"Autopilot" with Will Summerlin Turpentine

In this conversation, Will sits down with Paras Jain, co-founder and CEO of Genmo. They dive into the frontier of AI video generation powered by diffusion models and his unconventional path from self-driving cars to rapidly scaling a lean startup to 1 million global users generating videos from text. Jain shares technical breakthroughs, counterintuitive challenges, the future of personalized AI video content, the implications of deepfakes, and the role of open-sourcing video generation AI. 

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Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/7gKwwMLFLc6RmjmRpbMtEO
Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-ai-daily-brief-formerly-the-ai-breakdown/id1680633614

LINKS:
https://www.genmo.ai/

X/SOCIAL:
@WillSummerlinAI (Will)
@_parasj (Paras)

TIMESTAMPS:
(00:00:00) Episode preview
(00:01:40) Deep dive with Paras: From self-driving cars to AI startups
(00:06:27) Exploring the evolution of large language models
(00:10:08) The genesis of Genmo: Democratizing video creation
(00:11:20) Demystifying diffusion models 
(00:19:44) The future of open source vs. closed source AI models
(00:22:47) The real costs of AI-generated video
(00:25:29) Real-time image generation and video challenges
(00:25:50) Optimizing diffusion models for efficiency
(00:27:11) Exploring use cases: From social media to e-commerce
(00:29:11) The future of video generation technology
(00:33:48) Addressing the deepfake dilemma
(00:38:42) Global reach and language support
(00:44:30) The power of a small, focused team
(00:50:31) Closing thoughts and advice for AI entrepreneurs

In this episode, Will Summerlin is joined by Lin Qiao who shares her journey from leading the PyTorch team at Meta to founding Fireworks, a company focused on specialized, customized AI models for enterprise companies and startups. They explore the challenges of training and inference costs in building AI infrastructure, the potential of multimodal models, and the strategic shift from 'one model fits all' to a diverse set of specialized models. They also cover how to think about efficiency in model deployment, the advantages of open-source vs. closed-source and why her philosophy is opposite to OpenAI's.

RECOMMENDED PODCAST: 
The AI Daily Brief If you’re looking for an edge to stay up to date on everything AI, subscribe to Nathaniel Whittemore's AI Daily Brief which delivers tight episodes covering all things AI from legislation to new technologies to the philosophical debates around generalized intelligence. 

Spotify:  https://open.spotify.com/show/7gKwwMLFLc6RmjmRpbMtEO
Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-ai-daily-brief-formerly-the-ai-breakdown/id1680633614

LINKS:
https://fireworks.ai/

X/SOCIAL:
@WillSummerlinAI (Will)
@lqiao (Lin)

TIMESTAMPS:
(00:00) Preview and Intro
(02:22) From Meta to Building Fireworks AI
(04:29) Challenges and Innovations in AI at Scale
(06:53) Navigating the Tidal Wave of Generative AI
(08:27) The Evolution from Large to Specialized Models
(16:30) Open Source vs. Closed Source
(31:33) Optimizing AI from Training to Inference Costs
(37:54) The Future of Customization
(44:48) Customer Obsession
(46:20) Wrap

In this episode of Autopilot with Will Summerlin, Modern Intelligence CEO John Dulin discusses the vital role of AI for the future of U.S. military defense and intelligence. He dives into challenges like integrating AI with legacy systems, his contrarian vision for building the foundational AI platform for national security, initiatives like JADC2 and scaling human ISR analysts with AI. John also shares his journey from physics to machine learning at GRAIL before starting Modern, compares U.S. and Chinese AI progress, selling software to the DoD, and his priorities if he was President for leading in military AI. A must-watch for anyone interested in AI's impact on national security.

This show is a part of the Turpentine podcast network. Learn more: www.turpentine.co

RECOMMENDED PODCAST: 
The AI Daily Brief If you’re looking for an edge to stay up to date on everything AI, subscribe to Nathaniel Whittemore's AI Daily Brief which delivers tight episodes covering all things AI from legislation to new technologies to the philosophical debates around generalized intelligence. 

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/7gKwwMLFLc6RmjmRpbMtEO
Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-ai-daily-brief-formerly-the-ai-breakdown/id1680633614

LINKS:
https://www.modernintelligence.ai/

X/SOCIAL:
@WillSummerlinAI
@JohnDDulin

TIMESTAMPS:
(00:00:00) - The vision for AI in defense
(00:01:28) - Introducing Autopilot: The AI and Automation Podcast
(00:02:03) - Guest introduction: John's journey to founding Modern
(00:02:26) - From biotech to defense: A founder's path
(00:05:29) - The evolution of defense tech and AI's role
(00:06:26) - The challenges and opportunities in defense AI
(00:15:33) - Building the future of ISR with AI
(00:35:12) - Navigating the defense industry: Insights and advice
(00:43:43) - Visionary leadership: Transforming defense with AI
(00:49:44) - Closing thoughts and how to connect

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In this episode, Will sits down with Maggie Sin, the CEO and Co-founder of MyCompanions.ai. She shares her journey from being an influencer to leveraging AI to address the pain points in fan engagement and monetization, ethical considerations, how current engagements are being outsourced to the Philippines, mental health and the loneliness pandemic, and more. 

This show is a part of the Turpentine podcast network. Learn more: www.turpentine.co

RECOMMENDED PODCAST: 
The AI Daily Brief If you’re looking for an edge to stay up to date on everything AI, subscribe to Nathaniel Whittemore's AI Daily Brief which delivers tight episodes covering all things AI from legislation to new technologies to the philosophical debates around generalized intelligence. 

