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Tech Optimist: An Alumni Ventures Podcast — 102 episodes
#102 - Meet the Startup Transforming CO₂ Into Synthetic Fuels
#100 - 100 Episodes of Optimism: A Look Back at Our Best Moments
#99 - Three Breakthroughs: Big AI vs Little AI
#98 - Meet the Startup Offering Developers a Toolkit To Resolve Their Most Pressing Problems
#97 - Three Breakthroughs: The AI Arms Race
#96 - Meet the Startup Optimizing Telemetry Data for a More Efficient Future
#95 - Three Breakthroughs: The Return of Supersonic Travel?
#94 - 3 Big Stories in AI
#93 - Meet the Startup Revolutionizing B2B With Revenue Automation
#92 - Three Breakthroughs: A Survey of the AI Landscape
#91 - Blue Flame Thinkers: Ernest Scheyder
#90 - Meet the Startup Revolutionizing Digital Ownership with AI and Blockchain
#89 - Three Breakthroughs: The Future of Fighting Wildfires
#88 - Three Breakthroughs: The latest in AI, Net Neutrality, and Drones
#87 - Meet the Startup Changing How We Authenticate Everything
#86 - Meet the Startup Redefining Blockchain Speed and Decentralization
#85 - Meet the Startup Turning Employee Departures Into Brand-Building Opportunities
#84 - Three Breakthroughs: AlphaFold 3
#83 - Introducing Two: The Fintech Making B2B Purchases As Easy as B2C
#82 - Meet the Startup Innovating Naval Operations With Uncrewed AI-Driven Ships
#81 - Three Breakthroughs: AI and Careers for College Grads
#80 - Meet the Startup Revolutionizing Perishable eCommerce Fulfillment
#79 - Meet the Startup Making Analytics Effortless With AI
#78 - Three Breakthroughs: 2024 Election—Polling Is Dead, Prediction Markets Are In
#77 - Meet the Startup Helping Dev Teams Build Better With AI
#76 - Meet the Startup Transforming Mobile Shopping With AI
#75 - Three Breakthroughs: AI Agents—They Came, They Saw, They Conquered
#74 - Meet the Start Up Putting Data in the Hands of Every Basketball Player
#73 - Meet the Startup Driving the Future With Autonomous Trucks
#72 - Three Breakthroughs: AI and Nuclear Energy
#71 - Blue Flame Thinkers: Russell Hannigan
#70 - Three Breakthroughs: More on AlphaFold
#69 - Meet the Startup Turning Bitcoin Into A Yield-Generating Asset
#68 - Meet the Startup Bringing Blockbusters to Your Tabletop
#67 - Meet the Startup Unlocking Crypto-Backed Loans
#66 - Three Breakthroughs: Digitizing Smell Using AI
#65 - Meet the Startup Bringing Lactation Suites to the Modern Office
#64 - Meet the Startup Revolutionizing Carbon Capture
#63 - Meet the Start-Up at the Center of the Voice-Computer Revolution
#62 - Three Breakthroughs: Warfare Goes High-Tech
#61 - Meet the Startup Reinventing Aircraft
#60 - Meet the Start-Up Focused on Microbe-Tech
#59 - Meet the Startup Gamifying Your Training Gains
#58 - Meet the Start-Up for Cat Ladies (and Guys)
#57 - Meet the Startup Revolutionizing A/B Testing With AI
#56 - Three Breakthroughs: OpenAI’s Latest Release
#55 - Blue Flame Thinkers: Kyla Scanlon
#54 - Meet the Startup Reimagining Death for a Sustainable Future
#53 - Three Breakthroughs: Tech and Our Brains
#52 - Meet the Start-Up Reinventing Patent Work With AI
#51 - Meet the Startup: Bezel – The New Platform for Watch Enthusiasts
#50 - Suing the FDA: GLP-1 Makers Using Chevron Ruling to Take On the FDA?
