Brains Behind AI

Ari Yacobi meets the brains behind some of the most successful AI startups and dives into their journey from coming up with the idea to finding the product-market fit and from their experience draw a set of principles that we can take away to ours.

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Siera.AI: Saurav Agarwal is building autonomous forklifts with the mission to prevent hundreds of warehouse accidents and deaths per year that are forklift related

On 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 Hum...

Jun 30, 2020•29 min•Season 1Ep. 6

Cycorp: Dr. Lenat takes us through his decades of experience in AI and his recent work in Knowledge Representation and Reasoning

On 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 r...

Jun 16, 2020•44 min•Season 1Ep. 5

Trailer: Intro to Brains Behind AI

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Jun 10, 2020•2 min

Kungfu AI: Steve Meier talks about helping companies start and accelerate AI program

On 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...

Jun 09, 2020•29 min•Season 1Ep. 4

Hypergiant Galactic Systems: Gary Gattis on his journey from video gaming startup to space and how they are disrupting the entire satellite supply chain with AI

On 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 S...

Jun 09, 2020•33 min•Season 1Ep. 3

Vyasa: Chris Bouton using Deep Learning to accelerate biotech R&D

We 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...

Jun 09, 2020•28 min•Season 1Ep. 2

Deumbra: Jonathan Mugan on developing robots who understand our world the way human children do

On 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...

Jun 08, 2020•26 min•Season 1Ep. 1

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