Best Elliot Ordower Podcasts (2025)

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SPECIAL EPISODE - The AI/XR Podcast August 26th, 2025 ft. Ft. Rokid Glasses Dev and Launch Team 16:22

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Charlie Fink hosts a special episode of the AIXR podcast with Rokid and CaringKind to discuss the launch of Rokid Glass, lightweight AI smart glasses. The conversation centers on how the device supports people with vision loss, dementia, and other disabilities through features like navigation, memory support, and safety monitoring, while also addre…

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SPECIAL EPISODE - From the Venice Film Festival August 30th, 2025 ft. Doug Liman and the 30 Ninjas team 17:24

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In this episode, recorded Friday, August 30, at the Venice Film Festival, Charlie Fink talks with director Doug Liman and the 30 Ninjas team, Juliana Tatlock and Jed Weintraub, about Asteroid, their new immersive XR film. The conversation covers the creative and technical process behind putting audiences inside a Hollywood movie, including the use …

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The AI/XR Podcast August 22nd, 2025 ft. Ft. Devon Eriksen, Author of Theft of Fire: Orbital Space #1 56:18

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This week on The AI/XR Podcast, Charlie Fink, Ted Schilowitz, and Rony Abovitz start with the latest news but quickly veer into bigger questions about where technology, storytelling, and human behavior collide. What begins as a conversation about tools and platforms spirals—in a good way—into riffs on consciousness, creativity, and what it means to…

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The AI/XR Podcast August 15th, 2025 ft. Ft. Jess Loren, CEO at Global Objects 56:14

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Jess Loren, CEO of Global Objects, joins Charlie, Ted, and Rony to talk about the company’s work creating photoreal digital twins for film, television, games, and beyond. She explains how her team scans everything from bugs to stadiums using LiDAR, photogrammetry, drones, and Gaussian splats, and why she’s building a “clean data” archive of the phy…

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The AI/XR Podcast August 8th, 2025 ft. Brent Bushnell, Co-Founder and CBO of DreamPark Immersive 50:07

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On this episode of the AI/XR Podcast, Charlie Fink, Ted Schilowitz, and Rony Abovitz welcome Brent Bushnell, co-founder of DreamPark, for an energizing conversation about the future of mixed reality entertainment. Brent shares how DreamPark turns public spaces into interactive theme parks using Meta Quest 3 headsets, enabling immersive gameplay on …

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The AI/XR Podcast August 1st, 2025 ft. Greg Shove, CEO of Section 58:23

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On this episode, Charlie, Ted, and Rony are joined by longtime tech entrepreneur Greg Shove, who shares lessons from a career spanning seven startups and multiple pivots—including a missed opportunity to buy Amazon in 1996. Now CEO of Section, Shove has repositioned the company from an online business school to an enterprise AI transformation consu…

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The AI/XR Podcast July 25th, 2025 ft. Bilawal Sidhu, former Google Maps PM, TED AI curator, and generative AI media pioneer 50:15

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In Episode 250 of the AI/XR Podcast, Charlie Fink, Ted Schilowitz, and Rony Abovitz are joined by Bilawal Sidhu, former Google Maps PM, TED AI curator, and generative AI media pioneer. The hosts discuss Trump’s executive orders on AI and censorship, South Park's viral Trump satire, and the emerging ethics of deep fakes. Sidhu shares his journey fro…

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Special Digital Hollywood Episode, guest are director Rob Minkoff (The Lion King), filmmaker and AI specialist Ellenor Argyropoulos, and writer-director John MacInnes 57:22

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On this special Digital Hollywood episode of The AI/XR Podcast, hosts Charlie Fink, Rony Abovitz, and Ted Schilowitz are joined by director Rob Minkoff (The Lion King), filmmaker and AI specialist Ellenor Argyropoulos, and writer-director John MacInnes for a candid discussion on the upheaval AI is bringing to Hollywood. The panelists agree that whi…

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The AI/XR Podcast July 18th, 2025 ft. Christopher Summerfield, a researcher from Google DeepMind and author of 'These Strange New Minds. 46:45

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In this episode of the AIXR podcast, Charlie Fink, Ted Schilowitz, and Roni Abovitz engage in a deep conversation with Christopher Summerfield, a researcher from Google DeepMind and author of 'These Strange New Minds.' They discuss the latest developments in AI, ethical considerations, the role of AI in society, and the implications of AGI. The con…

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The AI/XR Podcast July 11th, 2025 ft. Ananya Chadha, Founder of Quander.co 49:51

