The AI in Business Podcast
840 episodes - English - Latest episode: 10 days ago - ★★★★ - 101 ratingsThe AI in Business Podcast is for non-technical business leaders who need to find AI opportunities, align AI capabilities with strategy, and deliver ROI.
Each week, Emerj Artificial Intelligence Research CEO Daniel Faggella interviews top AI executives from Fortune 500 firms and unicorn startups - to uncover trends, use-cases, and best practices for practical AI adoption.
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Leveling Up Commercial Operations in Pharma - with David Ehrlich of Aktana
November 24, 2022 07:00 - 34 minutes - 77.8 MBToday's guest is Aktana Chairman and CEO David Ehrlich. Aktana is an AI vendor that helps life science commercial teams go to market with their products. On the AI in Business podcast, David talks about the challenges that marketing and product teams face in getting pharmaceuticals in the marketplace and where these challenges overlap with broader industry applications in banking and retail. Later, he and Emerj CEO Daniel Faggella discuss where AI adds value to the process in unique use case...
Making "AI Ethics" Productive - with Beena Ammanath of Deloitte
November 22, 2022 07:00 - 23 minutes - 21.3 MBToday's guest is Executive Director, Global Deloitte AI Institute & AI Ethics/Tech Ethics Leader, Beena Ammanath. Beena is the author of the book Trustworthy AI and previously served in tech leadership roles at Hewlett Packard, Bank of America, and General Electric before arriving at Deloitte in 2019. In her conversation with Emerj CEO Daniel Faggella, Beena pulls apart putting AI ethics in action at medium and large enterprises in ways that genuinely serve to solve business goals and custom...
Applying Computer Vision and Computer Listening in Manufacturing - with Remi Duquette of Maya HTT
November 17, 2022 07:00 - 27 minutes - 25.1 MBToday's guest is the Head of Artificial Intelligence at Maya HTT, Remi Duquette. In today's episode, Remi talks about computer vision or what people imagine when they think about computer vision through a distinctly human lens. With Emerj CEO Daniel Faggella, Remi especially pulls apart how machines can look at things in ways that humans can't, as it turns out. They also discuss tools in job vision, listening, and how to go beyond the human senses to be able to drive manufacturing results in...
Applying Computer Vision and Computer Listening in Manufacturing - with Remi Duquette of MayaHTT
November 17, 2022 07:00 - 27 minutes - 25.1 MBToday's guest is the Head of Artificial Intelligence at Maya HTT, Remi Duquette. In today's episode, Remi talks about computer vision or what people imagine when they think about computer vision through a distinctly human lens. With Emerj CEO Daniel Faggella, Remi especially pulls apart how machines can look at things in ways that humans can't, as it turns out. They also discuss tools in job vision, listening, and how to go beyond the human senses to be able to drive manufacturing results in...
Follow These Steps Before Deploying Enterprise AI - with SymphonyAI CEO Sanjay Dhawan
November 15, 2022 07:00 - 29 minutes - 27.1 MBToday's guest is Symphony AI CEO Sanjay Dhawan. Sanjay took the helm of Symphony last year after leading the automotive AI firm Cerence since 2019. On the AI in Business podcast, Sanjay discusses insights on using highly defined business outcomes to frame up how fast to scale enterprise data strategies, citing examples in banking and CPG. Together with Emerj CEO Daniel Faggella, Sanjay also dissects the different ways the workflows therein can change for startups and legacy enterprises so th...
Achieving Autonomy for AI in Heavy Industry - with David Pollington of Bloc Ventures
November 08, 2022 11:19 - 20 minutes - 18.7 MBToday's guest is the Head of Research at Bloc Ventures, David Pollington. Previously, David spent nine years leading web services and developing collaborative platforms for GSMA before joining Bloc Ventures, a VC firm based in London that invests in many early technologies based on AI. On the AI in Business podcast, David discusses the possibility of 'complete autonomy' in machinery across several heavy industries — construction, mining, and manufacturing among them. That means machinery in ...
