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Chuck Lee on Bringing AI Humans Into Real-World Interaction
Chuck Lee · Head of Business Division, ESTsoft
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No. 79Consumer
Georgii Vysotskii on Making 4D Gaussian Splatting Streamable
To me, it could end up being a final destination in terms of the underlying technology, but it’s definitely not a final destination in terms of creative capabilities — coming back to animation, relighting, and things like that.
Georgii Vysotskii · Co-founder and CEO, Gracia
No. 66Consumer
Mor Monshizadeh on Why Voice AI Breaks Without Latency and Identity
Without that, you don’t get a sustainable ecosystem; you get a fraud marketplace.
Mor Monshizadeh · Founder, MorVoice
No. 56Consumer
Katerina Kirillova on Why Ticketing Fails at Decision Making
Ticket purchases are rarely made through rational thinking. They are influenced by cultural context, artist popularity, social dynamics, and local feelings.
Katerina Kirillova · Founder, XTIX
No. 53Consumer
Abhay Gupta on AI Grading That Understands Math with Frizzle
Teachers aren’t just losing time, they’re losing the energy and insight needed to actually teach.
Abhay Gupta · Co-founder, Frizzle
No. 46Consumer
Levern Currie on Inclusive Drive-Thru Tech with Drivingo
Success, for me, is seeing a world where inclusive design is no longer treated as an afterthought, it’s the standard.
Levern Currie · Founder, Drivingo
No. 45Consumer
Mattia Mauro on Personalized AI Tutoring with Excellence
The collapse of the schools’ level damages the lives of all students, and particularly of those whose parents’ can’t help them enough.
Mattia Mauro · Co-founder, Excellence Learning
No. 43Consumer
Adish Jain on Reinventing Video Editing with Mosaic’s AI Agents
We have a strong conviction that the human need for creative expression will never go away.
Adish Jain · Co-founder, Mosaic
No. 40Consumer
Parker Reed and Josh Anderson on Reimagining Storytelling with Naria
We created Naria because we believe everyone deserves to see themselves represented and have the tools to share their own stories.
Parker Reed · Co-founders, Naria
No. 38Consumer
Brad Shervheim on Automating Product Sorting with Polar Search
Success is providing quality product sorting technology to sellers with 99% accuracy, and reliable flags when the 1% is incorrect.
Brad Shervheim · Founder, Polar Search
No. 37Consumer
Laodis Menard on Making AI Video Creation Fast and Accessible with Argil
Building a state-of-the-art model was a huge challenge—especially since we entered the market later than some competitors and had significantly less funding.
Laodis Menard · Co-founder, Argil
No. 36Consumer
Sami Samiee on Bringing Stuffed Toys to Life with ToyPal
For me, success is all about positive change.
Sami Samiee · Founder, ToyPal
No. 28Consumer
Olivier Dumont on Transforming Articles into Podcasts with Tipp
I definitely understand the scepticism around the filter bubble and fake news, but I believe keeping humans in the loop and staying critical will go a long way already.
Olivier Dumont · Founder, Tipp
No. 26Consumer
Jason Yakimovich on Simplifying Video Scripting with ScriptFlo
Not all of us are creative geniuses who have lots of experience doing this, especially in my target market, and frankly, these LLMs could suggest better shot lists from just rough ideas than we could.
Jason Yakimovich · Founder, ScriptFlo
No. 16Consumer
Bryan McAnulty on Building Engaging Courses with Heights
I started Heights Platform because I saw digital marketers and creators using these marketing tools to sell courses, but the end product that they were selling felt like a bunch of videos behind the paywall rather than an experience designed to help somebody learn and get results.
Bryan McAnulty · Co-founder, Heights Platform
No. 12Consumer
Sayed Shahidi on Personalized Learning with BrainBite
Many kids don’t do as well as they could because classrooms don’t excite them.
Sayed Shahidi · Founder, BrainBite
No. 11Consumer
Ellis Nguyen on Affordable AI Voiceovers with Lazybird
Even though AI voice technologies have advanced significantly, decent tools were expensive and non-expensive tools were lacking.
Ellis Nguyen · Co-founder, Lazybird
No. 10Consumer
Yulii Cherevko on Accessible Interior Design with Paintit AI
Our goal is to tailor designs to individual habits, preferences, and even lifestyles, creating a unique solution for every user.
Yulii Cherevko · Co-founder, Paintit.ai
No. 9Consumer
Mihai Temian on Transforming Content with Sheepscript AI
To me, success represents the fact that I can make someone's work easier.
Mihai Temian · Founder, Sheepscript.AI
No. 8Consumer
Chu-Lam on Redefining Math Education with Math Angel
We flipped a table when we saw secondary school math tutors charging over $150 an hour.
Chu-Lam · Founder, Math Angel
No. 3Consumer
Thomas Bradley on Redefining Recipe Management with Drizzlelemons
The inspiration behind Drizzlelemons stemmed from the frustration of dealing with cluttered recipe sites overloaded with unnecessary content.
Thomas Bradley · Founder, Drizzlelemons
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