If you're curious about Challenge Engineering™ and using data science, machine learning, and AI to solve challenges in the food value chain then this podcast is for you.
Cotton, Contracts, and AI: How to Fix a $Million Planning Problem
Industry experts discuss how artificial intelligence transforms cotton planning for a major agribusiness, significantly reducing decision-making time and revealing hidden savings.
25 Mar 2025
Can corporates survive when AI is moving so fast?
AI isn’t just another wave of technology—it’s a tsunami, reshaping industries at breakneck speed. Corporate giants, once untouchable, are now at risk of being left behind. In this episode, SWARM’s Executive Chairman Anthony Howcroft sits down with AI strategist Kevin Gohil—an advisor to Fortune 500 CEOs—to explore why big companies struggle to move fast, how AI is changing the rules of business, and what leaders must do to survive. With bold insights, real-world examples, and a few surprising...
6 Mar 2025
Can AI save your company from a trade war?
Tariffs, trade deficits, and geopolitical power plays—what does it all mean for global trade, and more importantly, for businesses trying to navigate it? Economist Michelle Klieger, author of The Demise of Free Trade, joins us to break down the ripple effects of trade wars, why they’re not just about politics but about the everyday products we buy, and how companies can use AI and advanced decision-making to stay ahead. We dive into real-world examples—from sofas to soybeans—and explore why b...
19 Mar 2024
AVA, the first ever Agrifood Virtual Advisor
If you're curious about the role of AI in agrifood, and how AVA can provide tailored recommendations, translate complex terminology into user-friendly language, and guide users through the intricacies of Challenge Engineering...then we have a great podcast for you.
29 Feb 2024
The Future of Agriculture with Aidan Connolly
If you're curious about the future of food and agriculture, the role of technology, and the challenges and opportunities for agri businesses, then this podcast is for you.
24 May 2023
Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning in Industrial IoT with Matt Oberdorfer
If you're curious about modern artificial intelligence and machine learning in industrial IoT, then we have a great podcast for you!
14 Dec 2022
Executive Search and Hiring for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
If you're curious about what makes a good leader, how diversity, equity, and inclusion play a part in executive search. And what it takes to maintain women in leadership roles. Then we have a great podcast for you today.
25 Aug 2022
Optimize, Modernize, and Digitize with Aaron Magenheim, Co-founder at Grower's Insight
If you’re curious about optimizing, modernizing, or even digitizing the operational processes in your organization then you are in for a double dose today! We have Aaron Magenheim, Co-Founder of Grower’s Insight and Anthony Howcroft CEO at SWARM Engineering both talking about how they work to help you do just that, optimize, modernize, and digitize.
10 May 2022
Reinforcement learning with Chris Watkins, inventor of the Q-table algorithm
If you're curious about what it would be like to be a Quant, the invention of the q-learning algorithm, or if classifying million year old mice and vole teeth is a suitable problem for AI to solve then this podcast is for you. Our guest is Chris Watkins, Professor of Artificial Intelligence at Royal Holloway, University of London but more famously known as the inventor of the Q-table algorithm that sparked the resurgence in reinforcement learning. Listen along as he and Anthony Howcroft (SWARM's CEO) talk about using reinforcement learning to solve challenges in the agri-food supply chain.
27 Jan 2022
Sustainability, AI, Data Science, and Machine Learning with Claudia Roessler of Microsoft
If you're curious about using data science and analytics to predict issues in the food value chain or how companies are using data to tackle sustainability initiatives then this podcast is for you. Our first guest is Claudia Roessler, Director at Microsoft Cloud for Industry. Listen along as she and Anthony Howcroft (SWARM's CEO) talk about sustainability and solving problems in the food value chain, using AI, data science, and machine learning.
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