HIBT Lab! OpenAI: Sam Altman
Artificial Intelligence was once the realm of science fiction. But over the last several years, advances in machine learning and deep neural networks have moved us closer to a reality where computers ...
29 Sep 202257min
HOORAE: Issa Rae
Obsessed with TV and passionate about writing, Issa Rae sent an unsolicited script to CBS’s Cosby when she was still in middle school. By her 20's, she realized there was a certain type of character t...
26 Sep 20221h 20min
HIBT Lab! Wonder: Marc Lore
Picture this: you just wrapped a long day of work and you are starving! You open a delivery app and place an order from your favorite restaurant. About an hour later, you get a notification that your ...
22 Sep 202240min
Bombas: David Heath and Randy Goldberg
David Heath and Randy Goldberg saw an opportunity to disrupt a long dormant—and arguably boring sector...socks. They met at a startup in their 20s, each already had their own side hustles before they ...
19 Sep 20221h 21min
HIBT Lab! SOURCE Global: Cody Friesen
Water is all around us–quite literally, there is enough water in the air we breathe to meet all of humanity’s needs and then some. Engineering professor Cody Friesen invented a solar-powered device th...
15 Sep 202238min
Rivian: RJ Scaringe
When you consider the risk of doing business, it doesn’t get much bigger than starting a car company: competition is formidable, startup costs are in the billions, and very few people believe you can ...
12 Sep 20221h 14min
HIBT Lab! Malala Fund and Our Place: Shiza Shahid
On October 9, 2012, Shiza Shahid’s life changed forever. It was on that day that 15-year-old Pakistani activist Malala Yousafzai was shot in the head by a Taliban gunman, capturing the world’s attenti...
8 Sep 202245min
S'well: Sarah Kauss (2020)
In 2009, Sarah Kauss had a well-paying job in real estate development, but she was itching to do something more. On a hike in Tucson with her mom, she got an idea for a business while swigging warm wa...
5 Sep 20221h 4min
