FuseBytes: Recent Episodes
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FuseBytes is a conversation with tech leaders who are leveraging emerging technologies, data, AI, and cloud computing that transform business and consumer behavior. Tune in every month for the latest episode.
In this episode of FuseBytes, host Nate Rackiewicz and Scott Taylor, The Data Whisperer, discuss data trustworthiness and integration. They address evaluating third-party data, ensuring data quality, and linking data initiatives to business outcomes. Scott offers insights on data governance, strategic alignment, and evolving data leadership roles, providing practical tips for executives to prepare their organizations for AI with robust data management practices.
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In the second episode of FuseBytes Season 2, host Nate Rackiewicz talks to Burhan Hamid, Chief Technology Officer at TIME, about the most successful strategies for implementing AI in organizations. From leveraging internal capabilities to navigating meaningful partnerships, Burhan shares insights honed through his experiences leading technology initiatives at the major media company. Don’t miss this discussion on selecting the right AI technologies and algorithms, structuring AI programs, avoiding pitfalls, and more.
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In this episode, our host Nate Rackiewicz is joined by Vijay Venkatesan, Chief Analytics Officer at Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey to discuss the fundamentals of AI readiness. Tune in to learn about ensuring data maturity and operational readiness, building a lasting AI culture, lessons from industry leaders and much more.
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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 literacy
- Bringing connectivity to rural communities
- Growing the digital economy
- Making the lives of people around the world better through technology
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For more information about The World Bank, please visit https://www.worldbank.org/en/home
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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 dating
- The technical and business sides of being a founder
- Transition from academia to industry
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For more information about Aggregate Intellect, please visit https://www.ai.science
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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 basis
- We’re expected to do more with less because of AI and technology
- The Take-Two | Fusemachines partnership
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For more information about Two-Two Interactive, please visit https://www.take2games.com
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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.
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For more on Gradient Ascent AI https://www.gradient-ascent.com
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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.
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For more on UpaCare: https://www.upacare.com
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Doctor Michael Edmondson, Director of New Jersey City University at Fort Monmouth, joins us to discuss the importance of lifelong learning, technology in education, student happiness, the role of adults in setting expectations for young people and more.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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