Use-Cases That Emerge from AI + 5G - with Marisa Viveros of IBM
November 01, 2022 10:31 - 29 minutes - 27.2 MBToday's guest is VP of Strategy and Offerings at IBM, Marisa Viveros. 5G is a widely misunderstood technology that most might associate with mobile connectivity and telecoms spaces. Still, it stands to make a tremendous impact on a broad spectrum of industrial sectors underneath the surface of its reputation. Marisa joins us to separate fact from fiction and tell business leaders precisely what they need to understand about 5G, what it means in simple terms, and what it allows for new capabi...
Using AI to Onboard Product Data in eCommerce - with Divyabh Mishra of CrowdANALYTIX
October 25, 2022 07:58 - 25 minutes - 23.3 MBToday’s guest is Divyabh Mishra, Founder & CEO at CrowdANALYTIX. In conversation with Emerj’s CEO Daniel Faggella, Divyabh talks about the business challenges in the eCommerce space when it comes to collecting and ensuring the accuracy of product data in high-volume product databases. Among these problems is that retail itself remains plagued with arcane technology, and Divyabh discusses the many potential applications of AI in making these legacy systems more intelligent — in particular: mo...
Changing to a Paradigm of Trust Automation in Insurance - with Christian van Leeuwen of FRISS
October 20, 2022 06:00 - 31 minutes - 28.7 MBToday’s guest is Christian van Leeuwen, CSO and Co-Founder of FRISS. His company accrued over $88 million to fund a workforce of 200 employees focused on claims underwriting, investigation, and working with the biggest names in the insurance space. In today’s episode, Christian talks about insurance leaders’ trends in underwriting and claims over the last few years since COVID: what is changing, what they see more of, and what new challenges they are facing. Then later, he and Emerj CEO Dan ...
DALL-E-2, the Future of Creative Work "Creative Co-Pilot" - with OpenAI's Aditya Ramesh
October 18, 2022 06:00 - 34 minutes - 31.7 MBToday’s guest is Aditya Ramesh, Creator of DALL·E, Co-creator of DALL·E 2 at OpenAI. You might already be familiar with how the DALL·E platforms have taken the internet by storm in the past year with their ability to turn text into images in any style the user can imagine. Ramesh discusses how the technology works in layman’s terms and sets the stage for where individuals and organizations can take the platform into the future as a ‘creative co-pilot’ to their work. If you’re interested in u...
Streamlining Automotive Purchasing with AI - with Arkestro CEO Edmund Zagorin
October 13, 2022 06:00 - 36 minutes - 33 MBToday’s guest is Edmund Zagorin, Founder of Arkestro. Edmund founded Arkestro in 2017, and the company now operates in several industries in addition to the automotive space. In this episode, Edmund discusses two main topics: First, what makes the automotive purchasing process so complex, from buying electronics to seat fabric, the chassis, the tires, and onward. Secondly, Edmund pulls apart the many AI applications in this process and the data needed to help business leaders make more intel...
Lessons Learned from Enterprise Applications of AI and IoT - with Chris Joynt
October 11, 2022 06:00 - 33 minutes - 30.5 MBToday’s guest is Chris Joynt, who served as AIoT Co-Innovation Leader in the Solutions Group at PTC at the time of our recording. In today’s episode, Chris walks the audience through some actual applications of artificial intelligence and IoT in the enterprise. In addition to explaining some of the most important lessons learned for leaders, including a frank discussion on how to think about getting started on these projects when so much can go wrong when it comes to sensors and data streams...
How the West Can Compete with China in the Global AI Race - with Sean Gourley of Primer
October 05, 2022 06:00 - 40 minutes - 36.8 MBToday’s guest is Sean Gourley, CEO of Primer, a company that has raised $170 million for pioneering large-scale data analysis. In today’s episode, Sean discusses how China’s autocratic regime has certain advantages in developing AI capabilities in the theaters of cyberwarfare and virtual reality. Throughout the conversation, Sean offers his expertise advising how the West can maintain its strategic advantage in these technologies and for how long. If you’ve enjoyed or benefited from some of ...
Smart Data Capture for Shelf Management in Retail - with Christian Floerkemeier of Scandit
September 29, 2022 06:00 - 29 minutes - 27.2 MBToday’s guest is Christian Floerkemeier, VP of Product, CTO, and Co-Founder of Scandit. Scandit is an AI firm focused on smart data capture and barcode scanning. Christian received his Ph.D. in Computer Science in Zurich and was the Associate Director for the AI ID Lab at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. In this episode, Christian focuses on this retail workflow of checking inventory and prices. He speaks about where AI might not only help speed up that process but also potentially...
