The AI Front Lines

Welcome to another episode of Category Visionaries — the show that explores GTM stories from tech's most innovative B2B founders. In today's episode, we're speaking with  Anand Kulkarni , CEO of  Crowdbotics , a rapid application development platform that's raised $58 Million in funding. Here are the most interesting points from our conversation: Early AI Adoption:  Anand's early belief in AI's po...

Welcome to another episode of Category Visionaries — the show that explores GTM stories from tech's most innovative B2B founders. In today's episode, we're speaking with  Richard Potter , CEO and Co-Founder of  Peak , an AI platform that has raised $118 Million in funding. Here are the most interesting points from our conversation: The Birth of Peak in the AI Landscape:  Richard discusses the earl...

Welcome to another episode of Category Visionaries — the show that explores GTM stories from tech's most innovative B2B founders. In today's episode, we're speaking with  Johannes Peeters , CEO and Founder of  Voxel Sensors , a 3D perception platform that has raised €7 Million in funding.  Here are the most interesting points from our conversation: Voxel Sensors' Mission:  Johannes introduced Voxe...

In today's episode of Category Visionaries, we speak with  Harry Xu , CEO and Co-Founder of  Breeze ML , an AI governance platform that's raised $4.6 Million in funding. Topics Discussed: Harry’s background as a professor of computer science Some common misconceptions people have about academia and being an academician Why it’s difficult for companies to comply with AI regulations, and how Breeze...

In today's episode of Category Visionaries, we speak with  Douwe Kiela , CEO and Co-Founder of  Contextual AI , an enterprise large language model company that's raised $20 Million in funding. Topics Discussed:  Why Douwe thinks Nvidia’s Jensen Huang deserves far more credit than he gets The challenges Douwe has met when working in a multicultural environment Problems with language models today, a...

In today's episode of Category Visionaries, we speak with  Phillip Liu , CEO of  Trustero , an AI copilot for security and compliance that's raised $8 Million in funding. Topics Discussed:  Phillip's background, including his time at Facebook and work with Ben Horowitz Living through the .com bubble and starting and selling a successful company The origin story of Trustero and how it helps complia...

In today's episode of Category Visionaries we speak with  Davit Baghdasaryan , CEO and Co-Founder of  Krisp , a voice productivity platform that's raised $19 Million in funding. Topics Discussed: Davit’s background as a software and security engineer and as an Armenian immigrant pursuing the American Dream in Silicon Valley Why entrepreneurs Jeff Lawson and Aaron Levy are inspirations for Davit, a...

In today's episode of Category Visionaries we speak with  Gabriel Bayomi , CEO and Co-Founder of  Openlayer , a debugging workspace for machine learning that's raised $4.8 Million in funding. Topics Discussed: Gabriel’s background as a Brazilian student of engineering, moving to the US, and working on Apple’s then-secret Vision Pro project Why Henrique Dubugras is Gabriel’s greatest inspiration as...

In today's episode of Category Visionaries we speak with  Jonathan Dambrot , CEO and Founder of  Cranium , an AI security and trust platform that's raised $32 Million in funding. Topics Discussed: Jonathan’s background as an entrepreneur, including his time at KPMG and the opportunities of working in a big company  The importance of exchanging with peers, and the value of family for Jonathan How C...

In today's episode of Category Visionaries, we speak with  Igor Jablokov , CEO of  Pryon , an AI-powered enterprise knowledge management platform that's raised more than $50 Million in funding. Topics Discussed: Igor’s background in the tech industry, working with Apple to create Siri, and the state of AI today A great Bill Gates quote about our biases when thinking about the short and the long te...

In today's episode of Category Visionaries we speak with  Jorge Torres , CEO and Co-Founder of  MindsDB , an open source software company that has raised $50 Million in funding. Topics Discussed: Jorge’s background in technology, his love for computers and his professional motivation Why Jorge loves sci-fi, and his favorite books in the genre The state of AI today and the dangers posed by unreflec...

In today's episode of Category Visionaries, we speak with  Alan Cowen , CEO and Founder of  Hume AI , a research lab and technology startup that's raised Over $17 Million in funding, about how unchecked machine learning can lead very quickly to exploitation, and why we need to develop technology more in line with people’s mental health. With algorithms targeted specifically for more positive behav...

In today's episode of Category Visionaries, we speak with Patricia Thaine, Co-Founder & CEO of Private AI, a privacy tech startup that's raised over $11 Million in funding, about how a new awareness of privacy concerns and a slew of regulations are driving transformation in the sector, and why Private AI’s comprehensive solution package has found its perfect market fit. Covering everything fro...

In today's episode of Category Visionaries, we speak with  Jeong-Suh Choi , CEO of  Bobidi , an AI training platform that’s raised nearly $6 Million in funding, about why inclusive AI needs to be developed together, and how Bobidi’s global network is making it happen. By field-testing AI programs with the audiences they’re intended to serve, Bobidi is helping make the machine learning of tomorrow...

Welcome to another episode of Category Visionaries — the show that explores GTM stories from tech's most innovative B2B founders. In today's episode, we're speaking with  Jorge Penalva , Co-Founder & CEO of  Lang AI , a language understanding platform that's raised $40 Million+ in funding. Here are the most interesting points from our conversation: Customer Experience Transformation:  Lang AI...

In today’s episode of Category Visionaries, we speak with  Krish Ramineni , CEO of  Fireflies.ai , an AI meeting assistant promising to revolutionize the value of videoconferencing by unlocking actionable insights from our meetings. Harnessing a unique combination of machine learning, transcription technology and analytics, Fireflies.ai is on a mission to make our meetings better or reduce the nee...

In today’s episode of Category Visionaries, we speak with  Ryan Sevey , CEO of  Mantium , about his journey from one man show to becoming the head of a major machine learning platform. In the era of AI, Mantium's unique perspective regarding machine learning is that it's not going to replace humans in terms of sales and communication, but will help us achieve more by taking care of the small thing...

Welcome to another episode of Category Visionaries — the show that explores GTM stories from tech's most innovative B2B founders. In today's episode, we're speaking with  Tom Trowbridge , Co-Founder of  Fluence Labs , a Web3 native computing platform that has raised $9 Million in funding. Here are the most interesting points from our conversation: Addressing Monopolistic Behavior : Fluence Labs ai...