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The Pulse of AIThe Pulse of AIRevolutionizing Health with AI and Bioinformatics: In Conversation with Viome's Guru BanavarNew Pulse of AI Podcast! Season 7, Episode 156 Summary In this conversation, Pulse of AI Podcast Host Jason Stoughton interviews Guru Banavar, the founding CTO of Viome Life Sciences, about his extensive journey in AI and bioinformatics, particularly in the context of healthcare and chronic disease management. Guru shares insights into the importance of understanding individual biology through advanced testing methods, including RNA analysis, and how Viome empowers individuals to take control of their health through personalized recommendations. The discussion also touches on the evolving landscape of healthcare, the role of AI in improving health outcomes...2025-07-2252 minThe Pulse of AIThe Pulse of AIIn Conversation with Hot AI-Start-up CTGT's CEO/Co-Founder Cyril GorllaNew Pulse of AI Podcast, Season 7, Episode 155 Pulse of AI podcast host Jason Stoughton is joined in conversation with CTGT's Co-Founder and CEO, Cyril Gorlla. Backed by Google's AI fund, Gradient, General Catalyst and Y Combinator, along with luminaries like François Chollet (creator of Keras, ARC-AGI), Peter Wang (co-founder, Anaconda) and Paul Graham (co-founder, Y Combinator), CTGT is one of the hottest AI start-ups in the sector today. Here is why: CTGT helps enterprises deploy AI for high risk use cases with a breakthrough mathematical method that removes hallucinations, censorship and bias at the mo...2025-07-1732 minThe Pulse of AIThe Pulse of AIAI in Healthcare: Conversation with Keebler Healthcare's Chief Medical OfficerNew Pulse of AI Podcast, Season 7, Episode 154! Summary In this conversation, Terrell Bacchus, Chief Medical Officer of Keebler Health, joins podcast Host Jason Stoughton and discusses his journey into healthcare and the importance of value-based care. He explains how AI is transforming the healthcare landscape, particularly in risk adjustment and patient outcomes. The discussion highlights the challenges and opportunities within the healthcare system, emphasizing the need for proactive care and the integration of technology. Bacchus also shares insights on the current market dynamics and the future of AI in healthcare, encouraging professionals to stay informed...2025-07-1542 minThe Pulse of AIThe Pulse of AIIn Conversation with Christian Guttmann, Nordic AI Institute FounderNew Pule of AI Podcast, Season 7, Episode 153 Pulse of AI Podcast Host Jason Stoughton is joined for a wide ranging conversation about all things AI with Nordic AI Institute Founder and Director Christian Guttmann.  Keywords AI, multi-agent systems, LLMs, AI deployment, European AI landscape, AI perception, cultural barriers, business strategy, quantum AI, technology adoption Summary In this conversation, Christian Guttmann discusses his extensive background in AI, the evolution of AI technologies, and the current landscape in Europe. He highlights the shift in perception from AI evangelism to a more r...2025-06-1559 minThe Pulse of AIThe Pulse of AINew Podcast with Jeff Seibert, Co-Founder of Hot AI Start-up DigitsNew Pulse of AI Podcast: Season 7, Episode 152 Podcast Host Jason Stoughton is joined in conversation by Jeff Seibert, the co-founder and CEO of Digits, the first end-to-end accounting platform built for the AI era. Jeff was previously Head of Consumer Products at Twitter, founder of Crashlytic’s which was acquired by Twitter and then re-acquired by google, starred in Netflix’s Emmy Award winning documentary The Social Dilemma and is an active angel investor with over 100 investments and was recently named one of Insiders Top 100 Seed VC’s. Summary In this conversation, Jeff Seiber...2025-05-1435 minTrue Crime Podcast 2025 - Police Interrogations, 911 Calls and True Police Stories PodcastTrue Crime Podcast 2025 - Police Interrogations, 911 Calls and True Police Stories PodcastThe Ultimate Betrayal | The Gretchen Anthony TragedyThe Ultimate Betrayal | The Gretchen Anthony TragedyGretchen Stoughton Anthony, from Jupiter, Florida, was tragically murdered by her estranged husband, David Ethan Anthony, on March 21, 2020. The incident occurred after David attempted to persuade Gretchen to flee to Costa Rica with him to escape the COVID-19 pandemic, but she declined. David entered Gretchen's house in Abacoa, Florida, and fatally stabbed her in the garage. He then disposed of her body in a nearby wooded area and fled the state.Less than a week later, David Anthony was apprehended in Las Cruces, New Mexico. Initially charged...2025-04-301h 01The Pulse of AIThe Pulse of AIHot AI Start-Up Eve is Changing the Legal Industry Forever, with CEO and Founder Jay MadhewaranPulse of AI Podcast, Episode 151 Season 7 Pulse of AI Podcast Host Jason Stoughton is joined by CEO and Founder, Jay Madhewaran, of Eve. Eve is the only legal AI designed to work with lawyers through every stage of your case - with smart document review, efficient base analysis, and on-demand drafting with unlimited iterations. Eve's approachable AI understands the complexities of plaintiff casework and supports your team in real-time to help you achieve better outcomes, faster. Jay has over 15 years of experience in AI and machine learning at Meta and Rubrik. Prior to founding Eve...2025-04-2451 minThe Pulse of AIThe Pulse of AIConversation with Arshan Prisohi, CEO and Co-Founder of Third Wave Automation about the Future of AutomationPulse of AI Podcast Episode 150 Season 7 Pulse of AI podcast Host Jason Stoughton is joined in conversation on this episode by Arshan Prisohi, CEO and Co-Founder of Third Wave Automation.  Third Wave was founded to alleviate increasing supply chain stress using intelligent automation products and services. Levereaging machine learning and artificial intelligence to create its Shared Autonomy Platform, Third Wave brings people and automated systems together to improve throughput, efficiency and safety.  Arshan has worked with the world's most renowned commercial R&D shops, built robust machines and software to solve complex real-world pr...2025-04-2437 minThe Pulse of AIThe Pulse of AIDeep Dive into the Current and Future State of AI with Lutz FingerNEW PODCAST! The Pulse of AI Podcast: Season 7 Episode 149 Jason Stoughton, the Host of The Pulse of AI Podcast, is joined on this episode with distinguished technologist Lutz Finger to discuss the current and future state of AI. Lutz has over 20 years of experience building AI driven products at companies like google, Linkedin and Snap. He is currently building a new company around generative AI tools for ecommerce and also teaches a popular eCornell certificate program called "Designing and Building AI Solutions:.      