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0Welcome to the Innovator Coffee, a podcast that bridges the gap between people and the world of AI and innovation. Follow us to explore the top AI applications, ecosystem insights, and the emerging trends.
In this episode of “Innovator Coffee" podcast, we featured an interview with a seasoned technology leader, Joe Hsy, CTO of Raydiant, Investor, 3X exit founders, the first generation Stanford AI graduate and a MJAA mentor.
The conversation primarily tracks Joe’s long and varied career path, including his subsequent journey through multiple startups, enterprise roles at companies like Oracle and WebEx, and several acquisitions (exits). Key themes explored include the importance of a growth mindset and continuous learning as a career driver, strategies for leading teams, and lessons learned from the startup lifecycle, particularly regarding go-to-market strategies like product-led growth and the complexities of M&A integration.
The discussion concludes with Joe sharing his perspective on the current AI wave, its transformative potential compared to previous cycles, ethical concerns regarding data privacy and governance within large language models, and predictions for the future of work. His main advice for early-stage AI founders is to fall in love with the problem, not the AI technology itself.
A Summarized Version of the Podcast, Broken Down into Eight Sections
Section
Timestamp
1. Introduction, Education, and Early Startup Career 00:00 - 04:27
2. Evaluating AI Initiatives: Painkillers vs. Vitamins 04:28 - 07:40
3. Acquisition Lessons and Management Philosophy 07:41 - 14:16
4. The New AI Wave, Disruption, and Societal Purpose 14:17 - 18:19
5. Data Governance, Team Scaling, and Go-to-Market Strategy 18:20 - 32:00
6. Radiant's Strategy, Founder Advice, and Critical Mindset as well as MJAA 32:00 - end
Information about the MJAA: mjaamentorship.org
Hosts:
Tom Kong
*Stanford EE alumni,
*Founder@ Stanford AGI Adventist Community (10K+ members so far from top VC, Engineers, startups from Silicon Valley )
*AI Lecturer, a serial entrepreneur in media and data. Advisor @ techtimes.com
*AI deployment for 8 years, with NLP and recent LLMs (RAG, Agent, Diffusion)
Wickey Wang
*IT Security Compliance/Auditor & CSTU Faculty
*Growth fund VC advisor, Early stage fund fellow and Angel Investor with cybersecurity and AI focus
*GAI Security book co-author
*AI Security/EmergingTech Security Non-Profit (SafenAI) Co-founder
Special thanks to Hannah Wang who did the wonderful job to assist to complete this podcast. www.linkedin.com
and Vicky @ vickylan0004@gmail.com
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