Mehrab Momin from aiCTO
AI has been “old news” since the 1950s, but Mehrab Momin of aiCTO Services breaks down why it suddenly feels everywhere, how founders should actually think about AI (data first, buzzwords later), and why Houston’s physical-world industries might be the perfect playground for the next wave, from vision models to humanoid robots.
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00:00 Show intro and guest setup
01:10 Fractional AI CTO explained
03:10 Early AI work and swarm intelligence
05:10 AI “flavors” from ML to deep learning
07:10 Transformers and the LLM leap
09:10 Where AI shows up in industry
12:00 Language, context, and why LLMs work
18:00 Energy AI applications and examples
19:30 Computer vision basics and VLMs
23:30 Open source models and fine-tuning
26:20 Houston vs Bay Area AI maturity
29:20 Solar, drones, and practical vision AI
31:00 Humanoid robots and physical AI
33:20 Edge computing and model stacks
36:00 Testing, validation, and “AI going rogue”
37:20 Common startup mistakes with AI
40:20 Human intuition vs machine intelligence
48:00 Language preservation and climate tech link
51:20 What’s next for Houston startups
53:50 How to connect and wrap-up
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00:00 Show intro and guest setup
01:10 Fractional AI CTO explained
03:10 Early AI work and swarm intelligence
05:10 AI “flavors” from ML to deep learning
07:10 Transformers and the LLM leap
09:10 Where AI shows up in industry
12:00 Language, context, and why LLMs work
18:00 Energy AI applications and examples
19:30 Computer vision basics and VLMs
23:30 Open source models and fine-tuning
26:20 Houston vs Bay Area AI maturity
29:20 Solar, drones, and practical vision AI
31:00 Humanoid robots and physical AI
33:20 Edge computing and model stacks
36:00 Testing, validation, and “AI going rogue”
37:20 Common startup mistakes with AI
40:20 Human intuition vs machine intelligence
48:00 Language preservation and climate tech link
51:20 What’s next for Houston startups
53:50 How to connect and wrap-up
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