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On this week’s AI/XR Podcast, Charlie Fink and Rony Abovitz welcome Ananya Chadha, founder of Quander.co, a startup building AI-powered marketing agents for businesses of all sizes. Chadha, a Stanford grad with experience at Neuralink and IBM, is betting that distribution—more than product—is the defining challenge for small and large businesses in…

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Special Episode - Charlie Fink with Artur Sychov recorded in Prague on June 4th 1:06:13

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Recorded in Prague, this special episode of the AI/XR Podcast features Charlie Fink in conversation with Somnium Space founder and CEO Artur Sychov. Charlie test-drives the $3,500 Somnium VR1 headset—so sharp it out-resolves human vision—and the two dive into the future of immersive tech. Artur lays out his no-nonsense definition of the metaverse: …

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The AI/XR Podcast June 27th, 2025 ft. Randy Marsden, former Apple exec and co-founder of Skidattl 51:04

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This week’s AI/XR Podcast featured Randy Marsden, former Apple exec and co-founder of Skidattl, an AR platform for creating geo-anchored virtual signage. Charlie, Rony, and Ted discussed Apple’s AI strategy, Tim Cook criticism, and Skedaddle’s potential as a practical AR utility that doesn’t rely on headsets or complex tools. In the news: Anthropic…

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The AI/XR Podcast June 20th, 2025 ft. Scott Stein, contributing editor at CNET. 53:05

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In this episode of The AI/XR Podcast, the hosts are joined by Scott Stein, contributing editor at CNET, to discuss the evolution of XR devices and the implications of spatial computing. In the news, Disney and Universal sued Midjourney, which has just released an AI image-to-video model to its subscribers. Google's Veo 3 excels at simulating AI vlo…

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The AI/XR Podcast June 11th, 2025. AWE LIVE 245th episode 42:10

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*Warning* Bad sound quality - apologies! In this special live edition of the AI/XR Podcast from Augmented World Expo (AWE) 2025, hosts Charlie Fink and Ted Schilowitz are joined by returning guests from Zappar, co-founders Connell Gauld (CTO) and Casper Thykier (CEO) and Auki Labs' CEO Nils Phil, to explore how AI and spatial computing are merging …

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The AI/XR Podcast June 6th, 2025 ft. Bryn Mooser, founder of Asteria Studio 56:49

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In the latest episode of The AI/XR Podcast, the discussion is focused on the intersection of artificial intelligence (AI) and filmmaking, highlighted by insights from industry entrepreneur Bryn Mooser, founder of Asteria Studio. The news segment begins with an overview of Meta's shift towards automating ad creation, raising concerns over the potent…

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The AI/XR Podcast May 23rd, 2025 ft. Angela Dunning, an attorney at Cleary Gottlieb specializing in AI and copyrights. 52:18

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Rony and Ted welcome Angela Dunning, an attorney at Cleary Gottlieb specializing in AI and copyrights. With Charlie on vacation, they switched up the format, bringing Angela in at the top of the show, lacing news tidbits throughout. The big news this week was Google I/O, highlighting the $250/month Gemini Ultra model and the Veo 3 video generation …

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The AI/XR Podcast May 16th, 2025 ft. Ori Inbar co-founder and CEO of AWE 45:02

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This week the hosts dive into the Trump's AI tour of the middle east, funding news for Gen-AI companies, and gen-AI in the metaverse (Meta's builder bot is back!), Roblox adds ecommerce, and VRChat an avatar shop where users can sell unique creations, This led to a conversation about the pioneering role of Second Life. Our guest is Ori Inbar, CEO o…

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The AI/XR Podcast May 9th, 2025 ft. Nikola Todorovic, co-founder of Wonder Dynamics 52:47

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In the latest episode of "The AI/XR Podcast," the hosts welcomed Nikola Todorovic, co-founder of Wonder Dynamics, to discuss key developments in the entertainment and technology sectors. The conversation began with insights into Netflix's new vertical video content strategy and the evolving role of devices in content consumption. The hosts then exp…

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The AI/XR Podcast May 2nd, 2025 ft. Joan Bajorek, author of Your AI Roadmap 48:28

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In the latest episode of the AI/XR Podcast, the hosts engage in a dynamic panel discussion featuring guest Joan Bajorek, author of Your AI Roadmap. The conversation opens with a recap of recent corporate earnings, highlighting Meta's success and the competitive landscape involving Microsoft, Google, and Apple. Bajorek shares her personal experience…

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The AI/XR Podcast April 25th, 2025 ft. Sam Liang, founder & CEO, Otter.ai 51:48

