Inference: AI business podcast by Silo AI

In the latest episode of Inference – an AI Business Podcast by Silo AI, our CTO Niko Vuokko and COO Jaakko Vainio sit down to discuss how companies can build real value and a competitive edge by scaling AI initiatives that redefine companies. Tune in to hear our COO's and CTO's outlooks on the main challenges companies face when trying to transition from experimenting with AI to integratin...

S2 E9: Niko Vuokko, CTO of Silo AI, talks about the current and upcoming trends in AI. Niko Vuokko is the CTO of Silo AI, leading Silo AI’s technology strategy and IP. Niko is an experienced technology leader of multiple successful enterprises, such as Eniram, Sharper Shape and Metrify, as well as an International Mathematical Olympiad competitor and national team coach. In this episode, we talk a...

Sabrina Maniscalco, a Professor and the CEO of Algorithmiq, talks about the quantum computing and AI. S2 E8: Sabrina Maniscalco is a quantum information and logic professor at the University of Helsinki. She is also the co-founder and CEO of Algorithmiq - a pioneering startup developing real world impact challenges through quantum computing algorithmics. In this episode, we talk about the current...

In this episode, Lina Weichbrodt discusses AI Post Mortems and shares her favorite stories regarding machine learning damage control. Lina Weichbrodt is an experienced ML engineer. Having built her career at Zalando and Deutsche Kreditbank, she has developed a specialty for debugging and understanding performance risks of large-scale, deployed syst...

Meet Michael Munn from Google, discussing the Advanced Solutions Lab. In the latest episode of Inference, Ville Hulkko of Silo AI sits down with engineering specialist of ML design pattern and explainable AI, Michael Munn. Michael walks us through the operations behind Google’s Advanced Solutions Lab. Catch Michael’s insights on the future of organizational ML adoption, and learn about the evoluti...

S2 E5: Errol Koolmeister, CEO of The AI Framework, talks about the role of strategic AI advisory. Errol is one of the most well-known figures in the Nordic AI scene. Known for his work as the AI lead at H&M, Vodafone ,  and Nordea, Errol has developed his expertise in pioneering practical large-scale AI implementations. Recently, Errol has “gone rogue”, helping compani...

Douglas Castro, NeuralDSP: AI transforming an industry. In S2 E4 of Inference we deep dive into audio processing as NeuralDSP’s CEO Douglas Castro discusses how Machine Learning has transformed an entire industry’s approach to technology. NeuralDSP is the market leader in professional grade audio processing. Their guitar- and bass amplification modeling software, as well as Quad Cortex computation...

Timo is a professor at Aalto University ’s Department of Industrial Engineering and Management. Timo is also the co-author of Platform Strategy: a recent book discussing business transformations enabled by AI and platform business models. With Timo, we discuss about the implications that AI will have in management, peopleops, talent matching and leadership. Tune in to catch Timo’s insights into th...

S2 E2: Lina Weichbrodt of Deutsche Kreditbank discusses AI diagnostics, usability and post mortems. Lina Weichbrodt is the Machine Learning Lead Engineer at Deutsche Kreditbank, formerly at Zalando. She has pioneered Machine Learning -focused quality management, debugging and post mortem practices throughout her career and shares her insights regarding ML quality & problem discovery. Machine L...

NEW SEASON: Episode 1 - Motherbrain, Daniel Wroblewski, EQT Profile photo colorized by a Generative Adverserial Network. EQT is one of the leading private capital powerhouses in Europe, investing heavily in AI and other cutting-edge technologies. To elevate their investment ops, EQT created the “Motherbrain” data & AI platform. Daniel Wroblewski, EQT:s former Chief Architect and Chief of...

Inference #20 out - State of AI in Denmark with Stephen Alstrup, Supwiz With the release of the State of AI in Nordics 2021 report, we’ll be taking a look at the Danish AI ecosystem. Professor Stephen Alstrup is one of the most prominent figures of Danish digital affairs. Stephen is a professor of algorithms at University of Copenhagen, the chair of the nati...

Jouni is a senior AI engineer at Silo AI and the Nordic champion of the globally renowned DeepRacer competition. An enthusiast of signal processing, cloud + local data management, Jouni jumped into the deep end of Reinforcement Learning and simulation-based training to take on the challenges creating an autonomously piloting system. Tune in to catch Jouni’s shock and recovery during his first...