#49 - Meet the Startup Building Secure Data Warehouses for Our Ever-Changing World
#48 - Three Breakthroughs: Tech Bro Cities, Making Money in Space, and AI Recruiting Is Already Here
#47 - Sahara AI: Tools To Help You Own and Monetize Your Personal Information
#46 - High-Tech, High-Touch: How Salvo Health is Transforming Chronic Care
#45 - Three Breakthroughs: 529s Are Dead, Sodium Batteries?, and 1 Billion Robots by 2030
#44 - Meet the Start-Up Bringing AI to Town Infrastructure
#43 - Meet the Start-Up With the AI Engine Transforming Customer Understanding
#42 - Transforming Supply Chains With AI: Meet the Disruptor
#41 - Revolutionizing Warehousing: Meet the Start-Up Changing the Game
#40 - Three Breakthroughs: Brain-Computer Interfaces, Advanced Neural Networks, and Ozempic Trade Update
#39 - Meet the Startup Unifying the Digital & Physical Worlds
#38 - Meet the Startup Building Smart AI-Powered Dumbbells
#37 - Three Breakthroughs: Search 2.0., Advances in Exo-Suits, and These New Blood Tests Change Everything
#36 - Mastering VR Combat: The Future of Gaming with Sinn Studios
#35 - Meet the Startup Leveraging AI for Strategic Talent Placement
#34 - Three Breakthroughs: AI Spot Mass Shooters, Quantum Material Breakthrough, and CAR-T Show Promise With Brain Tumors
#33 - AI Body-Cams: The Startup Transforming Policing
#32 - Meet the Start-up That’s Making User Onboarding Easy
#31 - Three Breakthroughs: Why Are SMRs (Small Modular Reactors) a Thing?
#30 - Meet the Startup Revolutionizing Road Safety with Radar Tech
#29: Three Breakthroughs: Exciting News on Alzheimer’s, Warming Globe Problems and Solutions, and Smart Antibiotics
#28 - The Father of Modern Rocket Science
#27 - Life-Changing Brain–Computer Interface Technology
#26 - Three Breakthroughs: Chevron and the Startup Space, Bridge Gene Editing Breakthrough, and AI Arms Race
#25 - Squads of AI Agents Acting on Your Behalf
#24 - This Startup Is Making Your Daily Products Safer
#23 - Three Breakthroughs: Regulatory Pushback, Glassy Gels, and the Year of the Drone
#22 - Is Your Solar ROI as Bright as Promised?
#21 - Transforming 911: The New Company Updating These Lifesaving Calls
#20 - Three Breakthroughs: Nuclear Is Back, Non-GMO Rice Innovation, and a Radical Approach to Antibiotic Discovery
#19 - 3D Body Scans: Coming to Your Gym
#18 - My Dentist Is on TikTok
#17 - Three Breakthroughs: Are Doctors Doomed, Space Breakthrough, and Is a Cure for Diabetes Coming?
#16 - A Discussion on the Future of Knee Replacements
#15 - Developing the Circular Economy for People, Planet, and Profit
#14 - Our Children Can't Read
#13 - Three Breakthroughs: College Sports Turn Pro, Miles Per Gallon Becomes Outdated, and Ethereum ETFs
#12 - Breaking Congressional Gridlock
#11 - Three Breakthroughs: Huge Oil Found in Antarctica, Apple and AI, Warp Drive Breakthrough
#10 - GLP-1: A VC’s Personal Experience
#9 - Three Breakthroughs: Brain Computers, Ohalo, & Manipulating Weather
#8 - One Startup to Know: UserHub
#7 - Future You is Begging for a Financial Plan
#6 - You're The Weak Link
#5 - Net Zero Heroes: CarbonCapture Insights
#4 - Dad Dies, Now The Work Starts
#3 - Divorcing Divorce Lawyers
#2 - Not Your Grandpa’s Nuclear Reactor
#1 - High Heels on the Job Site
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