Shows
Small Business "Backbone" PodcastNational coalition supports regulating AI to protect the publicRealizing that his young adult children and their generation had been very poorly served by a failed policy experiment to let social media go completely unchecked with no regulation for 20 years, Rob Eleveld, who has an extensive background as the CEO of tech software and data companies, co-founded the Transparency Coalition in 2023.Eleveld talked with podcast host Frank Knapp about the mission of his coalition, which says that the health and well-being of US citizens, especially children, has been an afterthought in the race towards profits masked as innovation. The sexual and suicide grooming of children by...
2025-12-2228 min
Charting the Way ForwardIt's Not Cool!Texas Republicans are rigging the midterms to escape accountability for the wildly unpopular agenda that Donald Trump and MAGA Republicans are enacting. It’s decidedly ‘not cool,’ as 7th generation Texan and Way to Win President Tory Gavito and Latino expert Kristian Ramos tell host Kerry Eleveld. Join us for a fully fleshed out discussion of Texas politics as it relates to federal elections and Republicans' decades-long effort to rob voters of color of their electoral power.
2025-07-3149 min
Priorities PodcastCenter for Humane Technology's Pete Furlong and Transparency Coalition.ai's Rob EleveldOn this week's Priorities Podcast, we're joined by Center for Humane Technology's Pete Furlong and Transparency Coalition.ai's Rob Eleveld to discuss the impacts of AI companion chat bots.
As AI companion chatbots become more sophisticated and accessible, so do the risks—especially for children. Hear this conversation covering what policymakers, parents, and the tech industry need to know now to protect vulnerable users. :studio_microphone:
Full episode at the link in our bio
#AIethics #OnlineSafety #ChildProtection #TechPolicy #DigitalWellness #ResponsibleAI #AIforGood #CenterForHumaneTechnology #TransparencyCoalition #ArtificialIntelligence #TechRegulation
2025-07-2447 min
Ayush Prakash PodcastMaking AI Transparent & Safe - Rob Eleveld | Gen Z Diplomat Podcast #93Rob Eleveld is the Chairman of Transparency Coalition.
Due to concerns around the speed and scale of Generative AI rollout by BigTech, he has co-founded Transparency Coalition.ai, a 501c4 non-profit that advocates for transparency around the usage of “training data,” the products of human imagination, identity, and innovation (produced by creators and everyday users). Training data is the very foundation for which Generative AI systems are built, and much of it is personal data, copyrighted material, and unverified content.
Currently completely unregulated, Generative AI is being built on digital data at massive scale without permissions, licenses, or quality assu...
2024-08-091h 09
From Startup to ExitGen AI Series: Ensuring Data Transparency for Gen AI models. A Conversation with Jai Jaisimha and Rob Eleveld, The Transparency CoalitionSend us a textArtificial intelligence has the potential to be a powerful tool for human progress if properly trained, harnessed, and deployed. Policies must be created to protect personal privacy, nurture innovation, and foster prosperity. The Transparency Coalition (https://www.transparencycoalition.ai/). a non-profit, is focused on creating tools, systems, and policies that hold AI developers and deployers accountable for the legal and ethical creation and operation of AI systems. Listen to the two founders of Transparency Coalition, Jai Jaishima and Rob Elevelde as they articulate the strategy they have deployed to hold developers like Open...
2024-06-0959 min
The Voice Of KaalheiS4E13 Mario EleveldIn episode 13 zitten hebben Bjorn en Rob een ietwat ongewone gast aan tafel; Mario Eleveld. Mario speelde namelijk zijn hele voetballende carriere bij onze rivalen in Sittard. Echter, in zijn tijd als trainer was Mario ook een hele tijd verbonden aan d'r Kloeb als jeugdtrainer en was hij deel van de trainersstaf van Huub Stevens. Na ons bezoek bij Mario bij "Inkoppers" van RTV Parkstad 2 jaar geleden en de verhalen die hij daar over Roda vertelde vonden Bjorn en Rob dat een uitnodiging wel op zn plaats zou zijn. Er wordt uitvoerig gesproken over oude Roda helden zoals Huub Stevens...
2022-10-261h 32
What Fuels YouRob EleveldRob Eleveld is the CEO of Ekata Inc., where he leads the charge in Ekata’s continued growth and global expansion. He previously was the CEO of Whitepages, Inc. and has served as the CEO of other Seattle tech firms, including Optify and Vykor. He started his business career in enterprise software sales at Onyx Software Corp. and has grown from there. Rob is a proud veteran as an officer in the United States Navy, where he served aboard a fast attack nuclear submarine. He has a BA in Engineering Sciences from Dartmouth College and an MSE and MBA fr...
2021-04-1358 min
The Nice Guys on Business1089 Rob Eleveld: Building Trust With Your CustomersNice guy Community, how important is trust to you….as a customer, it drives your decisions. As a seller it’s a key component of what gets your customers in the door and more importantly, it’s what keeps them coming back for more of you. Now, I just met him and already I trust him, today’s Nice Guys guest is Rob Eleveld, he’s the CEO of Ekata, Inc.(Eeee-Caught-Uh), where he brings his 20+ years of hands-on B2B executive strategy, market-driven product development, and operational experience to lead the charge in Ekata’s global expansion. A proud vetera...
2020-07-2324 min
Modern CTO#140 Rob Eleveld - CEO at EkataToday we are talking to Rob, the CEO of Ekata. And we discuss autonomous teams that operate within their own envelope, advice for CTOs making the transition to CEO, and actionable steps you can take to sell your ideas to an executive team.
All of this, right here, right now on the Modern CTO Podcast!
2019-12-0449 min