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In this episode of the Middle Tech Spotlight Series, we sit down with Varun Dwaraka, Head of Bioinformatics at TruDiagnostic, to discuss the cutting-edge work being done at this Lexington-based startup. TruDiagnostic is making waves in the health and aging industry with their focus on epigenetic analysis and their commitment to using only proven processes and real research. Dwaraka shares the science behind the company's work, including their use of the largest private epigenetic database in the world, and their ongoing clinical trials aimed at reducing aging. With a mission to revolutionize the health and aging industry, TruDiagnostic is expanding from an epigenetic testing lab to a full multi-omic suite. Dwaraka discusses the company's partnerships with top scientists from around the world, their development of new methods of epigenetic identification, and their goal of delivering the most accurate and comprehensive epigenetic analysis possible. Tune in to learn more about TruDiagnostic's latest

In this episode, Logan and Evan cover a range of topics from Congo Brands' expansion to the latest AI developments at Meta and Apple. Congo Brands is investing $8.2 million in a new headquarters in Kentucky, which is expected to create 500 jobs over the next decade. We also discuss Meta's new product group focused on generative AI and the impact it could have on the future of social media. Additionally, we explore Apple's new AI health coaching service, Quartz, which uses data from Apple Watches to create personalized programs for users. Visit us at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠MiddleTech.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Follow Us ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Twitter⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Facebook⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠LinkedIn⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Logan's Twitter⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Evan's Twitter⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Middle Tech is proud to be supported by: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠KY Innovation⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Bolt Marketing

In this weeks episode, Logan and Evan discuss how Apple has teamed up with Goldman Sachs to introduce a high-yield savings account that offers a 4.15% APY, which is ten times the national average. Apple's foray into finance has been successful, with services like Apple Pay, Apple Card, and Apple Cash being well-received by consumers. Next, we'll delve into the world of space travel and talk about SpaceX's Starship spacecraft and Super Heavy rocket. Although the first test flight was successful, it was not without its challenges, including debris flying for miles and residents describing the noise and debris as "truly terrifying." Finally, we'll explore Google's Code Red panic over the rise of ChatGPT and its failure to excite the world with its AI products. We'll discuss the implications of this and how it relates to the future of AI. Visit us at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠MiddleTech.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Follow Us ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Twitter⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Facebook⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠LinkedIn⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Lo

This week, Logan and Evan dive into the latest developments in the world of artificial intelligence. Our first topic centers around Elon Musk's recent move to start a rival AI company called X.AI, after changing the name of Twitter to X corp. by merging the two companies together. We discuss his plans to build an everything app like WeChat in China and power it with AI likely trained on Twitter data. With his aggressive recruiting of engineers away from Deep Mind and Open AI, we explore the potential for Musk to create a new, powerful AI app that revolutionizes the way we consume information and interact on social media. Our second topic covers Amazon's recent entry into the generative AI race with Bedrock Launch. We examine Amazon's approach of recruiting third parties to host models on AWS, which enables developers to build with pre-trained models within the AWS ecosystem, the largest cloud development platform in the world. With Amazon competing with Microsoft's partnership with OpenAI, we

This week, Logan and Evan explore several topics that are currently shaping the tech industry. They start by discussing Jack Harlow's investment in Phocus, a Louisville-based drink brand, and highlight the potential benefits of the collaboration between the popular rapper and the beverage company. We then delves into Tesla's recent decision to reduce the prices of its Model S and Model X vehicles, and the implications this may have on the automotive industry. The hosts also examine the proposed RESTRICT act and its potential risks, including the possibility of criminalizing the use of VPNs and authorizing additional surveillance of US citizens' online activity. Finally, the podcast features an AI Edge segment that discusses Google's plan to integrate conversational AI features into its search engine, and how this move could change the user experience significantly. Visit us at ⁠⁠⁠⁠MiddleTech.com⁠⁠⁠⁠ Follow Us ⁠⁠⁠⁠Twitter⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠Facebook⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠LinkedIn⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠Logan's

Dr. Stephen Carrithers is the founder and CEO of AmDx PrognostX, a biotechnology company working to develop an immunoassay blood test to identify early diabetes-related microvascular dysfunction. With 88 million Americans suffering from prediabetes, many remain unaware of their condition, leaving them at risk for developing type 2 diabetes and other serious health complications. The groundbreaking test by AmDx PrognostX aims to predict which prediabetic patients will progress into kidney disease and allow for proactive and preventative treatment. In this episode, we discuss the challenges faced by prediabetic patients, the importance of early detection and intervention, and the unique family dynamic at AmDx PrognostX, which combines the expertise of MBAs, MDs, and PhDs. We also explore the company's recent successes, including receiving an SBIR Phase II grant from the NIH and their plan to bring the diagnostic test to market. Learn more about AmDx PrognostX at PrognostXHealth.com. Visit us at ⁠⁠⁠⁠Middle

