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Swan Systems

Tim Hyde presents Swan Systems at our Ag | Food Tech 10, Workshop at Bonny Doon.

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Farm-ng

Ethan Rublee presents Farm-ng at our Ag | Food Tech 10, Workshop at Bonny Doon.

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Optimized Foods

Zane Starkewolfe presents Optimized Foods at our Ag | Food Tech 10, Workshop at Bonny Doon.

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Suggestic

Victor Chapela presents Suggestic at our Ag | Food Tech 10, Workshop at Bonny Doon.

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Windfall Bio

Josh Silverman presents Windfall Bio at our Ag | Food Tech 10, Workshop at Bonny Doon.

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An Interview with Shely Aronov and Amy Wu

Doon Insights' Managing Director Nick Sramek sits down with Shely Aronov, Founder and CEO of Inner Plant, and Amy Wu, journalist and author of From Farms to Incubators.

Nick begins by asking Amy about her book which profiles female leaders in agtech and food tech, plus inquires about the state of female startup founders. Shely opens up about her company, Inner Plant, which codes crops to communicate when stressed by pathogens or drought.

For more information about Amy's work, check out her page at https://www.farmstoincubators.com/.

More information on Shely and her company can be found at https://innerplant.com/.

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Auto | Mobility Tech No. 12: Goggo Network

Howard Chao and Will Foss interview Yasmine Fage of Goggo Network.

Goggo Network is an autonomous mobility company with the vision to provide all people with logistics and people transportation solutions powered by autonomous vehicle technology. They are building the largest vehicle-agnostic operator of autonomous and electric fleets in Europe and Middle East, by connecting businesses with autonomous mobility technology.

Goggo Network provides a seamless end-to-end solution powered by autonomous vehicles and robots, thanks to their proprietary technology operating platform, their regulatory collaboration with public entities, and their on-ground operating expertise and workforce.

Goggo was founded in 2018 by serial entrepreneur Martin Varsavsky and ex-McKinsey Associate Partner Yasmine Fage and has raised over €24M of funding so far from Softbank and Axel Springer Ventures.

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Auto | Mobility Tech No. 11: DriveU.auto

Howard Chao and Rodolfo Elias Dieck interview Alon Podhurst of DriveU.auto.

The DriveU.auto connectivity platform enables safe teleoperation of robots, autonomous vehicles, and more, using cellular bonding and dynamic encoding. The platform is already deployed and in use on public roads. It provides high speed, low latency, ultra-reliable transmission of video, audio streams, high-speed data, and control channels, and is available with hardware or as a software-only implementation.

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Legal | Reg Tech No. 9: Streamline AI

Howard Chao and David Wang interview Kathy Zhu of Streamline AI

Streamline AI (www.streamline.ai) is an intake and workflow automation platform built for in-house legal teams. Streamline AI solves a critical pain-point that was experienced first-hand by Kathy Zhu as a commercial lawyer at Medallia and as Head of Commercial Legal at DoorDash. Streamline AI has enabled its customers, including Pantheon and Branch.io, to automate its end-to-end request management process, provide real-time visibility and collaboration to stakeholders, and track key metrics like request volume and SLAs to demonstrate the legal team's value.

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Auto | Mobility Tech No. 10: Meili

Howard Chao and Fernando Gomez-Baquero interview Sam Lee of Meili Technologies.

Meili's mission is two-fold: proactively stopping crashes to save lives and enabling mobility for all. Their deep learning medical emergency detection utilizes existing in-vehicle sensors to understand from a driver's behavior and vitals when they are experiencing anything from a heart attack to a seizure to a diabetic emergency. Once this is detected, Meili again uses existing systems to alert the vehicle to come to a stop to avoid a crash, unlock doors for first responders, turn on hazard lights to reduce the risk of a post-stop crash, and alert EMS to ensure the driver receives lifesaving care.

