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The Rise of Conversational AI in Heavy Industry
Artificial intelligence (AI) has become a household term, and its applications are revolutionizing various industries. One area where AI is making a significant impact is heavy industry, including manufacturing, energy, and utilities. In these sectors, companies often face the challenge of outdated digital infrastructure, which hampers productivity and data quality. However, the emergence of conversational AI is changing the game by streamlining processes and improving efficiency.
In this opportunity we speak with Mark Fosdike, the CEO & Co-founder of Datch, a company that specializes in conversational AI solutions for heavy industry. Mark's background in aerospace and his firsthand experience with the challenges faced by frontline workers in heavy industry inspired him to develop a solution that would revolutionize the way data is captured and processed. In our conversation, Mark shared insights into the journey of building Datch and the transformative power of conversational AI.
If your company is looking to scale its AI initiatives, head over to Tesoro AI (www.tesoroai.com). We are experts in AI strategy, staff augmentation, and AI product development.
Founder Bio:
Mark Fosdike, CEO of Datch, is a visionary leader in the field of asset management and a dedicated entrepreneur. With over two decades of industry experience, Mark has an exceptional understanding of the challenges and opportunities in asset management, and a proven track record of driving innovation and growth.
Before founding Datch, Mark held several senior leadership positions in renowned global companies, where he gained extensive expertise in industrial operations, and technology. His passion for delivering cutting-edge solutions led him to establish Datch, with the aim of revolutionizing asset management through the integration of advanced AI-driven features.
Time Stamps:
01:54 Mark’s background before creating Datch
04:14 Identifying the problem of inefficient data input in heavy industry
06:20 How Datch uses conversational AI to speed up processes and improve data quality
09:13 Adaptability of Datch's interface for frontline workers
10:40 Leveraging large language models for accurate speech-to-text and prompt engineering
13:12 Customization and application to specific use cases
15:48 Approach to acquiring new customers
17:55 Typical sales cycle and stakeholders involved
19:34 Changing interest in AI solutions over time
22:59 Mark discusses the need for a consultative sales approach
24:38 Founders' background and passion for building things
28:21 Importance of building a network and finding advisors
29:58 Getting advisors to buy in with equity and commitment
32:30 Hiring strategy and the importance of hungry generalists
34:01 Fundraising journey and challenges as a first-time founder
37:58 Exciting things coming up in the future
38:53 How to get in contact with the Datch team
Resources
Company website: https://www.datch.io/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/datchsystems
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/datch/
Facebook: https://web.facebook.com/Datch.io
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Nov 23, 2023
AI-Powered Compliance and Customer Care | Dilip Mohapatra, Cognitive View
In this episode, we interview Dilip Mohapatra, the CEO, and founder of Cognitive View, a company that uses AI to solve compliance and customer complaint issues in regulated industries. We discuss how their AI technology is helping businesses in regulated industries monitor and analyze customer conversations to ensure compliance and improve customer service. He shares how the idea for Cognitive View came about and the challenges they faced in building their AI solution.
Dilip explains the importance of understanding complex legal requirements and how their AI model can identify compliance breaches in customer conversation. He also discusses the value of generative AI and the unique capabilities its offers. Dilip highlights the metrics they use to measure the success of their ai solution, including reducing compliance and conduct risk by up to 70% and reducing customer complaints by 50%. He also touches on the fundraising journey for cognitive view and the importance of finding investors who can provide value beyond just capital
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Founder Bio:
Dilip Mohapatra is the founder of Cognitive View, a regtech company that creates solutions that monitors communication and collaboration channels to automate compliance, quality, customer experience, and conduct risk. It provides the necessary tools to create a customer-centric culture and risk-based supervision that automates operational risk. Cognitive View has been recognized as RegTech100 globally; AI Fintech 100; the best vendor solution for Managing Conduct Risk at the Regtech Insight APAC Awards 2021; and a 2021 IBM Beacon Award Finalist. Dilip has successfully built an enterprise software channel business with IBM and held a variety of product management roles, including HP, Hyro, and Ipedo.
Time Stamps:
01:58 Background of Dilip and Cognitive View
04:05 Challenges faced by companies in managing compliance and misconduct
05:11 Monitoring conversations and identifying compliance breaches with AI
07:36 The importance of understanding complex legal requirements in AI models
10:28 Use cases of Ai in voice, video, and text conversations
12:29 Target industries and metrics for ROI
15:30 Building the Ai solution and the importance of talent
18:03 Challenges in accessing data and the use of proprietary data
22:01 Proof of concept process and requirements for customer engagement
27:01 Leveraging generative AI and proprietary data for unique solutions
30:45 Providing contextual and industry-specific AI solutions
34:33 Fundraising journey and the value of investors
36:56 Talent sourcing ante importance of distributed teams
38:49 Balancing privacy and data sovereignty in a distributed company
42:00 How to get in contact with the Cognitive View team
Resources
Company website: https://www.cognitiveview.com/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/cognitiveviewai
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/cognitiveview/
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Jul 20, 2023
Using AI for Insurance Claims and Underwriting | Stan Smith, Gradient AI
Artificial Intelligence (AI) has revolutionized how businesses operate, and supply chain management and insurance are no exceptions. With the ability to analyze vast amounts of data and identify patterns, AI has the potential to transform supply chain operations and insurance claims management, making them more efficient, cost-effective, and responsive to customer demands. In this thought leadership article, we explore the power of AI in supply chain management and insurance.
In this episode, we sit with Stan Smith CEO of Gradient AI. Stan has founded six companies and has been working with machine learning and AI since the late 1990s. Stan shares his experiences working with AI and machine learning, starting with his first startup that focused on supply chain management. He discusses how his company used machine learning to predict which suppliers were likely to have issues and how this helped his clients save millions of dollars. Stan also talks about the pain point he saw in the insurance market and how Gradient AI is assisting businesses to leverage AI to solve complex problems and improve their operations. In this episode, Stan also talks about the importance of equity in startups, the challenges of building AI solutions in the insurance industry, and the measures Gradient AI took to ensure client data was secure.
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Founder Bio:
Stan Smith is the Founder and CEO of Gradient AI. Stan founded Gradient AI, first as a unique practice within Milliman to focus on the risk management and insurance industry’s most challenging business problems. He acquired the business from Milliman in 2018, founding Gradient AI as a rapidly growing independent SaaS organization. With nearly 30 years of experience growing AI and technology organizations, Stan’s leadership ensures that Gradient AI is applying the latest Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning technologies to the insurance industry, resulting in proven financial performance for its stellar list of customers and better treatment and outcomes for individuals. Stan has held founding or executive-level roles for multiple startup companies, including Vice President at MatrixOne, Executive Vice President and General Manager at Agile Software, and CEO and Founder at OpenRatings.Stan also led the development of patented technologies including: technology that predicts bankruptcies for small, privately held suppliers; a global database to improve supplier performance for more than 80 million companies; and, technology that combines assessments with performance data to identify opportunities for reducing inefficiencies through lean initiatives.
Time Stamps:
02:17 Stan Smith's background and experience in the startup world
06:15 Paint point that led to the idea for Gradient AI
09:04 Importance of identifying high-risk claims early
12:18 Ability of Gradient AI's models to accurately predict the cost of a claim
14:32 The complementary nature of AI and human adjusters in claims processing
17:07 Engaging with clients in underwriting operations
19:52 Integration of Gradient AI solutions into commercial systems
23:40 Challenges of building AI solutions in the insurance industry
25:11 Importance of having a team with both AI and insurance expertise
27:14 The importance of culture and team in attracting talent
29:36 Incentives that Gradient AI offers to attract the right talent
32:51 Educating insurance companies about AI and the impact of the pandemic
37:29 Turning interest in AI into investible business problems
40:14 Fundraising journey and partnerships with insurance-focused venture capitalists
41:57 Selecting investors based on industry and AI experience
43:44 Whats coming up new for Gradient AI
44:10 How to get in contact with the Gradient AI team
Resources:
Company website: https://www.gradientai.com/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/GradientAI1
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/gradientai/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/gradientai/
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Jul 13, 2023
The Promise of AI in Revolutionizing Medicine | Karim Galil, Mendel.AI
In this episode, we sit with Dr. Karim Galil, the founder and CEO of Mendel.AI, an artificial intelligence-powered platform that extracts insights from medical records to improve patient outcomes. Dr. Galil shares his journey from practicing medicine to becoming a tech entrepreneur and the role that AI can play in making healthcare more data-driven. He discusses the challenges of subjective medical practices and the potential for AI to learn from every patient's journey.
Dr. Galil explains that symbolic AI is more focused on teaching machines fundamentals of logic, rules, and concepts, while machine learning is more focused on learning from patterns. He gives an example of the opioid crisis, where a machine learning model would learn that opioids are great because humans are prescribing them, while a symbolic system would understand what opioids are and what the best options are. In the process of building AI in healthcare, Mendel.AI has used both symbolic AI and machine learning. Dr. Galil also discusses the challenges of talent acquisition in the AI industry and how the economy can impact AI talent availability. He emphasizes the importance of hiring talent with grit, curiosity, and coachability and the benefits of hiring mid-level to junior talent to assist the genius.
Mendel.AI is a healthcare platform that uses symbolic AI and machine learning to provide personalized treatment plans for patients. The platform reads every medical record and encounter between patients and healthcare systems to help physicians make more objective decisions. Mendel.AI works with big pharmaceuticals, payers, and data companies to help them read their data and glean insights to make better decisions. The platform can help pharmaceutical companies understand which patients respond better to what drug and in what occasions, and payers can decide whether to cover a certain medication or not. Mendel.AI uses domain experts to learn from, rather than just data and can help pharmaceutical companies discontinue drugs that are not effective and optimize their drug offerings.
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Founder Bio:
Dr. Karim Galil, MD, is the CEO and Co-founder of Mendel.AI. Mendel's mission is to learn from every patient by structuring and de-identifying patient data at a machine scale and human fidelity to power clinical and research use cases. Dr. Galil’s experience as a physician demonstrated that medicine does not advance at the same rate as technology. With Mendel, he aims to bridge this gap, facilitate clinical research at scale, and make medicine objective. Dr. Galil’s expertise in AI, medical informatics, and digital health makes him a sought-after presence at global conferences.
