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Gary Fowler, President, CEO and Founder, GSD Venture Studios https://www.linkedin.com/in/fowlerinternational/ Gary is an award-winning serial entrepreneur and investor with 17 companies, two Unicorns and a successful IPO. Gary was on the original management team of ClickSoftware that was sold to SalesForce for 1.35 billion, and was the co-founder at the award-winning AI company, Yva.ai that was acquired by Visier. He has over 30 years of experience and is the CEO, President and Founder of GSD Venture Studios, a Silicon Valley-based Family Office, Venture Studio, and Hyper-Accelerator with 1

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October 29, 202631 min

Agentic Commerce: Turning Real People’s Experiences into Transactions with Terrie Fung

Join Terrie Fung, Founder and CEO of BUYBLE, for an intimate and inspiring conversation on rewriting the rules of local commerce while navigating the profound trade-offs of building a global business. Today, small neighborhood businesses, independent cafés, and local restaurants are caught in a punishing cycle: ad-monopoly platforms demand ever-increasing marketing spend for dwindling reach, while consumers grow increasingly numb to sponsored content, influencer campaigns, and fake online reviews. In this episode, she breaks down how BUYBLE uses agentic commerce to empower everyday customers to monetize their authentic reviews into direct merchant sales, while sharing her raw journey as a single mother of four sons crossing the Pacific alone to launch in Silicon Valley. 🎯 Insights You’ll Learn: Agentic Commerce Powered by Real People: How BUYBLE turns genuine, day-to-day consumer lifestyle posts and word-of-mouth recommendations into direct, frictionless transactions. Combating Fake Reviews & Ad Fatigue: Why modern consumers trust peer verification over polished brand campaigns, and how BUYBLE's incentive model rewards authentic customer loyalty. The Reality of Solo International Expansion: What it really takes for an Asian female founder to fly into Silicon Valley alone, incorporate in the U.S., join the Plug and Play GOAL program, and hit the streets of the Bay Area. The Single-Mother Entrepreneur Paradox: Navigating the relentless balance between protecting precious time with four growing boys and chasing global venture-scale opportunities. 🌍 Why This Matters: Small, independent businesses are the cultural and economic backbone of our neighborhoods, yet existing digital advertising models extract margin without guaranteeing repeat foot traffic. Terrie Fung is shattering both barriers. By building a software ecosystem where genuine human connections drive transactions, BUYBLE offers local businesses a sustainable growth engine while Terrie’s journey provides an honest masterclass on resilience, mother-led leadership, and global ambition. 👤 Expert Background: Founder & CEO of BUYBLE, a Hong Kong Cyberport-backed platform pioneering agentic community commerce and authentic review monetization. Serial Entrepreneur, co-founded and exited a beauty enterprise with a 250% return in her twenties, and founded USA Direct (now Shop Easy Logistics), pioneering international parcel consolidation in Hong Kong. Community Leader & Advocate, founder of 香港地創業媽, a vibrant network of over 9,000 mother entrepreneurs featured across 20+ media publications. Recognized Asian Business Leader, honored in the 2023 Hong Kong Professional Elite Ladies Selection (JCI City Lady), named JCI Most Charismatic Female Entrepreneur (2019), winner at Asia's Best Commerce Awards, and member of the Plug and Play GOAL Fall Cohort in Silicon Valley. 🎙️ Hosted by Gary Fowler, CEO of GSD Venture Studios — global AI entrepreneur, investor, and innovation leader spotlighting founders navigating the realities of building in the AI era. 💡 Perfect For: Consumer commerce founders, local business owners, venture capitalists, Asian diaspora founders, working parents in tech, community builders, and marketing leaders exploring the future of peer-to-peer and agentic commerce. 🚀 Timely Topic: As local retailers seek alternatives to predatory ad platforms and authentic consumer trust becomes the most valuable currency in commerce, community-driven monetization is taking center stage. Terrie Fung delivers a compelling roadmap for building purpose-driven commerce while navigating high-stakes international expansion. Subscribe for more global founder conversations from GSD Venture Studios: https://gsdvs.com #AgenticCommerce #BUYBLE #TerrieFung #WomenInTech #SiliconValley #PlugAndPlay #LocalBusiness #Cyberport #GaryFowler #GSDVentureStudios

October 29, 202636 min

Outsourcing Entrepreneurship: Expat Founders, Lifestyle ROI & Emotional AI with Karl Schieneman

