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The AI XR Podcast.

Get the inside story on the biggest tech developments from founders, former executives, and industry veterans who built companies like OpenAI, Google DeepMind, Meta Reality Labs, Apple Vision Pro, Microsoft HoloLens, and Unity.

Join Charlie Fink (Forbes), Ted Schilowitz, (Red Camera, Fox, Paramount Futurist) & Rony Abovitz, (founder Magic Leap).as they interview startup CEOs, ex-Google/Meta/Apple insiders, Hollywood directors, and AI researchers reshaping spatial computing.

Every week we break down the latest tech news with our signature hot takes, then dive deep with a founder or industry leader. We cover artificial intelligence breakthroughs, virtual reality hardware, augmented reality applications, synthetic media tools, and how enterprises are adopting these technologies.

We’re industry insiders who have the connections to get the biggest names on the show, but we’re not afraid to ask the tough questions about where big tech is heading. Our guests trust us because we’ve been in their shoes.

Listen now to get ahead of the next wave of computing.

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Copyright: © Charlie Fink

Latest Episodes:

This Week In XR December 20th, 2024 ft. Shelly Palmer, CEO of the Palmer Group Dec 21, 2024

Show notes

Charlie, Rony, and Ted are out in full force to greet the world's foremost tech consultant and professor Shelly Palmer, CEO of the Palmer Group. We hit the news quickly, Perplexity raises $500M at a $9B valuation, ChatGPT under assault, AI's coming "clean." Our wide ranging conversation with Shelley was focused on some important trends in AI and XR, and especially the long process of integrating AI into company workflow. It's going to take time and training, perhaps more than five years for that to be happy, Shelly said. Other 2024 events we looked back on: the ongoing AI revolution, the crypto run up, agentic AI, the possible TikTok ban, AI & XR, and the end of the media business as we know it. Audiences are on different screens doing different things. The implications are staggering. It decided the election.

Thank you to our sponsor, Zappar!

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This Week In XR December 13th, 2024 ft. Russell Patton, Product Manager, Snap Spectacles Dec 14, 2024

Show notes

This week Charlie and Rony welcome Russell Patton, Product Manager for the Snap Spectacles AR headset. It's a news week rich with AI news from OpenAI, Google, and others. OpenAI suffered a major outage on Wednesday, which may be related, according to Rony, to the theft of weighted models from its database. We thought it was related to stress on the system from the introduction of video generator Sora. Samsung gave the press a look at their upcoming Project Moohan on which they collaborated with Google on an AR OS for Android, and Qualcomm for its new microprocessor. Rony is in his element as discuss the new Spectacles, and Snap's strategy, with Patton.

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This Week In XR December 6th, 2024 ft. Michael Murray, CEO, Kopin Dec 07, 2024

Show notes

This week Charlie and Ted are joined by Michael Murray, CEO of Kopin (NASDQ: KOPN), a leading developer of microdisplay and optical technologies for military and enterprise applications. Meta needs a hit entertainment franchise for its platforms, so they've made a deal with filmmaker James Cameron, to make one for them. With Elon Musk at the elbow of the President, does his competitor, OpenAI, who Musk is suing, have anything to worry about? Xreal released their new Xreal One Series of assisted reality smart glasses, or screen extenders, which now feature one touch screen anchoring.

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This Week In XR November 8th, 2024 ft. Alex Marsharov, Founder and CEO, Higgsfield AI Nov 08, 2024

Show notes

In this week's pod the hosts discussed big tech's investment in Trump, Australia's move to regulate social media, and Google's accidental preview of Jarvis, which will be the Android answer to AI Siri, and may even launch sooner. They also highlighted a company called Mawari, which is working on tokenizing streaming XR content, aiming to simplify the distribution of spatial content without the need for apps. Our guest is Alex Masharov, founder of Higgsfield, who shared his journey from Russia to Silicon Valley. He discussed his previous success with an AI company sold to Snap, which developed real-time face filters that went viral. Now, with Higgsfield, Alex aims to revolutionize video content creation by focusing on personalized, AI-generated dramas.

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This Week In XR November 1st, 2024 ft. Shara Senderoff, Co-Founder, Futureverse Nov 03, 2024

Show notes

This week the hosts are in full force. Rony talks about his AI startup, Synthbee. It's earnings week, so we got a look at just how much money tech companies are making and their projected investments in AI. OpenAI's ChatGPT search is coming for Google. Inbrain Neuroelectronics raised $50M, and Spot AI raised $31M to turn those janky security cameras into AI-driven video assistants. Our guest is Shara Senderoff, Co-Founder of Futureverse.