Tero Ojanperä discusses intelligent platforms & platform strategy. Tero Ojanperä is a co-founder and chair of Silo AI, and a professor of practice at Aalto University. This fall, Tero and his co-author, Professor Timo Vuori, released a book called Platform Strategy: Transform Your Business with AI, Platforms, and Human Intelligence. The book describes seven steps to converting a busi...

Inference #17: ML Design Patterns with Michael Munn from Google Information can be lost in translation. As new technologies require a unified framework for discussion, they too require it for semantics. Michael Munn, along with his co-authors Valliappa Lakshmanan and Sara Robinson, released a book called ML Design Patterns to help codify common modeling- and engineering problems, solutions, and ap...

Regulation, ethics & geopolitics of AI. AI development advances with staggering speeds across the globe, while the democratization of tools grow the number of developers in every corner of the planet. "Through the explosion of smart devices, more people arguably have access to Artificial Intelligence than clean water today", says Mark Caine from World Economic Forum. In a world where transform...

Anna Mossberg – Managing Director, Silo AI Sweden, ex-Google and Telia Choosing the first AI path of an organization can be a daunting task. Which challenge to tackle first? Where to get the skills and tools to do it? How to manage and budget the process? Anna Mossberg walks us through the steps that organizations both lean and large need to take to successfully embark on their AI journey and impl...

Ville Tuulos - Manager, ML Infrastructure at Netflix, author, entrepreneur Machine Learning is defined by a need for rapid experimentation. To achieve an environment of fast, iterative and low-risk experimentation, both hard aspects (tools and platforms) and soft aspects (culture, ways of working) of the ecosystem need to be aligned. Ville Tuulos, the driving force behind Netflix's Metaflow platfo...

Data monitoring & quality - Patrik Tran, CEO of Validio “We have good quality data” is a phrase spoken by most organizations. Theory and practice differ, however, as Validio approaches data from a different perspective: all data is flawed by nature, and thus our focus should be on monitoring, understanding and tolerating it. Patrik Tran, PhD, is the co-founder and CEO of Validio, working on a...

Predictive maintenance with a human in the loop - Patrik Strand, General Manager, Product Management – Performance Services at Wärtsilä Predictive maintenance is a concept everyone talks about, but few are actually applying. Wärtsilä, an industry leading martitime & energy sector technology and power source company, executes a data-driven strategy through their "Expert Insight" predictive main...

Internal AI Center-of-Excellence - Girish Agarwal, Director AI Lab at Husqvarna Among the most interesting management frameworks of AI development is the emergence on internal AI Centers-of-Excellence. Husqvarna is a Swedish global industry leader of power products and robotics, with a product portfolio ranging from forestry and landscaping consumer equipment to industrial scale solutions. With au...

State of AI in Sweden - Hedvig Kjellström, Professor at KTH, Lead AI Scientist at Silo AI Sweden KTH Royal Institute of Technology’s Division of Robotics, Perception and Learning is among the most renowned AI research organisations globally. Hailing from Stockholm, Sweden, we are joined by Professor Hedvig Kjellström to learn more about the state of research and development of AI in Sweden. Hedvig...

State of AI in Finland - Alexander Törnroth, Head of FAIA Finnish AI Accelerator is the national support entity for Artificial Intelligence, accelerating Finland’s adoption of AI in both the private and public sectors. In October 2020, FAIA released a report titled “State of AI in Finland 2020”. The report, first of its kind, outlines the development of AI adoption in Finland, reviews key enables...

AI Toolkits - Luka Crnkovic-Friis, CEO of Peltarion Peltarion is one of the leading star companies of Nordic AI, building an operational AI platform that seeks to make AI accessible to not just AI scientists, but to a much broader user base. Hailing from Stockholm, Sweden, Peltarion's platform has already been onboarded by organisations such as NASA, Tesla, General Motors and many more. Luka is a...

Jaakko Lempinen, Head of CX of YLE. YLE, the Finnish National Broadcasting Company, is a well known industry leader in digital media experiments and technological innovations. As such, YLE has been among the first in Europe to begin implementing AI on a broad spectrum across their operations and content types. Jaakko is a pioneer of designing and leading AI initiatives across content types and -pl...

Impact, data & AI - Annu Nieminen, Upright Project In our sixth episode, we dive into the world of impact data. The Upright Project seeks to collect and universalise corporate impact metrics into one, standardised, comprehendible set. Find out how Upright uses AI to extract novel data sources and integrates them into their larger model. Annu Nieminen is the CEO and founder of the Upright Proje...