Join Karl Schieneman, JD/MBA, President and Founder of TestMyWitness, for a compelling look at serial entrepreneurship, legal innovation, and the lifestyle-first approach to building global companies. After exiting three successful LegalTech ventures (including Legal Network, PCN, and Review Less), earning a dozen Inc. 5000 accolades, and winning the EY Entrepreneur of the Year award, Karl came out of early retirement to build his final company on his own terms—from the coastal paradise of Búzios, Brazil. In this episode, he breaks down how TestMyWitness combines emotional AI and trial attorney feedback to prepare witnesses for credible testimony in U.S. courtrooms, while demonstrating how expat founders can build world-class global teams, crowd-invest across peer networks, and redefine ROI beyond purely financial metrics. 🎯 Insights You’ll Learn: Outsourcing Entrepreneurship & The Expat Advantage: How living in a high-quality, lower-cost international hub like Brazil allows founders to extend runway, build cross-border teams, and maintain exceptional quality of life. Redefining ROI (Lifestyle vs. Capital Allocation): Why true entrepreneurial success is about solving complex problems, fostering creativity, and achieving a high lifestyle ROI rather than grinding to maximize corporate shareholder value. Peer-to-Peer Founders' Portfolios: The strategy of cross-investing and crowd-funding among a trusted network of lifelong professional peers to build a diversified startup portfolio with high personal confidence. Lessons from 25+ Years in LegalTech: Insights from founding, scaling, and exiting three legal staffing and technology companies, alongside hosting the industry-standard podcast ESIBytes. 🌍 Why This Matters: The traditional Silicon Valley narrative dictates that founders must raise hyper-dilutive venture capital, work 80-hour weeks in expensive tech hubs, and focus solely on financial exits. Karl Schieneman offers an inspiring alternative for seasoned operators and new founders alike. By leveraging global connectivity, cost-effective operations, and emotional AI technology, TestMyWitness demonstrates that high-impact software can be built from anywhere in the world—proving that solving real problems and prioritizing lifestyle yields the ultimate entrepreneurial return. 👤 Expert Background: President & Founder of TestMyWitness, deploying emotional AI and attorney feedback platforms to improve witness credibility in U.S. litigation. 3-Time Exit Serial Founder, former founder of Legal Network, PCN, and Review Less, named to the Inc. 5000 list 12 times. EY Entrepreneur of the Year Winner (2004), recognized for pioneering creative staffing and technology solutions in the legal sector. LegalTech & Podcast Pioneer, holding a JD/MBA with over 25 years of experience in legal operations, e-discovery, and founder of the legal podcast ESIBytes. 🎙️ Hosted by Gary Fowler, CEO of GSD Venture Studios — global AI entrepreneur, investor, and innovation leader spotlighting founders navigating the realities of building in the AI era. 💡 Perfect For: LegalTech founders, trial attorneys, expat entrepreneurs, digital nomads, early-stage investors, litigation support leads, and serial operators seeking a balanced, lifestyle-centric approach to venture creation. 🚀 Timely Topic: As remote work and global talent distribution become permanent fixtures of the tech ecosystem, combining international living with high-tech software development is a growing movement. Karl Schieneman delivers a masterclass on building a meaningful, tech-enabled enterprise from anywhere on Earth. Subscribe for more global founder conversations from GSD Venture Studios: https://gsdvs.com #LegalTech #TestMyWitness #KarlSchieneman #ExpatEntrepreneur #EmotionalAI #LifestyleROI #GaryFowler #GSDVentureStudios

October 29, 202630 min

Who Decides What's Next? Helping teachers find the student who is quietly stuck with Jasa Todorovich

🚀 Discover how AI-powered education technology can help teachers make data-informed decisions, support student success, and ensure no student is left quietly struggling. Join us on October 23 at 1:00 PM EST for a conversation with Jasa Todorovich, Founder and CEO of Lorsey AI, about how artificial intelligence and automation can help teachers identify students who need support, deliver timely insights, and make more informed decisions in the classroom. With a career spanning business process automation for organizations ranging from small businesses to Fortune 100 companies, Jasa brings a unique perspective to transforming education. As a father of two daughters and a school board member, he founded Lorsey to bring the power of intelligent orchestration into classrooms—helping educators recognize learning gaps early and provide the right support at the right time. 📅 Date: October 23 🕐 Time: 1:00 PM EST #GSDVentureStudios #LorseyAI # JasaTodorovich #ArtificialIntelligence #EdTech #EducationTechnology #AIinEducation #StudentSuccess #LearningGaps #FutureOfEducation #StartupPodcast

