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Industrial Evolution Eclipse Ventures
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Industrial Evolution is a monthly podcast that aims to inspire entrepreneurs to build deep technologies, and to help founders become more successful in their startup journey. Produced by Eclipse Ventures, a leading investor in full-stack technologies, each episode will feature conversations with exceptional leaders in the market verticals that define and drive economies, and also with Eclipse's investing partners. We will provide key insights into the digital transformation of bedrock economic sectors like energy, retail, healthcare, transportation, manufacturing and supply chain through innovations in cloud infrastructure, AI, robotics, 5G and other disruptive technologies.
Subscribe today to learn about the trends in technology and industry that are modernizing the legacy infrastructure of our economy and changing, not just the internet, but the physical world we live in.
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A Parallel Journey to the Frontlines of Industry 4.0
Before broken supply chains and resilient manufacturing were top of mind globally, forward-thinkers were already focused on solutions for digitizing these old-line industries that drew from their unique backgrounds. Saar Yoskovitz applied his academic research around speech recognition on industrial machines to detect and predict malfunctions, and went on to co-found Augury. Lior Susan parlayed his experience fueling innovation for one of the world's largest electronics manufacturers into a career investing in digital transformation as founding partner of Eclipse Ventures.
Their shared conviction to realize Industry 4.0 through company building now seems prophetic. The success of their parallel journeys thus far involve commitment to a vision few others had and finding the right allies along the way.
Show Notes:
McKinsey: COVID-19: An inflection point for Industry 4.0
YouTube: Augury: An Industry 4.0 Unicorn
Eclipse: The Inflection Point for the Industrial Evolution -
Computer-Vision Vigilance for Loved Ones
Some staggering stats: Over 90 percent of falls in memory-care facilities go unwitnessed, resulting in an industry average discovery time of 40 minutes. Worried that his mother may one day succumb to the history of Alzheimer's disease in her family, computer scientist George Netscher left his Ph.D. work at UC Berkeley's top-ranked AI research lab to launch a company focused on detecting and preventing falls through the use of computer vision and artificial intelligence. That company is SafelyYou, and George along with his COO, Shirley Nickels, join Eclipse Partner Justin Butler to share their inspiring progress and passion for elevating and evolving dementia care.
Show notes:
YouTube: SafelyYou - Using AI to Detect and Prevent Falls
TechCrunch: When grandma falls, SafelyYou is there to catch her (on video)
Eclipse: Investing in Healthcare Infrastructure -
Modernizing On-Premises Data Center Infrastructure
In our data-driven age, today's mainstream businesses need a combination of both cloud and “on premises” infrastructure with the same level of capabilities as tech giants like Amazon, Microsoft and Google. But the server racks they buy from traditional OEMs are still designed with software and hardware based on legacy architectures from the 1980s and '90s. So says industry veterans Bryan Cantrill and Jessie Frazelle, two of the founders of Oxide Computer Company, which is building a modern, vertically integrated on-prem solution that will allow enterprises to own — not rent — essential cloud capacity.
In conversation with Eclipse Partners Seth Winterroth and Kushagra Vaid, Bryan and Jessie also discuss the humanity of their deeply technical venture, through early implementation of their core values in the company and inspirational advice for future founders.
Show notes:
Oxide Computer Company: Initial Boot Sequence
The Cost of Cloud, a Trillion Dollar Paradox -
Accelerating Discovery: Supercomputing Unleashes the Power of AI
Andrew Feldman, whose company Cerebras Systems makes the world’s largest computer chip to accelerate grand artificial-intelligence applications ranging from drug discovery to new-materials research, discusses what it takes to launch a generational company, and where the biggest entrepreneurial opportunities lie as the AI revolution unfolds across society.
In conversation with Eclipse Ventures' Kushagra Vaid, Andrew shares his experience with taking on mission-impossible challenges and explains that deep-tech builders would do better to fail in the pursuit of doing something extraordinary rather than thinking incrementally.
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Cerebras Systems
IEEE Spectrum – Cerebras’ New Monster AI Chip Adds 1.4 Trillion Transistors
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Digital Transformation Defined
Our first episode is packed with first-hand insights into how our economy and bedrock industries are being transformed by autonomous systems, cloud computing, machine learning and other innovations. Kushagra Vaid and Lior Susan of Eclipse Ventures demystify digital transformation by discussing how these advanced technologies are being applied in the real world, through full-stack solutions built by companies like Bright Machines and Reliable Robotics, which, respectively, embody the future of smart manufacturing and commercial aviation.
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Bright Machines
Reliable Robotics
Eclipse Ventures
Medium: Introducing the Industrial Evolution Podcast