AZ Tech Roundtable 2.0

AI Arms Race from ChatGPT to Deepseek

- AZ TRT S06 EP08 (269) 4-20-2025

What We Learned This Week

• AI Arms Race is real with the major tech co's involved
• ChatGPT by OpenAI is considering the top chat AI program
• Google has Gemini (was Bard), Microsoft has CoPilot, Amazon has Claude / Alexa
• Deepseek is a startup from China that has disrupted AI landscape with a more cost effective AI model
• Costs and investment $ dollars into AI is being rethought as Deepseek spent millions $ vs Silicon Valley spending billions $

Notes:

Seg 1:

Major Tech Giants AI Programs -

Gemini (was Bard)

Developed by Google, Gemini is known for its multimodal capabilities and integration with Google Search. It can analyze images, understand verbal prompts, and engage in verbal conversations.

ChatGPT

Developed by OpenAI, ChatGPT is known for its versatility and platform-agnostic solution for text generation and learning. It can write code in almost any language, and can also be used to provide research assistance, generate writing prompts, and answer questions.

Microsoft Copilot

Developed by Microsoft, Copilot is known for its integration with applications like Word, Excel, and Power BI. It's particularly well-suited for document automation.

Amazon Alexa w/ Claude - Improved AI Model:

Claude is a powerful AI model from Anthropic, known for its strengths in natural language processing and conversational AI, as noted in the video and other sources.

Industry 3.0 (1969-2010):

The Third Industrial Revolution, or the Digital Revolution, was marked by the automation of production through the use of computers, information technology, and the internet. This era saw the widespread adoption of digital technologies, including programmable logic controllers and robots.

Industry 4.0 (2010-present):

The Fourth Industrial Revolution, also known as the Fourth Industrial Revolution, is characterized by the integration of digital technologies, including the Internet of Things (IoT), artificial intelligence (AI), big data, and cyber-physical systems, into manufacturing and industrial processes. This era is focused on creating "smart factories" and "smart products" that can communicate and interact with each other, leading to increased efficiency, customization, and sustainability.

Top AI programs include a range of software, platforms, and resources for learning and working with artificial intelligence. Some of the most popular AI software tools include Viso Suite, ChatGPT, Jupyter Notebooks, and Google Cloud AI Platform, while popular AI platforms include TensorFlow and PyTorch. Educational resources like Coursera's AI Professional Certificate and Fast.ai's practical deep learning course also offer valuable learning opportunities.

ChatGPT is a generative artificial intelligence chatbot developed by OpenAI and launched in 2022. It is based on large language models (LLMs) such as GPT-4o. ChatGPT can generate human-like conversational responses and enables users to refine and steer a conversation towards a desired length, format, style, level of detail, and language.[2] It is credited with accelerating the AI boom, which has led to ongoing rapid investment in and public attention to the field of artificial intelligence (AI).[3] Some observers have raised concern about the potential of ChatGPT and similar programs to displace human intelligence, enable plagiarism, or fuel misinformation.[4][5]

OpenAI was founded in December 2015 by Sam Altman, Greg Brockman, Elon Musk, Ilya Sutskever, Wojciech Zaremba, and John Schulman. The founding team combined their diverse expertise in technology entrepreneurship, machine learning, and software engineering to create an organization focused on advancing artificial intelligence in a way that benefits humanity.

Elon Musk is no longer involved in OpenAI, and Sam Altman is the current CEO of the organization.

ChatGPT has had a profound influence on the evolution of AI, paving the way for advancements in natural language understanding and generation. It has demonstrated the effectiveness of transformer-based models for language tasks, which has encouraged other AI researchers to adopt and refine this architecture.

The model's success has also stimulated interest in LLMs, leading to a wave of research and development in this area.

Seg 2:

DeepSeek is a private Chinese company founded in July 2023 by Liang Wenfeng, a graduate of Zhejiang University, one of China's top universities, who funded the startup via his hedge fund, according to the MIT Technology Review. Liang has about $8 billion in assets, Ives wrote in a Jan. 27 research note.

Chinese startup DeepSeek's launch of its latest AI models, which it says are on a par or better than industry-leading models in the United States at a fraction of the cost, is threatening to upset the technology world order.

The company has attracted attention in global AI circles after writing in a paper last month that the training of DeepSeek-V3 required less than $6 million worth of computing power from Nvidia H800 chips.

DeepSeek's AI Assistant, powered by DeepSeek-V3, has overtaken rival ChatGPT to become the top-rated free application available on Apple's App Store in the United States.

This has raised doubts about the reasoning behind some U.S. tech companies' decision to pledge billions of dollars in AI investment and shares of several big tech players, including Nvidia, have been hit.

NVIDIA Blackwell Ultra Enables AI ReasoningThe NVIDIA GB300 NVL72 connects 72 Blackwell Ultra GPUs and 36 Arm Neoverse-based NVIDIA Grace™ CPUs in a rack-scale design, acting as a single massive GPU built for test-time scaling. With the NVIDIA GB300 NVL72, AI models can access the platform's increased compute capacity to explore different solutions to problems and break down complex requests into multiple steps, resulting in higher-quality responses.

GB300 NVL72 is also expected to be available on NVIDIA DGX™ Cloud, an end-to-end, fully managed AI platform on leading clouds that optimizes performance with software, services and AI expertise for evolving workloads. NVIDIA DGX SuperPOD™ with DGX GB300 systems uses the GB300 NVL72 rack design to provide customers with a turnkey AI factory.

The NVIDIA HGX B300 NVL16 features 11x faster inference on large language models, 7x more compute and 4x larger memory compared with the Hopper generation to deliver breakthrough performance for the most complex workloads, such as AI reasoning.

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Tech Productivity

- AZ TRT S06 EP06 (267) 3-23-2025

What We Learned This Week

• ChatGPT is an AI chatbot, developed by OpenAI, that can engage in human-like conversations
• ChatGPT can read docs, edit docs, answer Qs, and transcribe
• Elevenreader – app that turns any document into audio
• Google Drive – office suite of tools for spreadsheets, docs, powerpoints, & more
• Todoist – task management program
• Pocket – web research tool that saves & organizes links

Guest: Denver Nowicz, President - Wealth For Lifehttp://wealthforlife.net/

Denver is an advisor with nearly 20 years experience working with clients in investments and insurance, designing retirement plans with a combo of both. He takes us through different strategies for clients to get the best allocations for their money over the long term. It is the Combo Strategy of both Offense and Defense, the synergy of the mix, not 'All or Nothing'.

Notes:

Seg 1

https://openai.com/index/chatgpt/

ChatGPT is an AI chatbot, developed by OpenAI, that can engage in human-like conversations and generate various text formats, including articles, emails, and code, based on the prompts it receives.

Denver uses ChatGPT daily for both business and personal use

You can have live interaction with ChatGPT where you can actually talk with the AI program using a microphone

Example of this, Denver had to fix his boat motor and suspected something was wrong with the fuel line. Able to turn on the camera on his computer to show it to ChatGPT who helped diagnose the problem in real time.

Another example is you can use ChatGPT for cooking to help with recipes

It's important to understand how you frame the questions to ChatGPT, to get the best answer as possible. ChatGPT can create work docs and summary docs.

Common use is as an editor to what you write.

Denver uses ChatGPT to help with his weekly newsletter. He will voice text into his phone the Notes. Then he copies those notes into the AI program and it helps create and write the newsletter. Then Denver can make edits on it.

Can also upload previous docs that you have written, so the AI can figure out your writing style, and philosophy. Then the AI can write future docs in your style.

The speed of AI is amazing where it literally saves you time and makes you more efficient.

AI program can even read PDFs and screenshots, or you can give it a link to a video and it can pull the audio transcript.

AI can be used as a teacher to discover new things, and even as a psychologist.

There is a tech arms race going on in AI with programs like Microsoft Copilot, Google Bard, ChatGPT, and now Deepseek.

