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Reza Rassool
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Voices of Video
Who Owns Your Digital Brain?
Reza Rasool, CEO of nonprofit AI lab KWAI, shares his vision for democratizing artificial intelligence through personal AI systems that prioritize user privacy and local computing.• KWAI aims to create personal AI assistants that run locally on users' devices rather than in the cloud• Current cloud-based AI services create privacy concerns as they require uploading personal data to remote servers• Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG) technology separates language models from knowledge bases for more efficient local processing• The streaming media industry's evolution provides valuable lessons for developing standardized, componen...
2025-06-19
51 min
Mind the Machine
Big Tech Wants Control - This AI Movement Gives It Back to You
Reza Rassool is the CEO of Kwaai (kwaai.ai), a nonprofit AI lab and movement focused on building open-source, distributed, and sustainable AI infrastructure for the common good. With a background that includes 75 patents, Oscar-winning technology, and an exit to Google, Reza now leads Kwaai with the goal of democratizing AI and restoring individual agency.In this episode of Mind the Machine, Reza and Cheryl dive into the urgent need for personal AI that works for people—not against them. They explore Kwaai’s innovative platform, discuss the ethical and environmental consequences of centralized AI...
2025-05-14
1h 04
Machine Minds
Episode 49 | Collaborative efforts to Democratize AI | Reza Rassool
In this episode of the Machine Minds podcast, we sit down with Reza Rassool, Chair and CEO of Kwaai. Reza shares his remarkable journey from his family's struggles under apartheid, which led them to London, to his trailblazing career in technology and AI.Reza reflects on his diverse experience, including his roles at Real Network and as Chief Engineer at Micropolis, as well as his ventures into the biomedical field. He delves into the origins and mission of Kwaai, a pioneering effort to create a no-cost, open-source personal AI assistant that prioritizes privacy, ownership...
2024-09-06
54 min
Radical World
Owning Your Own AI
On March 20th, host Wade Erickson had an intriguing exchange with Reza Rassool, CEO at Kwaai, a non-profit open-source development organization. In the conversation, Wade and Reza explored the democratization of artificial intelligence through what has been labeled as 'Personal AI'. Listen in to the conversation! hashtag#ai hashtag#artificialintelligence hashtag#software hashtag#podcast hashtag#technology hashtag#opensource
2024-03-21
30 min
Bootstrapping Your Dreams Show
#349 Mastermind Behind AI Revolution and Billion-Dollar Startups
Welcome to our latest episode where we're thrilled to introduce our distinguished guest, Reza Rassool. Reza stands out as a pioneering force in the tech world, renowned for his groundbreaking contributions and dynamic leadership.As the Founder and Chair of Kwaai, Reza is at the forefront of democratizing AI. His vision and leadership in this developer community are shaping the future of accessible AI technologies.Reza's tenure as the CTO of RealNetworks is marked by a remarkable pivot from its streaming media ro...
2024-03-06
49 min
Bootstrapping Your Dreams Show
#349 Mastermind Behind AI Revolution and Billion-Dollar Startups
Welcome to our latest episode where we're thrilled to introduce our distinguished guest, Reza Rassool. Reza stands out as a pioneering force in the tech world, renowned for his groundbreaking contributions and dynamic leadership.As the Founder and Chair of Kwaai, Reza is at the forefront of democratizing AI. His vision and leadership in this developer community are shaping the future of accessible AI technologies.Reza's tenure as the CTO of RealNetworks is marked by a remarkable pivot from its streaming media ro...
2024-03-06
49 min
Radical World
Utopian Hype and Dystopian Fear of AI
If someone tells you that he or she is not on the fence about AI, they're probably not telling you the whole truth. It's all happening so fast, the future rapidly unfolding right before our eyes! But in this recording of a recent Tech Leaders Unplugged conversation between host Tullio Siragusa and Reza Rassool, CTO of RealNetworks, they pulled the curtain on how to reconcile the conflicting narratives around Artificial Intelligence. You definitely don't want to miss this one! Listen in and comment away! #ai #artificialintelligence #aihype #aiadoption #technology
2023-06-08
26 min
Founders In LA
The CTO-as-a-Service One: Reza Rassool, disrupting Hollywood, refreshing a pioneer of Internet streaming and feature requests from Quinten Tarantino
Reza Rassool, CTO of RealNetworks, shares how he started his career by disrupting Hollywood with a revolutionary digital video editing platform that resulted in a technical Oscar and an Emmy. He later became a CTO-as-a-Service and now he and his team are refreshing a pioneer product of the Internet - from the dominant Internet streaming platform it was- into a world class AI driven facial recognition for live streaming video.
2023-04-21
48 min
Security Management Highlights
April 2021: Gender Equality in Security; De-Escalating Yourself; and Bias in Security Technology
Tatyana Andrianova discusses traditional stereotypes around the security profession and the “rapid departure from outdated views” in Ukraine and around the world. Also in this episode, Kristine Scott joins SM Highlights host Chuck Harold to explain how to hack your biology to de-escalate yourself during a stressful situation, and Reza Rassool outlines the biases in training security technology—especially facial recognition and AI. Learn more about these subjects in Security Management’s online exclusives and in the latest edition of Security Technology:https://www.asisonline.org/security-management-magazine/monthly-issues/security-technology/archive/2021/april/
2021-04-01
43 min
The Video Insiders
Is SAFR RealNetworks about-face?
Join the conversation by jumping into The Video Insiders LinkedIn Group. If you would like to be a guest on the show, send an email to thevideoinsiders@beamr.com For more podcast episodes, click here. Learn more about Beamr's technology. Learn more about RealNetworks. Today's guest: Reza Rassool.
2019-07-26
44 min