In this episode we speak to LSE’s own David Ai. David is the Head of Innovation at LSE Innovation, the School’s department focusing on assisting LSE experts to commercialise their research. Before LSE David enjoyed careers in the venture and technology licensing arenas including working for Stanford’s Office of Technology Licensing for six years, managing inventions while spearheading Stanford’s technology marketing efforts in China. David also served as Vice President Chief Advisor at Hitachi Corporate VC and has been involved in several startup companies in both the US and Asia.  In this podcast, David exchanges notes on where innovation comes from, the value of public vs private funded innovation as well as current trends in socially minded innovation and techno nationalism. David Ai -  https://www.linkedin.com/in/davidai2007/ LSE Innovation - https://info.lse.ac.uk/staff/divisions/research-and-innovation/innovation