Seg 2

Productivity apps recommended by Denver

Many of the apps he uses are free or a very low cost, here are some he likes:

Elevenreader AI voice app

Turns any document into an audiobook. This can be time saving as you can listen to it vs reading it. App also has a library to store your audiobooks.

https://elevenlabs.io/blog/introducing-elevenlabs-reader-app

Google Drive

Has a number of programs you can use like docs, storage, PowerPoint, share forms, and folders with people, an easy to tag and organize

https://workspace.google.com/products/drive/

Todoist task management program

The program can also sync up with your Google calendar, so you can voice task, text a task and then categorize it

https://www.todoist.com/

Carl Pullen on time blocking – videos on LKIN

YouTube link: HERE

Pocket - web research tool so you can save links of website websites you search

Also can organize your web, searches and links, and it saved in an app on your phone

Search features in categorize in a folder

Visual dashboard with links

Very good to use with work or especially if you're saving notes for a newsletter

https://getpocket.com/home

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Palantir Technologies, CEO Alex Karp

& the New Era of Tech Defense Contractors

- AZ TRT S06 EP05 (266) 3-9-2025

What We Learned This Week

• Palantir - AI powered automation for every decision
• Palantir is named after the all seeing stone in Lord of the Rings
• Software integrates with company software to allow for searching and use of big data
• Palantir mission is for more accountability within Government
• Palantir has contracts with the U.S. Government helping with security and fighting terrorism

Notes:

Palantir Technologies & CEO Alex Karp

Karp background in academics and philosophy, also Stanford law

Palantir founders Karp & Joe Lonsdale worked together at PayPal, funded by Peter Thiel

Was not profitable for 3 years - one of the secrets of Silicon Valley, build around an idea, work on how you're going to make money off of it later

Passion project, so need people who are dedicated, not just money driven

Every text, email, business, it has all data and need to save somewhere

Big data and data centers are one of the fastest growing industries and along with machine learning affect so many aspects of our life, both business, and personal

Dataset and Data mining are thriving industries

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palantir_Technologies

Palantir Technologies Inc. is an American publicly traded company that specializes in software platforms[3] for big data analytics. Headquartered in Denver, Colorado, it was founded by Peter Thiel,[4] Stephen Cohen, Joe Lonsdale,[5] and Alex Karp in 2003.

The company has four main projects: Palantir Gotham, Palantir Foundry, Palantir Apollo, and Palantir AIP. Palantir Gotham is an intelligence and defense tool used by militaries and counter-terrorism analysts. Its customers included the United States Intelligence Community (USIC) and United States Department of Defense.[6] Their software as a service (SaaS) is one of five offerings authorized for Mission Critical National Security Systems (IL5[7]) by the U.S. Department of Defense.[8][9] Palantir Foundry is used for data integration and analysis by corporate clients such as Morgan Stanley, Merck KGaA, Airbus, Wejo, Lilium, PG&E and Fiat Chrysler Automobiles.[10] Palantir Apollo is a platform to facilitate continuous integration/continuous delivery (CI/CD) across all environments.[11][12]

Palantir's original clients were federal agencies of the USIC. It has since expanded its customer base to serve both international as well as state and local governments, and also to private companies.[13]

Palantir software connects data, analytics, and operations to help organizations make decisions and improve efficiency. Palantir's software is used by government agencies and commercial enterprises.

How Palantir works

1. Connects data: Palantir connects to data systems, data lakes, and platforms.

2. Analyzes data: Palantir analyzes data to find trends, relationships, and anomalies.

3. Visualizes data: Palantir visualizes data to help users understand insights.

4. Automates processes: Palantir automates processes to help users save time and improve efficiency.

5. Improves decision-making: Palantir helps users make better decisions by providing data-driven insights.

Palantir has multiple platforms, including:

· Palantir Gotham: Used by government agencies to detect patterns and derive insights from large amounts of data

· Palantir Foundry: Used by commercial enterprises to integrate data, perform simulations, and optimize workflows

· Palantir AIP: Used to deploy large language models and other AI within a private network

Failure of 911 terrorist attacks where government organizations were not sharing information. Government has to be able to sift through large amounts of data, looking for a terrorist network, the old needle in a haystack. Software allows government to go thru data, and also share information.

In the past governments could run spy networks only, now with computer hackers, it could be run by anybody with a computer. Hard to search for terrorist, very creative. In carps view, you have to think like an entrepreneur and be tactical when going after them.

Cannot think in a static fashion, how did they do it in the past. When a terrorist is caught using a cell phone, they adapt to figure out how do they get caught and then use a different method. It's like game theory, you have to think ahead of the terrorist and find their patterns before they even realize they are leaving pattern.

Terrorist may think in different terms that society deems as destructive, but it still may be very creative, almost like an entrepreneur. Per carp, you need creative and adaptive thinkers to go after the bad guys.

Cyber war is a real threat and not going anywhere. Need the government to combat it, but also must watch what the government is doing to not trample on civil liberties. Need to be able to track the data to see how the government went about things and did its targeting.

Data destruction & Tag data - Know where the data came from, so government can use it lawfully.

You do not want to share data with the government, and then have the government use it against you.

Because of technology and computers spying is democracized, a group of three teenagers at a coffee shop can launch a cyber attack. Systems can track down where these terrorists are, and show you the patterns of who they might be even if they can identify them directly.

Government and large health insurance companies already have a lot of data. The question is, how are they using it, is it being used in a lawful way?

With Palantir software, you cannot only look for the terrorist, but you can also watch how the government uses the data

Can use Palantir software on top of current software to work through data

Palantir and SpaceX companies – achieved $ Billion dollar valuation Unicorn status

Funded at loss for years, took decade to get Govt contracts

Name comes from the seeing stone in Lord of the Rings

Powerful technology, that can help watch over the world, has massive, ethical implications

Software helps government and businesses look over data and watch on people, but can infringe on privacy - Paradox of security vs freedom

Also raises questions about privacy, verse convenience, a kin to the issue with current social media

Solve terrorism problem in big way

Fight terrorism on a large scale, verse just smaller tactics with airport security

Fight terrorism at the high-level, verse low level tech with airport security and other measures that are very cumbersome and overbearing

Coordinate resources better

Hard to start in defense company, and this is the next generation

Palantir is coming up with a simple high-tech solution, to handle a serious and complicated problem

Pre-911, government not prepared or organized to handle global terrorist threat, and many of the solutions were over the top and heavy handed

Company provides targeted efficient reactions, verse broad wide solutions

There is both philosophical and technological debate on how this software can and should be used

They also believe they can be more transparent, show accountability, and actually prevent government overreach

Check NSA and FISA courts if used, it is not

Security and CIA type orgs need secrecy

Palantir could track actions of these orgs for review

Large organization, bureaucracy, often have outdated technology, and reporting, so hard to do oversight, can be very confusing

Often these organizations want plausible deniability, so they don't want their accounting to be reviewed, and will list expenditures under different things, this could be seen as fraud

Technology is both disruptive and how it can go through data, but also disruptive that I can force accountability and bring stuff to light

Creative accounting and inefficiency could come to an end. This forces people to adapt and change their ways. Human nature is not always open to this.

Belief by CEO, how important it is to choose the right partner in person and business

You want to work with people who will challenge your ideas, so you have the discipline and rigor to think out and give evidence behind when while your idea is right, or at the very least not wrong

Scale to be plausibly right, and not wrong is very valuable in life

People must be resilient enough to challenge, even their own ideas. Company, culture, fosters, and environment, where people are open to think, challenge, status quo, but also must defend their thoughts.

They foster independent thought, and not just one way thinking in the company

Also ambition to work on bigger national projects

Future of defense contractors is in software, which they don't have a good history with. A lot of the best defense contractors make hardware.

Palantir reviewed what the government was doing to fight terrorism, and how they were spending tens of billions of dollars on it. They were spending it in the wrong way, and the process needed to be rethought.

Took years to get in with government. Building software for spies and intelligence industry. Has both commercial private clients and government client.

A few different products that help big organizations analyze their data using AI, and make the data more understandable. This can help a company in many ways, be more efficient, cut cost, raise profits, understand their own company better

AI and data are the new languages of the modern world. There's a lot of data and it is critical to keep it organized, but very hard. Their software goes beyond just storing and managing data. It helps them to utilize the data which is key.

Silicon Valley tree - Paypal to Palantir to Anduril

Anduril makes Roadrunner – takeoff software

**company seems like Stark Industries

Anduril Industries is a defense technology company with a mission to transform U.S. and allied military capabilities with advanced technology. By bringing the expertise, technology, and business model of the 21st century's most innovative companies to the defense industry, Anduril is changing how military systems are designed, built and sold.

