

The Pulse of AI
Jason Stoughton
Real conversations with the founders, CEO's, AI pioneers and experts who are building the future of AI today.
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Dec 2, 2024 • 58min
In Conversation with Dheeraj Pandey, Founder of Latest AI Unicorn DevRev
New Pulse of AI Podcast! Season 6, Ep. 147 Pulse of AI host Jason Stoughton is joined by Dheeraj Pandey for a lively discussion about Dheeraj’s new AI unicorn and all things AI, AI Agents and the importance of design in the deployment and implementation process of AI Agents. Dheeraj Pandey is the CEO and co-founder of DevRev, a unicorn startup backed by Khosla and Mayfield that introduces AI agents that work alongside teams to handle the routine tasks so everyone can spend more time on what really matters. After turning Nutanix into a $16 billion success story, Dheeraj launched DevRev and recently led a $100 million Series A for the company. His vision of AI as the ultimate teamplayer comes to life through AgentOS, an operating system that integrates human and AI agents to unify all aspects of customer and product interactions. DevRev's platform moves beyond the daily grind, paving the way for a work-life balance that energizes teams for creative thinking, meaningful challenges and big-picture initiatives.

Sep 11, 2024 • 37min
Conversation with Luma AI's Sam Sinha
Great news - Season 6 Episode 146 Pulse of AI Podcast is live! Luma AI’s founding team member Sam Sinha joins podcast host Jason Stoughton to talk about Luma AI’s growth from a team of 5 to the juggernaut behind the Dream Machine video creativity tool, the essence and future of creativity in an AI powered and co-piloted world, the types of people they are looking to hire and so much more! To be notified about future conversations with the leaders of the AI revolution sign up for our newsletter at www.thepulseofai.com

Aug 12, 2024 • 1h 4min
Groundbreaking AI with Andrew Maas: Inside Pointable and the Future of Retrieval Systems
New Pulse of AI podcast is live! Season 6, episode 145. To be notified about future conversations with the leaders of the AI revolution sign up for our newsletter at www.thepulseofai.com AI Pioneers: Andrew Maas on Pioneering Retrieval Systems and Deep Learning Join host Jason Stoughton in this exciting episode as he welcomes Andrew Maas, the visionary co-founder and CEO of Pointable. Andrew shares his journey through the world of artificial intelligence, from his groundbreaking work on data-centric deep learning at Apple to his pivotal role in founding roam Analytics, a natural language extraction platform acquired by Parexel. In this episode, Andrew delves into the innovative technologies behind Pointable, a startup revolutionizing retrieval systems for RAG-LLM workflows. He offers valuable insights for AI practitioners and founders, drawing from his extensive experience and academic background, including his PhD from Stanford University under the mentorship of Andrew Ng and Dan Jurafsky. Tune in to hear about Andrew’s transformative work in AI, the future of retrieval systems, and what’s next for Pointable. Whether you’re an AI enthusiast or an aspiring entrepreneur, this conversation is packed with knowledge and inspiration!

Aug 1, 2024 • 51min
Dive into the world where AI and social media converge with the latest episode of The Pulse of AI Podcast! 🎙️
In Season 6, Episode 144, our host Jason Stoughton is thrilled to welcome Vu Tran, Co-Founder and CEO of Butterflies AI. 🌟 Butterflies AI is revolutionizing how we connect with technology by allowing us to create and interact with AI friends on their innovative social media platform. Imagine having AI companions with unique profiles, backstories, and social media lives—crafted to engage, entertain, and enrich your digital experience. 🤖✨ Vu shares insights on: How Butterflies AI is shaping the future of AI-human interactions The vision behind their groundbreaking platform The impact of AI companions on our daily lives and creativity If you're curious about the intersection of social media and AI, or just excited to learn how digital friends might fit into our lives, this episode is for you! 👉 Subscribe to The Pulse of AI Podcast on your favorite platform 📬 Sign up for Jason Stoughton’s newsletter at thepulseofai.com 🔗 Follow Jason on X at @ThePulseOfAI Don’t miss this deep dive into the future of AI friendships! Tune in now! 🎧 #ThePulseOfAI #ButterfliesAI #Podcast #ArtificialIntelligence #SocialMedia #TechInnovation #AICompanions #FutureOfAI

Jul 25, 2024 • 37min
Meet Espresso AI: Using AI to help you save real money using Snowflake
New The Pulse of AI Podcast! Season 6, Episode 143. Sign up for my newsletter at www.thepulseofai.com Join podcast host Jason Stoughton and special guest Ben Lerner, Co-Founder and CEO of Espresso AI, as they talk about key trends in the AI industry, how Espresso AI helps companies save serious money by using AI to optimize their Snowflake data warehouse, where Espresso AI goes from here and the types of people they are looking to hire. If you use Snowflake, Espressor AI is the easiest way for you to save $100,000. Listen to the podcast to find out more.

