Meet the New Thiel Fellows, GPT 5.5, Thoma Bravo Loses Medallia | Victor Boyd, Alex Shieh, Nick Dobroshinsky, Ishan Gupta, Antoni Kiszka, Milan Lustig, Galen Mead, Aubrey Niederhoffer, Samuel Carvalho, Claire Wang

About this episode

The episode features discussions with new Thiel Fellows on topics including autonomous forklifts, AI in fraud detection, and the release of GPT 5.5.

(02:15) - Thoma Bravo Loses Medallia (10:28) - GPT 5.5 Released (11:32) - 𝕏 Timeline Reactions (29:23) - Victor Boyd, co-founder and CTO of Cavalla Industries, discusses the development of autonomous forklifts aimed at delivering goods anywhere within hours. He explains the challenges faced with retrofitting existing forklifts due to their inconsistent internal designs, leading the company to build their own forklift to ensure reliability and scalability. Boyd also highlights the integration of teleoperation using Xbox controllers, allowing remote human intervention when necessary, and emphasizes the importance of delivering consistent results to customers, regardless of the level of autonomy achieved. (41:03) - Alex Shieh, a former Brown University student and co-founder of The Antifraud Company, discusses his firm's mission to utilize AI models for detecting government fraud and pursuing legal action against fraudsters, operating on a contingency basis where they earn a percentage of recovered funds. He explains the company's approach of combining open-source intelligence with AI to proactively identify fraudulent activities, emphasizing the importance of outbound…

People in this episode

Hosts: John Coogan, Jordi Hays

Guests: Victor Boyd, Alex Shieh, Nick Dobroshinsky

Topics covered

• autonomous technology
• fraud detection
• AI applications
• entrepreneurship
• Thiel Fellowship
• business innovation

Keywords

• Thiel Fellowship
• autonomous forklifts
• AI fraud detection
• GPT 5.5
• Cavalla Industries
• The Antifraud Company
• Thoma Bravo
• business innovation

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Cavalla Industries, The Antifraud Company, Thoma Bravo, Brown University

Products: GPT 5.5

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