October 27, 202633 min

Beyond In Vitro: AI and the Future of Drug Discovery with Dr. Fozia Saleem

Join Dr. Fozia Saleem, CEO of Magnitude Biosciences, for an essential discussion on how whole-organism biology, high-throughput imaging, and automated machine learning platforms are solving the single greatest challenge in pharmaceutical drug discovery: translational failure. While in vitro cell models and in silico AI predictions offer speed, they fail to replicate complex biological systems, neuromuscular junctions, and full-organism aging pathways. Drawing on over two decades of leadership across pharma, FMCG, and life sciences—including executive roles at GSK, BAT, and Broughton—Fozia shares how Magnitude Biosciences utilizes patented automated imaging engines (such as WormGazer™ and VivoScan™) to track C. elegans healthspan, lifespan, and neurodegeneration at scale. In this episode, she breaks down how high-throughput in vivo data helps researchers "fail fast and fail cheap", turning academic scientific breakthroughs into a scalable commercial business. 🎯 Insights You’ll Learn: The Translational Bottleneck in Drug Discovery: Why traditional cell cultures and organoids fail to model complex systemic diseases, host-microbe interactions, and organismal aging. Automated Whole-Organism Screening at Scale: Utilizing C. elegans as a high-throughput model to screen thousands of compounds in weeks—measuring healthspan and lifespan simultaneously at a fraction of mammalian testing costs. Machine Learning at the Edge of Biology: How Magnitude Biosciences’ patented platforms (WormGazer™ and VivoScan™) use computer vision and AI algorithms to analyze microscopic organismal movement and health indicators. Empowering Diverse Leadership in Science: Fozia’s personal journey as the first in her family to enter higher education, earning her PhD from Edinburgh, and her commitment to mentoring female founders through platforms like The Lifted Project / The Whole Point. 🌍 Why This Matters: Over 90% of prospective therapeutics fail in clinical trials, primarily because early-stage screening relies heavily on isolated cell cultures that do not capture whole-body biological complexity. In age-related conditions—such as Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, and sarcopenia—aging is an organism-wide event that cannot be duplicated in a petri dish. Dr. Fozia Saleem is revolutionizing this preclinical paradigm. By combining automated computer vision with fast-aging living organisms, Magnitude Biosciences gives biotech and pharma teams real in vivo insights early in the pipeline—reducing clinical failure rates, saving millions in R&D capital, and accelerating life-extending therapeutics to patients. 👤 Expert Background: CEO of Magnitude Biosciences, leading the CRO delivering automated, AI-powered whole-organism testing platforms for longevity, FMCG, and drug discovery. Recognized Business & Diversity Leader, named on the We Are Power Future List 2024, former co-chair of The Lifted Project Newcastle Board (The Whole Point), and active mentor for female founders in deep tech. 🎙️ Hosted by Gary Fowler, CEO of GSD Venture Studios — global AI entrepreneur, investor, and innovation leader spotlighting founders navigating the realities of building in the AI era. 💡 Perfect For: Pharma and biotech executives, longevity researchers, deep-tech venture capitalists, CRO leaders, life sciences commercial leads, female founders, and AI-in-drug-discovery engineers. 🚀 Timely Topic: As the global biotech sector shifts toward longevity medicine, healthspan optimization, and AI-driven drug design, obtaining rapid, cost-effective in vivo validation is a critical market priority. Dr. Fozia Saleem provides a masterclass on transforming complex biological innovation into a thriving, venture-backed enterprise. Subscribe for more global founder conversations from GSD Venture Studios: https://gsdvs.com #Biotech #DrugDiscovery #MagnitudeBiosciences #FoziaSaleem #Longevity #AIinPharma #DeepTech #GaryFowler #GSDVentureStudios

October 27, 202627 min

Don't Automate, Obliterate: Rethinking AI and Travel’s Legacy Architecture with William Phillipson