Spotify:  https://open.spotify.com/show/7gKwwMLFLc6RmjmRpbMtEO
Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-ai-daily-brief-formerly-the-ai-breakdown/id1680633614

X/SOCIAL:
@WillSummerlinAI (Will)
@MaggieSin (Maggie)
@MyCompanionsAI
@TurpentineMedia

LINKS
https://mycompanions.ai/

TIMESTAMPS:
(00:00) Exploring the creator economy and AI's role
(01:07) Welcome to Autopilot: The AI and Automation Podcast
(01:54) Maggie's journey: From influencer to AI entrepreneur
(04:07) The evolution of social media and creator-fan interaction
(06:30) Current state of engagements being outsourced to Philippines
(11:42) The future of AI in enhancing creator-fan engagement
(19:15) Voice and video: The next frontier in AI interaction
(32:06) The mental health debate: AI's impact on social media addiction and loneliness
(35:37) Closing thoughts and where to find more

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In this episode, Will interviews Jordan Domash, Cofounder and CEO of Responsiv AI. They discuss Responsiv’s data advantage, the use of AI in legal 15 years ago to now, document relevancy classification before AI, how Responsiv helps accelerate research for in-house legal teams, and much more.
This show is a part of the Turpentine podcast network. Learn more: www.turpentine.co

RECOMMENDED PODCAST: 
The AI Daily Brief If you’re looking for an edge to stay up to date on everything AI, subscribe to Nathaniel Whittemore's AI Daily Brief which delivers tight episodes covering all things AI from legislation to new technologies to the philosophical debates around generalized intelligence. 

Spotify:  https://open.spotify.com/show/7gKwwMLFLc6RmjmRpbMtEO
Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-ai-daily-brief-formerly-the-ai-breakdown/id1680633614

LINKS
https://responsiv.ai/

X/SOCIAL:
https://twitter.com/WSummerlinAI
https://www.linkedin.com/in/jordandomash
https://www.linkedin.com/company/responsiv-ai/

CONTACT:
jordan@responsiv.ai

TIMESTAMPS:
(00:00) Welcome
(00:35) Jordan’s Background
(01:15) E-discovery for Legal Tech
(02:07) Relativity’s Customer Base
(02:56) Comparing the use of AI 15 years ago from now
(04:57) Document relevancy classification before AI
(06:01) Why are companies hesitant to adopt e-discovery?
(10:46) Driving the 30% increase in legal spend
(13:55) How companies spend legal budgets between internal legal teams and external law firms
(15:49) What problem is Responsiv trying to solve?
(18:06) Case studies with Responsiv
(22:04) How Responsiv differs from ChatGPT or Perplexity
(23:42) High stakes situation
(24:04) Responsiv’s data advantage
(25:18) What’s under the hood for Responsiv
(26:48) Hallucinations in legal AI
(28:17) How do you get customers comfortable with using legal AI
(29:40) Will Responsiv be the standard in legal?
(32:13) Data advantage for a winner take all situation
(33:47) GTM Strategy and Responsiv’s Client
(36:04) The ROI of Responsiv vs using outside counsel
(33:47) Incentive structure within law firms
(43:42) AI Landscape: will GPT become vertical?
(44:58) Advice Jordan would give to himself earlier in the founder journey
(47:22) Advice for selling into legal
(51:03) Wrap

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In this episode, Will sits down with Aaron Slodov, CEO and Cofounder of Atomic, a company using AI to automate tool and die creation in manufacturing. They discuss the challenges of modern manufacturing in the tool and die making field, the current significant waste generated by inefficient processes, and how Aaron seeks to merge AI with automation to expedite product manufacturing.

RECOMMENDED PODCAST: 
The AI Daily Brief If you’re looking for an edge to stay up to date on everything AI, subscribe to Nathaniel Whittemore's AI Daily Brief which delivers tight episodes covering all things AI from legislation to new technologies to the philosophical debates around generalized intelligence. 

Spotify:  https://open.spotify.com/show/7gKwwMLFLc6RmjmRpbMtEO
Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-ai-daily-brief-formerly-the-ai-breakdown/id1680633614


LINKS:
Atomic Industries: https://www.atomic.industries/
Atomic in TechCrunch: https://techcrunch.com/2023/12/04/atomic-industries-closes-17m-seed-to-exascale-americas-industrial-base/
Autopilot Ventures: https://apv.vc/

X/SOCIAL:
@WillSummerlinAI
@APhysicist (Aaron)

TIMESTAMPS
(00:00) Preview
(02:02) Aaron Slodov’s Background
(07:15) The birth and pivot of Remesh: From social platform to market research
(18:16) What does the industry look like for tool and die makers?
(19:01) Labour dynamics in tool industries
(20:01) How does the manufacturing industry use tech today outside of Atomic?
(21:48) Timeline for traditional tool and die maker to complete the design process
(22:39) Incentives of buyers of tool and die products
(25:13) What is a die cast?
(25:42) Die casting’s 30-50% scrap rate
(26:57) Atomic’s approach and how it differs from the traditional approach
(29:52) How has AI enabled die creation?
(35:52) Atomic’s physical factory in Michigan
(40:39) Reflecting on venture and the catalyst for deep tech investing
(45:00) Reflections on the founder journey
(48:21) Wrap

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