Computer Vision for Understanding Retail Customers - with Kelly Harlin of Sharp NEC
September 27, 2022 06:00 - 21 minutes - 19.8 MBToday’s guest is Kelly Harlin, Director of Solutions Marketing and Commercialization at Sharp NEC. Sharp and NEC collectively have approximately 160 thousand employees as two of Japan’s largest electronics manufacturers. Kelly speaks specifically about their computer vision applications in retail in this episode. She opens up with some information retailers wish they knew about people who shop with them physically and in person. Secondly, Kelly discusses what AI can collect about a user, fro...
Delivery and Supply Chain Applications of Smart Data Capture - with Christian Floerkemeier of Scandit
September 22, 2022 08:06 - 30 minutes - 28 MBOur guest today is Christian Floerkemeier, VP of Product, CTO, and Co-Founder of Scandit. Scandit has raised nearly $300 million to address smart data capture, they have hundreds of employees, and logistics and supply chain is one of the spaces in which they operate. In today’s episode, we’re focusing on two different use-cases that share the use of computer vision. First, we discuss ID verification applications in alcohol delivery services, followed by increasing efficiency in loading and u...
The Future of AI in Telco - with Mazin Gilbert of Google
September 20, 2022 06:00 - 26 minutes - 23.9 MBToday’s guest is Mazin Gilbert, Director of Engineering, Telecommunications Orchestration, Analytics, and Automation at Google. Some five or six years ago, Mazin joined us to discuss artificial intelligence in telecommunications when he was with AT&T. Since this last episode, AI has become inevitable in the telco space with substantial AI deployments across the industry. In this episode, Mazin first speaks about what he’s observed in the telecommunications world that he considers some of the...
Designing AI Solutions with Minimal Workflow Change for End-Users - with Patrick Bangert of Samsung AI
September 13, 2022 06:00 - 16 minutes - 15.1 MBOur guest on today’s episode of the AI in Business podcast is VP of Artificial Intelligence at Samsung SDS America Patrick Bangert. Patrick discusses the efficacy of making minimal workflow changes a goal from the start and how the AI capabilities pioneered at Samsung have made their way to widespread success for other enterprises. In particular, Patrick gives actionable insight into how minimizing change management friction benefits end users — and why the way people and systems work togeth...
AI in Compliance: Handling Sanctions, Communications, and Novel Threats - with Thomas Mangine of BMO
September 08, 2022 06:00 - 37 minutes - 34.2 MBThis week we’re continuing our series on artificial intelligence in compliance. Our guest is Thomas Mangine, Director of AML and Risk Reliance for the Bank of Montreal. In this episode, Thomas shares his unique perspective on staying ahead of adversaries from financial services and defense points of view. He also discusses how data is becoming more valuable and what particular kinds of data are creating new opportunities for emerging forms of AI capabilities. Thomas also details several uniq...
GPT-3 and the Potential of AI-Generated Text - with OpenAI's Peter Welinder
September 06, 2022 06:00 - 31 minutes - 29.3 MBOur guest on today’s AI in Business Podcast episode is VP of Product & Partnerships at OpenAI Peter Welinder. He and Emerj CEO Daniel Faggella discuss the potential impact of the model on numerous sectors, along with the possibility that these tools could have unforeseen consequences when placed at everyone’s fingertips. In other words, GPT-3 could unleash many examples that show what we think we want from AI capabilities is not what we actually want. To access Emerj’s frameworks for AI read...
Applying AI at Enterprise Scale - with David Carmona, GM of AI at Microsoft
August 30, 2022 04:00 - 22 minutes - 20.5 MBToday's guest is General Manager of Artificial Intelligence & Innovation at Microsoft David Carmona. David shares his experience at the frontlines of AI enterprise adoption at a legacy tech brand, and all the setbacks they faced along the way. David also discusses how his team found management buy-in on AI capabilities through effective education and developed the kind of long-term strategy necessary to lay the groundwork for organization-wide digital transformation. If you are interested in...