Join William "Will" Phillipson, Founder and CEO of Travelinix, for a masterclass on how the travel industry must rethink its approach to artificial intelligence. While major GDS and travel tech players tout agentic AI "proxy agents" designed to sit on phone hold music with airlines to execute rebookings, this approach merely automates a decades-old workaround. Drawing on his experience building SilverRail Technologies from startup to a $150M sale to Expedia Group, delivering GDS infrastructure at ITA Software, and leading operations at Citymapper, Will makes a compelling case based on Michael Hammer’s classic operational thesis: Don't Automate, Obliterate. In this episode, he details why wrapping AI around broken legacy channels makes inefficiency permanent, and how fixing travel's fragmented data layer unlocks true agentic automation. 🎯 Insights You’ll Learn: The Proxy Agent Fallacy: Why using agentic AI to listen to hold music or emulate keystrokes on legacy terminals ("green screens") automates an obsolete workaround rather than fixing the underlying system. The High Cost of Digitized Artifacts: How preserving paper-era concepts—such as e-ticket coupons, exchange rules, and status codes—created decades of reaccommodation complexity that AI is now forced to navigate. Fixing the Fragmented Data Layer: How Travelinix consolidates complete, versioned booking histories into a single AI-ready operational layer—eliminating the need for custom ETL pipelines or normalization. Lessons from a $150M Expedia Exit: Operational and technical insights from building SilverRail's global rail distribution platform, raising $75M in venture funding, and navigating M&A. 🌍 Why This Matters: Every travel enterprise currently burns engineering resources extracting data, reconciling conflicting records, and building fragile scripts to drive legacy interfaces. When AI is deployed simply to mimic human interaction over voice queues or terminal screens, companies incur a double cost: paying for the workaround while preserving the underlying friction. Will Phillipson is solving this architectural gap. By building Travelinix to provide a unified, version-controlled booking data layer, Phillipson is giving AI systems direct visibility and execution power—enabling travel brands to finally obliterate legacy workarounds and deliver seamless, real-time travel experiences. 👤 Expert Background: Founder & CEO of Travelinix, building AI-ready data infrastructure to solve the fragmented data layer in global travel. Co-Founder & Former President/COO of SilverRail Technologies, raising $75M in venture capital (including a Series A during the 2009 financial crisis) and leading its $150M acquisition by Expedia Group. Travel Tech Operator & Engineer, McGill-trained computer engineer who delivered new airline GDS systems at ITA Software, developed dynamic packaging engines at NLG, and served as COO of Citymapper. Active Investor & Board Leader, Chairman of You. Smart. Thing., advisor/investor in Grapevine and Tealhouse. 🎙️ Hosted by Gary Fowler, CEO of GSD Venture Studios — global AI entrepreneur, investor, and innovation leader spotlighting founders navigating the realities of building in the AI era. 💡 Perfect For: Travel technology executives, Airline and TMC CTOs, venture capital investors in travel tech, GDS product leaders, and enterprise architects seeking to modernize legacy booking infrastructure. 🚀 Timely Topic: As travel enterprises invest heavily in agentic AI capabilities, distinguishing between automating temporary workarounds and re-engineering core architecture is essential. Will Phillipson delivers an indispensable roadmap for building scalable, AI-first travel platforms. Subscribe for more global founder conversations from GSD Venture Studios: https://gsdvs.com #TravelTech #Travelinix #WillPhillipson #AgenticAI #SilverRail #Expedia #LegacySystems #GaryFowler #GSDVentureStudios

