Unbundling and rebundling VCs with Chia Jeng Yang
About this episode Chia Jeng Yang is a Principal at Saison Capital. The latter is the arm of Credit Saison, one of Japan’s largest consumer credit companies, investing in seed to series A companies across Southeast Asia and India. The episode will cover the unbundling and rebundling of VCs (Venture Capital, Risk capital, Business building) […]
The tech advancing us into future: quantum computing and autonomous weapons
The bad and the good of technologies is determined by how we, humans use them. Technology itself is neither good nor bad. In this context, general-purpose technologies like electricity and computing have been put to both good and bad use, but it is an undeniable fact that they help us dramatically improve science and understand […]
Self-driving cars: the concept and levels, and the self-driving future
Autonomous vehicle, or self-driving car, is a computer-controlled vehicle that drives itself. It should not be viewed simply as an upgraded car, however. The implications of the AV vision go much deeper, painting a picture of a full smart-city infrastructure. AV tech is predicted by most experts to reach maturity around and after year 2040, […]
AI and robotics in 2041: how technology will impact healthcare and other global industries
In “Contactless Love” chapter from the book AI 2041. Ten Visions for Our Future, Kai-Fu draws attention to the futuristic world where COVID-19 continues even after vaccines, as the new variants of coronavirus keep on emerging. He emphasizes that humans must learn to live with such situations and reduce person-to-person contact by relying on everyday […]
Balancing consulting with venture building with Sebastian Mueller
About this episode Sebastian Mueller is the co-founder of MING Labs, a digital business builder with offices across three continents. They help companies with their digital transformation and occasionally build their own startups. What are the benefits of venture builder teams? What does the growth and scale of such teams look like? How to balance […]
Friends with AI: communication between humans and machines with NLP and effects on education
A few decades ago, watching a movie where a machine communicates with humans and provides correct answers to their questions was pretty surprising. For the world, it was just a sci-fi concept with no actual existence or meaning. However, with the passage of time, Artificial Intelligence (AI) enhanced its boundaries to whole new lands. And […]
AI and visual content: advancing computer vision and combating deepfakes
The way we use visual content is evolving. In part, it has to do with significant advances that have recently occurred in computer vision, a major branch of Artificial Intelligence (AI). Let’s consider how it works and look at related fields such as biometrics and AI security. Inspiration and method behind computer vision Recognition and […]
Productizing venture building with Marko Oksanen
About this episode Marko Oksanen is the CEO of Helsinki-based corporate venture builder called Coventures. Coventures is building game-changing ventures and corporations by combining corporate assets and know-how with the venture-building of skilled entrepreneurs. Marko’s experience ranges from co-building one of the most successful growth entrepreneurship movements in Finland to senior product management roles in […]
What is deep learning: how it works, why it succeeds, and where it goes wrong?
AI technologies have cemented a place for themselves in modern society, and their role is expected to grow and expand as years go by. Machine learning is particularly on the rise in recent years, thanks to large amounts of data available and the increased computer power. The subset of machine learning that “teaches” computer based […]
