Building AI Boston
Building AI Boston
Podcast Description
“Building AI Boston” is a dynamic and engaging show dedicated to exploring artificial intelligence (AI) through open, inclusive conversations. Centered in Boston, a hub of innovation and technological advancement, the show is designed to bridge the gap between AI thought leadership and everyday understanding. We seek to demystify AI by connecting with real people and sharing real-world applications, ensuring that everyone—regardless of background—can join the conversations around ethical considerations, innovation and accessibility.
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The show focuses on main themes such as the ethical implications of AI, innovation within the technology sector, and accessibility in AI applications. Specific episodes include discussions on human-centered AI practices, an overview of emerging trends from leading tech events, and exploration of how AI can transform justice access through startups, showcasing real-world applications that demystify AI for a broader audience.
“Building AI Boston” is a dynamic and engaging show dedicated to exploring artificial intelligence (AI) through open, inclusive conversations. Centered in Boston, a hub of innovation and technological advancement, the show is designed to bridge the gap between AI thought leadership and everyday understanding. We seek to demystify AI by connecting with real people and sharing real-world applications, ensuring that everyone—regardless of background—can join the conversations around ethical considerations, innovation and accessibility.
In this episode of Building AI Boston, we sit down with Raquel Ronzone, Associate Director of Strategy & Partnerships at the Howe Innovation Center at Perkins School for the Blind. Raquel shares her powerful story of being born four months premature with Retinopathy of Prematurity and how that experience fuels her work connecting the disability community with the innovation community. We talk about why accessibility is everyone’s business, why disability is the only group anyone can join at any time, and how many of the “everyday” technologies we rely on—from touchscreens to audiobooks—actually began as disability tech.
Raquel also explains the $40B opportunity in disability innovation, the gap between what people with disabilities truly need and what the market builds, and how Perkins is mapping more than 2,500 disability tech solutions worldwide. It’s a hopeful, practical conversation about designing for real people—not edge cases.
Building AI Boston – https://BuildingAIBoston.com
Perkins School for the Blind – https://www.perkins.org
Howe Innovation Center – https://www.perkins.org/howe-innovation-center
Raquel Ranzone (LinkedIn) – https://www.linkedin.com/in/raquelronzone/
Apple Podcasts – https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/building-ai-boston/id
Spotify – https://open.spotify.com/show/building-ai-boston
YouTube – https://www.youtube.com/@BuildingAIBoston
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