Time Stamps:
01:49 Introduction of Dr. Karim Galil and his background in medicine
06:59 The potential for AI to learn from every patient's journey
10:41 The challenges of working with unstructured medical data
12:19 The importance of explainable AI in healthcare
15:20 Using real-world data to identify drug effectiveness in specific patient profiles
18:02 The difference between machine learning and symbolic AI
21:09 Difference in talent and approach needed for symbolic AI vs machine learning
23:02 The process of building concepts for symbolic AI
25:53 Challenges of talent acquisition in the AI industry
27:49 The impact of the economy on AI talent availability
31:49 The importance of hiring talent with grit, curiosity, and coachability
35:18 Building a competitive advantage and a mode in AI startups
38:53 Challenges of finding the right investors for AI startups
41:51 The myth of VCs being a value add and the importance of cash and brand
43:01 Who is the end user and how do they engage with the product
45:49 How to get in contact with the Mendel team
Resources:
Company website: https://www.mendel.ai/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/mendel_ai_
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/mendelai/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/mendel-ai
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Jun 22, 2023
The Intersection of Medicine and AI | Michael Abramoff, Digital Diagnostic
Today we sit with Michael D. Abramoff, a neuroscientist and the founder of Digital Diagnostics, a company that leverages artificial intelligence (AI) to provide autonomous medical diagnosis. In this interview, Michael shares his background and how he got into AI, as well as his vision for the future of medical diagnosis. He discusses how he uses AI to make medical diagnoses, the challenges he faces, and the potential for AI to revolutionize healthcare. He also talks about his involvement in other AI-related projects and his thoughts on the ethical implications of AI in healthcare. In addition, Michael delves into the safety concerns surrounding AI, particularly with language learning models (LLMs), and the importance of ensuring that AI is safe and free of bias.
Michael’s vision for AI in healthcare goes beyond mere assistance or augmentation of human decision-making. He believes that AI can make diagnoses and treatment decisions autonomously, without the need for human intervention. However, the promise of autonomous AI must be balanced with the potential pitfalls. As he pointed out, AI that learns from biased or fallible humans can produce models that are worse off. In healthcare, this could lead to harm to patients if doctors blindly follow AI recommendations.
Digital Diagnostics is a company that uses AI to diagnose diabetic retinopathy and increase healthcare access for underserved patients. The AI is trained to detect specific lesions using clinical knowledge and chunk by chunk learning to avoid bias. Healthcare providers can approve or disapprove the AI's recommendations, and the company aims to supplement rather than displace professionals.
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Founder Bio:
Michael D. Abramoff, MD, PhD, is a fellowship-trained retina specialist, computer scientist, and entrepreneur. He is Founder and Executive Chairman of Digital Diagnostics, the first company ever to receive FDA clearance for an autonomous AI diagnostic system. To transform the quality, accessibility, and affordability of global healthcare through the automation of medical diagnosis and treatment. In primary care, it can instantaneously diagnose diabetic retinopathy and diabetic macular edema at the point of care. Dr. Abramoff developed an ethical foundation for autonomous AI that was used during the design and validation, and regulatory and payment pathways for autonomous AI. As the author of over 350 peer-reviewed publications in this field, he has been cited over 42,000 times, and is the inventor of 20 issued patents and many patent applications. Dr. Abramoff has mentored dozens of engineering graduate students, ophthalmology residents, and retina fellows. His passion is to use AI to improve the affordability, accessibility, and quality of care.
Time Stamps:
02:10 Michael's background as a neuroscientist and his interest in AI
05:37 Safety concerns surrounding AI, particularly with LLMs
07:08 The challenges of implementing AI in healthcare
09:07 The importance of AI supporting decision making rather than making decisions
11:02 The potential for AI to revolutionize healthcare
15:25 The importance of ensuring access to healthcare for all
18:40 The pain points behind creating Digital Diagnostics
21:49 Creating an ethical framework for regulation and reimbursement of AI
24:02 Potential for AI to outperform human experts in diagnosing medical conditions
26:00 Importance of clinical outcomes: acquiring data for AI and ensuring inclusivity
29:26 The impact of pigmentation on AI training data
31:37 Talent shortage in AI: transition from rule-based systems to machine learning
33:00 Understanding the fundamentals of AI despite increased efficiency
35:10 The need to prove the worth of AI in healthcare through clinical outcomes
37:24 How to get in contact with the Digital Diagnostics team
Resources:
Company website: https://www.digitaldiagnostics.com/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AItheRightWay
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/digital-diagnostics
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Jun 15, 2023
Transforming Businesses and Ensuring Security With AI | Pankit Desai, Sequretek
In this episode, we sit with Pankit Desai, a seasoned corporate leader with nearly three decades of experience in the tech industry. Pankit shares his insights into the ever-evolving world of technology and its profound impact on businesses and society. He also takes us on a journey through the waves of technological advancements he has witnessed throughout his career, from crowdsourcing to digital transformation. We explore the advantages these waves have brought, including labor arbitrage, price advantage, and time-to-market advantage, allowing companies to stay competitive in the ever-changing market landscape and we discover how technology has become an integral part of our daily lives, driven by the internet and the proliferation of mobile devices.
The conversation then turns to the integration of artificial intelligence (AI) into businesses and organizations. Pankit highlights the prerequisites for AI success: data, compute capacity, and connectivity. They explore how these prerequisites have made AI more accessible, paving the way for its positive impact on various aspects of life.
With a focus on security, Pankit shares his expertise in applying AI to tackle the challenges of a rapidly evolving threat landscape. He emphasizes the limitations of siloed security solutions and reveals how AI can provide real-time threat identification and response without additional manpower. He then recounts his own journey of founding Secure Tech eight years ago, where he leveraged AI to address the critical cybersecurity problem.
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Founder Bio:
Pankit Desai is an Indian entrepreneur and the co-founder and CEO of Sequretek, a cybersecurity, cloud security products, and services company. He co-founded Sequretek in 2013, along with Anand Naik, and has been instrumental in growing the company into a leading provider of cybersecurity and cloud security solutions. Before starting Sequretek, Pankit held various technology leadership and management roles in the IT industry across companies such as across companies such as NTT Data, Intelligroup, and Wipro Technologies. He holds a degree in computer engineering and has a strong background in technology and entrepreneurship. At Sequretek, he is proud of the growth that this team has been able to achieve within a short duration. With product offerings that have found resonance with over 120 customers across industry segments, it has been able to grow at phenomenal growth rates and has ambitions to create India’s first truly global security product and solutions company. Under Pankit's leadership, Sequretek has won several awards and recognition for its innovative solutions and commitment to the cybersecurity industry.
Time Stamps:
01:56 Pankit’s background on AI and the impact of technology on everyday life
06:07 Impact of AI on businesses and organizations
09:35 Exploring the power of AI in cybersecurity
12:39 Possibility of AI-driven security solutions for data consumption and threat response
14:23 Zero-day threats and data acquisition strategies
19:27 AI product differentiation and competitive advantage
21:32 Benefits of AI for security challenges
25:30 Building trust and acquiring customers in the cybersecurity space
27:59 Closing deals and raising capital
30:05 Leveraging AI and security to run a capital efficient business
32:46 Using offshore talent for capital efficiency in the product build lifecycle
34:44 Leveraging talent in India for product engineering success
37:18 Strategies for building a secure and successful business in 2023
39:16 Impact of large language models on the threat environment
41:01 How to get in contact with the Sequretek team
Resources:
Company website: https://sequretek.com/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/sequretek.sqtk/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sequretek/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/sequretek
Twitter: https://twitter.com/sequretek_sqtk
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Jun 8, 2023
The Future of Compliance and Security with AI | Rachael Greaves, Castlepoint
In this episode, we dive into the fascinating world of compliance and security with special guest Rachael Greaves, co-founder of Castlepoint, a tech company revolutionizing the industry. Rachael shares her journey, starting from her early days at Hitachi Data Systems, where she discovered her passion for storage systems and eventually found her way into the field of audit. Rachael's frustration with the constant shortcomings in compliance and security practices led her to invent a groundbreaking approach utilizing artificial intelligence. Together with co-founder Gavin McKay, she transformed their consulting company into a product company driven by AI technology. They recognized the critical need for advanced technology solutions in meeting compliance obligations, both in government and private entities.
Rachael also discusses her experience with a large military project audit, which inspired her to create Castlepoint. Feeling unsatisfied with the outcome, she embarked on a mission to help organizations succeed by offering a comprehensive approach to security and audit services. Castlepoint provides a unique lens, combining policy expertise with technical proficiency to protect assets and ensure compliance with security regulations. Audits, reviews, and risk assessments are just a few of the services they offer to help companies stay secure and compliant.
Furthermore, Rachael sheds light on the challenges organizations face in managing data and systems effectively. With the ever-growing volume and speed of data generation, and the multitude of systems in use, finding a solution that balances secure data management without compromising user, system, and network performance is a daunting task. Rachael emphasizes the need for innovative solutions that alleviate the burden on under-resourced governance teams.
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Founder Bio:
Rachael Greaves is a records and information management thought leader and designed the Castlepoint command and control product. Rachael has consulted on large-scale records, security, and audit projects in government and regulated industries with complex integrated environments, and developed Castlepoint in response to the tension seen in organizations between compliance, usability, sustainability, and cost. Rachael is a Certified Information Professional (CIP), Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA), Certified Information Security Manager (CISM), and Certified Data Privacy Systems Engineer (CDPSE), and is certified in project, change, and records management. With a cultural anthropology and linguistics background, Rachael brings ethical, global, and sustainable practices to the sector. Her innovative technology concept has transformed the compliance and risk management outcomes of multiple organizations, by automating the application of complex and multi-layered regulatory obligations to their data holdings. Rachael’s mission is to improve outcomes for citizens and stakeholders by helping governments and organizations to provide better, more accountable services.
Time Stamps:
02:14 Rachael’s background and journey on AI
05:16 Audit compliance and AI solutions for the government and corporate entities
09:50 Castlepoint product company: exploring solutions to data management
13:56 AI-powered records management
20:27 Difference between automation and supervised machine learning
23:41 Exploring AI solutions for records retention schedules
27:53 Benefits of rules as code modeling for regulatory compliance
29:15 Analysis of Castlepoint AI for state government entity inquiry
32:41 AI-powered abuse detection
34:17 Benefits of using Castlepoint for compliance and data destruction
38:10 Benefits of Castlepoint for data management and AI model compliance
40:10 Risks associated with AI: robo debt, phishing emails, and business email compromise
44:32 How to get in contact with the Castlepoint team
Resources:
Company website: https://www.castlepoint.systems/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/castlepointSys2
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/castlepointsystems
Twitter: https://twitter.com/castlepointSys2
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Jun 1, 2023
Unleashing the Potential of Structural Biology with AI | Raphael Townshend, Atomic AI
In this episode, we delve into the fascinating world of AI-driven drug discovery and its potential to revolutionize the field of structural biology. Our guest, Raphael Townshend, the founder of Atomic AI, shares his journey from engineering to AI and his profound interest in the structural biology space. Raphael discusses his background in engineering and how his focus on AI, particularly computer vision, led him to pursue a Ph.D. in AI with a keen interest in structural biology. He explains how he discovered the relatively unexplored area of structural biology and recognized its potential for AI algorithms to make a significant impact.
The conversation takes a deeper dive into the potential impacts of AI on drug discovery, with a particular focus on its application in finding cures for diseases with no known remedy, including Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, various cancers, and infectious diseases. Raphael explains how AI has already demonstrated remarkable success in folding molecules, an achievement that once required extensive time and resources. By leveraging AI algorithms, researchers can now significantly reduce the time and cost involved in the drug discovery process.
Discover how AI algorithms are reshaping the landscape of drug discovery and paving the way for more efficient and cost-effective treatments. Tune in to this episode to explore the future possibilities of AI in structural biology and its potential to transform healthcare and improve countless lives.
