The Ask AI interview with Roy Pereira, CEO of Zoom.AI
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Roy Pereira is the CEO and founder of Zoom.Ai, the Toronto-based maker of “chat first” virtual assistants for enterprise companies. Founded in 2016, Zoom.ai seeks to minimize the workplace distractions that limit productivity.
The Zoom.ai mission is to give everyone in a company their own automated assistant so that they can focus on their higher-value job duties.
Their chatbot can handle tasks such as meeting scheduling, meeting preparedness, introductions to people you want to meet, and travel logistics.
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Episode highlights
The evolution of office productivity: 4 min 30 sec
Catch Roy’s “Tinder dating” zinger: 18 min 35 sec
Learn about “fake AI”: 16 min 35 sec
How to stay young forever: 22 min 50 sec
Why Roy dances in the office: 28 min 38 sec
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Episode credits
Sponsors: Microsoft Canada and Cinchy
Chatbot partner: Ada Support
Executive Producer: Chris McLellan
Host: Jaxson Khan
Original music: Mike LeTourneau
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