{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"#0059 - Special Guest Jesse Middleton Talks About the Flybridge New AI Index and Other AI Developments","description":"On this episode of the Somewhat Frank Podcast, Frank Gruber (X and IG: @FrankGruber), John Guidos (IG: @jgoodtimes83), and Simon Kahan (IG: @simonkahan) and joined special guest Jesse Middleton from FlyBridge, who is focused on investing in early-stage AI companies.   The group discussed all things AI and FlyBridge\u2019s new AI Index: https:\/\/www.flybridge.com\/ai-index which monitors the largest AI players in the space. Jesse also talked about what he looks for when investing in AI companies and mentioned some of the AI companies he has been working with, including Splice (https:\/\/splice.com\/innovation), Talktastic (https:\/\/talktastic.com), MelodyArc (https:\/\/melodyarc.com), Arcee AI (https:\/\/www.arcee.ai), and more.    The guys also talked about Apple\u2019s huge jump into the AI game. Read the article here: It\u2019s Official Apple Is Jumping AI at its WWDC event this week.   Lastly, Frank leaves listeners with a final thought related to Roger Feder\u2019s \u201cTennis Lessons\u201d at his commencement address at Dartmouth College. His lessons were as follows:  Effortless is a myth; It\u2019s only a point, let me explain; and  Life is bigger than the court.    We also upload our episodes to YouTube in video format so you can see us now. Check it out on Established YouTube, where you can subscribe to get updates when we drop a new episode. https:\/\/soty.link\/ESTYouTube    As always, thank you for listening, and feel free to reach out and let us know what you think at: somewhatfrank@est.us ","author_name":"Somewhat Frank","author_url":"http:\/\/somewhat.frankgruber.me","html":"