Best Danielle Gagne Podcasts (2024)

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Craig Husselby Talks About Synergy Aviation's Latest Expansion into the U.S. 3:09

2M ago3:09

3:09

At Energy Drone Robotics Coalition Summit (EDRS) in Houston, I sat down with Craig Husselby, VP of Business Development for Synergy Aviation to talk about oil and gas pipeline inspections and their recent expansion into the U.S.By Danielle Gagne, Chief Storyteller for Drone Network News at Volatus Aerospace

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The Future is Fine Tuned (with Dev Rishi, Predibase) 52:28

3M ago52:28

52:28

Dev Rishi is the founder and CEO of Predibase, the company behind Ludwig and LoRAX. Predibase just released LoRA Land, a technical report showing 310 models that can outcompete GPT-4 on specific tasks through fine-tuning. In this episode, Dev tries (pretty successfully) to convince me that fine-tuning is the future, while answering a bunch of inter…

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Pre-training LLMs: One Model To Rule Them All? with Talfan Evans, DeepMind 37:36

3M ago37:36

37:36

Talfan Evans is a research engineer at DeepMind, where he focuses on data curation and foundational research for pre-training LLMs and multimodal models like Gemini. I ask Talfan: Will one model rule them all? What does "high quality data" actually mean in the context of LLM training? Is language model pre-training becoming commoditized? Are compan…

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On Adversarial Training & Robustness with Bhavna Gopal 44:05

4M ago44:05

44:05

"Understanding what's going on in a model is important to fine-tune it for specific tasks and to build trust." Bhavna Gopal is a PhD candidate at Duke, research intern at Slingshot with experience at Apple, Amazon and Vellum. We discuss How adversarial robustness research impacts the field of AI explainability. How do you evaluate a model's ability…

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On Emotionally Intelligent AI (with Chris Gagne, Hume AI) 39:53

4M ago39:53

39:53

Chris Gagne manages AI research at Hume, which just released an expressive text-to-speech model in a super impressive demo. Chris and Daniel discuss AI and emotional understanding: How does “prosody” add a dimension to human communication? What is Hume hoping to gain by adding it to Human-AI communication? Do we want to interact with AI like we int…

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Why Greatness Cannot Be Planned (with Joel Lehman) 47:07

5M ago47:07

47:07

Former OpenAI Research Scientist Joel Lehman joins to discuss the non-linear nature of technological progress and the present day implications of his book, Why Greatness Cannot Be Planned. Joel co-authored the book with Kenneth Stanley back in 2015. The two did ML research at OpenAI, Uber, and the University of Central Florida and wrote the book ba…

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Where are the good AI products? (with Varun Shenoy) 46:54

6M ago46:54

46:54

“Where are the good AI products?” asks Varun Shenoy, ML engineer in his latest blog post. Varun and I talk through: What are the cool applications that exist? Why aren't there more of them? What do (the few) good AI application companies have in common? What technological or societal leaps are blocking the existence of more AI apps that matter? The…

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The End of RAG (with Donato Riccio) 40:13

7M ago40:13

40:13

ML Engineer and tech writer Donato Riccio wrote an article entitled "The End of RAG?" discussing what might replace Retrieval Augmented Generation in the near future. The article was received as highly controversial within the AI echo chamber, so I brought Donato on the podcast to discuss RAG, why people are so obsessed with vector databases, and t…

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GPUs and how the cloud is changing (with Cedana Founder, Neel Master) 42:48

7M ago42:48

42:48

What’s going on with GPUs? We talk through the GPU bottleneck/supply gut, Meta’s apparent 600,000 H100-equivalents and the future of the GPU cloud. Neel Master is the CEO and founder of Cedana, enabling pause/migrate/resume for compute jobs. Neel is a serial entrepreneur, former founder of Engooden and angel investor. He started his career in ML re…

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Live Video Translation with AI 28:37

7M ago28:37

28:37

Founders of Lingopal, Deven Orie and Casey Schneider, join to talk about their startup story, developing real-time translation software for enterprises. Topics include: Why is translation so hard? How are enterprise and consumer AI products different (e.g. Google Translate vs Lingopal)? Should AI product companies be doing AI research? Is it safe t…

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Is open-source AI safe? (with SafeLlama founder, Enoch Kan) 36:55

