FYI - For Your Innovation

FYI - For Your Innovation


Latest Episodes

Embrace The Move To Automation
April 21, 2020

From manufacturing to universities, companies and institutions are in turmoil across the board. During the time of COVID-19, businesses are being forced to look for better, faster, or cheaper solutions to the problems that they’re facing.

A World of Contactless Payments
April 09, 2020

The current coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has saturated media across the globe. The information available to us is vast, expansive, and can be all-consuming. But a lot of this information is, understandably, geared heavily toward medical and social top

Powering Online Education with Chip Paucek
March 31, 2020

This week we are joined by Chip Paucek, 2U’s Co-Founder and CEO. 2U is one of the leading online education software platforms. At ARK we often say disruptive innovation gains traction in tumultuous times. There’s perhaps no better example than in the edu

How Innovations in Genomics and Biotech Can Help Us With The COVID-19 Crisis
March 26, 2020

As the coronavirus (COVID-19) continues to strengthen its grip across the globe, it’s natural to feel a sense of dread and despair. However, we believe that tumultuous times can be the best catalysts for innovation, and this pandemic is no exception. In

Business As Usual During Coronavirus – How Innovation Enables Work Remote
March 24, 2020

Here at ARK we are always talking about disruption and now we are faced with huge disruption. The coronavirus outbreak has massive implications on many levels for the whole world, not least of which is the need for many people to work remote where possib

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