Welcome to exhilarating episode of AI Innovators with Rob May! In this episode, Rob is joined by Dan Schwarz, founder of FutureSearch, for an in-depth conversation about the future of artificial intelligence and the pivotal role forecasting plays in understanding where AI is headed. Unlike any previous guest, Dan brings his unique perspective as a leader of a company that leverages AI to predict the future of AI itself. The AI Innovators Podcast is sponsored by Half Court Ventures and the Invest...
May 06, 2025•24 min•Ep. 51
Welcome to exhilarating episode of AI Innovators with Rob May! In this episode, we explore the transformative power of AI in marketing and branding with our distinguished guests: Catherine Perloff, a journalist focused on the advertising business of big tech platforms, and Noah Brier, an entrepreneur passionate about integrating AI into marketing strategies. The AI Innovators Podcast is sponsored by Half Court Ventures and the Investing in AI newsletter, this episode promises to provide a wealth...
Apr 08, 2025•23 min•Ep. 50
Welcome to another exciting episode of AI Innovators with Rob May! In this episode, we dive deep into the intersection of artificial intelligence and risk analysis with Scott Weller, co-founder of Enfi AI. The AI Innovators Podcast is sponsored by Half Court Ventures and the Investing in AI newsletter, this episode promises to provide a wealth of knowledge for anyone interested in the cutting-edge developments in AI and their real-world applications. Scott shares his insights on how AI is transf...
Mar 04, 2025•25 min•Ep. 49
Welcome to another episode of AI Innovators with Rob May, where we explore the transformative impact of artificial intelligence on various industries. In this episode, we're joined by the insightful Karen Hao , a freelance journalist known for her expertise in AI and technology reporting. The AI Innovators Podcast is sponsored by Half Court Ventures and the Investing in AI newsletter, this episode promises to provide a wealth of knowledge for anyone interested in the cutting-edge developments in...
Feb 18, 2025•22 min•Ep. 48
Welcome to another episode of the AI Innovators Podcast! I'm your host, Rob May, and in today's episode, In today's episode, our distinguished guest is Joseph Jorgensen, the founder of Capsule Video. Join us as Joseph shares the story behind Capsule, a ground-breaking AI-powered video editing platform designed to make video creation easier for businesses, especially large enterprises. From the challenges of video content creation to the innovative ways Capsule leverages AI to streamline the edit...
Jan 22, 2025•20 min•Ep. 47
Welcome to another episode of the AI Innovators Podcast! I'm your host, Rob May, and in today's episode, we're wrapping up the year with a bang by looking ahead to AI in 2025. I've gathered a panel of AI experts from Half Court Ventures to discuss the current landscape, future trends, and the evolving challenges and opportunities in the AI sphere. AI Innovators Podcast is sponsored by Half Court Ventures and the Investing in AI newsletter, this episode promises to provide a wealth of knowledge f...
Dec 31, 2024•25 min•Ep. 46
Welcome to another exciting episode of the AI Innovators Podcast! I'm your host, Rob May, and today we have a truly special guest joining us: Kevin Novak. Kevin is a former data scientist at Uber and now a venture capitalist with Rackhouse VC. In this episode, we dive deep into fascinating topics surrounding the transformative power of AI in early-stage businesses, the evolving landscape of data and infrastructure, and the nuances of AI investment strategies. Episode Highlights: Kevin delves int...
Nov 27, 2024•31 min•Ep. 45
Welcome to another exciting episode of the AI Innovators Podcast ! I'm your host, Rob May, and today we're diving into a truly unique domain as we explore the intersection of AI and the insurance industry. Our guest is Alex Schmelkin, CEO of Sixfold AI , a company that's revolutionizing how insurance companies underwrite policies. In this episode, Alex gives us an insider look at the traditional human-led underwriting process and how Sixfold AI is reshaping this landscape with advanced AI techno...
Nov 19, 2024•24 min•Ep. 44
Welcome back to another episode of AI Innovators with Rob May, the podcast that deep dives into how AI is reshaping industries and the groundbreaking minds behind it. In today's episode, we're joined by Pawel Zimoch, co-founder of Featrix AI, a company known for pioneering vectorization solutions for the enterprise. As we explore the world of vectors and embeddings, Pawel unpacks the significance of data predictability and why some data sets work better with AI than others. We'll also delve into...