8M ago36:55

36:55

Founder of the SafeLlama community, Enoch Kan joins us today, to talk about safety in open source and medical AI. Enoch previously worked in AI for radiology, focused on mammography at Kheiron Medical. Enoch is an open source contributor, and his substack is called Cross Validated. Key topics they discuss include: New jailbreaks for LLMs appear eve…

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What is the future of AI-assisted or AI-driven software? 32:54

8M ago32:54

32:54

Join Daniel Cahn on another SlingTalk episode with Kristian Freed (ex-CTO at Pariti and Elder), discussing the past, present and future of AI-assisted or AI-driven software. They talked about: The Evolution of Coding Tools: From basic text editors to advanced IDEs and the integration of AI tools like Co-Pilot. The Impact of AI on Software Developme…

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Is the Turing Test Outdated? 45:17

8M ago45:17

45:17

In 1950, Alan Turing asked, “Can machines think?” He suggested the Imitation Game as a test to evaluate whether a machine can think, more commonly called the “Turing Test.” Today we ask, is the Turing Test outdated? Joining Slingtalks this week are Kristian Freed & Guilherme Freire, founding engineers at Slingshot. Guilherme argues against the Turi…

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Prompt Engineering 38:48

9M ago38:48

38:48

Join Daniel Cahn on SlingTalks as he welcomes Jonathan Pedoeem (Founder of PromptLayer) to talk through Prompt Engineering. This episode offers an in-depth look into the past, present, and future of prompt engineering and the intricacies of crafting effective AI prompts. Key topics they discuss include: Is prompt engineering more art or more scienc…

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AI for Investment Diligence 33:34

9M ago33:34

33:34

Adam Kirsh (Head of Product & Engineering, Stealth Startup) joins Slingshot to talk about how AI is transforming investment due diligence. Beyond AI in diligence, we discuss: “Horizontal” and “vertical” business models, that start from a point solution Building products vs. building relationships, and on being an AI partner for the enterprise AI-na…

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The Myth of Human-in-the-Loop 36:28

9M ago36:28

36:28

Ex-Datadog Founding PM, Ayush Kapur, joins Daniel Cahn on SlingTalks to talk through the overloaded term, "Human in the Loop". They hone in on the impact of both, emotional and philosophical aspects of human interactions, for instance, your interaction with a doctor, and how those services can be considered irreplaceable by AI. Key topics include: …

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AI-Generated Content and the Boring Apocalypse 39:34

10M ago39:34

39:34

AI is increasingly doing the heavy lifting in our communications and content generation. On this episode, Guilherme Freire, Founding ML Engineer at Slingshot, joins the podcast to discuss the impact of AI-generated content. Some of the topics discussed: “Proof of Work” for humans, when AI makes personalization and connection too easy Potential for …

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Programming for Machine Learning (Tech Talk) 33:11

10M ago33:11

33:11

Daniel hosts our machine learning research intern and Cambridge Masters student, Andy Lo, to talk about the present and future of ML programming. Topics include: PyTorch vs. TensorFlow vs. Jax vs MoJo No-code, low-code and pro-code for ML engineers The (frustrating) world of debugging ML code Have thoughts? We'd love to hear them! Drop an email at …

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AI's End of History Illusion 8:21

10M ago8:21

8:21

In this episode, Daniel shares his perspective on the opportunities for the next wave of AI-native startups. Machine Learning isn’t just about sentiment classification, churn prediction, and revenue forecasting anymore. Generative models can simulate real intelligence. But hard problems continue to require hard solutions, and prompt engineering wit…

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Design Driven Development at Slingshot 24:59

10M ago24:59

24:59

Daniel hosts our Founding Engineer, Edwin Zhang to unravel the balance in Design Driven Developments. Key things they cover: The conundrums faced when balancing user wants with real, valuable needs - showcasing our stance on "Doing what people need, not just what they want." A peek into the futuristic vision of browsers like Arc and how we regard t…

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LLM Inference Speed (Tech Deep Dive) 39:36

11M ago39:36

39:36

In this tech talk, we dive deep into the technical specifics around LLM inference. The big question is: Why are LLMs slow? How can they be faster? And might slow inference affect UX in the next generation of AI-powered software? We jump into: Is fast model inference the real moat for LLM companies? What are the implications of slow model inference …

