AI in NYC Show
Episodes
EP 17: Governing AI for Real - With Alayna Kennedy, MasterCard
26 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
n Episode 17 of AI in NYC, hosts Rob May, Ryan Eppley, and Anna Kirk sit down with Alayna Kennedy — Director of AI Governance at MasterCard — to t...
EP 16: From Classroom to AI Lab: Albert Chun + OpenClaw, Anthropic vs. the Pentagon
20 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Albert Chun, founder of AI Circle, joins Rob, Ryan, and Anna to talk about building one of AI's most intentionally small communities — and why turni...
EP. 15: From "Her" to Reality: How AI is Changing Sex and Dating in 2026
13 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of AI in NYC, hosts Rob May (Neurometric) and Ryan Eppley (Root Access) dive deep into the intersection of human intimacy and artifici...
From x.ai to ChatGPT Ads: Dennis Mortensen on AI Scheduling, Bubbles & Apple's Mistake | AI in NYC
25 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Dennis Mortensen, 20-year NYC entrepreneur and founder of x.ai (the AI scheduling assistant), joins Rob May and Ryan Eppley to share war stories from ...
AI in NYC - Episode 13: AI in Healthcare, Grok's Deepfake Scandal & Yann LeCun Leaves Meta w Carrie Hodge
10 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Caroline (Carrie) Hodge, CEO & Co-founder of Dimer Health, joins us to talk about building an AI-powered healthcare company that bridges the gap b...
AI In NYC EP. 12: 6 New York AI Startups You Need to Know (2025 Year-End Showcase)
29 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
We're closing out 2025 by showcasing 6 incredible AI startups building right here in New York City — the applied AI capital of the world.Rob May and...
AI In NYC EP. 11: 2025 Year End Wrap-Up Episode with Jason Hiner (The Deep View)
22 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Jason Hiner, Editor-in-Chief of The Deep View, joins AI In NYC hosts Rob May and Ryan Eppley to break down the biggest AI stories of 2025; from DeepSe...
AI in NYC Ep. 10: Nvidia vs AMD & the AI Power Crunch — Doug O’Laughlin, SemiAnalysis
10 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In Episode 10, we sit down with Doug O’Laughlin, President of SemiAnalysis and author of Fabricated Knowledge, to break down the truth behind GPUs, ...
AI in NYC Episode 9: Inside the AI Deepfake War with RealityDefender’s Ben Coleman
05 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode: Rob May and Anna Kirk sit down with Ben Coleman, founder & CEO of RealityDefender, to talk about the future of deepfakes, misinfo...
AI in NYC Episode 8: Why Nonprofits Need AI — With Jenni Warren & Jake Porway of Decoded Futures
20 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Why Nonprofits Need AI Now — With Jenni Warren & Jake Porway of Decoded Futures In Episode 8 of AI in NYC, hosts Rob May (CEO & Co-founder, ...
Episode 7: The Future of AI Hardware with Waleed Atallah (Mako CEO)
17 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to AI in NYC! In Episode 7, hosts Ryan Eppley (Root Access) and Anna Kirk (Thread AI) sit down with Waleed Atallah, CEO of Mako, to dive deep ...
How Sam Koch from FeedbackNow is Using Real-World AI to Transform Private Equity
10 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
FeedbackNow VP of AI, Sam Koch, joins the show to share how he’s actually using AI, not just talking about it. From automating real workflows to bri...
Do Resumes Still Matter? AI, Job Hunting & the Future of Work | W/ Joe Perrotta - CEO of SimpleApply
27 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Discover SimpleApply — the smarter way to land your next job!Visit: https://simpleapply.aiHosts: Rob May — CEO & Co-founder, NeuroMetric AIAnn...
AI in NYC Episode 4: Joe Dormani from Thompson Reuters Ventures
21 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Hosts:Rob May — CEO & Co-founder, NeuroMetricAnna Kirk — Chief of Staff, Nadia PartnersRyan Eppley — Co-founder & CEO, Root AccessGuest:...