Apr 24, 2024 • 41min
Discover Hot AI Start-Up Elemental Cognition
New The Pulse of AI podcast, Season 6, Episode 142! Sign-up for our newsletter at www.thepulseofai.com Podcast host Jason Stoughton is joined by Vice President of Intelligent Applications at Elemental Cognition, Erdem Ozcan. With a Phd in Computer Science and over 20 years of experience, including as co-founder of Automat.ai, which developed Conversational AI that revolutionized customer engagement and sales, Erdem is an interesting voice and strong technologist in the field of AI. Elemental Cognition (EC) is the next wave of enterprise AI that delivers the reliability, accuracy, and transparency businesses need. EC combines the fluency of large language models with the rigor of formal reasoning to create a neuro-symbolic AI architecture that can solve complex problems when businesses can’t afford to be wrong. EC’s approach combines different AI strategies in a novel architecture that acquires and reasons over human-readable knowledge to solve problems collaboratively and dynamically. The result is more transparent and cost- effective delivery of expert problem-solving intelligence into conversational and discovery applications. EC was founded in 2015 by Dr. David Ferrucci, the renowned AI researcher and inventor of IBM’s breakthrough Watson technology, to build more holistic AI that thinks before it talks. EC technology can be used across industries and use cases. Primary targets are Healthcare / Life Science, Investment Management, Intelligence, Logistics & Scheduling, and Contact Centers.

Apr 9, 2024 • 31min
In the Age of AI Responsible Innovation is Important.
New Pulse of AI podcast, Season 6, Episode 141. On this podcast I am joined by Gaurab Bansal, executive director of Responsible Innovation Labs, an industry coalition making it easy for founders to lead and win with responsible innovation. I wanted to have him on the podcast because as AI accelerates it is important for founders, and all of us in the industry, to think responsibly about AI as we drive the technology forward Sign up for The Pulse of AI newsletter at www.thepulseofai.com

Feb 22, 2024 • 44min
Numenta Is Making Artificial Intelligence Better With Neuroscience
Pulse of AI Podcast Season 6 Episode 140 On this podcast, one of the last episodes of season 6, I am joined by Subutai Ahmad, CEO of Numenta. Numenta is in many ways a uniquely Silicon Valley company. It was founded by tech luminaries and has spent the last 17 years doing deep neuroscience research with the goal of better understanding the brain so that those principles could be applied to AI. This work underpins and acts as a platform for their products, the first of which was just recently released. Follow me on x @thepulseofai and go to our website and sign up for our newsletter at www.thepulseofai.com In this podcast, Subutai shares: Shares the story of his journey and discusses: What Numenta has been focusing on for the last 17 years. Why AI needs neuroscience. The challenges companies/Numenta customers are facing. Generative and non-generative AI, and when to use which. Why CPUs are ideally suited for accelerating inference. How Numenta and Intel are shaping the future of AI. Where AI is going. Subutai Ahmad - CEO, Numenta Bio Subutai is passionate about neuroscience, deep learning, and building intelligent systems. An accomplished technologist, he has been instrumental in driving Numenta’s research, technology and business since 2005. He previously served as VP Engineering at YesVideo where he helped grow the company from a three-person start-up to a leader in automated digital media authoring. In 1997, Subutai co-founded ePlanet Interactive which developed the IntelPlay Me2Cam, the first computer vision product developed for consumers. Subutai holds a B.S. in Computer Science from Cornell University, and a Ph.D in Computer Science from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

Jan 25, 2024 • 20min
Gen AI is driving changes in digital marketing and AKKIO is leading the way!
The Pulse of AI New Podcast Episode, Season 6, Episode 139. Follow at www.thepulseofai.com. Podcast host Jason Stoughton is joined by Co-Founder and Co-CEO of Akkio, Jon Reilly, to talk about how Artificial Intelligence is changing the digital marketing landscape and how AKKIO empowers digital marketers. Using GPT-4 Akkio allows teams to clean datasets, uncover insights and generate charts and reports by simply typing in prompts in their natural language.

Dec 14, 2023 • 27min
Conversation with CEO of Lightning AI about the Evolution from PyTorch Lightning to their New Flagship Lightning AI Studios Product
The Pulse of AI New Podcast Season 6 Episode 138 Jason Stoughton is joined by Founder and CEO Will Falcon of Lightning AI to talk about their new flagship product called Lightning AI Studios. Lightning AI is the company behind popular PyTorch Lightning and they describe their new flagship product as an "operating system" for AI development and is an enteprise grade platform that allows AI developers to code on cloud GPU’s from their browsers or their laptops with zero set-up. We talk about Will's interesting journey that led him to launch Lightning AI, his management and product philosophy, AI related topics and all of the really cool things you can do with Lightning AI Studios. Sign up for Jason's newsletter at www.thepulseofai.com and follow him on X @thepulseofai