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In this episode of The Good Question Podcast, Richard Jacobs explores the cutting edge of AI and Security with Vijay Balasubramaniyan, CEO of Pindrop Security. Discover how Voice Biometrics, Deep Fake Detection, and Generative AI are revolutionizing Fraud Prevention and Cybersecurity. Vijay shares insights on how Voice AI safeguards call centers, banks, and digital platforms from digital impersonation, voice cloning, and cybercrime. Tune in to learn about: How Voice Authentication and Verification detect and stop deep fake AI threats. The evolution of machine learning in speech modulation and fraud detection. Real-world applications of artificial intelligence in call center tech and digital security. Stay informed about the future of voice technology and fraud detection. This episode is essential for anyone interested in cybersecurity and staying ahead of AI-driven threats. Learn more about Pindrop at www.pindrop.com. Episode also available on Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/38oMlMr

In this episode of the Finding Genius Podcast, host Richard Jacobs dives into the fascinating world of voice security with Vijay Balasubramaniyan, founder and CEO of Pindrop, a leader in enterprise security. Discover how voice biometrics and advanced AI are combating deepfakes, fraud, and impersonation in real time. From safeguarding banks and call centers to identifying fraudulent candidates and stopping disinformation campaigns, Vijay explains the cutting-edge techniques that make Pindrop a pioneer in this space. Join the conversation now to discover: Learn about the future of voice technology. The evolution of deepfakes. And the exciting—and sometimes alarming—applications of AI in audio and communication. Whether you're curious about the science behind voice recognition, intrigued by the rapid rise of generative AI, or simply want to stay informed on how technology protects us in an increasingly digital world, this episode is a must-listen. Find out more about Pindrop at www.pindrop.com Boost Your Brainpower with 15% OFF!  Fuel your mind with BrainSupreme Supplements and unlock your full potential. Get 15% OFF your order now using this exclusive link: brainsupreme.co/discount/findinggenius Hurry—your brain deserves the best! Episode also available on Apple Podcast: http://apple.co/30PvU9C

In this episode of the Security Podcast of Silicon Valley, a YSecurity.io production, Hosts Jon McLahlan and Sasha Sinkevich sit down with Vijay Balasubramaniyan, the visionary Co-Founder and CEO of Pindrop Security. From his roots in voice technology at giants like Google and IBM to pioneering security innovations at Pindrop, Vijay shares his unique journey of merging voice and security. Discover how Pindrop is leading the charge against deepfake fraud, revolutionizing voice authentication, and even protecting democracy. Tune in for a deep dive into the future of voice and security, with insights from one of the industry's leading minds. 

Deepfakes—AI-generated fake videos and voices—have become a widespread concern across politics, social media, and more. As they become easier to create, the threat grows. But so do the tools to detect them.In this episode, Vijay Balasubramaniyan, cofounder and CEO of Pindrop, joins a16z's Martin Casado to discuss how deepfakes work, how easily they can be made, and what defenses we have. They'll also explore the role of policy and regulation in this rapidly changing space.Have we lost control of the truth? Listen to find out.Resources:Find Vijay on Twitter: https://x.com/vijay_voiceFind Martin on Twitter: https://x.com/martin_casadoStay Updated: Let us know what you think: https://ratethispodcast.com/a16zFind a16z on Twitter: https://twitter.com/a16zFind a16z on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/a16zSubscribe on your favorite podcast app: https://a16z.simplecast.com/Follow our host: https://twitter.com/stephsmithioPlease note that the content here is for informational purposes only; should NOT be taken as legal, business, tax, or investment advice or be used to evaluate any investment or security; and is not directed at any investors or potential investors in any a16z fund. a16z and its affiliates may maintain investments in the companies discussed. For more details please see a16z.com/disclosures.

Meet Liberato Kani, a hip hop artist in Lima, Peru—or as he says, “the Andean Bronx”. At his concerts, a typical call and response you hear is "Quechua es resistencia": Quechua is resistance. Though Quechua is spoken by nearly ten million people, Peru's native language is at risk of dying off because of anti-indigenous prejudice. Liberato and other musicians like Renata Flores are here to save it—and restore a country's pride while they're at it. Want to talk more about the show? Share your favorite artist from this episode with host Saleem Reshamwala (@Kidethnic) on Twitter. This episode features music and interviews from Liberato Kani, Renata Flores, Kayfex, and Uchpa's guitarist and songwriter Marcos Maizel. Listen to more from these artists on TED's Spotify playlist, "Quechua es Resistencia.”Pindrop is produced by Jesse Baker and Eric Nuzum of Magnificent Noise for TED. Our production staff includes Elyse Blennerhassett, Oscar Durand, Kim Nederveen Pieterse, Sabrina Farhi, Hiwote Getaneh, Angela Cheng, and Michelle Quint, with the guidance of Roxanne Hai Lash and Colin Helms. Additional recordings by Whitney Henry-Lester and Hernando Suarez. Translation and transcription by Hernando Suárez, Eilis O'Neill, and Oscar Durand. This episode was mixed and sound designed by Kristin Mueller.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Vijay is the co-founder and CEO of Pindrop, a leader in voice security technology. With a background in engineering and research roles at Google, Siemens, IBM Research, and Intel, Vijay invented phone printing technology in 2010 and launched Pindrop in 2011. Under his leadership, Pindrop has raised over $200 million from investors, including JC2 Ventures, led by by Cisco's John Chambers. Holding multiple patents in VoIP security and scalability, Vijay frequently speaks at major conferences such as RSA, Black Hat, and CCS. He earned his PhD in computer science from Georgia Tech.In this conversation, we discuss:The evolution of voice technology from landline telephony to modern voice systems.The challenges of educating people about voice security and deepfake threats in the early 2010s.How the rise of Alexa and other voice assistants transformed public perception of voice technology.The rapid development of voice cloning tools and their implications for security.The role of deepfakes in political interference, including high-profile cases President Biden.How companies like Pindrop are using AI to detect and combat voice-related deepfake attacks in real-time.ResourcesSubscribe to the AI & The Future of Work NewsletterConnect with Vijay AI fun fact articleHow AI is reinventing networking with Cisco's Dr. JP Vasseur