Nov 14, 2024•26 min•Ep. 43
Welcome to another exciting episode of AI Innovators with Rob May! In today's episode, we are thrilled to have Kojo Asai from Matrix Capital as our guest. Kojo dives deep into his intriguing thesis on why inference costs are plummeting towards zero and its massive implications for the AI industry. We’ll explore how dropping costs can unlock groundbreaking applications, revolutionize generative media, and shape the future of AI. Kojo also shares his insights on the hottest layers in the AI stack,...
Oct 31, 2024•24 min•Ep. 42
Welcome to another exciting episode of 'AI Innovators with Rob May.' This is the podcast where we dive deep into the transformative world of artificial intelligence and its impacts across various industries. I'm your host, Rob May, and today, we have a fascinating episode lined up for you. In today's episode, we're thrilled to be joined by two incredible guests, Steve Peltzman and Sam Koch. Steve is here to shed light on the limitations of traditional surveys in identifying specific issues, part...
Oct 16, 2024•34 min•Ep. 41
Welcome to AI Innovators podcast with your host, Rob May. In this episode of the AI Innovators podcast , I chat with Jason Patel, founder of Openforge. Jason shares his intriguing journey of building an AI-powered email sales tool, highlighting the dynamic decision-making process about the right level of AI integration into their tech stack. Openforge aims to enhance the email sales experience, and Jason discusses the company's evolving strategy, navigating whether to adopt platform models and c...
Oct 09, 2024•24 min•Ep. 40
I'm your host, Rob May, a seasoned entrepreneur and investor in over 100 AI startups. In this series, we dive deep into candid conversations with the trailblazers at the forefront of AI technology. From technical leaders to business executives and academics, we uncover how AI is reshaping everything from startup ecosystems to global giants like Amazon, Google, and Meta. Join us as we discuss the impact of AI on markets, innovative products, and the evolving ways we work and live. Whether you're ...
Oct 04, 2024•1 min
Welcome to AI Innovators podcast with your host, Rob May. In this episode of the **AI Innovators podcast**, I chat with Alex Gunnarson and Zach Hudson, co-founders of Onton (formerly known as Deft). Onton was born out of Alex's frustration when he spent 30 hours searching for a specific couch, an experience shared by many online shoppers. The duo identified significant inefficiencies and trust issues in existing e-commerce search engines, which often resulted in shoppers spending extensive time ...
Oct 02, 2024•26 min•Ep. 39
Welcome to AI Innovators podcast with your host, Rob May. In today's episode, we're excited to delve into the dynamic landscape of AI with Derek Larson, a seasoned entrepreneur and founder of multiple AI ventures. Derek also leads the New York AI group, a thriving community for AI enthusiasts and professionals. Together, Rob and Derek explore Derek's journey from his early entrepreneurial days, building marketing tools for small businesses, to his latest endeavors in mental health and therapist-...
Sep 25, 2024•21 min•Ep. 38
Welcome back to another episode of the AI Innovators podcast! I'm your host, Rob May, and today we have a fascinating conversation lined up with an extraordinary guest, Jaclyn Rice Nelson, co-founder and CEO of Tribe AI. In this episode, we delve into Jaclyn’s exhilarating journey from the world of venture capital to founding Tribe AI. We'll explore her unique perspective on the AI landscape, including the current trends, challenges, and remarkable possibilities that lie ahead. Jacqueline shares...
Sep 18, 2024•20 min•Ep. 37
Welcome to back to another episode of the AI Innovators podcast! I'm your host, Rob May, and today we're diving into the intersection of AI and human psychology with two incredible guests, Arthur Tisi and Harold Goldstein from Hunova. In this episode, we'll uncover the journey behind Hunova's innovative use of AI to enhance workplace performance and reduce bias, and we'll explore the blend of proprietary models and ensemble techniques that drive their cutting-edge solutions. Stay tuned as we dis...
Sep 11, 2024•28 min•Ep. 36
Welcome to the AI Innovators podcast with your host, Rob May. Today, we're joined by Margaret Quigley from Cohere, a pioneering company in the AI space. Margaret has a unique role that involves sourcing unconventional and valuable data sets for training AI models. From rural villages in Nigeria to complex face recognition apps, her journey through the tech industry is both fascinating and inspiring. Margaret shares her career path, creative data acquisition strategies, and insights into the ever...
Sep 04, 2024•19 min•Ep. 35
Competera enables retailers to increase customer trust by setting and maintaining optimal price positions on a real-time basis by leveraging the power of AI. Competera’s deep learning algorithms enable their enterprise clients’ to rebound on average 6% of gross margin by continuously calculating and re-quantifying billions of possible price combinations. In this podcast, CEO & co-founder Alex Galkin addresses how AI is changing pricing for different types of customers. He also talks about th...
