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EpochZero and Bilic join Tony to discuss their experience last year in the Intel Liftoff Hackathon for African AI Startups.  They talk about how to get the most out of a hackathon as well as the benefits they got from participating in this particular hackathon.
Intel supports startups through a variety of program. Hear about how Intel Liftoff Hackathon for AI Startups is supporting innovation on the African Continent. Also learn about a variety of programs, initiatives and collations driving deep tech in Africa.
Guests:
Mayowa Abejirin is an impact-driven techpreneur whose main interests are in building robotics systems and engineering AI (computer vision and language) algorithms to solve some of Africa's most pressing issues.
 
Dr. Kenneth Aguh is a medical doctor and radiologist and data scientist who is passionate about bring technology advancements into healthcare.
 
Saminu Salisu is a Certified Software Developer and the technical founder of Bilic. He is a PhD candidate at TU Wien with a research focus in Data Engineering and holds a master's degree in Electronic Security and Digital Forensics.
 


Mayowa Abejirin



Dr. Kenneth Aguh



Saminu Salisu

 
Resources:
EpochZero
https://epochzero.xyz
 
Bilic
https://bilic.io
 
Intel® Liftoff Hackathon for African AI Startups
https://airtable.com/apphzz2omOZhalJDw/pagjhWl13D0jE2hnU/form
 
ModusAfrica
https://modus.vc
 
Intel® Tiber™ Developer Cloud

https://cloud.intel.com
 
 
 

 

Dr. Bienvenu Soglo joins Tony to discuss the challenges of deep tech AI start up in Africa, and how the second annual Intel Liftoff Hackathon for AI Startups is helping to bridge some of those gaps.  They also discuss supporting the African continent to foster innovation.
Intel supports startups through a variety of program. Hear about how IntelLiftoff Hackathon for AI Startups is supporting innovation on the African Continent. Also learn about a variety of programs, initiatives and collations driving deep tech in Africa.
Guests:       



Dr Bienvenu Soglo


 

 
Resources:
Intel® Liftoff Hackathon for African AI Startups
https://airtable.com/apphzz2omOZhalJDw/pagjhWl13D0jE2hnU/form
 
ModusAfrica
https://modus.vc
 
Um6P Mohammed VI Polytechnic University
https://um6p.ma/en
 
Prosper Africa
https://www.prosperafrica.gov
 
iZET Hub
https://izet.zetech.ac.ke
 
Open Startup
https://www.linkedin.com/company/open-startup-international/
 
FAST Accelerator
https://www.fastaccelerator.com
 
Innov8 Hub
https://www.innov8hub.ng
 
N50 Project
https://www.n50project.org

Rahul Nair joins Tony to discuss how Generative AI is changing how innovators innovate and how this shows up in the many hackathons Intel Liftoff for Startups participates in. They talk about how GenAI enables creating UIs from drawings, building backend solutions in hours instead of months and bring immediate value from ideas.

Ben Asaf, CTO and Co-Founder of CLIKA, joins Tony to talk about bringing AI solutions to every device through various technologies that optimize models while retaining high levels of accuracy.  They also talk about the future of artificial intelligence software and hardware and how AI may need to change to really impact more users.
Find this video podcast and others on the Intel Software Channel on YouTube!https://www.youtube.com/@IntelSoftware/podcasts
Guest:
Ben Asaf - CTO/Co-Founder of CLIKA



Ben Asaf


 

Learn more:
CLIKA: https://www.clika.io
Intel Ignite: https://intelignite.com
Intel® Core™ Ultra Processors: https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/products/details/processors/core-ultra.html
Intel Gaudi AI Processors: https://habana.ai

David Berenstein joins Tony to discuss how Argilla is scaling LLM AI solutions.  They touch on how Argilla's end to end solutions simplify deploying LLMs in practice using their open source stack.  They also talk about how they are taking advantage of Intel Developer Cloud and Intel Gaudi AI Accelerators.  They also talk about how open source based software companies support their customers.
Find this video podcast and others on the Intel Software Channel on YouTube!https://www.youtube.com/@IntelSoftware/podcasts
Guest:
David Berenstein - Developer Advocate Engineer @ Argilla



David Berenstein


 

Learn more:
Argilla
https://argilla.io
Intel® Liftoff for Startups
https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/developer/tools/oneapi/liftoff.html
Intel® Developer Cloud
https://cloud.intel.com
Intel Gaudi AI Accelerators
https://habana.ai
Hugging Face Spaces
https://huggingface.co/spaces
Intel® Geti™
https://geti.intel.com

 

Markus and Florian of Starwit Technologies join Tony to talk about how AI can make our cities smarter using existing infrastructure.  They also talk about how AI is changing the development process and the rapidly changing AI landscape.
Guests:
Markus Zarbock - CEO/CoFounder Starwit Technologies
Florian Stanek - Technical Lead CoFounder Starwit Technologies



Markus Zarbock



Florian Stanek

Learn more:
Starwit Technolgoies
https://starwit-technologies.de/
Intel® Liftoff for Startups
https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/developer/tools/oneapi/liftoff.html
Intel® Xeon® CPU Max Series
https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/products/details/processors/xeon/max-series.html