This week, Logan and Evan dive into the latest major battery projects in Kentucky, including EnerVenue's investment of $264m into a gigafactory in Shelby County, and Microvast's $504m investment in Hopkinsville. These announcements solidify Kentucky as the EV battery production capital of the United States. We also discuss Kentucky's latest legislation on medical marijuana and sports betting, with the recent passing of Senate Bill 47 to legalize and regulate medical marijuana in Kentucky, and our thoughts on the potential pivot of AppHarvest to growing medical marijuana. In our AI Edge Segment, we discuss the recent call by tech industry leaders, including Elon Musk and Steve Wozniak, for a six-month pause in the development of AI systems more powerful than GPT-4. They believe that the risk to society is too great as AI becomes increasingly human-competitive at general tasks, potentially flooding information channels with propaganda and causing job displacement on a massive scale. Goldman Sachs pr

This week Logan and Evan discuss the Fed's decision to raise their benchmark interest rate, and the current state of the banking industry. We also dive into the controversy surrounding TikTok's privacy policies and the possibility of forcing them to sell to an American company. For our AI Edge segment, we explore OpenAI's launch of plugins and the fundamental shift it creates in the way we interact with the internet. With plugins, all the internet's information and call-to-action will be at our fingertips in a chat interface. Lastly we interviewed Paul Ehlinger, CEO and Co-founder of Flamel.ai. We dive into their company and how they are thriving in the AI boom! Visit us at ⁠⁠MiddleTech.com⁠⁠ Follow Us ⁠⁠Twitter⁠⁠ ⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠ ⁠⁠Facebook⁠⁠ ⁠⁠LinkedIn⁠⁠ ⁠⁠Logan's Twitter⁠⁠ ⁠⁠Evan's Twitter⁠⁠ Middle Tech is proud to be supported by: ⁠⁠KY Innovation⁠⁠ ⁠⁠Bolt Marketing

This week Logan and Evan are join by Michael Lewis, Co-Founder at THESIS Education, to discuss the Silicon Valley Bank crisis that shook the tech industry. SVB received an influx of deposits due to the tech boom and VC, leading to unrealized losses when they invested poorly. They sold at a loss and raised more money, causing a run on the bank. We explore the misunderstanding of the $250k FDIC deposit insurance limit, the systemic risk, and the government response, including guaranteeing deposits and letting banks fail. In our AI Edge segment, we showcase Chat-GPT 4's impressive abilities such as turning a napkin sketch into a website and generating recipes from grocery photos. We also delve into the backstory of OpenAI LP, a capped profit company spun up in 2019. Visit us at ⁠MiddleTech.com⁠ Follow Us ⁠Twitter⁠ ⁠Instagram⁠ ⁠Facebook⁠ ⁠LinkedIn⁠ ⁠Logan's Twitter⁠ ⁠Evan's Twitter⁠ Middle Tech is proud to be supported by: ⁠KY Innovation⁠ ⁠Bolt Marketing

In this episode, we caught up with Kate Van Pelt from Synaptek, who we previously interviewed in 2019. They've made significant progress in the field of concussion protocol management and are currently raising funds for their company. Kate shares insights on the new business model they're taking on with Synaptek and all of the exciting developments since we last talked to them. Visit us at MiddleTech.com Follow Us Twitter Instagram Facebook LinkedIn Logan's Twitter Evan's Twitter Middle Tech is proud to be supported by: KY Innovation Bolt Marketing

This week Logan and Evan discuss Figure releasing their first images of its humanoid robot. The also discuss how Neuralink was denied by the FDA to begin human testing and the future of the company. And we go recent news in the AI space in our AI Edge Segment! 0:00 - Intro 3:02 - Kentucky Invests $117 Million Toward Small Businesses 10:38 - Massive Growth Coming to Elizabethtown, Kentucky 13:51 - Giving Our Flowers to Governor Beshear 15:41 - Thoughts on Recession and Growth in Kentucky 17:07 - Figure Releases Images of their Humanoid Robot 18:57 - The Big Race for General Purpose Robots 21:48 - The Difference Between Boston Dynamics and Optimist 24:49 - Neuralink Gets Denied by the FDA 28:27 - Would You Get Neuralink? 30:20 - AI Edge Articles Figure emerges from stealth with the first images of its humanoid robot Stable Diffusion can visualize human thoughts from MRI data Visit us at MiddleTech.com Follow Us Twitter Instagram Facebook LinkedIn Logan's Twitter Evan's Twitter Middle Tech is proud to be sup

This week Logan and Evan discuss whats going on in Kentucky with startups and raising capital. The DOJ is reportedly getting ready to file suit to block the $20 billion Adobe-Figma deal  announced last year on the grounds it is anti-competitive. And we go recent news in the AI space in our AI Edge Segment! 0:00 - Intro 3:23 - Kentucky startups that are leveraging Wefunder 8:26 - The Current Issue with Raising Funds in Kentucky 19:31 - DOJ Blocks Adobe’s Acquisition of Figma 25:55 - AI Edge Section Articles http://www.bizjournals.com/louisville/inno/stories/fundings/2023/02/23/cornbread-hemp-raises-funds.html https://www.bizjournals.com/louisville/news/2020/04/13/crowdfunding-in-the-time-of-coronavirus-cornbread.html https://www.bizjournals.com/louisville/inno/stories/news/2023/02/24/yornest-sputnik-atx-accelerator-group-chat-2023.html https://techcrunch.com/2023/02/24/doj-suit-could-represent-significant-stumbling-block-for-20b-adobe-figma-deal/ https://techcrunch.com/2022/09/26/designers-underwhelm

