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Dr. Sameer Maskey, a trailblazing computer scientist, educator, and entrepreneur joined us as the Founder and CEO of Fusemachines Inc. Dr. Maskey leads the charge in delivering cutting-edge AI products and solutions across various industries. He shares insights into the future of AI, its impact on businesses, and the mission behind Fusemachines to democratize this transformative technology. From his pioneering research at the IBM Watson Research Center to his role as an Adjunct Associate Professor at Columbia University, Dr. Maskey's expertise shines through as he discusses the intersection of AI, education, and job opportunities.
Dr. Sameer Maskey is a computer scientist, educator, and founder/CEO of Fusemachines. He founded the company in 2013. He is also an Adjunct Associate Professor at Columbia University.
Our guest this month is Siddhartha Raja, a senior specialist at the World Bank Group's Digital Development. In this episode, you'll learn about Expanding digital literacyBringing connectivity to rural communitiesGrowing the digital economyMaking the lives of people around the world better through technologyFor more information about Fusemachines, please visit https://www.fusemachines.com For more information about The World Bank, please visit https://www.worldbank.org/en/home Music: Welcome to the Show by Kevin MacLeodLink: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4614-welcome-to-the-show License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license
Our guest this month is Amir Feizpour co-founder and CEO of Aggregate Intellect.In this episode, you'll learn about The importance of community in a startup The similarities between pitching to investors and datingThe technical and business sides of being a founder Transition from academia to industry For more information about Fusemachines, please visit https://www.fusemachines.com For more information about Aggregate Intellect, please visit https://www.ai.scienceMusic: Welcome to the Show by Kevin MacLeodLink: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4614-welcome-to-the-show License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license
Our guest this month is Andrew Abner, Director of Enterprise Data Science at Take-Two Interactive. He was previously Senior Engineering Manager at Pluto and Technical Lead at HBO. In this episode, you'll learn about Keeping distributed teams engaged, motivated and connected AI in the gaming industry The impact of AI on a day to day basisWe're expected to do more with less because of AI and technology The Take-Two | Fusemachines partnership For more information about Fusemachines, please visit https://www.fusemachines.com For more information about Two-Two Interactive, please visit https://www.take2games.comMusic: Welcome to the Show by Kevin MacLeodLink: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4614-welcome-to-the-show License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license
Sanjay Shrestha joined Plug Power as Chief Strategy Officer in 2019. Prior to joining Plug Power, Mr. Shrestha served as the CIO of a global solar IPP and President Sky Capital Americas since 2015. Under his leadership, Sky Capital America built and acquired over 100MW of operating solar assets and secured pipeline over 100MW. He also sourced various types of financing solutions to support this growth including project debt, construction equity and long-term equity. He brings almost two decades of experience in the broader clean tech sector to our team. Before global solar IPP, he led the renewables investment banking effort at FBR Capital markets. During 2014, and under his leadership, the firm was ranked among the top renewable energy underwriters in the U.S. Prior to joining FBR, Mr. Shrestha spent seven years as the global head of renewables research coverage at Lazard Capital Markets. During his tenure at Lazard Capital Markets, he was a member of the Institutional Investor All America Research team and was also ranked as one of the top five stock pickers on a global basis. Prior to Lazard Capital Markets, Mr. Shrestha spent seven years at First Albany Capital, where he built the firm's renewables and industrial research practice. Starmine/Forbes Magazine ranked him the number 1 stock picker and the number 1 earnings estimator during his tenure at First Albany Capital. Mr. Shrestha serves as an independent director on the board of directors of Fusemachines, an AI company. https://www.plugpower.com/ https://nexuspmg.com/
Our guest this month is Monish Gandhi, founder and CEO of Gradient Ascent AI. You'll learn about the spread of AI in our everyday lives, investing in AI, profit generating outcomes and using data creatively. For more information about Fusemachines, please visit https://www.fusemachines.comFor more on Gradient Ascent AI https://www.gradient-ascent.comMusic: Welcome to the Show by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4614-welcome-to-the-show License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license
