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How AI is Improving Camel Reproduction (Yes, This is Real)

What happens when an AI company that tracks human behavior suddenly pivots to animal reproduction? You get Maksim Mershiev—an IT entrepreneur turned camel semen expert in Dubai. Yes, this episode is as wild as it sounds! Maksim is the co-founder of Avare Biotech, a company that originally developed computer vision models to monitor large groups of people and detect dangerous behavior. But after moving to the UAE, he and his team found an unexpected new use for their technology: analyzing animal semen quality using AI.