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Legal | Reg Tech No. 8: ECFX

Howard Chao and Umang Kajaria interview Dan O'Day of ECFX

ECFX was founded by attorneys and legal technology experts with a single goal: to address unmet automation needs in the legal industry. We are committed to filling in the gaps in legal workflows with intelligently automated solutions, enabling firms to save time, gain control, mitigate risks, and improve visibility. The company's first product - ECFX Notice - automates the processing of electronic court filing (ECF) notices-saving law firms hundreds of hours a week to focus on the work clients value. The solution is a fit for firms of all sizes and used by global firms such as Dentons, White & Case, ArentFox Schiff, Perkins Coie, and Cooley as well as several smaller firms.

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Legal | Reg Tech No. 7: Gavel

Howard Chao and Haley Altman interview Dorna Moini of Gavel (formerly Documate).

Gavel is the global leader in no-code legal automation, allowing legal professionals to easily set up robust workflows and automate end-to-end processes.

Gavel enables logic-based data collection, powerful document automation, billing and data management, and the ability to launch public-facing legal applications. By automating legal processes, Gavel helps customers provide a better experience to their internal teams and external clients and build scalable legal practices.

Gavel is based in the US with operations globally. Learn more at www.gavel.io.

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Auto | Mobility Tech No. 9: WattEV

Howard Chao and Bill Russo interview Salim Youssefzadeh of WattEV.

WattEV, a Long Beach-headquartered company, is successfully solving the challenges of equitable freight transportation electrification through two-prong innovative business strategy. Find more details at www.wattev.com.

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Legal | Reg Tech No. 6: Suited

Howard Chao and Ali Shahidi interview Matt Spencer of Suited.

Suited is a predictive recruiting platform that uses human psychology and artificial intelligence to drive accurate, efficient, and equitable talent decisions for law firms and other professional services organizations. At over ten times the predictive power of traditional resume factors, Suited removes systemic bias from the recruiting process allowing firms to expand the way they identify and consider talent while providing candidates with a holistic way to demonstrate their potential.

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How Automakers are Navigating a very Geopolitical World:

Howard Chao sits down with Bill Russo of Automobility Limited to discuss trends in the global automobility markets.

Bill reflects on his journey that led him to his role as a global expert on the development of the automotive industry. They discuss China's recent surge into the mobility market and the country's unique position and role in advancing the future of mobility. They cover how the geopolitical conflicts between the US and China are affecting global strategy in the sector. Finally Howard and Bill discuss the implications of US's recent industrial policies and how legacy automakers should be mapping their path forward.

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Auto | Mobility Tech No. 7: Aifleet

Howard Chao and Jeff Peters interview Marc El Khoury of Aifleet. Aifleet is a technology company disrupting the $800B antiquated trucking industry. They are creating the first truly scalable trucking company by reversing the industry trend of underutilized assets and high driver turnover.

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Legal | Reg Tech No. 5: NLmatics

Howard Chao and Joe Green interview Ambika Sukla of NLMatics.

NLMATICS is a powerful platform for analyzing legal documents. Its unparalleled search and data extraction capabilities help legal professionals instantly access unique insights from thousands of documents. Unlike current contract analytics products that tag handful data points in simple contracts, the NLMATICS platform can be quickly customized to accurately extract custom data points from a wide range of complex documents such as SEC filings, credit agreements, bond indentures, M&A and VC deals.

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Auto | Mobility Tech No. 6: Ascendance Flight Technologies

Howard Chao and Patrick Hogan interview Thibault Baldivia of Ascendance Flight Technologies. Ascendance is developing an innovative hybrid propulsion system called STERNA and a vertical take-off and landing aircraft (VTOL) fitted with this technology, called ATEA.

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Legal | Reg Tech No. 4: Legaltech Hub

Howard Chao and Mike Suchsland interview Jeroen Plink of Legaltech Hub.

Legaltech Hub is the global directory of legal technology solutions, tools, and services where buyers of legal technology can research the legal tech they need to manage a 21st century law firm or in-house department, vendors can showcase their solutions, and investors can understand the marketplace.

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Auto | Mobility Tech No. 5: Coastr

Howard Chao and Ignacio Garcia interview Biswajit Kundu Roy of Coastr. Coastr is digitising the vehicle rental, leasing, subscription, and car-sharing ecosystem with its Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) platform for vehicle rental and fleet management.

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