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Founder Bio:
Raphael Townshend is the Founder and Chief Executive Officer at Atomic AI, a biotechnology company using artificial intelligence to enable the next generation of RNA drug discovery. Prior to founding Atomic AI, Raphael studied for his Ph.D. at Stanford University, where he wrote his thesis on Geometric Learning of Biomolecular Structure and taught in Stanford’s machine learning and computational biology programs. He has been recognized in Forbes 30 Under 30, and his work has been featured on the cover of Science, recognized by the Best Paper award at NeurIPS, and published in other top venues such as Nature, Cell, and ICLR. During his Ph.D. program, Raphael also held positions at DeepMind and Google on their artificial intelligence and software engineering teams and founded the inaugural workshop on machine learning and structural biology.
Time Stamps:
02:53 Raphael’s background and professional journey in AI
05:36 What are structural biology and the rational design of molecules
08:02 Impact of AI on drug discovery and medical research
09:18 Molecule design for undruggable diseases with AI-guided drug discovery
13:39 Designing RNA molecules for disease treatment using ai algorithms
15:30 Collecting data for AI model training
17:44 Exploring data generation for AI-powered RNA analysis
18:56 Complementing biological and AI scientists for AI model training
20:44 Predicting 3-dimensional protein shapes using machine learning
22:58 Exploring the Pharmaceutical and biotech industry
25:53 Structuring deals for startups in the biotech industry
27:55 Building a biotech company: found raising journey
30:49 Techbio investing and business modeling
34:06 Benefits of partnering models in Biotech and AI product usability
37:53 Progress in RNA drug discovery and AI-powered research
39:04 How to get in contact with the Atomic AI team
Resources:
Company website: https://atomic.ai/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/AtomicAICo
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/atomic-ai-rna/
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Jun 1, 2023
Transforming Oil & Gas Industries with Technology | Mark Smith, CleanConnect.AI
In this episode, we speak with technology expert Mark Smith, who shares his experience with podcasting and how he became an entrepreneur. Mark discusses his background, previous success with Windows NT Magazine, and his podcast, Digital Roughnecks. He also talks about how Zoom has become the leading platform for video conversations and recounts the pivotal moment when media business owners sought his expertise to create in-house digital marketing agencies, recognizing the need for essential tools in the digital landscape.
Mark reveals the genesis of his company, CleanConnect.AI, and its focus on leveraging computer vision and AI in the oil and gas industry. With a commitment to addressing industry needs, Mark's company secured a loan, formed strategic partnerships, and built a team of experts. The impact of their solutions is exemplified by successful projects, such as building sites without night operators and creating an autonomous gate guard model, enabling cost savings and operational efficiency. He also recounts transformative scenarios where CleanConnect.AI provided groundbreaking solutions, such as enabling significant cost savings and developing an autonomous gate guard model during the pandemic.
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Founder Bio:
Mark Smith is the President and co-founder of CleanConnect.AI. He hosts Digital Roughnecks, a weekly video podcast focusing on the digitization of energy using AI, cleantech, and crypto. Mark Smith has 25 years of experience in technology-focused digital marketing, publishing, and software development. He previously launched Windows NT Magazine, which was viewed by 1.5M IT professionals in 160 countries. His software suite is the only government-approved AI solution that can replace human leak-detection-and-repair operators for oil & gas companies.
Time Stamps:
01:59 Mark's background is from IT guy to entrepreneur and podcast host
05:30 How Mark founded his AI company in the oil and gas industry
08:47 Solving big problems with custom development solutions
10:32 Automating leak detection and repair with computer vision
15:31 Benefits of purchasing a computer vision solution for energy companies
19:16 Exploring platforms for R&D investment and scalability
20:31 Data journey for AI training in tank-level monitoring
24:00 Hiring specialty people for machine learning and computer vision projects
27:19 Integrating technology and oil & gas industry expertise
31:07 Benefits of open AI for business development
34:15 Leveraging channel partners and webinars for autonomous solutions
36:00 Partnering and raising funding for product development
39:34 Exploring investment opportunities in ai and oil & gas industries
43:03 Future of energy trading and certification
44:19 How to get in contact with the CleanConnect.AI team
Resources:
Company website: https://www.cleanconnect.ai/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/cleanconnectai/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/clean-connect
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May 25, 2023
Transforming the Fish Farming Industry with AI | Bryton Shang, Aquabyte
In this episode of the podcast, we talk to Bryton Shang, an engineer, and technologist with a background in operations and financial engineering from Princeton. Bryton has been a co-founder and CTO of multiple tech startups, with his latest venture, Aquabyte, utilizing artificial intelligence to detect sick animals in fish farms. Bryton discusses the challenges facing the fish farming industry and how technology can be used to overcome them. He talks about the use of cameras and computer vision AI models to help fish farmers monitor the growth and welfare of their fish, and how this data-driven approach can lead to increased sustainable food production.
We also learn about the benefits of using Aquabyte's technology system for fish farmers. This system allows farmers to measure the growth of their fish over time, make decisions on their food and treatments, and harvest them earlier for a higher price. Bryton explains how the system was approved by the FDA in Norway, eliminating the need for manual counting and handling of the fish, increasing the quality of the fish that is consumed, and making business processes more effective.
Finally, Bryton touches on the global nature of the fish farming industry, highlighting its presence at a fish expo in Brussels, where every type of fish imaginable was present. Join us as we explore the exciting world of technology in fish farming and its potential to revolutionize the industry.
If your company is looking to scale its AI initiatives, head over to Tesoro AI (www.tesoroai.com). We are experts in AI strategy, staff augmentation, and AI product development.
Founder Bio:
Bryton Shang is the founder and CEO of Aquabyte, which uses computer vision, machine learning, and AI to help aquaculture farms feed the world as cleanly and efficiently as possible by giving the industry unprecedented insight into the health, growth, and sustainability of their fish. Bryton grew Aquabyte from an idea with a prototype in his bathtub to an intelligent camera and data platform that helps the world's top fish farms understand what's happening in their pens -- uniquely identifying individual fish to track their health, growth, and environment -- without removing the fish from the water. Its technology solutions include biomass estimation, sea lice counting and non-antibiotic treatment optimization, feed optimization, welfare indicators, and more. All of this helps aquaculture farms minimize waste and maximize profit while also protecting the fish, waters, and communities that depend on them. The company now operates offices in Norway, the U.S., and Chile, and was the first technology company to be recognized for its accuracy by the Norwegian Food Safety Authority. Prior to Aquabyte, Bryton led several venture-backed startups, including as CTO of HistoWiz. At this biotechnology firm, he developed a deep learning algorithm to diagnose cancer, as well as iQ License, a brand licensing platform that he co-founded. Bryton graduated at the top of his engineering class at Princeton University and was recognized by Forbes magazine as a 30 Under 30 leader in Manufacturing & Industry. When he's not at a fish farm, you can find him in San Francisco.
Time Stamps:
02:06 Bryton’s background and professional journey
05:09 Exploring the use of AI in fish farming
09:28 Benefits of fish farming and the use of technology for healthier fish
13:29 Aquabyte’s AI-native solution for fish farming +
16:43 Challenges of collecting training data for AI solutions in fish farming
20:16 Implementing AI solutions for farm growth measurement
22:42 Building a multidisciplinary team to solve computer vision problems in the marine biology industry
25:22 Recruiting for data labeling, AI, and computer vision experts
29:56 Recruiting strategies for a mission-driven startup
33:08 Challenges of growing a startup
37:18 Challenges of growing a business
40:51 How to get in contact with the Aquabyte team
Resources:
Company website: https://aquabyte.ai/
Facebook: https://web.facebook.com/aquabyteai
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/aquabyte/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/aquabyteai
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May 18, 2023
Impact of Generative AI on Critical Needs and Tech Companies | Igor Jablokov, Pryon
In this episode of the podcast, we sit down with Igor Jablokov, an artificial intelligence expert who has had a long and varied career in the industry. We discuss the emerging technology of multimodal interfaces, which allow users to choose from different modes of input and output, and how consumer tech companies have been able to package this technology and make it accessible to the mass market. We delve into the world of entrepreneurship and the stereotypes associated with the industry. Igor talks about his experiences founding and running his own companies, including his latest venture, Pryon. He also shares his thoughts on the importance of education and foresight when looking at the industry.
Throughout the episode, Igor shares his unique perspective on the intersection of art and science, drawing on his childhood in Greece and his teenage years in Philadelphia and Montreal. We discuss his role in creating voice-activated experiences, and how he was inspired to launch his latest venture, Alexa.
We also touch on the importance of accuracy and security in the development of AI technology, particularly in environments like hospitals, where lives may be on the line. Finally, we explore the impact of social media on the spread of information, and the importance of accuracy in the age of Twitter.
If your company is looking to scale its AI initiatives, head over to Tesoro AI (www.tesoroai.com). We are experts in AI strategy, staff augmentation, and AI product development.
Founder Bio:
Igor is the CEO and Founder of Pryon. Named an “Industry Luminary” by Speech Technology Magazine, he previously founded industry pioneer Yap, the world’s first high-accuracy, fully-automated cloud platform for voice recognition. After its products were deployed by dozens of enterprises, the company became Amazon’s first AI-related acquisition. The firm’s inventions then became the nucleus for follow-on products such as Alexa, Echo, and Fire TV. As a Program Director at IBM, Igor led the team that designed the precursor to Watson and developed the world’s first multimodal Web browser. As an innovator in human language technologies, he believes in fostering career and educational opportunities for others entering STEM fields. As such, he serves as a mentor in the TechStars’ Alexa Accelerator, was a Blackstone NC Entrepreneur-In-Residence (EIR), and founded a chapter of the Global Shapers, a program of the World Economic Forum.
Time Stamps:
02:18 Igor's professional journey and background
04:51 Benefits of multimodal technology for end users
07:42 Intersection of art and science in voice technology
12:41 What is Pryon, what does it do?
18:38 AI-powered document analysis for enterprises
20:22 Benefits of separating duties and leveraging expertise in product development
25:23 Benefits of AI technology for enterprise and cognitive technologies for businesses
31:12 Leveraging AI technologies to achieve growth
33:23 Evolution of AI technologies and their impact on business
35:29 Discussion on generative technologies and responsibilities
38:51 Exploring the impact of generative AI on critical needs and consumer tech companies
41:37 Risks of not advancing ai technology
44:56 Generative technologies and their impact on privacy and commerce
47:27 How to get in contact with the Pryon team
Resources:
Company website: https://pryon.com/
Instagram: https://www.facebook.com/pryoninc
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/pryon/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/pryon
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May 11, 2023
Investment Strategies: Unveiling the Power of AI-driven Corrective Methods for Informed Decision Making | Ernest Chan, PredictNow.AI
In this episode, we delve into the captivating career path of Ernest Chan, the Founder, and CEO of PredictNow.AI. Despite starting with a degree in physics, Chan has made a name for himself in the world of finance and machine learning. With experience from working at IBM Research in natural language processing, machine learning, and speech recognition, to developing groundbreaking methods to compare identities without an exact match while working in an internal consulting unit at Morgan Stanley, Chan has a wealth of knowledge to share.
