FYI - For Your Innovation

FYI - For Your Innovation


Latest Episodes

A History of Bitcoin’s Predecessors, Dollarization, and Stablecoins with Nic Carter
March 19, 2020

Our guest for this week’s episode is Nic Carter, Partner at Castle Island Ventures and Cofounder of Coinmetrics.io. In this episode, we dive deep into some of Nic’s current cryptocurrency obsessions. We start off covering the history of Bitcoin’s predece

Exploring the Infinite Prospects of Computer Vision AI with Matt Zeiler
March 11, 2020

Today’s guest is Matt Zeiler, Founder, and CEO of Clarifai. Clarifai is one of the first startups to apply modern deep learning for image recognition. Their tools are currently used by clients like Staples, OpenTable, and the US Department of Defense (Do

Coronavirus and the Future of Immunotherapy with Prof. Isaiah Arkin
March 02, 2020

The Coronavirus (COVID-19) is dominating most headlines of every news channel in the world. To learn more about this virus and its implications we talked to Professor Isaiah Arkin. He is the Arthur Lejwa Prof. of Structural Biochemistry at Hebrew Univers

How Lululemon Broke the Mold, with Chip Wilson
February 26, 2020

This week’s guest is Chip Wilson, entrepreneur, philanthropist and most notably, the founder of apparel company Lululemon. Long before Apple and Tesla opened their owned stores, Lululemon pioneered the concept of vertical retail in North America. Unlike

Bitcoin’s Security Model with Hasu
February 19, 2020

Eleven years since the creation of Bitcoin, its security model is still not agreed upon. Our guest today goes by the Twitter pseudonym Hasu (@hasufl), an independent cryptocurrency researcher who publishes work on the subject of non-sovereign money and h

A Proactive Approach for a Pathogen-Free Blood Supply with Dr. Larry Corash
February 12, 2020

Blood is a crucial supportive therapy within healthcare. Approximately 18 million blood components including red cells, platelets, plasma, cryoprecipitate, and a small amount of whole blood are collected each year in the United States, meaning it is of c

Esports and Gaming Trends with Will Hershey of Roundhill Investments
February 03, 2020

On the podcast this week, we have Will Hershey, cofounder and CEO of Roundhill Investments, to help us breakdown Esports and the Gaming Industry. Will is responsible for the company’s indexing, research, and product development efforts, in addition

Introduction to ARK’s Big Ideas 2020
January 13, 2020

Join James Wang as he interviews Cathie Wood (CEO and CIO at ARK Invest) on our recently published Big Ideas 2020 report. On this podcast Cathie will share her perspective on some of the biggest breakthroughs ARK believes should not be missed in the comi

Best of 2019: FYI Podcast with Elon Musk, George Church, and more
December 22, 2019

As we wrap up 2019, we would like to thank everyone who listened to the FYI — For Your Innovation podcast. We received incredibly positive feedback for our podcast show and had some truly amazing guests in the past year,

The Beginning of Every Deep Learning Exercise With Manu Sharma and Brian Rieger
December 16, 2019

In today’s episode, we welcome Manu Sharma and Brian Rieger from Labelbox, a private company which we believe is leading training data solution for machine learning. We have had many conversations on this show about artificial intelligence from a hardw...