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Brains Behind AIAtomwise: Abraham Heifets on how AI is redefining drug discoveryOn this episode of Brains Behind AI, Ari had the opportunity to chat with Dr. Abraham Heifets, the CEO and Co-Founder of Atomiwse, where he invented the use of deep convolutional neural networks for drug discovery. Abe’s doctoral work applied machine learning and classical AI techniques to organic synthesis planning, which is a long-standing challenge in chemistry. His vision of Artificial Intelligence bringing better, safe, and more potent drugs to patients has become a reality, and Atomwise is on the fast-track to revolutionizing the healthcare industry. Tune in to hear Atomwise’s fascinating story of how they raised $123 mill...
2023-04-1229 minBrains Behind AIGenesisAI: Archie Cheisvili on building an AI Marketplac e & hosting AI Marketing Conference in MiamiOn this episode of Brains Behind AI, Ari sat down with Archie Cheisvil, the founder and CEO of GenesisAI. GenesisAI is an Artificial Intelligence marketplace that allows companies to buy or sell AI products and services. Archie has basically founded the Amazon for Artificial Intelligence. Only in his 20s, Archie is taking over the world of AI and has recently been listed as Forbes 30 under 30. A Harvard graduate and frequently published by media outlets such as the New York Post and Yahoo Finance, Archie provides depth, advice, insights, and valuable advice to starting a successful AI company while keeping t...
2022-05-1919 minBrains Behind AIValyant AI: Rob Carpenter on Building and Scaling Conversational AI Platform for Quick Serve RestaurantsOn our 35th episode of “Brains Behind AI”, Ari had the chance to chat with Rob Carpenter, the CEO and Founder of Valyant AI. Valyant AI is an enterprise grade conversational AI platform for the quick serve restaurant industry. In this episode, we learn how Rob has developed a proprietary software application that integrates within a restaurant's existing hardware infrastructure and allows the AI software to take the vast majority of customer orders and insert them directly into the POS for payment. What Valyant is accomplishing is certainly one of its kind, building Artificial Intelligence employees, or holograms, for phys...
2022-02-1634 minBrains Behind AICoRead AI: Dr. Ngo on AI algorithms to monitor for known radiologist blind-spotsOn this episode of “Brains Behind AI”, Ari had the opportunity to speak with Lawrence Ngo, a practicing radiologist with a PhD in neurobiology. Lawrence is also the Co-founder and CEO of CoRead.AI, a start-up that has developed machine learning algorithms that analyzes the images and reports from radiology exams, and flags studies with high probability for peer review. We dive into Dr. Ngo’s ride from earning his PhD, working through his residency, and founding an AI company. CoRead AI been able to successfully create algorithms that monitor for radiologist blind-spots diagnosis, they are making a giant splash...
2022-01-1939 minBrains Behind AIArgoDesign : Jared Ficklin on Designing User Experiences for AI ApplicationsOn our 33rd episode of ‘Brains Behind AI’, Ari spoke with designer Jared Ficklin, the Chief Creative Technologist of product design company Argo Design. Jared possesses two decades of experience creating products and visions for major companies, contributing to the visions, strategy, intellectual property, and products of clients that include HP, Microsoft, AT&T, & Motorola. On this episode, discover Jared’s creative journey as he started off as a saxophone player and transitioned into the world of design, tech, and Artificial Intelligence. Learn Jared’s processes and philosophies as he creatively designs, as well as his take on how to succe...
2021-11-0941 minBrains Behind AIStats Perform: Patrick Lucey on harnessing true power of sports data through AIOn our 32nd Episode of “Brains Behind AI”, Ari had the opportunity to speak with Patrick Lucey, the Chief Scientist at Stats Perform. Stats Perform is an award-winning Artificial Intelligence team that maximizes the value of global sports coverage dating back over 40 years by coupling it with machine learning technology to generate insights. As an athlete originally from Australia with a deep love for sports, Patrick worked for Disney Research, where he researched automatic sports broadcasting using large amounts of spatiotemporal tracking data.Tune into hear how Patrick was able to combine both his love for sports and...
