Liberty. Equality. Data.

Search has been a stable of the Internet and well established over the past decades. The launch of AI can change those very power dynamics relating to how data is discoverable and who that data benefits. In this episode we talk with Andi search CEO and co-founder Angela Hoover about their journey building a new disruptive Generative AI search proposition that is private and consumer grade, akin ta...

What does your walking pattern tell about you? Can it help you boost your sports performance? How about can it help prevent injury or rehabilitate you after an injury? Could we see everyday clothing and shoes incorporate sensors that we as individuals could utilize ourselves? In this episode we are joined by Quin Sandler, the CEO and co-founder of Plantiga. The company Plantiga is a human analytic...

In this episode we are joined by Emilė Radytė, the co-founder and CEO of Samphire Neuroscience and PhD in Neuroscience from Oxford and Harvard. We talk about electrical stimulation of the brain to treat PMS, as well as similarities with depression and Emile's background as a depression researcher. We dive into the research and opportunities in the market for innovation in women's health, e...

In this episode we are joined by Heather Meeker, an experienced technology and open source expert, as well Founding Portfolio Partner at OSS Capital, an early-stage venture capital fund specializing in commercial open source development.  Heather has a wealth of experience to draw from, starting from as a developer ("computer programmer" as she calls it), to working on open source license str...

We will never have enough doctors, psychiatrists, nutritionists in the world - how do we overcome this problem? In this episode we talk with health data and machine learning expert Dr. Jaan Aaltosaar, who is a Postdoctoral Officer of Research at Columbia University Irving Medical Center focused on machine learning methods for health and science. Jaan has a background working with health data from...

Zededa provides edge compute, with the emphasis on compute. In this episode we talked with co-founder and CTO Roman Shaposhnik, who has decades of experience in the market from e.g. Apache foundation and Jason Shepherd, VP, Ecosystem at the company, who's background spans service as CTO of Edge and IOT at Dell and vast contributions to open source. In the episode we discuss: the IoT market, its ev...

What are the movements and technologies that make up the new Internet stack? We are joined by Mark Surman, the executive director of the Mozilla foundation and an open source and free Internet activist for decades, to talk about the current landscape with personal data becoming a catalyst for change of the Internet, something larger than simply blockchain or decentralization, but a movement toward...

Pace of innovation is making foreseeing the future far more uncertain. Societies stakeholders include not only humans, but also algorithms and artificial intelligence. How does a Government foster innovation and balance it with the right safeguards? This is a discussion about the proposed Agile Governance in Japan.  On this podcast episode, we talk to Hiroki Habuka, Deputy Director for Global...

How do we design applications for the highest utility for individuals? Do we always need to share data or can we include the data value in that utility and have it remain with the individual? In this podcast episode we explore how with former Information and Privacy Commissioner of Ontario, Canada, Dr. Ann Cavoukian, who in addition to serving three terms as Commissioner, created the Privacy by De...

In this episode we are discussing algorithms, how to democratize access to bespoke modeling, AI/ML. How mid cap and small cap companies can have access to their own algorithms and predictions, and what it would mean for us as individuals to have our own algorithms working for us.  We are joined by Peter Cotton, PhD, the Chief Data Officer of Intech Investment Management, a multi billion hedge...

What comes after being bombarded to death by privacy and GDPR notices? Will consumer have more power over their personal preferences or will they be stuck reading 400s of pages of legalese? Is consumer privacy a choice or is it a burden? Prifina is delighted to introduce Zoe Vilain as our special guest at the fourth episode of the Liberty. Equality. Data. Zoe is currently working as a legal counse...

In this episode, we talk to Dr. James Guszca, the Chief Data Scientist at Deloitte USA and a visiting fellow at Stanford’s Center for Advanced Studies in Behavioral Sciences. Jim is a renowned expert in behavioral economics and data science with more than twenty years of experience in data, machine learning, and ethical aspects of AI. During his career, he built some of the first algorithms for th...

In this episode, we talk to Steven Charlap, MD, trained surgeon and the CEO of Soap Health building conversational AI-powered patient and physician facing interface. Previously, Steven was the CEO of HealthDrive Corporation (the largest U.S. provider of medical and dental services to extended care facilities). In this podcast we focus on health data, e.g. new data generated by wearables and direct...

We talk with Kathy Giori about the state of connected tech and data, and the possibilities and use cases. Kathy has worked on IOT, connected devices and software with a hardware component and talks about her experience with the Mozilla smart home platform and interoperable standards to build connected home setups that are really yours. As she says, she can experience all the value of the connected...