Our guest this month is Siddhartha Raja, a senior specialist at the World Bank Group’s Digital Development. In this episode, you'll learn about Expanding digital literacyBringing connectivity to rural communitiesGrowing the digital economyMaking the lives of people around the world better through technologyFor more information about Fusemachines, please visit https://www.fusemachines.com For more information about The World Bank, please visit https://www.worldbank.org/en/home Music: Welcome to the Show by Kevin MacLeodLink: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4614-welcome-to-the-show License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license

Our guest this month is Amir Feizpour co-founder and CEO of Aggregate Intellect.In this episode, you’ll learn about The importance of community in a startup The similarities between pitching to investors and datingThe technical and business sides of being a founder Transition from academia to industry For more information about Fusemachines, please visit https://www.fusemachines.com For more information about Aggregate Intellect, please visit https://www.ai.scienceMusic: Welcome to the Show by Kevin MacLeodLink: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4614-welcome-to-the-show License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license

Our guest this month is Andrew Abner, Director of Enterprise Data Science at Take-Two Interactive. He was previously Senior Engineering Manager at Pluto and Technical Lead at HBO. In this episode, you’ll learn about Keeping distributed teams engaged, motivated and connected AI in the gaming industry The impact of AI on a day to day basisWe’re expected to do more with less because of AI and technology The Take-Two | Fusemachines partnership For more information about Fusemachines, please visit https://www.fusemachines.com For more information about Two-Two Interactive, please visit https://www.take2games.comMusic: Welcome to the Show by Kevin MacLeodLink: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4614-welcome-to-the-show License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license

Our guest this month is Monish Gandhi, founder and CEO of Gradient Ascent AI. You'll learn about the spread of AI in our everyday lives, investing in AI, profit generating outcomes and using data creatively. For more information about Fusemachines, please visit https://www.fusemachines.comFor more on Gradient Ascent AI https://www.gradient-ascent.comMusic: Welcome to the Show by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4614-welcome-to-the-show License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license

We discuss digitizing healthcare in Nepal with UpaCare co-founders Dr. Sumitra Kafle and Dr. Navdeep Nath, Fusemachines’ work with UpaCare, healthcare innovation and evolution, and why modern healthcare is so important for countries such as Nepal. For more information about Fusemachines, please visit https://www.fusemachines.comFor more on UpaCare: https://www.upacare.comMusic: Welcome to the Show by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4614-welcome-to-the-show License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license

Joel Brown-Christenson, co-founder of ViableEdu, joins Cee Bunevich, our VP of Partnerships and Umar Malik, our Director of Revenue Operations, to discuss our partnership, financial literacy, combining education and tech to keep pace with the changing financial landscape, bridging the fintech knowledge gap and more. For more information about Fusemachines, please visit https://www.fusemachines.comFor more on ViableEdu: https://viableedu.comMusic: Welcome to the Show by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4614-welcome-to-the-show License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license

We chat with David Mendlewicz, co-founder & CEO of Butterfly, an HR platform that gives managers real time insight on how their team members are feeling and provides avenues for direct and timely feedback. David discusses his journey as a founder, the growth of HR tech, the role of AI in transforming the people industry, advice for global HR teams and more.For more information about Fusemachines, please visit https://www.fusemachines.com For information on Butterfly.ai: https://www.butterfly.aiMusic: Welcome to the Show by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4614-welcome-to-the-show License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license

In this episode, we have Ashlie Arnold, Rural Empowerment Programs Manager and Robert Beazley, Research Analyst: Emerging Empowerment Programs at Pax8, a platform that simplifies the way organizations can buy, sell and manage cloud solutions. We are also joined by our very own Ruchi Pandey, Sr. Director of PR and Corporate Communications at Fusemachines. For more information about Fusemachines, please visit our website at https://www.fusemachines.comFor more information on Pax8: https://wwww.pax8.com Music: Welcome to the Show by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4614-welcome-to-the-show License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license

In this episode, we chat with Viraj Mane, PhD, co-founder and chief scientific officer of Lactiga. Lactiga is a Toronto-based biotech company that has developed and patented methods of extracting antibodies from human breast milk to develop treatments for immunodeficient patients. Viraj discusses Lactiga, research on novel therapeutics to combat COVID, achieving work-life balance, advice for aspiring founders and more.  For more information about Fusemachines, please visit our website at https://www.fusemachines.comFor more information about Lactiga, please visit https://lactiga.comMusic: Welcome to the Show by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4614-welcome-to-the-show License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license

