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The Derby Mill Series: Pushing AI to the Limit

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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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Barney Hussey-Yeo
Founder and CEO of Cleo.
Cleo
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)
Mark Shulgan
Co-founder of Intrepid Growth Partners and an experienced investor
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Episode: Canada's AI Advantage (The Derby Mill Series ep 20)
Adam Keating
CEO and co-founder of CoLab, which uses AI to fix decision-making bottlenecks in the engineering design process.
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Episode: Generative Design (The Derby Mill Series ep 19)
Suzanne Gildert
Pioneer in humanoid robotics, working on cognitive architectures
Episode: Humanoid Robots (The Derby Mill Series ep 14)
Patricia Thaine
Co-founder and CEO of Private AI
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Episode: Data Privacy (The Derby Mill Series ep 13)
Dr. Andrew Gostine
Co-founder and CEO of Artisight
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Episode: Hospital Care (The Derby Mill Series ep 12)
Tim Koby
Co-founder and Chief Scientific Officer of Artisight
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Episode: Hospital Care (The Derby Mill Series ep 12)
Mike Gozzo
Chief Product and Technology Officer at Ada
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Episode: Customer Support (The Derby Mill Series ep 07)

Hosts

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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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.
Hospital Care (The Derby Mill Series ep 12)
Q: If you were to right now pick whatever is the most frequent or the most impactful action that happens in a hospital in response to a flag raised by your system, what's the most either most frequent or most impactful action intervention that's taken?
The most impactful action is preventing falls, which can lead to serious injuries or complications for frail patients.
Hospital Care (The Derby Mill Series ep 12)
Q: What are the biggest predictions made by the AI systems?
The biggest prediction touches on patient safety, including analyzing a patient's risk for falls based on various data inputs.
Hospital Care (The Derby Mill Series ep 12)
Q: Can you just describe for us, for a lay person and putting aside any of the AI to begin with, just what is the primary value that your company delivers to the hospitals that you work with?
We really set out to build a smart hospital, focused on productivity and eliminating disparities in care.

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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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