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In this episode, hosts Charlie Fink, Rony Abovitz, and Ted Schilowitz discuss viral AI-generated media and concerns over synthetic content verification. They touch on identity theft issues arising from unauthorized use of voices in AI avatars. The conversation shifts to Infinite Reality’s controversial $3 billion funding claim, which Forbes investi…

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The AI/XR Podcast April 18th, 2025 ft. Adam Draper, Boost VC 1:01:19

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In the latest episode of "The AI/XR Podcast," hosts Charlie, Rony, and Ted welcome Adam Draper of Boost VC. First we dive into pressing industry news, including Google’s monopoly verdict and OpenAI’s user base. Adam shared his investment philosophy focused on making small pre-seed bets to minimize risk while highlighting innovative ventures like Pr…

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The AI/XR Podcast April 11th, 2025 ft. John Gaeta, CEO Escape.ai 49:11

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In the latest episode of "The AI/AR Podcast," hosts Charlie Fink and Ted Schilowitz welcomed John Gaeta to discuss his innovative project, Escape AI, which serves as a platform for emerging creators using cutting-edge technologies like game engines and generative AI. Gaeta described how Neo Cinema represents a new wave of storytelling that gives sp…

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The AI/XR Podcast April 4th, 2025 ft Patty Rangel, Producer, Impact Investor, and Futurist 56:52

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In this episode Charlie and Ted celebrate reaching over a million downloads before diving into news which includes OpenAI’s $40B raise and $300B valuation, Runway’s "paltry" $380M in funding, the fate of TikTok, and the rapid evolution of cinematic AI. Our guest is futurist, producer, and investor Patty Rangel, who recounts her journey from theater…

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The AI/XR Podcast March 28th, 2025 ft. Nils Phil, CEO of Auki Labs, and Caspar Thykier, CEO of Zappar 51:11

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This week on the AI/XR Podcast, Charlie, Rony, and Ted welcome Nils Pihl, CEO of Auki Labs, and Caspar Thykier, CEO of Zappar, to discuss a massive retail rollout in of indoor virtual positioning systems in Sweden. In the news, OpenAI’s $12B revenue and projected $125B by 2029 set off fireworks. Rony floats Sam Altman as Tim Cook’s successor. Charl…

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The AI/XR Podcast March 21st, 2025 ft. Bob Cooney, Author, Futurist, Preeminent Expert in Location-Based Entertainmen 49:44

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This week Charlie and Ted welcome an old friend, Bob Cooney, the world's preeminent expert in location-based entertainment, who has just wrapped his own VR Arcade and Attractions Summit in Las Vegas. He's particularly excited by the portable MR theme park being developed by Brent Bushnell (Two Bit Circus), who keynoted the show. In the news, Big te…

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The AI/XR Podcast March 14th, 2025 ft. David Nussbaum, founder and Chairman, Proto 47:02

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In the latest episode of the AIXR Pod, the team engages in a dynamic discussion about SXSW. Guest David Nussbaum, founder and Chairman of Proto, an innovative holographic technology The podcast kicks off with a recap of South by Southwest, where Ted and Charlie dissect the event's diminishing impact and highlight noteworthy XR experiences, includin…

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The AI/XR Podcast March 7th, 2025 ft. SXSW Programmers Blake Kammerdiner (XR) and Katie Perera (AI) 46:15

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On the opening day of SXSW 2025, the hosts are joined by SXSW Programmers Blake Kammerdiner (XR) and Katie Perera (AI) to get a preview of the conference and exhibition, an annual part of our podcast, which turns 5 in July. In the news, Google's new AI search puts the search giant in competition - with itself; MWC wrap up featured the upcoming Sams…

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The AI/XR Podcast February 28th, 2025 ft. Cecilia Shen, CEO of Cybever 50:02

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This week we welcome Cecilia Shen, CEO of Cybever, an AI-powered 3D creation platform that leverages advanced layout algorithms to enable industries to build professional-grade, production-ready environments for industrial simulations. The Metaverse was in the news this week, with the launch of HTC's Viverse (now we know what they're doing with the…

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The AI/XR Podcast February 21st, 2025 ft. Naeem Talukdar, CEO Moonvalley AI 49:17

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This week we welcome Naeem Talukdar, CEO Moonvalley AI, whose company is building a "clean" generative video model, trained exclusively on licensed video content. In the news, Niantic is selling its Pokemon Go business. The failed Humane Pin, a great idea with shockingly bad execution, is sold to HP for $116M for parts and patents, and Microsoft in…

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The AI/XR Podcast February 14th, 2025 ft. Ann Hand, CEO Super League 52:42