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Why is Llama 2 Open Source? What is Meta up to? 28:10

11M ago28:10

28:10

This episode delves into the ongoing debate of the competitiveness between open-source and closed-source models and the reasons behind Meta's decision to publish Llama2 with a permissive open-source license We cover: How much bigger can closed-sourced models be, compared to open-source? Are new competitor foundation models doomed, if Meta enters th…

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Can AI be Creative? 13:41

12M ago13:41

13:41

Ever seen a piece of work and thought, "Wow, a machine did that?" In our very first Slingtalk episode, we unravel the broad world of AI and where creativity plays a part in the process. We cover: - AI models and consciousness - Poetry in language models - Algorithms, novelty, and where inspiration comes from - Creativity and the part randomness pla…

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Empowering Indigenous Communities Through Drone Technology 15:22

1y ago15:22

15:22

Jacob Taylor - CEO Indigenous Aerospace; Darian Edwards, Indigenous Air Mobility Specialist, Canadian Advanced Air Mobility; Kimble McComb, Drone Advisor, Moose Cree First Nation; and Jo-Anne Tabobandung Dean of Aviation, First Nation Technical Institute join us this week to discuss how the usage of drones is an important tool in the process of emp…

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Safe and Efficient Data Collection in Challenging Environments 8:02

1+ y ago8:02

8:02

Justin Simkins, a Technical Specialist from Emesent, joins us this week on how Hovermap is creating a new industry standard in autonomous lidar mapping. Justin discusses Emesent's SLAM (Simultaneous Localization and Mapping) based lidar system and how it can be utilized for autonomous navigation on drone platforms. He also explores how this technol…

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Drone Market Trends and Investment Perspectives with Kay Wackwitz, CEO of Drone Industry Insights and Abhinav Singhvi, CFO of Volatus Aerospace 40:55

2y ago40:55

40:55

What are the current trends in the drone market? What do investors think about the drone industry? How do the answers to these questions impact the drone industry and how do we bridge the gap between positive market trends and investor confidence? We spoke with the CEO of Drone Industry Insights, Kay Wackwitz and CFO of Volatus Aerospace, Abhinav S…

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Remotely Piloting Beyond Visual Line of Sight Near an Active Airport with Optical Detect & Avoid and No Visual Observers 8:55

2y ago8:55

8:55

Richard Podolski, VP of Flight Operations, talks in-depth about the recent SFOC granted to Volatus Aerospace by Transport Canada to remotely pilot a drone using Remote Flight Control System (RFCS) software and optical Detect and Avoid (DAA) within an active aerodrome traffic zone. This is the first step toward commercializing their nesting station …

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Delegate for Transport Canada, Nigel Waterhouse, Discusses the Integration of Large Autonomous Drones into the National Airspace 10:01

2y ago10:01

10:01

While at CanSec, we sat down with Nigel Waterhouse, Delegate for Transport Canada, to discuss the challenges and nuances between autonomous passenger flight, remotely piloted passenger flight, and uncrewed cargo delivery when it comes to integrating them into the National Airspace safely.By Danielle Gagne, Chief Storyteller for Drone Network News at Volatus Aerospace

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Ali Dian, CEO of Aerovel, Discusses the Defense and Commercial Applications of Flexrotor 22:43

2y ago22:43

22:43

Designed by Dr. Tad McGeer, the inventor of the ScanEagle (a UAV that defined a whole new group of military aircraft), the Flexrotor from Aerovel is a vertical takeoff and landing autonomous aircraft with a pedigree that predates most commercial UAVs. In this podcast, we speak with Aerovel's CEO, Ali Dian to dive into the dual-use applications and …

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Task Force Drone Provides Canadian Veterans the Training to Start a Second Career 9:02

2y ago9:02

9:02

Colonel (ret'd) Michel Latouche, leader of the Veteran Training Program, Task Force Drone, speaks about the challenges veterans face when retiring from the military and how becoming a drone pilot can be a fulfilling second career that leverages their military skills.