2021-10-2827 min
Discovering MultifamilyFramework For Investing During Inflation: Economic Forecast With Ari YacobiOn this special 167th Discovering Multifamily Podcast, Ari Yacobi joins us as a Data Scientist & Alternative Investment Analyst, and is currently working on setting up a Real Estate Private Equity fund and finishing his book: Changing World Order And How To Prepare For It.The Discovering Multifamily Investor Association hosted a Webinar with Ari on October 21st, and it was a fruitful presentation regarding the state of affairs as it relates to macroeconomics in real time. This Podcast intends to be a "replay", in audio format of this highly educational and insightful webinar. The YouTube link below a...
2021-10-221h 01Brains Behind AIIndico: Slater Victoroff on unlocking the value of Unstructured DataSlater Victoroff is the Founder and CTO of Indico, an enterprise AI solution for unstructured content that emphasizes document understanding. Slater has been building machine learning solutions for startups, governments, and Fortune 100 companies for the past seven years and is a frequent speaker at AI conferences. Indico’s framework requires 1000x less data than traditional machine learning techniques, and they regularly beat the likes of AWS, Google, Microsoft, and IBM in head-to-head bake-offs. Tune into hear how Indico is at the forefront of AI solutions, and how the company just raised $22 million as part of their Series B funding. An...
2021-10-0647 minBrains Behind AIFoodSpace: Daniel DeMillard on building AI for online food shoppingOn our latest Episode of “Brains Behind AI” Ari had the opportunity to speak with Daniel DeMillard, the CTO of Foodspace, an AI company that helps eCommerce teams increase online sales and brand loyalty by building underlying product data foundations. Foodspace uses vision AI to derive scanned product data into shopper-centric attributes needed for online grocery discovery. Throughout this episode, learn how Foodspace is revolutionizing the food industry, using AI to assist brands with organization and a growing online presence. Daniel discusses why he decided to steer away from grocery stores andfocus on using Artificial Intelligence smaller brands instead. A fu...
2021-08-1837 minBrains Behind AISeekar: Kordel France on building a fast - growing AI platform with 3 successful medical productsOn our 29th Episode of “Brains Behind AI”, Ari and Natalie sat down with CEO and Co-Founder of Seekar Technologies, KordelFrance. Seekar Technologies is a technology startup that builds Artificial Intelligence products for a variety of industries. In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, learn how Seekar contributed two products free of charge to physicians to help ease demand on medical staffing and screening for the virus faster, making a huge splash in the medical industry. Kordel also walks us through the many unique and different industries that Seekar is serving using AI, such as agriculture, security, medicine, recreation, and ener...
2021-07-2037 minBrains Behind AISiFive: James Prior on fabless semiconductor enabling modern AI architecturesOn this episode of “Brains Behind AI”, Ari and Natalie have a chat with James Prior, the Senior Director of Product Marketing Communications at SiFive. SiFiveis known to be an industry leader in RISC-V processors and silicon solutions. SiFive is also first hardware in Artificial Intelligence startups that have been on the show. In this episode, we discuss what has made SiFive so successful, especially working in the hardware space, and James’ advice for all aspiring entrepreneurs who are interested in tapping into the industry. We even learn about open positions within the company. Tune in to hear more in thi...
2021-07-0729 minBrains Behind AIYonder: Jonathon Morgan on AI to identify and counteract online disinformationOn this Episode of “Brains Behind AI”, we had Jonathon Morgan on the show, the founder and CEO of Yonder. Yonder is an AI company that helps Fortune 500 communications teams identify and counteract online disinformation about issues that matter to their organization. Prior to Yonder, Jonathon developed AI to combat social media radicalization with DARPA and served as an advisor to the US State Department. Throughout this episode, learn how Yonder uses Artificial Intelligence to combat conspiracy theories, misinformation, and hate speech on the internet, a task that deems not easy in today’s society. Jonathon takes us through the ch...