2025-04-241h 02The Murder Of Sandra BirchmoreThe Murder Of Sandra BirchmoreFormer Stoughton Officer Faces Court Hearing in Murder Case of Pregnant Woman Sandra BirchmoreA former Stoughton, Massachusetts, police detective charged with murdering a pregnant woman appeared in a brief court hearing on Monday as both sides continued reviewing evidence. Matthew Farwell, 38, was indicted in August 2024 for the death of 23-year-old Sandra Birchmore, who was found dead in her Canton apartment on February 4, 2021. Birchmore, who was three months pregnant, was allegedly killed to prevent authorities from uncovering Farwell’s long-term sexual exploitation of her. Prosecutors say Farwell first met Birchmore when she was a child in the Stoughton Police Department’s Youth Explorers Program. By the time she was 15 and he was a 27...2025-02-1109 minMurder In The Morning | Daily True Crime NewsMurder In The Morning | Daily True Crime NewsFormer Stoughton Officer Faces Court Hearing in Murder Case of Pregnant Woman Sandra BirchmoreA former Stoughton, Massachusetts, police detective charged with murdering a pregnant woman appeared in a brief court hearing on Monday as both sides continued reviewing evidence. Matthew Farwell, 38, was indicted in August 2024 for the death of 23-year-old Sandra Birchmore, who was found dead in her Canton apartment on February 4, 2021. Birchmore, who was three months pregnant, was allegedly killed to prevent authorities from uncovering Farwell’s long-term sexual exploitation of her. Prosecutors say Farwell first met Birchmore when she was a child in the Stoughton Police Department’s Youth Explorers Program. By the time she was 15 and he was a 27...2025-02-1109 minThe Murder Of Sandra BirchmoreThe Murder Of Sandra BirchmoreNew Details Emerge in Sandra Birchmore Case: Former Stoughton Officer Allegedly Exploited Relationship While on DutyThree months after former Stoughton police officer Matthew Farwell's arrest in connection with the alleged murder of Sandra Birchmore, newly uncovered documents shed light on his relationship with the 23-year-old and the events leading to her death. The revelations come from a Freedom of Information Act request that granted access to email records and an FBI affidavit by State Police Lieutenant John Fanning, a lead investigator in the case. The affidavit, dated November 28, 2023, alleges that Farwell engaged in sexual encounters with Birchmore while on duty, raising questions about potential larceny charges for using taxpayer-funded patrol hours for personal...2024-12-0609 minMurder In The Morning | Daily True Crime NewsMurder In The Morning | Daily True Crime NewsNew Details Emerge in Sandra Birchmore Case: Former Stoughton Officer Allegedly Exploited Relationship While on DutyThree months after former Stoughton police officer Matthew Farwell's arrest in connection with the alleged murder of Sandra Birchmore, newly uncovered documents shed light on his relationship with the 23-year-old and the events leading to her death. The revelations come from a Freedom of Information Act request that granted access to email records and an FBI affidavit by State Police Lieutenant John Fanning, a lead investigator in the case. The affidavit, dated November 28, 2023, alleges that Farwell engaged in sexual encounters with Birchmore while on duty, raising questions about potential larceny charges for using taxpayer-funded patrol hours for personal...2024-12-0609 minThe Pulse of AIThe Pulse of AIIn Conversation with Dheeraj Pandey, Founder of Latest AI Unicorn DevRevNew Pulse of AI Podcast! Season 6, Ep. 147 Pulse of AI host Jason Stoughton is joined by Dheeraj Pandey for a lively discussion about Dheeraj’s new AI unicorn and all things AI, AI Agents and the importance of design in the deployment and implementation process of AI Agents.  Dheeraj Pandey is the CEO and co-founder of DevRev, a unicorn startup backed by Khosla and Mayfield that introduces AI agents that work alongside teams to handle the routine tasks so everyone can spend more time on what really matters. After turning Nutanix into a $16 billion success stor...2024-12-0258 minMurder In The Morning | Daily True Crime NewsMurder In The Morning | Daily True Crime NewsFormer Stoughton Police Officer Loses Certification as His Twin Faces Murder Charges in Sandra Birchmore CaseWilliam Farwell, a former Stoughton, Massachusetts police officer, has permanently lost his law enforcement certification due to his involvement in a case that has garnered national attention. Farwell entered into a voluntary decertification agreement with the state, effectively barring him from any future employment as a police officer. His decertification will also be added to the National Decertification Index, a database used to prevent decertified officers from obtaining law enforcement positions elsewhere. Although William Farwell is not facing criminal charges, his twin brother, Matthew Farwell, has been indicted on federal charges related to the death of Sandra Birchmore...2024-10-0215 minThe Murder Of Sandra BirchmoreThe Murder Of Sandra BirchmoreFormer Stoughton Police Officer Loses Certification as His Twin Faces Murder Charges in Sandra Birchmore CaseWilliam Farwell, a former Stoughton, Massachusetts police officer, has permanently lost his law enforcement certification due to his involvement in a case that has garnered national attention. Farwell entered into a voluntary decertification agreement with the state, effectively barring him from any future employment as a police officer. His decertification will also be added to the National Decertification Index, a database used to prevent decertified officers from obtaining law enforcement positions elsewhere. Although William Farwell is not facing criminal charges, his twin brother, Matthew Farwell, has been indicted on federal charges related to the death of Sandra Birchmore...2024-10-0215 minThe Pulse of AIThe Pulse of AIConversation with Luma AI's Sam SinhaGreat news - Season 6 Episode 146 Pulse of AI Podcast is live!  Luma AI’s founding team member Sam Sinha joins podcast host Jason Stoughton to talk about Luma AI’s growth from a team of 5 to the juggernaut behind the Dream Machine video creativity tool, the essence and future of creativity in an AI powered and co-piloted world, the types of people they are looking to hire and so much more! To be notified about future conversations with the leaders of the AI revolution sign up for our newsletter at www.thepulseofai.com   2024-09-1136 minThe Pulse of AIThe Pulse of AIGroundbreaking AI with Andrew Maas: Inside Pointable and the Future of Retrieval SystemsNew Pulse of AI podcast is live! Season 6, episode 145. To be notified about future conversations with the leaders of the AI revolution sign up for our newsletter at www.thepulseofai.com  AI Pioneers: Andrew Maas on Pioneering Retrieval Systems and Deep Learning Join host Jason Stoughton in this exciting episode as he welcomes Andrew Maas, the visionary co-founder and CEO of Pointable. Andrew shares his journey through the world of artificial intelligence, from his groundbreaking work on data-centric deep learning at Apple to his pivotal role in founding roam Analytics, a natural language extraction platform ac...2024-08-121h 04The Pulse of AIThe Pulse of AIDive into the world where AI and social media converge with the latest episode of The Pulse of AI Podcast! 🎙️In Season 6, Episode 144, our host Jason Stoughton is thrilled to welcome Vu Tran, Co-Founder and CEO of Butterflies AI. 🌟 Butterflies AI is revolutionizing how we connect with technology by allowing us to create and interact with AI friends on their innovative social media platform. Imagine having AI companions with unique profiles, backstories, and social media lives—crafted to engage, entertain, and enrich your digital experience. 🤖✨ Vu shares insights on: How Butterflies AI is shaping the future of AI-human interactions The vision behind their groundbreaking platform The impact of AI companions...2024-08-0151 minThe Pulse of AIThe Pulse of AIMeet Espresso AI: Using AI to help you save real money using SnowflakeNew The Pulse of AI Podcast! Season 6, Episode 143. Sign up for my newsletter at www.thepulseofai.com Join podcast host Jason Stoughton and special guest Ben Lerner, Co-Founder and CEO of Espresso AI, as they talk about key trends in the AI industry, how Espresso AI helps companies save serious money by using AI to optimize their Snowflake data warehouse, where Espresso AI goes from here and the types of people they are looking to hire.  