Anduril's family of systems is powered by Lattice, an AI software platform that turns thousands of data streams into a realtime, 3D command and control center. As the world enters an era of strategic competition, Anduril is committed to bringing cutting-edge AI, computer vision, sensor fusion, and networking technology to the military in months, not years.

For more information, visit www.anduril.com.

https://investors.palantir.com/news-details/2024/Anduril-and-Palantir-to-Accelerate-AI-Capabilities-for-National-Security/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anduril_Industries

Anduril Industries, Inc. is an American defense technology company that specializes in autonomous systems. It was cofounded in 2017 by inventor and entrepreneur Palmer Luckey and others.[3][4] Anduril aims to sell to the U.S. Department of Defense, including artificial intelligence and robotics. Anduril's major products include unmanned aerial systems (UAS) and counter-UAS (CUAS), semi-portable autonomous surveillance systems, and networked command and control software.

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Zero to One - Peter Thiel Contrarian Thinker + Disruption

AZ TRT S04 EP50 (213) 12-17-2023

What We Learned This Week

• Contrarian Thinking – think for yourself and differently than everyone else
• Innovation great companies have unique products that go from Zero to one, vertical
• Founders are important and challenge the Status Quo to change the world
• Competition is for losers, strive for a Monopoly
• Secrets – What Great Company is No One Building?
• Disruption in Business & Tech World - How to Handle The Innovator's Dilemma

Zero to One: Notes on Startups, or How to Build the Future (c- 2014)

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PayPal Mafia - The Founders Story & Their Battle w/ EBAY w/ Jimmy Soni

- BRT S03 EP36 (135) 8-7-2022

What We Learned This Week

• PayPal Mafia – alumni created or involved many other co's – Tesla, SpaceX, Palantir, Yelp, Yammer, LinkedIn, Facebook, YouTube & more
• PayPal had may contributors & a real long shot to happen during the DOTCOM Crash of 2000
• Claude Shannon – creator of Information Theory, predecessor to the modern computer age, & algorithms
• Bell Labs was a classic Tech Incubator like Fairfield Semiconductor, Xerox Parc, Menlo Park – Edison / GE, Manhattan Project, Tuxedo Park
• PayPal sold to EBAY in 2002 for $1.5 Billion, prior to this, the two companies were rivals as EBAY wanted a different payment system

Guest: Jimmy Soni, Author

https://jimmysoni.com/

https://twitter.com/jimmyasoni

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AZ TRT 2.0 - Best of Tech Part 1 - Data Centers, IT, EV Charging, Minerals & AI Software

AZ TRT S05 EP21 (236) 5-26-2024

What We Learned This Week:

• Host Matt on Data Centers + Energy Usage
• Lucian Aguayo of Redgear on IT Infrastructure
• Broc TenHouten of Intrinsic Power on EV Charging
• Brian Stevens of Neural Magic on AI Software
• Dr. Nick Sakharav of Reclaimed Minerals on Energy

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Kenmore is Home Electricity Made Easy - Modernize the Smart Home from Appliances to the Electric Grid – Revisited w/ CEO Sri Solur

- AZ TRT S06 EP04 (265) 2-23-2025

What We Learned This Week

· Kenmore is home electricity made easy. Kenmore is on a mission to modernize the home. Live More & Live Better. Also need to make it Affordable.

· Clean Tech goes w/ the smart home, smart appliances (that connect to the home) and the electrical power grid for better living

• Electrical Grid needs to be modernized – cannot handle the current & future power demands

· Homes built Pre-1990 run on Electric Panels that are outdated – costs of $40K + to modernize to handle charging EVs at home

· Design of the Future House would have a Battery in it that could recharge your appliances and electronics during down hours.

· Solving problems in electricity and energy also have the same issues with working on better water and clean food. It is more than just an energy and electric issue.

Guest: Sri Solur, CEO, Kenmore / Brands

https://www.linkedin.com/in/solur

https://www.kenmore.com/

Sri Solur is chief executive officer of brands for Kenmore at Transformco. An industry veteran with 25+ years of experience, Sri has a rich history of success leading high tech products and businesses. He previously served as CPO and GM at Berkshire Grey, a leader in industrial robotics, and was a member of the leadership team that took the company public. Sri also served as CPO at SharkNinja, and was instrumental in bringing the Shark IQ Robot vacuum and NinjaFoodi products to market, while also holding a leadership role to take the company public. Sri spent 20 years at Hewlett Packard, serving as founder and CPO of CloudPrint, the company's wearables and IOT business. In his career, Sri has created products for world-renowned brands including Hugo Boss, Movado, Ferrari, Juicy Couture, and more. Sri holds a bachelor's degree in Engineering from NIT and an MBA from Boston University.

As Earth Day approaches (April), Kenmore is empowering greener homes and people.

The trusted appliance maker recently unveiled a new "Home Electrification Made Easy" program that looks to simplify the electrification process and reduce overall costs in transitioning to electric appliances.

Kenmore has set an ambitious goal with the program to electrify one million homes that will ultimately save homeowners one billion dollars over the next decade.

Kenmore's innovation and energy programs are driving a new generation of electrification for today's home ecosystem. Some of the company's core innovations include:

• Expansion of electrification and smart products for every room in the home.
• Addition of electrification enablers, such as smart electrical panels and dynamic Level 2 EV chargers, that help eliminate roadblocks many homeowners have in wanting to electrify their entire home.
• Simplifying rebate and savings programs, such as Congress' Inflation Reduction Act, to help customers cut costs by taking advantage of available local and national funding and discounts.
• Building relationships with industry leaders in product, service and consumer education to supplement and amplify their mission to electrify American homes.

This electric push comes as a new generation of homeowners seek to invest in smarter, greener home solutions and previous generations are coming up against new government standards making accessibility to like-for-like replacement equipment for their home obsolete.

With Kenmore's electrification program delivering a quick onramp to affordable green energy homes, homeowners of all backgrounds and budgets have a more attainable path to smart, green home adoption.

Notes:

Kenmore CEO and Appliances

Seg. 1

Major appliances and clean tech and sustainability energy security is a big issue on the macro end. The effect on the electric grid and power lines.

There is lots of demand and potential blackouts. This is a fuel and demand issue. The government and utility companies are working on clean energy. Currently they use fossil fuels and working on using less.

Design of the future house would have a battery in it that could recharge your appliances and electronics storing down ours.

The electric layout of most homes, especially homes built pre-1990s has an 100 amp circuit. If you have modern tech like an EV charger in your house, an electrician cannot set it up because the EV charger will blow up your 100 amp circuit.

It would cost you between $20 and 60 K to upgrade a house for a modern electric set up. Kenmore will install electric panel with load balance for EV vehicles and in-home appliances.

Seg. 2

Electrical layout of a house as you install new appliances. There is a booster within the inflation reduction act. There are rebates for lower income people, where it pays you for getting new appliances. 10 K instant credit for new appliances.

The comparison of older appliances versus new appliances. Many older appliances may run on fossil fuels like a gas range oven or gas water heater. Older HVAC unit has more wear and tear.

On a hot days and really cold days appliances operate at peak and are putting demand on the electric red. Looking for new ways of sustainable clean energy and examples hydroelectric power.

You would have a back up in high demand times, where are you fire up a generator running on fossil fuels.

Do you want to protect the grid for maintenance but also things like cyber attacks. One way you could do this is make all homes standalone energy producers.

Peak rates for electricity or 6 to 10 PM at night. At these times electricity use taxes the grid and also taxes your wallet. Do you want to run your dishwasher post 10 PM.

Seg. 3

We are moving from a world of done by you to a world of done for you. The smart home of the future will help you.

The electrical panel would work with the grid and decide when to charge electronics in your house. Kenmore has electric appliances that works with the electric red. These appliances save you money and also save the grid.

On a bigger scale we need to modernize the electric road. Then in the future build better homes cars and appliances. Inflation reduction act has multiprong incentives for all of this.

When we saw the bull run of tech starting in 2010 it had three things working together. Social mobile and the cloud all came together to create this tech rise. Do you need electricity plus clean energy plus clean water.

A rising tide that can raise all. Do you want to solve problems, what are the pain killers?

Seg. 4

CEO was an engineer by trade. Worked in Boston went to business school and after that he built some products. Worked at Altavista on firewalls and search.

Cloud print on printing mobile with the HP e-print. Worked in wearables at Hugo boss and Ferrari.

