Building a Vision: Humans and Machines Working Together

The chapter discusses the background and aspirations of the speaker as they describe their role as a founder and CEO of Coactive Systems Inc. They emphasize their goal of transforming image and video data to improve sales and engagement in media, entertainment, and consumer retail companies. The chapter highlights their journey starting from a technical background and realizing the need for a customer-centric approach, as well as the core vision of Coactive to enable humans and machines to collaborate effectively.