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With Photon-1, David Li Is Testing Whether AI Can Learn by Watching
Induction Labs trained Photon-1 on raw video of people using computers, without text supervision or action labels. For co-founder and CTO David Li, the experiment offered a way to test what a model could pick up before anyone explained the task.
By Reese WatsonOct. 16 2026, Published 5:34 p.m. ET
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Featured Aerialist Sarah Fenn: An Extraordinary Talent Training Performers Beyond Their Craft
After years of training and performing in dance, aerial and aqua performance, Fenn also helps artists and athletes build skills outside their disciplines to make them more valuable and employable.
By Reese WatsonOct. 5 2026, Published 1:28 p.m. ET

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Siddharth Vohra: What Happens When Medical AI Loses the Evidence It Was Supposed to Use
His newly accepted MICCAI workshop paper expands earlier medical AI research into a larger audit of what happens when structured diagnoses become separated from the evidence they are supposed to represent.
By Reese WatsonOct. 2 2026, Published 8:02 p.m. ET
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BetterBasket Co-Founder Vagelis Viskadouros Explains Science of Getting Grocery Prices Right
The BetterBasket co-founder explains why pricing is one of grocery's hardest problems — and why getting it right matters to shoppers
By Reese WatsonSept. 28 2026, Published 4:31 p.m. ET
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Anton Juric Takes Endra’s AI Engineering Platform Into Its Next Stage With U.S. Launch
Anton Juric helped introduce a new electrical-engineering platform, U.S. commercial availability, and an acquisition that expands the company into mechanical engineering.
By Reese WatsonSept. 24 2026, Published 3:32 p.m. ET
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Shiza Charania: Robot Intelligence Has a Blind Spot at the Point of Contact
As robotics companies push toward more capable models, Charania is focused on a physical limitation that software alone cannot solve
By Reese WatsonSept. 22 2026, Published 6:51 p.m. ET
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Om Buddhdev: AI’s Hardest Tests Begin Where Benchmarks End
The Olam Labs co-founder is examining what happens when artificial intelligence must negotiate, cooperate, compete, remember, and adapt over time instead of simply producing the right answer.
By Reese WatsonSept. 22 2026, Published 6:29 p.m. ET
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Niklas Freihofer: Technology, Trading and the Future
Freihofer has spent more than a decade inside financial services, moving from the introducing broker side of forex into entrepreneurship.
By Reese WatsonSept. 19 2026, Published 3:09 p.m. ET
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Transforming Business With Code: How Naduvathezhath Nessariose Jose is Turning Learning into Leadership
Companies that want to thrive in today’s digital world rely on data, intelligent systems, and seamless integration.
By Reese WatsonSept. 15 2026, Updated 1:00 p.m. ET
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Courtney Jackson Built a Career Behind the World’s Biggest Live Events
Courtney Jackson has built her career around making high-pressure events feel effortless to the people attending them.
By Reese WatsonSept. 14 2026, Updated 3:04 p.m. ET
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Jaden Kwan Built a Launch Studio for Startups Becoming Their Own Broadcasters
Jaden Kwan has created an independent studio around the idea that a startup launch should be treated as a major business moment rather than a routine announcement.
By Reese WatsonSept. 11 2026, Published 12:20 p.m. ET
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The Grounding Problem: How 19-Year-Old Eshaan Gulati Taught AI Where to Click
His computer-use research addressed a technical failure that kept capable models from turning visual recognition into accurate action.
By Reese WatsonSept. 8 2026, Published 8:31 p.m. ET
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Laurynas Veckys Went From Tesla’s European Expansion to Rebuilding a Lost American Industry
The Solcoa Chief of Staff has built his career around scaling physical operations, from electric vehicles and logistics networks to one of the West’s most difficult industrial supply chain problems.
By Reese WatsonSept. 8 2026, Published 8:03 p.m. ET
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Ray Zhang Wants Crypto Infrastructure to Become Safer Without Becoming Opaque
The Ellipsis Labs engineer argues that blockchain systems need clearer risk boundaries, smoother onboarding, and financial tools users can actually understand.
By Reese WatsonSept. 7 2026, Published 2:21 p.m. ET
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Moulik Budhiraja: How He's Building AI That Acts Before a Prompt
The Proletic co-founder and CTO is developing predictive autocomplete for the computer.
By Reese WatsonSept. 3 2026, Published 12:58 p.m. ET
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Alister Mac Cormack: AI Can Write Code And Engineers Need to Understand It
The forward-deployed engineer says faster code generation increases the need for people who can direct AI systems
By Reese WatsonAug. 27 2026, Published 3:11 p.m. ET
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Jeffrey Zang: The AI Wrapper Boom Is Missing the Real Problem
The founder of Proletic argues that the next wave of AI products will be won by teams that build restrained, useful software people actually want to keep using.
