By Work In Progress
The podcast currently has 9 episodes available.
Welcome to the Season 1 finale of the Work In Progress Podcast! This week’s guest is TKS Alumni Alishba Imran, a 17 y/o machine learning developer and engineer. She’s worked with Sofia the Robot, she’s a CES Innovator to Watch, and she’s published a paper with David Hanson (of Hanson Robotics).
In this episode, we talk to her about:
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Welcome to the Season 1 finale of the Work In Progress Podcast! This week’s guest is TKS Alumni Alishba Imran, a 17 y/o machine learning developer and engineer. She’s worked with Sofia the Robot, she’s a CES Innovator to Watch, and she’s published a paper with David Hanson (of Hanson Robotics).
We talk to her about:
We also cover risk-taking, why being young is a superpower, and the future of AI + robotics.
Alishba's Socials:
Our socials are here!
Part 2
In 2019, Amazon delivered 2.3 billion packages in the US alone. If even 1% of those are delivered by drones in the future, we could be looking at over 65,000 drones in the sky every day. That’s not even including other logistics companies like FedEx and UPS.
TL;DR that’s a shit ton of air traffic in the next 5-10 years — AirMatrix wants to help manage it. We talk to co-founder and head of product Shayaan Haider about:
We’ll also chat about finding the right environments to innovate, the human economics of risk-taking, and entrepreneurship as a path for young South Asian people
AirMatrix Socials:
Shayaan’s Socials:
All of our socials are right here!
Part 1
In 2019, Amazon delivered 2.3 billion packages in the US alone. If even 1% of those are delivered by drones in the future, we could be looking at over 65,000 drones in the sky every day. That’s not even including other logistics companies like FedEx and UPS.
TL;DR that’s a shit ton of air traffic in the next 5-10 years — AirMatrix wants to help manage it. We talk to co-founder and head of product Shayaan Haider about:
We’ll also chat about finding the right environments to innovate, the human economics of risk-taking, and entrepreneurship as a path for young South Asian people
AirMatrix Socials:
Shayaan’s Socials:
All of our socials are right here!
Part 2: The Blueprint
Sherlock has Watson, Tony Stark has Jarvis, Kanye has Kanye: every hero has a sidekick. Jackson Cooper is a community leader, UCalgary student, and tech entrepreneur who wants to give you superpowers through an AI sidekick. We talk to him about:
JAMH, his startup building AI (computer vision & natural language processing) tools to increase sustainability Entrepreneurship and mental health Getting hit by a truck
Join us as we hear Jackson's insights into the future of sustainability, frameworks to stay mentally healthy, and how to stay motivated.
Jackson's Socials:
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Part 1: The Breakdown
Sherlock has Watson, Tony Stark has Jarvis, Kanye has Kanye: every hero has a sidekick. Jackson Cooper is a community leader, UCalgary student, and tech entrepreneur who wants to give you superpowers through an AI sidekick. We talk to him about:
Join us as we hear Jackson's insights into the future of sustainability, frameworks to stay mentally healthy, and how to stay motivated.
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Part 2: The Blueprint
In Part 1, we dove into the world of synthetic biology. In this episode, we talk to Michael about how a 19-year-old ends up doing bioengineering research with the world's best. We talk to him about:
Join us as we hear about Michael's inflexion points, the things that motivated him to get to where he is, and how to turn every challenge into an opportunity.
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More on synthetic biology here.
Part 1: The Breakdown
Step aside Build-A-Bear; Build-A-Biomolecular Machine is here. Michael Trinh is a 19-year-old UofT student and researcher who is working towards building a platform for people to manipulate mammalian cells; think CAD for biology. We talk to him about:
Join us as we hear about Michael's insights into the future of biotech, the mental models and skills you need to succeed, and why today's biology degrees are the computer science degrees of the 70s.
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More on synthetic biology here.
Giving you the breakdown on the most interesting projects in tech + the blueprint for the people building them.
Parts 1 & 2 of every new episode released Tuesdays and Thursdays. Stay tuned December 22nd, 2020 for our Season 1 premiere with Michael Trinh, an 18 y/o UofT student who's building the future of biology.
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The podcast currently has 9 episodes available.