We discuss digitizing healthcare in Nepal with UpaCare co-founders Dr. Sumitra Kafle and Dr. Navdeep Nath, Fusemachines' work with UpaCare, healthcare innovation and evolution, and why modern healthcare is so important for countries such as Nepal. For more information about Fusemachines, please visit https://www.fusemachines.comFor more on UpaCare: https://www.upacare.comMusic: Welcome to the Show by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4614-welcome-to-the-show License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license
Joel Brown-Christenson, co-founder of ViableEdu, joins Cee Bunevich, our VP of Partnerships and Umar Malik, our Director of Revenue Operations, to discuss our partnership, financial literacy, combining education and tech to keep pace with the changing financial landscape, bridging the fintech knowledge gap and more. For more information about Fusemachines, please visit https://www.fusemachines.comFor more on ViableEdu: https://viableedu.comMusic: Welcome to the Show by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4614-welcome-to-the-show License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license
We chat with David Mendlewicz, co-founder & CEO of Butterfly, an HR platform that gives managers real time insight on how their team members are feeling and provides avenues for direct and timely feedback. David discusses his journey as a founder, the growth of HR tech, the role of AI in transforming the people industry, advice for global HR teams and more.For more information about Fusemachines, please visit https://www.fusemachines.com For information on Butterfly.ai: https://www.butterfly.aiMusic: Welcome to the Show by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4614-welcome-to-the-show License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license
In this episode, we have Ashlie Arnold, Rural Empowerment Programs Manager and Robert Beazley, Research Analyst: Emerging Empowerment Programs at Pax8, a platform that simplifies the way organizations can buy, sell and manage cloud solutions. We are also joined by our very own Ruchi Pandey, Sr. Director of PR and Corporate Communications at Fusemachines. For more information about Fusemachines, please visit our website at https://www.fusemachines.comFor more information on Pax8: https://wwww.pax8.com Music: Welcome to the Show by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4614-welcome-to-the-show License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license
Dr. Sameer Maskey is the Founder and CEO of Fusemachines, an AI Education and Services Company. He is also an Adjunct Associate Professor at Columbia University. He joins host Mike Palmer in a conversation about his mission to democratize AI by making high-quality AI education affordable and accessible to everyone. We begin by hearing Sameer's origin story, beginning in Nepal before studying engineering and AI in the States. He joined the IBM Watson team before founding Fusemachines in 2013. Sameer shares what it's been like leading an AI company through transformative times. He shares his takes on how to build strong foundations to become an AI developer and learn where he sees the most promise in the application of machine learning and AI in the coming years. It's an insightful conversation with an expert in a critical emerging skill space that you won't want to miss. Subscribe to Trending in Education wherever you get your podcasts. Visit us at TrendinginEd.com for more sharp takes on what's new and emerging in the world of learning.
Mike Palmer is back to kick off the 7th season of Trending in Education with our 493rd episode! Coming off a great run that showcased many of our best episodes throughout the summer, we're back with fresh content as Mike looks ahead at the upcoming conversations we have in store as our new season begins. We start previewing Mike's conversation with Sameer Maskey from Fusemachines talking about how he's democratizing AI. From there, we talk music education and the arts with Kathryn Patricia Cobbler in an episode that features a sampling of Kathryn's music. Then we talk Gen X and get zeitgeisty with Celine Coggins who talks about why she is founding The Legacy Years to activate collective action among the oft-forgotten generation. From Gen X to Gen Z, Mike then previews his conversation with Rebecca Mendoza about teaching Accounting and launching her career at 28. We conclude with reflections on conversations with Miriam Plotinsky about her book Teach More, Hover Less and with Anurupa Ganguly, the Founder and CEO of PrismsVR, about using VR to unlock a deeper conceptual understanding of math. All of these conversations are on the horizon as we look forward to celebrating our 500th episode this Fall. We're very happy to have you along for the ride. Subscribe to Trending in Education wherever you get your podcasts. Visit us at TrendinginEd.com for more sharp takes on the future of learning.
