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The Derby Mill Series: Pushing AI to the Limit

Intrepid Growth Partners
Artificial Intelligence
Reinforcement Learning
Machine Intelligence
AI In Manufacturing
Humanoid Robots
The Bitter Lesson
Colab
Automation
Factory Automation
Maneva
Geologic Exploration
Mining
Large Language Models
Appliedai
Business Productivity
Machine Learning
Engineering Design
Healthcare
Deepseek
Geologic AI

A podcast all about artificial intelligence, LLMs, machine learning and reinforcement learning, featuring the founders building the next generation of AI-driven companies. Host Ajay Agrawal leads panellists Rich Sutton, Sendhil Mullainathan, Niamh Gavin and Suzanne Gildert through discussions with entrepreneurs. Each episode explores what’s possible when cutting-edge research meets real-world impl... more

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In our latest episode, Intrepid’s Derby Mill podcast features the CEO and co-founder of UK-based PhysicsX, Jacomo Corbo, for a special in-person episode filmed at our Annual General Meeting in London. The interview, conducted by host Ajay Agrawal and... more

UK-based Relay is a fast-growing delivery company whose mission is to lower the cost of last-mile fulfillment. CEO and co-founder Jonathan Jenssen say his team is reinventing networks for modern e-commerce. Relay covers about 23% of the UK, has a 4% ... more

How are companies using AI to improve the healthcare journey for consumers? And how will things evolve at the limit, where wearable technology integrates with electronic medical records and medical agentic AI analyzes everything on the fly to issue r... more

A response from the Derby Mill team of AI experts to Anthropic co-founder Jack Clark’s recent Substack essay, “AI systems are about to start building themselves.” In the essay, Clark predicts that “no-human-involved AI R&D - an AI system powerful eno... more

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Mike Serbinis
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Ben Alari
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Tomi Poutanen
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Episode: Managing AI Platforms for Healthcare (ep 27)
Rich Sutton
Reinforcement learning pioneer
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Episode: How Will OpenClaw Change Agentic AI? (ep 26)
Sendhil Mullainathan
Machine learning researcher focusing on human decision-making
MIT/Harvard economist
Episode: How Will OpenClaw Change Agentic AI? (ep 26)
Niamh Gavin
Applied AI scientist focusing on foundation models
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Episode: How Will OpenClaw Change Agentic AI? (ep 26)
Barney Hussey-Yeo
Founder and CEO of Cleo.
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Episode: Personal Finance and AI with Cleo founder and CEO Barney Hussey-Yeo (The Derby Mill Series ep 22)
Evan Solomon
Canada's AI Minister
Episode: Canada's AI Advantage (The Derby Mill Series ep 20)
Adam Keating
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Ajay Agrawal
Co-founder and partner at Intrepid Growth Partners; host of The Derby Mill Series; focuses on AI strategy, investment, and ecosystem building.
Rich Sutton
Pioneer of reinforcement learning; noted for AI research leadership and industry impact discussions.
Sendhil Mullainathan
MacArthur Genius recipient; applies machine learning to human decision making; frequent in AI governance and policy discussions.
Niamh Gavin
Applied AI scientist and founder; focuses on practical AI applications and productization.

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Healthcare Customer Experience (ep 30)
Q: Could you say a bit more about what it means for the League platform to be AI powered?
The platform started with ML-powered personalization, using a content recommendation approach and real-time, 2B interactions to tailor next-best actions across care, appointments, and adherence. They also use purpose-built healthcare SLMs and large frontier models for faster, cost-effective inference, and to drive dynamic health journeys.
How Will OpenClaw Change Agentic AI? (ep 26)
Q: Can you give listeners an example of an action it can take besides chatting?
It can autonomously handle daily tasks such as scanning emails, drafting responses, checking calendars, and ordering groceries, effectively acting as a personal assistant and chief of staff by executing multi-step actions across apps.
How Will OpenClaw Change Agentic AI? (ep 26)
Q: First off, for listeners who just think of AIs as chatbots, can you explain how OpenClaws are different than chatbots?
OpenClaw extends beyond retrieval to action, running on personal devices, integrating with apps and environments, enabling tasks to be performed in the background with privacy and personalization, which makes it a more proactive, capable agent than typical chatbots.
Personal Finance and AI with Cleo founder and CEO Barney Hussey-Yeo (The Derby Mill Series ep 22)
Q: Is there a particular onboarding period you require or have you found that users react and not feel like it's overreach?
Barney confirms that they aim to establish trust early by providing value upfront during onboarding.
Personal Finance and AI with Cleo founder and CEO Barney Hussey-Yeo (The Derby Mill Series ep 22)
Q: Can you just give listeners a sense of how many people use the application?
Barney explains that Cleo has millions of active users and is achieving significant annual recurring revenue.

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The Derby Mill Series centers on artificial intelligence, machine learning, and reinforcement learning, with a focus on how cutting-edge research translates into real-world AI-driven products and companies. Episodes frequently feature AI researchers and startup founders, discussing topics like AI operating systems, robot automation, healthcare AI, data privacy, and AI in advertising and manufacturing. The conversations tend to balance technical depth with practical business impact, highlighting.from the panelists' perspectives the opportunities, challenges, and governance considerations when building scalable AI solutions for enterprise customers. Notable motifs include the interplay between research breakthroughs and productization, the im... more

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