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AI is big. The news is full of stories about ChatGPT and Large Language models. Is AI going to replace you? Maybe.

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Not everybody is worried about AI replacing them. In fact some folks are looking forward to it. Imagine if instead of dealing with all the mundane tasks in your life, you could hand it all of to an AI version of yourself, that looks and sounds like you and would respond the way you would.

Today we are talking with Suman Kanuganti, CEO of Personal.ai that aims to allow you to build an AI that is based on you. So we are going to chat with Suman about how it works and where it is all going

Welcome Suman

https://personal.ai

Reach out to Suman directly at https://s.personal.ai

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Bio-sciences have made huge strides recently, and the pace is only accelerating. Much of this is being driven by data. Now, a new generation of Artificial Intelligence is pushing the boundaries even further.

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We have with us Luca Parisi, Director of Clinical Analytics and Data Science at Citeline, a Bio-Pharma R&D Intelligence company dedicated to taking ideas from inception to delivery, using a lot of data a bit of artificial intelligence. So let's hear how they navigate this complex process to bring important new discoveries to market.

Welcome Luca

Citeline: https://www.citeline.com/

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Databricks hosted their Data + AI World Tour event in Chicago on October 3rd, and with all of the hype around AI, Generative AI and Large Language Models, this was the perfect place to get a feel for what is going on. 

To start with, it was a well attended event, in fact it was a sold out event, and I understand that similar events in other cities around the world were also sold out.

The theme for the show was Generation AI, a clever play on Gen AI, but certainly this is a kind of generational change we are seeing. Databricks is coming off a hot streak, with their last raise valuing them at $43 Billion

Ari Kaplan, Databricks' Lead Evangelist, was there to deliver a keynote address, "Welcome to Generation AI." If you aren't familiar with Ari Kaplan, he is considered to be the "Real Moneyball Guy". Ari regaled us with stories from his time in Chicago sports which went over well with the local crowd...

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Education can be the gateway to a better life. The world also needs more and more qualified tech workers. So today we are talking with a company that is trying to solve these problems

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Today we are talking with Daniel Ponciano and Grace Yao from PerScholas. Per Scholas believes that a thriving, diverse, workforce requires equitable access to education. They are educating the whole student, having given more than 20,000 students the hard and soft skills they needed to succeed. The best part of this is that they do this for free. So let's talk with them about how it all works.

Welcome Daniel and Grace

Per Scholas: https://perscholas.org/chicago/
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Many of us have an interesting relationship with alcohol. What is it that brings us to drink. How did it become so normalized in our lives. Today we are going to talk with someone who decided to take a look at his relationship with alcohol.

Hey everybody, this is Chris Brandt, here with Sandesh Patel. Welcome to another FUTR podcast.

Today we are talking with Scott Burton who has had a complex relationship with alcohol throughout his life. This inspired Scott to take a look at his history, creating a hybrid documentary called Earnest Drinker, that asks the questions, why do we drink and why we stop. He takes a look at the spectrum of alcohol use and its normalization.

So let's talk with Scott to hear the story of making this documentary

Welcome Scott

Earnest Drinker: https://earnestdrinker.com/

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People have really started to focus on the issue of wellness, and the endocannabinoid system is often central to wellness. There are, however, a lot of challenges to this, especially when it comes to professional sports. Today we are talking with a company that has a solution

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Today we are talking with Daniel Huerter, CEO and Co-Founder of Pure Spectrum CBD. This year, they became certified as both USDA Organic and NSF-Certified for Sport, and are the first American company in this market to partner with a Major League Baseball team, the Kansas City Royals.

So let's get the full story on all this,

Welcome Daniel

If you want to try it out go to https://purespectrumcbd.com/ and use the coupon code futr

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Starting a company is hard. There are so many things that need to be built, processes to be created, people to be hired. When the company has raised money, the urgency to get everything done all at once is intense. Today we are talking with a company that can help short cut that process.

Hey everybody, this is Chris Brandt, here with Sandesh Patel. Welcome to another FUTR podcast.

Today we are talking with the leadership team of Launch GTM, Pat McNallan, and Craig Heile. LaunchGTM is a company designed to accelerate the creation of a sale program for startups. They offer advisory services and automation solutions to accelerating a business' channel engagement strategy for less than the cost of one employee.

So let's talk to Pat and Craig about what a channel program is, why it is so important, and how they build one.

Welcome Pat and Craig

LaunchGTM:  https://launchgtm.com
Pat McNallan:  https://www.linkedin.com/in/pat-mcnallan-0559636/
Craig Heile:  https://www.linkedin.com/in/craigheile/

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For people with mobility challenges, it can be difficult to find the right balance of assistive technology that provides you with freedom, and enough challenge to keep you moving in style. Today we are looking at a device that does it all that with a unique Dutch style.

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Today we have with us BE who set out to bridge utility with functional design, making Mobility cool. The A-Linker, a non-motorized walking-bike without pedals, is custom designed to challenge society’s assumptions about disability, helping people with mobility challenges stay active. So let's learn about drove BE to create this and learn how she approaches design.

Welcome BE

The Alinker:

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When we look at fossil fuels, there are many challenges. Much of this is because the process of extracting these resources is inefficient and dirty, and our ever increasing demand for energy creates challenging political situations

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Upwing Energy is bringing new technology to make the extraction of fossil fuels more effective. Sometimes the path to a greener future is incremental, through key improvements to our existing systems, making them cleaner and more efficient. Upwing's solution lets us extract more from our existing resources making us less dependent on dirtier options or foreign sources.

So let's talk with Herman Artinian about what they are doing and how it all works.

https://upwingenergy.com

Welcome Herman

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When we talk about innovation, we usually think of the hot new startups, we don't typically think of 100+ year old brands. But when an old respected brand needs to be resuscitated, innovation is exactly what is needed.

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Today we are talking with Sridhar Solur, CEO of Kenmore Brands. Kenmore is know for its quality home appliances, but with the demise of Sears, who owned Kenmore, the brand needed to revitalize itself. That is when Sridhar stepped in at the helm of Kenmore brands to innovate their way back to the top, focusing on the electrified home.

So, let's talk to the man behind the mission

Welcome Sridhar

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