This week Logan and Evan discuss what’s going on with Tesla recalls, Twitter’s algorithm update for Elon, Shopify’s move to reduce meetings, and the newest the development in AI. 0:00 - Intro 1:55 - Train Derailment 5:23 - Tesla Recalls 9:34 - Elon vs Biden Twitter Impression 13:10 - Shopify Cutting Back on Meetings 20:21 - AI Fighter Jet 24:24 - Bing Chat 26:28 - Prompt Injection 32:41 - AI Edge: Writing Emails Articles: https://www.reuters.com/business/autos-transportation/tesla-recalls-362000-us-vehicles-over-full-self-driving-software-2023-02-16/ https://interestingengineering.com/culture/elon-musk-hits-back-at-media-reports https://twitter.com/POTUS/status/1624931580962656261 https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/elon-musk-eagles-tweet/ https://www.platformer.news/p/elon-musk-fires-a-top-twitter-engineer https://www.npr.org/2023/02/15/1156804295/shopify-delete-meetings-zoom-virtual-productivity https://www.edwards.af.mil/News/Article/3297083/dod-artificial-intelligence-agents-successfully-pilot-f

On this episode of Middle Tech, Logan and Evan cover: 0:00 - Intro 5:04 - AI Competition Heats Up 10:45 - China’s Baidu is releasing their own ChatGPT 14:55 - Microsoft is launching an all-new, AI-powered Bing search engine 22:48 - AppHarvest announces $40M public stock offering 31:28 - AI Edge, Headlines and Tips Articles: Google shares drop $100 billion after its new AI chatbot makes a mistake China's biggest search engine is to set launch a ChatGPT rival in March Reinventing search with a new AI-powered Microsoft Bing and Edge, your copilot for the web AppHarvest announces $40M public stock offering DevelopLex Happy Hour: Click Here Visit us at MiddleTech.com Follow Us Twitter Instagram Facebook LinkedIn Logan's Twitter Evan's Twitter Middle Tech is proud to be supported by: KY Innovation Bolt Marketing

On this episode of Middle Tech, Logan and Evan cover: 0:00 - Intro 5:09 - Chinese Weather Balloon Shot Down Live 10:08 - FTC’s proposed ban on noncompete agreements 27:40 - AI Edge, Headlines and Tips DevelopLex Happy Hour: Click Here Visit us at MiddleTech.com Follow Us Twitter Instagram Facebook LinkedIn Logan's Twitter Evan's Twitter Middle Tech is proud to be supported by: KY Innovation Bolt Marketing

On this episode of Middle Tech, Logan and Evan cover: 4:35 - Google Ads business under attack in Anti-trust Lawsuit 12:00 - Google created an AI-powered musician 17:15 - Shutterstock partners with OpenAI to avoid extinction 25:40 - AI Edge Visit us at MiddleTech.com Follow Us Twitter Instagram Facebook LinkedIn Logan's Twitter Evan's Twitter Middle Tech is proud to be supported by: KY Innovation Bolt Marketing

On this episode of Middle Tech, Logan and Evan cover:  3:00 - Microsoft Laying off 10,000 workers  9:00 - Corvette going Hybrid 12:34 -TikTok Bans  21:23 - Tesla fake auto-pilot video Visit us at MiddleTech.com  Follow Us Twitter  Instagram  Facebook  LinkedIn  Logan's Twitter  Evan's Twitter Middle Tech is proud to be supported by:  KY Innovation  Bolt Marketing

On this episode of Middle Tech, Logan and Evan cover: - Kentucky's SBIR grants award nearly $900k to Kentucky Startups - The airline industry is having technology problems - why? - Tesla announces global price cuts of up to 20% Visit us at MiddleTech.com Twitter Instagram Facebook LinkedIn Logan's Twitter Evan's Twitter Middle Tech is proud to be supported by: KY Innovation Bolt Marketing

Welcome to season 6 of the Middle Tech Podcast! For this season, we are now hosting episodes LIVE on Mondays at 8am EST. As part of this change, we will be covering national & local news in technology and startups, while having a local guest join to give their perspectives. On this episode, we cover: Amazon laying off an additional 18,000 employees ChatGPT is being banned on all NYC public school devices and networks. Darshak Patel, senior lecturer and Director of the Economics department at UK’s Gatton College of Business, joins us to give his perspective on how ChatGPT is disrupting education. Coinbase settles with New York state financial regulator for $100 million over “historical” shortcomings in anti-money laundering standards AppHarvest completes a sale-leaseback of it Berea farm for $127M and hires a new COO Visit us at MiddleTech.com Twitter Instagram Facebook LinkedIn Logan's Twitter Evan's Twitter Middle Tech is proud to be supported by: KY Innovation Bolt Marketing *We apologize for th

Nate looks back on 2022, and on the Weekend Thoughts format as whole. On to better things... Middle Tech socials: Instagram Facebook LinkedIn Visit us at MiddleTech.com