October 21, 202632 min

The Smart Hospital Revolution AI for Better Healthcare with Gauttam Chhabra

Join Gauttam Chhabra, Founder and CEO of Axten Hospitals, for an essential conversation on how AI, smart automation, and tech-enabled operational models are modernizing healthcare delivery across emerging markets. In rapidly developing economies, traditional hospital expansion is constrained by multi-million-dollar real estate costs, fragmented pricing, and administrative bottlenecks that compromise patient experience. Drawing on his business strategy background and leadership in building tech-first surgical care networks, Gauttam breaks down how Axten Hospitals leverages an asset-light expansion model, AI-driven patient flow optimization, and standardized clinical delivery to scale high-quality surgical care while keeping healthcare transparent and affordable. 🎯 Insights You’ll Learn: The Asset-Light Hospital Model: How partnering with existing healthcare facilities through tech integration and operational branding bypasses heavy capital expenditure and accelerates infrastructure scaling. AI-Driven Patient Flow & Triage: Utilizing predictive algorithms to manage bed utilization, reduce emergency room bottlenecks, and optimize operating theater (OT) scheduling in real time. Smart Automation Without Losing the Human Touch: Automating administrative paperwork, discharge summaries, and post-discharge follow-ups so clinical staff can dedicate more time to direct patient care. Scaling HealthTech Across Emerging Markets: Tactical lessons from raising early-stage capital, establishing hospital network partnerships, and navigating regulatory landscapes in dynamic healthcare ecosystems. 🌍 Why This Matters: Millions of patients in emerging markets face a stark dual challenge: legacy public hospitals are overcrowded, while traditional private tertiary centers are prohibitively expensive and plagued by unpredictable pricing. Building new physical hospitals from scratch takes years and massive capital, leaving critical care gaps unaddressed. Gauttam Chhabra is pioneering a modern alternative. By deploying smart technology layers, AI-assisted operations, and standardized surgical care over asset-light partner facilities, Axten Hospitals proves that healthcare infrastructure can scale rapidly, lower operational costs, and deliver high-trust, patient-first care. 👤 Expert Background: Founder & CEO of Axten Hospitals, building a smart, technology-driven surgical care network focused on operational efficiency and transparent delivery. HealthTech Entrepreneur & Strategist, pioneering asset-light hospital expansion models that integrate AI and smart automation to optimize clinical workflows. Former Executive & Hospital Leader, holding leadership positions across healthcare institutions (including Managing Director at Diyos Hospital) with deep expertise in business strategy and operational transformation. Venture-Backed Founder, leading Axten Hospitals' expansion with strategic funding from institutional investors including PedalStart. 🎙️ Hosted by Gary Fowler, CEO of GSD Venture Studios — global AI entrepreneur, investor, and innovation leader spotlighting founders navigating the realities of building in the AI era. 💡 Perfect For: Hospital executives, healthcare operations leads, digital health founders, healthtech venture investors, clinical leads, and emerging market health strategists seeking scalable infrastructure models. 🚀 Timely Topic: As demand for accessible, transparent, and high-quality surgical care accelerates globally, combining AI-driven operational automation with asset-light network models is a top healthtech priority. Gauttam Chhabra provides a battle-tested blueprint for building the smart hospital of tomorrow. Subscribe for more global founder conversations from GSD Venture Studios: https://gsdvs.com #HealthTech #SmartHospitals #AxtenHospitals #GauttamChhabra #AIinHealthcare #DigitalHealth #GaryFowler #GSDVentureStudios

October 21, 202630 min

Can Europe Rebuild Social Media Beyond Attention Economics with Christos Floros

Join Christos Floros, Founder and CEO of Monnett and President of DP International, for an essential conversation on how Europe can build alternative consumer technology platforms that protect individual freedom, safeguard user privacy, and prioritize genuine human connection. Ad-funded social media algorithms generate revenue by keeping users scrolling, using outrage and passive consumption to maximize ad impressions. Drawing on his background spanning architecture, media analytics at Talkwalker, and European political leadership, Christos explains how Monnett reached over 100,000 registrations by replacing surveillance-based advertising with a membership model. In this episode, he breaks down how to design a social network that helps users spend quality time with real friends and then get on with their lives. 🎯 Insights You’ll Learn: The Attention Economy vs. The Membership Model: Why shifting from ad-revenue models to a user-centric membership model aligns platform incentives with user well-being rather than screen-time addiction. Scaling Beyond 100,000 Registrations: Key product and community strategies for growing a European consumer platform while competing against trillion-dollar tech monopolies. Europe’s Strategic Digital Autonomy: Why Europe must develop its own core consumer tech infrastructure—governed by EU privacy standards—rather than outsourcing digital public spaces to foreign tech giants. Digital Architecture & Civic Health: Applying principles from physical architecture, performing arts, and media analytics to construct digital environments that protect democratic discourse. Preserving Human Value in an AI-Driven Web: Why authentic human relationships, verified identity, and human-created content become more valuable as synthetic AI media floods the internet. 🌍 Why This Matters: Modern social platforms have evolved from tools of connection into algorithmic engines designed to capture human attention for ad monetization. This incentive structure has contributed to rising youth anxiety, widespread misinformation, and fragmented civic discourse. Christos Floros is building an alternative paradigm. By building Monnett on a membership foundation hosted within European jurisdiction, Floros proves that consumer technology can be profitable while treating users as members to be served rather than product inventory to be sold to advertisers. 👤 Expert Background: Founder & CEO of Monnett, a European social network built around privacy, user control, and authentic friendship. President of DP International, leading the international branch of Luxembourg’s Democratic Party and advocating for European digital sovereignty and individual liberty. Former Tech & Media Executive, with operational experience at social analytics leader Talkwalker and background across architecture, media, and civic engagement. Prominent European Political Candidate, standing in the 2024 European Parliament elections with a focus on strategic tech autonomy, AI governance, and democratic resilience. 🎙️ Hosted by Gary Fowler, CEO of GSD Venture Studios — global AI entrepreneur, investor, and innovation leader spotlighting founders navigating the realities of building in the AI era. 💡 Perfect For: Consumer tech founders, digital privacy advocates, European venture capital investors, policy makers, social media product managers, and civil rights leaders focused on ethical technology. 🚀 Timely Topic: As scrutiny over data privacy, social media addiction, and algorithmic manipulation intensifies across Europe and globally, building human-centered social platforms is a critical priority. Christos Floros provides a compelling blueprint for founding and scaling a privacy-first European tech platform. Subscribe for more global founder conversations from GSD Venture Studios: https://gsdvs.com #ConsumerTech #Monnett #ChristosFloros #SocialMedia #EuropeanTech #PrivacyFirst #DigitalSovereignty #GaryFowler #GSDVentureStudio