In this episode, we chat with Viraj Mane, PhD, co-founder and chief scientific officer of Lactiga. Lactiga is a Toronto-based biotech company that has developed and patented methods of extracting antibodies from human breast milk to develop treatments for immunodeficient patients. Viraj discusses Lactiga, research on novel therapeutics to combat COVID, achieving work-life balance, advice for aspiring founders and more. For more information about Fusemachines, please visit our website at https://www.fusemachines.comFor more information about Lactiga, please visit https://lactiga.comMusic: Welcome to the Show by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4614-welcome-to-the-show License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license
Isu Shrestha, a machine learning engineer at Fusemachines, discusses his journey at Fusemachines starting with the AI Fellowship Program, the steadily compounding influence of AI, the challenging but rewarding product building process with teams across the world and AI's use in producing music and videos. For more information about Fusemachines, please visit our website at https://www.fusemachines.comFor music from Isu Shrestha, please visit https://youtu.be/_Hc231M7ZREMusic: Welcome to the Show by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4614-welcome-to-the-show License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license
Preeti Adhikary, seasoned tech executive, startup advisor, emerging venture professional, and former Vice President of Marketing at Fusemachines, and Ahmad Tafti, Assistant Professor of Computer Science at the University of Southern Maine and Director of the HexAI Research Lab discuss the future of AI education with Mia Kossiavelou and Brent Phillips, producers of the Humanitarian AI Today podcast series. Preeti and Ahmad offer their thoughts on AI education, challenges facing the field and the emerging focus on opening up AI education for all, as well as investment in AI education, the relationship between education and applications, and responsibility and ethics in AI.
Dr. Kathleen Schofield, Executive Director of the Northeast Florida Regional STEM2 Hub and Cofounder of Transparent Technologies, discusses the significance of STEM education, preparing kids for jobs of the future, gamification of learning, AI in education and more. For more information about Fusemachines, please visit our website at https://www.fusemachines.comFor more information about STEM2Hub, please visit https://stem2hub.orgMusic: Welcome to the Show by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4614-welcome-to-the-show License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license
Friend of Fusemachines, alum of our AI education training program, and software engineer at SchoolZilla Onel Harrison comes on the show to discuss his experience as a Fuse Fellow, the dynamic role of data engineers, importance of self-advocacy, bridging the digital divide between developed and developing countries and more.For more information, please visit our website https://www.fusemachines.comMusic: Welcome to the Show by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4614-welcome-to-the-show License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license
We chat with Veronica Malinski, co-founder and Chief Marketing Officer at Aerialytic, the platform whose end-to-end software uses AI to create custom solar designs in 60 seconds. We discuss solar space evolution, the role of AI and ML, building a start-up, what it means to be a founder and more.For more information about Fusemachines, please visit our website https://www.fusemachines.comFor more information about Aerialytic, please visit https://aerialytic.aiMusic: Welcome to the Show by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4614-welcome-to-the-show License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license
In an engaging discussion with Micah Melling, Chief Data Scientist at Americo, we cover the financial services market, the role of data science in improving customer experiences, lead sourcing, Star Trek, and much more.For more information about Fusemachines, please visit our website https://fusemachines.comFor more information about Americo, please visit https://www.americo.comMusic: Welcome to the Show by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4614-welcome-to-the-show License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license
In this episode, we chat with Co-Founder & COO of Hop In Technologies, Boyd Reid, about using technology to predict and design commute solutions, how his background as an athlete set him up for success, leaving the corporate world to tackle being a founder, and more.For more information about Fusemachines, please visit our website https://fusemachines.comFor more information about Hop In, please visit https://www.hopintech.comMusic: Welcome to the Show by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4614-welcome-to-the-show License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license
We discuss contactless payments, wearables, competing in the new normal, AI fraud engines, data analytics for marketing and more with Spencer Schmerling, founder & CEO of Cascade FinTech.For more information about Fusemachines, please visit our website https://fusemachines.comFor more information about Cascade FinTech, please visit https://www.cascadefintech.comMusic: Welcome to the Show by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4614-welcome-to-the-show License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license