Send us a Text Message.Rrrrrrrip! Yikes! That's the sound of the Planet Poetry rulebook being wantonly torn in half for our Season 4 finale. For one episode only Robin and Peter abandon their solemn vow and share some of their own poetry from forthcoming Pindrop and Mariscat publications.  Then, under the chalky Sussex cliffs, we bask in recollections of another glorious season peppered with wonderful conversations with superb and entertaining guests.  We want to thank you dear listener for lending us your ears. Have a glorious summer!  We'll be back with a spanking new season in October.  Oi! That blinking gull's got its beak in my chips!Support the Show.Planet Poetry is a labour of love, paid for out of our own pockets.If you enjoy the podcast, please show your support and Buy us a Coffee!

In this episode of the Tech Talks Daily Podcast, we sit down with Vijay Balasubramaniyan, the CEO and Founder of Pindrop, to discuss the alarming surge in AI attacks and the emerging threats posed by deepfake technology. With a staggering 450% increase in AI attacks in just the first four months of this year, the urgency to understand and combat these threats has never been greater. Vijay offers an in-depth analysis of the drivers behind this surge, including the rise of voice cloning tools and the innovative, yet dangerous, uses of synthetic media. We delve into the recent instances of deepfake technology being used in political campaigns and elections, such as the false audio tape of President Biden, and the potential impact these technologies could have on the upcoming elections. As the founder of the industry's first deepfake detection engine, Vijay shares the challenges faced in developing this groundbreaking technology and how it effectively detects synthetic media. He also highlights the crucial role of state and federal officials in defending against these threats, emphasizing the need for coordinated efforts to ensure the safety and integrity of our digital landscape. Vijay discusses the importance of concerted state-federal coordination in combating the spread of synthetic media. He provides insights into the legislative actions being considered for 2023 and beyond, aimed at addressing the challenges posed by deepfake technology. Additionally, Vijay talks about his involvement wi

Google dominated the generative AI news earlier in 2024. The unexpected introduction of Gemini 1.5 is covered in depth, and guest host Allen Firstenberg discusses his first-hand experience testing the model. We also cover the Gemma open-source models and Google's latest PR misstep related to its image generation. Also on tap are discussions around Mistral, NVIDIA, Adobe, Pindrop, and a few more. Generative AI News Top Stories of the Week

Vijay Balasubramaniyan is the CEO and co-founder of Pindrop. He first joined me on the podcast way back in 2019 for episode 86. I still recommend people listen to that episode. You will learn a lot about voice authentication. In 2021, Vijay returned for episode 193. We now have him three years later and the topic is new.   Deepfakes and voice clones are common topics of discussion now, but Pindrop has been working on this for more than seven years. As a leading voice authentication solution, the team was intent to understand how voice clones could be used to impersonate a trusted user. Fast forward to 2023 and 2024 and they have a commercial product called Pindrop Pulse for deepfake detection.   It is state of the art deepfake detection that is already being used by several large financial institutions. Results from customers deployed in 2023 show a 99% identification rate for voice clones created by the leading synthetic voice providers, 90% for zero-day voice clones from unknown providers, and both metrics come with a sub-1% false positive rate. These stats are essential as you will see lots of claims, but most are identifying a small subset of voice clone types or carry an impractically high false positive rate.  

It has been a bad month for cybercrime. Yes, attacks are on the way up. Yes, they are still extorting money and causing infrastructure chaos. But there is a massive, shadow-busting spotlight on them right where they live and defense technology is advanced enough that they are hearing footfalls of law enforcement behind them. Recently a faked call from "President Joe Biden" to New Hampshire Democrats urged them not to vote in the state's primary. It only took a few weeks using AI-detection tools to not only identify what company provided the technology but also the user himself. For today's episode, we followed this theme and called one of our favorite technologists, Vijay Balasubramaniyan, CEO of Pindrop, whose technology can reliably identify AI-generated video and audio tech. Vijay would not confirm whether his product was used in this investigation. You will hear him demur that “we can't comment on an active investigation.” But he said it in such a way that I'm pretty sure it was. Also, he was interviewed for articles in Wired where he said his tool identified the call as a fake with a factor “north of 99 percent.” Independent researchers at first claimed that number was hard to believe, but after running their own tests grudgingly admitted, “Yeah, that's pretty close.” BTW, this episode is sponsored by Safety National Insurance --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/crucialtech/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/crucialtech/support

Pindrop Pulse's innovative audio deepfake detection technology, 1Password's strategic acquisition of Kolide to secure remote work, and an exploration of the ransomware market's dynamics. Discover how Pindrop Pulse is setting new standards in voice security, why 1Password's integration of Kolide marks a significant advancement in protecting digital identities and devices, and how the ransomware economy thrives on stolen data, changing the landscape of cyber threats. Join us for a journey through these groundbreaking developments where technology meets strategy in the battle against cybercrime. Discover Pindrop Pulse's role in combating audio deepfakes with precision, safeguarding the authenticity of digital communications against the backdrop of rising cyber threats. Learn more about Pindrop Pulse. Uncover how 1Password's acquisition of Kolide is revolutionizing cybersecurity for the remote workforce, ensuring that securing digital access is both effective and user-friendly. Read about the 1Password and Kolide story. Explore the shadowy world of ransomware, where access to corporate networks is bought and sold, revealing a complex ecosystem that fuels cybercrime. Dive into the intricacies of ransomware targets. This episode provides a comprehensive look at the forefront of cybersecurity innovations and strategies, illustrating the importance of adaptive technology and insightful approaches in protecting digital spaces.