A Success Story of AI in Lending - with Jackson Hull of OakNorth
August 23, 2022 04:00 - 20 minutes - 18.9 MBToday's guest is Jackson Hull, former COO of OakNorth, a unicorn company recently listed in Forbes as Europe's most valuable fintech. In a financial services-focused discussion that echoes the theme of our recent Monday series on AI success factors, Jackson highlights a use case in helping banks analyze the risk of their loan portfolio. Jackson also advises business leaders on what they should keep in mind when deploying early AI projects, particularly for those enterprises with uniquely hig...
The Future of AI in Market Surveillance - with Arcangelo Grisi of HSBC
August 18, 2022 06:00 - 29 minutes - 27.4 MBToday’s guest is Arcangelo Grisi, Head of Market Surveillance for the U.S. at HSBC. As one of the largest financial services organizations in the world, HSBC generates approximately $50B in revenue per year. In this episode, Arcangelo explores the monitoring of trades regarding manipulating the markets and monitoring communications. He goes into detail about how challenging and essential this role really is within the enterprise. This episode is part of our broader series on AI and complianc...
[AI is Here] Leveraging Knowledge Graphs in Life Sciences - with Krishna Bulusu of AstraZeneca
August 17, 2022 06:00 - 33 minutes - 30.8 MBToday’s guest is Dr. Krishna Bulusu. Holding a Ph.D. from the Institute of Cancer Research and completing his post-doctoral research at the University of Edinburgh, Krishna was, until recently, an Honorary Lecturer for the Department of Neuroscience at the University of Sheffield. Krishna has worked at Astra Zeneca for the last six years and is currently the Director of Early Computational Oncology. In this episode, Krishna discusses how we can more effectively leverage endless streams of d...
The AI Adoption Journey for AI in Service Operations - with Chris MacDonald of PTC
August 16, 2022 06:00 - 40 minutes - 36.9 MBToday’s guest is Chris MacDonald, Head of AI and Analytics at PTC. PTC is a multibillion-dollar software firm focused on the service operations industry, and Chris speaks with us this week about the AI adoption journey for folks in service operations. In this episode, we discuss what it looks like for companies to ensure their customers get as much value out of their products as possible while simultaneously collecting data and learning how to improve future products. Chris highlights the im...
How Data is "Waking Up" to Impact Banking Compliance - with Kai Schrimpf of UBS
August 11, 2022 06:00 - 31 minutes - 28.4 MBToday’s guest is Kai Schrimpf, Global Head of Transaction Monitoring at UBS. UBS is a financial services organization doing more than $35 billion in annual revenue based in Zurich and Basel, Switzerland. In this episode, we dive into compliance in the banking and financial services space. There are three distinct topic areas in today’s episode. First, Kai provides a big-picture perspective on the state of compliance in banking and financial services today and current workflows that could be ...
AI in Law, Current and Future Applications - with Neil Sahota of UC Irvine
August 09, 2022 14:23 - 28 minutes - 25.9 MBToday’s guest is Neil Sahota, CEO of ACSI Labs and Chief Innovation Officer at the UC Irvine School of Law. Neil previously worked with IBM for 12 years as a Master Inventor focused on developing new patents with a particular emphasis on big data and analytics. In this episode, we are focused on the legal space. In the first part of this episode, Neil dives into specific use-cases that highlight where AI is impacting law today. He discusses several applications that lawyers, law firms, and l...
AI in Insurance - Addressing Compliance Considerations - with Pardeep Bassi of WTW
August 04, 2022 06:00 - 30 minutes - 28.2 MBIn this episode, we’re focusing on compliance considerations in the insurance world. Our guest this week is Pardeep Bassi. He is currently Global Proposition Leader of Data Science for WTW, or Willis Towers Watson, a publicly traded financial services firm based in the United Kingdom. This week Pardeep covers two different topics with us. First, he discusses some areas where regulation intersects with AI applications in insurance and what the potential data risks for elements such as transpa...