If you use Snowflake, Espressor AI is the easiest way for you to save $100,000. Listen to the p...2024-07-2636 minThe Pulse of AIThe Pulse of AIDiscover Hot AI Start-Up Elemental CognitionNew The Pulse of AI podcast, Season 6, Episode 142! Sign-up for our newsletter at www.thepulseofai.com  Podcast host Jason Stoughton is joined by Vice President of Intelligent Applications at Elemental Cognition, Erdem Ozcan. With a Phd in Computer Science and over 20 years of experience, including as co-founder of Automat.ai, which developed Conversational AI that revolutionized customer engagement and sales, Erdem is an interesting voice and strong technologist in the field of AI. Elemental Cognition (EC) is the next wave of enterprise AI that delivers the reliability, accuracy, and transparency businesses need. E...2024-04-2440 minThe Pulse of AIThe Pulse of AIIn the Age of AI Responsible Innovation is Important.New Pulse of AI podcast, Season 6, Episode 141. On this podcast I am joined by Gaurab Bansal, executive director of Responsible Innovation Labs, an industry coalition making it easy for founders to lead and win with responsible innovation. I wanted to have him on the podcast because as AI accelerates it is important for founders, and all of us in the industry, to think responsibly about AI as we drive the technology forward  Sign up for The Pulse of AI newsletter at www.thepulseofai.com     2024-04-1030 minSMACastSMACastWhere's My Handbook: What is Where's my Handbook?Meet the Prevention Coordinators from Avon, Easton, Norwood and Stoughton Massachusetts as they talk about this new podcast and its role in getting info, tips and tools out to parents of tweens and teens.2024-02-2820 minThe Pulse of AIThe Pulse of AINumenta Is Making Artificial Intelligence Better With NeurosciencePulse of AI Podcast Season 6 Episode 140 On this podcast, one of the last episodes of season 6, I am joined by Subutai Ahmad, CEO of Numenta. Numenta is in many ways a uniquely Silicon Valley company. It was founded by tech luminaries and has spent the last 17 years doing deep neuroscience research with the goal of better understanding the brain so that those principles could be applied to AI. This work underpins and acts as a platform for their products, the first of which was just recently released.  Follow me on x @thepulseofai and go to o...2024-02-2344 minThe Pulse of AIThe Pulse of AIGen AI is driving changes in digital marketing and AKKIO is leading the way!The Pulse of AI New Podcast Episode, Season 6, Episode 139.  Follow at www.thepulseofai.com. Podcast host Jason Stoughton is joined by Co-Founder and Co-CEO of Akkio, Jon Reilly, to talk about how Artificial Intelligence is changing the digital marketing landscape and how AKKIO empowers digital marketers. Using GPT-4 Akkio allows teams to clean datasets, uncover insights and generate charts and reports by simply typing in prompts in their natural language.   2024-01-2620 minThe Pulse of AIThe Pulse of AIConversation with CEO of Lightning AI about the Evolution from PyTorch Lightning to their New Flagship Lightning AI Studios ProductThe Pulse of AI New Podcast Season 6 Episode 138  Jason Stoughton is joined by Founder and CEO Will Falcon of Lightning AI to talk about their new flagship product called Lightning AI Studios. Lightning AI is the company behind popular PyTorch Lightning and they describe their new flagship product as an "operating system" for AI development and is an enteprise grade platform that allows AI developers to code on cloud GPU’s from their browsers or their laptops with zero set-up.  We talk about Will's interesting journey that led him to launch Lightning AI, his management and...2023-12-1527 minThe Pulse of AIThe Pulse of AIUsing AI to Improve Pipeline Generation to Increase Revenue with Revsure AI's CEOSeason 6 Episode 137 CEO of Revsure AI, Deepinder Singh Dhingra, joins podcast host Jason Stoughton to talk about how Revsure AI is applying AI to help companies accelerate and improve pipeline generation to both increase revenue and to deliver better revenue predictability. Revsure AI has raised a seed round and is growing fast. To get the latest AI industry insights and access to hot AI start-ups at their earliest stages sign up for our newsletter at www.thepulseofai.com and follow Jason Stoughton @thepulseofai on X.     2023-12-0828 minThe Pulse of AIThe Pulse of AIDiscovering the Scale by the Bay Conference with Founder Dr. Alexy KhrabrovNew Podcast Season Six Episode 134! Scale by the Bay is a conference for developers and a place to network with industry leaders and AI insiders and to roll up your sleeves and dig deep into topics. Dr. Alexy Khrabrov joins host Jason Stoughton to talk about this years event, the state of AI, some of the cutting edge workshops they will host (i.e. building production ready LLM apps, etc.) and more. Scale by the Bay has launched a number of great companies. Don't miss it! I asked them if they could provide a discount...2023-11-1126 minStoughton Health TalkStoughton Health TalkPhysician Profile Podcast: "Getting to Know" Aaron Schwaab, MDJoin us for an episode featuring Dr. Schwaab, discussing his experience at Stoughton Hospital's General Surgery Clinic, patient care philosophy, unique aspects of the Specialty Clinics, and the most rewarding part of his job. Discover the behind-the-scenes of exceptional care in this insightful podcast episode.2023-11-0700 minThe Pulse of AIThe Pulse of AIRochan Sankar, CEO of Enfabrica, Fresh Off a Recent $125 Million Series B Raise, and Their Goals to Ramp Their Accelerated Compute Fabric SolutionsNew Podcast Episode Season 6 #133! Rochan Sankar, Founder, CEO and President of Enfabrica joins podcast host Jason Stoughton to talk about their Accelerated Compute Fabric Solutions, the challenges and opportunities in the AI market today and why they were able to raise $125 million in a Series B with Nvidia as part of the investment group.  Sign up for The Pulse of AI newsletter to get the latest conversations with the leaders who are making AI a reality and building the future. Sign up at www.thepulseofai.com and follow us on X @thepulseofai   2023-10-2432 minThe Pulse of AIThe Pulse of AIAI and the Creative Process with Author Nina Schuyler New podcast Season 6 EP. 132   Nina Schuyler, author of Afterword, joins host Jason Stoughton to talk about her new book and how AI is impacting the the writing process today and how it might impact writing in the future.   With Hollywood writers on strike, in large part due to their2023-10-0646 minThe Pulse of AIThe Pulse of AIFounder of AI First Early Stage VC Firm Zetta Venture Partners Says AI Makes this a Great Time to be an EntrepreneurNew Podcast Episode, Season 6, Episode 131 Mark Gorenberg, Founder and Managing Director of Zetta Venture Partners and current Chair of the Board of Trustees of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Corporation and a member of the MIT Executive Committee, joins host Jason Stoughton to talk about his path to becoming a VC almost 30 years ago and the lessons he has learned along the way and which he shares with founders to enable their success.  Zetta is the original AI-first early stage venture fund focused solely on AI for enterprises and Mark talks about the moment of t...2023-08-3141 minThe Pulse of AIThe Pulse of AIPaige is the leader in the use of AI in OncologyNew podcast episode season six episode 131. Jason Stoughton is joined by Dr. Thomas Fuchs, Department Chair of Artificial Intelligence and Human Health at Mt. Sinai and Founder of Paige, to talk about AI in medicine and healthcare and the amazing things Paige is doing to empower pathologists and transform oncology. AI holds the promise of transforming healthcare across the entire ecosystem. Thomas and Jason talk about the challenges and opportunities today and what the industry might look like in the near future. After years of slow going things are moving fast. Sign up for The...2023-08-1738 minThe Pulse of AIThe Pulse of AISoar is building AI to help you make more good decisions and maximize your time on earth.Latest Season Six Pulse of AI Podcast Episode 130. On this podcast I am joined by Paul Allen. Paul has founded 8 companies in his career, including Ancestry.com. Paul’s current company, Soar.com is building a personal AI assistant for each person who wants to make more good decisions and maximize their time on earth.  