EP release show is January 16 at the dive motel! This week we play at the Bode hotel, do a new song called I can't get by (ballad of a veteran) and go see some friends sling some sweet new songs at Sonny's Pindrop. Love you guys!

Synthedia, a data research company focused on generative AI and synthetic media markets, dropped a study recently on awareness of deep fake and voice cloning technology that raised some interesting numbers. We are doing a deeper dive on the subject at Cyber Protection Magazine next week, but we sat down with Vijay Subramaniyan, the CEO of PinDrop, a study sponsor, to talk more generally about the findings and what the dangers of the technology are. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/crucialtech/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/crucialtech/support

It's time for the Generative AI News (GAIN) Rundown for August 17, 2023. Special segments this week include: Using GPT-4 to moderate LLM inputs The groups pressuring CEOs to adopt generative AI Generative AI winners and losers of the week. Voicebot.ai's head writer, Eric Schwartz, joined Bret Kinsella this week to break down all of the top industry stories. Generative AI News Links related to the stories are included below if you want to go deeper into any topics. Top Stories of the Week OpenAI wants you to use GPT-4 to moderate your GPT-4 based applications Two charts reveal why so many enterprises are rushing to adopt generative AI Generative AI Funding Fountain The $100M Anthropic deal with SK Telecom provides insight into where LLMs are headed Voiceflow added $15M in new funding on the back of rapid user growth and generative AI DynamoFL raises $15.1M to scale privacy-focused generative AI for enterprises OpenAI acquires digital studio Global Illumination Generative AI Product Garden IBM Embeds Meta's Llama 2 LLM in New Watsonx generative AI platform Amazon deploys generative AI for summarizing product reviews Google rolls out new generative AI search features U.S. DoD forms generative AI task force Roblox is deploying its own generative AI models and infrastructure at lower cost Detecting Deepfakes - Pindrop demos its anti-fraud voice clone detection More About GAIN   GAIN is recorded live and streamed via YouTube and LinkedIn on Thursdays. You can re-watch each week's discussion on Voicebot's YouTube channel. Please join us live next week on YouTube or LinkedIn. Also, please participate in the live show by commenting, and we are likely to give you a shoutout and may even show your comment on screen.

Vijay Balasubramaniyan is Co-Founder, CEO & CTO of Pindrop. He's held various engineering and research roles with Google, Siemens, IBM Research and Intel.Vijay holds patents in VoIP security and scalability and he frequently speaks on phone fraud threats at technical conferences, including RSA, Black Hat, FS-ISAC, CCS and ICDCS. Vijay earned a PhD in Computer Science from Georgia Institute of Technology. His PhD thesis was on telecommunications security.00:00 Introduction01:04 What is voice security? 03:26 Deep fake attacks against call centers06:44 Protecting against voice attacks09:09 How good is the tech? 12:15 How good are the criminals? 15:01 The challenge of humans being helpful17:09 What size should protect against voice attacks? 21:04 Predicting the speed of the spaceAdvertiser:https://www.alinea-partners.com/https://supportadventure.com/MSPRadio/Do you want the show on your podcast app or the written versions of the stories? Subscribe to the Business of Tech: https://www.businessof.tech/subscribe/Support the show on Patreon: https://patreon.com/mspradio/Want our stuff? Cool Merch? Wear “Why Do We Care?” - Visit https://mspradio.myspreadshop.comFollow us on:Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/mspradionews/Twitter: https://twitter.com/mspradionews/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mspradio/LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/28908079/

Core values are even more important than your strategic plan, according to Christine Kaszubski, Chief People Officer at Pindrop. She explains that core values provide a shared vocabulary, vision, and understanding. These elements establish a level of trust that companies lacking a strong set of core values struggle to develop. In this conversation, Christine shares her insights on building a strong organizational culture through actionable core values and culture champions. She also provides guidance for adapting those core values as your business evolves, setting yourself up for success at a new organization, and planning ahead for future needs. For the entire interview, subscribe to HR Superstars on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or Stitcher. Or tune in on our website. Original podcast track produced by Entheo. Want to connect with thousands of other strategic HR leaders like you, join the HR Superstars Community! Listening on a desktop & can't see the links? Just search for HR Superstars in your favorite podcast player.*

Generative AI is BIG business. Maybe too big. In the rush to commercialize and cash in on billions of dollars of investment, Big Tech is letting security slip through the cracks again. Adversaries are weaponizing AI to supercharge phishing attacks, destabilize governments and blackmail innocent people. This episode is the first entry in a months-long series of storeis, podcasts, videos and panels on "Defense Against the AI Arts (with Apologies to Harry Potter". Our first subject Vijay Balasubramaniyan, CEO of Pindrop. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/crucialtech/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/crucialtech/support

Ben and Dan are both SVPs at AKRF, which is historically an environmental company that in part designs interiors with the goal of perfection when it comes to sound. We discuss their newest innovation, "the Pindrop". Trust me, if you have never heard about how important what AKRF does, and if you are at the forefront of future tech, well,come hear how the Pindrop makes the future now! #Trend with us --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/the-trend-with-justin-a-w/support

John is joined by three of his JC2 Ventures mentees – Vijay Balasubramaniyan of Pindrop, Mike Fong of Privoro, and Bipul Sinha of Rubrik – to talk about one of today's hottest topics in tech and business: Cybersecurity. As technology becomes more advanced, organizations and their leaders find themselves under increased pressure to fortify their cyber infrastructure. On episode 23 of “Chambers Talks: A Podcast Series with John Chambers”, John, Vijay, Mike, and Bipul discuss the importance of addressing the full cybersecurity life cycle, the biggest issues and trends facing the industry today, and the technologies that are driving the future of cybersecurity. 

