026TRANSCRIPT

   Competition, Capital, and the Global Tech Policy Race

   Host Alex Thompson interviews industry experts on how global tech policy shapes competition, capital, and startup growth in the AI era.

2. 

   9 Apr 2026TRANSCRIPT

   What UK Tech Policy Means for Startups in 2026

   If you’re building and scaling a tech business in the UK, 2026 is shaping up to be a big year for policy decisions that could affect how startups and SMEs grow. In this episode of Tech Swamp, ACT’s UK Country Manager, Stephen Tulip, joins the podcast to talk through some of the biggest issues on the table ahead of the Global App Economy Conference: UK, from access to funding and AI policy to app store regulation, online safety and privacy, and SEP licensing.

3. 

   19 Mar 2026TRANSCRIPT

   Injunction Junction: What’s Your Age Verification Function?

   Host Alex Thompson interviews legal expert Sarah Chen about how global age verification mandates reshape app development and introduce compliance challenges for businesses.

Inside a recent episode

Competition, Capital, and the Global Tech Policy Race

Published 19 May 2026 · Transcript excerpt

[…] The DMA is not an AI law regulation, but it really affected how AI tools and features were rolled out in the EU. And that matters because a lot of startups rely on these AI tools to make their products better, more personalized, more accessibility friendly, to prevent fraud, to provide analytics, and to be able to provide a first step for customer support. So when competition rules create a lot of uncertainty around whether or not they can harness and deploy and integrate those new technologies, indie devs and smaller companies feel that delay first. Larger firms may be able to build their own AI systems or shift deployment other places, but startups really rely on the symbiotic relationship with those curated online marketplaces and platform tools to stay and to be competitive. […]

Who has been a guest on Tech Swamp

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

• Mike Sax
• Morgan Reed
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• Jonas Almeling
• Jason Culloty

Reach and audience

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Apple Podcasts (US)

4.8 / 5

17 ratings

Spotify

5.0 / 5

2 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 31 / 100

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Quality

28

Social presence

0

YouTube

0

Engagement

85

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