Isu Shrestha, a machine learning engineer at Fusemachines, discusses his journey at Fusemachines starting with the AI Fellowship Program, the steadily compounding influence of AI, the challenging but rewarding product building process with teams across the world and AI’s use in producing music and videos. For more information about Fusemachines, please visit our website at https://www.fusemachines.comFor music from Isu Shrestha, please visit https://youtu.be/_Hc231M7ZREMusic: Welcome to the Show by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4614-welcome-to-the-show License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license

Dr. Kathleen Schofield, Executive Director of the Northeast Florida Regional STEM2 Hub and Cofounder of Transparent Technologies, discusses the significance of STEM education, preparing kids for jobs of the future, gamification of learning, AI in education and more. For more information about Fusemachines, please visit our website at https://www.fusemachines.comFor more information about STEM2Hub, please visit https://stem2hub.orgMusic: Welcome to the Show by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4614-welcome-to-the-show License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license

Doctor Michael Edmondson, Director of New Jersey City University at Fort Monmouth, joins us to discuss the importance of lifelong learning, technology in education, student happiness, the role of adults in setting expectations for young people and more.For more information, please visit our website https://www.fusemachines.comFor more information about Doctor Michael Edmondson, please visit https://www.michaeledmondsonphd.comMusic: Welcome to the Show by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4614-welcome-to-the-show License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license

Friend of Fusemachines, alum of our AI education training program, and software engineer at SchoolZilla Onel Harrison comes on the show to discuss his experience as a Fuse Fellow, the dynamic role of data engineers, importance of self-advocacy, bridging the digital divide between developed and developing countries and more.For more information, please visit our website https://www.fusemachines.comMusic: Welcome to the Show by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4614-welcome-to-the-show License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license

We chat with Veronica Malinski, co-founder and Chief Marketing Officer at Aerialytic, the platform whose end-to-end software uses AI to create custom solar designs in 60 seconds. We discuss solar space evolution, the role of AI and ML, building a start-up, what it means to be a founder and more.For more information about Fusemachines, please visit our website https://www.fusemachines.comFor more information about Aerialytic, please visit https://aerialytic.aiMusic: Welcome to the Show by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4614-welcome-to-the-show License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license

In an engaging discussion with Micah Melling, Chief Data Scientist at Americo, we cover the financial services market, the role of data science in improving customer experiences, lead sourcing, Star Trek, and much more.For more information about Fusemachines, please visit our website https://fusemachines.comFor more information about Americo, please visit https://www.americo.comMusic: Welcome to the Show by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4614-welcome-to-the-show License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license

In this episode, we chat with Co-Founder & COO of Hop In Technologies, Boyd Reid, about using technology to predict and design commute solutions, how his background as an athlete set him up for success, leaving the corporate world to tackle being a founder, and more.For more information about Fusemachines, please visit our website https://fusemachines.comFor more information about Hop In, please visit https://www.hopintech.comMusic: Welcome to the Show by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4614-welcome-to-the-show License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license

We discuss contactless payments, wearables, competing in the new normal, AI fraud engines, data analytics for marketing and more with Spencer Schmerling, founder & CEO of Cascade FinTech.For more information about Fusemachines, please visit our website https://fusemachines.comFor more information about Cascade FinTech, please visit https://www.cascadefintech.comMusic: Welcome to the Show by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4614-welcome-to-the-show License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license

We chat with David Kwok, Associate Director of Entrepreneurship at YSpace, about exploring opportunities amid the pandemic, AI strategies for startups, and data, investment, and funding for young entrepreneurs.For more information about Fusemachines, please visit our website https://www.fusemachines.comFor more information about YSpace, please visit https://yspace.yorku.caMusic: Welcome to the Show by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4614-welcome-to-the-show License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license

We chat with Igor Joblokov, CEO of Pryon and former IBMer, and our CEO Sameer Maskey about democratizing AI, what’s next for natural language processing, AI in pop culture, entrepreneurship and more. For more information about Fusemachines, please visit our website https://www.fusemachines.comFor more information about Pryon, please visit https://pryon.comMusic: Welcome to the Show by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4614-welcome-to-the-show License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license

In this episode we chat with Vanessa Valenzuela about the emergence of intelligent supply chains, their application in the healthcare industry and the role of AI. For more information about Fusemachines, please visit our website https://www.fusemachines.comMusic: Welcome to the Show by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4614-welcome-to-the-show License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license