2021-06-2547 minBrains Behind AIBoon AI: Marc Stevens on Machine Learning to power digital media managementOn this episode of “Brains Behind AI”, Ari sat down to chat with Marc Stevens, the President & CEO of Zorroa. Zorroais a Gradient Ventures-backed machine learning-startup that has recently launched Boon AI, a machine learning integration platform that is modernizing media management pipelines for the media & entertainment industry. Marc is a global technology executivewith over three decades of experience driving tech and business transformation across film, television, and gaming industries. On our latest episode, learn more about how Marc began his journey, joined Zorroa through his connections, and recently led the company to launch their latest venture, Boom AI. He a...
2021-06-1540 minBrains Behind AIComet: Gideon Mendels on Machine Learning Ops to track, compare, explain and optimize experiments and modelsOn this Episode of “Brains Behind AI” Ari and Natalie had the opportunity to sit down with the CEO and co-founder of Comet.ml, Gideon Mendels. Comet.ml is a leading provider of machine learning operations solutions that accelerate getting machine learning models into production. Gideon has a wide range of expertise, previously founding GroupWize where he trained and deployed over 50 NLP models in 15 different languages. Comet.ml now supports some of the biggest and best machine learning teams in the world within the healthcare, tech, media and finance space. Gideon and his team work with Google, Ancestry, the Nati...
2021-06-0134 minBrains Behind AIMixPose : Peter Ma on Online Yoga with AI Pose Estimation in real - timeOn this episode of “Brains Behind AI”, Ari and Natalie had the opportunity to speak with Peter Ma, the Co-Founder of MixPose, a live streaming yoga platform that uses AI pose detection in real time. By downloading the MixPose app, participants can train with top yoga and fitness instructors from the comfort of their own homes. Peter explains how the Artificial Intelligence pose tracking is used to virtually monitor the posturesof students, which is then sent to the instructors. This system creates a more immersive and interactive experience for all participants.From Peter’s involvement in five startu...
2021-05-1839 minBrains Behind AIArturo: how AI on aerial imagery is empowering the entire value chain for the property insurance carriersOn this Episode of Brains Behind AI, Ari and Natalie had the chance to sit down and speak with John-Isaac Clark, “JC”, the CEO of Arturo. Arturo is an AI property analytics company that helps insurance carriers improve the accuracy and speed of decision making across claims, underwriting, pricing, and renewals. JC possesses more than ten years in geographical and location-based analytics with a start-up background and experience. In this episode, we learn how Suncorp, one of Australia's and New Zealand’s leading insurance and banking companies, selected Arturo to process property characteristics across the country by utilizing Artificial Intell...
2021-04-0646 minBrains Behind AIMike Betzer of Khoros on Redefining Customer Engagement with AI-powered WorkflowsOn this Episode of Brains Behind AI, Ari and Natalie sit down to chat with Mike Betzer, Chief Digital Transformation Officer at Khoros. Khoros is a digital customer care service with AI-powered workflows and operational analytics. Starting off in sales and marketing, Mike has over 30 years of experience building software to help brands engage with their customers. Throughout this episode, we learn firsthand how Khoros uses Artificial Intelligence to help brands really understand their customers and engage with them on a personal level. Khoros has the capability to use all social media channels, depending on the brand and their...
2021-03-1640 minBrains Behind AIAryballe: Sam Guilaumé on combining biochemistry and AI to enable digitalization of smellWe had the opportunity to speak with the CEO of Aryballe, Sam Guilaumé. Aryballeis a unique Artificial Intelligence company that combines biochemistry, advanced optics and machine learning to mimic the human sense of smell, one of the more complicated, if not the toughest, sense to duplicate. Aryballe is also using Artificial Intelligence technologies to allow certain senses to convey a particular emotion, which assists brands and companies to truly create an overall five-sensory experience. Learn about the highs and the lows Sam must navigate as Aryballe uses machine learning to create the sense of smell, a sense that is n...
2021-02-2431 minBrains Behind AIDragonfly.AI where Neuroscience meets AI to Design Effective Content ExperiencesOn thisepisode of “Brains Behind AI”, we had the privilege of speaking with Mark Bainbridge, one of the founders of Dragonfly AI. Dragonfly AI is a predictive visual analytics platform that uses cutting edge neuroscience to accurately predict how the design of anycontent or experience influences what your audience sees first, across any channel. Based in the UK, Mark has over 30 years of experience as an award-winningsenior leader and CMO across a wide range of industries. Mark brings a plethora of insight, tips,and advice in this episode, as well as the trials and tribulations he faced to get the...