AI IN NYC Episode 3: Eric Litman from Aescape on Robotic Massage
03 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode Rob and Ryan interview Eric Litman, CEO of Aescape, which builds a robotic massage table. Eric talks about how robotics has exploded ...
AI In NYC Episode 2: Stephen Messer of Collectivei
01 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode Rob, Anna, and Ryan talk to Collectivei co-founder Stephen Messer and discuss his background as an early NYC tech entrepreneur, and bu...
AI In NYC Episode 1: Charlie O'Donnell
01 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Listen to Rob, Anna, and Ryan discuss the New York tech scene and recent AI articles with Charlie O'Donnell. Charlie is a life long New Yorker and lo...
The Secret Sauce of Accurate AI Forecasting with Dan Schwarz of FutureSearch
06 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to exhilarating episode of AI Innovators with Rob May! In this episode, Rob is joined by Dan Schwarz, founder of FutureSearch, for an in-depth...
AI's Role in Building Brand Affinity and Loyalty with Noah Brier and Catherine Perloff
08 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to exhilarating episode of AI Innovators with Rob May! In this episode, we explore the transformative power of AI in marketing and branding wi...
Lending a Hand: AI’s Impact on Credit Solutions with Scott Weller of EnFi
04 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to another exciting episode of AI Innovators with Rob May! In this episode, we dive deep into the intersection of artificial intelligence and ...
Breaking Down AI’s Zero-Sum Game with Karen Hao
18 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to another episode of AI Innovators with Rob May, where we explore the transformative impact of artificial intelligence on various industries....
Future-Proofing Video Editing with Joseph Jorgensen of Capsule
22 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to another episode of the AI Innovators Podcast! I'm your host, Rob May, and in today's episode, In today's episode, our distinguished guest ...
Predicting AI Innovations and Key Players in 2025 with Half Court Ventures Team
31 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to another episode of the AI Innovators Podcast! I'm your host, Rob May, and in today's episode, we're wrapping up the year with a bang by loo...
Finding the Next Big AI Success with Kevin Novak
27 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to another exciting episode of the AI Innovators Podcast! I'm your host, Rob May, and today we have a truly special guest joining us: Kevin No...
Boosting Underwriter Productivity with Alex Schmelkin of Sixfold AI
20 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to another exciting episode of the AI Innovators Podcast! I'm your host, Rob May, and today we're diving into a truly unique domain as we expl...
Predictive Analytics and AI with Pawel Zimoch of Featrix.AI
14 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome back to another episode of AI Innovators with Rob May, the podcast that deep dives into how AI is reshaping industries and the groundbreaking ...
Unlocking New Frontiers with Generative AI with Kojo Osei
31 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to another exciting episode of AI Innovators with Rob May! In today's episode, we are thrilled to have Kojo Asai from Matrix Capital as our gu...
Feedback Now’s Real-Time Feedback Evolution with Steve Peltzman and Sam Koch
16 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to another exciting episode of 'AI Innovators with Rob May.' This is the podcast where we dive deep into the transformative world of artificia...
From Email Clients to AI Agents: Insights on Building AI-Powered Sales Tools with Jason Patel of OpenForge
09 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to AI Innovators podcast with your host, Rob May.In this episode of the AI Innovators podcast, I chat with Jason Patel, founder of Openfo...
Introducing AI Innovators : How AI is Reshaping Future Markets
04 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
I'm your host, Rob May, a seasoned entrepreneur and investor in over 100 AI startups. In this series, we dive deep into candid conversations with the...
Overcoming Search Challenges in E-Commerce with Alex Gunnarson and Zach Hudson of Onton
02 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to AI Innovators podcast with your host, Rob May. In this episode of the **AI Innovators podcast**, I chat with Alex Gunnarson and Zach Hudson...