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Banks are required by law to know their customers. Deep fake technology in the hands of outlaws is making that hard job even harder. Vijay Balasubramuniyan, CEO at Pindrop, joins us to talk about the world of deep fakes, and how this technology is impacting the world of banking.

Mark Horne, Chief Marketing Officer at Pindrop, joins Dave to discuss voice authentication, Dave and Joe have some follow up about business phishing (BECs) from listeners Nick and Michael, Joe's story has a romance scam where criminals pretend to be celebrities, and Dave's story is about the increase in phishing downloads due to cyber criminals using SEO to leverage their lures, and we've got 2 catches of the day for you from listener Peter on free Dyson vacuums and one from Joe with a plea from Vladimir Putin asking for money. Links to stories: ‘Keanu Reeves … I know it's not you': Fraudsters pretend to be celebrities in scam attempts Malware Mayhem: Netskope Research Finds Sharp Increase in Phishing Downloads, as Cybercriminals Leverage SEO to Lure Victims Have a Catch of the Day you'd like to share? Email it to us at hackinghumans@thecyberwire.com or hit us up on Twitter.

Sixty-three percent of respondents to a recent survey think resetting their password is a huge inconvenience and 14% would rather be stuck in rush-hour traffic than reset their password.  And ironically, at one institution, fraudsters were able to pass knowledge-based question barriers 92% of the time, while actual customers correctly answered the questions only about 48% of the time, according to a survey by voice-based security, identity and intelligence platform provider Pindrop. These password challenges create a problem for the organizations that use them while not solving for fraud, contends Amit Gupta, vice president of product management, research and engineering at Pindrop, in this episode of “The Buzz” podcast. “Essentially, those organizations are adding the friction to solve a problem that this is not even a solution to,” Gupta tells Bank Automation News. “That's where voice absolutely helps, but more than that, an enhanced authentication solution can help alleviate that pain and that bad customer experience and in fact, convert that to a great user experience.” The $805.9 billion BMO leverages Pindrop to reduce its incidences of fraud, according to Victor Tung, U.S. chief technology and operations officer and chief information and operations officer for BMO Capital Markets. “We started leveraging Pindrop data and some consortium data, and we eventually plug that into our workflow,” Tung said. “We have some automation AI on top of it. We saw great, great uplift” in fraud detection. Pindrop's Gupta gives listeners a peak under the technology hood to explain how voice and voice data can reduce fraud. 

Welcome to Episode 162 of the snobOS Podcast! The Lowdown: FaceID is the future for iPhoneNo under-screen TouchID or front-facing camerasApple Stores drops customer mask requirementApple will no longer require customers to wear masks in a number of Apple stores across the US, including in Ohio, Kansas, Kentucky, North Carolina, Georgia, and other states that have recently dropped local mask mandatesEmployees at Apple stores will still be required to wear masks regardless of vaccination status2nd String: Untag yourself from Twitter conversationsFor The Culture: Teching While Black: Paul JudgeAtlanta's 'Godfather of Tech' - Entrepreneur. Investor. Inventor.Co-Founder & Partner of TechSquare Labs, Co-Founder & Executive Chairman of Pindrop, Partner of AC3, Atlanta's hip-hop centric music festival, and Partner of Judge VenturesInvested in over 60 technology startupsHolds approximately 30 patented or patent-pending technologies in computer securityCommencement speaker for The Georgia Institute of Technology Class of 2021 ceremony (dual Tech alumna MS/PhD)Tinder Swindler is working on a dating show?The Hook Up: Track your goals with the Countdown appBe sure to Listen, rate, review and share on Apple Podcasts & Google PodcastsEngage on all social platforms @snobOScast Leave comments and suggestionsWeb: snobOScast.comEmail: snobOScast@gmail.comClick link to support the show and get exclusive contentFollow Nica Montford @TechSavvyDivaFollow Terrance Gaines @BrothaTech

Lundi 31 janvier 2022, SMART TECH reçoit Dominique Ango (Directeur Général pour la France et l'Europe du Sud, Pindrop) , Benoit Rottembourg (responsable Regalia, Inria) , Thomas Solignac (CEO, Golem.ai) et Sidney Rostan (Fondateur et CEO de Bioxegy)

Pindrop (the global technology leader in identity, security, and trust for voice interactions used by 8 of the 10 largest U.S. banks) recently announced that it hired former AWS and Symantec I.T. leader Collin Davis as its new CTO. Pindrop continues to gain momentum in the voice biometrics industry, with the launch of IVR, expansion into streaming IoT, and most recently, the acquisition of Next Caller. To keep pace with this rapid growth, the company attracted a global tech leader like Collin, and I felt compelled to fight out more. Collin Davis joins me on the Tech Talks Daily podcast to share his story, having founded and launched Alexa for Business and led the engineering and Q.A. teams that built the suite of Norton Security Products while at Symantec. He also shares why he moved to Pindrop from global, well-respected tech leaders like AWS. Finally, he shares his insights into the intersection of voice and security, and where voice capabilities are headed based on his time at AWS and Symantec. Finally, we discuss Collin's future vision for Pindrop's expansion into new markets to remain the leader in voice authentication technology. We discuss why he made the move to Pindrop from global, well-respected tech leaders like AWS and offers Insider Insights into the intersection of voice and security, and where voice capabilities are headed based on his time as an I.T. leader at AWS and Symantec. Colin also shares his future vision for Pindrop's expansion into new markets in order to remain the leader in voice authentication technology

