This week on the GeekWire Podcast, we're featuring highlights from a live interview with Nathan Myhrvold, CEO of Intellectual Ventures and former chief technology officer at Microsoft. Myhrvold worked at Microsoft from 1986 to 2000, where he laid the groundwork for Microsoft Research, recruited top computer scientists, and played a key role in shaping the company’s technology strategy.

Since leaving Microsoft, he has worked across fields including energy, science, physics, paleontology, photography, and high-tech cuisine.

In this conversation, recorded at Town Hall Seattle as part of GeekWire’s Microsoft@50 event, Myhrvold shares his thoughts on the rise of AI, his longtime collaboration with Bill Gates, the future of energy, the secrets of Microsoft’s success, and what’s next in his Modernist Cuisine book series.

Edited by Curt Milton; With GeekWire co-founder Todd Bishop.

This week on the GeekWire Podcast, we're featuring highlights from a live interview with <a href="https://nathanmyhrvold.com/">Nathan Myhrvold</a>, CEO of Intellectual Ventures and former chief technology officer at Microsoft.&nbsp;Myhrvold worked at Microsoft from 1986 to 2000, where he laid the groundwork for Microsoft Research, recruited top computer scientists, and played a key role in shaping the company&rsquo;s technology strategy.
Since leaving Microsoft, he has worked across fields including energy, science, physics, paleontology, photography, and high-tech cuisine.
In this conversation, recorded at Town Hall Seattle as part of GeekWire&rsquo;s <a href="https://www.geekwire.com/2025/microsoft50-recap-company-faithful-mark-first-50-years-and-look-to-future-at-geekwire-event/">Microsoft@50 event</a>, Myhrvold shares his thoughts on the rise of AI, his longtime collaboration with Bill Gates, the future of energy, the secrets of Microsoft&rsquo;s success, and what&rsquo;s next in <a href="https://modernistcuisine.com/books/modernist-cuisine/">his Modernist Cuisine book series</a>.
Edited by Curt Milton; With GeekWire co-founder Todd Bishop.

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