2021-02-1138 minBrains Behind AIAI.Reverie: Daeil Kim On Building Virtual Worlds to Train Computer Vision Applications for Smarter AIOn our 18th Episode of “Brains Behind AI”, Ari and Natalie had the pleasure of speaking with Daeil Kim, the technical founder of AI.Reverie. AI.Reverie is a simulation platform that trains AI to understand the world, and was ranked by Forbes as one of the top 25 Machine Learning companies to look out for in 2020. With a PhD in computer science from Brown University, Daeil focused on the development of scalable machine learning algorithms, he believes that we can create a future where issues related to food, shelter and health can be efficiently met with the help of AI a...
2021-01-2835 minBrains Behind AIQomplx: Andrew Sellers on building Operational Risk and Situational Awareness management applications of AIOn this Episode of “Brains Behind AI”, Ari sat down with Andrew Sellers, the founder and CTO at QOMPLX, where he leads the development of next-generation operational risk management and situational awareness tools and information - sharing in multi-spatial, multi-temporal distributed systems. Andrew is a thought leader in cyber and data management with specific expertise in large-scale heterogeneous network design, deep-web data extraction, and data theory. In this episode, we dive into Andrew’s story and learn how joining the US Air Force and serving his country led him to falling in love with computers, algorithms, and software development. We lea...
2021-01-1934 minBrains Behind AIAion Advisors: Dr. Daniel Araya on public policy considerations in the AI and robotics driven worldOn our 16th Episode of ‘Brains Behind AI’, Ari and Natalie sit down with Dr. Daniel Araya, co-founder of Aion Advisors, an international consultancy and Think Tank, Senior Partner with the World Legal Summit, and Senior Fellow at CIGI (to name a few). Throughout this episode, we dive deep into public policy considerations for governments in the AI and robotics driven world. We discuss the rise of China and Asia and how this coincides with the United States. Not to mention how our society, economy, and military is in transition to a tech driven system, creating institutional chang...
2020-12-0844 minBrains Behind AIEIGHTFOLD AI: Ashutosh Garg on building enterprise-scale Talent Intelligence PlatformOn this episode of Brains Behind AI, Ari and Natalie speak with Ashutosh Garg, the CEO and Founder of Eightfold AI. Eightfold AI is the industry’s first Talent Intelligence Platform, built for the enterprise to address Talent Acquisition and Management in a holistic fashion.Tune in to learn about the technology behind EightfoldAI and how it is specifically designed to use Artificial Intelligence to understand how people move through their careers. Gain first insight on how Ashutosh & the team have been able to turn AI into intelligent talent management application for the enterprise.Company: ht...
2020-11-1841 minBrains Behind AILivePerson: Robert LoCascio on building and scaling one of the largest and fastest growing conversational AI companiesOn this episode, Ari and Natalie sat down with Rob LoCascio, the CEO and founder of LivePerson, a conversational AI company that connects brands and consumers on the world’s most popular messaging platforms, making life easier for people and brands everywhere. As one of the longest-standing founding CEOs of the tech world today, learn how Rob’s company has grown to 1,200 employees while serving 18,000 clients worldwide, including some of the biggest brands in the world, such as HSBC, Delta Airlines, and T-Mobile. We learn how LivePerson has tackled the challenges of COVID while having one of the be...
2020-10-2648 minBrains Behind AIVIZ.AI: David Golan on building healthcare AI startup that uses deep learning to detect strokeAri and Natalie chatted with David Golan, the co-founder and CTO of VIZ.AI, a digital healthcare company harnessing deep learning to analyze medical data and improve clinical workflow. Throughout the episode, discover how VIZ.AI developed the first ever, FDA-approved AI-powered triage system for strokes, emerging as one of the top leaders in applied AI in healthcare. Also learn how VIZ.AI’s flagship product, VIZ LVO, is leveraging advanced deep learning to communicate time-sensitive information about stroke patients straight to a specialist in over 400 hospitals in US What makes VIZ.AI so unique is h...