Solving The Right Problems Using AI with Derek Larson
25 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to AI Innovators podcast with your host, Rob May. In today's episode, we're excited to delve into the dynamic landscape of AI with Derek Larso...
AI Startups and Enterprise Adoption: with Jaclyn Rice Nelson from Tribe AI
18 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome back to another episode of the AI Innovators podcast! I'm your host, Rob May, and today we have a fascinating conversation lined up with an ex...
Breaking Down AI Myths with Arthur Tisi and Harold Goldstein from Hunova
11 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to back to another episode of the AI Innovators podcast! I'm your host, Rob May, and today we're diving into the intersection of AI and human ...
Innovative Ways to Acquire Data for AI with Margaret Quigley
04 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to the AI Innovators podcast with your host, Rob May.Today, we're joined by Margaret Quigley from Cohere, a pioneering company in the AI space...
Alex Galkin from Competera
28 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Competera enables retailers to increase customer trust by setting and maintaining optimal price positions on a real-time basis by leveraging the power...
AI Innovator's Podcast: Manuel Zahariev from anyw.ai
13 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Anyw.ai sells a fully packaged business solution by helping businesses stay in touch with their users. The company gives businesses actionable and qua...
AI Innovator’s Podcast: Kayla Comalli from Lovelace Studios
24 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Lovelace uses AI to bring worlds to life as a generative 3D content/experience platform. In this podcast Kayla Comalli, co-founder and CEO, talks abou...
AI Innovator’s Podcast: Neil Serebryany from CalypsoAI
15 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
CalypsoAI gives organizations the ability to trust their AI through validation, monitoring, and ongoing security. The company empowers enterprises to ...
AI Innovator’s Podcast: Erik Duhaime from Centaur Labs
04 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Centaur Labs provides skilled data annotation services for companies that are building AI, specifically in the medical and life science industries. Th...
AI Innovator’s Podcast: Jeff Orkin from Central Casting AI
20 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Central Casting AI provides game developers with pre-trained non-player characters (NPCs) for games. These characters come with intelligence, behavior...
AI Innovator’s Podcast: Eric Olson from Consensus
20 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Consensus is a product led, product first company with a mission to make science accessible and consumable for all using AI. Consensus uses natural la...
AI Innovator’s Podcast: Parasvil Patel from Radical Ventures
02 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Radical Ventures is the largest AI focused VC fund in North America. From healthcare and financial services to infrastructure and manufacturing, Radic...
AI Innovator's Podcast: Alex Wiltschko from Osmo
18 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this podcast Founder, Alex Wiltschko, talks about how Osmo is adding a new sensory modality to machines by teaching them to smell through reading, ...
AI Innovator's Podcast: Susan Conover from Piction Health
17 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Piction Health uses AI to identify skin diseases to streamline their virtual care delivery. Piction Health provides immediate help and support for the...
AI Innovator's Podcast: Rob Shavell from Intelligent Relations
03 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Intelligent Relations combines the latest AI technology with deep PR industry expertise to democratize access to the media. In this podcast, Chairman,...
AI Innovator's Podcast: Arun Iyengar from Untether AI
24 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Untether AI helps companies execute AI workloads to run neural networks faster and more cost-effectively using at-memory computing. In this podcast, C...
AI Innovator's Podcast: Jay Newton-Small from MemoryWell
10 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
MemoryWell combines the power of storytelling with innovative data insights to help care providers provide more empathetic and personalized care to th...
AI Innovator's Podcast: Yuval Gonczarowski from Akooda
05 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Akooda is the world's first Ops Intelligence platform, providing true insights on top of existing SaaS tools used across the digital footprint. A...
AI Innovator's Podcast: Kwame Ferreira from Synthetic Users
19 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Synthetic Users is service that uses LLMs for user feedback. Their goal is to make product discovery faster, more affordable and more efficient than e...
