micro1 forum

We hosted a forum session on AI retrieval in finance, featuring Shaudi Mahdavi, Member of Technical Staff at micro1, and Strib Walker, Head of Product at Rogo, moderated by Mark Esposito, PhD, Chief Economist at micro1.

The session introduced CortexRetrievalBench, a new benchmark for evaluating how well AI systems retrieve and rank financial documents. We reviewed our findings, including a notable gap where the right document often appeared in the results but was rarely ranked first, and discussed what this means for how retrieval errors can quietly shape the evidence AI systems rely on in high-stakes financial workflows.

Join us for a live session on the micro1 Forum about AI in mental health, featuring Paola Rodríguez, MD, Eng, MSc, Director of Medical Research/SPL at micro1, Dylan Cahill, MD, Strategic AI Lead at micro1, and Dr. Milton Wainberg, MD, Psychiatry Professor at Columbia University, moderated by Mark Esposito, PhD, Chief Economist at micro1.

Held during World Suicide Prevention Month, we'll explore how AI is expanding access to mental health support, especially for those facing stigma or reaching out outside normal hours, and why changing the narrative on suicide starts with conversation. We'll go behind the scenes with the clinicians, researchers, and engineers shaping how AI systems listen and respond, discuss AI as a complement to human connection rather than a replacement, and introduce WellnessBench, micro1's benchmark for evaluating AI in mental health contexts.

Join us for a live session on the micro1 Forum about the economics of AI, featuring Mark Esposito, PhD, Chief Economist at micro1, and Frank Nagle, PhD, Chief Economist at Microsoft. Marking the first public forum since the launch of micro1's Economic Research Unit, this candid dialogue looks at how AI capability is translating into real economic value, and how organizations can measure, trust, and act on AI's economic impact using evidence from the people actually doing the work.

We'll explore the biggest blind spots in how companies currently measure AI's economic impact, the gap between AI capability and its measurable effect on a business, and what it would take for the industry to agree on a shared standard for evaluating AI's contribution.

Join us for a live session on the micro1 Forum about world models, featuring Arian Sadeghi, VP, Robotics at micro1, Derek Sarshad, Product & Operations at Odyssey, and Sam Sinha, Head of World Model Lab at 1X, moderated by Mark Esposito, PhD, Chief Economist at micro1.

We’ll explore what world models are, why they are emerging as an important complement to language models, and how they could support applications across robotics, autonomous systems, gaming, and simulation.

We’ll also look at how these systems are evaluated for predictive accuracy, physical plausibility, temporal consistency, and responsiveness to actions. This includes the role of human evaluators in reviewing model behavior, identifying failure modes, and catching edge cases as the technology moves from research toward real-world deployment.

Speakers: Arian Sadeghi, VP, Robotics at micro1, Derek Sarshad, Product & Operations at Odyssey, and Sam Sinha, Head of World Model Lab at 1X

Moderated by: Mark Esposito, PhD. - Chief Economist, micro1

Join us for a forum on micro1's Company Data Partnership Program, featuring Jerome, CFO at micro1 and David Remland, Human data at micro1

We'll cover how micro1 is partnering with companies, paying $100K–$2M+, for their real-world business workflows to help train the next generation of AI models.

We'll also dive into how the program works, common questions companies have, and what participation looks like in practice, from getting started to seeing real returns on your company's data.

Speakers: Jerome Josz - Chief Financial Officer at micro1 & David Remland - Human Data at micro1

Moderated by: Sydney Levin - Director of Partnerships at micro1

Join us for a Masterclass session on how AI is shaping the medical field, featuring Paola Rodriguez, Director of Medical Research at micro1, and Dylan Cahill, Strategic Project Lead and MD at micro1

We'll look at today's agent landscape in healthcare, walk through real case studies, and highlight the biggest opportunities for AI agents in the medical industry, moving from high-level narrative to the concrete ways medical companies can put these tools to work.

We'll also cover how micro1 partners with healthcare organizations to evaluate and strengthen their AI agents, using expert-generated data, structured workflow testing, and ongoing monitoring to help agents perform reliably in regulated, real-world clinical settings, not just in demos.

Speakers: Paola Rodriguez MD. - Director of Medical Research at micro1 & Dylan Cahill MD. - Strategic Project Lead at micro1

We're hosting a forum to discuss micro1's Company Data Partnership Program this Wednesday at 12:30pm PT.

micro1 Founder & CEO, Ali Ansari, and Chief Revenue Officer, William Almeida, will share insights on how we're partnering with 50 companies, paying $100K–$2M+, for their real-world business workflows that will help train the next generation of AI models.

Join us to learn how the program works, common questions companies have, and what participation looks like in practice.

Speakers: Ali Ansari - Founder and CEO at micro1 & William Almeida - Chief Revenue Officer at micro1

Moderated by: Sydney Levin - Director of Partnerships at micro1

We're hosting a forum to discuss micro1's Company Data Partnership Program this Thursday at 9am PT.

micro1 Founder & CEO, Ali Ansari, and Stategic AI Lead, Soliman, will share insights on how we're partnering with 50 companies, paying $100K–$2M+, for their real-world business workflows that will help train the next generation of AI models.

Join us to learn how the program works, common questions companies have, and what participation looks like in practice.

Speakers: Ali Ansari - Founder and CEO at micro1 & Soliman Aniss - Strategic AI Lead at micro1

Moderated by: Sydney Levin - Director of Partnerships at micro1

This masterclass is built for finance and AI leaders working to bridge the gap between agentic AI pilots and real-world deployment.

While many institutions have mandates to adopt AI, very few have successfully implemented agentic systems in production. In this session, micro1’s Ryan Charnov, Director of Finance Research, and Izzy Nova, Enterprise GTM Lead, will break down why, and teach a practical framework for overcoming the key barriers holding teams back, with a focus on structured human evaluation.

Blending research insights with real-world experience, this session will explore what’s actually breaking in production today, and how leading teams are addressing reliability, cost, and compliance challenges through rigorous AI evals, expert oversight, and more robust deployment strategies in financial workflows.

Speakers: Ryan Charnov - MBA at The Wharton School, micro1 expert & Izzy Nova - Enterprise Partnerships Lead at micro1

Join us for a conversation on how artificial intelligence is advancing cancer prevention, early detection, and treatment, in recognition of National Cancer Prevention and Early Detection Month. This session features Virginie Buggia-Prevot (ValoHealth), Bahar Rahsepar (PathAI), and Paola Rodriguez (micro1), moderated by Mark Esposito (micro1).

We’ll explore how AI is accelerating drug discovery, enabling more accurate and scalable diagnostics, and supporting clinicians through human-in-the-loop systems, while addressing critical challenges such as data quality, bias, interpretability, and the gap between research innovation and real-world clinical deployment.

Speakers: Virginie Buggia-Prevot, PhD. -Executive Director at ValoHealth & Paola Rodriguez MD., Director of Medical Research at micro1 & Bahar Rahsepar, PhD. - Associate Director of AI Products at PathAI

Moderated by: Mark Esposito, PhD. - Chief Economist, micro1