Worked at Comcast on Xfinity digital security and high-speed Internet. Worked with shark and ninja on home robots. Worked at Bershire Gray, consumer robots which went public with an IPO.

Then at Brands / Kenmore (also Diehard batteries) - Building better and smarter appliances

Span that I/O build a smart electrical panel. Do you want your appliances to give you repair and maintenance updates.

Whole home electrification. A whole home dashboard controlling your smart home. An example would be your fridge would tell you when you need a new filter. Kenmore is a tech forward company.

Solving problems in electricity and energy also have the same issues with working on better water and clean food. It is more than just an energy and electric issue.

Live more and live better. Also need to make it affordable. Kenmore is home electricity made easy. rebates.kenmore.com they have the blue-collar work ethic with the idea of progress over perfection. Kenmore is a consumer centric team.

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Cybersecurity Response Plan w/ Frank Grimmelmann of ACTRA

- AZ TRT S06 EP03 (264) 2-9-2025

What We Learned This Week

• ACTRA Arizona Cyber Threat Response Alliance
• Cyber threats affect everyone from Gov't to business to private and growing
• Companies need to be responsive with speed to be effective + share information of attacks
• ACTRA has members from both government and private sector
• ACTRA helped create a state cybersecurity response model that other states can use

Guest: Frank Grimmelmann

https://www.actraaz.org/actra/leadership

President & CEO/Intelligence Liaison Officer

Mr. Grimmelmann also serves as Co-Chair (together with Arizona's Chief Information Security Officer) for the Arizona Cybersecurity Team ('ACT'), created through the Governor's Executive Order signed in March 2018. He also serves as a Founding Member of the National Leadership Group for the Information Sharing & Analysis Organization Standards Organization ('ISAO SO') at the University of Texas San Antonio (UTSA), created under the President's Executive Order 13691 in February 2015. As ACTRA's leader, Mr. Grimmelmann was invited as the first private sector representative in the Arizona Counter Terrorism Information Center (ACTIC) and served as its first private sector Executive Board representative from 2014-2019. He presently acts as ACTRA's designated private sector liaison to ACTRA's Key Agency and other non-Member Stakeholders.

Mr. Grimmelmann served four terms as AZ InfraGard's President from 2009-2012, serves today on numerous academic advisory boards, co-Chairs the Greater Phoenix Chamber's Cybersecurity Workforce Collaborative initiative, and is an engaged Member of the Arizona Technology Council's Cybersecurity Advisory Board. In 2019, Mr. Grimmelmann was honored by the FBI, and the Board of Directors of both ACTRA and Arizona InfraGard as the first recipient of Arizona InfraGard's 'Visionary Award' for creating the ACTRA framework over his last 2 terms as Arizona InfraGard's President, and ACTRA's resulting collaboration between law enforcement/ intelligence agencies/USCYBERCOM, and its public, private and academic organizations over the past 7 years. He was simultaneously recognized by the FBI's then Deputy Director for his contribution over the years. He remains an active Member of InfraGard since 2003 and an active Lifetime Member of the FBI Citizens Academy since 2006.

Since 2002 he has devoted his full-time attention to protecting our nation's critical infrastructure and national security interests, through eliminating unnecessary silos that hinder communication, allowing us to respond to today's increasing threat from our cyber adversaries, and in turn permitting ACTRA's Member Organizations to protect their critical infrastructure and our national security interests, while protecting their organization's assets .

Educationally, he holds a dual MBA in International Business and Finance from the University of California at Berkeley and brings decades of experience as a senior executive in finance, healthcare and government, prior to focusing on Cybersecurity in response to 9/11.

Notes:

Seg 2

Cyber threats affect everybody, business, personal, and government.

Cyber crime is a fact of life that we need to live with it, but stay ahead.

Criminals are on the offense and only have to be correct 1% of the time.

Everybody else is playing defense and has to be right 100% of the time.

AI is an advanced tool that is turned out to be a two edge sword, can help and hurt.

AI can only catch so much but can give a few of what is going on.

This is a matter of national security, dealing with homeland security and many other departments of the government.

You have threat intelligence to determine roles on how you're going to handle hackers and ransom ware. Hackers can be local or foreign.

All companies need a cyber policy and some sort of rapid tactical response.

Cyber attacks are an ever growing threat to people and businesses, and continue to surge in 2024. There was 107% surge in malware attacks.

These are on corporate computers, computers at work or home computers or even Home devices like Ring. You get a text through devices, phishing attacks.

Company business email can be compromised in an attack, people's passwords come out and it leads to millions of dollars in losses.

Elderly people are very vulnerable, 353,000 attacks.

You have supply chain threats by terrorist and nation state actors. There was a recent attack on United Healthcare for 100 million. People's information was exposed. This led to a $22 million ransom payment.

Cyber attacks cause $2.9 billion in damages. Companies are paying ransom to faceless criminals. Very tough for the FBI to be tracking down on these criminals and try to fend off the extortion of stolen data.

Payments for ransom could be made through Bitcoin, which is difficult to trace, though it leaves somewhat of a forensic trail. Constant need for regulation and oversight from the government.

Famous incident last year was not even an attack, but the Crowdstrike software update. ACTRA had a quick response that day. One that helps clients and partners recover fast. In a similar instant, Delta was down for weeks with computer problems.

When you think about what goes on with banks back to 2008 - what loans they have on balance sheet and then off balance sheet securitized - not regulated like normal loans.

Issues with underwriting standards on loans. Not even sure what can be affected in a Cyber attack. Off balance sheet loans and debt is similar to crypto or Bitcoin where it is not being regulated.

PPD-41 was a directive to show responsibilities of government agencies and dealing in cyber. You had homeland security as a defensive arm to protect the nation's assets.

Enforcement is done in the US by the FBI. Overseas it's done by US Cyber Command.

Seg 3

Frank background in the 1990s in private business, worked in healthcare. Then was the chief info officer and the only 2000s at clinical in Stanford. Healthcare is very vulnerable.

Post 9/11 he worked with FBI outreach program called InfraGuard on how to share intelligence with cyber threats. Needs to be treated like terrorism or criminal acts, though they're taking stolen IP. Need to move to a more stable world.

2011 study was done by government organizations to review the process and make recommendations on how to deal with counterterrorism and cyber.

90% of the critical infrastructure in the US is in the private sector. They do need Fed level help, but have also have a local response. Cyber threat actors move quickly and act like a terrorist organization.

General Stanley McChrystal had a great quote,

'It takes a network to defeat a network.'

Cybersecurity is everyone's problem. You need education and organization.

This is a 5th generation problem and you have to be adaptive.

ACTRA is a nonprofit dealing with cyber security. They've got pillars of empowerment, trust technology and intelligence. Need for the private companies to develop to train and recruit to handle this threat.

They created a model which allows to bring the fight on offense - and all work together sharing information. Virtual response team, small and big with the private sector as a partner.

ACTRA is a hub for info, and keeps its member information private.

Some members are public like Arizona State. Actual model can be used for the rest of the nation. Government and private cannot do it alone.

Not all states have this type of organization, but probably need it.

Seg 4

ACTRA started in January 2013. Give U.S. states a model for cyber security.

Collective defense and share information with public and private organizations.

The goal is to breakdown silos between government and the corporate world.

Not just a thing tank, has an active model. Review of ACTRA model is best in the country and a good hub for response and info.

In 2015, they helped Wisconsin create their own state organization for cyber threats. Soon after, Maryland created one using ACTRA as a model. Needs to be an effort of collaboration, merge the construct of entrepreneur spirit to take action.

So the government cyber threats are handled nationally at a Fort Meade, where the NSA is.

Frank's background in business in finance and healthcare fields.

Info is useless if not used for action. You need actionable intelligence that is current to take down a threat. You need more than continuing education and certificates for people, must go beyond this.

Virtual response team like a local militia who can help protect assets. Going after cyber criminals can be a little bit like a whack a mole.

Overtime, hopefully there will be a national strategy for info sharing. A type of decentralized and local organization that work with government.

The private sector owns the vast amount of data so they have to determine who they're going to share it with and how.

Defend vs Cyber fast while still working within the spirit of the law.

