The speaker transitioned from working on visual effects at TikTok to joining Luma AI, drawn by the potential of using AI to generate 3D visuals and reconstruct 3D models for future content creation, leading to a shift towards focusing on growth and product development.
Luma AI develops technologies at the forefront of AI and graphics. They created a text-to-3D tool that functions like Midjourney but for generating 3D models. Another tool makes photorealistic environments by reconstructing any scene in 3D from just a few photos.
Karan Ganesan is a Software Engineer and Barkley Dai is the Product and Growth Lead at Luma AI. They join the show to talk about the origin of the company and the technologies it uses.
Gregor Vand is a security-focused technologist, and is the founder and CTO of Mailpass. Previously, Gregor was a CTO across cybersecurity, cyber insurance and general software engineering companies. He has been based in Asia Pacific for almost a decade and can be found via his profile at vand.hk.
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