Factories (The Derby Mill Series ep 01)

In the premiere of the Intrepid Growth Partners’ podcast, we meet with Rae Jeong, the CEO of Maneva AI, a Toronto-based company whose mission is to use artificial intelligence to make factories autonomous—completely run, maintained and improved by machine-learning algorithms and manufacturing robots. Rae joins our panel of experts:Ajay Agrawal, co-founder and partner, Intrepid Growth Partners Richard Sutton, pioneer of reinforcement learning and professor, University of AlbertaSendhil Mullainathan, MacArthur Genius grant recipient and professor, MITNiamh Gavin, Applied AI scientist, CEO, Emergent Platforms“The ambition that we have… is to leverage some of the work that [Derby Mill host Richard Sutton] pioneered in reinforcement learning,” says Jeong, who foresees a future with zero workforce injuries and where the cost of production is simply the cost of energy.LINKS    Derby Mill show website: insights.intrepidgp.com/podcastManeva AI websiteManeva CEO Rae Jeong LinkedInA short video about Maneva’s work transforming Laura Secord chocolate productionRich Sutton’s home page. Follow Rich on XSendhil Mullainathan’s website. Follow Sendhil on X This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit insights.intrepidgp.com