We chat with David Kwok, Associate Director of Entrepreneurship at YSpace, about exploring opportunities amid the pandemic, AI strategies for startups, and data, investment, and funding for young entrepreneurs.For more information about Fusemachines, please visit our website https://www.fusemachines.comFor more information about YSpace, please visit https://yspace.yorku.caMusic: Welcome to the Show by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4614-welcome-to-the-show License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license
We chat with Igor Joblokov, CEO of Pryon and former IBMer, and our CEO Sameer Maskey about democratizing AI, what's next for natural language processing, AI in pop culture, entrepreneurship and more. For more information about Fusemachines, please visit our website https://www.fusemachines.comFor more information about Pryon, please visit https://pryon.comMusic: Welcome to the Show by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4614-welcome-to-the-show License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license
In this episode we chat with Vanessa Valenzuela about the emergence of intelligent supply chains, their application in the healthcare industry and the role of AI. For more information about Fusemachines, please visit our website https://www.fusemachines.comMusic: Welcome to the Show by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4614-welcome-to-the-show License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license
Two healthcare innovation leaders discuss how their roles in engineering and experience come together. We discuss how to evaluate partners, measure success, the nuances of conversational AI, and finally women in leadership. For more information about Fusemachines, please visit our website https://www.fusemachines.comFor more information about UC Health, please visit https://www.uchealth.orgMusic: Welcome to the Show by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4614-welcome-to-the-show License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license
Welcome to FuseBytes, Fusemachines' podcast hosted by Giovanni Patrick. Subscribe today!For more information about Fusemachines, please visit our website https://www.fusemachines.comFusemachines is a provider of Enterprise AI Talent solutions on a mission to democratize AI.Music: Welcome to the Show by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4614-welcome-to-the-show License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license
This week, The New P&L - Principles & Leadership in Business podcast series speaks to AI Thought Leader and Women In AI USA member Preeti Adhikary. Originally from Nepal, Preeti has spent the last decade in tech and AI startups in Singapore, Canada, and the US. Preeti believes in the power of emerging technologies like AI and the massive impact it can have. In her recent roles as VP of Marketing of NYC-based AI startup Fusemachines and the AI Lead/Director of Emergents (part of Weild & Co. investment bank), Preeti has used her platform to educate the public about Artificial Intelligence and important issues like diversity, ethics, and privacy in AI. We discuss with Preeti: - Whether a global standard for AI is possible - The opportunities and challenges of implementing AI in developing nations - What does principled leadership look like in your view in AI development - If monitoring is the price we have to pay for economic momentum when it comes to AI - AI's role in a job creation circle - The potential impact AI will have on migration - The issues with bias in AI If you'd like to learn more about The New P&L MANTRA Principle please email: paul@amplifiergroup.com The New P&L Creative Thinking for Leaders programme: www.principlesandleadership.com/creative-thinking-for-leaders-workshop To join The New P&L movement go to: www.principlesandleadership.com and subscribe. Join our Instagram community: @principlesandleadership --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/principlesandleadership/message
Jalak Jobanputra is the Founder of FuturePerfect Ventures. An early-stage Venture Capital firm focused on decentralized technologies including blockchain, crypto, IoT, and AI. FPV's portfolio includes Abra, Blockstream, Bitpesa, Fusemachines, Everledger and Blockchain. Jalak was awarded Institutional Investor's Most Powerful Fintech Dealmakers from 2016-2018. In May 2018, she was awarded Microsoft's VC Trailblazer Award for "her early and bold" investments in the sector. She has been listed as a 100 Most Influential Fintech Leader of 2016 and 2017 based on her investment strategy at FPV. In 2017, she was cited as a "Top 5 Investor Powering the Blockchain Boom" and Crunchbase noted FPV as one of the top VC funds in blockchain "before it was cool." Since founding the firm, she has spoken on blockchain technology, IoT, and artificial intelligence at many global conferences. ————————————————————————— To learn more about this episode, including podcast transcripts and show notes, visit *salt.org/talks* ( http://salt.org/talks ) Moderated by Anthony Scaramucci.
