The Tech Talks Daily Podcast

As we increasingly turn to virtual assistants such as Amazon Alexa, Siri, Microsoft Cortana, and Google, it is already becoming easier to search for information using our voice. However, this technology often struggles to understand different accents. Fluent.ai is a Canadian company offering OEMs and user interface designers a speech interface solution for their products and services. Fluent's patented approach learns to understand the meaning of audible speech - in any language or accent.

I recently came across some mouth-watering pics on the internet that would give anyone a severe case of the munchies. But I quickly noticed many of the best photos on Instagram, Pinterest, Facebook, and Twitter were from a company called Goldbely who call themselves a curated e-commerce food marketplace. After hearing how Goldbely also raised a $10M Series A to ship food from America’s most popular restaurants, I invited Joe Ariel, CEO, and CoFounder of Goldbely on to the show.

Grabyo is the leading cloud-based video production, editing and distribution platform. Through Grabyo, users can produce, edit and broadcast live videos, with the ability to include interactive data visualizations. Grabyo also enables instant publication through social media platforms, such as Facebook, Twitter, Periscope, YouTube, and across mobile apps. The company also just announced their partnership with Buzzfeed to deliver and manage the site’s new Twitter Live show, “AM to DM.”

Today's guest Rachel Carpenter is the CEO of Intrinio – not only is it hugely disruptive data company which promises to challenge the elite minority of companies such as Reuters and Bloomberg they are also are also linked to Google and Microsoft and have been purchased by large financial institutions. The Intrinio Fintech Marketplace upends tradition, removing financial and technical roadblocks so developers can get to work.  The tech startup story of two FinTech entrepreneurs and Intrinio.

DFINITY Stifung is the organization leading research and development of DFINITY - the next generation block-chain computer protocol. Tipped as the next big development in blockchain - designed to power a web 3.0 generation of applications such as decentralized alternatives to Amazon, Dropbox etc at a fraction of the cost of traditional operations. We also discuss ICOs and how cyrptos are entering the mainstream as more people are asking how to invest on Coinbase during the holiday season.

I talk to Evergage CEO Karl Wirth about how to deliver 1:1 Personalized experiences that delight customers & grow revenues Why businesses need to care about personalization How machine learning enables real-time, one-to-one individualized experiences How to plan for personalization campaigns How and why to personalize across channels – website, web app, onsite search, mobile web, mobile app, in-store, contact center, etc. The future of personalization

In the world of tech startups, entrepreneurs know that risk comes with the territory. But as your business grows, how do you remain agile like a startup while still insulated from that same risk? How do you innovate safely? DeveloperTown is bringing startup energy and approaches to vital problems in enterprise-sized businesses. I invited Mike Kelly, DeveloperTown's Managing Partner, to discuss his vision for the company's present and future in the enterprise ecosystem.

JazzHR is a powerful, user-friendly, and affordable recruiting software that is purpose-built to help growing companies exceed their recruiting goals. The company also recently announced that it has closed a $6.6 million financing round bringing the company's total funding to $25M since launching in 2009. I invited JasHR's CEO, Pete, Lamson onto the show to explore what they are doing and learn more about the current HR Tech Scene. Pete and I also discuss the affects of net neutrality.

The craftsmanship and mechanics of the traditional watch provides a touch of class that is absent from tech wearable devices and smartwatches. Although much of this craftsmanship has been lost over the years, technology is actually uniting the best skills in the world to create something that celebrates the craftsmanship of Victorian London. Anneke Short & Jerome Robert to share their hugely successful crowdfunding story on Kickstarter.

Phil Friedman was a Soviet Union refugee who arrived in the U.S. back in 1976, speaking almost no English but well-versed in computers. He searched the ‘Help Wanted’ section of the newspaper and lands a job at one of the oldest manufacturing companies in NYC, where he is praised and consulted for his computer skills. Today, Phil is still the CEO of CGS and the company now employs more than 7,500 people across the world. We talk about his inspirational immigrant entrepreneur success story

Marco DeMello is an internationally recognized security and privacy expert with more than 20 years of experience protecting desktop and mobile devices from threats and holds 10 software patents. Previously, he spent 15 years at Microsoft and worked directly with Bill Gates. Marco has raised more than $90 million to create a profitable mobile security company with 130 million app downloads. I wanted to hear about his story & the tech startup scene in Latin America (Brasil, Argentina, and Chile)

Founded in 2009, after graduating from the TechStars program, SendGrid developed an industry-disrupting, cloud-based email service to solve the challenges of reliably delivering emails on behalf of growing companies. With over 55,000 paying customers such as Spotify, Uber, and Airbnb they help send over 30 billion emails every month. Their recent report examines digital communication preferences based on generational differences, as well as looks at the future of digital communication.  

The Unijem brand is unlike other brands that update the same product every year. Unijem is more than just a product; it is a brand of passion and dreams to create multiple great products. Jay Carty is the CEO of Unijem and Chief Designer/Creator. He is a former microbiologist who has worked for high profile companies including Seven Trent Water and Cadburys. I invited him on to the podcast to hear about his unique tech start-up story in Birmingham England.

Tech Startup Story of Liaison Technologies. Liaison Technologies provides integration and data management solutions to help customers unlock the power of a data-centric approach to their business. Liaison's cloud-based approach breaks down the barriers between data silos to tap into the valuable information needed to make better decisions, faster. I invited Rob Consoli onto the show today after hearing him say that "data is the new gold" and wanted to explore how they were making a difference.

The tech startup story behind Augment Solutions & how agents use AI suggested content to convert more of these customer interactions into revenue events. Augment is a leader in customer experience-driven artificial intelligence (AI). Augment uniquely empowers employees to deliver a superior customer experience by surfacing the best information and answers across the enterprise in real time. In addition to Dyson, current clients include Fortune 500 brands in the retail and airline industries.