We also explore Chan's foray into the hedge fund industry, following in the footsteps of some of his former colleagues who had become billionaires at Renaissance Technologies. After working at Credit Suisse and starting his own startup during the dot-com bubble, Chan eventually found success in the hedge fund industry once again before catching the entrepreneurial bug once more in 2005.
PredictNow.AI believes that the potential of machine learning lies…
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Apr 27, 2023
AI-Powered Customer Support Automation | Deon Nicholas, Forethought
In this episode, we dive into the world of AI-powered customer support with Deon Nicholas, CEO and Co-founder of Forethought. Deon shares his journey into the field of AI and how his passion for technology led him to start his own company. He explains how Forethought's natural language processing technology is transforming the customer conversation experience by providing customers with quick and accurate answers to their questions. Deon discusses the history of natural language understanding and processing, and how it has evolved over the years. He explains how chatbots have been used for customer service but were often clunky and unsatisfactory for customers. He then shares how Forethought's approach to chatbots is different and how their innovation is providing a better experience for customers.
The conversation delves into the differences between decision tree makers and AI-powered chatbots, with Deon highlighting the limitations of manual and keyword-based systems. He explains ho…
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Apr 20, 2023
AI Automation In Fraud Detection & Retail Merchandise Planning | Gary Saarenvirta, Daisy Intelligence
In this episode of the Darius Gantt Show, we sit with Gary Saarenvirta, the founder and CEO of Daisy Intelligence, to discuss his journey in the world of autonomous AI and the challenges and successes of building a company that revolutionizes decision making. Gary is a preeminent expert on autonomous AI, and his company has pioneered explainable decisions as a service for merchandise planning and risk management. This technology is transforming the way retailers and insurers make data-driven decisions. Gary's background in numerical methods and machine learning led him to be one of the first worldwide users of IBM's machine learning product, and he eventually left IBM to found Daisy Intelligence.
Gary discusses how his company's technology is similar to how Neil Armstrong gave the computer instructions to land the lunar module, with the human setting the objective and the computer taking care of the details. He also covers the importance of control theory and system thinking when it c…
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Apr 13, 2023
AI-Powered Customer Service: Revolutionizing the Calling Experience | Alex Sambvani, Slang.AI
Calling a business should not be a frustrating experience where you're forced to endure terrible hold music and struggle to reach a human representative. In this episode, we sit down with Alex Sambvani, CEO and Co-Founder of Slang.AI, to discuss how AI is transforming customer service. Slang.AI utilizes voice AI technology to create personalized, interactive conversations with customers, revolutionizing phone-based customer service. With a background in mechanical engineering and business, Alex has always been interested in technology and entrepreneurship. After working in finance for several years, he returned to tech and eventually landed at Spotify as a data scientist. It was there that he began working on voice technology and was inspired to start Slang AI with his co-founder, Gabe.
Throughout the podcast, Alex discusses the potential of AI in customer service and the challenges businesses face in implementing it. They also explore the frustrating experience of calling businesses…
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Mar 30, 2023
Building and Managing High-Quality Datasets for Machine Learning | Jason Liang, SuperAnnotate
One of the stand-out characteristics of Artificial Intelligence (AI) is its ability to learn, for better or for worse. It’s this ongoing effort that distinguishes AI from static, code-dependent software. It’s also precisely this ability that makes high-quality annotated data a crucial element in training representative, successful, and bias-free AI models.
In this episode, we sit down with Jason Liang, VP of Business Development and Co-founder of SuperAnnotate. This AI lifecycle platform provides annotation services and training data for machine learning models. With over a decade of experience in finance, corporate, and tech startups, Jason brings a unique perspective to the conversation. We start by exploring Jason's background, including his experience at Lehman Brothers and his time in the tech world at SAP's mobile division. From there, we dive into the SuperAnnotate platform and how it helps companies build high-quality datasets for machine learning. Jason explains how Super…
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Mar 23, 2023
The Future of Website Content Creation | Andrew Palmer, Bertha AI
Today we sit with Andrew Palmer, founder of Bertha AI, to discuss the revolutionary tool that uses ChatGPT and OpenAI to create compelling marketing copy and images in a fraction of the time it would take to do it manually. In this conversation, Andrew talks about his entrepreneurial journey prior to Bertha AI, which includes developing a web hosting management solution for agencies, advocating for product makers, and providing plugin development support. Andrew then shares his experience with Bertha, a plugin and Chrome extension that generates text and copywriting for a variety of online platforms.
Bertha was designed to help solve the pain point of content generation and gathering, which is often difficult to get from clients. Bertha was built as a writing assistant for website developers and provides prompts related to website development, such as unique services, unique sales propositions, product descriptions, and other text. But it also can be used in WordPress, Shopify, and ot…
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Mar 16, 2023
Using AI to Produce Healthier and More Sustainable Food Options | Jason Bull, Benson Hill
Historically, breeding has been a blend of science and chance – a lengthy, expensive process where outcomes often come with tradeoffs. As one plant characteristic such as yield is optimized, another such as protein content is compromised. CropOS changes this by enabling greater control and precision, this means reduced costs and greater accessibility.
In this episode of the podcast, we sit down with Jason Bull, the Chief Technology Officer of Benson Hill, to discuss the company's focus on producing healthier and more sustainable food options with the help of its Crop OS platform. With over 20 years of experience at Monsanto, Jason is now bringing his expertise to Benson Hill, where he leads the company's R&D, data science, predictive breeding, genomics, product discovery, big data engineering, and software development. Jason shares his experience in transitioning from traditional breeding to molecular assisted breeding and then to predictive breeding. He talks about how he put in pl…
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Mar 9, 2023
Building a Smarter Workflow: The Rise of AI-Enabled Task Automation | Pascal Weinberger, Bardeen AI
Today we sit down with Pascal, the founder, and CEO of Bardeen AI, a leading workflow automation company. Pascal shares his journey in the AI and machine learning field, and how his experience of spending too much time on repetitive tasks led to the creation of Bardeen, a platform designed to automate micro functions for users. They discuss how Bardeen integrates AI into its platform to understand user needs and recommend the right automation for the right user in the right context. He shares everyday use cases for Bardeen, such as market research, outreach, and recruiting, and how it is integrated with popular tools like Notion, AirTable, and Google Sheets.
Bardeen automates manual work so that people can focus on what they love. It also allows you to trigger and participate in automation right from where you are. This idea of contextual, proactive automation unlocks the potential of automating tasks that previously only large companies with big budgets could and now takes just a few…
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Feb 27, 2023
An AI-Driven Approach to Managing an Explosion of Data Alongside Data Privacy Concerns | Abhi Sharma, Relyance AI
As software development accelerates, it's becoming increasingly challenging for legal, security, and IT teams to track personal data flows. Manual workflows like forms and meetings can leave them in the dark, putting user and customer trust at risk. That's where Relyance AI comes in. Their machine learning technology builds a dynamic, real-time data inventory and map to monitor how personal data moves through code, applications, infrastructure, and third-party vendors.
On this episode, we're joined by Abhi Sharma, Co-Founder & Co-CEO of Relyance AI, a company that leverages machine learning to track personal data flows in real-time. Abhi is a tech entrepreneur and machine learning expert with a passion for driving change and innovation in the industry. He shares his background and experience building and marketing products involving compilers, large-scale data processing, machine learning, and observability tools. Abhi also explains how he applied metamodeling and machine learning…
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Feb 23, 2023
Voice Moderation: Fighting Toxic Online Behavior with AI | Mike Pappas, Modulate.
Many game studios and developers are aware of the toxicity and harassment happening in their games and have put what’s known as “reactive moderation” measures in place as a response. Built on advanced machine learning technology and designed with player safety and privacy in mind, ToxMod triages voice chat to flag bad behavior, analyzes the nuances of each conversation to determine toxicity, and enables moderators to respond quickly to each incident by supplying relevant and accurate context.
In this episode, we sit with Mike Pappas, CEO/Co-founder of Modulate. Mike shares his journey from studying physics and applied mathematics in college to working in the hedge fund industry, before eventually co-founding Modulate.
He discusses the importance of math in the development of artificial intelligence and the unique experience he had during his interview with Bridgewater Associates, emphasizing the significance of openness and transparency in the hiring process. Throughout the con…
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Feb 16, 2023
Leveraging AI to Bring Personalization to the Grocery Shopping Experience | Henry Michaelson, Halla AI
With the advent of online shopping, the supermarket industry is undergoing a major transformation. As more consumers shift to online grocery shopping, experts predict that it will make up 20% of all grocery shopping by 2026. In response, grocery stores are seeking innovative technologies to enhance the in-store experience and stay ahead of the competition.
Today, we speak with Henry Michelson, Co-Founder and CTO of Halla IO. Halla is using AI to revolutionize personalization in grocery shopping. Its unique technology predicts shopper intent and recommends items they may want to purchase, offering true one-to-one personalization.
Listen to this episode to learn more about the journey from idea to finished product, strategies for increasing profitability in online grocery shopping, and the benefits of enhanced shopping experiences. Henry also shares insights on building an AI product, hiring for data science teams, and starting a successful startup.
If your company is looking to scale…
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Feb 9, 2023
Enabling Industrial Engineers to Optimize Operations via an Industrial AI Platform AI for Industrial | Humera Malik, Canvass AI
The use cases for AI are ever expanding, especially in sectors that typically wouldn’t have been known for using AI. For example, Canvass AI offers an Industrial AI platform that fast tracks operational efficiency, profitability, and sustainability goals for large scale oil and gas, chemical and manufacturing operations.
In this episode, I sit with Humera Malik the founder and CEO of Canvass AI to discuss the growth of AI in the industrial sector, how the application of big data analytics is critical for businesses and her company’s fundraising success.
Canvass is leveraging artificial intelligence to serve large scale oil and gas, chemical in manufacturing, operations. Their product is enabling complex troubleshooting, operational disruptions, early event detection and predictive maintenance.
Founder Bio:
Humera Malik is CEO of Canvass AI, a software provider that empowers industrial companies with AI to make faster data-driven operational decisions. Internationally, Ms. Malik…
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Feb 1, 2023
Enterprise AI Infrastructure: Effectively Deploying AI Models Across Varied Environments | Adam Gibson, Konduit
Today, I sat with Adam Gibson, the founder of Konduit, who is building the tooling for AI development and model deployment. Konduit is on a mission to help run AI models where developers want them to run - whether that be in the cloud on premise, the edge, or mobile. Adam explains the new projects they are working on and the importance of the acceleration of AI adoption.
Founder Bio:
Adam Gibson is the creator of Deeplearning4j and Konduit serving. He has been focused on building open source AI infrastructure complimenting production deployments since 2013. Adam is a multi book author publishing for O’Reilly Media and Impress Japan. He is based in Japan and focuses on helping companies to strengthen their production deployments.
If your company is looking to scale its AI initiatives, head over to Tesoro AI (www.tesoroai.com). We are experts in AI strategy, staff augmentation, and AI product development.