Sanjay Shrestha joined Plug Power as Chief Strategy Officer in 2019. Prior to joining Plug Power, Mr. Shrestha served as the CIO of a global solar IPP and President Sky Capital Americas since 2015. Under his leadership, Sky Capital America built and acquired over 100MW of operating solar assets and secured pipeline over 100MW. He also sourced various types of financing solutions to support this growth including project debt, construction equity and long-term equity. He brings almost two decades of experience in the broader clean tech sector to our team. Before global solar IPP, he led the renewables investment banking effort at FBR Capital markets. During 2014, and under his leadership, the firm was ranked among the top renewable energy underwriters in the U.S. Prior to joining FBR, Mr. Shrestha spent seven years as the global head of renewables research coverage at Lazard Capital Markets. During his tenure at Lazard Capital Markets, he was a member of the Institutional Investor All America Research team and was also ranked as one of the top five stock pickers on a global basis. Prior to Lazard Capital Markets, Mr. Shrestha spent seven years at First Albany Capital, where he built the firm’s renewables and industrial research practice. Starmine/Forbes Magazine ranked him the number 1 stock picker and the number 1 earnings estimator during his tenure at First Albany Capital. Mr. Shrestha serves as an independent director on the board of directors of Fusemachines, an AI company. https://www.plugpower.com/ https://nexuspmg.com/
Sanjay Shrestha joined Plug Power as Chief Strategy Officer in 2019. Prior to joining Plug Power, Mr. Shrestha served as the CIO of a global solar IPP and President Sky Capital Americas since 2015. Under his leadership, Sky Capital America built and acquired over 100MW of operating solar assets and secured pipeline over 100MW. He also sourced various types of financing solutions to support this growth including project debt, construction equity and long-term equity. He brings almost two decades of experience in the broader clean tech sector to our team. Before global solar IPP, he led the renewables investment banking effort at FBR Capital markets. During 2014, and under his leadership, the firm was ranked among the top renewable energy underwriters in the U.S. Prior to joining FBR, Mr. Shrestha spent seven years as the global head of renewables research coverage at Lazard Capital Markets. During his tenure at Lazard Capital Markets, he was a member of the Institutional Investor All America Research team and was also ranked as one of the top five stock pickers on a global basis. Prior to Lazard Capital Markets, Mr. Shrestha spent seven years at First Albany Capital, where he built the firm’s renewables and industrial research practice. Starmine/Forbes Magazine ranked him the number 1 stock picker and the number 1 earnings estimator during his tenure at First Albany Capital. Mr. Shrestha serves as an independent director on the board of directors of Fusemachines, an AI company.
