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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

Logan and Evan cover the Department of Energy’s announcement on achieving net gain nuclear fusion, Trump releasing an NFT, SBF getting arrested, Elon suspending accounts under a new doxxing policy, and a review of the SPAC market over the past few years. Thanks to all who listened throughout the year - we’ll be continuing to create content similar to what’s on the Friday Update, but it will be on our Monday episodes instead. See you all in 2023! Today's Friday Update is sponsored by KY Innovation Visit us at MiddleTech.com

For the final episode of season 5 of the Middle Tech Podcast, we wanted to stick with the tradition of getting the team together to talk about the past season's successes/failures, what we learned over the past year, and our plans for season 6. Season 6 will kick off on January 9th, 2023 - we hope everyone has a wonderful holiday season!

Tj recaps how Middle Tech's first event went: from the logistic planning to the conversation itself. Middle Tech socials: Instagram Facebook LinkedIn Visit us at MiddleTech.com

Logan and Evan cover the antitrust investigations around Ticketmaster/Live Nation in the wake of the Taylor Swift debacle, as well as Microsoft's attempted acquisition of Activision, plus the latest AI model from OpenAI - ChatGPT. Watch Middle Tech's Friday Updates LIVE at 8:30am EST on Instagram every week! @MiddleTechPod Today's Friday Update is sponsored by KY Innovation Visit us at MiddleTech.com

On today’s episode, Evan sits down with Adam VanWingerden, CEO and Founder of Lexington AgTech startup, Silver Fern Group, to cover the details reported in the Lexington Herald Leader’s recent article on AppHarvest. The article, covering AppHarvest’s recent disclosure alerting investors that it’s running out of cash, comes after a rough year for the Lexington-based startup. Through their financial disclosures, it became evident that the massive investment in the future of AgTech was having difficulty producing a sustainable business model and burning through cash at an alarming rate. In addition to their business woes, Evan and Adam discuss the shadiness of some of AppHarvest’s investors that also were involved in other high-profile startup failures, how the ESG movement has allowed this failure to happen, the dark side of SPACs, and more. Visit us at MiddleTech.com Twitter Instagram Facebook LinkedIn Logan's Twitter Evan's Twitter Middle Tech is proud to be supported by: Our presenting sponsor, KY Innovation

Danny reviews a new, unique path in computer engineering: coding for art and creativity. Middle Tech socials: Instagram Facebook LinkedIn Visit us at MiddleTech.com

Evan and Logan discuss the protests happening in China and Kanye getting banned from Twitter...again. Watch Middle Tech's Friday Updates LIVE at 8:30am EST on Instagram every week! @MiddleTechPod Today's Friday Update is sponsored by KY Innovation Visit us at MiddleTech.com