Timestamps:
2:03 - How Adam got started
6:46 - In what ways are people depl…
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Dec 22, 2022
Transitioning to Autonomous Mining with The Help of AI | Bibhrajit Halder, Safe AI
In this episode we sit with Bibhrajit Halder, Founder and CEO of SafeAI. SafeAI is leveraging artificial intelligence to enable the transition to autonomous mining in construction. They're retrofitting heavy vehicles in site operations with autonomous technology to enable a safer and more productive worksite.
Bibhrajit is a seasoned operator and technologist in the AI space. He has led and supported AI initiatives at some of the world's largest companies, including Apple, Ford, and Caterpillar with a focus on autonomous solutions. He shares with us his deep understanding of AI technology, team building, and fundraising.
If your company is looking to scale its AI initiatives, head over to Tesoro AI (www.tesoroai.com). We are experts in AI strategy, staff augmentation, and AI product development.
1:50 - Bibhrajit’s early career in autonomous vehicle technology
3:11 - Aspects of the mining industry that made it prime for autonomous vehicle technology
5:02 - History of AI technology…
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Dec 14, 2022
Conversational AI Purpose Built for Marketing Automation | Anu Shukla, Botco.ai
In this episode we sit with Anu Shukla, Co-founder and Executive Chairman of Botco.ai. Botco.ai is a conversational marketing platform, enabling meaningful and intelligent conversations between businesses and their customers. Leveraging conversational AI, its platform, optimizes marketing performance by enabling businesses to create personalized experiences.
Anu is a serial entrepreneur with 20 years of high-tech industry experience with multiple exits under her belt. She also founded Rubric, a software company that pioneered the enterprise marketing automation systems innovation that empowered teams to collaborate, plan, execute, manage, and measure marketing campaigns.
She shares with us her approach to building solutions around specific problems, how to utilize customer relationships and public information to build foundational data sets for AI companies, and experience building multiple types of software and AI0-based companies.
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Dec 7, 2022
Unlocking the Power of AI by Organizing Unstructured, Spatial Data | Kirk Marple, Unstruk Data
In this episode we sit with Kirk Marple, Founder and CEO of Unstruk Data. Unstruk Data is enabling its customers to utilize information stored in video image, 3D and industrial files with its knowledge hub, which is designed specifically for spatial and unstructured data. Its technology unlocks the information stored in these data files so that you can easily search, visualize, analyze, and integrate them into existing data workflows.
Kirk is a serial entrepreneur, operator, and technologist. He started his career in media management and entertainment at Microsoft and his own media transcription company, which was acquired by ESPN. He shares with us entrepreneurial, approach to collaborating with customers on product development, and his approach to fundraising.
If your company is looking to scale its AI initiatives, head over to Tesoro AI (www.tesoroai.com). We are experts in AI strategy, staff augmentation, and AI product development.
1:47 - Kirk’s background and the experiences…
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Jul 6, 2022
Automating Ultrasound Imaging Analysis | Hila Goldman, DiA Imaging Analysis
In this episode, we sit with Hila Goldman Aslan, Co-Founder and CEO of DIA analysis. DIA analysis leverages artificial intelligence to analyze ultrasound images. Historically, this been a complex, manual process requiring trained professionals. With the help of AI/automation, Hila and her team are enabling fast and accurate analysis with users of various levels of experience.
Hila is a former lawyer who has spent several years advising startups. She's quickly becoming a leader in AI health tech and is leveraging her business acumen to help DiA Analysis grow its base of commercial partnerships.
If your company is looking to scale it’s AI initiatives, head over to Tesoro AI (www.tesoroai.com) – experts in AI strategy, staff augmentation, and AI product development.
Timestamps:
2:04 Hila’s background as a lawyer and her transition to DiA Analysis and data science
5:31 What is DiA Analysis?
6:11 Discovering a use case for automation and AI in ultrasounds
11:32 Simplifying ultr…
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May 25, 2022
Optimizing Ad -Driven Growth with Artificial Intelligence | ZeZe Peters, Beam City
In this episode we sit with ZeZe Peters, Founder of Beam City, a unified advertising automation platform that uses AI to help businesses. Beam City plans and optimizes ads across all top ad channels.
ZeZe and I discuss several topics related to building and launching an AI product, building effective teams, how the pandemic shifted the conversation around adtech, and much much more
If your company is looking to scale it’s AI initiatives, head over to Tesoro AI (www.tesoroai.com) – experts in AI strategy, staff augmentation, and AI product development.
Timestamps:
1:57 Background is in aerospace engineering at Cornell University
2:48 Before launching Beam City | A product engineering expert for Fortune 1000
4:58 Discovering pain points and the value of automation in advertising
6:26 How the Beam City platform works
7:45 How Beam City is applying AI ad automation
9:40 The impact of Covid on the AdTech market and how Beam City is positioned
14:02 Go-to-market strategy | Fin…
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Apr 25, 2022
The Xs and Os of building and enduring, high ROI AI product | Babak Hodjat, Cognizant
This episode is action packed with advice on standing up a commercially viable AI product. Our guest, Babak Hodjat (CTO of AI, Cognizant), is an incredibly successful AI founder with multiple successful exits. Lucky for us, he also touches on some of his failures and challenges faced when building AI. This is a must listen for anyone building AI products or teams internally.
If you are inspired by this episode, be sure to go check out Babak’s new book “The Konar and the Apple”.
If your company is looking to scale it’s AI initiatives, head over to Tesoro AI (www.tesoroai.com) – experts in AI strategy, staff augmentation, and AI product development.
Timestamps:
2:00 Babak’s experiences as a serial AI entrepreneur | Inspiring the natural language tech behind Siri
6:49 How Babak’s startup caught the interest of Marc Benioff and Sybase
8:52 A hedge fund innovator | Why AI has played a large role in stock market/trading related use cases
14:32 Babak’s role as CTO of AI…
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Apr 13, 2022
Maximizing Production Quality and Cost Efficiencies in Manufacturing | Greta Cutulenco, Acerta
Manufacturing is an industry that has taken early interest in the promise that artificial intelligence will deliver massive productivity gains. Sectors such as autonomous vehicles are generating massive amounts of data that can be used to improve production and vehicle safety, reduce part recalls, and optimize costs using AI.
In this episode, we sit with Greta Cutulenco (Founder and CEO of Acerta Analytics). Greta has been recognized as a member of Forbes 30 Under 30 in manufacturing. Launching her startup in Waterloo, Canada, Greta and her team of 40 are enabling hyper focused on improving manufacturing quality using artificial intelligence.
If your company is looking to scale it’s AI initiatives, head over to Tesoro AI (www.tesoroai.com) – experts in AI strategy, staff augmentation, and AI product development.
Timestamps:
1:30 Early experience with autonomous vehicles + leveraging AI to improve manufacturing quality
4:00 Benefits of launching a startup in collaboration with…
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Mar 30, 2022
Leveraging AI to Optimize Executive Decision Making through Advance Search | Leigh Fatzinger, Turbine Labs
Google is the king of search. But, is it the right search platform to use across all use cases? Today’s guest, Leigh Fatzinger (Founder, Turbine Labs) explains why and how executive decision making requires a more contextually relevant solution.
SEO and ad spend can reduce the relevancy of information served up to executives while they are trying to make critical business decisions. Turbine Labs has built a platform that removes those elements of search and remains hyper focused on providing the necessary information to help make business decisions quickly.
If your company is looking to scale it’s AI initiatives, head over to Tesoro AI (www.tesoroai.com) – experts in AI strategy, staff augmentation, and AI product development.
TimeStamps:
1:38 Leigh’s background and lead up to building Turbine Labs
3:08 Scaling Business Intelligence – Discovering AI as a tool to automate business processes
8:22 Example – Executive decision making | A once manual process automated by A…
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Mar 16, 2022
From 0 to Unicorn in 5 Years. Building an AI-Driven Transcriptions and Captioning Platform | Tom Livne, Verbit
Recently valued at $2 billion, Verbit is the latest AI-platform to reach unicorn status. The startup has grown to $100mm in annual recurring revenue in only five years through its AI-driven transcription and captioning platform.
In this episode we sit with Tom Livne, Founder and CEO, to discuss several topics including how he leveraged the gig economy to build a more powerful AI product, growth through acquisition, how a vertical focus can drive better predictions, and much more.
If your company is looking to scale it’s AI initiatives, head over to Tesoro AI (www.tesoroai.com) – experts in AI strategy, staff augmentation, and AI product development.
Timestamps:
1:36 Verbit receives $2B valuation on 6x year over year growth
2:30 Tom’s journey from military special forces to law to tech entrepreneur
5:25 The Genesis of Verbit: discovering the challenges behind transcription editing
9:20 Use cases for Verbit’s transcription automation services
13:15 Recruiting a technical…
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Feb 9, 2022
Improving Food Product Quality and Supply Chain Costs with AI | Riana Lynn, Journey Foods
Each bite of food we eat was prepared using a recipe with several ingredients with varying quantities depending on the food. Apply that across a global food industry and you can understand the immense amount of data pouring out of this process alone.
Interestingly, the food industry still leverages dated processes for producing and delivering high quality food products. Journey Foods has arrived as a data centric solutions for reducing supply chain costs while also recommending best fit ingredients en route to delivering tasty products.
Founder Bio:
Founder and CEO Riana Lynn leads fast-growing software startup Journey Foods. The company is backed by top VCs in North America, Europe and Asia. Riana has served as a top consultant and VC to fortune 500 food and CPG companies. She's currently an angel investor and former Google Entrepreneur in Residence. She is one of just a few dozen black women that have raised more than a million dollars in venture funding.
Riana has been featured…
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Jan 20, 2022
Using 3D Image Analysis to Build Great Products | Paul Powers, Physna
Manufacturing and design firms continue to stumble upon novel use cases for artificial intelligence. Today we learn more about how 3D imaging data is reducing supply chain complexity for manufacturing parts.
Startups also have an interesting challenge in acquiring the data necessary to train machine learning models. In this episode with Paul Powers, Founder and CEO of Physna, we dive into what it takes to build an AI startup. We also discuss his early career in the legal field…in Germany.
Timestamps:
1:39 Launching a career in law in Germany
3:13 Where the idea for Physna originated
7:04 Funding Physna before raising venture capital
8:44 The evolution of Physna | Pivoting to a higher value use case in engineering productivity
16:32 How artificial intelligence is used to understand relationships in 3D images
19:45 Leveraging unique data sets to deliver customized, more accurate predictions
23:53 Acquiring the initial data a startup needs to train AI algorithms
28:25 Establis…
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Jan 12, 2022
Saving the Lives of Stroke Patients with Artificial Intelligence | David Golan, Viz.ai
There is always room for AI that improves the quality of human life. In this case, we examine an artificial intelligence solution that is actually saving lives. For stroke victims, the length of the process from scan to treatment is often the difference between life and death. Today, many hospitals deal with preventable death due to processes that delay wait times for treatment of stroke patients.
In this episode, I sit with David Golan (Co-Founder and CTO of Viz.ai), to discuss various topics including AI in healthcare, data acquisition from startups, how AI forces you to reevaluate workflows, and much more.