In this episode, Ines Gonzales Del Mazo sits down with Jalak Jobanputra, Founding Partner of Future Perfect Ventures to discuss her investing career across FinTech, software, and the blockchain. Jalak Jobanputra is Founding Partner of FuturePerfect Ventures, an early stage venture capital fund in NYC focused on next generation technology such as blockchain and machine learning. FPV’s portfolio includes Abra, Blockstream, Bitpesa, Fusemachines, Everledger and Blockchain. Jalak was awarded Institutional Investor’s Most Powerful Fintech Dealmakers from 2016-2018. In May 2018, Jobanputra was awarded Microsoft’s VC Trailblazer Award for “her early and bold” investments in the sector. She has been listed as a 100 Most Influential Fintech Leader of 2016 and 2017 based on her investment strategy at FPV. In 2017, she was cited as a “Top 5 Investor Powering the Blockchain Boom” and Crunchbase noted FPV as one of the top VC funds in blockchain “before it was cool.” Since founding the firm, she has spoken on blockchain technology, IoT, and artificial intelligence at many global conferences, including the Milken Global Institute, Dutch Development Bank/FMO Annual Meeting, and The Economist Buttonwood Gathering. She also founded Collective Future, an organization to foster diversity and inclusion in the nascent blockchain sector. FPV’s incubator FPV Labs was selected by the NYC Economic Development Corporation in January 2019 to operate the NYC Blockchain Center, a unique private-public partnership formed to serve as an access point to the growing blockchain ecosystem and collaborate with elected officials on policy initiatives. Prior to FPV, Jobanputra was the Director of Emerging Market Mobile Investments at Omidyar Network, a philanthrocapitalist fund started by Pierre Omidyar, co-founder of eBay. Previously, she worked at Intel Capital investing in enterprise software in Silicon Valley from 1999-2003, as well as New Venture Partners and the NYC Investment Fund where she formed one of NYC’s first seed funds and helped establish the Fintech Innovation Lab in 2010. She started her career as a media/tech/telecom investment banker in NYC and London. Jobanputra is also active in supporting education reform and social entrepreneurship. She served as a Trustee of Achievement First Bushwick Charter Schools (Brooklyn). She is on the Board of Directors for the Center for an Urban Future, Advisory Board of L’Oreal’s Women in Digital Initiative, member of Mayor DeBlasio’s Broadband Taskforce, and former Access to Capital Committee member of the US Secretary of State Clinton Women’s Leadership Council. She is a magna cum laude graduate of the University of Pennsylvania, with a B.S. in Economics (concentration in Finance) from The Wharton School and a B.A. in Communications from the Annenberg School. She received her MBA from Kellogg in 1999. Her full bio can be found here, and she has been active on twitter since 2007 at @jalak.
Jalak Jobanputra is Founding Partner of FuturePerfect Ventures, an early stage venture capital fund in NYC focused on next generation technology such as blockchain and machine learning. FPV’s portfolio includes Abra, Open Garden, Blockstream, Bitpesa, FuseMachines, Everledger and Blockchain. Jalak was awarded Institutional Investor’s Top Fintech Dealmakers in 2017 and 2016. In 2017, she was cited as a “Top 5 Investor Powering the Blockchain Boom” and CB Insights noted FPV as one of the top VC funds in blockchain “before it was cool”. Since founding the firm, she has spoken on blockchain technology at many global conferences, including the Milken Global Institute, Dutch Development Bank/FMO annual meeting, and The Economist Buttonwood Gathering. Prior to FPV, Jobanputra was the Director of Emerging Market Mobile Investments at Omidyar Network, a philanthrocapitalist fund started by Pierre Omidyar, co-founder of eBay. Previously, she worked at Intel Capital investing in enterprise software in Silicon Valley from 1999-2003. as well as New Venture Partners and the NYC Investment Fund where she formed one of NYC's first seed funds and helped establish the Fintech Innovation Lab in 2010. She started her career as a media/tech/telecom investment banker in NYC and London. Jobanputra is also active in supporting education reform and social entrepreneurship. She served as a Trustee of Achievement First Bushwick Charter Schools (Brooklyn). She is on the Board of Directors for the Center for an Urban Future, Advisory Board of L’Oreal’s Women in Digital Initiative, member of Mayor DeBlasio’s Broadband Taskforce, and former Access to Capital Committee member of the US Secretary of State Clinton Women’s Leadership Council. She is a magna cum laude graduate of the University of Pennsylvania, with a B.S. in Economics (concentration in Finance) from The Wharton School and a B.A. in Communications from the Annenberg School. She received her MBA from Kellogg in 1999.