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This Week In XR October 25th, 2024 ft. Deniz Özgür, co-founder, co-CEO, Spacerunners Oct 28, 2024

Show notes

This week our guest is Deniz Özgür, co-founder, co-CEO, Spacerunners. Space Runners is a fashion-tech platform that operates at the intersection of digital fashion, blockchain technology, and the metaverse. Deniz was named a Forbes 30 under 30 CEO last year. Spacerunners uses AI to help brands bring their products to new markets, like the Metaverse. Rony is off for the Jewish holiday Sukkot. Slow news week, unless you're Perplexity AI search, doubling your valuation with another $500 M raise. Microsoft's Army HoloLens, or IVAS, continues its slow death. In another defense story that should surprise no one, the USAF is recruiting from the Drone Racing League, an acknowledgment that the Top Gun of the future may not be piloting a plane.

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This Week In XR October 17th, 2024 ft. Joaquin Cuenca Abela, Co-Founder and CEO, Freepik Oct 19, 2024

Show notes

This week our guest is Joaquin Cuenca Abela, co-founder and CEO of Freepik. Rony is off for the Jewish holiday, Sukkot. Earlier in the week, he launched his new company SynthBee with $20 million dollars of VC money. Also in the news, Nvidia enters software with a high-performing open source AI model, competing with its biggest customers. Our sponsor Zappar now has got a deep-pocketed backer with an exit strategy, Infinite Reality. Freepik CEO Joaquin Cuenca Abela joins us to share the story of his company, Freepik, which started out as an ad-supported search site for free pictures. Today Freepik makes around $100M a year in subscription revenues from their seven hundred and fifty million month unique visitors. For the past two years, Freepik has been leaning heavily into generative AI, and is adding new features, like text-to-video, which he hinted may be coming soon. Freepik hit our radar last year when it acquired the AI upscaling tool Magnific.

Thank you to our sponsor, Zappar!

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This Week In XR October 10th, 2024 ft. Justin Maier, Co-Founder and CEO, Civitai Oct 12, 2024

Show notes

This week the hosts are here in full force to welcome Justin Maier, co-founder and CEO of Civitai. Elon Musk of Tesla revealed of the Robotaxi and its accompanying Robobus and Optimus robots. The nobel prize in Physics went to John Hopfield and Geoff Hinton, the AI Scientist who "retired from Google" warning the NY Times about the dangers of AGI. RIP Spacetop computer with its wearable AR monitor. Edward Berger’s immersive short film Submerged is now available on Apple’s Vision Pro. Justin Maier explains how Civitai is about to revolutionize generative AI content creation with an enhanced, consolidated workflow which will run on their Buzz token. You can see why Andressen invested in this young AI company.

Thank you to our sponsor, Zappar!

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This Week In XR October 4th, 2024 ft. Anthony Batt and Neville Spiteri, Co-Founders, Wevr Oct 05, 2024

Show notes

Ted and Charlie welcome Antony Batt, Neville Spiteri, co-founders of Wevr, creators of "The Blu," one of the first experiences created for the HTC Vive in 2016. Rony is off for the holiday (Happy New Year to those who celebrate). In the news, Future Trash, an LA creative studio, scores $5M to make experiences for Fortnite. Runware AI Raises $3M for super fast AI image generation. Infinite Realty buys Super League. Antony and Neville give a VR history lesson as they are also genuine VR OGs, having survived not one but two "VR winters." Today Wevr is thriving, and more focused on location-based VR.

Thank you to our sponsor, Zappar!

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This Week In XR September 27th, 2024 ft. Yonatan Raz-Fridman, CEO Supersocial Oct 04, 2024

Show notes

Charlie, Rony and Ted welcome Yonatan Tal, CEO of Supersocial. First up is the flurry of announcements from Meta Connect, including the unveiling of their see-through AR headset, dubbed Orion, and more broad updates about AI. Rony shares intimate details of his conversation with Mark Zuckerberg at the prestigious Allen & Company invitation-only in Sun Valley. Yonatan Tal shares details of his Metaverse construction studio, Supersocial, and how they make Roblox experiences. The company is a combination of an agency and a Roblox game developer, making it a sought-after partner for big brands seeking to reach that prized youth audience.

Thank you to our sponsor, Zappar!

Don't forget to like, share, and follow for more! Follow us on all socials @ThisWeekInXR!

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