[AI is Here] Lessons of Successful AI Adoption - with Marshall Choy of SambaNova Systems
August 03, 2022 06:00 - 29 minutes - 27.2 MBToday’s guest is Marshall Choy, Senior Vice President of Product at SambaNova Systems. This episode is part of our AI is Here series, where we’ve talked about the current impact of AI across industries with practitioners and leaders across the United States and Europe. In this episode, we’re focusing on AI adoption trends and what successful AI adopters are doing that others aren’t. Marshall discusses the trends he’s noticed in enterprises adopting AI well from a team perspective, a technolo...
The Value of Exploration for Enterprise AI Success - with Aakash Indurkhya of Virtualitics
August 02, 2022 17:33 - 28 minutes - 25.7 MBToday’s guest is Aakash Indurkhya, Co-Head of AI at Virtualitics. Virtualitics is a venture-backed firm based in Pasadena, California. In this episode, we discuss what it means to explore our data and identify where the gaps in our data quality or potentially the gaps in essential data fields are. Aakash speaks to us this week about not only what exploration, that is to say, why it’s valuable conceptually – when dealing with tremendous volumes of data, what does exploration accomplish, and w...
Large Language Models in the Enterprise - with Mark Russinovich, CTO of Microsoft Azure
August 01, 2022 21:04 - 30 minutes - 28.1 MBToday’s guest is Mark Russinovich, CTO of Microsoft Azure. In this episode, we focus on large language models, and Mark speaks with us about two distinct topics. First, he discusses actual, in-the-field applications of large language models today. Mark goes over several of them, but one use-case with Carmax is particularly useful for natural language generation in an enterprise use-case. Secondly, Mark talks about what he would recommend for enterprise leaders who would like to look at their...
The Value of Communications Intelligence for FinServ Compliance - with Brandon Carl of Smarsh
July 28, 2022 14:17 - 27 minutes - 62.7 MBToday’s guest is Brandon Carl, EVP of Product Strategy at Smarsh. Smarsh is a substantial player in the compliance domain in financial services, and in this episode, we’re focusing on AI applications in compliance for the industry. Brandon discusses three critical points in this interview. First, he discusses what kind of communications data may serve as financial crime signals or, in other words, what varieties of communications data we should pay attention to. The second point Brandon focu...
Preventing Payment Fraud with Data - with Richard Schak of Datavisor
July 26, 2022 06:00 - 29 minutes - 27.3 MBOur guest today is Richard Schak, Senior Technical Account Manager, and Fraud Product Strategy Consultant at Datavisor. In this week’s episode, Richard discusses two key topics: how payment processing fraud is detected with AI and what these workflows look like before and after AI is applied. Richard also shares a specific perspective about where data and algorithms fit into the mix and emphasizes the importance of “lighthouse projects,” or the early projects that can be used to prove potent...
Achieving AI ROI Through Data Quality and Diversity - with Christian Rozsenich of Clickworker
July 19, 2022 06:00 - 31 minutes - 28.5 MBToday we are focusing on the domain of data collection and quality. Our guest is Christian Rozsenich, Managing Director of Clickworker. In this episode, we talk about a few topics broadly applicable to any industry. The first is the general challenges and importance of data quality and data harmony for AI projects. Christian details the kinds of issues enterprises are running up against and how they can diagnose their own data needs. The next topic we highlight is real-world use-cases of com...
[AI is Here] - AI Impact in the Supply Chain - with Caroline Gorski of Rolls-Royce
July 13, 2022 06:00 - 27 minutes - 24.8 MBToday’s guest is Caroline Gorski, Chief Executive Officer for R2 Factory at Rolls-Royce. As the world’s second-largest aircraft engine maker, Rolls-Royce makes all kinds of large and heavy machinery that require numerous parts. In today’s episode, we explore the questions of how to source those necessary parts and leverage AI to achieve greater transparency in our supply chain. Caroline discusses where AI is making a dent in the industry today. She also provides a glimpse into the future wit...
The Applications of AI and Computer Vision in Oil and Gas - with Andrey Konchenko of DroneDeploy
July 12, 2022 06:00 - 33 minutes - 31 MBToday, we’re diving into AI and its applications in the energy sector. Our guest is Andrey Konchenko, Senior Product Manager at DroneDeploy. Andrey previously spent fifteen years at Schlumberger, a gigantic firm with 100k+ employees in the energy sector, and he now works on drones, robotics, and computer vision at DroneDeploy. We discuss three main topics in today’s episode. First, what has made artificial intelligence relevant for business leaders in the energy sector now? Second, we explor...