Humanitarian AI Today's host Mia Kossiavelou speaks with Sameer Maskey Adjunct Associate Professor at Columbia University and Founder of Fusemachines, an AI solutions & services provider empowering everyone to leverage AI by running schools in underserved communities and connecting talent with job opportunities.
If female-run startups outperform male-run startups, why is there a massive disparity in funding? What cultural changes need to take place in order to increase women in STEM careers? How can men be allies to women in tech? In this episode of IBM thinkLeaders podcast, we are joined by guests Rachel Renock (CEO of Wethos) & Preeti Adhikary (VP of marketing, Fusemachines). We talk to Rachel and Preeti about the importance of mentorship, the responsibility of marketers to flip the script, and making gender equity a business priority. Connect with us @IBMthinkLeaders + the guests at: @rachren1 @wethosco @PreetiAdhikary “It's one thing to put women in positions of power, open doors of opportunity. It's another thing to have those places be welcoming. People have to be cognizant of different working styles and different strengths and weaknesses and that ultimately makes a stronger team.” -Rachel Renock, CEO of Wethos “One of my big consistent advice to the women on my team is that they need to be authentic. Being able to share, even with your team who you are is really important. I feel like you shouldn't really be carrying that mask and showing people a very different side of who you are.” -Preeti Adhikary, VP of marketing at Fusemachines
This week we have a groundbreaking episode. For the very first time we have an international guest and this one is filled with valuable insights on one of the hottest domains in technology today. Sameer Maskey is the founder of Fusemachines, all full cycle AI startup in New York. Fusemachines provides AI as a services to fortune 500 companies in US while at the same time developing talent globally through their Ai micro-degree program. Their mission is to democratize AI by making it accessible to all. He is in Nairobi as part of a pre- launch for their local Ai education program to be provided in partnership with their local partner, Jenga school
Allen Kendunga is the founder of Talent Match, Inc. a professional development program aimed at closing the skills gap and reducing youth unemployment among Rwandan youth through career development services and partnerships. Allen is also a content marketer in the field of Artificial Intelligence where she helps create and tell stories that empower organizations, communities and individuals to better understand this sophisticated technology. She currently oversees the content pipeline at Fusemachines, an AI talent solutions provider. She is passionate about developing human capital, sustainable economic development and education. Allen hopes to create a social impact among young people by helping them realize their full potential and is excited by the future of technology and all innovation that comes with it.
How can we demystify AI? Why is the general public often both awed and afraid of artificial intelligence? Why is there a gulf between the excitement from enterprise to utilize AI and trepidation from the public? In this episode of thinkPod, we are joined by Sameer Maskey (Founder & CEO of Fusemachines) and Charlie Oliver (Founder & CEO of Tech2025). We talk to Sameer and Charlie about increasing the accessibility of AI, the importance of ethics and how that can be determined, and how talent is evenly distributed by opportunity is not. We explore algorithmic bias, our complicated feelings towards AI, the importance of gathering insight into how the general public is feeling about emerging technology, and why you may want to take a MOOC right now. “Within AI, there's such a variety of work that needs to be done. There is obviously the building of AI Systems and that's where a lot of conversation gets focused on. What we lose sight of [is] all the different parts of AI from ethics to...all the questions around culture, and there's so many other things that could make AI much more accessible to other human beings and make it more conducive to people.” -Sameer Maskey “[D]on't believe what they tell you about what you know and don't know. Because we've been talked down to about technologies for so long, especially women, especially people of color...You know more than you think you know in your ideas are really necessary right now.”-Charlie Oliver Connect with thinkLeaders and our panelists: @IBMthinkLeaders @sameermaskey @itscomplicated BIOS CHARLIE OLIVER In the Fall of 2016, Charlie Oliver launched Tech2025 to educate entrepreneurs and consumers on the next wave of disruptive, emerging technologies that are expected to drastically change our world in the next decade (AI, machine learning, driverless vehicles, IoT, blockchain, VR, etc.), through live-events and interactive workshops with industry experts. The mission of Tech2025 is to help entrepreneurs and the general public to understand and embrace emerging technologies. SAMEER MASKEY Sameer Maskey is the founder and CEO of Fusemachines Inc., a company that makes Artificial Intelligence accessible to everyone through education, software, and services. Dr. Maskey has more than 18 years of experience in artificial intelligence, natural language processing, machine learning, and data science. After completing his PhD in Computer Science, he joined IBM Watson Research Center where he invented various statistical algorithms to improve speech-to-speech translation and question answering systems.
