The Good AI Podcast

Anand Sampat

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The Good AI Podcast

In this podcast, we interview leaders at AI startups that are profitable with a purpose. These companies span any vertical and are unique in their ability to tie capital incentives to doing good in society. In these interviews we explore how they did it and post about our interviews in our newsletter at https://thegoodaipod.substack.com. Happy listening!

11/03/2023

#19 Shabaz Patel - VP of Data Science on the potential for Good AI

How can technical leaders ensure AI is used for good? What protocols should we put in place to do that? In this episode we explore these questions and discuss how One Concern tackles these with their AI built to quantify natural disasters and build resilience.

42 min
10/13/2023

#18 Andy Beck - CEO of PathAI on AI-Powered Pathology

PathAI builds AI-powered algorithms to extract insights from whole-slide images to faciliate drug discovery, improved clinical diagnoses and treatments of patients with cancer and other severe diseases. In this episode, we chat with Andy Beck and explore the role of AI in healthcare, biotech and the learn about how PathAI thinks about making a positive impact on the patient.

54 min
06/23/2023

#17 Noosheen Hashemi pt. 2 - CEO & Co-founder of January AI

Noosheen is back on the pod to chat about Eden's - supplements that January AI's (https://january.ai) core virtual continuous glucose monitoring app! Chronic lifestyle diseases affect millions of Americans every year and January AI is determined to change that by changing habits and leveraging the consistency of Eden's supplements. Enjoy! Subscribe to our newsletter for a summary of the episode: https://dwdg.substack.com. You can find the full transcript here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/17aaJ0PTSNGEzuyAlYwW-ZGPKNFWDGB3jKMOwHFbj75M/edit.

44 min
01/14/2023

#16 Rohit Gupta - Founder & Impact Investor @ Future Communities Capital (FCC)

In this episode we chat with Rohit Gupta, a passionate impact investor at Future Communities Capital (FCC) where he focuses on helping accelerate the growth of early stage mission-driven companies ensuring they can put fuel on the Doing Well by Doing Good fire. From introducing founders to potential customers to providing timely advice, Rohit and team help their portfolio companies sustainably Do Well while Doing Good. We chat about practical examples of his portfolio companies in healthcare and beyond and navigate the frontiers of startup land, ending with practical advice for the listeners. Enjoy! Learn more about Rohit and his team at Future Communities Capital and their portfolio companies at https://www.futurecommunities.vc/ You can check out the portfolio companies mentioned below - Akido Labs: https://www.akidolabs.com/ - Znest: https://znest.com/ - PlenOptika: https://plenoptika.com/

52 min
09/16/2022

#15 Anuradha Ramachandran - Director & Investor @ Flourish Ventures

In this episode we chat with Anuradha Ramachandran, an experienced impact investor and Director at Flourish Ventures - a spinout from the Omidyar Network. She shares with us her journey investing in the financial rails for emerging markets, the ways their portfolio companies do well by doing good and her ethos for investing to balance both impact and business outcomes. Learn more about Flourish @ https://flourishventures.com/ and Anuradha @ https://www.linkedin.com/in/anuradharamachandran. Subscribe to our blog @ https://dwdg.substack.com for summaries of this and other podcasts. Enjoy!

46 min
04/05/2022

#14 Noosheen Hashemi - CEO & Co-founder of January AI

Check out our latest episode with January AI Co-founder & CEO, Noosheen Hashemi. She is a storied Silicon Valley veteran who was critical the early growth at Oracle and has over 20 years of experience supporting nonprofits, building a family office and funding high growth businesses. In this episode we hear about how the motive to Do Well by Doing Good drove her to start January AI and how it addresses the epidemic of chronic diseases like diabetes. We talk about her recent speech at GSB which you can find @ https://www.gsb.stanford.edu/experience/news-history/commencement/keynote-speaker-remarks In the episode she references the concept of Ikigai - or marrying what you love, what you're good at and what the world needs. You can find more about Ikigai @ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ikigai Learn more about January AI @ https://www.january.ai/ Subscribe to our newsletter for key insights from this podcast @ https://dwdg.substack.com

54 min
11/22/2021

#13 Brian Trelstad - HBS Professor and Partner at Bridges focused on Service-Based Impact Investment

Brian Trelstad teaches Social Entrepreneurship and Social Change at Harvard Business School and is a long-time impact investor. Brian is currently a Partner of the US Sustainability Growth Fund at Bridges investing in service-based companies making a difference. In this episode, he shares his experiences at Acumen, the thesis of his current fund Bridges US Sustainability Growth Fund, and provides examples of portfolio companies Doing Well by Doing Good via the for-profit services they provide. Learn more about Brian and his work at Bridges US Sustainability Growth Fund: https://www.bridgesfundmanagement.com/us/team/brian-trelstad/ Learn more about Brian and his teaching at HBS: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/profile.aspx?facId=1132519

35 min
10/04/2021

#12 Vikram Gandhi - HBS Professor and Managing Partner at Asha Impact Fund

Vikram Gandhi is a Professor of Sustainable Investing at Harvard Business School, a long-time investor, and the Managing Partner at Asha Impact Fund, an India-focused fund investing in product and services companies across multiple sectors. In this episode Vikram talks about his journey and the impetus for starting Asha Impact. We also explore the portfolio companies that are Doing Well by Doing Good and explore how impact investing is like traditional financing and what makes it different. Learn more about Vikram's teaching: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/profile.aspx?facId=103852 Learn more about Asha Impact Fund: https://ashaimpact.com/

45 min

TRAILER

Trailer - Doing Well by Doing Good: Who, What, Why, and How

Check out the trailer introducing the podcast. In this we cover a quick overview of what we mean by Doing Well by Doing Good, who we plan to highlight, why we created this, and how we plan to achieve the goal. Subscribe on Apple, Google, Spotify, or your favorite podcasting app for the latest episodes. Happy listening!

08/11/2020

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In this podcast, we interview leaders at AI startups that are profitable with a purpose. These companies span any vertical and are unique in their ability to tie capital incentives to doing good in society. In these interviews we explore how they did it and post about our interviews in our newsletter at https://thegoodaipod.substack.com. Happy listening!

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Anand Sampat
Years Active

2020 - 2023
Episodes

20
Rating

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