Seg. 1

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Cybersecurity, Disruption, Blockchain & Terrorism w Ari Redbord of TRM Labs

- BRT S02 EP31 (78) 8-1-2021

What We Learned This Week

• Cybersecurity is extremely important industry for national security
• TRM Labs startup in cyber-security, monitors blockchain
• OFAC - Gov't administers economic and trade sanctions
• Ransomeware – specific breach, takeover of a computer system, holds data hostage

• Programatic Money Laundering – bad guys create new addresses, create 'shell' companies

Guest: Ari Redbord, Head of Legal and Government Affairs w/ TRM Labs

https://www.linkedin.com/in/ari-redbord-4054381b4/

https://www.trmlabs.com/post/trm-labs-appoints-ari-redbord-as-head-of-legal-government-affairs

Ari is formerly a US Attorney, and worked in the Treasury Department, now advises the Government on cybersecurity, and Blockchain.

Cybersecurity is a fast growing and extremely important industry for national security, and corporate interests. There are Nation States acting as bad players in the cyber realm and targeting the US Government and US business. We discuss the advancements in technology on cyber crime, blockchain, crypto, and online fraud.

How is the FBI dealing with Ransomware, and other cyber attacks on prime targets like the Colonial Pipeline, or other big corps. What Regulations are coming in banking, and Fintech, with KYC (Know Your Customer), plus the big banks like JP Morgan Chase and Goldman are on board.

What the blockchain ledger can help solve in security, to monitor criminal activity in real time with the help of crypto exchanges like Coinbase. Lastly, what TRM Labs does for clients, how they advise, operate, and who they work with.

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Phishing, Malware & Cybersecurity - Try Not to Get Pwned

- BRT S02 EP47 (94) 11-21-2021

What We Learned This Week:

• Have I been Pwned? Means have I been breached / hacked – did someone hack my email or website
• Phishing – most common type of email threat, like when you receive a strange email with a link – Do Not Open – DELETE (and alert other office staff of the email)
• Ramsonware – hack your website, or data – hold it hostage for an extortion 'ransom' payment
• Dark Web – where stolen data, & info is being bought & sold
• VPN Connections – direct and secure

Guests: Vince Matteo, Seven Layer Networks, Inc.

https://sevenlayers.com/

Vince Matteo is a certified penetration tester, a security researcher, and a senior consultant at Seven Layers (.com) where he focuses on securing small businesses. Vince is the author of "Hacking 101 – A Beginner's Guide to Penetration Testing", he's a bug bounty hunter with 17 published critical vulnerabilities, and he's presented talks on offensive hacking at security conferences -- most recently GrrCON in Grand Rapids, MI and BSides in College Station, TX. Outside of work, Vince is an accomplished endurance athlete, an Ironman age group champion, and in his spare time, you can find him in the desert -- training for the next hundred-mile ultramarathon.

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Futuristic EV Designer Sports Car w/ Nikita Bridan of Oilstainlab

- AZ TRT S06 EP02 (263) 1-26-2025

What We Learned This Week

• Oilstain Lab creates high end retro futuristic designer sports car - in EV models
• EV Car Designers for Gearheads who hate EVs
• All the capabilities of a sports car, on a liteweight carbon fiber frame, + sound & an electric motor
• Inspired by the race cars of Italy & classic 1960s sports cars

Guest: Nikita Bridan, Co-Founder, CEO

Nikita Bridan is co-founder & chief executive officer of Oilstainlab. A car design strategist with 15 years of OEM and startup experience, Nikita has worked with world-renowned brands including Lyft, Cruise, GM, Toyota, Genesis, ONE, and more on electrification, platforms, and strategy. In 2019, Nikita co-founded Oilstainlab with his twin brother, Iliya, as an automotive design consultancy service and playground, and developed it into a boundary-pushing, custom vehicle manufacturer. Nikita lives his life as fast as the cars he builds, once being pulled over at 140mph in Arizona and getting off with a warning. Nikita earned bachelor's degrees in Transportation Design from the Istitudo Europeo di Design in Italy and the ArtCenter College of Design in Pasadena, California, where he now serves as an instructor to the next generation of designers.

Leading a New Generation of Automotive with Oilstainlab Co-Founder Nikita Bridan

The future of automotive design is in the hands of twin brothers, Nikita and Iliya Bridan.

The founders of Oilstainlab have turned heads worldwide with their automotive creations, most notably the Half-11, its half Porsche-half Formula 1 race car that pays homage to the golden age of motor racing.

The Bridan brothers are motor maniacs who credit to Gran Turismo for fueling their passion for car design from a young age. The brothers dropped out of high school at age 14 to pursue a design education and would eventually earn degrees in Transportation Design from the Istitudo Europeo di Design in Italy and the ArtCenter College of Design in Pasadena.

During their career they have worked for world-renowned car brands including Toyota, Scion, Lexus, General Motors, Honda, Acura and more, bringing 6.5M cars to the road, securing 13 patents, and winning multiple awards including Motor Trend "SUV of the Year."

In 2019, the brothers went into business for themselves. They opened Oilstainlab as a design consultancy and playground with clients ranging from EV start-ups, space vehicles, movie vehicles, hydrogen start-ups, and more.

In 2024 the brothers unveiled their first car, the HF-11. The HF-11 is the perfect mix of speed, comfort and intelligence. It offers 650 horsepower 12000RPMs and a top speed over 200 mph. The all-carbon fiber bodywork forges a radical shape obsessively honed for extreme velocities, while the interior offers all the comforts of modern-day vehicles.

The company will keep turning heads with maniac design, world class advisory council going into 2025…and changing automotive landscape.

Notes:

Seg 2

Oil stain lab is a boutique, sports car designer, using an EV format.

They start their design with the driver in mind, then sketch it out and think with an inside out strategy. They wanted to build a high-end retro futuristic 1960s motorsports inspired type car. These cars are expensive with future tech.

1960s sports cars were dangerous and cool. The last era of sports cars before car regulations were changed in the early 1970s.

The second step is a computer design. The car body uses a light carbon fiber frame. They also enhance their car with the idea and sound of combustion in an electric EV car.

It has a flat skateboard type platform designed very different than an actual sports car. Normally EV battery is at the bottom, but Oilstainlab put the EV battery where the engine would be. Lightweight car of 2000 pounds.

Compact and efficient, using a 911 Porsche as a model.Power train is in the back of the car, which is challenging.

Comfortable EV sports car, two seater with a manual transmission.

Has an audio signature, which is very important, creates real sound of 110 decimals.

Oilstainlab is building cars for gear heads, not a traditional EV nerd type. Building EV cars for people who hate EVS.

Goes up to speeds of 200 mph, 0 to 100 in 5 seconds. Plus the driver can enjoy switching gears.

Seg 3

Twin brothers Nikita and Iliana created the company. Originally from Ukraine, then moved to Italy when they were teenagers. Eventually settled in California and created Oilstainlab.

Prior, they were auto designers for 10 years. Started Oilstainlab in 2019 with the design idea. In 2020 they started to actually manufacture cars. Fall of 2024 they came out with their HF 11 model.

Brothers were inspired by the 1960s motorsport cars and your famous Italian sports cars like Ferrari and Lamborghini.

They wanted to bring in the Hollywood flair of storytelling and branding. Think of Steve McQueen movies with the height of the sports car from 1967 through 1972.

1972 was the end of an era, with new emission standards that killed good designs.

The 1960 sports cars were a wild west of innovation. Collectors still want these cars with their combustion engines.

Oilstainlab is bringing back that spirit within the next generation of car design. Building an EV car with power. Building an EV car for the EV hater.

There are challenges in this, with how heavy the car is and where to put the battery.

Aspark Owl, a $3 million car, claims to be the fastest EV in the world. It weighs 5700 pounds. Also has no noise or vibration, so it does not catch the nostalgia of a sports car.

Oilstainlab has a light car, manual transmission, plus that classic combustion sound. They replicate the experience, creating a bridge to the past with a future style sports car.

Car cost $1 million and their typical clients age from 40 to 60 years old.

Using the 1960s car design, purity of a driving experience.

When they built the prototype, they were thinking about the driver first. They hired sports car drivers like JR Hildebrand, and Rick Noob to test. These guys were racecar drivers.

The 1960s cars were planned to be obsolete, the design will age out.

Post 1972 with the economic and fuel crisis, cars were mass produced.

No more exotic designs, no real soul, they all look the same.

Cars companies simply did not spend as much on research and development.

Seg 4

Thunderbolt has that combustion field type engine with their EV launch in April 2025

We will have a carbon fiber tub and re-create the excitement of the experience.