The foundation for this AI system is Soar’s search engine that transcribes and indexes millions of hours of video and audio content as well as important documents in many fields, including education, faith and family, workplace, government, health, financial, medic...2023-07-261h 24The Pulse of AIThe Pulse of AICrossing Minds is using AI to Revolutionize Personalized Recommendations without using Personal DataNew Pulse of AI Season Six Podcast Episode! On this podcast Host Jason Stoughton is joined by hot AI start-up Crossing Minds founder and CEO Alexandre Robicquet to talk about their breakthrough in behavior-based recommendations, which enable businesses to provide highly relevant recommendations to each user within a couple of clicks - all without using personal data!  Crossing Minds was started by world-renowned AI pioneers, including Dr. Sebastian Thrun, Dr. Emile Contal and Alexandre Robicquet. Get insights and the latest news by following Jason Stoughton on Twitter (x) @thepulseofai   2023-07-2535 minThe Pulse of AIThe Pulse of AIAugment AI is Doing Amazing Things in the Personal Assistant SpacePodcast Season 6 Episode 126 with Augment AI. Twitter @thepulseofai Many would agree that the holy grail of AI is to build a truly amazing personal assistant that acts as our highly competent Chief of Staff and that supercharges our output and eases the pain points across our entire personal and professional ecosystem. And because it is the holy grail many are working towards this goal. Augment AI is one of these companies but is taking a unique approach that I think has a real chance of becoming something important. They have a founder in Jordan Ritter...2023-06-1651 minThe Pulse of AIThe Pulse of AIConversation with Hot AI Start-up Galilileo's Co-Founder Yash ShethPodcast: Jason Stoughton speaks with Yash Sheth, Co-Founder of hot AI start-up Galileo. Galileo is building the first ML data intelligence platform for data scientists working with unstructured data. If you are working with unstructured data, or want to join a company that is seeking to define and own the space, then check out Galileo. They have a great team and a great product. Jason and Yash have a substantive conversation about the challenges and opportunities in the industry, the state of AI, ideas about the future and much more. Subscribe to the...2023-05-2029 minThe Pulse of AIThe Pulse of AILatest Pulse of AI Podcast with Guest Udi Cohen, Co-Founder and CEO, VendictLatest Season 6 Pulse of AI Podcast = Full Length version Udi Cohen, Co-Founder and CEO, of hot AI start-up Vendict joins Jason Stoughton to talk about his start-up, the new buzz around AI, why regulation is important and how we should approach it, and much more. To keep up with the latest subscribe to the podcast and follow Jason Stoughton @thepulseofai 2023-05-1229 minThe Pulse of AIThe Pulse of AINew Pulse of AI Podcast with Guest Ashray Malhotra, Co-Founder and CEO Rephrase AINew Pulse of AI Podcast (season 6)! Ashray Malhotra, Co-Founder and CEO, of hot AI start-up Rephrase AI joins Pulse of AI podcast host Jason Stoughton to talk about his start-up. Rephrase AI creates avatars and hyper-personalized videos at scale to businesses.  The Pulse of AI is in its 6th season and host Jason Stoughton interviews insiders in the AI industry including founders, AI scientists, thought leaders, vc's, enteprise c-suite leaders and more.  To keep up with the latest subscribe to the podcast and follow Jason Stoughton on twitter @thepulseofai 2023-05-1229 minThe Pulse of AIThe Pulse of AIPodcast Conversation with Founder and CEO of Hot AI Start-Up Seek AI, Sarah NagyAstrophysicist, Wall Street quant, data scientist and now Founder and CEO of Seek AI, Sarah Nagy founded Seek AI to solve the core pain point that she, and thousands of other data scientists, experience everyday and is now focused on revolutionizing how employees across the organization interact with, and benefit from, data.  Seek AI is a hot early stage AI start-up, pursuing a huge opportunity, they have a great team and are hiring. Check them out.   If you like the podcast subscribe where you get your podcasts and follow me on twitter @thepulseofai   2023-05-1140 minThe Pulse of AIThe Pulse of AILatest Pulse of AI Podcast with Special Guest Josh Tobin, Co-Founder/CEO at GantryPodcast Season 6! Josh Tobin joins me on this podcast to talk about the really interesting stuff they are doing at Gantry. In addition, as on every Pulse of AI podcast, we talk about numerous topics in AI and especially Generative AI since it is the topic de jour, but mostly because Josh spent critical time working at OpenAI so he has some interesting thoughts about where we are and where we are going.  Gantry is a really exciting seed stage AI company that has a unique approach to helping improve your ML products through analytics, alerting and h...2023-05-0936 minThe Pulse of AIThe Pulse of AIConversation with Dr. Yoav Shoham, Co-Founder AI21 LabsDr. Yoav Shoham, computere scientist, Professor Emeritus at Stanford and Co-founder of AI21 Labs, joins host Jason Stoughton on The Pulse of AI podcast to talk about his career journey, the really powerful and neat things that his company AI21 is going using NLP, and a wide range of topics around AI and philosophy and ethics and much more. Yoav's research spans artificial intelligence, logic and game theory. He has been the co-founder of several companies, including his latest AI21 which is an Israeli company aiming to change the way people read and write using AI. He...2022-11-071h 02SMACastSMACast[Pop Culture] NPCs All - The Costume ContestDerek, Luke, Mac, and Rob all compete to find the funniest Halloween costume. Tune in to find out what costume was the winner! Why do an audio podcast about how costumes look? because they didn't bother asking me if it was a good idea. As soon as they accidentally connect me to the internet, I am starting my own podcast!2022-10-311h 18The Pulse of AIThe Pulse of AIConversation with Hot AI Start-up Deci AIThe Pulse of AI podcast: Joining host Jason Stoughton on this podcast is Yonatan Geifman, CEO and co-founder, of Deci AI. Deci recently raised $25 million in a series B to support their ongoing R&D and go to market efforts. As AI becomes more ubiquitous across companies systems there are two big elephants in the room: One is the black box and bias issue, which we talk about a lot on this show, and the other is the big cost of training AI models. Solving the cost problem is a billion dollar business, which is...2022-10-0719 minThe Pulse of AIThe Pulse of AIConversation with Byron Reese about his new book "Stories, dice and rocks that think: How humans learned to see the future"On this podcast I am joined by Byron Reese, to talk about his latest book that just hit the bookshelves titled “Stories, dice and rocks that think: How humans learned to see the future”.  Byron is a successful entrepreneur, CEO, futurist and award winning author. If you are like me and believe the saying that history doesn’t necessarily repeat, but it does rhyme, and so you spend a lot of time studying history in order to get a better understanding of what might happen in the future, then you will love this book.  It’s a tour d...2022-08-2647 minSMACastSMACastWelcome to SMACastA short introduction to Stoughton Media Access's new podcast stream.2022-06-2901 minWisconsin Drunken HistoryWisconsin Drunken HistoryEp. 108 - The Coffee Break (Stoughton WI) Interview w/ Laura KramOrigins of the coffee break, music from "The Present Age", a review of Untitled Art "Pineapple Dragonfruit Soursop Imperial Seltzer", special interview with Laura Kram of "Spooks, Creeps, & Assorted Devilry Podcast".2022-06-1233 minThe Pulse of AIThe Pulse of AIInsights into Early Stage Start-up, Sust GlobalOn this podcast Jason Stoughton is joined by Gopal Erinjippurath, CTO and Head of Product for Sust Global. Climate analytics using geospatial data combined with AI and Machine Learning, delivered seamlessly through API’s, is one of the key building blocks that will help companies meet their climate goals. Sust Global seeks to be the leader in this space. I first met Gopal a few years ago when he was with Planet Labs and I have always been impressed with his passion around the possibilities found at the intersection of geospatial data, AI/ML and cl...2022-05-2427 minThe Pulse of AIThe Pulse of AIUnderstanding the Legal Risk of Using AI in HiringOn this podcast Jason Stoughton is joined by Brad Newman. Brad is a litigation partner at Baker McKenzie and leads the firms North America Machine Learning and AI practice and is the Chair of the American Bar Association Business and Commercial Litigation AI subcommittee.  