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Our guest this week is Ann Hand, CEO of Super League, a brand agency specializing in game platforms like Roblox and Fortnite. The news this week starts with an ironic twist: first people who are losing jobs to AI are people who work in tech. Also, tech's super bowl commercials barely made a sound. Super League started as a platform for eSports mark…

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The AI/XR Podcast February 7th, 2025 ft. Sean Mann, CEO RP1 49:41

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Charlie, Ted, and Rony welcome Sean Mann, CEO of RP1, whose Metaverse browser can support hundreds of thousands of unique users in a spatial environment. It's earning week in the tech world and the outlook for 2025, after two years of hypergrowth, is downright conservative. Love for Meta's money printing machine continued, despite continued losses …

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The AI/XR Podcast January 31st, 2025 37:01

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Charlie, Rony & Ted are guestless today. It happens. It was a busy news week. First up, Deepseek. Their model may have been trained on OpenAI. Stealing from the thieves, he called it. Big financing deals we announced this week: Softbank is investing $500 M in Skild Robotics, and Eleven Labs (AI Voices) raised $250 M. Marcus Brownlee takes the new S…

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The AI/XR Podcast January 24th, 2025 ft. Elizabeth Baron, Senior Advisor, Intelligent Immersive Simulation, UNMC iEXCEL 49:21

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Charlie and Ted welcome Elizabeth Baron, who at Ford Motor Company led Immersive Simulation for Product Development, where she combined design, engineering and manufacturing digital twins together for a holistic review of vehicles. She then moved to the University of Nebraska iEXCEL, where she is leading Intelligent Immersive Simulation to bring AI…

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The AI/XR Podcast January 17th, 2025 ft. Ashley Crowder, CEO Vntana 53:27

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This week the hosts welcome Ashley Crowder, CEO of Vntana, which manages CAD drawings and other 3D assets for companies in industries as diverse as fashion and concrete. The news segment was focused on the imminent shut down of TikTok, and rumors Elon will announce a deal to buy the platform before the deadline Sunday night. Biden mentioned tech ol…

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The AI/XR Podcast January 10th, 2025 ft. Dean Takahasi, Lead writer for VentureBeat and GamesBeat 59:23

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This week our guest is esteemed journalist Dean Takahasi, dean of tech writers, who helps us analyze this year's CES. News topics on our minds were the LA fires, which have personally affected Charlie and Ted, Meta's big announcement on content moderation, free speech, and Jensen Huang's Nvidia keynote, which promised a new AI-capable personal comp…

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The AI/XR Podcast January 3rd, 2025 ft. Gary Shapiro, CEO of CES 53:47

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Charlie, Ted, and Rony have a wide-ranging preview of CES 2025 and what to expect from the coming year from Gary Shapiro, CEO of the Consumer Technology Association which owns CES. To be sure, we'll be seeing a lot more AI in everything. Mobility, robotics, drones, wearables and healthtech are going to have a strong presence this year as well. Gary…

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This Week In XR December 20th, 2024 ft. Shelly Palmer, CEO of the Palmer Group 54:45

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Charlie, Rony, and Ted are out in full force to greet the world's foremost tech consultant and professor Shelly Palmer, CEO of the Palmer Group. We hit the news quickly, Perplexity raises $500M at a $9B valuation, ChatGPT under assault, AI's coming "clean." Our wide ranging conversation with Shelley was focused on some important trends in AI and XR…

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This Week In XR December 13th, 2024 ft. Russell Patton, Product Manager, Snap Spectacles 57:32

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This week Charlie and Rony welcome Russell Patton, Product Manager for the Snap Spectacles AR headset. It's a news week rich with AI news from OpenAI, Google, and others. OpenAI suffered a major outage on Wednesday, which may be related, according to Rony, to the theft of weighted models from its database. We thought it was related to stress on the…

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This Week In XR December 6th, 2024 ft. Michael Murray, CEO, Kopin 51:53

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This week Charlie and Ted are joined by Michael Murray, CEO of Kopin (NASDQ: KOPN), a leading developer of microdisplay and optical technologies for military and enterprise applications. Meta needs a hit entertainment franchise for its platforms, so they've made a deal with filmmaker James Cameron, to make one for them. With Elon Musk at the elbow …

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This Week In XR November 8th, 2024 ft. Alex Marsharov, Founder and CEO, Higgsfield AI 54:11

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In this week's pod the hosts discussed big tech's investment in Trump, Australia's move to regulate social media, and Google's accidental preview of Jarvis, which will be the Android answer to AI Siri, and may even launch sooner. They also highlighted a company called Mawari, which is working on tokenizing streaming XR content, aiming to simplify t…

