BONUS: From a Sabbatical to Building the First Full-Stack Industrial AI Company with Andres Naranjo, CEO of Software Toolbox
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Andres Naranjo shares his journey from consulting to building an AI company, discussing insights on AI deployment in the industrial sector.
Andres Naranjo sailed a race around the world, wrote Japan's digital agenda, and spent his sabbatical teaching himself AI from scratch. This week Chris sits down with Andres, CEO of Software Toolbox, to hear some incredible life stories and dig into what bringing AI into the industrial world looks like right now. Andres has lived a lot of lives as a consultant, entrepreneur, ocean racer and AI builder. He's pretty direct about why he walked away from consulting to pursue his current endeavors - the AI wave was moving far too fast to be on the side-lines of it. There's also practical conversation here for anyone thinking about how to deploy AI on the plant floor, and Andres' breakdown of how to effectively train an agent. In this episode, find out: Why Andres left one of the most prestigious consulting firms in the world to go build things himself What sailing a race around the world taught him about data, analytics and machine learning What the industrial tech stack of the future actually looks like and why it's simpler than anyone is making it sound The difference between machine learning, generative AI and agentic AI and why confusing them is holding the industry back Why the…
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