Developing an Enterprise Data Strategy the Right Way - with Dora Boussias of Stryker
July 05, 2022 06:00 - 28 minutes - 26.1 MBIn this week’s episode, we’re discussing a topic that applies across industries for AI projects: where is the data coming from? Our guest is Dora Boussias, Senior Director for Data Strategy and Architecture at Stryker. Stryker is a $17B per year company in the medical device space. She discusses the process of building out a data strategy with a key emphasis on the right questions to ask, such as: how can we organize and focus our vision and efforts to be able to unlock the data that’s likel...
[AI is Here] AI in Defense, Use-Cases and Adoption - DIU AI Leader Jared Dunnmon
June 29, 2022 06:00 - 30 minutes - 41.2 MBThis is another episode in our AI is Here series. We’ve covered all sorts of industries in this recent series, from financial services to oil and gas, but we’ve yet to touch on defense. Our guest today is Jared Dunnmon. Jared is a Ph.D. from Stanford in Artificial Intelligence and is now the Technical Director of AI and Machine Learning for the Defense Innovation Unit (DIU). In this episode, we explore two key themes: individual use-cases and capabilities that are becoming important and the ...
Leveling Up Software Tools with AI Capabilities - with Matt Berseth of NLP Logix
June 28, 2022 06:00 - 30 minutes - 27.7 MBToday we’re discussing the topic of leveling up software tools with AI capabilities. Our guest is Matt Berseth. Matt is the CIO and one of the co-founders of NLP Logix, an AI services firm. A few weeks ago, Matt joined us to discuss the analogy of pizza vs. lasagna or what it means for AI to go from playing at the surface to become part of a software solution. In this episode, Matt gives examples of this transformation happening in the real world. Matt discusses where existing software solut...
[AI Strategy] Five Elements of an Enterprise AI Strategy - with Richard Benjamins of Telefónica
June 25, 2022 08:27 - 25 minutes - 23.4 MBToday’s episode is the fifth and final part of our series on building an enterprise AI strategy. Our guest is Richard Benjamins, Chief AI & Data Strategist at Telefónica and author of “Data-Driven Company.” Telefónica is a $40B firm and one of the largest in the telco space in the EU. In this episode, Richard emphasizes the importance of how we collect and handle data at an enterprise level in a way that enables us to support strategy-building. He also shares his opinion on including ethics ...
[AI Strategy] Strategy Determines What You Don't Do - with Adam Bonnifield of Konux
June 24, 2022 06:00 - 21 minutes - 19.9 MBToday is episode four of five in our series, where we’re focusing on enterprise AI strategy. Our guest today is Adam Bonnifield. Adam is the CEO of Konux, an AI firm based in Germany. One of the key takeaways Adam emphasizes in this episode is that strategy is as much about what you’re not going to do as what you are going to do. He frames the processing of brainstorming about strategy and identifying opportunities in a way that focuses on the things that truly matter. Another critical point...
[AI Strategy] Strategy Means Keeping the End User in Mind - with Sankar Narayanan of Fractal Analytics
June 23, 2022 06:00 - 25 minutes - 23.3 MBToday we dive back into our series on AI strategy and have two more days of episodes coming this week. Today’s guest is Sankar Narayanan, Chief Practice Officer at Fractal. Fractal is a unicorn company working on AI-related projects across industries and is well-known for its work in CPG and several other sectors. In this episode, Sankar explores three critical topics in great depth: finding the correct problems, having a long-term mindset, and building with the user in mind. In particular, ...
Unlocking the Predictive Value of ERP Data - with Anand Mahurkar of Findability Sciences
June 22, 2022 06:00 - 32 minutes - 29.4 MBToday’s guest is Anand Mahurkar, CEO and Founder of Findability Sciences. Based in Boston, Findability Sciences has done a lot of work in the ERP space across different sectors. In this episode, Anand discusses some of the challenges of data access and multiple use-cases for how current ERP data can provide predictive value for estimating demand and customizing prices for different products. Anand also unpacks the importance of ERP and where it’s going in the future. This episode is brought ...