If your company is looking to scale it’s AI initiatives, head over to Tesoro AI (www.tesoroai.com) – experts in AI strategy, staff augmentation, and AI product development.
01:39 How a stroke mimic inspired David’s to build an AI to reduce healthcare system complexity
4:57 How strokes are caused and why patients experience delays in treatment
9:15 The genesis of Viz.ai…
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Jan 5, 2022
Creating Trust and Transparency in High-Performance AI Solutions | Will Uppington, TruEra
AI is often referred to as a “black box” as AI practitioners struggle to explain why a model generates a given prediction. As AI is being deployed into the real world, organizations are not only tasked with producing high performance models but also with avoiding AI models that are bias (and have a negative impact on society).
In this episode, I am joined by Will Uppington, Founder and CEO of TruEra. He and his cofounders have set out to enable deployments of high-performance AI solutions that are transparent and build trust.
If your company is looking to scale it’s AI initiatives, head over to Tesoro AI (www.tesoroai.com) – experts in AI strategy, staff augmentation, data labeling, and AI product development.
2:00 Before TruEra: Discovering the challenges in AI quality, model explainability and monitoring
5:00 Finding co-founders out of academia
6:00 Use case selection in the enterprise
8:00 Where and how to get the most business value out of AI?
12:03 The advantages of…
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Jun 3, 2021
Keeping law firms honest – leveraging AI to bring transparency to legal spend | Raj Goyle, Bodhala
Legal fees – the line item in your budget you hate to see, but also the critical service that keeps your business afloat. Most executives haven’t the slightest idea of what legal services should cost and how what they are charged compares to the market rates. Simply put, transparency in legal spend does not exist – until now. Bodhala is leveraging AI to demystify and recommend legal services based on talent requirements and internal budget.
In this episode, I sit with Raj Goyle, Co-Founder and CEO of Bodhala. We discuss his background as a Congressman, why legal spend is an important problem to solve, developing a data strategy as a startup, and much much more.
If your company is looking to scale it’s AI initiatives, head over to Tesoro AI (www.tesoroai.com) – experts in AI strategy, staff augmentation, and AI product development.
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May 13, 2021
Leveraging AI to Protect the Community from Active Shooter Threats | Mike Lahiff, ZeroEyes
AI is often thought of as the tech that is going to replace human workers. Less often do we see opportunities for AI to improve and protect human life. Active shooter threats have begun to become a more common media headline. This issue also plays itself out in the commercial sector as disgruntled employees create unsafe environments in the workforce. Security cameras are common and spread throughout our cities, but with AI we can now use those cameras to alert authorities to deadly threats, reducing response times exponentially.
In this episode, I sit with Mike Lahiff, CEO and Chairmain of ZeroEyes. We discuss his career as a Navy SEAL, finding the right technical talent to build AI products, navigating the data journey, launching a public safety product, and much much more.
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May 6, 2021
How to Become an AI Driven Organization + Using Prebuilt AI Tools to Get Started | OutSystems
Virtually every company is becoming a tech company, or tech-enabled at the very least. The challenge is that the global talent shortage for software developers is slowing the rate at which we can innovate. This challenge is even more pronounced when we consider cutting edge technology such as artificial intelligence. For more than 20 years, OutSystems mission has been to allow every organization to innovate through software. In the past 3 years, they have brought on key AI talent to create products that allow customers to more easily adopt AI-driven solutions.
In this podcast I sit with Antonio Alegria (Head of AI) and Mike Hughes (Senior Director of Product Marketing) to topics such as what it takes to go from zero to deploying AI solutions, where to start with data strategy, leveraging prebuilt tools, and much much more.
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Apr 29, 2021
How AI enables customer support to empathize with customers | Etie Hertz, Loris.ai
After three hours of waiting to talk to customer support, you finally reach a real human who you hope will be able to solve your problems. Unfortunately, that human doesn’t seem to care about your issues any more than the automated support system that had you waiting. Is it because the support agent doesn’t care – potentially – but it’s nothing personal. Consistently listening to customer issues is a tough job. Knowing what to say and when is a support agent’s secret weapon to maintaining high customer satisfaction. AI has arrived as a coach to enable this super power.
In this episode, I sit with Etie Hertz, who is the CEO of Loris.ai. We discuss several topics including his passion for startups, building and exiting a fintech payments company, how AI solves tough customer conversations, the importance of maintaining a strong brand, and much much more.
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Apr 22, 2021
Improving Performance of Edge Devices with Neural Network Optimization | Nick Romano, Deeplite
The cloud was a gift to AI, enabling the compute power necessary for company to leverage powerful ML algorithms. As edge technologies such as smart phones, drones, and autonomous driving begin to incorporate greater cognitive capabilities, processing speeds and decision making need to be more efficient at the device level. To solve this problem, Deeplite has emerged with a solution that optimizes neural networks.
In this episode, I sit with Nick Romano, Co-Founder and CEO of Deeplite. We discuss the challenges of deploying AI in the field, data collection advice for startups, getting an MVP off the ground, retaining senior level talent, and the greatest challenges to AI adoption.
If your company is looking to scale it’s AI initiatives, head over to Tesoro AI (www.tesoroai.com) – experts in AI strategy, staff augmentation, and AI product development.
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Apr 14, 2021
Improving Visual Inspection in Manufacturing with AI | Max Versace, Neurala
The gig economy has created jobs we never would have imagined. This offered those in “boring, low skill” jobs an opportunity to earn a living while enjoying a better quality of life. Fortunately, AI is stepping in to fill the empty seats these workers once occupied. Manufacturing is a great example of this activity. Production lines once required humans to review products for defects – a quite mundane task. Today, the power of AI and machine vision enable a software driven approach. Neurala is a startup integrating AI-based software into cameras to support vision inspection.
In this episode, I sit with Max Versace, Co-Founder and CEO of Neurala. We discuss his move from Italy to the US to work on projects supported by DARPA and NASA, shortage of demand for jobs in manufacturing, how machines can catch product issues undetectable to humans, and much much more.
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Apr 7, 2021
Providing Tools for the Masses to Build Conversational AI | Alex Weidauer, Rasa
he real goal of Conversational AI is not to make users believe they are speaking with a human. The real goal is to enable robots to solve issues faster and more effectively, using conversation. Chatbot technology was among the first AI use cases that received early hype. Many early attempts to build failed due to an inability to truly solve issues or due to poor user experience. As the hype has died down, companies are matching the demand and usefulness of Conversational AI with a more educated approach to deploying robots that can communicate. Behind this push for innovation sits Rasa, a high growth startup providing tools for companies and developers to build and deploy Conversational AI
In this episode, I sit with Alex Weidauer, Co-Founder and CEO of Rasa. We discuss topics such as the many pivots his company made to arrive at an AI solution, how Rasa enable developers to build better assistants, how people prefer to communicate with robots, the best approach to training robots on…
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Mar 31, 2021
Getting machine learning models into product faster and more cost efficiently | Diego Oppenheimer, Algorithmia
The rate at which technology is advancing is incredible. From all of the use cases we’ve explored in this podcast alone, we’ve seen some mind-boggling uses of AI. As innovators, we’re always trying to push the boundaries of what’s possible – in this case via AI – but we also need resources to support rapid innovation when we get ahead of our skis. DevOps is a field that is enabling more safe and efficient deployment of software. Similarly, MLOps is exploding on the seen to enable ML teams to get models into production faster and more securely.
In this episode, I sit with Diego Oppenheimer, Co-Founder and CEO of Algorithmia. We discuss topics such as Diego’s experience building legendary products at Microsoft, optimizing the deployment of ML models, who is actually leveraging AI at scale, leveraging a freemium strategy to build champions, the importance of customer feedback, and much much more.
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Mar 24, 2021
Enabling the Power of 5G through AI-Driven Wireless Signal Processing with Jim Shea of DeepSig
The tech world is fired up due to the emergence of 5G and the potential for game changing technology that it is enabling. From autonomous driving vehicles to AI applications running on edge devices, 5G is set to open the door to exponentially more powerful tech. The challenge is that traditional systems are not best fit to move messages/signals from point A to point B with the proper efficiency and accuracy to manifest the full power of 5G. AI has emerged has a solution to this issue, specifically addressing wireless signal processing challenges.
In this episode, I sit with Jim Shea, Co-Founder and CEO of DeepSig. We discuss his preference for starting a business from scratch vs. acquiring an existing company, leveraging AI to solve issues in wireless signals, preparing to raise funds for a startup, creating data strategy when starting from zero, the promise of 5G and its future uses, and much much more.
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Mar 17, 2021
Eliminating Employee Frustration with IT Issues Through Automation | Pat Calhoun, Espressive
How customers experience a company’s product or service is always top of mind for executives. However, wise executives know that employee experience should be equally valued. As businesses become increasingly driven by technology, the quantity of help desk tickets are growing exponentially. Quickly solving these issues results for employees has a direct impact on employee downtime and satisfaction. Automation and artificial intelligence have emerged as a key solution to reducing mean time to response (MTTR) for help desk resolution.
In this episode, I sit with Pat Calhoun, who is Founder and CEO of Espressive. We discuss how he raised money on an idea alone, how automation is revolutionizing help desk resolution, building product for greater user adoption, developing and NLP stack, data labeling, finding your first customers, and much much more.
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Mar 10, 2021
Enhancing Sales Conversions via AI-Driven Real-time Sales Guidance with Marc Bernstein of Balto
Sales coaching is big business. The challenge is that it’s generally a 1:1 activity, whether done in-house or leveraging consultants. With AI’s ability to gain a contextual understanding of conversation, combined with powerful recommendation engines, sales professionals can now be coached at scale, real-time, and with a strong dose of personalization via AI.
In this episode, I sit with Marc Bernstein, Co-Founder and CEO of Balto. We discuss Balto’s breakout success as an AI startup, why sales teams don’t follow scripts, providing in-context talking points in real-time, moving from idea to MVP as a non-technical founder, starting with bad UI/UX, and much much more.
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Mar 3, 2021
Creating Operational Efficiencies with Industrial Manufacturing Data with Nikunj Mehta of Falkonry
Whether we are talking investing or sports, pattern recognition reigns supreme as the key characteristic enabling top performing professionals to rise above the competition. For the industrial manufacturing industry, pattern recognition in IoT data (as well as video and image data) have opened an opportunity to drive operational efficiencies and greater profit margins. Artificial intelligence has emerged as thee solution to innovate in manufacturing. Falkonry is a bootstrapped startup that is attempting to revolutions manufacturing operations.
In this episode, I sit with the Founder and CEO of Falkonry, Nikunj Mehta. We discuss the genesis of Falkonry, opportunities to drive operational efficiencies in manufacturing, data acquisition, why real-time prediction is critical to proving ROI, early hiring, and much much more.
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Feb 24, 2021
How to Give Machines Eyesight… Deploying Computer Vision with Joseph Nelson of Roboflow
With ‘computer vision’ we give machines the ability to see the world around us. Computer vision is enabling the use of game changing technology such as self-driving vehicles, medical image analysis, and facial recognition. Historically, computer vision was only accessible to deeply technical AI experts. Today, innovative companies like Roboflow are reducing its complexity, enabling both technical and non-technical enthusiasts to build and deploy vision applications.
