{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Energytech Startups","title":"Mehrab Momin from aiCTO","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/01d904c4\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":3309,"description":"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.\nClick here to watch a video of this episode.\n\n 00:00 Show intro and guest setup\n 01:10 Fractional AI CTO explained\n 03:10 Early AI work and swarm intelligence\n 05:10 AI “flavors” from ML to deep learning\n 07:10 Transformers and the LLM leap\n 09:10 Where AI shows up in industry\n 12:00 Language, context, and why LLMs work\n 18:00 Energy AI applications and examples\n 19:30 Computer vision basics and VLMs\n 23:30 Open source models and fine-tuning\n 26:20 Houston vs Bay Area AI maturity\n 29:20 Solar, drones, and practical vision AI\n 31:00 Humanoid robots and physical AI\n 33:20 Edge computing and model stacks\n 36:00 Testing, validation, and “AI going rogue”\n 37:20 Common startup mistakes with AI\n 40:20 Human intuition vs machine intelligence\n 48:00 Language preservation and climate tech link\n 51:20 What’s next for Houston startups\n 53:50 How to connect and wrap-up \nhttps://twitter.com/collide_iohttps://www.tiktok.com/@collide.iohttps://www.facebook.com/collide.iohttps://www.instagram.com/collide.iohttps://www.youtube.com/@collide_iohttps://bsky.app/profile/digitalwildcatters.bsky.socialhttps://www.linkedin.com/company/collide-digital-wildcatters","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/BcLvBZs7KjKyKwxjCN7uM3ceaU5nLSxOZljzKK515LE/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9kM2Fj/MzRlYTQ3ZDM0NmJm/ZDllOWE1Y2Y3MmRm/MDFkOS5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}