October 21, 202631 min

Fixing Trucking Recruiting Through Trust and Human-Centric Tech with Randy Perkins

Join Randy Perkins, CEO and Co-Founder of FreightPro and Co-Owner of Truckbook Repairs, for an insightful conversation on solving the chronic workforce challenges in American trucking. While the freight industry routinely blames a "driver shortage" for high churn rates and recruitment friction, the real issue is an alignment problem between motor carriers and CDL drivers. Having led operational, growth, and technology strategy at ITS Logistics during its transformation from $12 million to over $1 billion in annualized revenue, Randy brings deep industry experience to fixing logistics workforce dynamics. In this episode, he breaks down how FreightPro uses responsible AI to match driver preferences with carrier requirements—improving retention and trust without removing the human touch. 🎯 Insights You’ll Learn: The "Driver Shortage" Misconception: Why high CDL driver turnover is rooted in misaligned expectations—such as home time, lane preferences, and pay structures—rather than a lack of qualified drivers. Responsible AI in Logistics Recruitment: How FreightPro uses AI algorithms to analyze operational data and driver preferences to create sustainable, long-term matches between carriers and CDL drivers. Building Trust in Traditional Industries: Key strategies for introducing modern digital platforms to conservative, relationship-driven trucking operators and independent drivers. Scaling Operations from $12M to $1B+: Operational leadership takeaways from scaling ITS Logistics through rapid business transformation, P&L expansions, and market volatility. The Dual Founder Advantage: How operating both FreightPro and Truckbook Repairs provides direct, ground-level visibility into fleet maintenance, driver conditions, and carrier economics. 🌍 Why This Matters: Trucking moves over 70% of all domestic freight in the United States, yet the industry suffers from annual turnover rates exceeding 80% among long-haul fleets. Traditional driver recruiting relies on high-volume, transactional job boards that fail to align driver lifestyle preferences with carrier freight lanes. Randy Perkins is tackling this operational gap. By creating an AI-enabled career and professional ecosystem for CDL drivers and carriers, FreightPro treats drivers as core partners—reducing costly driver churn, improving road safety, and bringing long-term stability to the supply chain. 👤 Expert Background: CEO & Co-Founder of FreightPro, a logistics tech company building a driver recruitment and career ecosystem. Co-Owner of Truckbook Repairs, driving operational solutions for heavy-duty truck maintenance and fleet reliability. Former Vice President at ITS Logistics, where he led major technology, workforce, and operational initiatives during the company's growth from $12M to over $1B in annualized revenue. Logistics & Supply Chain Leader, with over a decade of executive experience across P&L management, carrier operations, and digital enterprise transformation. 🎙️ Hosted by Gary Fowler, CEO of GSD Venture Studios — global AI entrepreneur, investor, and innovation leader spotlighting founders navigating the realities of building in the AI era. 💡 Perfect For: Fleet executives, motor carrier leads, logistics technology founders, supply chain directors, HR and talent acquisition managers in transportation, and venture investors focused on supply chain tech. 🚀 Timely Topic: As freight markets demand greater efficiency and lower operational costs, modernizing driver recruiting and retention through responsible AI is a top business priority. Randy Perkins delivers an actionable blueprint for applying technology to improve alignment and build trust across the trucking industry. Subscribe for more global founder conversations from GSD Venture Studios: https://gsdvs.com #Trucking #Logistics #FreightPro #RandyPerkins #SupplyChain #CDLDrivers #AIinRecruiting #GaryFowler #GSDVentureStudios