By Reese WatsonAug. 25 2026, Published 1:26 p.m. ET
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Akshay Petta Left BlackRock to Build the Systems Behind Reliable Financial AI
After using code to transform investment analysis, the former strategist moved into engineering and began building regulated financial platforms from the ground up.
By Reese WatsonAug. 24 2026, Published 1:38 p.m. ET
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AI Can Execute Transactions -- Lu Zhang Is Focused on Whether It Actually Should Be
As commerce moves from AI-assisted tools toward AI-executed decisions, Zhang is focused on the rules that determine when an automated commercial action should proceed.
By Reese WatsonAug. 24 2026, Published 9:00 a.m. ET
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Toby Li Is Building a Faster Way to Move Cargo Across the Moon
InSitu Space’s Daedalus hopper is designed to carry payloads beyond a single landing site, giving scientists and operators access to lunar terrain that conventional rovers may struggle to reach.
By Reese WatsonAug. 24 2026, Published 8:00 a.m. ET
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Demo to Deployment: Paras Savnani on the Testing Gap in Robotics
Can a robot perform reliably once it leaves a controlled environment.
By Reese WatsonAug. 23 2026, Published 10:37 p.m. ET
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Naol Bassaye Built a Global Technology Career by Learning to Start Again
From teaching himself to code in Ethiopia to founding companies in London, Naol has shaped his career through education, reinvention, and a belief that access can change what people are able to build
By Reese WatsonAug. 23 2026, Published 8:00 p.m. ET
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How Can Video Generation Lead to Robots Interacting With The Physical World?
What many people perceive as mere AI Slop might actually be the key to developing new AI models capable of interacting with the physical world.
By Reese WatsonAug. 22 2026, Updated 8:19 p.m. ET
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Hajra Arbab Knows What Happens Before a Story Even Reaches the Screen
The media executive, producer, and arts leader works across global entertainment, independent film, and The Colony Lahore to help stories find the people they were made for.
By Reese WatsonAug. 21 2026, Published 1:23 p.m. ET
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Dan Zabrotski Is Betting That AI Will Change What Human Teaching Is Worth
The software engineer behind a zero-commission language marketplace is confronting an uncomfortable possibility: AI may take some lessons from human tutors while increasing the value of the work that still requires a person.
By Reese WatsonAug. 21 2026, Published 1:05 p.m. ET
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Eldar Azamatov: Testing What AI-Native Engineering Looks Like in Practice
Azamatov is focused on the engineering systems that keep speed from weakening software quality.
By Reese WatsonAug. 20 2026, Published 8:46 p.m. ET
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Sanchita Sultana: Looking Beyond Tobacco Use to the Conditions That Shape It
The epidemiologist’s research examines why evidence-based tobacco interventions do not reach every population equally
By Reese WatsonAug. 20 2026, Published 8:30 p.m. ET
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Dr. Shruti Sharma on Helping Deep Tech Founders Turn Strong Science Into a Clearer Path Forward
The materials scientist and innovation ecosystem builder works with early-stage ventures on the practical decisions that help complex technologies move toward customers, partners, pilots, and funding.
By Reese WatsonAug. 19 2026, Published 2:18 p.m. ET
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Joshua Kalms Built an Audience Before He Built His Client Pipeline
The Multiply CEO turned years of public advertising analysis into media brands reaching hundreds of millions of people, creating a visible body of work that became a source of new business for his creative performance agency.
By Reese WatsonAug. 18 2026, Published 5:28 p.m. ET
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Fans Have Always Paid for Access -- BuzzStar Turned It All Into an App
On the live fan-access platform, fans pay by the minute for one-on-one video calls with the creators and celebrities they follow. The economics of fame suggest it was inevitable.
By Reese WatsonAug. 18 2026, Published 4:35 p.m. ET
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4 Lessons I Wish I'd Known Before Founding My AI Startup
Oscar Brisset's trajectory as an AI startup founder.
By Reese WatsonAug. 15 2026, Published 2:42 p.m. ET
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Reputation Insider Puts AI Reputation on the Corporate Agenda
A company may know exactly what appears on the first page of Google and still have little idea how it is described by AI.
By Distractify StaffAug. 15 2026, Updated 2:10 p.m. ET
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How Kenneth Rosenfeld’s Post-Trial Strategy Changed the Outcome of a High-Stakes DUI Murder Case
Even in the face of the most serious convictions, the right approach at the right time can make all the difference.
By Distractify StaffJuly 21 2026, Published 10:01 p.m. ET
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Michael J. Cohen: The Architect Behind AIG’s Global Expansion Now Shaping the Future of Insurance Through EOS
EOS is a weather-driven underwriting and risk intelligence company led by industry executive Kris Hamburger.
By Reese WatsonJuly 21 2026, Published 3:00 p.m. ET