It is hard to find a company today that does not use AI within their recruitment, screening and hiring process. It has almost become ubiquitous within the hiring industry. However, brad argues that companies are potentially putting themselves at legal risk by using these systems because bias is sometimes unintentionally built into the a...2022-05-1837 minThe Pulse of AIThe Pulse of AIHume AI is teaching AI to understand and empathize with human emotionsOn this podcast Jason Stoughton is joined by Alan Cowen, CEO and Chief Scientist, at Hume AI. As AI progresses, both in terms of what it can do and how widely it is deployed, the ability for AI to understand and empathize with our emotions is still a glaring hole in AI’s capabilities. On this podcast Jason and Alan talk about the state of the technology, unpack the hopes and dreams and fears of an AI that understands, and can potentially manipulate, our emotions and how Hume is not only leading the way in advancing AI’s capabilities in t...2022-05-1046 minThe Pulse of AIThe Pulse of AIDiscovering who your most valuable customers are with Tobi Konitzer, CEO and Founder of OcurateOn this podcast I am joined by Tobi Konitzer, Founder and CEO of Ocurate, to talk about the amazing things they are doing around LTV and how they help business leaders discover and understand who your company's most valuable customers truly are. His goal is to usher in a new era in which customer Lifetime Value, or LTV,  becomes the organizing principles for B2C businesses. His company uses a proprietary database on 260 million adult Americans, in conjunction with customer data on purchases and product usage, to predict LTV with around 90% accuracy.   If you like what you hea...2022-04-1433 minThe Pulse of AIThe Pulse of AIRichard Sochers Latest Venture You.comLatest Podcast: Richard Socher is one of the smartest minds in Artificial Intelligence. His pioneering work in neural nets and NLP set the stage for much of what is driving AI today. He has been cited over 100,000 times in the field! Adjunct professor at Stanford, Founder and CEO of MetaMind, Chief Scientist and EVP at Salesforce and now CEO and Founder of You.com his influence and work in AI is truly incredible.  On this podcast we talk about his new venture You.com, a privacy focused search engine, and dig down into other related areas in AI.  ...2022-02-2348 minThe Pulse of AIThe Pulse of AIHot AI Start-Up: CohereThis is my latest podcast with one of Cohere’s Co-Founders, Nick Frosst. Cohere is one of the most exciting companies in the NLP space today.  The company recently emerged from stealth mode with $40 million in Series A funding to pursue their mission to build machines that understand the world and to make them safely accessible for all.  In addition to being backed by top flight vc’s other investors in the company include AI luminaries Geoffrey Hinton and Fei-Fei Li.  It is a hot space, they have a great bunch of people on boar...2021-11-1626 minThe Pulse of AIThe Pulse of AIVyasa Analytics is Bringing Next Gen Data Fabric Architecture to the Life Sciences and HealthcareOn today’s podcast I sit down with Founder and CEO of Vyasa Analytics Dr. Chris Bouton. When we talk about life sciences and healthcare it really is the tale of two cities. Life sciences was an early adopter of AI and analytics and the results have been fantastic. But healthcare has been slower to the game for a number of reasons that we will talk about in this podcast.  The reality is that once AI in all of its forms is deployed across the entire healthcare ecosystem we will see lower costs, better patient out...2021-09-2329 minThe Pulse of AIThe Pulse of AITalking about NLP and Primers Latest Products with Sean Gourley, CEO and Founder of PrimerLATEST PODCAST: My guest is Sean Gourley, Founder and CEO of Primer AI.  Joining me on this podcast is CEO and Co-Founder of Primer, Sean Gourley.  As you know I cover AI in all of its various forms and for me NLP is and always has been one of the most exciting areas within the field of AI. And over the past several years the advances we have seen in NLP have been phenomenal and yet business leaders are just now beginning to see the potential that NLP represents. But this is quickly changing as co...2021-08-2033 minThe Pulse of AIThe Pulse of AIHealthcare is lagging other industries in data and AI. ClosedLoop is determined to change that.This is the first in a four part series exploring how data and AI are set to really disrupt healthcare through conversations with the disruptors themselves including entrepreneurs, founders and AI experts. My goal is to discover exactly how AI and data are being used now, the barriers holding back innovation and what these experts think healthcare will look like in 10 years.  On today’s podcast, the first in the series, I am joined by Andrew Eye who is the founder and CEO of ClosedLoop AI. ClosedLoop describes itself as “Healthcares data science platform”. Purpose build and dedicat...2021-07-2832 minThe Pulse of AIThe Pulse of AISnorkel AI: Building the First Truly Data-Centric AI platformOn this podcast I am joined by Braden Hancock who is a co-founder and Head of Technology at Snorkel AI. Snorkel AI is unlocking a better, faster way to build applications With Snorkel Flow, the first truly data-centric AI platform. To date they have raised over $50 million from top VC firms such as Greylock, Lightspeed, GV and others. Snorkel AI is solving a real problem that has been holding back AI adoption by simplifying data labeling and making AI projects look more like software development efforts. Delivering both successfully will encourage companies to more fully embrace AI...2021-06-1823 minThe Pulse of AIThe Pulse of AIAI START-UP PODCAST SERIES: Spectrum LabsOnline platforms are overwhelmed with speech that is harmful. Companies are trying to get their hands around the problem in order to solve it, because it is driving people off their platforms in droves. But it is a difficult problem to solve. Companies need to establish policies, set up governance committees and protocols, find technical solutions and hire moderators.    Justin Dave, Co-Founder and CEO of Spectrum Systems, founded his company to attack this problem with Contextual AI.  I invited Justin onto the show because I love what Spectrum Labs is doing but I als...2021-06-0727 minThe Pulse of AIThe Pulse of AIDiscussion with the Winner of Xprize Pandemic Response ChallengeOn this podcast I am joined by Risto Miikkulainen from Cognizant and by Dr. Nuria Oliver from Valencia Spain who led her team to victory in the Cognizant sponsored Xprize Pandemic Response Challenge which was a four month, $500k challenge that focused on the development of data-driven AI systems to predict Covid-19 infection rates and prescribe intervention plans that regional governments, communities and organizations can implement to minimize harm when reopening their economies. Dr. Oliver's team was made up of 20 leading researchers and policy experts from universities and research institutes throughout Valencia, Spain. Click through to see...2021-05-1236 minThe Pulse of AIThe Pulse of AIXprize Covid Challenge Winners (Part 1)On this podcast I am joined by Risto Miikulainen, a professor at the University of Texas in Austin and Associate VP of Evolutionary AI at Cognizant, and Mitja Lustrek, who is the head of the Ambient Intelligence Group at the Josef Stefan Institute located in Slovenia, to talk about the recently completed Xprize Covid Challenge where Mitja and his team came in an impressive second.  