The phone scam has been in the cybercriminal's playbook for decades, but the pandemic has lead to a sharp increase of these attacks. According to Eric Griffith from PC Mag, According to Eric Griffith from PC Mag, a well constructed phone scam can exploit more money than a scam conducted via email, social media, websites or apps. This becomes all the more concerning with our reliance on our phones in 2021, particularly when employees work from home. With the increase of remote working and fewer people in conventional workplaces, the need for communication tools has of course increased, but call centres are now sifting through more work than anybody could have anticipated. For some, call volumes increased by 800%, which has created intense work pressure for employees. Cybercriminals have now adapted their phone scam methods to specifically target call centres, leaving them vulnerable to attacks and placing huge responsibilities on customer service staff.  The Evolution of the Phone Scam Voice phishing, or 'Vishing', is a form of social engineering attack that is primarily used to steal privileged credentials from corporations. The aim is to manipulate the target into exposing a weakness in the company, leading to data leaks or cybertheft. Vishing is not new, but it evolves continuously; changes in the market lead to changes in behaviour, which lead to new tactics. Joining us on in this podcast is Nikolay Gaubitch, Director of Research at Pindrop. Throughout this podcast, Nikolay will explain the dangers of vishing, how it affects call centres and what you can do to protect your business from a devastating phone scam.

She is a wife and a mother of 3 with a busy real estate company in Tampa Bay. Get ready to hear these (2) northerners discuss the importance of modernizing your medical office.I can't wait for you to hear what the PATIENT thinks about a MODERN medical practice on Monday, 4/19/21. Join our REAL TALK with Natalie Patricia Pindar of the The Pindrop Group Clearwater. The Pindrop Group Clearwater is a team of Realtors with Keller Williams Realty specializing in residential sales throughout Tampa Bay and St. Pete/Clearwater. Thank you for sponsoring the show TieTechnology! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/thedoctorwhisperer/message

JP is an Entrepreneur & Tech Investor at Felix Capital with 10+ years of experience investing in, advising and operating companies across Europe and the USA. He was previously at Vitruvian Partners, a global growth equity fund, where he specialised in B2B Software, Fintech and Consumer Internet businesses. He was involved in a number of high profile investments across countries, including Pindrop, Ebury, Standish and Farfetch. During this interview we cover: 00:00 Contentfy, Your On-Demand Content Team (Sponsor) 01:02 - Intro + Announcement   02:50 - Joseph's Background, Past Ventures Becoming and Becoming an Investor 08:33 - A Firm for the Creative Class & Focusing on the Digital Lifestyle 09:16 - Key Metrics when Looking at an Investment 12:18 - Red Flags & Deal Breakers for SaaS Businesses  14:00 - Once Invested, The Relationship with Founders Afterwards  15:05 -  Advice to Upcoming Investors to Solve the Chicken & Egg Problem 17:17 - Main Reasons why to Trust Someone After the First Meeting  18:46 - 6 Core Principles that Every Start-up founder Should Have 27:12 - The SaaS Industry Going Forward from an Investor Standpoint 30:56 - How JP is Calculating Valuations for SaaS Companies 33:54 - Advice JP Would Tell his 25 Year old Self 34:34 - Biggest Challenges JP is Facing Right Now 35:09 - Instrumental Resources for JP 35:58 - What does Success mean to JP Today 36:47 - Pitch your Startup & Get in Touch with JP Mentions: https://www.felixcap.com/ (Felix Capital) https://www.uipath.com/es/company/rpa-analyst-reports/gartner-magic-quadrant-robotic-process-automation?utm_source=Sales&utm_medium=letter&utm_campaign=VE21ULF&utm_content=invitation&gclid=Cj0KCQjw9YWDBhDyARIsADt6sGaEHm5tmbJlfotdv5Z0_uMBQMoUfsXEwX90Hx7SVnbqLuW_25Xk9H0aAv2JEALw_wcB&gclsrc=aw.ds (UIPath) https://www.pipedrive.com/ (Pipedrive) https://www.snowflake.com/?lang=es (SnowFlake) Podcasts: https://mastersofscale.com/ (Masters of Scale) https://www.thetwentyminutevc.com/ (20MinuteVC) Books: https://www.thetwentyminutevc.com/ (Thinking Fast and Slow) People: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adam_Neumann (Adam Neumann) Get In Touch With JP: https://www.linkedin.com/in/joseph-pizzolato/ (Joseph's Linkedin) joseph@felix.com Tag us & follow: https://www.facebook.com/HorizenCapitalOfficial/ (Facebook)  https://www.facebook.com/HorizenCapitalOfficial/ https://www.linkedin.com/company/horizen-capital (LinkedIn)  https://www.linkedin.com/company/horizen-capital https://www.instagram.com/saasdistrict/ (Instagram)  https://www.instagram.com/saasdistrict/ (https://www.instagram.com/saasdistrict/) More about Akeel: Twitter - https://twitter.com/AkeelJabber (https://twitter.com/AkeelJabber) LinkedIn - https://linkedin.com/in/akeel-jabbar (https://linkedin.com/in/akeel-jabbar) More Podcast Sessions - https://horizencapital.com/saas-podcast (https://horizencapital.com/saas-podcast) 

Join us for a very special episode of "What Would You Say You Do Here?" As we interview Emily Fennell, the Head of Design and Senior Product Manager at Pindrop. Emily takes us into the world of design and user experience where we'll talk about the challenges and the rewards. If you're interested in breaking into UX or Design, or you've been there for years and just want to hear how it's done at other places, this one's for you.