[AI Strategy] Approaching Strategy Top-Down and Bottom-Up - with Bret Greenstein, Partner at PwC
June 21, 2022 06:00 - 25 minutes - 23.6 MBThis is episode two of five in our series on AI strategy, and today, our guest is Bret Greenstein, Partner at PwC. Bret has worked at many of the largest consulting companies in the world, and he now leads AI efforts at PwC. This special series focuses on building an enterprise AI strategy to align departments and efforts with striving for a long-term and near-term ROI. One of the main themes Bret discusses in this episode is the importance of executive fluency for assessing and building ski...
[AI Strategy] How Microsoft Leveled Up AI Fluency to Build a Strategy - with David Carmona
June 20, 2022 10:59 - 23 minutes - 21.8 MBThis week we are diving into the topic of AI strategy with a new series devoted to exploring how to build an enterprise-wide AI strategy and align company efforts to optimize long-term ROI while still seeing an immediate return with leaders at top companies. To start the series, we welcome back David Carmona. David is the General Manager for Artificial Intelligence and Innovation at Microsoft. In this episode, David speaks about how Microsoft didn’t get its AI strategy quite right initially ...
[AI is Here] AI for Guiding the Patient Journey - with Kostas Papagiannopoulos of Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
June 15, 2022 06:00 - 34 minutes - 31.8 MBThis is another episode in our AI is Here series, and today, we’re focusing on AI in the hospital setting. In this episode, we discuss patient data and being able to guide a patient’s treatment journey with artificial intelligence. Our guest is Dr. Kostas Papagiannopoulos. Kostas is an Honorary Senior Lecturer at Leeds University and serves as Thoracic Surgeon for Leeds Teaching Hospitals. He is also a Medical Advisor to several substantial medical device companies and, until recently, was P...
Successfully Adopting AI in Manufacturing - with Scott Everett of Eigen Innovations Inc.
June 14, 2022 08:24 - 35 minutes - 32.5 MBIn this episode, we’re focusing on the theme of artificial intelligence in the manufacturing industry. Today’s guest is Scott Everett, CEO and Co-Founder at Eigen Innovations Inc. Scott discusses a variety of use-cases and ends this episode with some critical insights for our listeners working in the manufacturing space and some key adoption lessons that are transferable across industries for our listeners working in other sectors. This episode is sponsored by AI Partnerships Corp (AIP). AIP...
[AI is Here] Unlocking NLP's Potential in Banking - with Christophe Makni of Migros Bank
June 08, 2022 06:00 - 24 minutes - 22.3 MBToday’s guest is Christophe Makni, Head of Business Operations at Migros Bank. Christophe shares a few key insights in this episode, starting with where natural language processing is finding a fit in banking today and the real deployments in the world. Secondly, he provides straightforward advice on identifying the low-hanging fruit for natural language processing and, in particular, document processing. Finally, towards the end of this episode, Christophe shares his ideas on encouraging ado...
Drone and ML Applications in Clean Energy - with Nicholas Pilkington of DroneDeploy
June 07, 2022 06:00 - 30 minutes - 27.5 MBToday’s guest is Nick Pilkington, CTO of DroneDeploy. We’re focusing on clean energy in this episode, and Nick walks us through how AI is becoming more relevant in cleantech. He goes in-depth about where drones and artificial intelligence serve a purpose for retail solar panels and charging electric vehicles with specific use-cases. Nick also talks about the future and what kinds of new capabilities drones and ML can bring to bear. In the last five years, there’s been a lot of change in the ...
Harnessing the Power of Drones and AI to Transform Clean Energy – with Nicholas Pilkington of DroneDeploy
June 07, 2022 06:00 - 30 minutes - 27.5 MBToday’s guest is Nick Pilkington, CTO of DroneDeploy. We’re focusing on clean energy in this episode, and Nick walks us through how artificial intelligence is becoming more relevant in the renewable energy sector. He goes in-depth about where drones and AI serve to improve processes and safety for residential solar and EV charging companies. In the past five years, there’s been a lot of change in the energy sector, and Nick provides his perspective on where the future is taking us, including...