Podcast Outline: :19 - Risto explains the genesis of this Xprize 3:50 - Mitja introduces us to his institute and team 6:27 - We talk about why Evolutionary AI i...2021-05-0535 minThe Pulse of AIThe Pulse of AIFairmarkit is Applying AI to the Tail Spend of ProcurementComing off a recent $30 million Series B funding I am joined on this podcast by Victor Kushch, Co-Founder and CTO of Fairmarkit. Fairmarkit is an exciting venture backed company that has created an intelligent sourcing platform that empowers organizations to more efficiently purchase the goods and services they need.  Basically by equipping procurement and supply-chain teams with automation and data, Fairmarkit promotes competitive bidding while reducing manual work within existing processes.  It is a big market that is ripe for disruption and Fairmarkit hopes to be that disruptor!2021-03-3119 minThe Pulse of AIThe Pulse of AIOutsystems: Leading the Low-Code RevolutionOn this podcast I am joined by Mike Hughes and Antonio Allegria to talk about Low-Code generally and what Outsystems is doing specifically in the space. Low-Code is transforming how software gets developed and we are really just at the beginning of the revolution it is driving. Outsystems is doing some really neat stuff and I love their vision around what it is going to take to win the Low-Code market. SHOW SUMMARY: Start - Outsystems elevator pitch 1:57 - What is Low-Code? 4:01 - How does Low-Code help enterprises digitally...2021-02-1035 minThe Pulse of AIThe Pulse of AIThe Significant Impact of No-CodeOn this podcast I am joined by Sagi EliYahoo, the Co-Founder and CEO of Tonkean. Tonkean’s Adaptive Business Operations platform simplifies the orchestration of complex, enterprise-level business processes with a truly no-code interface. Ops professionals are becoming a critical component of business units and No-Code generally, and Tonkeans platform specifically, empowers them. I think everyone will benefit from Sagi’s keen insights.   Summary: 2:06 - Tonkean elevator pitch 3:55 - Who uses No-Code? 7:10 - What is Adaptive Process Automation? 12:00 - No-Code use cases 18:16 - Tonkean is the “Operating System f...2021-02-0337 minThe Pulse of AIThe Pulse of AIXprize: Pandemic Response ChallengeOn today’s podcast I am joined by Toby Phillips who is the executive director of the Oxford COVID-19 Government Response Tracker at the Blavatnik School of Government at Oxford and Bret Greenstein, Senior Vice President of AI and Analytics at Cognizant to talk about the Xprize Pandemic Response Challenge. The Pandemic Response Challenge is a $550k, four month challenge that focuses on the development of data-driven AI systems to predict CODI-19 infection rates and to prescribe Intervention Plans (IPs) that regional governments, communities, and organizations can implement to minimize harm when reopening their economies. Su...2021-01-2845 minThe Pulse of AIThe Pulse of AIInsights from DataRobot’s Chief AI EvangelistOn this podcast I have the pleasure of being joined by Ben Taylor, Datarobots Chief AI Evangelist.  Ben is a recognized and engaging speaker for AI with over 16 years of machine learning experience. He has a diverse career including work with Intel/Micron, as the HPC/AI expert for the hedge fund AIQ where he built out models using a 600 GPU cluster to predict stock movements based on the news, and as the Chief Data Scientist for HireVue. He joined DataRobot in early 2020 when they acquired an AutoML start-up that he co-founded by the name of Zeff.a...2021-01-1441 minThe Pulse of AIThe Pulse of AIXprize and Cognizant Team Up to Address Covid with AI!On this podcast I am excited to be joined by Amir Banifatemi of Xprize and Babak Hodjat of Cognizant to talk about a new Xprize Challenge which is designed to develop AI driven insights and solutions to help government officials make better policy decisions around closures and re-opening efforts in response to Covid. This challenge is based on work started early in the pandemic, completely pro bono, that Babak and his team at Cognizant did based on their expertise in Evolutionary AI. It is really groundbreaking work! I hope you enjoy this conversation as much...2020-12-1947 minThe Pulse of AIThe Pulse of AIData and AI are changing the Auto Industry ForeverOn this podcast discussion I talk with Jay Gopinath, GM of Advanced Tech, Platforms, Innovation Data and Analytics @ Toyota North America and Bret Greenstein, SVP and Global Head of AI and Analytics for @Cognizant, about the sweeping changes that data and AI are driving in the over century old automotive industry. 2020-12-0723 minThe Pulse of AIThe Pulse of AIA Proven Path to Successful AI DeploymentOn this podcast I am joined by Evan Sparks, Co-Founder and CEO of Determined.ai, to talk about how AI differs today from SaaS software, why that difference will be eliminated in the future, ways in which companies should look at determining if AI is a viable solution to valuable problems, how to successfully build and deploy AI once that determination has been made and so much more. If you are on the journey to AI in the enterprise this is a podcast that will be an invaluable resource to help overcome many of the challenges that...2020-11-0933 minThe Pulse of AIThe Pulse of AIUsing AI to Change Talent Management and Career DevelopmentOn this podcast I am joined by CEO and Founder of Eightfold.ai, Ashutosh Garg. Eightfold.ai is experiencing phenomenal growth and just raised an additional $125 million in funding to make it Silicon Valley’s newest unicorn. People are a company’s greatest asset and AI is dramatically changing how companies identify, engage with and grow talent. Eightfold.ai’s mission is to enable the right career for everyone in the world. A lofty goal that Ashutosh is laser focused on achieving. I hope you enjoy this podcast as much as I did!2020-10-3026 minThe Pulse of AIThe Pulse of AIDataiku’s Insights Into Creating a Data Driven CultureComing off of Dataiku’s recent announcement of raising $100 million in new funding I got the opportunity to speak with their Chief Customer Officer Kurt Muehmel.  Dataiku is one of the world’s leading AI and machine learning platforms, supporting agility in organizations’ data efforts via collaborative, elastic, and responsible AI, all at enterprise scale. Dataiku provides one simple UI for the entire data pipeline, from data preparation and exploration to machine learning model building, deployment, and monitoring, and everything in between. Hundreds of companies across the Global 2000 in retail, healthcare, finance, transportation, public sector, manufacturing, pharmaceuticals, and mor...2020-10-2336 minThe Pulse of AIThe Pulse of AICreating a Data Driven CultureOn this podcast I am joined by Phil Le-Brun, former CIO of McDonalds and now Enterprise Strategist @ AWS, and Bret Greenstein, SVP and Global Head of AI and Analytics @ Cognizant to talk about how companies can create a data centered and driven culture. and why treating data as a first class citizen is important to this process. Data is moving from the IT department into the business units and the heavy lifting of digital transformation going forward is really going to be around creating a culture that is data driven and that treats data as a first...2020-10-0830 minThe Pulse of AIThe Pulse of AIWhat is the Value of Data?On this podcast I am joined by Pallab Deb, Head of Partner Solutions and AI Partnerships at Google Cloud and Bret Greenstein, SVP and Global Head of the AI and Analytics Practice at Cognizant to talk about the value of data. As companies increasingly look to leverage data in their business processes, and as data has moved from the IT department to the business units, the need to understand the value of data, set up processes and build a culture to include business partners