On this episode of Brains Behind AI, Ari had the opportunity to chat with Dr. Abraham Heifets, the CEO and Co-Founder of Atomiwse, where he invented the use of deep convolutional neural networks for drug discovery. Abe’s doctoral work applied machine learning and classical AI techniques to organic synthesis planning, which is a long-standing challenge in chemistry. His vision of Artificial Intelligence bringing better, safe, and more potent drugs to patients has become a reality, and Atomwise is on the fast-track to revolutionizing the healthcare industry. Tune in to hear Atomwise’s fascinating story of how they raised $123 million in funding last year alone, and how the company is using AI to develop pharmaceutical drugs.

https://www.atomwise.com/ 

On this episode of Brains Behind AI, Ari sat down with Archie Cheisvil, the founder and CEO of GenesisAI. GenesisAI is an Artificial Intelligence marketplace that allows companies to buy or sell AI products and services. Archie has basically founded the Amazon for Artificial Intelligence.  Only in his 20s, Archie is taking over the world of AI and has recently been listed as Forbes 30 under 30. A Harvard graduate and frequently published by media outlets such as the New York Post and Yahoo Finance, Archie provides depth, advice, insights, and valuable advice to starting a successful AI company while keeping the momentum going. 

We also talk about the AI in Marketing Conference hosted by GenesisAI in Miami, where they will have long list of reputable industryexperts presenting the commercial use of AI in marketing now and where they see it heading5 years from now. The conference will be held on May 24thand 25thin Miami. 

The link to get tickets to the conference: https://www.miamiai.io/
Company URL: https://genesisai.io/

On our 35th episode of “Brains Behind AI”, Ari had the chance to chat with Rob Carpenter, the CEO and Founder of Valyant AI. Valyant AI is an enterprise grade conversational AI platform for the quick serve restaurant industry. In this episode, we learn how Rob has developed a proprietary software application that integrates within a restaurant's existing hardware infrastructure and allows the AI software to take the vast majority of customer orders and insert them directly into the POS for payment. What Valyant is accomplishing is certainly one of its kind, building Artificial Intelligence employees, or holograms, for physical retail locations that have a physical or ‘real’ presence. Tune into hear Rob’s advice on why it’s important to start a service based company before a product company, and how he has overcome a plethora of challenges in creating an AI product with the same capabilities of human psychology.

On this episode of “Brains Behind AI”, Ari had the opportunity to speak with Lawrence Ngo, a practicing radiologist with a PhD in neurobiology. Lawrence is also the Co-founder and CEO of CoRead.AI, a start-up that has developed machine learning algorithms that analyzes the images and reports from radiology exams, and flags studies with high probability for peer review. We dive into Dr. Ngo’s ride from earning his PhD, working through his residency, and founding an AI company. CoRead AI been able to successfully create algorithms that monitor for radiologist blind-spots diagnosis, they are making a giant splash in the Radiology space. Make sure to tune in to hear more.

On our 33rd episode of ‘Brains Behind AI’, Ari spoke with designer Jared Ficklin, the Chief Creative Technologist of product design company Argo Design. Jared possesses two decades of experience creating products and visions for major companies, contributing to the visions, strategy, intellectual property, and products of clients that include HP, Microsoft, AT&T, & Motorola. On this episode, discover Jared’s creative journey as he started off as a saxophone player and transitioned into the world of design, tech, and Artificial Intelligence. Learn Jared’s processes and philosophies as he creatively designs, as well as his take on how to successfully design for Responsible AI. Jared wraps up this episode with an insightful analogy of how a creative career is very similar to that of a jazz musician. Tune in to hear more of Jared’s story and his advice for aspiring design entrepreneurs and key industry leaders.

On our 32nd Episode of “Brains Behind AI”, Ari had the opportunity to speak with Patrick Lucey, the Chief Scientist at Stats Perform. Stats Perform is an award-winning Artificial Intelligence team that maximizes the value of global sports coverage dating back over 40 years by coupling it with machine learning technology to generate insights. As an athlete originally from Australia with a deep love for sports, Patrick worked for Disney Research, where he researched automatic sports broadcasting using large amounts of spatiotemporal tracking data.

Tune into hear how Patrick was able to combine both his love for sports and in-depth knowledge of AI, which led him to pioneering the highly successful Artificial Intelligence group within Stats Perform and the sports world.

Slater Victoroff is the Founder and CTO of Indico, an enterprise AI solution for unstructured content that emphasizes document understanding. Slater has been building machine learning solutions for startups, governments, and Fortune 100 companies for the past seven years and is a frequent speaker at AI conferences. Indico’s framework requires 1000x less data than traditional machine learning techniques, and they regularly beat the likes of AWS, Google, Microsoft, and IBM in head-to-head bake-offs. Tune into hear how Indico is at the forefront of AI solutions, and how the company just raised $22 million as part of their Series B funding. And learn how a start-up has already brought on Fortune 100 companies in just a short amount of time. Slater’s journey is not one to be missed.

On our latest Episode of “Brains Behind AI” Ari had the opportunity to speak with Daniel DeMillard, the CTO of Foodspace, an AI company that helps eCommerce teams increase online sales and brand loyalty by building underlying product data foundations. Foodspace uses vision AI to derive scanned product data into shopper-centric attributes needed for online grocery discovery. Throughout this episode, learn how Foodspace is revolutionizing the food industry, using AI to assist brands with organization and a growing online presence. Daniel discusses why he decided to steer away from grocery stores andfocus on using Artificial Intelligence smaller brands instead. A fun episode mixing food with AI.

On our 29th Episode of “Brains Behind AI”, Ari and Natalie sat down with CEO and Co-Founder of Seekar Technologies, KordelFrance. Seekar Technologies is a technology startup that builds Artificial Intelligence products for a variety of industries. In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, learn how Seekar contributed two products free of charge to physicians to help ease demand on medical staffing and screening for the virus faster, making a huge splash in the medical industry. Kordel also walks us through the many unique and different industries that Seekar is serving using AI, such as agriculture, security, medicine, recreation, and energy. At barely two years old, Seekar Technologies is taking the AI world by storm, all through using ethical practices and unbiased data. Seekar is excitedly disrupting the industries that are known not to be heavy in Artificial Intelligence, while creating AI products that are mobile, ethical, explainable, and dynamic.

On this episode of “Brains Behind AI”, Ari and Natalie have a chat with James Prior, the Senior Director of Product Marketing Communications at SiFive. SiFiveis known to be an industry leader in RISC-V processors and silicon solutions. SiFive is also first hardware in Artificial Intelligence startups that have been on the show. In this episode, we discuss what has made SiFive so successful, especially working in the hardware space, and James’ advice for all aspiring entrepreneurs who are interested in tapping into the industry. We even learn about open positions within the company. Tune in to hear more in this unique episode.

On this Episode of “Brains Behind AI”, we had Jonathon Morgan on the show, the founder and CEO of Yonder. Yonder is an AI company that helps Fortune 500 communications teams identify and counteract online disinformation about issues that matter to their organization. Prior to Yonder, Jonathon developed AI to combat social media radicalization with DARPA and served as an advisor to the US State Department. Throughout this episode, learn how Yonder uses Artificial Intelligence to combat conspiracy theories, misinformation, and hate speech on the internet, a task that deems not easy in today’s society. Jonathon takes us through the challenges he has encountered while maneuvering through the world of social media and teaches us how Yonder’s product acts as more than an intuition for clients, but as a necessity when facing emerging narratives.