Aug 28, 2024•26 min•Ep. 34
Anyw.ai sells a fully packaged business solution by helping businesses stay in touch with their users. The company gives businesses actionable and quantitative packaged feedback from their users. In this podcast, CEO, Manuel Zahariev, talks about the LLM wave and the premise of their company in the latest wave of AI technology. Learn more at anyw.ai
Oct 13, 2023•22 min
Lovelace uses AI to bring worlds to life as a generative 3D content/experience platform. In this podcast Kayla Comalli, co-founder and CEO, talks about what can be created in these worlds and some of the challenges the company has faced. By leveraging avant-garde 3D generation, players can seamlessly create bespoke, photorealistic worlds. Learn more at lovelacestudio.com
Sep 24, 2023•23 min
CalypsoAI gives organizations the ability to trust their AI through validation, monitoring, and ongoing security. The company empowers enterprises to leverage the immense potential of Large Language Models (LLMs) confidently and without risk. In this podcast CEO, Neil Serebryany, talks about the personal security implications of using LLMs such as cyber threats and the production of false information. Learn more at calypsoai.com
Sep 15, 2023•22 min
Centaur Labs provides skilled data annotation services for companies that are building AI, specifically in the medical and life science industries. The company’s scalable and high quality data annotation platform continuously measures the accuracy of data annotators, whose annotation quality is motivated by pay-for-performance incentives, and optimized by collective intelligence. In this podcast Co-founder and CEO, Erik Duhaime, talks about how Centaur Labs uses AI in data labeling and addresses...
Aug 04, 2023•24 min
Central Casting AI provides game developers with pre-trained non-player characters (NPCs) for games. These characters come with intelligence, behaviors and dialogue that can interact with objects in the real world. In this podcast Co-Founder Jeff Orkin talks about how Central Casting encodes the rules of common sense in to the characters, the business of the video game industry and the gaming community’s future with AI. The company uses the generative models at the developers’ authoring time to ...
Jul 20, 2023•26 min
Consensus is a product led, product first company with a mission to make science accessible and consumable for all using AI. Consensus uses natural language processing to ingest research papers and understand what the consensus is on any type of scientific issue. The Consensus product is essentially a search engine, powered by language models that allows one to search a natural language research question. In this podcast, Co-Founder Eric Olson talks about his athletic but non-scientific backgrou...
Jul 20, 2023•27 min
Radical Ventures is the largest AI focused VC fund in North America. From healthcare and financial services to infrastructure and manufacturing, Radical Ventures partners with founders who understand the transformational power of AI. In this podcast partner Parasvil Patel talks about the culture behind the company and where he expects to see long term moats emerge for AI companies. Rob also gives Parasavil the chance to argue for or against the points Rob made in his Substack article called “5 C...
Jul 02, 2023•27 min
In this podcast Founder, Alex Wiltschko, talks about how Osmo is adding a new sensory modality to machines by teaching them to smell through reading, mapping and writing smell. He also talks about the company’s findings on the difference between vision and smell when represented by machines. Alex has solved the core problem of predicting what a molecule smells like through super human scent prediction performance. Osmo envisions a future where computers will capture and understand the chemical w...
Jun 18, 2023•22 min
Piction Health uses AI to identify skin diseases to streamline their virtual care delivery. Piction Health provides immediate help and support for the patient’s hair, skin, and nail issues. In this podcast, Cofounder, Susan Conover talks about the use of AI as it relates to images of skin. Susan talks about how the company was formed from her own personal experience being diagnosed with melanoma. Learn more at pictionhealth.com
May 17, 2023•21 min
Intelligent Relations combines the latest AI technology with deep PR industry expertise to democratize access to the media. In this podcast, Chairman, Rob Shavell talks about how he started an AI first PR company and where PR is going in a world of generative AI and large language models. Rob talks about where one can use AI in PR and how Intelligent Relations applies AI to PR. Learn more at intelligentrelations.com
May 03, 2023•21 min
Untether AI helps companies execute AI workloads to run neural networks faster and more cost-effectively using at-memory computing. In this podcast, CEO, Arun Iyengar talks about why GPUs are still holding us back, regardless of their success and how Untether came to fruition. Learn more at untether.ai
Apr 24, 2023•28 min