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Stories from Ukraine: Brothers & Sisters in Arms 13:54

2y ago13:54

13:54

We speak with Lieutenant Colonel Melanie Lake about what it has been like witnessing the Russian invasion of Ukraine after serving with Ukrainian soldiers as a commander during Operation UNIFIER from March to October of 2021 and how that experience led her and many others to establish Mriya Aid, a Not-for-Profit designed to provide non-lethal milit…

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Stories from Ukraine: Evacuation 4:39

2y ago4:39

4:39

What does it take to evacuate a family from Ukraine? What are the dangers involved? We spoke with a gentleman, who in order to keep his family safe has asked to remain anonymous, about what it took to not only get his family out of Ukraine but to provide six weeks of humanitarian aid throughout Ukraine.…

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An Industry First: Elizabeth Police Department Obtains BVLOS Waiver for Drone as a First Responder Program in Class B Airspace with Paladin's Knighthawk 24:52

2y ago24:52

24:52

Divy Shrivastava, Founder and CEO of Paladin, joins us again on Stories from 400 Feet to talk about working with the Elizabeth Police Department in New Jersey to obtain one of the first Beyond Visual Line of Sight (BVLOS) waivers in Class B airspace for a Drone as a First Responder (DFR) Program. To provide some context on what this means: The FAA …

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Partnering to Bring Drone Solutions to Latin America: Interview with Bruno Leoni, CEO of EOLO 9:48

2y ago9:48

9:48

Latin America is an important emerging market for drone applications, but to understand its needs, culture, and regulations across many different countries requires a combination of demonstrated experience and local knowledge. We spoke with Bruno Leoni, CEO of EOLO Drones about his joint venture with Volatus Aerospace and how they will bring sophis…

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Iowa State University's Geology Dept. Uses Drones for the First Time to Study Earthquakes with the Help of Pacific Triangle 23:33

2y ago23:33

23:33

What determines when an earthquake will happen or not? Slow-Slip Events are relatively minor movements that don't cause massive disruption like earthquakes despite having similar elements. Subduction, the process of a plate sliding under another plate, is still a key factor with slow-slip events. With the help of Pacific Triangle, Iowa State Univer…

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Defining Autonomy, Automation, & BVLOS: An Interview with Andy Lacher, Chief Technologist for Future Airspace Operations – Intelligent Flight Systems, NASA Langley Research Center 40:25

2+ y ago40:25

40:25

Andy Lacher is currently the Chief Technologist for Future Airspace Operations in the Intelligent Flight Systems organization at NASA’s Langley Research Center where he works on the safe operational integration of new aviation technologies. His deep knowledge and experience made him the ideal person to talk to about defining and standardizing auton…

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By Adding a Position Sensor Inside Their High-Performance Propulsion System, IQ Motion Control Offers OEMs Better Position Control and Advanced Health Monitoring 6:29

2+ y ago6:29

6:29

By embedding a position sensor inside their propulsion system, IQ Motion Control is enabling better position control and safety protocols and advanced health monitoring that eliminates the need for a swashplate. We spoke with Co-Founders Jon Broome and Matthew Piccoli to learn more about their technology and what benefits this can provide OEMs look…

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Rethinking the Mailbox to Make Way for Drone Delivery 4:57

2+ y ago4:57

4:57

We spoke with Dan O'Toole about drone delivery infrastructure and how reimagining secure mailboxes is an essential element to scaling autonomous package delivery.By Danielle Gagne, Chief Storyteller for Drone Network News at Volatus Aerospace

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Talking About Tethered Drone Applications with Troy Hittle of Elistair 9:20

2+ y ago9:20

9:20

We asked Troy Hittle, Managing Director of North America for Elistair, what can you do with a tethered drone? More than you think. Tethered drone solutions are starting to get more traction as industries look for 24/7 overwatch solutions, but, as Troy points out in this episode, there are more ways to leverage the power of a tethered drone.…

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If Your Drone Crashed, Would You Be Covered? Choosing the Right Insurance to Protect Your Assets 9:04

2+ y ago9:04

9:04

If your drone crashed, would you be covered? This is a question every end user and drone pilot should be asking before starting a mission, because finding out afterward is too late. Crashes can be costly and dangerous, and you want to be protected if the unforeseen happens. But, the answer on whether you are covered or not are not always simple, wh…

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How Sky Ladder Conquered the Mission Impossible Bridge 44:28

