This Week in Startups
Episodes
How Bespoke faked AI until it actually worked (w/ Akemi Tsunagawa) | E2320
Host Arunachalam Ramamurthy interviews Akimi Soagula, founder of Bespoke, about her three ventures addressing Japan’s labor shortages and tourism boom.
Why AI has no taste and how to fix it (w/ Thais Castello Branco) | E2319
Hosts Lon and Jason interview Thais Castelo-Branco of Taste Labs, discussing how AI lacks subjective taste and how her company uses human experts to improve model outputs.
Banning Chinese robots isn't regulatory capture | E2318
While other cultivated meat companies are collapsing, this one turned a profit | E2317
Host Cho discusses Japan’s startup ecosystem and Kaizen culture before interviewing Dr.