How AI Built This

Matthew is the Founder and Chief Technical Officer at ClinSpec Diagnostics, a Glasgow based start-up making it quicker to detect brain cancer and other diseases by using a new blood serum test.

What Matthew and the team are doing is pretty amazing and potentially revolutionary.

Always great to see a company based in Scotland doing such brilliant work.

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Daniel Winterstein is the Founder and CTO of Good-Loop a tech for good organisation based in Edinburgh and London.

They serve adverts for brands whilst raising money for charity, working with some of the most recognisable companies in the world.

Daniel and his co-founder Amy (CEO) have one of my favourite ever stories when it comes to starting a business and have managed to build something pretty special.

I hope you enjoy!

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Pete and Thomas are both Co-Founders and Directors of Hyper Group, a Data Science company headquartered in Leeds, focusing on the data science behind hyper personalisation.

Both great guys with really interesting backgrounds, this was a really enjoyable episode.

Some of the work Hyper are doing in the retail space is fascinating and I can't wait to see what else they have in store for us (no pun intended ...).

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Jimmy is the CEO and Founder of The Modular Analytics Company in Manchester.

Jimmy and his team's aim is to simplify the world of data and analytics for everyone, providing them real results and not wasting their time on stuff they don't need.

A super interesting guy, high energy, passionate and the perfect example of someone who got into the world of data through hard work after doing a number of other professions first.

I loved doing this episode and I hope you enjoy listening to it!

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John Gordon is one of the Founders and CEO of Incentive Games, a software business headquartered in Edinburgh, focusing on, you guessed it, the games industry.

John and the founding team were all in successful careers when they decided to set up the business, taking a gamble and backing themselves to succeed.

And succeed they have!

Tune in to hear his story, how they use machine learning models and his approach to building teams and why they love Edinburgh.

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Fuzzy Labs is an AI Consultancy based in Manchester run by Tom Stockton and Matt Squire.

Tom and Matt have worked together for years and decided last year, it was time to do their own thing.

They are keen to bring the principles of Software Engineering and DevOps and apply them in the world of AI and Machine Learning.

AI for everyone is one of the main aims of Fuzzy Labs.

Great guys and a really fun chat!

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Andy McMahon is the Analytics Team Leader of Glasgow headquartered Aggreko.

Aggreko provide temporary power solutions to a whole host of industries and events - like the Football and Rugby World Cup and Edinburgh Festival.

Andy and his team work on some really interesting data problems and have provided the business with some invaluable insights.

He was also awarded with the accolade of Data Scientist of the year in 2019, which is pretty cool!

As well as being one smart dude, Andy is a great guy to talk to and I really enjoyed this episode!

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Katie Gibbs is one of the Founding Partners and Head of Consulting at Emergence Partners in London.

Emergence Partners are a brand new company focused on delivering profound transformations to ensure an equable symbiotic relationship between the ingenuity of human creativity and the power of machines.

Katie has had a successful career in AI working for large consultancies, small AI start-ups and just prior to Emergence, BJSS as their Head of AI.

As a non-technical person, Katie brings her blend of business acumen, stakeholder management and ability to translate technical requirements to every business she works for.

A strong proponent for women in tech and carving a path for others, Katie is a real inspiration.

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Tamanna Haque is the Lead Data Scientist at Jaguar Land Rover in Manchester.

An incredibly ambitious and determined Data Scientist, Tamanna has quite literally landed her dream role and probably has one of my favourite ever stories from the podcast so far.

A real champion for workplace diversity, Tamanna is active on the speaking circuit and is really passionate about seeing more women not only in data but also in the motor industry.

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Mirko and Michael are the co-founders of Fiume, a Data Science Consultancy based in London.

After successful careers working in Data, setting up research labs and building teams, the guys decided to go it alone in 2020.

Little did they know - a global pandemic was about to hit.

However, they have stayed positive and learned a lot along the way so it was great fun to talk to them both.

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