Oilstainlab is backed by an investor who has experience in Green tech and is an entrepreneur.

Oilstainlab is loved by the car maniacs, and they see themselves as maniacs too.

Cool EVS can help the entire EV market and change an image

Oil stain lab is making a halo product for the entire industry.

They have advisors who review and drive the car – who are surprised when the EV sounds like combustion for the gearheads, creating a shock when people drive it, not even realizing it's an EV car.

Collectors want the sound of an original car, but also lightweight and manual driving for the unique experience.

Oilstainlab with their design is reconditioning the mind of what is possible with an EV car.

Their new Thunderbolt design will have swap ability, for the maniac ethos, with new engineering.

All goes back to how they were inspired with the famous sports cars of Italy, like Ferrari, Lamborghini, and Pagani. Italy is the Mecca of auto passion, culture, and approach to how a sports car should be done.

Seg 1

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AZ TRT S05 EP15 (230) 4-14-2024

What We Learned This Week

• Steve Zylstra of AZ Tech Council on Clean Energy
• Daniel Tonkopiy of Delfast Bikes on EV bikes
• Praveen of Monarch Tractor on AI, EVs & Farming
• Mark Hanchett of Atliss Motors on EV Trucks & Batteries
• Clean Energy - many Tech Co's working on zero emission plan
• Delfast E Bikes – smart bike, connects to E Bike, range of 220 miles on 1 charge, & speed of 50 mph, can drive on all different terrain
• Monarch Tractor is AgTech working towards a future with Clean Farming
• Atlis Motors is an Energy Company - Apple of energy – vehicle is their 'I-Pod'
• Revolutionizing the Electric Battery - Lithium, cobalt, copper w/ a Lifespan – 1 million miles or 10 years +

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EV Charging at Home w/ Broc TenHouten of Intrinsic Power

AZ TRT S05 EP05 (220) 2-4-2024

What We Learned This Week

• Intrinsic Power - Next Gen EV Charger
• EV Charging in your home will be standard
• Electrical Panel upgrade to handle new tech
• Electric Grid not prepared for consumer demand & EV charging needs
• EV Infrastructure for charging stations as EV Cars w/ longer range are the Future

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Machine Learning (AI) Onsite w/ Eddi Weinwurm of Obvious Future

- AZ TRT S06 EP01 (262) 1-5-2025

What We Learned This Week

• Obvious Future is building Machine Learning (AI) programs to be used onsite for a business
• Corporate Data is too sensitive to be in the cloud / internet
• Business cannot use cloud AI programs like ChatGPT, Google Cloud, etc because of IP and privacy concerns
• Large Language Models are not necessary, have more data than needed, can have smaller AI programs tailored for business

Guest: Eddi Weinwurm

AI is top of mind for most enterprises…but most don't know the risks especially in the cloud.

https://obviousfuture.com/#

Eddi Weinwurm is a co-founder and CEO of Obvious Future an AI company with a new approach to keeping AI local and secure.

Eddi Weinwurm has many years of experience in both the development of media management software and AI. As a visionary he formed the company to address critical enterprises in the growing AI market.

ObviousFuture Resident AI: Faster, Safer, and Transforming Enterprise AI

Eddi Weinwurm co-founder and CEO of ObviousFuture is on a mission to make AI safer and faster for enterprises.

ObviousFuture, a trailblazer in secure and private AI solutions, will be unveiling a disruptive AI solution for the enterprise on December 18—Resident AI.

This solution empowers enterprises to harness the full potential of AI while safeguarding their data locally, marking a critical evolution in the AI landscape.

ObviousFuture's Resident AI operates entirely on-premise, solving a $500 billion market problem by addressing vulnerabilities like data privacy risks, compliance challenges, and vendor lock-ins. The company is focused on key sectors such as government, defense, surveillance, medical, and media.

Early adopters, have achieved ROI within just two months of deployment of the Resident AI platform.

Key benefits for Enterprises

Local- Resident AI is an artificial system that resides directly on the enterprises infrastructure reducing risk and latency often associated with edge computing. ObviousFuture's approach is fully private and operates with very low latency.

Offline Access- Resident AI allows for complete work productivity without a single point of failure and no third-party API reliance.

Not Edge AI-Resident AI delivers full AI capabilities similar to big cloud models and doesn't require a data center.

Reduces Cost- Substantial lower deployment and operational costs means a higher ROI for businesses.

Learn more about the company at ObviousFuture and sign up for a demo today.

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Obvious Future AI CEO, Eddi Weinwurm

Resident AI for companies, storage of sensitive data, not for use with 3rd parties

Predictive editing from media, has Search and use features

No open AI, search documents internally – onsite at your company

Use local servers and data center on site, nothing goes to the Internet or cloud

For business to use AI with sensitive data, it cannot be in the cloud, it must be on site

Business needs verticals with AI integration

Examples of companies with sensitive data that cannot be on the Internet, are media, banking, healthcare, companies doing research and development RND

Also dealing in Research, or math, like at universities

Eddie does not want to call this AI, prefers the term machine learning, using a lot of that now and it will grow

Standard cloud AI used in conjunction online with companies like Google or Microsoft,

You can connect to an API, example is chat GPT

The AI work is done in the cloud and over the Internet

This involves data centers and huge computer networks

Parameters of lots of neurons or brain power in computing

Obvious Future is a technology company, looking to engineer a smaller API with the same machine learning intelligence

History of technology, initially things are large and cost a lot of money

Over time, it should be smaller and cheaper and faster

How do you perform the same tasks and have great efficiency?

Lots of uses for artificial intelligence, just one example is checking email for spam

Currently, most AI is a large language model, tons of info or put into the machine learning. But a lot of it is not needed, lots of waste

Compounds and routing models can be the future

Seg 2

Chat GPT, is a supermodel, knows everything, but has wasted data

To Eddie, this does not make sense

For most AI tasks, you need a specialist, a form of expert knowledge

Need to be routed to the right model, compound the route and info

Network of smaller models – then Which expert model to ask a question

This will reduce resources and energy use, plus better use, and faster

Alan Tuning said, difficult work requires lots of engineering

Obvious Future has created a machine learning product called Cara One, used for media production and film

Runs on the premises of a business, local, not in the cloud

Not connected to the Internet, in-house, so you can protect your Intellectual Property (IP)

Air gapped setup with hardware, provide AI resources in house

Problem, how to keep data in house

Run in a server room on the premises

Cap X model for a business where they can own their own AI

Current AI Cloud set up as a subscription model, this a company would own

Seg 3

Set up a server or multiple servers in a closet in a business office on site, but not a super computer

AI hardware equals expensive cost

Math plus technology and you can shrink the tech

Companies cannot even use lots of AI services or ChatGPT right now, because it is open cloud, too much business risk, can't have your IP or information in the cloud

Cloud options for business are limited, and typically a no go, plus regulations with data protection

Obvious Future has their Resident AI product, called Cara One

Even if the Internet is down, you can still use their resident AI product, and it cost less

Huge paradox in technology right now, we have the best AI products and software and yet many companies cannot use it

Resident AI resides on premises. This opens up the business environment for different verticals and markets that need resident AI

Engine for AI, small sized so companies can use

Rate of return will continue to go up as companies invest in this

Hardware, software, chips are all improving and incorporating AI. Like all things in technology. There is constant improvement, and enhancing AI.

Obvious Future dealing in financing rounds for a business opportunity

Verticals of financing include industries like: banks, medical, legal, research data, customer data

All can be potential customers

Obvious Future working on developing the next level of Cara One, Resident AI for all of these potential businesses

US Patent Office would be another example, they can only partially use cloud AI, need resident AI to sift through all the data

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EV Trucks for Commercial Use w/ George Gebhart of Voltu Motor

- AZ TRT S05 EP45 (261) 12-30-2024

What We Learned This Week

• Voltu Motor provides EV battery and drive train for commercial trucks
• Creating new EV tech that is lighter, extended charge for longer range, and Inverter to charge on site
• Deals in Class 3 trucks for business – utility, fleet, delivery, repair
• Further the cause of EV adoption to help the environment and be more efficient

Guest: George Gebhart, CEO and founder of Voltu Motor

https://www.voltumotor.com/

A trailblazer in the electric vehicle (EV) industry, leveraging nearly two decades of expertise in engineering, innovation, and leadership to redefine sustainable transportation. A bioengineer by training, George began his career conducting research in robotics and brain-computer interfaces (BCI), focusing on semi-autonomous systems for handicapped individuals. This groundbreaking work laid the foundation for his passion for electrification and technology-driven solutions​.