SURPRISE BONUS! We chat to our friend, leading art advisor Simon Oldfield to discuss the art news hitting mainstream headlines this past week with digital artist Beeple selling his NFT artwork 'EVERYDAYS: THE FIRST 5000 DAYS' for an astonishing $69.3m at Christie's auction house. As a curator, advisor and lawyer fascinated by the convergence of art and technology, the emergence of NFTs into the mainstream is something Simon has predicted for many years. Twenty years ago he won a national award for his dissertation on the future of intellectual property in the Internet age:"Few people understood the internet, fewer understood my arguments and even those who did thought it was an irrelevance. Dismissed as solutions to problems that would never exist. Well, they were wrong, clearly! Today we are on the cusp on something extraordinary within the art world - the crossroads of art, law and tech. It’s an extremely complex world with major implications for the interaction of a global digital product and national laws. NFTs have enormous possibilities but potentially even greater pitfalls. After years of talking about digital art and its potential, often falling in deaf ears, it is literally all I have been talking about for the past month with #collectors, #artists, #lawyers, #fintech etc. Last week I gave a Zoom talk to over 200 people - heads of major law firms, CEOs, heads of banks etc. about NFTs and how art and the law around it is shaping the future. The wider potential and ramifications for NFTs (non-fungible tokens), the #blockchain, crypto currency, #smartcontracts, #cyrptography is extraordinary - in the literal sense of that word. We are living in the future."A qualified lawyer with a degree and post-graduate diplomas from the University of Exeter and the University of Oxford, Simon also oversees a thriving Curatorial arts and culture programme. Since opening the Simon Oldfield Gallery, he has exhibited influential artists of all disciplines, discovered emerging talent and presented landmark exhibitions, and is currently organising an exhibition of Digital Art. He regularly spearheads collaborations with commercial partners including Burberry, Soho House and Hauser & Wirth, alongside non-profit and philianthropic collaborations with public institutions including the Tate, Turner Contemporary and the Royal Academy of Arts. He chairs and participates in talks and panel discussions on art, literature and culture and has featured in radio and podcasts including Talk Art, Monocle Radio 24 and the BBC. He has also written for various publications including Monocle, Harper's Bazaar and FT Weekend. Follow @Simon_Oldfield on Instagram and his official website at: www.simonoldfield.com/ to discover more! Simon co-founded the non-profit organisation Pindrop with Elizabeth Day (of the How To Fail hit podcast) which is... See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Vijay Balasubramaniyan is CEO of Pindrop, a leader in voice authentication technology for call centers. The interview was conducted on Clubhouse to discuss a new expansion of Pindrop to personalized consumer experiences such as media access on TiVo.  Vijay co-founded Pindrop in 2011 after completing his PhD in computer science at Georgia Tech. Earlier in his career, Vijay was a research engineer at IBM and software engineer at Siemens and Intel. He first appeared on the Voicebot Podcast in Episode 86. 

Traveling is tricky right now and, for most, the boundaries of our worlds have shrunk dramatically. So a lot of people are spending a lot more time in virtual places, like Sea of Thieves, Fortnite, Ultima Online and more. Explore how these online worlds help us push past real-world boundaries and have vastly new experiences, even become new versions of ourselves—all without leaving the comfort of home. Check out guest Wes Locher’s book, Braving Britannia: Tales of Melancholy, Malice, and Peril in Ultima Online. You can learn more about Russell Quinn’s computer game, Linda & Joan, at lindajoan.com. Huge thanks to Lee Yancy, whose conversations were invaluable for contextualizing the world of video games, and to Raph Koster for his insight into the virtual world. The computer-y music in this episode was created by musician Phil Cook, and that lovely guitar tune was played by Checquer Checquer. Our unsung hero for this episode is Emma Taubner, our super-star encoder who makes episodes of Pindrop available to listen on TED.com. Pindrop is produced by Jesse Baker and Eric Nuzum of Magnificent Noise. This episode was produced by Kim Nederveen Pieterse along with Elyse Blennerhassett, Hiwote Getaneh and Sabrina Farhi, Angela Cheng and Michelle Quint and with the guidance of Roxanne Hai Lash and Colin Helms. Our fact-checkers are Nicole Bode, Abbey White and Paul Durbin. This episode was mixed and sound designed by Kristin Mueller. We're doing a survey! If you have a minute, please take it at surveynerds.com/pindrop. It really helps make the show better. 

Imagine a view with almost perfect visibility, a near edgeless, perfectly black night sky. That’s the Painted Desert. Join us on a field trip with architect Wanda Dalla Costa, who will take us through the desert to explore the architectural practices of several indigenous tribes and reveal how light and design influence the way we move through the world. Oh, and we might just get a peek inside one of the most secretive, highly anticipated art projects in modern history. Want to talk more about this episode? Chat with host Saleem Reshamwala on Twitter: @KidEthnic. Special thanks to Lemon Guo whose music was featured on this episode, as well as Byron Crenshaw of The Growth Eternal for sharing his music and video footage with us. You can stream his new album mentioned on the episode, Bass Tone Paintings, wherever you get your music. Abundant gratitude to Wanda Dalla Costa, Brian Skeet, Dr. Fowler, Richard Begay, Joseph Kunkel, Selina Martinez, Shenise Bryant, Neda Mohaved, Jessica Yu, Patrick Young and Edward Krupp for your time, guidance, and expertise in creating this episode. Pindrop is produced by Jesse Baker and Eric Nuzum of Magnificent Noise for TED. Our production staff includes Elyse Blennerhassett, Kim Nederveen Pieterse, Hiwote Getaneh, Sabrina Farhi, Angela Cheng, and Michelle Quint, with the guidance of Roxanne Hai Lash and Colin Helms. Our fact-checkers are Paul Durbin and Nicole Bode. This episode was mixed and sound designed by Kristin Mueller. We're doing a survey! If you have a minute, please take it at surveynerds.com/pindrop. It really helps make the show better. 

