InnovAItors
15 episodes - English - Latest episode: almost 4 years ago - ★★★★★ - 9 ratingsJoin host Zach DeWitt as we highlight some of the most exciting and promising companies that are applying Artificial Intelligence (AI) to better serve their business customers. AI is a massive force that will reshape our business economy in profound ways. Hear firsthand from CEOs and developers on how they are using applied AI to build innovative and category-defining companies. Consumer-facing application that are powered by AI are well documented like ordering pizza from your Amazon Alexa or Netflix recommending you a new show, but in this series we will feature the next generation of B2B companies that are using AI in innovative ways. This podcast is produced by Wing Venture Capital (aka “Wing”), a Silicon Valley-based early stage venture capital firm. New episodes are released every three weeks. Visit www.wing.vc for more details. You can email me at [email protected] or reach me on Twitter @zacharydewitt
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Amazon: How Machine Learning Solutions are Advancing Organizations with Bratin Saha
April 28, 2020 12:00 - 30 minutes - 28.3 MBAmazon’s continuous innovation has developed products integrated with machine learning and artificial intelligence, allowing these systems to be accessible to everyone. Bratin Saha, Amazon’s VP of Machine Learning, has helped to constantly advance the major brand’s AIML services along with work on their product strategies in order to better serve consumers. ##Amazon’s goal is to make machine learning available to all customers through their products Amazon continues to make machine learnin...
Uber: How Major Brands are Investing in AI with Zoubin Ghahramani
March 31, 2020 12:00 - 28 minutes - 26.5 MBUber, the innovative rideshare company that has taken transportation to new levels of accessibility, is continuously developing ways to make the world move more efficiently through technology. Acknowledging the importance of artificial intelligence, Uber appointed Zoubin Ghahramani, the brand’s Chief Scientist and VP for AI, to steadily focus on how AI can advance people’s daily needs. ##A lot of start-ups and tech companies started getting interested in AI about 10 years ago Ghahramani st...
ThoughtSpot: Advancing Decision Making with Automated Data
March 10, 2020 12:00 - 39 minutes - 36.5 MBData and decision making go hand in hand in today’s economy, making it important to gather desired information quickly to make the right moves. Amit Prakash, co-founder and CTO of ThoughtSpot, knows the importance of obtaining analytics from his times at Microsoft and Google. Now, Prakash and his team are advancing how analytics are generated and how quickly they can be obtained. ThoughtSpot, a technology company that produces business-intelligence analytics search software, is on track to b...
Atrium: Transparent Legal Services for Start-ups
February 18, 2020 13:00 - 35 minutes - 32.5 MBThere are many steps that go into building start-ups, with legal work being a huge component in the foundations of their success. As legal reaches more into the digital age, transparency with services and costs is needed, especially for these types of brands. Atrium, a tech-enabled law firm for high growth companies, is providing that need. Founded by serial entrepreneur Justin Kan, Atrium is in the hands of a CEO who has a history of successful start-ups. ##Atrium helps bring legal service...
Drift: Creating Revenue with Conversational Marketing
January 28, 2020 13:00 - 40 minutes - 36.9 MBFinding the best solutions for generating leads and building revenue online doesn’t have to be as challenging as it was in the past. With the help of conversational marketing, obtaining customer information and sealing deals is less of a challenge. David Cancel, CEO of Drift, has helped many companies generate revenue through conversational marketing. With the help of AI, Drift can help generate more leads, collect desired information and create the entry point for sales. Cancel has a philo...
UiPath: Simplifying Manual Processes through Automation
November 12, 2019 13:00 - 37 minutes - 34.1 MBIt can be a pain to constantly maneuver throughout different systems in order to find needed information, but UiPath is eliminating this laborious and manual issue with robotic process automation (RPA). Param Kahlon, Chief Product Officer of UiPath, has helped many companies transform their processes quickly without having to rip and replace multiple applications they already have. With the help of RPA, robots work on behalf of humans so businesses and employees can focus on providing bette...
Shape Security: Protecting Against Theft And Fraudulent Attacks
October 22, 2019 12:00 - 40 minutes - 37.3 MBRetailers, banks and airlines can see up to 90% of fraudulent logins attempting to steal some form of value in their systems. How are they protecting themselves against attacks? Derek Smith, co-founder and CEO of Shape Security, has created a patent botwall service that protects many of the world’s largest banks, airlines, retailers and government agencies against cyberattacks, blocking more than a billion fraudulent login attempts daily. During his time working on cybersecurity policies a...