With over 15 years of experience in electric drives and EVs, George founded Voltu to revolutionize the EV market with an integrated, proprietary powertrain solution. Voltu's innovations—such as the patented immersive cooling battery technology and the bidirectional inverter that enables the industry-first onboard fast charging—are a testament to his technical ingenuity and determination to eliminate barriers to EV adoption​.

George's journey as a leader is marked by a rare combination of intellectual curiosity, mathematical acumen, and unwavering resilience. These traits not only underpin his own achievements but also inspire his team. "I haven't personally seen or heard about a group more tough or resilient, with an unmatched work ethic," George says of Voltu's team, who have worked closely with him over the past years to prepare for scaling the company. This collaboration and shared vision fuel his conviction that Voltu can make a lasting impact in the EV industry​

A seasoned speaker, including as a TEDx presenter, George emphasizes perseverance, teamwork, and the transformative power of innovation in addressing global challenges. Today, as Voltu secures multi-million-dollar contracts and advances its vision of energy freedom, George continues to lead the charge toward a cleaner, smarter, and more connected world.

Leading a Greener Future in Class 3 Trucking—Meet Voltu Motors

Voltu Motor Redefines Sustainability with the Future of Class 3 Electric Trucks

As the electric vehicle (EV) market hurtles toward a projected $255 billion valuation by 2030, Voltu Motor Inc. is emerging as a transformative force Class 3 trucking. Founded in Argentina and now headquartered in Riverside, California, Voltu Motors is setting a new industry standard with its innovative technologies and groundbreaking approach to electrification.

The company's flagship Voltu 3 Pickup Work Truck addresses the critical needs of businesses in the commercial sector. With a 350-mile range, patented Immerse Cooling Technology, and Vehicle-to-Everything (V2X) capabilities, it's more than a truck—it's a mobile energy solution poised to revolutionize urban freight and fleet operations.

Notes:

Seg 1

Truck chassis with an embed electric battery

Voltu deals with Class 3 commercial trucks

They plan to launch a midsize pick up truck in 2025

The benefits are: extended charge, lightweight, charging inverter, cloud based monitoring in the future

In the future they could have a setup for car conversion, from fuel to EV based.

They are a technology company, and already delivering vehicles

EV industry challenges: adoption, and cost, battery range, charging infrastructures.

Electric powertrain, and drivetrain to integrate in vehicles

Class 3 commercial vehicles are used for fleet, delivery, pick up truck

Utility, service, maintenance, equipment, trucks, supply chain

New electric vehicle chassis, battery plus drive chain

Supply to legacy auto makers, and do the final assembly of the vehicle

Range of 350 miles, smaller battery and is lighter with lithium cells

Better cooling immersion and more efficient

Over the long-term EV batteries will be smaller

Patent on charging technology, inverter for a fast charge a DC

Can plug the vehicle into any industrial outlet, and charge right at your business

Seg 2

Fast charge tech, on vehicle charging – can charge vehicle to vehicle on the road

More adoption of EV cars, and market share is grow

Legacy auto maker struggle to transition to EV fleet

Voltu started about 10 years ago, developing technology company with 20 people stationed in California, future plan to hire 400 more

George background is a bio engineer

Semi autonomous vehicle and Motor tech to Motor drivetrain, battery

Vertical integration with the power

Investment in the Voltu Motor company so far has been startup, family, some VC

Raise money, in VC and capital markets

Goal of 1 million commercial vehicles on the road in 10 years

Solve tech issue for Class 3, dealing in Power, towing capacity, range, charging

Seg 3

Government fleets, utility, airport trucks, ports, any type of delivery

B to B type business, or businesses that want to do conversion to EV

This is a common vehicle in commercial, pick up trucks, more EV coming

Compatible with fast charging stations

Typically, a fleet truck would charge on site first thing in the morning

Truck on the road needs energy to do tasks

Has capacity to charge vehicle to vehicle when someone is in the field

Warranty of EV batteries is 10 years plus we can have an afterlife second life with energy storage

Manufacturing in the USA and certified with US in California standard

Carbon plus EBA standards, federal base of standards, be good all across the USA

Battery for light and medium commercial vehicles

Other type of vehicles are a class eight, example as long haul and big vehicles

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Best of Bitcoin, Blockchain & Crypto Revisited

AZ TRT S05 EP44 (260) 12-1-2024

Best of Clips on Bitcoin, Blockchain & Crypto from previous shows……

• Exchanges w/ John Denza of ErisX
• Crypto News + Blockworks on Blockchain & Bitcoin w/ Jason Yanowitz
• Bitcoin, Bonds, Credit Markets and Reserve Currencies w/ Greg Foss
• Blockchain Mass Adoption thru Casper Labs w/ Mrinal Manohar

Seg. 1

Clips from Tech on the Rise from A.I. to Blockchain

- BRT S01 EP 40 11-08-2020

Link to Full Show: Here

Things We Learned This Week

• AI w/ Naru of Aptus AI
• AI - artificial intelligence is used daily by the world in - search, big data, speech recognition, V/R, security, robotics, etc.
• AI helping in healthcare, assist Doctors
• Blockchain & Crypto w/ John Denza of ErisX
• Blockchain is a cryptography database
• Bitcoin is a store of value that operates on the blockchain network

Guest: John Denza, Chief Commercial Officer w/ ErisX

https://www.erisx.com/

https://www.erisx.com/about/investors/

https://www.linkedin.com/in/john-r-denza/

John Denza has 15+ years as a successful Exchange and Financial Technology Sales Professional with a strong desire to leverage these skills in the Cryptocurrency space. He has a passion to build new Disruptive Markets while fostering relationships with Clients and Hedge Funds. Avid researcher of Cryptocurrency market structure, long term enthusiast and investor across multiple venues. He is focused on applying his Exchange and Electronic Trading experience to the Cryptocurrency Trading community.

ErisX:

With in-depth experience in delivering and operating a fully regulated market place at Eris Exchange, ErisX has ventured into the digital asset space with a broad offering of both spot and futures contracts on one platform. ErisX integrates digital asset products and modern technology into reliable, compliant and robust capital markets workflows.

Starting with Bitcoin (BTC), Bitcoin Cash (BCH), Ethereum (ETH) and Litecoin (LTC), the ErisX solution provides trading, deposits and withdrawals on a stable, proven capital markets technology infrastructure.

Seg. 2

Clips from Blockworks on Blockchain & Bitcoin w/ Jason Yanowitz of Blockworks

- BRT S02 EP21 (68) 5-23-2021

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What We Learned This Week:

• Blockworks is a Financial News Site about Digital Assets - ie: Blockchain & Crypto
• Bitcoin is bigger than Elon Musk
• What is a token? Ethereum = Blockchain, Ether = token crypto
• Ethereum move to Proof of Stake for better payment speed
• Crypto Exchanges (ie - Coinbase) and future of investing and ETF creation

Guest: Jason Yanowitz of Blockworks Media Co.

https://blockworks.co/about-us/

https://www.linkedin.com/in/yanowitzjason

https://twitter.com/JasonYanowitz

Jason Yanowitz background is in finance and VC work. He started Blockworks with his partner in 2018 to be the premiere source for blockchain and crypto news and information. The site has blogs, webinars, news stories and a podcast.

Jason discusses all things Bitcoin, Crypto and the Blockchain form what each is, to Mining, and energy & the Elon Musk comments (and validity). We break down Web 3.0 on tokens, NFT, and the alternate crypto coins.

Understanding the creation of Ethereum, the founders, the protocol, and the difference vs Bitcoin. How will the Ethereum upgrade roll out, and if payments will be transacted faster with proof of Stake. Then we expand to the Crypto Exchanges, and Investing, funds / ETFs, and the future of the industry.