October 16, 202634 min

Getting Sh*t Done with Digital Labor with Miles Maggio and Justin Zelaya

Is digital labor about to redefine how professional services operate? On October 14 at 3:30PM EST, Miles Maggio and Justin Zelaya, co-founders of Prest0, join us to explore “Getting Sh*t Done with Digital Labor.” Together, they’re building AI employees that learn, retain organizational knowledge, and execute business workflows across law and finance. We’ll dive into how autonomous AI agents are moving into high-stakes industries, taking over complex knowledge work, and transforming the future of execution. Mark your calendar and join the conversation! #DigitalLabor #AutonomousAgents #AI #FutureOfWork #ProfessionalServices #EnterpriseAI #Automation #TechFounders #Productivity #Prest0

October 12, 202637 min

Safe Agentic AI: Letting AI Agents Work Without Losing Control with Maurits Kaptein

Join Maurits Kaptein, Co-Founder and CTO of Kyvvu, for an authoritative, research-backed conversation on solving the single biggest barrier to enterprise agentic AI: runtime safety and deterministic control. As AI agents transition from read-only chatbots to autonomous system operators capable of reading sensitive databases, sending emails, and executing API calls, traditional safety models are failing. Standard model guardrails and prompt filters evaluate text inputs, but they cannot predict or verify what an agent actually executes once it starts taking sequential, multi-step actions. Drawing on his background as a full professor of Applied Causal Inference, author of AI Agents at Work, and a serial founder with a successful exit, Maurits breaks down how Kyvvu’s Agent Security Kernel (ASK) enforces organizational rules at the execution layer—giving banks, insurers, and governments the confidence to deploy autonomous agents safely. 🎯 Insights You’ll Learn: The Illusion of Prompt Filters: Why relying on system prompts, guardrails, or model alignment cannot stop agents from executing unauthorized system calls once exposed to indirect injection or unexpected reasoning paths. Action-Level Policy Enforcement: How checking every API payload, database modification, and external communication against hard organizational constraints before execution prevents rogue agent behavior. What Regulated Industries Demand: The strict compliance, auditability, and deterministic boundary conditions that financial institutions, healthcare providers, and governments require before deploying agentic workflows into production. Causal Inference in Agentic Systems: How mathematical models of causality and path dependence help predict agent behavior trajectories and isolate system vulnerabilities before they hit production. From Academia to Serial Entrepreneurship: Key lessons from transitioning from a professorship at Eindhoven University of Technology to co-founding Scailable (acquired by Network Optix) and building Kyvvu. 🌍 Why This Matters: The true economic value of AI lies in autonomy—giving agents write access to enterprise tools so they can perform complex tasks end-to-end. However, giving an unconstrained, non-deterministic system direct access to production databases or financial APIs creates catastrophic operational risk. Maurits Kaptein and the Kyvvu team are filling this critical security vacuum. By introducing an in-process Agent Security Kernel that validates actions dynamically, Kyvvu enables enterprises to capture the productivity explosion of agentic AI without surrendering operational control. 👤 Expert Background: Co-Founder & CTO of Kyvvu, building the foundational runtime security layer for enterprise AI agent deployment. Acclaimed Author & Researcher, co-author of AI Agents at Work, author of Statistics for Data Scientists (Springer), and PhD recipient cum laude from TU Eindhoven including two years at Stanford. 🎙️ Hosted by Gary Fowler, CEO of GSD Venture Studios — global AI entrepreneur, investor, and innovation leader spotlighting founders navigating the realities of building in the AI era. 💡 Perfect For: Chief Information Security Officers (CISOs), enterprise AI architects, compliance directors, CTOs, fintech and insurtech leads, and deep-tech venture investors seeking runtime governance solutions for autonomous agents. 🚀 Timely Topic: As enterprise adoption shifts rapidly from conversational assistants to fully autonomous agents, traditional software security and perimeter defenses are no longer sufficient. Maurits Kaptein delivers a rigorous, actionable framework for governing AI actions at runtime. Subscribe for more global founder conversations from GSD Venture Studios: https://gsdvs.com #AISafety #AIAgents #Kyvvu #MauritsKaptein #AgenticAI #RuntimeGovernance #Cybersecurity #GaryFowler #GSDVentureStudios