Knowledge Avatars is individualizing learning at scale
The word Avatar has significant meaning in Hindi, it means the physical representation of a deity on earth, Knowledge Avatars takes inspiration from the word and aims to create the largest database of minds on earth through its digital tutoring platform. Emiliano De Laurantiis, Founder and CEO of Knowledge Avatars joined us in this episode of Popping the Bubbl to share his vision for a new type of learning, one that is personalized to the individual, adaptive, scalable throug
Beena Ammanath: AI for the Greater Good
The incredibly inspirational Beena Ammanath, Founder and CEO of Humans for AI joined us in the latest episode of Popping the Bubbl. Beena is an accomplished computer scientist that has been focused on data throughout her professional tech journey, leading to a variety of F100 executive positions managing data, developing business intelligence and leading into big data, AI and looking at data in different ways to drive positive business outcomes. Beena is now focused on manag
Sugarlogix: making healthy sugars that are worth the addiction
During our recent IndieBio tour, we were lucky enough to speak with another game changing entrepreneur, Kulika Chomvong, CEO and CoFounder of Sugarlogix. Kulika is an avid food enthusiast that started her journey with sugar at an early age. As a child growing up in Thailand, like many kids in the US, she loved sugary drinks. Now, as an adult, Kulika has translated her passion for sugar into making sweet desserts as well as pursuing scientific breakthroughs that develop sugars
Brightidea on the Wizardry of Innovation and in Pursuit of the Adjacent Possible
We recently spoke with Matt Greeley, CEO of Brightidea a 16 year old “start-up” that has been leading the charge in solving an important problem for many global F500 companies, that of innovating in a scalable and repeatable way. While that may not seem like a tough problem for many of us in StartupLandia where innovation is the norm, for bigger companies leveraging new technologies and navigating the many ways to innovate is a huge challenge but one that is critical to survi
But will the robots eat us?
Jeremiah Owyang was kind enough to invite us into his home for our latest episode of Popping the Bubbl. He is the CEO of Crowd Companies, an innovation council for change-makers within Fortune 500 brands who want to unlock opportunities in the collaborative economy and integrate upcoming technological trends into their innovation initiatives. We started the conversation learning about Jeremiah’s personal commitment to balance in his life, or as he calls it the 3 F’s. Fitness,