AI Innovator's Podcast: Otto Hanson and Evan Harris from Termscout
08 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
TermScout is an AI tool that highlights key components of common business contracts and informs the user if they are standard market terms or outliers...
AI Innovator's Podcast: Tommy Weir From Enaible
31 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Tommy Weir is the CEO of Enaible, a company focused on enterprise AI productivity tool. Hear Tommy talk about lessons learned measuring productivity...
Investing in AI: Mady Mantha From HappyPillar
20 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Mady Mantha is the Co-Founder and CTO at HappyPillar - an app that uses NLP to help coach parents through better interactions with their children. H...
Investing in AI: Benjamin Cohen from Proton.ai
19 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Hear Benjamin Cohen, CEO of Proton.ai, talk about how to apply artificial intelligence to the distribution business - a large sector of the economy cu...
Investing in AI Episode 15: Michelle Zhou on Chatbots
15 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, I talk to Michelle Zhou about chatbots, natural language processing, and why teaching AI to listen is as important as teaching AI to ...
Investing in AI Episode 14: Amy Webb From The Future Today Institute
03 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode I interview Amy Webb from the Future Today Institute, and we discuss her book on technology - The Big Nine, and all the issues AI/ML c...
Investing in AI Episode 13: Rob Aitken From ARM
20 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, I talk to Rob Aitken from ARM about AI hardware and the future of edge AI. Rob explains the differences between CPUs and GPUs, what...
Investing in AI Episode 12: Ash Fontana and The AI-First Company
16 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Ash Fontana discusses his book "The AI-First Company: How to Compete and Win With Artificial Intelligence". We discuss ...
Investing in AI Episode 11: Karim Lakhani on Competing in the Age of AI
26 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Karim Lakhani, a professor at Harvard Business School, discusses his book "Competing in the Age of AI." We talk about h...
Investing in AI Episode 10: Dave Girouard from Upstart
13 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Upstart is a publicly traded company (NASDAQ: UPST) that provides AI powered loan approvals for banks. Listen as Dave talks about why there is a h...
Investing in AI Episode 9: Matt Jones from Sourse AI
03 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Matt Jones from Sourse discusses a common challenge among AI companies - how much to focus on a horizontal platform vs a vertical int...
Investing in AI Episode 8: Rana El Kaliouby of Affectiva
21 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Rana is computer science PhD, an expert in AI for emotions, and CEO of Affectiva. Listen in to hear her discuss emotional computing, using AI to d...
Investing in AI Episode 7: Ashley Antonides of Anno.ai
21 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Anno.ai is a machine learning platform that started in the government sector but expanded into commercial use for other customers needing security and...
Investing in AI Episode 6: Davis Sawyer From Deeplite on Edge AI
13 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Edge AI is one of the most explosive areas of growth for AI, and Deeplite is a market leader in compressing AI models so that they work on the edge. ...
Investing in AI Episode 5: Kevin Roose From the New York Times on Jobs and Automation
10 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Kevin Roose recently released a book called Futureproof - about how to stay relevant in a world of increasingly automated work. In this episode Kevi...
Investing in AI Episode 4: Synthetic Data with Yashar Behzadi and Sergey Nikolenko
25 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Yashar and Sergey from Synthesis.ai discuss the uses of synthetic data. This topic is becoming increasingly important for AI, and w...
Investing in AI Episode 3: James Cham - Bloomberg Beta
19 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode I interview James Cham from Bloomberg Beta. We discuss the book "The Man Who Lied to His Laptop" and the book "Predic...
Investing in AI Episode 2: Heath Terry from Goldman Sachs
05 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Heath Terry, Managing Director at Goldman Sachs, discusses AI in public markets. We talk about why Goldman started paying attention to AI, how it is...
Investing In AI Episode1: Rob Toews From Highland Capital
15 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode I talk to Rob Toews, from Highland Capital about his 2021 predictions for AI. We cover federated learning, synthetic media and dee...