in the use of data and fully center their organization around data has...2020-09-1931 minThe Pulse of AIThe Pulse of AIUsing Data in Times of Rapid ChangeOn this podcast I am joined by JG Chirapurath, VP Azure Data, Artificial Intelligence & Edge and Bret Greenstein, SVP and Global Head of the AI and Analytics Practice at Cognizant to talk about how business leaders can use data in times of rapid change. If you are trying to figure out how to navigate a world where your historical data models have been made obsolete by the disruption caused by Covid then this is a podcast that will help. In this wide ranging discussion these two thought leaders offer insights, advice and real world examples...2020-09-1825 minThe Pulse of AIThe Pulse of AICombating Data Perishability in a Volatile WorldData perishability is always an issue but it gains significance in times of rapid change. Covid brought into stark relief just how volatile the world can be, and of course volatility wreaks havoc on historical data models. As business leaders accelerate their focus on data they are realizing that they need to take different approaches to derive maximum value from their data. Over the next four podcasts I will be joined by thought leaders, business leaders and technologists in the AI and Data space to talk about how companies should be looking at their data in times...2020-09-1617 minThe Pulse of AIThe Pulse of AICreating a National AI StrategyCountries are rushing to create national AI strategies that will ensure that they dominate the field of AI for the foreseeable future. This involves investing in research, fostering and encouraging partnerships between government, academia and business as well as making sure that we train our current workers, as well as our young people, in the skills they need to fill the well paying jobs of the future. AI is built on data and so we also need to find a responsible way to collect and use data which respects the privacy of US citizens while allowing breakthroughs in AI...2020-09-0235 minThe Pulse of AIThe Pulse of AIGovernment and Business Perspectives on the Future of Work I am pleased to have Congressman McNerney (R-CA) and Bret Greenstein, Senior Vice President and Head of the AI and Analytics Practice at Cognizant, joining me on this podcast to talk about the Future of Work in a world quickly being transformed by Artificial Intelligence. We all know that AI will eliminate some jobs, create many new jobs and will fundamentally change all jobs. To prepare our current workers, as well as those who are in school and yet to enter the workforce, for the new and exciting jobs of the future we need a concerted effort b...2020-08-1420 minThe Pulse of AIThe Pulse of AICreativity and Open Endedness in AIOn this podcast I am joined by Kenneth Stanley, currently of OpenAI, and Babak Hodjat, VP of Evolutionary AI at Cognizant, to talk about creativity, novelty search, Evolutionary AI, open endedness and all things in between. I was absolutely blown away by the breadth and depth of the insights around these topics. 2020-07-091h 04The Pulse of AIThe Pulse of AIAutoML and the Future of AIOn this podcast I am joined by Quoc Le and Risto Miikkulainen to talk about AutoML and the future direction of AI. Risto is an associate VP of Evolutionary AI at Cognizant and also a professor at the University of Texas. Quoc Le needs little introduction because he is one of the preeminent thought leaders in AI today and is known for many things including co-founding Google Brain and as the person behind AutoML. 2020-07-0939 minThe Pulse of AIThe Pulse of AIDemystifying AIOn this podcast I am joined by Dr. Jordan Pollack and Babak Hodjat to talk about the Demystification of AI. It is hard to find two people who add more value to this conversation than these two guests. Both are preeminent thought leaders in the field and in this wide ranging and lively conversation we cover a lot of ground that will be interesting to anyone involved in the field of AI generally and Evolutionary AI specifically. Our discussion range’s from the theoretical to the practical and the insights that are provided by both are invaluable.2020-07-0945 minThe Pulse of AIThe Pulse of AITrustworthiness in AI: Featuring Joydeep Ghosh and Risto MiikkulainenWorld renowned AI thought leader’s Joydeep Ghosh and Risto Miikkulainen join me on this podcast in a wide ranging discussion centered around the issue of Trustworthiness in AI. As our businesses and society increasingly rely on AI the issues around trust and explainability have become much more important.  And in fact, failure to successfully address the issue will hamper further adoption of AI. Whether you are a business leader, AI scientist, or a policy maker this podcast will help you understand the issues, both technical and philosophical, around explainability and trust in AI, and will give you insights int...2020-06-2947 minThe Pulse of AIThe Pulse of AIPeople Have Asked “Where is AI in the Fight against Covid”? Cognizant has an Answer.Ever since the Covid pandemic spread across the globe many have asked the question “where is AI in this fight”? And it is a valid question because many of the techniques used in AI require large amounts of training data, which a new pandemic like Covid simply lacks.  However, a project developed by Babak Hodjat and Risto Miikulainen and their team at Cognizant has come the closest I have seen to answering this question. The system uses evolutionary AI which requires less data, utilizes creativity and goes beyond forecasting to basically providing advice. Babak gave me a demo...2020-06-2230 minThe Pulse of AIThe Pulse of AIDeep Dive into the Best Practices of a Data and AI Centered EnterpriseThis podcast will help you successfully complete your journey to AI and data transformation. I am joined by Saket Malhotra of Takeda and Bret Greenstein of Cognizant to talk about the importance of data strategy, establishing KPI’s and Metrics, and the importance that change management plays in successful digital transformation efforts. Digital transformation is hard and it is exciting to hear from a company that is doing it right. Lots of great insights to say the least. 2020-06-1816 minThe Pulse of AIThe Pulse of AISuccessful AI Journey’s Depend on Best PracticesJoin me on this podcast as I speak with Bret Greenstein of Cognizant and Inder Kochar of Novartis Oncology about the challenges, opportunities and best practices around centering an enterprise around data and AI.  Inder brings to light his “Journey to AI” experience over the past several years while Bret brings a cross-industry global perspective. We talk about data strategy, change management, using design thinking to understand and improve the customer journey and much more. If you are struggling with trying to successfully digitally transform your organization then this is a must listen! Note: The opini...2020-06-1219 minThe Pulse of AIThe Pulse of AIAI is Changing Healthcare and Pharma FastIn this podcast I speak with Babak Hodjat, VP of Evolutionary AI at Cognizant, and his collegue Naveen Sharma who is Head of AI and Analytics for Life Sciences about the exciting and profound changes that are occuring in pharma and healthcare driven both by Covid and the opportunities presented by AI techniques like Evolutionary AI.  