In this episode, I sit with Joseph Nelson (Co-Founder and CEO of Roboflow). We discuss his experience as a serial entrepreneur, building and selling his first AI startup, Roboflow’s major pivot/evolution, a walkthrough of the ML pipeline, leveraging content strategy to attract customers, and much much more.
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Feb 17, 2021
No More Chemicals!...AI Improves Soil Biology with Adrian Ferrero of Biome Makers
The demand for healthier food and the fear of food shortages have had farmers scrambling for answers for years. Vertical farming has emerged as a solution, but its not scalable enough to feed a growing global population. Thus, farmers have had to rely on chemicals – until now. Innovative minds at Biome Makers have come up with a better solution, utilizing AI to understand the biological makeup of the soil, how microbes are interconnected, and how farmers can leverage this knowledge to grow via biological improvements vs chemical treatments.
In this episode, I sit with Adrian Ferrero (Co-Founder and CEO of Biome Makers). We discuss his team’s transition from Spain to the US, applying AI to soil analysis, supporting farmers’ efforts to produce quality food at scale, methods of delivering insights to farmers, organizing data needed to train AI models, and much more.
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Feb 10, 2021
Preventing Data Breaches through AI-Driven Education with Tiffany Ricks of HacWare
You get an email regarding a package being delivered. It says you should log into your account. Seems legit, but you never ordered a package! Fraudsters are trying every trick in the book to fool you into sharing sensitive information. This activity is especially difficult to catch when you, specifically, are the target – which is the case with spearfishing email. For most of us, there isn’t enough time in the day to stay up to date on the latest Phishing strategies. Fortunately, AI has arrived to keep us safe and in-the-know.
In this episode, I sit with Tiffany Ricks, who founded HacWare to provide easily digestible content to educate those individuals in an organization who are vulnerable to phishing. We discuss her lifetime love for entrepreneurship, why starting as a services business is a great first step for product companies, how AI is combatting cybersecurity challenges on the job, data strategy to train AI models, and much much more.
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Feb 3, 2021
How to Automate Automation in Manufacturing using AI with Brian Mathews and Abhishek Pandi of Bright Machines
The manufacturing industry contributed to one of history’s greatest productivity revolutions. However, today the industry has been left behind by the technological revolution. Despite attempts at automation in manufacturing, the industry remains known for its tough and mundane manual labor which leads to safety risk and high employee turnover. Technologists are rethinking manufacturing with artificial intelligence as their primary tool.
In this episode, I sit with Brian Mathews (Chief Technology Officer) and Abhishek Pandi (Chief Product Officer) of Bright Machines. We discuss the process of automating automation, redesigning manufacturing with a primary focus on software, why traditional automation approaches can’t deliver ROI, the process for training on synthetic data, go-to-market strategy, and much much more.
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Jan 27, 2021
Artificial Intelligence in Public Safety with Micheal Bingham of xIris
In crime shows, you often see a sleep deprived security guard snoozing in front of his monitor at the very moment suspicious activity occurs. This may or may not be a Hollywood creation, but what is real is the challenge of vigilantly monitoring a camera feed 24/7. Interestingly, most criminal and suspicious activity occur in front of a camera, but timely recognition and reporting create the greatest barriers to response from law enforcement.
In this episode, I sit with Micheal Bingham (Founder and CEO of xIris) to discuss how his team is leveraging artificial intelligence to improve public security. We discuss his beginnings in small town Mississippi and the move to the Big Apple, launching a product built for law enforcement, collecting and training data to detect criminal activity, benefits to joining an accelerator, and much much more.
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Jan 20, 2021
Artificial Intelligence in Competitive Intelligence with Jason Smith of Klue
Have you created a burner account to research your competitors? No judgement here! Sales is a competitive space and knowing how you stack up against the competition is an asset that can set your sales team apart. With so much data, AI should be able to serve up relevant details to help win deals, right? This is the challenge that Klue has taken head on.
In this episode, I sit with Jason Smith (Co-Founder & CEO of Klue) to discuss: getting early funding, how to win more deals utilizing competitor information, data collection strategy, hiring early employees on the AI team (on a limited budget), sticking with lean principles of building a business, and much much more.
If your company is looking to scale it’s AI initiatives, head over to Tesoro AI (www.tesoroai.com) – experts in AI strategy, staff augmentation, and AI product development.
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Jan 14, 2021
Building Data Apps for Artificial Intelligence with Amanda Kelly of Streamlit
Powerpoint is a thing of the past. Organizations and individuals with valuable data want a way to build dynamic dashboards and data driven apps, without having to acquire front-end experience. Enter Amanda Kelly (Co-Founder and COO of Streamlit). Amanda leads a quickly growing startup focused on turning data scripts into shareable web apps in minutes.
In this episode we discuss: how Amanda leveraged her experience in business operations to add value to AI organizations, AI-hype and the real users of cognitive solutions, strategy for selecting the first few hires, the role of a COO in a startup, and much more.
If your company is looking to scale it’s AI initiatives, head over to Tesoro AI (www.tesoroai.com) – experts in AI strategy, staff augmentation, and AI product development.
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Jan 7, 2021
Artificial Intelligence in Water Management with Elango Thevar of Neer.ai
Some things are difficult to truly appreciate until they aren’t available – clean water is one of those things. Our guest, Elango Thevar (Founder and CEO of Neer.ai), grew up in India in an area where clean, drinkable water was a privilege. Elango explains that anywhere between 30% of clean water coming from water management facilities is wasted in its commute to US citizens. Artificial intelligence has emerged as a tool to solve this issue.
In this episode we discuss the unseen issues facing water management, how Elango’s passion for efficient clean water delivery led him to AI, working with government organizations to organize data, launching a startup in the Midwest, and much much more.
If your company is looking to scale it’s AI initiatives, head over to Tesoro AI (www.tesoroai.com) – experts in AI strategy, staff augmentation, data labeling, and AI product development.
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Dec 30, 2020
Artificial Intelligence in Ad Optimization with Apoorva Dornadula of Viralspace
A 2-minute scroll through any social media platform and you can see that advertising has exploded. Performance marketers, who make creative decision on ad display, struggle to understand what works, what doesn’t work – and why. Leveraging artificial intelligence, Viralspace has come to the rescue, allowing performance marketers to stop guessing and start making data-driven decisions on ad optimization.
In this episode, I sit with Apoorva Dornadula (Co-Founder & CTO of Viralspace), who was recently named to Forbes 30 Under 30 for Marketing and Advertising. We discuss her perspective on ethics in AI, how Viralspace approaches the collection and organization of data, finding talent, acquiring the first few customers, and much more.
If your company is looking to scale it’s AI initiatives, head over to Tesoro AI (www.tesoroai.com) – experts in AI strategy, staff augmentation, and AI product development
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Dec 24, 2020
Artificial Intelligence in Home Maintenance with Satadru Sengupta of Dobby
Home maintenance probably isn’t an industry most would associate with artificial intelligence, but Dobby is bringing the industry into the 21st Century. With a focus on increasing home value and providing the homeowner with a luxury experience, our guest Satadru Sengupta is hyper focused on bring operational efficiency to the maintenance process via digital transformation.
In this episode, we discuss best practices for implement artificial intelligence in enterprise organizations, how to prioritize use cases, creating an AI architecture as a startup, and much more.
If your company is looking to scale it’s AI initiatives, head over to Tesoro AI (www.tesoroai.com) – experts in AI strategy, staff augmentation, and AI product development.
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Dec 16, 2020
Artificial Intelligence in Photo Enhancement with Sofiia Shvets of Let's Enhance
If only real life were like your favorite crime series – zoom in on low quality images from surveillance cameras and up comes an HD image with immaculate detail. Surprise! Neural networks are turning what was once fiction into reality. Photoshoots are expensive, but the rise of social media is demanding high quality visuals, especially for consumer focused businesses.
In this episode, we chat with Sofiia Shvets, Co-Founder and CEO of Let’s Enhance. We discuss how her team is leveraging neural networks to produce high res images from low res photos. Other topics covered include: identifying a viable product, launching on Product Hunt, finding a co-founder, when to work with contractors, and much more.
If your company is looking to scale it’s AI initiatives, head over to Tesoro AI (www.tesoroai.com) – experts in AI strategy, staff augmentation, data labeling, and AI product development.
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Dec 9, 2020
Artificial Intelligence in Field Services & Asset Management with Vikram Takru of KloudGin
Field service workers generally aren’t tech savvy, but whether we are talking about industries such as oil & gas, facilities maintenance, construction, or manufacturing - artificial intelligence is a tool being used to create massive productivity gains. The challenge for AI vendors is to develop solutions that encourage adoption by non-technical users. This is the task our guest, Vikram Takru (Co-Founder & CEO of Kloudgin), is taking head on in field services.
In this episode we sit with Vikram to discuss the greatest challenges in field services, creating a data strategy, driving ROI via user adoption and worker productivity, designing an engaging UI/UX, and more.
If your company is looking to scale it’s AI initiatives, head over to Tesoro AI (www.tesoroai.com) – experts in AI strategy, staff augmentation, and AI product development.
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Dec 2, 2020
Artificial Intelligence in Meeting Scheduling with Nash Ahmed of Undock
In this new remote work we live in, we have all been forced to experience the pain of meeting scheduling. From back and forth emails, to time zone mistakes, to calendar confusion – all of these represent wasted time and resources. Undock, which identifies itself with a spaceship, is to prepared to bring us into the new world, leveraging artificial intelligence to solve our scheduling woes.
In this episode, I sit with Nash Ahmed (Founder and CEO) as well as Chenda Bunkasem (Head of AI) to discuss predictive scheduling, fundraising while building game changing products, being intentional about hiring diverse talent, as well as the people that inspire our two guests.
Undock has an ambitious goal of 1 billion users. If this podcast resonates with you, visit www.undock.com and download the app.
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Nov 18, 2020
Artificial Intelligence in Relationship Management with Ablorde Ashigbe of 4Degrees
Social Networks, CRMs, and even Excel spreadsheets have been great for storing professional relationships. For dealmakers, getting a foot in the door with a new client requires access beyond 1st degree connections. Who do your colleagues know? What is the nature of the relationship and how strong is it? These questions are golden, yet current systems underperform in providing answers. 4Degrees, a Chicago-based AI startup is seeking to be the solution.
In this episode, I sit with Ablorde Ashibe (Co-Founder & CEO of 4Degrees) to discuss how artificial intelligence is revolutionizing relationship management, finding the right co-founder, evaluating whether and accelerator is right for a startup, and much more.
If your company is looking to scale it’s AI initiatives, head over to Tesoro AI (www.tesoroai.com) – experts in AI strategy, staff augmentation, and AI product development.
