306 - Guest: Rob May, Intellectual Troublemaker, part 2
From Artificial Intelligence and You by aiandyou
April 27, 2026 · 32 min · Episode 307
About this episode
Rob May discusses the impact of AI advancements on work and business strategy.
This and all episodes at: https://aiandyou.net/ . I am talking with Rob May, Co-Founder and CEO of NeuroMetric AI, optimizing inference for multi-model AI systems, and returning to the show after 5 years. We're making sense of how rapid advances in AI—especially the shift from training to real-world inference—are reshaping work, business strategy, and the roles of humans. They accelerate productivity while increasing cognitive demands and redefining where human judgment still matters. A serial entrepreneur, Rob has founded and scaled multiple successful companies including Backupify, Talla, Dianthus, and BrandGuard. He’s also an active angel investor with over 100 portfolio companies and brings firsthand insight into the evolution of AI entrepreneurship. His expertise lies at the intersection of AI research, applied inference, and startup strategy. He is also the co-host of the AI in NYC Show, where he discusses the latest breakthroughs in AI infrastructure and reasoning with top founders, investors, and researchers. We conclude the interview by talking about AI processing on local devices, natural limits to automation, the shift in competitive advantage from execution to…
People in this episode
Guest: Rob May
Topics covered
- AI advancements
- business strategy
- human judgment
- AI entrepreneurship
- local AI processing
- automation limits
- workforce restructuring
Keywords
- AI
- inference
- entrepreneurship
- productivity
- automation
- cognitive demands
- competitive advantage
- workforce
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: NeuroMetric AI, Backupify, Talla, Dianthus, BrandGuard, AI in NYC Show, HumanCusp Blog
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