In this episode Byron speaks with Sameer Maskey of Fusemachines about the development of machine learning, languages and AI capabilities. Episode 87: A Conversation with Sameer Maskey
In this episode Byron speaks with Sameer Maskey of Fusemachines about the development of machine learning, languages and AI capabilities. Episode 87: A Conversation with Sameer Maskey
In this episode Byron speaks with Sameer Maskey of Fusemachines about the development of machine learning, languages and AI capabilities. Episode 87: A Conversation with Sameer Maskey
At Media Jobs we are always interested in finding the most innovative companies where you might want to work. The big talk today is about Artificial Intelligence and today we're talking with a company that is using the technology to drive more sales.The artificial Intelligence lead machine has arrived! The name of the lead master is Fusemachines and Sameer Maskey, Founder and CEO, and his team have been developing the software that applies Artificial Intelligence, Natural Language Processing and Machine Learning to the process of lead generation for B2B companies.Its taken 3 PHD's and 30 engineers to create SAM, the name they are calling their AI system. But it gets better. SAM interacts with humans through emails, mobile apps and sales software and learns from user behavior to perform some of the same tasks automatically. SAM learns and improves itself everyday!Today, with a staff of 80 the company is blazing a trail to take the pain out of lead gen so that us humans can focus more on cash generation then lead generation.In this podcast I speak with Alex Roeskestad from Fusemachines recently and he talked about how everything works and some of the customers that are currently benefiting from SAM.
At Media Jobs we are always interested in finding the most innovative companies where you might want to work. The big talk today is about Artificial Intelligence and today we're talking with a company that is using the technology to drive more sales.The artificial Intelligence lead machine has arrived! The name of the lead master is Fusemachines and Sameer Maskey, Founder and CEO, and his team have been developing the software that applies Artificial Intelligence, Natural Language Processing and Machine Learning to the process of lead generation for B2B companies.Its taken 3 PHD's and 30 engineers to create SAM, the name they are calling their AI system. But it gets better. SAM interacts with humans through emails, mobile apps and sales software and learns from user behavior to perform some of the same tasks automatically. SAM learns and improves itself everyday!Today, with a staff of 80 the company is blazing a trail to take the pain out of lead gen so that us humans can focus more on cash generation then lead generation.In this podcast I speak with Alex Roeskestad from Fusemachines recently and he talked about how everything works and some of the customers that are currently benefiting from SAM.
In this episode, I sit down with Sameer Maskey from Fusemachines to talk about how his company is helping build the products of the future. Sameer is the Founder of Fusemachines and the Fuse.AI scholarship. He is a professor at Columbia University, and was a Research Staff Member at IBM. More about Fusemachines: https://www.fusemachines.com/ More about Fuse.AI: http://www.fuse.ai
Tara Chklovski from Iridescent shares about the AI Family Challenge, lifelong learning, Technovation, and how the World can participate in AI.https://iridescentlearning.org/-Guest speaker: Tara Chklovski, founder and CEO of Technovation.-Girls Who Code, is an organization whose mission is to empower women in the field of computer science. -The discussion explores how education is scaling, going online and mention Kristen Kehrer, a data science instructor at UC Berkeley. -Sameer Maskey, is the founder & CEO at Fusemachines. He is also an adjunct associate professor at Columbia University.