Futurise

Welcome to the first episode of Season 2 of Futurise.  Season 2 will focus in on AgenticAI, speaking to founders, funders and early adopters of the technology to share their insight and lessons learned.    In the first episode, Rob is joined by Hannah Foxwell , founder of the AI for the Rest of Us conference, together with Cien Solon , founder and CEO of LaunchLemonade.    Links   AI for the Rest...

Ovi Negrean ⁠ is co-founder and CEO at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠ SocialBee⁠ ,⁠ a Romanian based business (Ovi himself is based in Frankfurt, Germany) that is using AI to superpower its core product which is to "Manage jaw-dropping & scroll-stopping social media feeds. Create, recycle, schedule, publish, analyze, engage, collaborate, and approve your social media posts — all from one place." Rob and Ovi talk...

Ben Middleton is co-founder and CEO at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠ Futuria ,⁠ a UK based startup that is using AI multi-agent teams to massively accelerate complex problem solving and workflows in public and private sector, typically seeing between a 10x-100x improvement in elapsed time to reach a goal. Rob and Ben talk on the podcast about the opportunity that Ben sees if AI is harnessed in the right way, and the is...

Lucy Lyons is co-founder and CEO at ⁠⁠⁠ Kestrix ,⁠ a UK based startup that maps how heat escapes from buildings – for energy efficiency retrofit planning, pricing and verification at city-scale. Rob and Lucy talk on the podcast about the inspiration to start Kestrix, how they collect the base data on which to apply their AI and ML algorithms, and Lucy's ambitions to scale the impact that her busin...

Tushar Sharma  ⁠is founder and CEO at ⁠⁠⁠ ⁠ Ecomedic ,⁠ which enables hospitals and medical suppliers to achieve net zero through AI-based Life Cycle Assessments while focusing on sustainability, financial viability, and health equity. Rob and Tushar talk on the podcast about the environmental impact of the health sector, and the approach that Comedic is taking to measure full lifecycle supply cha...

Louis Frank is co-founder and CEO at ⁠⁠Fingreen ,⁠ a French based AI platform that supports financial actors, consultants and corporates to collect data and deliver ESG reporting. Rob and Louis talk on the podcast about starting and growing Fingreen, the advantages and disadvantages of being a 'born in GenAI' business, and how he goes about building that a team to enable expansion across Europe an...

Rosmarie Steininger⁠ is founder and CEO at ⁠⁠⁠ Chemistree ,⁠ a German based ethical matching platform that connects people to activities, or people. Rob and Rosmarie talk on the podcast about starting and growing Chemistree, and the core driving ethical purposes that guide the organisation. It is about more than AI and algorithms, but Rosmarie's purpose ensures that ethical decisions apply equally...

Luis Lancos is founder and CEO of DataWhisper , innovating in AI governance and data solutions. Seasoned senior technology executive with decades of tech leadership and innovation experience across major financial services companies, including Atos, Worldline UK&I, and Elavon, a US Bank. Luis successfully delivered major tech transformations, and he is an established fintech innovator with a p...

Kira Dammann and Ify Azike are the two female founders of aelai , an AI education and e-commerce company that aims to make it easier for civil society to engage with AI.  They believe that everyone needs to understand the capabilities, limitations and societal implications of AI to create a world where all of us benefit from it.     It has been their own journey and experience to be rather sceptic...

Nikola Lazarov ⁠ is CEO at ⁠Eilla, a UK based Generative AI platform that powers the M&A, VC and PE deal workflow. Eilla mirrors the highest quality finance professionals to automate mundane tasks and support complex decision-making. Nikola is the co-founder and CEO of Eilla AI. He graduated from University of Cambridge, with a Master’s thesis focused on a predecessor of ChatGPT and Generative...