2020-10-1335 minBrains Behind AIPotentiaMetrics: Bobby Palmer on data & AI for personalized treatment plansOn this episode of Brains Behind AI, Ari and Natalie met with Bobby Palmer, the President and CEO of PotentiaMetrics, an Austin-based healthcare analytics company. During the show, we learn firsthand how PotentiaMetrics’ data analytics and artificial intelligence platforms help providers, payers and medical technology companies inform personalized treatment plans by comparing patient-level outcome data related to survival, quality of life and cost of care. Bobby has been a business owner and CEO for over 20 years, creating the vision and strategic direction to develop multi-institutional, real-world outcomes registries that enable the creation of unique and pe...
2020-09-3033 min
Brains Behind AIQure AI: Rohit Ghosh on building a healthcare AI startup and how they are leveraging AI to save the world from Covid - 19On the 11th Episode of “Brains Behind AI”, Ari and Natalie had the exciting opportunity to speak withRohit Ghosh -one of the founding members of the revolutionary AI Start-Up Qure.AI, a company with a mission to make healthcare more affordable and accessible through the power of Artificial Intelligence. Not to mention, Qure.AI was just ranked by Forbes as one of the top 15 companies that are saving the world from Covid-19. Rohit started his career working as an investment banker, and like many entrepreneurs, began searching for something more impactful and meaningful, a career that would leave an impa...
2020-09-1647 minBrains Behind AI10 SnipFeed AI: Redouane Ramdani on AI enabled content discovery and monetization platformOn the 10th Episode of “Brains Behind AI”, Ari and Natalie had the opportunity to speak with Redouane Ramdani, the Co-Founder and CEO of Snipfeed AI. Snipfeed AI is an AI-powered mobile content discovery platform for the Generation Z. Originally from France, Redouane studied entrepreneurship at the Haas School of Business at Berkeley, His time in Silicon Valley led him to create Snipfeed, a platform for creators to host and distribute content all in one place. Snipfeed AI targets value added creators with specific niches, while using Artificial Intelligence to categorize and match content to the right audience. Snipfeed AI i...
2020-09-0145 minBrains Behind AILeena.AI: Adit Jain on AI transforming HR functionOn the 9th Episode of “Brains Behind AI”, Ari and Natalie sat down to talk with Adit Jain - the Co-Founder and CEO of LEENA.AI. LEENA.AI helps enterprises transform employee experience with conversational AI, in particular, disrupting the way HR is performed. Using high-tech AI technology, we learned how Adit was able to see a window of opportunity in assisting HR companies with hiring new employees. Instead of playing it safe by stepping into a high-paying tech job, Adit and his colleagues decided to take a chance and follow the entrepreneurship path, which later resulted in founding LEEN...
2020-08-1834 min
Brains Behind AIOloid.AI: Mohit Garg on contactless identification and how Oloid is using AI to enable the new normal post covid-19Welcome to our 8th Episode of “Brains Behind AI”. In this episode, we bring you an exclusive interview with Mohit Garg, the CEO, and Co-founder of Oloid.AI, an identification and authentication company using facial recognition. On the show, Ari and Natalie had an open chat with Mohit about his 22+ years of experience building and scaling enterprise products and teams. With Oloid.AI being the second startup Mohit has built, we learn how he and his cofounder aligned with trends, formed the right team and created the vision to successfully launch and grow his new product. Mohi...
2020-08-0338 min
Brains Behind AIUnlearn.AI: Charles Fisher on reimaging clinical trials with AIOn our 7th Episode of “Brains Behind AI”, Ari Yacobi and his co-host, Natalie Thomas, dive deep into the Healthcare Industry as they speak with the founder and CEO of Unlearn AI, Charles Fisher. Making massive waves in the pharmaceutical industry, Unlearn.AI is reimagining clinical trials with Artificial Intelligence, and is the first company to create an intelligent control arm using digital twins. Throughout this episode, Charles takes us through how his interest in developing new machine learning techniques for medical data turned to tapping into a whole new paradigm in executing clinical trials. Unlearn AI’s platform presen...