Another inspiring conversation on the Zero to 5000 Podcast today. We were joined by Vijay Balasubramaniyan, founder and CEO of Pindrop security. Pindrop is based here in Atlanta, Georgia and has quickly grown to 180 employees and raised over 100 million dollars, cementing itself as the industry leader in anti-fraud solutions. We discussed:As a leader, you have to make decisions, not create more optionsTraining your gut is the only way to make decisions that always provide solutionsWhy self-awareness trumps everything in polarizing decisionsTrue leaders are made in the hard timesKeep your heart soft and your spine strongResources mentioned:Difficult Conversations, by Douglas StoneThanks for Listening. Head to Zeroto5000.com to download The Founders Guide to Talent Optimization. A 60-page report unpacking the specific talent practices that translate to peak business results.

What happens to a tourist paradise when no one shows up to visit? Rapa Nui, known to many as Easter Island, typically welcomes more than 120,000 visitors each year—which is a lot for a place with only 10,000 residents. After COVID-19 shuts down flights to this remote island, citizens reimagine what their lives, their livelihood, and their home can be without tourism — and dream of what a post-pandemic paradise economy might look like. Want to talk more about this episode? Chat with host Saleem Reshamwala on Twitter at @kidethnic. To learn more, check out guest Sergio Rapu Haoa's TEDx talk on "The Mysteries of Easter Island." Special thanks to Mario Tuki (and Amahiro), Erity Teave for sharing their music with us and to Sergio Matau Rapu for sharing his wisdom about the island and connecting us to everyone you heard in today’s episode. Pindrop is produced by Jesse Baker and Eric Nuzum of Magnificent Noise for TED. Our production staff includes Sabrina Farhi, Hiwote Getaneh, Kim Nederveen Pieterse, Elyse Blennerhassett, Angela Cheng, and Michelle Quint, with the guidance of Roxanne Hai Lash and Colin Helms. This episode was mixed and sound designed by Kristin Muller, and our fact-checker is Abbey White. We're doing a survey! If you have a minute, please take it at surveynerds.com/pindrop. It really helps make the show better. 

Pindrop is back with new episodes starting Oct 14! We'll hear how the pandemic has affected one of the most remote islands on earth in Rapa Nui, better known as Easter Island, hear an indigenous language mixtape out of Lima, Peru, and blast off to uncharted territories in virtual worlds. Until then, relax and enjoy the sounds of a rainstorm in Bangkok, Thailand (no umbrella required). Tell a friend to subscribe by sharing on social with our host, @kidethnic.

Dr. Paul Judge is a serial entrepreneur through and through. After stumbling into coding as a kid, he has spent his career as an expert in information security issues. With a Ph.D. and 30 patented technologies in his name, he's co-founded three companies that have been acquired and is currently the co-founder of Pindrop, which has raised over $100 million in funding. Now, he's paying it forward to other founders in Atlanta through TechSquare Labs. Paul shares how he removes the fear of failure, why cofounders need to share a sense of urgency, and how to align your time management to your priorities.

Using their unique "PhonePrinting" approach, Pindrop secures the phone channel using 1,000+ unique acoustic features of a caller to deliver remarkably efficient fraud protection and customer authentication with an 80+% success rate. The ultimate goal of a fraudster is to steal YOUR money...not only in banks but also in insurance and retail. The same technology approach delivers powerful customer authentication.

Using PhonePrinting to secure the phone channel to deliver remarkably efficient fraud protection and customer authentication

Nearly 400 years ago, a tiny town in Germany made a bargain with God: spare its people from the Black Plague and we'll put on a play in your honor... forever. And it worked! Now every decade, the entire town comes together to stage the play, drawing massive crowds to one of the largest religious spectacles in the world. But problematic parts of the play have been challenged, and tensions rise when a new voice tries to update a 2,000-year-old story with help from some unexpected allies. (Audio only)

Welcome to the Tearsheet Podcast. I’m Zack Miller. When COVID hit, call volumes surged. Customers were calling their banks and financial institutions out of fear. Banks had to scale this volume while simultaneously transition their customer service staff to work from home. Vijay Balasubramaniyan is CEO of Pindrop which provide many of the top banks and insurers with voice authentication and fraud detection. Pindrop has raised more than $200 million. Vijay joins us on the podcast to talk about the challenges in today’s banking call centers and how some of the top firms are improving outcomes and reducing fraud. We discuss how COVID is impacting the financial industry and what the ecosystem may look like on the other side. Vijay Balasubramaniyan is my guest today on the podcast.