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This Week In XR November 1st, 2024 ft. Shara Senderoff, Co-Founder, Futureverse 49:26

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This week the hosts are in full force. Rony talks about his AI startup, Synthbee. It's earnings week, so we got a look at just how much money tech companies are making and their projected investments in AI. OpenAI's ChatGPT search is coming for Google. Inbrain Neuroelectronics raised $50M, and Spot AI raised $31M to turn those janky security camera…

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This Week In XR October 25th, 2024 ft. Deniz Özgür, co-founder, co-CEO, Spacerunners 44:02

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This week our guest is Deniz Özgür, co-founder, co-CEO, Spacerunners. Space Runners is a fashion-tech platform that operates at the intersection of digital fashion, blockchain technology, and the metaverse. Deniz was named a Forbes 30 under 30 CEO last year. Spacerunners uses AI to help brands bring their products to new markets, like the Metaverse…

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This Week In XR October 17th, 2024 ft. Joaquin Cuenca Abela, Co-Founder and CEO, Freepik 47:41

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This week our guest is Joaquin Cuenca Abela, co-founder and CEO of Freepik. Rony is off for the Jewish holiday, Sukkot. Earlier in the week, he launched his new company SynthBee with $20 million dollars of VC money. Also in the news, Nvidia enters software with a high-performing open source AI model, competing with its biggest customers. Our sponso…

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This Week In XR October 10th, 2024 ft. Justin Maier, Co-Founder and CEO, Civitai 47:35

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This week the hosts are here in full force to welcome Justin Maier, co-founder and CEO of Civitai. Elon Musk of Tesla revealed of the Robotaxi and its accompanying Robobus and Optimus robots. The nobel prize in Physics went to John Hopfield and Geoff Hinton, the AI Scientist who "retired from Google" warning the NY Times about the dangers of AGI. R…

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This Week In XR October 4th, 2024 ft. Anthony Batt and Neville Spiteri, Co-Founders, Wevr 49:52

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Ted and Charlie welcome Antony Batt, Neville Spiteri, co-founders of Wevr, creators of "The Blu," one of the first experiences created for the HTC Vive in 2016. Rony is off for the holiday (Happy New Year to those who celebrate). In the news, Future Trash, an LA creative studio, scores $5M to make experiences for Fortnite. Runware AI Raises $3M for…

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This Week In XR September 27th, 2024 ft. Yonatan Raz-Fridman, CEO Supersocial 46:39

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Charlie, Rony and Ted welcome Yonatan Tal, CEO of Supersocial. First up is the flurry of announcements from Meta Connect, including the unveiling of their see-through AR headset, dubbed Orion, and more broad updates about AI. Rony shares intimate details of his conversation with Mark Zuckerberg at the prestigious Allen & Company invitation-only in …

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This Week In XR September 20th, 2024 ft. John Attanassio and Luisa Huang, Co-founders of Toonstar 50:27

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Ted and Charlie are Rony-less but happily dive into a busy newsweek, which featured new headsets from Snap and HTC, a $230 M raise for World Labs, which is focused on generating 3D AI, for worlds and assets. Also in the news Palmer Lucky to the rescue, and a Neuralink breakthrough. John Attanassio and Luisa Huang, co-founders of Toonstar, join us t…

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This Week In XR September 13th, 2024 ft. Zhen Feng, head of international, Roblox 49:11

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This week all three hosts are back in force with a great guest, Zhen Feng, Head of International for Roblox. Rony and Ted talk about a new hush-hush optics technology for XR which they believe is coming to headsets soon. It's a slow news week, but we did talk about iOs 18, Apple Intelligence (or lack thereof), and Google Shopping's virtual try-on. …

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This Week In XR September 6th, 2024 ft. Liam Broza, CTO Infinite Reality 48:24

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This week it's Ted's turn to be too busy, but Charlie and Rony are in fine form, welcoming Liam Broza, CTO of Infinite Reality. In the news, funding for AI startups big and small, including Magic AI, Story Protocol, Miris, and Gen-AI animation app, Viggle. Liam explains how Infinite Reality is turning the browser into a metaverse streaming platform…

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This Week In XR August 23rd, 2024 ft. Ryan Chapman, CEO of Motive 55:33

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This week we're joined by Ryan Chapman, CEO of Motive, focused on business applications of VR. We start with the state of the entertainment business, where Charlie throws around wildly inaccurate numbers to make the point that the music has stopped for the television networks and cable channels like MTV, which are about to be chopped up and sold fo…