In this episode of Hybrid Minds, host Vahe welcomes RJ Pittman, Chairman and CEO of Matterport, to discuss the convergence of artificial intelligence, spatial computing, and digital infrastructure. RJ shares his vision for a future where buildings are data, real estate is programmable, and AI transforms how we manage the physical world. RJ brings two decades of experience leading at tech giants like Apple, eBay, and Google, and most recently scaled Matterport into a global platform digitizing over 55 billion square feet of physical space. Following Matterport’s acquisition by CoStar, RJ now focuses on expanding data-driven property intelligence at a massive scale. This episode is a must-listen for tech leaders, real estate professionals, and innovators exploring the cutting edge of AI, spatial computing, and enterprise transformation. Key Quotes: “ This period that we are in of technology, AI, the advancement of data sciences, unlike anything we've ever seen in humanity, not just in the tech industry, not just in any industry, set aside industry as a whole. I think the way that the human race is about to evolve is absolutely extraordinary.” RJ Pittman, on the next evolution of humanity with AI “ What people often think about super intelligent, how do you actually define what that is? And sometimes, the conventional wisdom is it's just an outsized amount of knowledge. But in other cases, it may just be that it has photographic memory on the one hand, but it also can be perfectly memory erased on the other, and, you know, changed and swapped in, and swapped out as well. With no consequence, right? And these types of fundamental aspects of what we have here, I find it to be so compelling and powerful. And then, of course, you're gonna have systems built to manage that as well, right? Is my engine getting smarter or not smarter? Is it plateauing? Do I need more data? Do I need to change, you know, the data? And managing and testing, and evaluating that on a regular basis. So it's sort of an AI-powered, you know, intelligence and health monitor, you know, for the system you've built. “ RJ Pittman, on what defines true super intelligenceTime Stamps: (02:36) Balancing AI Innovation and Safety(09:42) Challenges of Scaling AI Infrastructure(14:03) Small Language Models and Their Potential(23:48) Improving Conversational AI as it Evolves(37:12) Revolutionizing Property Inspections at Matterport(44:42) The Power of Diverse Property Data(50:16) Navigating the Challenges of Hardware and Software IntegrationLinks: Connect with RJ Pittman Visit Matterport Connect with Vahe Visit Cognaize