2020-07-1442 min
Brains Behind AISiera.AI: Saurav Agarwal is building autonomous forklifts with the mission to prevent hundreds of warehouse accidents and deaths per year that are forklift relatedOn our 6th Episode of ‘Brains Behind AI’, Ari has the opportunity to speak with Saurav, the CEO and Co-founder of SIERA.AI. Starting from an early age, Saurav had a strong interest in autonomous robotics, and after his PhD in the subject, Saurav turned down job offers from self-driving car companies to follow his entrepreneurial passion and ended up making autonomous Forklifts, which are making warehouses safer. Forklift trucks suffer from labor shortages and accidents every year. By using a Human to Robot Collaboration Siera is focused on decreasing accidents and increasing productivity in the industrial workplace.
2020-06-3028 min
Brains Behind AICycorp: Dr. Lenat takes us through his decades of experience in AI and his recent work in Knowledge Representation and ReasoningOn our 5th Episode of “Brains Behind AI”, Ari took the time to talk with Dr. Douglas Lenat - one of the world’s leading computer scientists and Artificial Intelligence entrepreneurs. Dr. Lenat is the founder of Cycorp and has worked in the Artificial Intelligence field since the 1960’s. Doug has served on the board for both Microsoft and Apple and won the IJCAI Computers and Thought Award - the highest award in Artificial Intelligence. Throughout this episode, we learn about Cycorp’s knowledge representation and reasoning software, and how important it is to focus on building AI with both Right...
2020-06-1744 minBrains Behind AITrailer: Intro to Brains Behind AIQuick preview of what to expect on Brains Behind AI podcast.🌐Website: https://brainsbehind.ai
2020-06-1002 min
Brains Behind AIKungfu AI: Steve Meier talks about helping companies start and accelerate AI programOn our 4th Episode on “Brains Behind AI, Ari has the opportunity to talk to Steve Myer, one of the co-founders of Kungfu.AI. Steve is a teacher turned creative technologist who is an expert in Artificial Intelligence and Human Centered Design. Kungfu.AI, Kung-Fu meaning process, is a service company that helps companies not only implement AI, but train companies on how to successfully use and nurture AI Technology. This process, as Steve describes, requires hard work and discipline. He teaches us how AI is more like a plant rather than an application or a website. AI gets be...
2020-06-0929 min
Brains Behind AIHypergiant Galactic Systems: Gary Gattis on his journey from video gaming startup to space and how they are disrupting the entire satellite supply chain with AIOn the third episode of Brains Behind AI, Ari sits down to chat with Gary Gattis, the CEO of HyperGiant Galactic Systems, discussing everything from building video games, to working in the Space industry, and from changing career to embarking on the path that fulfilling and impactful. After graduating from the University of Texas with a degree in Computer Science and Sculpture Design, Gary originally sought out to work in the video game industry. From building Star Wars Galaxies video games at SONY, to founding his own company Space Time Studios, Gary’s path eventually cam...
2020-06-0933 min
Brains Behind AIVyasa: Chris Bouton using Deep Learning to accelerate biotech R&DWe sit down with Chris Bouton, CEO and Founder of Vyasa Analytics, a Deep Learning start-up based in Boston, Massachusetts. With a PHD in Neuroscience from John Hopkins University, and a strong interest in life sciences, Chris takes us on his journey from gauging an interest about Deep Learning AI, to applying algorithms for neural networks, developing transformational use case for life sciences. Chris talks to us about his development of a new data architecture to feed algorithms and shares his take on algorithms for scientific research to benefit all of humanity. Chris’ knowledge about Deep Learning AI, specifically in...
2020-06-0927 minBrains Behind AIDeumbra: Jonathan Mugan on developing robots who understand our world the way human children doOn our first episode of “Brains Behind AI” we chat with Jonathan Mugan, a principal scientist at Deumbra, Co-founder of AI company Deep Grammar, advisor to Kung Fu AI, and author of “Curiosity Cycle”, a book for educators and parents on how to prepare our children to be lifelong learners. Working for the Department of Defense at Deumbra, Jonathan is determined to develop robots who understand our world the way human children do, all in all, encoding what developmental psychologists have found in the way humans naturally act. We talk to Jonathan about discovering innovative technologies to build in fundamen...
2020-06-0826 min