Amanda Brock is CEO at Open UK⁠ , the UK organisation for the business of Open Technology –  open source software, open hardware, open data, open innovation, open standards  and  open AI - with a purpose of UK Leadership and Global Collaboration in Open Technology. She is also the Executive Producer of State of Open Con 24 taking place 6 and 7 February 2024 in London. An appointed member of the Ca...

William (Wes) Shields is Founder and Principal at Synthminds , based in the US, which specializes in AI integration and professional training, delivering tailored solutions and educational programs that drive business innovation. Recognized as one of the first 18 global "OpenAI Experts," formally by Upwork and OpenAI, and their Professor Synapse Prompt reached #5 on the Productivity Chart in OpenA...

Andrew Bud CBE FREng FIET is Founder and CEO at iProov , which provides science-based face biometric authentication solutions to governments and enterprises around the world. The company’s multi-dimensional Biometric Solutions Suite enables organizations to offer remote onboarding and authentication for secure and effortless digital and physical access.  We talk on the podcast about how iProov, ho...

Nicolai Thomson is CEO and Co-Founder at Jenesys AI, with a mission to transition accountants from operators of software tools, to validators and strategists in every company. Jenesys does this with proprietary Generative AI they call ‘Jack’ to read and understand supplier invoices, company policies and regional regulations to complete 90%+ of the end-to-end bookkeeping, compliance and payments pr...

Axel Leo is an AI co-founder at ⁠⁠⁠ Accelleo.com ⁠⁠⁠, a 'born in GenAI' recruitment organisation that uses AI and Generative AI to help connect people to opportunities in a more effective way than the resource intensive approach of many organisations in this space. *** THIS IS A ONE OFF AI GUEST SPECIAL *** *** CEO founders have already been booked in for the next 3 episodes *** Accelleo was creat...

Danielle Ralic is CEO and Founder at ⁠⁠ Ancora.ai⁠⁠ , an organisation that connects people diagnosed with cancer to a clinical trial of a treatment that could potentially help. Based out of Zurich in Switzerland, Ancora uses AI to determine the content and focus of clinical trials across the world, and uses that insight to connect people to those trials. We talk on the podcast about how that is cu...

Meryem Arik is CEO and Founder at ⁠ TitanML⁠ , an organisation that supports the clients to deliver faster, cheaper, and easier LLM deployments. Based out of London in the UK, TitanML ensures that they have visibility of the rapidly growing LLM and hosting options market to enable product developers to spin up hosted and secure LLMs as and when needed to meet their specifically defined criteria. T...

Deepak Tewari⁠⁠⁠⁠  is CEO and Founder at  Privately , an Age Verification solution that operates at the edge, rather than centralised. Based out of Lausanne, Switzerland, Privately is used for age verification and online safety in apps, gaming, and environments where age verification is needed, for example buying alcohol. 1. What does #Privately do? 2. Why should people and businesses be intereste...

David Doyle ⁠  is CEO and co-founder at ⁠ Forestreet , an AI Research platform that supports any Market or Product Category anywhere in the world. Based out of London, UK, Forestreet is used by in a range of use cases - category managers in procurement looking to determine best value, investors looking to verify market competition and more. 1. What does #Forestreet do? 2. Why should people and bus...

Gadi Shamia  is CEO and co-founder at  Replicant , a Voice AI business based out of the US. Replicant is a #ContactCenter Automation platform that’s helped millions of customers resolve their issues across voice, chat and messaging. 1. What does #Replicant do? 2. Why should people and businesses be interested? 3. How you ensure #ResponsibleAI for #VoiceAI? 4. How do you find the right #AI talent?...

Anna Bulakh is Head of Ethics and Partnerships at Respeecher , an AI business based out of #Kyiv in #Ukraine. 1. What does #Respeecher do? 2. Why should people and businesses be interested? 3. How you ensure #ResponsibleAI ? 4. How do you find the right AI talent? 5. What is your vision for Respeecher? Anna joins Rob Price to answer these questions, with such gems as "We delivered #DarthVader voic...