Seg. 3

Clips from Bitcoin, Bonds, Credit Markets and Reserve Currencies w/ Greg Foss

- BRT S02 EP24 (71) 6-13-2021

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What We Learned This Week

• Bitcoin is Digital Energy
• Bond and Debt Markets cannot hold up, way too much debt with Governments worldwide
• Bitcoin could become Reserve Currency as Fiat currencies like the Dollar collapse
• Credit Markets need to be monitored as an Investor
• $900 Trillion Total Global Debt

Guest: Greg Foss

Links:

https://twitter.com/FossGregfoss / https://ca.linkedin.com/in/greg-foss-a553ab32

Bitcoin as Portfolio Insurance Paper - https://bitcoinmagazine.com/markets/executive-summary-why-every-fixed-income-investor-needs-to-own-bitcoin-as-portfolio-insurance

http://www.worldgovernmentbonds.com/cds-historical-data/

Greg Foss is a former credit trader, who has worked in finance and the bond markets for nearly 30 years. This talk is a breakdown a paper Greg recently wrote entitled – 'Why Every Fixed Income Investor Should Needs to Own Bitcoin as Portfolio Insurance'.

He gives an overview of the credit markets, how bonds work, interest rates and inflation and US Treasury historical rates. Greg ties this to the overall market, currencies (fiat and hard assets), stocks and the effects current Government deficits have.

Greg tells every investor to pay attention to credit markets as they are indicators of what is going on with stocks. His belief is the US Dollar is dwindling as the reserve currency, and Bitcoin (not Gold) is the better hedge vs inflation.

Greg thinks Bitcoin will one day replace the US dollar as the reserve currency of the world. He goes further to give his insights on Bitcoin, the intrinsic value and where it will be in 10 to 20 years.

Seg. 4

Clips from Blockchain Mass Adoption thru Casper Labs w/ Mrinal Manohar

- BRT S03 EP20 (119) 5-15-2022

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Things We Learned This Week

• Casper is designed to accelerate enterprise & developer adoption of blockchain technology today and evolve to meet user needs in the future.
• Blockchain: key features are missing in the industry, that hinders enterprise adoption, ease of use + speed
• Blockchain – best form of copy / data / IP protection (Smart Contracts)
• Blockchain will cost more because the security, and copy protection is better
• Fees in Blockchain are expensive & inconsistent, there is a need to standardize and make predictable

Guest: Mrinal Manohar, Casperlabs CEO

https://www.linkedin.com/in/mrinal-manohar-84422a9/

https://casperlabs.io/

https://casperlabs.io/company/meet-our-team

https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=Casperlabs+CEO%2C+Mrinal+Manohar

Mrinal Manohar is co-founder and CEO of CasperLabs. Mrinal Manohar has an extensive career as both a computer programmer and a finance professional. Before founding Casper, Mrinal was a principal and the technology/media/telecom sector head at Sagard Capital, a ~$1b long-only hedge fund. Mrinal also previously served as a private equity associate at Bain Capital in Boston, and as an associate consultant at Bain & Company. Mrinal has been personally investing in the blockchain industry since 2012 as a seed investor in Ethereum, Blockstack, Basis, Maker, Filecoin, and more. Mrinal holds a Master of Science degree from Carnegie Mellon University.

BRT 3.0 - Best Of Bitcoin, Blockchain, & Crypto 2021 w/ Greg Foss, Blockworks & Swan Bitcoin

- BRT S02 EP22 (69) 05-30-2021

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Tech Marketing - Build a Brand like Steve Jobs & Apple to Elon Musk & Tesla + PT Barnum's Impact

AZ TRT S05 EP43 (259) 11-17-2024

What We Learned This Week:

• PT Barnum the original Greatest Showman who understood the power of brand & advertising
• Apple Iphone release in 2007, big event w/ 1st smartphone
• Apple commercial Think Different, celebrate change
• Tesla EV Car is a marvel of tech, customer support & service + order online only
• Tesla $0 ad budget - use social, word of mouth, referrals, clean energy mission, & the following of an iconic Founder

Seg 1 - Tech Marketing - Apple

PT Barnum is considered the original entrepreneur and showman. He was all about hype and creating big spectacles.

He understand very early on the power of PR and the press. He knew he had to capture the public in interest with his posters and advertising.

He promoted the extraordinary to arouse people's curiosity to go see his shows. Truly understood the audience and how to create a hook. His infamous museum, with the Fiji mermaid and Tom Thumb and the dog man.

Barnum was adaptive and innovative, changing his show from the museum to the circus. He was not afraid to be outspoken or controversial. He just wanted press and promotion.

Power of brand and Apple was able to build a $3 trillion company because people identify with their brand.

Steve Jobs - Unique and outspoken founder who believed it was all about the product, and making the best products. He also believed in simplicity, easy to use customer centric product. Knew how to demo a product.

Apple was all about the presentation and their events were covered yearly by the press. Key moment was in 2007 with the introduction of the iPhone. Steve Jobs talked about having a phone, I pod and the internet. What if this could all be in one device and then introduced the first smart phone.

Apple built their brand as the young cool hip company for creatives. It was the McIntosh graphics card that originally attracted people to their products in the 1980s. Jobs was all about ease of use making a product simple. He would literally have kids test the products to see if it was too complicated. Jobs stressed simplicity, and focus. Make the best looking and sleekest products .

He himself was also very simple, wearing the same black shirt and jeans every day so you didn't have to think about what to wear. This was an Einstein trick.

Understood the power of advertising. The original 1984 Super Bowl ad was a play on the book 1984 and smashing the status quo with a sledgehammer to introduce the Apple Macintosh

They had a big ad campaign in 1997 with thanking and celebrating all the eccentric rebel misfits, the change people like Einstein and Picasso and Gandhi. This positioned Apple with these iconic figures.

Apple had the 'Shot on iPhone' campaign with a show versus tell method. People could see the videos and how good they were and how good the camera was on the iPhone.

Then the early 2000 'I am a PC, I am a Mac' campaign. Where the PC was seen is an old stuffy guy with glasses wearing a suit vs the young hip Mac.

Apples products cost more but the customers who are actually fans do not care. It's almost like a cult with diehard fans just loving the brand and wanting to be part of the community. They identify with the Apple brand.

There are actually more Android phone users, 3 billion users vs Iphone users of 1 billion. In the US iPhone is more popular with a 60% share, vs a 30% share in the entire world.

Apple is concerned with how good their products are spending billions on R&D, but also the look and design of products. Even the un-boxing of a Apple product. Constantly clean and simple. Even the Apple stores are very clean and easy to walk about.

Steve Jobs set the tone in Apple with the product, focus on the customer, be product centric. Keep it simple and build a great brand.

Ironically, Jobs did not work with consultants, nor did he ever do a survey to customers for product ideas. It's like he knew his customers better than them, and gave them the next generation hottest product.

Seg 2 – Tech Marketing - Tesla

https://www.tesla.com/we-robot

Tesla company with a $1 trillion valuation that spend $0 on their ad budget. It is pretty amazing that they are the biggest EV car maker in the world with a 50% market share in the US and 20% market share worldwide.

Tesla actually had a 75% share in 2022, it has dropped a little. They sell 1.8 million cars worldwide per year, and the total EV car sales in the world is 14 million.

There is some smaller EV car makers who are considered rivals - Rivian, Lucid and Volvo / Polarstar, and they only have a 5% market share. Car makers, GM, Honda Nissan, Volkswagen, and Hyundai combined have like a 30% market share in the US.

1 in 4 new cars sold in 2023 was an EV, and currently EV is about 6.8% of US cars.

Tesla is all about brand and identity. Just like Apple, their customers connect with the brand. Tesla is obsessed with customer experience and service

Their cars are a marvel of technology and easy to use. They're also connected to your phone and send you alerts when you need service on your car. Tesla is consistent in their messaging.

They have a zero dollar $0 ad budget, and spread the word about their online promotion, word-of-mouth, and social media.

Their founder Elon Musk is outspoken and not afraid of controversy. He has millions of followers online and tweet from him can change the Tesla stock price.

Tesla owns all distribution, they have no franchises. You cannot go into a dealership for buy your car. You have to shop online and order the car. One huge advantage of this is people do not like buying cars at dealerships.

Tesla also has a big referral system for promoting and selling cars. They use huge launch events and promotions to create hype.

They are also on a mission to be a clean energy company, not just the EV, but solar and the battery energy. Customers of Tesla have an identity with this brand and their mission of clean energy.

Tesla future plans involve AI and autonomous vehicles AKA the Robo taxi. As well as the Robo van to deliver goods.They also have the Tesla bot a robot that is expected to cost $25 grand, and be a serving around the house. Tesla has done stunts and promotions, even creating a flamethrower that was sold.

Tesla is all about the software, open source so even their competitors can look at what they're doing.

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