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Nov 11, 2020
Artificial Intelligence in In-Store Speech Analytics with Sebastian Jimenez of Rillavoice
Few industries took a bigger hit than retailers relying on in-store purchases. Ironically, it appears this adjustment period forced them to heighten their focus on better understanding their customers. Artificial intelligence has emerged as one way to gather deeper customer insighst. Rillavoice, led by Co-Founder and CEO, Sebastian Jimenez, is enabling retailers to analyze unique customer feedback provided in live conversation.
In this episode, Sebastian shares how stand-up comedy led him to a career as an AI Founder, why accelerators are important to young founders, and how data can be leveraged to better serve retail customers, plus much more.
If your company is looking to scale it’s AI initiatives, head over to Tesoro AI (www.tesoroai.com) – experts in AI strategy, staff augmentation, and AI product development.
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Nov 4, 2020
Artificial Intelligence in Customer Research with Andrew Konya of Remesh
What’s the best way to get inside of the mind of a customer or audience you’re serving? Traditionally, we’d hire market research experts or run a survey. These methods are limited by scale, but with AI we may be able to dive deeper into real-time customer conversations to derive insights that speed the feedback look and accelerate the innovation cycle. Remesh, led by our guest Andrew Konya, is tackling this head on.
In this episode, we discuss how AI can understand large population in-depth, finding an instant audience, training on the most useful data sets, and go-to-market strategy for startups.
If your company is looking to scale it’s AI initiatives, head over to Tesoro AI (www.tesoroai.com) – experts in AI strategy, staff augmentation, and AI product development.
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Oct 29, 2020
Artificial Intelligence in Workforce Cyber Intelligence with Mohan Koo of DTEX Systems
We often think of insider threats, related to cybersecurity, as the rogue employee hacking internal systems. However, well-funded nation state attacks have increased complexity as individuals inside the network collaborate with outside organizations with malicious intent. DTEX Systems has set out to leverage AI to combat this issue. In this episode, Mohan Koo (Co-Founder & CTO), walks us through how DTEX developed its data strategy, finding top talent, avoiding “AI science projects” and more.
If you are hoping to expand your AI initiatives, head over to Tesoro AI (www.tesoroai.com) – experts in AI strategy, staff augmentation, and AI product development.
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Oct 21, 2020
Artificial Intelligence in Patient Engagement: Interview with Victor Wang of care.coach
Imagine AI solving challenges related to loneliness and social isolation. Aging adults would certainly benefit as many health related issues they face could be mitigated by having a non-judgmental sounding board to converse with. Care.coach is taking this challenge head on, providing AI-enabled avatars to improve patient engagement. In this episode, I sit with Victor Wang, Founder and CEO of care.coach. We discuss how to get the data needed to launch an AI platform, strategies for finding healthcare companies, and differentiating AI solutions from tech giants.
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Oct 14, 2020
Artificial Intelligence in Fashion Design: Interview with Yuliya Raquel of COUTURME
The fashion industry keeps us on our toes with jaw dropping creativity and design. The challenge is that the products we see are often the result of an endless amount of wasted material, unproductive human labor, and design limitations. COUTURME, a startup led by Yuliya Raquel (Co-Founder & CEO), seeks to solve those issues. In this episode, we discuss AI’s ability to enhance design creativity, starting an AI company as a non-technical founder, and transitioning from a B2B to B2C customer base.
If your company is looking to scale it’s AI initiatives, head over to Tesoro AI (www.tesoroai.com) – experts in AI strategy, staff augmentation, and AI product development
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Oct 7, 2020
Artificial Intelligence in Conversation Intelligence: Interview with Surbhi Rathore of Symbl.ai
Chatbots and Conversation AI solutions have been a buzz in the enterprise as organizations look to better communicate with customers (and internally). But, what happens when you don't have the internal resources to build this tech - in steps Symbl.ai. In this episode, Surbhi Rathore (Co-Founder & CEO) reveals how Symbl is leveraging it's own AI to empower organizations to implement conversational technologies.
If your company is looking to scale it’s AI initiatives, head over to Tesoro AI (www.tesoroai.com) – experts in AI strategy, staff augmentation, and AI product development.
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Sep 30, 2020
Artificial Intelligence in Smart Home Automation: Interview with Alex Capecelatro of Josh.ai
When Tony Stark started talking to his AI assistant, the world was in awe. We are nearing a world where that is becoming a reality. Leveraging artificial intelligence, Josh.ai has created smart home automation technology that is built to enable voice control of the home. In this episode, we interview Alex Capecelatro, Josh.ai’s Co-Founder and CEO, and discuss voice control, competing with big tech, data strategy, and much more.
If your company is looking to scale it’s AI initiatives, head over to Tesoro AI (www.tesoroai.com) – experts in AI strategy, staff augmentation, and AI product development.
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Sep 23, 2020
Artificial Intelligence in Autonomous Driving with Maha Achour of Metawave
How long before we can order a driverless rideshare vehicle? Billions in investment dollars are being put into the autonomous driving industry with the end goal of vehicles operating without a steering wheel, brake pedals, or a driver. Metawave is building revolutionary technology, leveraging AI, to improve autonomous vehicles’ ability to navigate uncertain paths. In this episode, Maha Achour (Founder, CEO, & CTO of Metawave Corporation) takes us the through where we are today with autonomous driving, accuracy standards, data strategy, and much more.
If your company is looking to scale it’s AI initiatives, head over to Tesoro AI (www.tesoroai.com) – experts in AI strategy, staff augmentation, and AI product development.
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Sep 16, 2020
Artificial Intelligence in DevOps & Log Management: Larry Lancaster of Zebrium
Software development and IT teams spend their day making our lives more efficient – but who is helping the helper? DevOps teams have emerged to increase an organization’s ability to deliver applications and services at a higher velocity - but things break - constantly. Zebrium is leveraging machine learning to remove the manual work from catching software incidents, speeding up the mean time to resolution (MTTR). In this episode, Larry Lancaster (Founder and CTO of Zebrium) we discuss how AI is making DevOps teams more efficient, raising money with only an idea, building an AI team, and more.
If your company is looking to scale it’s AI initiatives, head over to Tesoro AI (www.tesoroai.com) – experts in AI strategy, staff augmentation, and AI product development.
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Sep 9, 2020
Artificial Intelligence in Meeting Scheduling: Interview with Dennis Mortensen of X.ai
Scheduling meetings is a mundane process virtually everyone complains about – dozens of emails flying back and forth to find a time for the team to meet. X.ai is leveraging artificial intelligence to provide users with their own scheduling assistant who handles all of the administrative work. In this episode, Dennis Mortensen (Founder and CEO) of X.ai reveals the magic behind the technology and shares some lesson on launching an AI startup. We’ll cover: lessons learned from exiting a business, data strategy, data driven actions, generating product demand, and more.
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Sep 2, 2020
Artificial Intelligence in Data Storytelling: Interview with Stuart Frankel of Narrative Science
Storytelling is one of our oldest pastimes and the easiest method to retain information. Historically, we have digested stories through narrative format, but with the explosion of data, BI tools, and dashboard narratives have been replaced by numbers – until now. This week we sit with Stuart Frankel, Co-Founder and CEO of Narrative Science, to understand how AI is being used to create narratives out of numerical data.
If you are hoping to expand your AI initiatives, head over to Tesoro AI (www.tesoroai.com) – experts in AI strategy, staff augmentation, and AI product development.
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Aug 26, 2020
Artificial Intelligence in Non-Profit Fundraising: Interview with Rich Palmer, Gravyty
Non-profit organizations, you would think, are the last to adopt emerging technology. With fundraising being such a critical element of any non-profits existence, leaders are turning to artificial intelligence to optimize their ability to build and maintain relationships with donors. In this episode, we sit with the Co-Founder and CTO of Gravyty to discuss how they are leveraging AI to enhance their communication with donors.
If your company is looking to scale it’s AI initiatives, head over to Tesoro AI (www.tesoroai.com) – experts in AI strategy, staff augmentation, and AI product development.
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Aug 26, 2020
Artificial Intelligence in Email Security: Interview with Dave Baggett of INKY
Scammers steal over $1.5 billion a year by gaining access to your personally identifiable information. Your Email is their primary means of access. How can artificial intelligence keep you safe? INKY appears to have an answer, leveraging the latest in ML block phishing attacks. In this episode, we interview Dave Baggett, Inky’s Co-Founder and CEO. This episode covers finding product-market fit with an AI product, leveraging multiple ML approaches, building a capable AI team, plus more.
If your company is looking to scale it’s AI initiatives, head over to Tesoro AI (www.tesoroai.com) – experts in AI strategy, staff augmentation, and AI product development.
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Aug 20, 2020
Artificial Intelligence in Accounting: Interview with Enrico Palmerino, Botkeeper
Accountants have been asking for automation for decades. Bookkeeping processes and application management are filled with mundane tasks that require a lot of time and prevent accountants from being the expert advisor their client wants. Botkeeper is leveraging machine learning and robotic process automation to limit “busy work”. In this episode, we sit with Enrico Palmerino, Founder and CEO, to discuss the various ways AI is changing the landscape of accounting. If your company is looking to scale it’s AI initiatives, head over to Tesoro AI (www.tesoroai.com) – experts in AI strategy, staff augmentation, and AI product development.
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Aug 20, 2020
Artificial Intelligence in Fashion & eCommerce: Interview with Amit Aggarwal of The Yes
The fashion and eCommerce worlds are getting a makeover. The Yes is revolutionizing the shopping experience by creating an “online store” that is personalized to the unique preference of each of its users. In this episode, Amit Aggarwal (Co-Founder and CTO) reveals how The Yes is leveraging machine learning to deliver “one million stores for one million users”. This episode covers: data strategy, the importance of UI/UX, organizing the right team, and go to market strategy. If your company is looking to scale it’s AI initiatives, head over to Tesoro AI (www.tesoroai.com) – experts in AI strategy, staff augmentation, and AI product development.
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Aug 20, 2020
Artificial Intelligence in IT Service Management (ITSM): Interview with Muddu Sudhakar, AISERA
IT Service Management is an industry growing by leaps and bounds as small and large organization become increasing digital. Having recently emerged from stealth mode, AISERA dives into the muck headfirst, leveraging AI to bring greater efficiency to IT, help desk, customer support, cloud, and devops. Leading the charge is Founder and CEO Muddu Suhakar. We discuss building AI infrastructure that scales, hiring, ROI metrics in ITSM, and go-to-market strategy. If your company is looking to scale it’s AI initiatives, head over to Tesoro AI (www.tesoroai.com) – experts in AI strategy, staff augmentation, and AI product development.
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Aug 16, 2020
AI in Customer Conversations: Interview with Mahi de Silva of AmplifyAI
How can we use artificial intelligence to keep a customer’s undivided attention? In an online world that may be impossible, but AmplifyAI has certainly figured how to reengage distracted customers and keep them on the buyer journey. Its approach to Conversational AI is producing impressive ROI on ad spend, according to Founder and CEO, Mahi de Silva, who we sit with today to learn more about how his firm leverages mobile, social, and web-based communication platforms to “keep the conversation going”. If you are hoping to expand your AI initiatives, head over to Tesoro AI (www.tesoroai.com) – experts in AI strategy, staff augmentation, and AI product development.
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