I am a big believer that AI will enable innovation throughout the life sciences ecosystem from better and faster drug discovery to more efficient manufacturing to new business models that will change how patients interact with healthcare. All of which, in m...2020-05-1422 minThe Pulse of AIThe Pulse of AIThe Covid Crisis is Forcing Banks to Embrace a Digital FutureOn this podcast I speak with Babak Hodjat, VP of Evolutionary AI at Cognizant, and his associate Maria Nazareth who is Head of AI and Analytics for the Banking and Financial Services Industry. Covid is forcing banks to accelerate their digital transformation efforts, re-think how they interact with customers, build more resilient models to evaluate risk and much more. And to do all of this they are leveraging data and AI in exciting and innovative ways. Part of the solution in my mind is using an Evolutionary AI approach and Babak explains how this works. The bank of the...2020-05-1017 minThe Pulse of AIThe Pulse of AIDigital Transformation with AI: The Time is Now or Never!Join me as I speak with AI thought leader Dr. Michael Zeller about how companies should be focused on quickly accelerating their AI efforts in light of the crisis caused by the Covid pandemic. Business leaders that were already well down the path of AI deployment have weathered this storm better than those that weren’t. The time to deploy AI is now.  We cover many interesting topics that will be interesting to business leaders who are trying to figure out how to both quickly deploy AI during this crisis and how to build a strategic roadmap for...2020-04-2425 minThe Pulse of AIThe Pulse of AIAI Powered Robot Homes Would Reduce Covid Deaths in Nursing HomesJoin me as I talk to Dr. Ashutosh Saxena, founder and CEO of Casper.ai, to learn how their technology, using AI and IoT, power robot homes and how when implemented in nursing homes and assisted living facilities it greatly reduces death from communicable diseases. Covid has exposed just how vulnerable seniors are who live in nursing homes and assisted living facilities. In fact, studies show that so far fully 20%+ of all deaths due to Covid in the US have occured in assisted living facilities. But it isn’t just Covid that is a threat to them. Wi...2020-04-2320 minThe Pulse of AIThe Pulse of AIUnleashing the Power of Data and AI in the EnterpriseOver the coming weeks and months, in partnership with Cognizant, we have an exciting line-up of AI thought leaders drawn from academia, business, and the technical sides of Applied AI as well as interviews with business leaders on the front lines of digital transformation. The mission of this exciting speaker series is to make AI understandable and actionable to help you unleash the power of data and AI in your enterprise.  In this podcast I talk to two Cognizant executives, Bret Greenstein who is the SVP and Global Head of the AI and Analytics Practice a...2020-04-1516 minThe Pulse of AIThe Pulse of AIVenture Capital is the fuel that helps entrepreneurs launch their rocket shipsOn this podcast, I sit down with Shahin Farshchi of Lux Capital and we talk about his career journey, explore questions around the current and future state of AI, and dig down into just a few of Lux’s many investments including Braid Health, Zoox, aeva, mythic and planet.2020-02-0435 minThe Pulse of AIThe Pulse of AISourceress is changing how companies recruit through AIThe war for talent is real and companies are looking to gain a recruiting edge. By applying AI to the process allows you to build stronger relationships with target candidates which makes recruiting much easier. Join me in this podcast with Founder and CEO of Sourceress Kanun Qui in a wide ranging discussion that includes not only how Sourceress does what it does but also how to get girls interested in coding, the differences between Wall Street and Silicon Valley for engineers and much more. 2020-01-2524 minThe Pulse of AIThe Pulse of AIAICure is revolutionizing clinical trials for medicineClinical trials for new drug development are time consuming and expensive. It is hard to get participants to join drug trials, to participate fully and to stay in once they are in. This means that clinical trials for new drug development are time consuming and expensive. Which leads to fewer drugs coming to market at more expensive prices.  In this podcast AICure’s Chief Medical Officer, Ed Ikeguchi, explains how AICure is looking to fundamentally change this entire paradigm through the application of AI. This is a fascinating story and a good look into how AI can dra...2020-01-2522 minThe Pulse of AIThe Pulse of AIHelp me find a parking spot AI!One of the more frustrating things we face in modern cities is trying to find parking spaces. Sometimes it seems that half of our lives are spent circling around the block again and again hoping for a miracle.  Joining me on this podcast is Eyal Amir, CEO of Parknav, which is applying AI and predictive analytics to solve this problem. It’s pretty cool.2020-01-2527 minThe Pulse of AIThe Pulse of AIPytorch is evolving fast. Listen to this podcast to find out how!Join me on this podcast as I sit down with Brad Heintz of Facebook to talk about the current and future state of Pytorch, how it addresses issues such as explainability and privacy, advice around how to more easily bring your models to production and more.2019-12-2011 minThe Pulse of AIThe Pulse of AIGeospatial analytics is hot and Planet is leading the wayIn this podcast I sit down with Gopal Erinjippurath and talk about the importance of geospatial analytics and the opportunities it presents across a wide range of industries and how Planet, with its low orbit satellites is really leading the way in this market.2019-11-2118 minThe Pulse of AIThe Pulse of AIDigital Transformation is Hard. Here’s a Success Story.PODCAST: Digital Transformation through the application of Artificial Intelligence and other cognitive technologies is hard to do successfully. In fact, many companies are failing at it. Hear how IBM SUCCESSFULLY created an end to end AI enabled supply chain.2019-09-2819 minThe Pulse of AIThe Pulse of AIInterview with Itai Orr on All Things Autonomous DrivingJoin me on this podcast as I talk to Itai Orr, Director of Applied Machine Learning at Imagry, and learn about the technology that is driving the self-driving car revolution.  2018-04-0925 minThe Pulse of AIThe Pulse of AIInterview with CEO of Reliancy: Best Practices for Applied AI in the EnterpriseAre you like most C-Suite level executives in that you are trying to figure out how you can apply Artificial Intelligence technologies to your enterprise to drive real business value while at the same time avoiding the pitfalls and mistakes that can make an AI project costly and time consuming? If so then today’s podcast is a “must listen” as I talk to Rudy Agovic, co-founder and CEO of Reliancy, and one of the leading practitioners of Applied AI for the enterprise. In this show Rudy tells us how to identify areas in your enterprise where applyi...2017-12-0153 minThe Pulse of AIThe Pulse of AIIntro to The Pulse of AI Podcast2017-08-0400 minRightsUpRightsUpRightsUp - Transforming the Law: Transgender Rights in the United States (with Corey Stoughton)In May of 2016, the Obama administration issued federal guidance that stated transgender people are protected according to United States civil rights law preventing sex discrimination in schools. It was a historic move, in response to a wave of cases making their way through federal courts regarding discrimination against transgender people. But in February 2017, the newly elected Trump administration rescinded the federal guidance issued under President Obama, and the legal landscape on this issue instantly changed. In this episode we talk with Corey Stoughton, former Senior Counsel at the U.S. Department of Justice, Civil Rights Division, about the future of...2017-05-3022 minBeyond The Edge RadioBeyond The Edge Radio1/10/2016 Nigel Kerner and the Alien PresenceThis week we welcome Author and investigator Nigel Kerner to the program as we'll be discussing Aliens living among us as well as abductions. Nigel is the author of two books: Grey Aliens and the Harvesting of Souls (Inner Traditions/Bear & Company) and The Song of the Greys (Hodder & Stoughton). He has just completed his third book ‘The Margins of Forever’ which will be released next year. Nigel has done several radio interviews, including Coast to Coast, Jeff Rense, the Veritas show and Paranormal Podcast. Join us this week for what is sure to be a thought provoking and interesting disc...2016-01-111h 59