Mark Suman
Co-founder of Maple AI (and OpenSecret), engineering leader with a background at Apple in privacy, machine learning, and computer vision; building verifiable, privacy-first AI using secure enclaves and attestation.
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Oct 29, 2025 • 55min
TECH006: Open-Source AI That Protects Your Privacy w/ Mark Suman (Tech Podcast)
Mark Suman, co-founder of Maple AI, discusses his journey from Apple to building privacy-first AI. He highlights the importance of verifiable AI and the threats of centralized models capturing user thought processes. Mark elaborates on how Maple AI uses secure enclaves and attestation to maintain user privacy while ensuring efficiency. He shares insights on the future of private AI, the potential for decentralized systems, and the challenges ahead, all while emphasizing that inference speed is the new battleground in the AI landscape.
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Nov 1, 2025 • 1h 23min
#678: Building Privacy-First AI in an Age of Surveillance with Mark Suman
In this enlightening conversation, Mark Suman, founder of Maple AI, discusses the urgent need for privacy-preserving AI systems in an era of rampant surveillance. He highlights the risks of centralized AI models that exploit personal data and critiques major providers' privacy promises. Mark advocates for a verifiable privacy model using encryption and open-source principles. They also explore the implications of AI in personal knowledge, potential manipulation, and the importance of user control, fostering optimism for a privacy-first AI future.
