Silicon Valley Girl is a woman-hosted AI, tech and career podcast. Marina Mogilko interviews the founders, researchers and executives building AI, and brings back the part you can use this week.
Marina Mogilko is an entrepreneur, creator and the host of Silicon Valley Girl, a weekly podcast about what AI means for everyday life. She moved from Saint Petersburg, Russia, to Silicon Valley in 2015. In 2021 she became the first creator to receive venture capital funding as an individual, from Slow Ventures.
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In short
Host of Silicon Valley Girl, a podcast that was part of the official program of the World Economic Forum in Davos in 2026.
Built two eight-figure businesses: LinguaTrip, an education company, and a global media company.
Angel investor in more than 20 startups, including Boom Supersonic, Higgsfield AI, Navier and Beacons.ai.
WIBA Award for Best Influencer in Education, presented at Cannes in 2023. Times Monaco
Cover story of Times Monaco and L'Officiel Cyprus. L'Officiel Cyprus
My story
I grew up in Saint Petersburg, Russia. At 14 I started traveling to the UK for language courses. English was how I got into a much bigger world.
In 2015 my husband Dmitry and I moved to Silicon Valley with an early-stage startup and a couple of thousand dollars in savings. The startup was LinguaTrip, and that year it went through the 500 Startups accelerator.
In 2021 Slow Ventures invested in me as a person. Instead of buying shares in a company, they bought a share of my future earnings. No creator had raised venture money this way before. I used part of it for my first angel investments. Today I've backed more than 20 startups.
In June 2025 I launched the Silicon Valley Girl podcast.
Why I started Silicon Valley Girl
For many people, Silicon Valley feels far away. It is where AI gets built, and it can seem to have little to do with their daily lives. Silicon Valley Girl helps you see the bridge between your life and Silicon Valley. My goal is to translate what AI means for your daily life.
For an entrepreneur, it means building things faster. For a mom, it means running the household with a few AI agents, and maybe in 10 years having a robot that does the laundry. For an artist, it means managing the whole production flow with AI.
So I interview the founders and scientists who build these tools, and I ask them to show me what I can do today to feel the magic of AI.
Guests have included Reid Hoffman, co-founder of LinkedIn; Mustafa Suleyman, co-founder of DeepMind; Aravind Srinivas, co-founder of Perplexity; Andrew Ng, co-founder of Coursera; Mo Gawdat, former chief business officer of Google X; Mary Barra, CEO of General Motors; and Anne Wojcicki, co-founder of 23andMe.
If this is your first visit
Pick a guest or a topic you're curious about. Every episode page has the full transcript, so you can read instead of listen. In every conversation I ask the guest what you can try today, so you leave with something to use. If you want one email a week with the AI idea worth trying, subscribe to Future Proof, my newsletter.
LinguaTrip and Linguamarina
Before the podcast, I co-founded LinguaTrip, a platform for booking language courses abroad, and built Linguamarina, my YouTube channel for English learners, which now has almost 9 million subscribers.
WIBA Award, Best Influencer in EducationCannes, 2023See it
Shorty Impact Awards, 10th edition: Marina Mogilko2025See it
Speaking
World Economic Forum, Davos, 2026 (official program)
Viva Technology, Paris, 2025
1 Billion Followers Summit, Dubai, 2025
Stanford University, San Francisco, 2025
Nas Summit, San Francisco, 2024
ManyChat Instagram Online Summit, online, 2024
VidCon, Anaheim, 2023
Alibaba Co-Create, Las Vegas, 2023
EduCon by YouTube, New York, 2022
Questions people ask
Who is Marina Mogilko?
Marina Mogilko is an entrepreneur, creator and the host of Silicon Valley Girl. Based in Silicon Valley, she interviews founders, researchers and business leaders about AI, the future of work and entrepreneurship, and makes practical videos for people who want to understand and use new technology.
Where is Marina Mogilko from?
Saint Petersburg, Russia. She moved to Silicon Valley in 2015.
What does it mean that Marina got funding as a person?
In 2021 Slow Ventures invested in Marina directly. Instead of buying shares in a company, the fund bought a share of her future earnings. She was the first creator to receive venture capital this way.
What is the Silicon Valley Girl podcast?
Silicon Valley Girl is a woman-hosted AI, tech and career podcast, launched in June 2025. Marina Mogilko interviews the founders, researchers and executives building AI, and brings back the part you can use this week. There are 123 episodes on this site: 73 interviews, 44 solo episodes and 6 compilations, each with a full transcript. The archive also includes 34 earlier videos from the Silicon Valley Girl YouTube channel, published from October 2024 before the podcast launched. A new episode comes out every week.
Yes. In the 44 solo episodes Marina explains one tool, one career move or one idea from the valley on her own, in about twenty minutes.
Where can I listen?
On YouTube, Spotify and Apple Podcasts. Every episode page on this site carries the transcript, the chapters and the key takeaways.
What is Future Proof?
Future Proof is Marina's newsletter: one email a week with the AI idea worth your attention and exactly what to try with it. Read about it and subscribe at marinamogilko.co/newsletter.
What are LinguaTrip and Linguamarina?
LinguaTrip is a platform for booking language courses abroad that Marina co-founded. Linguamarina is her YouTube channel for English learners, with almost 9 million subscribers.
