Today on the podcast is Oliver Mitchel. Oliver is a visionary about the future of robotics and artificial intelligence. He’s been blogging about the topic since 2011 via robotrabbi.com, which is as brilliant of a blog as it is funny a name, and is the currently founder and principle of the VC firm Autonomy Ventures.

Oliver has an amazing career as an entrepreneur and investor. In his early 20s, he cofounded an ATM company and sold it to American Express in less than 3 years. Since then, he’s been starting and investing in companies that run the gamut of robotics.

Oliver is a very thoughtful historian and futurist. We talk about the future of jobs and why they’re important to people beyond a salary. He gives his thoughts as an investor about the industries where AI will have its biggest impact. And he goes into what he considers one of his most poignant failures.

We get pretty into robots and AI here, so I hope you enjoy. It is my pleasure to introduce to you, Oliver Mitchell.