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AI demos are easy. Building AI that actually works inside a business is much harder. Explore what makes an AI system truly production ready, why even 99% accuracy can create serious problems at scale, and where human judgment, guardrails, governance, and accountability still matter.
Recent Episodes
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How Frontier Tech Gets Funded Before It Becomes a Startup
This episode offers a practical look at how technical risk gets reduced, why promising research gets stuck, and what investors need to understand before backing the next generation of deep tech companies.
How Public R&D Powers AI & Breakthrough Innovation with Arati Prabhakar
AI, GPS, self-driving cars, mRNA vaccines, semiconductors and the internet did not appear overnight. Many were built on decades of publicly funded research before entrepreneurs and companies turned them into products.
About
Innovators Inside:
What is new in Corporate Innovation, and why is it so hard?
Join us for a series of interviews with thought leaders and high achievers in Corporate Innovation. Through intimate conversations with host Ian Bergman, we explore what makes Corporate Innovation so hard. Guests range from established stars to the most exciting up-and-comers. Innovators Inside is a must-listen for anyone trying to instill a culture of curiosity into a large corporation.
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Ian Bergman
Podcast Host & CEO, Alchemist
As a self-described general-purpose nerd and corporate innovation agitator, Ian loves working at the intersection of emerging tech startups and the innovation needs of established organizations.
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Corporate Innovation &
Government Programs
Model Silicon Valley’s culture of innovation by working with top-tier teams and mentors to build a program that aligns with your goals.
AlchemistX is the corporate innovation and government services division of Alchemist. We partner with industry leaders and forward-thinking governments to engage with and support the world’s best entrepreneurs and innovation concepts. AlchemistX’s customized acceleration, market entry, intrapraneurship and venture incubation programs are built on the methods, knowledge and network that have supported successful Alchemist founders for over a decade.
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