2+ y ago44:28

44:28

You've inspected one bridge with a drone, you can inspect them all, right? If only that were true! Unfortunately for inspectors, engineers and architects have deployed multiple designs and materials in the building of bridges all over the world. This is the story of one particular bridge in California that needed its O-rings inspected. The only pro…

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Law Tech Connect Program at AUVSI 2022 Brought Attorneys and the Drone Industry Together Like Never Before 8:57

2+ y ago8:57

8:57

Back in 2019, Dawn Zoldi, Founder and CEO of P3 Tech Consulting LLC, had a vision to bring attorneys and the drone industry together to network and share knowledge. In 2022 at AUVSI XPONENTIAL, she finally got to realize that dream. After attending this groundbreaking event, we spoke with Dawn about the event's highlights, content, and lessons; the…

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Inspired Flight Talks About Blue sUAS, Supply Chain Management, and End User Maturity 7:10

2+ y ago7:10

7:10

In this episode, Adam Bilmes, Director of Sales at Inspired Flight, talks about Blue sUAS and their American-made drone, being prepared to handle supply chain disruptions, the growing maturity and savvy of end users, and what this all means for the industry.By Danielle Gagne, Chief Storyteller for Drone Network News at Volatus Aerospace

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An Italian Drone Inspired by Mother Nature that Can Takeoff and Land from the Water: EuroLink Systems' Beluga 10:48

2+ y ago10:48

10:48

We spoke with Pietro Lapiana, President of EuroLink Systems, about the inspiration and applications of their elegantly engineered Beluga Drone. Built for both defense and commercial applications, the Beluga is capable of taking off and landing from the water and has cut noise pollution in half when compared to comparable drone models, making it a u…

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Building a Safety Culture that Can Move at the Speed of Technological Innovation: Why Communication Is Key 9:48

2+ y ago9:48

9:48

David Krause, Co-Founder of Influential Drones, has been working in technology for over 25 years. Influential Drones is a sales, training and aerial service provider. Dave provides consulting and the company is a volunteer Industry Member with the FAA Safety Team (FAAST). He travels the country as a volunteer promoting a drone and aviation safety c…

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Where Are We With Type Certification and How Will This Enable Life-Saving Medical Deliveries? 7:32

2+ y ago7:32

7:32

Chris Corgnati, President of MissionGO, speaks about the current status of Type Certification for uncrewed systems and how this ties into the work they are doing with MediGo delivering life-saving organs and other critical medical supplies.By Danielle Gagne, Chief Storyteller for Drone Network News at Volatus Aerospace

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Enabling Commercial Industry to Leverage the Full Potential of Drones: Interview with Steve Coulson, Founder and CCO of COPTRZ 9:39

2+ y ago9:39

9:39

We often talk about a "drone industry" but really there are a number of industries that leverage drones to make operations faster, safer, cheaper, and better. But finding the right platforms and sensors, getting the right talent to conduct missions, understanding what drones can do for your business, or scaling up can be a significant challenge. St…

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The Current and Future Risks of GPS Jamming for Drone Technology and How to Prevent an Attack 9:39

2+ y ago9:39

9:39

Omer Sharar, CEO of InfiniDome, has been working with Honeywell for the past several years on building solutions that address some of the biggest threats to drone security and safety - loss of GPS signal due to jamming or other interferences. We spoke with Sharar to learn how his technology works, how this is impacting current events in places like…

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Making Drone Flights Safer: Tracking Single-Point Failures Through a Systems of Systems Approach 4:26

2+ y ago4:26

4:26

Drones are considerably smaller than most crewed aircraft. This means that in order to fly, they can't be weighed down by multiple redundant components, making it more likely to have single-point failures - a component/system that, should it fail, would render the system inoperable. We all know that safety is paramount for advanced regulations and …

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Building a Tool to Save Lives: Founder Divy Shrivastava Talks About How Paladin Got into Developing Autonomous Drone as a First Responder Solutions 8:18

2+ y ago8:18

8:18

When a childhood friend's house burned down in his tight knit Indian immigrant community, Divy Shrivastava began asking questions. What did fire fighters and other first responders need to ensure better outcomes in emergencies? He kept hearing the same things: first responders needed more information before arriving on scene. From here, he built Pa…

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