It's the Monday Toolkit episode of In The Bubble that people have been waiting for. Today, Andy and Zach get answers to the most important questions we all have about vaccines from two of the world's foremost experts, Drs. Mark McClellan and David Agus. There is incredibly promising news and some news that is likely to be fairly surprising. You'll learn when we can expect to see a vaccine and how life will -- and won’t -- be different with a vaccine.  Keep up with Andy on Twitter @ASlavitt and Instagram @andyslavitt. Follow David Agus @DavidAgus on Twitter and on Instagram @davidbagus. In the Bubble is supported in part by listeners like you. You can become a member, get exclusive bonus content, ask Andy questions, and get discounted merch at https://www.lemonadamedia.com/inthebubble/ Take a brief listener survey and get a chance to win a $100 Amazon gift card at https://www.lemonadamedia.com/survey Check out today’s terrific sponsors: Helix Sleep has mattresses to suit every type of sleeper. Take their online quiz and order your mattress today at www.helixsleep.com/bubble. Using this url, you’ll get up to $200 off and two free pillows!  Pindrop is a podcast that takes a deep dive into the ideas that shape a particular spot on the map, brought to you by local journalists and creators. Check out Pindrop wherever you get your podcasts. Check out these resources from today’s episode: Read more about the Oxford University vaccine: https://www.economist.com/britain/2020/07/02/oxford-university-is-leading-in-the-vaccine-race Learn about one person’s experience in the clinical trial for Moderna’s vaccine: https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2020/07/06/coronavirus-vaccine-trial-patient/?arc404=true The World Health Organization keeps track of COVID-19 candidate vaccines here: https://www.who.int/publications/m/item/draft-landscape-of-covid-19-candidate-vaccinesCheck out the National Institute of Health’s new clinical trials network to test COVID-19 vaccines and other prevention tools: https://www.nih.gov/news-events/news-releases/nih-launches-clinical-trials-network-test-covid-19-vaccines-other-prevention-tools Here’s more on the FDA guidance regarding the development of safe and effective COVID-19 vaccines: https://www.fda.gov/news-events/press-announcements/coronavirus-covid-19-update-fda-takes-action-help-facilitate-timely-development-safe-effective-covid Curious about the human challenge studies? Here’s an article from the New England Journal of Medicine: https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMp2020076 To follow along with a transcript and/or take notes for friends and family, go to www.lemonadamedia.com/show/in-the-bubble shortly after the air date. Stay up to date with us on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram at @LemonadaMedia.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In this episode of the Pindrop podcast, Simon Oldfield meets Molly Parkin, the legendary Bohemian, painter, novelist and journalist, who became most notable for her work on Nova magazine, newspapers and television in the 1960s.

As an educator, finding people that you resonate with is critical to your mental health and ongoing efforts. On a long walk in Australia, Stephanie Howell and Lance Key decided that a collaboration would be fruitful endeavor and haven't looked back since. Stephanie and Lance are Google Certified Innovators, Tech coaches, and hosts of the podcast Get Inspired and Innovate. In this episode, we talk with Stephanie and Lance about engaging with like minded educators and the importance of building one's network to continue to inspire and innovate in your work. Plugs include Kiva.org, TED's podcast Pindrop, CK12.org, Global Dignity, myViewBoard, Edulastic, Global Google Educator Group, and Fairtest.org. Music by Ketsa.

In This Episode We Talk About: conscious capitalism, moving forward in unity, diverse leadership, being an advocate in your business and how Toyin is supporting new wave companies to lead in the places where they are advocating  Guest Bio: Toyin Adon-Abel Jr. is the Founder and Creative Director of MeddlingMinds Agency, a creative agency based in Atlanta, GA that hopes to convince leading brands to take corporate social responsibility and 'conscious capitalism' more seriously. Toyin's 15 years of experience in corporate marketing prepared him to take on the challenge of starting a cause focused brand earlier this year. His unique approach combines principles of demand generation, digital media and advocacy to foster social change while helping his clients generate revenue. Toyin believes in using the power of marketing to promote equality, education and social justice. Toyin has worked with leading brands and technology companies including Showtime Networks, AON/Hewitt Associates, Pindrop and STORD. His recent work centers around forming partnerships between local brands, nonprofit organizations and marketers to create fundraising opportunities.    https://www.meddlingminds.com/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/toyinadonabeljr/ https://www.instagram.com/meddlingmind/ ________________________________________________________________ Thank you to Gwella and Source Point Wellness for sponsoring this episode! Source Point Wellness: Kind, Compassionate and Mindful Medicine. Source Point Wellness is an integrative healing oasis located in Los Angeles that combines Chinese, functional and spiritual medicine, along with a bit of magic. Their team of experts offer virtual healing services to anyone in the world, including integrative telemedicine, herbal medicine, distance acupuncture and reiki, goddess acupuncture, Akashic readings, chakra balancing, healing energy work, EFT, and customized breathwork. Please follow @sourcepointwellness or email Dr.Cohen directly at drcohen@sourcepointwellness.com to inquire more.  ________________________________________________________________ Gwella is an app that was created by three siblings who believe in the power of self healing and working with amazing healers along the path to wellness. Follow us @getgwella on IG to learn more about connecting healers and explorers! Gwella so excited to be creating community and connecting healers with explorers through an app. Gwella was born out of frustration in finding healers when one founder moved to a new city and traveled to multiple cities for work, but wanted to continue her growth. We hope that others will find healers through gwella with a few clicks on their devices. We are so excited to have you on this journey with us!   download now from the apple store   download now from google play  https://www.getgwella.com 

Vijay Balasubramaniyan is the co-founder and CEO of Pindrop which is a pioneer in voice security and authentication. The company has raised to date over $200 million from top tier investors such as Andresseen Horowitz, Google Ventures, Redpoint, Felicis Ventures, Sigma Partners, and IVP.

Host Bradley Metrock (CEO, Score Publishing) interviews Scott Rose, SVP of Product for Pindrop. The conversation spans Pindrop's core business of validating audio for identity and security, the need for such technology in the rapidly emerging voice-first realm, and the implications of technology like Google Duplex. Pindrop's capability of spoofing voices is demonstrated, for the purpose of showing the value of Pindrop's technology in the marketplace - you'll hear some voices you recognize! The VoiceFirst Roundtable is part of the VoiceFirst.FM podcast network.

Hiring a VP of Product -- especially as the founder of the company -- can almost feel like handing over your baby to someone else to hold, observes a16z executive talent team partner Caroline Horn, who hosted an event on this topic earlier this year (which this podcast is based on). Featuring Vijay Balasubramaniyan, founder/CEO of Pindrop; Shishir Mehrotra, founder and CEO of Coda; Gokul Rajaram, Production Engineering Lead at Square; and Alan Schaaf, founder/CEO of Imgur -- and moderated by general partner Martin Casado -- the discussion covers everything from what the VP of Product role really is to how to hire and integrate it into your company. Because if you're going to be handing your "baby" over... how can you avoid common pitfalls? And know that you pick the right person for the job?