HyperScience: Eliminating Manual Data Entry with Machine Learning
October 01, 2019 12:00 - 27 minutes - 25.5 MBIs your job safe as automation advances? HyperScience CEO Peter Brodsky shares his views on how machine learning and automation will affect data entry in the future. With software now able to eliminate the need for time-consuming, manual data entry, will these jobs become obsolete? Brodsky also speaks on how AI will impact future software development, how jobs will be affected by automation, and entrepreneurial tips for anyone considering starting a startup. ##HyperScience is eliminating ...
Andela: Building Distributed Engineering Teams
September 10, 2019 12:00 - 37 minutes - 34.8 MBCan AI help global companies access and effectively manage the best talent around the world? Listen as Jeremy Johnson, co-founder and CEO of Andela, chats with Zach about how Andela is solving the global technical talent shortage by building distributed engineering teams with Africa’s top software developers. ##Distributing Opportunity The founding team of Andela was an incredible group of people coming together around the idea that brilliance is evenly distributed around the world, but o...
Textio: Augmented Writing
August 20, 2019 12:00 - 40 minutes - 37 MBHow many hours have you spent this week writing for your job? The average American worker spends upwards of 15 hours each week on email, and that’s just one kind of writing. Textio is an augmented writing platform that wants everyone to feel empowered with the words that say what they really mean. CEO and co-founder Kieran Snyder, joins us to discuss the vision for Textio and how it works. Listen to learn how Textio makes is easier for businesses to attract the right candidates through the...
Gong: Revenue Intelligence with AI
July 30, 2019 12:00 - 38 minutes - 35.7 MBWhat is revenue intelligence and how does it solve real business problems? Today we have a special episode as Wing Venture Capital founding partner Peter Wagner and your host Zach sit down for a candid conversation with Amit Bendov, the CEO and co-founder of Gong. Listen to learn how Gong uses artificial intelligence to unlock revenue data and provide valuable insights for sales reps and managers to improve sales. ##What is Gong? Gong unlocks a unique data set by monitoring and ingesting...
Gong: Conversational Intelligence with AI
July 30, 2019 12:00 - 38 minutes - 35.7 MBWhat is conversational intelligence and how does it solve real business problems? Gong is unlocking a unique data set and empowering sales reps and managers to improve their conversations; Gong has invested heavily in its artificial intelligence, but the company’s success can be attributed to Gong’s laser focus on solving a real business problem; AI is helping Gong both improve its go to market strategy and providing insights to its customers. Full show notes at http://wing.vc/
DeepMap: Accelerating Safe Autonomous Vehicle Technology
July 10, 2019 12:00 - 43 minutes - 39.6 MBWhat are the challenges that prevent us from having safe autonomous vehicles on the road today? Today we are joined by DeepMap co-founder and CEO James Wu to talk about how the company wants to tackle these challenges and accelerate the progress and availability of safe autonomy by providing the world's best HD mapping and localization services. ##The Challenges of Safe Autonomy DeepMap is building a software solution for HD mapping and localization for autonomous vehicles, but there are ...
Sift: Digital Trust and Safety with Machine Learning
June 18, 2019 12:00 - 38 minutes - 35.7 MBSift uses machine learning to help businesses build out their trust and safety efforts by preventing fraud before it happens and providing frictionless and delightful experiences to trustworthy customers. Listen to learn how Sift protects clients like Airbnb, Yelp, and Twitter from bad actors, fake accounts, spammy content, and more using AI, machine learning, and a customer-first approach. ##What is Sift? In 2011 when Sift was founded, they were essentially a solution in search of a prob...
Introducing InnovAItors
March 12, 2019 16:49 - 1 minute - 1.21 MBJoin host Zach DeWitt as we highlight some of the most exciting and promising companies that are applying Artificial Intelligence (AI) to better serve their business customers. AI is a massive force that will reshape our business economy in profound ways. Hear firsthand from CEOs and developers on how they are using applied AI to build innovative and category-defining companies. Consumer-facing application that are powered by AI are well documented like ordering pizza from your Amazon Ale...