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With Photon-1, David Li Is Testing Whether AI Can Learn by Watching

Featured Aerialist Sarah Fenn: An Extraordinary Talent Training Performers Beyond Their Craft

Siddharth Vohra: What Happens When Medical AI Loses the Evidence It Was Supposed to Use

BetterBasket Co-Founder Vagelis Viskadouros Explains Science of Getting Grocery Prices Right

Anton Juric Takes Endra’s AI Engineering Platform Into Its Next Stage With U.S. Launch

Shiza Charania: Robot Intelligence Has a Blind Spot at the Point of Contact

Om Buddhdev: AI’s Hardest Tests Begin Where Benchmarks End

Niklas Freihofer: Technology, Trading and the Future

Transforming Business With Code: How Naduvathezhath Nessariose Jose is Turning Learning into Leadership

Courtney Jackson Built a Career Behind the World’s Biggest Live Events

Jaden Kwan Built a Launch Studio for Startups Becoming Their Own Broadcasters

The Grounding Problem: How 19-Year-Old Eshaan Gulati Taught AI Where to Click

Laurynas Veckys Went From Tesla’s European Expansion to Rebuilding a Lost American Industry

Ray Zhang Wants Crypto Infrastructure to Become Safer Without Becoming Opaque

Moulik Budhiraja: How He's Building AI That Acts Before a Prompt

Alister Mac Cormack: AI Can Write Code And Engineers Need to Understand It

Jeffrey Zang: The AI Wrapper Boom Is Missing the Real Problem

Akshay Petta Left BlackRock to Build the Systems Behind Reliable Financial AI

AI Can Execute Transactions -- Lu Zhang Is Focused on Whether It Actually Should Be

Toby Li Is Building a Faster Way to Move Cargo Across the Moon

Demo to Deployment: Paras Savnani on the Testing Gap in Robotics

Naol Bassaye Built a Global Technology Career by Learning to Start Again

How Can Video Generation Lead to Robots Interacting With The Physical World?

Hajra Arbab Knows What Happens Before a Story Even Reaches the Screen

Dan Zabrotski Is Betting That AI Will Change What Human Teaching Is Worth

Eldar Azamatov: Testing What AI-Native Engineering Looks Like in Practice

Sanchita Sultana: Looking Beyond Tobacco Use to the Conditions That Shape It

Dr. Shruti Sharma on Helping Deep Tech Founders Turn Strong Science Into a Clearer Path Forward

Joshua Kalms Built an Audience Before He Built His Client Pipeline

Fans Have Always Paid for Access -- BuzzStar Turned It All Into an App

4 Lessons I Wish I'd Known Before Founding My AI Startup

Reputation Insider Puts AI Reputation on the Corporate Agenda

How Kenneth Rosenfeld’s Post-Trial Strategy Changed the Outcome of a High-Stakes DUI Murder Case

Michael J. Cohen: The Architect Behind AIG’s Global Expansion Now Shaping the Future of Insurance Through EOS

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