An Hour of Innovation: AI, Product, Tech and Career Growth
An Hour of Innovation is a weekly podcast for product leaders, engineers, founders, and tech professionals building the future of technology. Hosted by Vit Lyoshin, a product leader, each episode explores how real products are built, from AI and machine learning to product strategy and execution, through conversations with top innovators, scientists, and industry leaders. You’ll gain practical insights, career lessons, and real-world perspectives on product management, software engineering, startups, and technology leadership.
Episodes
AI’s next bottleneck may not be GPUs. It may be the power they need for computing.
In this episode of An Hour of Innovation podcast, Vit Lyoshin speaks with Sergii Gerasymovych, founder and CEO of EZ Blockchain and an AI data center infrastructure operator, about the physical systems behind the AI boom. Sergii explains why his company is pivoting from Bitcoin mining infrastructure toward AI data centers, why power and land may...
Quantum computing may sound like a future technology, but the cybersecurity risk may already be here.
In this episode of An Hour of Innovation podcast, Vit Lyoshin speaks with Dr. Shohini Ghose, quantum physicist, author and professor at Wilfrid Laurier University, about what quantum computing actually is, why governments and companies are racing to build it, and why it is not simply “a faster computer.”
They explore qubi...
The future of the space economy may depend less on rockets and more on solving the space robotics labor problem.
In this episode of An Hour of Innovation podcast, Vit Lyoshin speaks with Ethan Barajas, co-founder and CEO of Icarus Robotics, about why commercial space stations, orbital infrastructure, and space manufacturing cannot scale if astronauts are doing routine operational work. They explore how space robots, AI robotics, and...
Have you ever wondered why some niche products build fiercely loyal communities while much larger competitors struggle to create the same connection?
In this episode of An Hour of Innovation podcast, Vit Lyoshin speaks with Krystian Kolondra, EVP at Opera, about the product strategy behind Opera GX and why some of the most successful products are built by focusing on a specific audience rather than trying to serve everyone. They exp...
Most people think learning AI means using ChatGPT. But the real challenge is learning the skills that will keep you valuable in an AI-driven workforce.
In this episode of An Hour of Innovation podcast, Vit Lyoshin speaks with Taniya Mishra, founder and CEO of SureStart and an AI researcher focused on preparing the next generation for the future of work.
Vit and Taniya explore why AI literacy is becoming essential, how artificial inte...
Most enterprise AI projects fail after the demo because real-world data infrastructure is far messier, more fragmented, and more insecure than most companies realize.
In this episode of An Hour of Innovation podcast, Vit Lyoshin speaks with David Bauer, co-founder and CTO of Axonis. David is an AI systems architect and expert in federated AI, enterprise security, and large-scale predictive systems.
Vit and David explore why so many e...
Most AI transformations fail not because of the technology, but because companies are still operating with structures built for a pre-AI world.
In this episode of the An Hour of Innovation podcast, Vit Lyoshin speaks with Melissa Reeve, AI transformation strategist and author of the book Hyperadaptive, about what it actually takes to build AI-native organizations. Vit and Melissa explore why traditional enterprise structures struggl...
Drone delivery is no longer science fiction. Autonomous drones may completely transform last-mile logistics, local commerce, and the future of instant delivery.
In this episode of An Hour of Innovation podcast, Vit Lyoshin speaks with Beth Flippo, CEO and founder of DEXA, one of the few FAA-certified unmanned airlines in the United States. Vit and Beth explore how autonomous drone delivery is becoming commercially viable, why regula...
AI isn’t just automating work. It’s creating a new machine economy where robots earn money.
And the real question is: who owns them?
In this episode of An Hour of Innovation, Vit Lyoshin speaks with Mauricio Zolliker, co-founder of XMAQUINA, about the future of robotics, AI agents, and the emerging machine economy. They explore how humanoid robots are evolving from tools into autonomous economic agents, and why ownership...
We can cure some diseases in a single treatment, but scaling those breakthroughs across healthcare is still one of the hardest problems in biotech and pharma.
In this episode of An Hour of Innovation, Vit Lyoshin speaks with Tara Austraat-Churik, partner at Blue Matter, and a biotech and pharma expert working on AI-driven drug discovery, clinical development, and bringing new therapies to market. Vit and Tara explore how AI in biote...
Most startups fail because they skip this one step.
In this episode of An Hour of Innovation, Vit Lyoshin speaks with Ohad Shaked, a startup advisor, co-founder, and CEO at ThinkUp, helping early-stage teams validate ideas, find product-market fit, and build scalable businesses. They break down a practical playbook for startup validation, customer interviews, and MVP development, showing why most founders build too early and how to ...
Most AI projects fail because of messy data, not the LLM models everyone blames.
In this episode of An Hour of Innovation, Vit Lyoshin speaks with Max Vermeir, VP of AI Strategy at ABBYY, about why AI and LLM implementations fail in real business environments. They break down how unstructured data, document processing, and real-world constraints impact AI systems far more than the models themselves. This conversation goes beyond AI ...
The biggest opportunity in space tech isn’t rockets - and most people in tech are already behind.
In this episode of An Hour of Innovation, Vit Lyoshin speaks with Denis Kalyshkin, a venture capitalist focused on deep tech and the space industry, about how satellites, AI, and falling rocket launch costs are transforming space into a new data-driven economy. They explore how space technology is already impacting everyday life, ...
AI innovation is moving fast, but AI regulation will decide what survives.
In this episode of An Hour of Innovation, Vit Lyoshin speaks with Jake Ward, co-founder and chairman of Developer Alliance, about how AI regulation, tech policy, and government decisions are shaping the future of software development. They explore the growing tension between rapid innovation and slow-moving regulation, and why developers and founders must und...
Why are advanced robotic prosthetics failing while mechanical prosthetic hands actually work better in real life?
In this episode of An Hour of Innovation, Vit Lyoshin speaks with Fergal Mackie, founder of Metacarpal, about why the future of prosthetics may not be high-tech robotics but simpler, more reliable mechanical design. They explore the hidden flaws in robotic prosthetics, why many users abandon them, and how focusing on rea...
What does it actually take to build self-driving trucks that can interpret the real world and react faster than humans?
In this episode of the An Hour of Innovation podcast, Vit Lyoshin sits down with Achyut Boggaram to explore the engineering behind autonomous trucks and the massive AI infrastructure that powers them.
This conversation breaks down how autonomous trucks perceive the world using cameras, lidar, radar, and advanced sen...
In this episode of An Hour of Innovation podcast, Vit Lyoshin speaks with Neall Digert, Vice President at Kingspan Light + Air, about how daylighting technology is transforming the way buildings use natural light.
Vit and Neall explore how daylighting systems capture and redirect sunlight into buildings, reducing energy consumption while improving human health and productivity. They discuss how modern sustainable architecture can dr...
If your brand sounds like everyone else, you’re already losing, especially in an AI-driven world where sameness is cheaper than ever.
In this episode of An Hour of Innovation podcast, Vit Lyoshin sits down with David Brier, one of the world’s leading branding thinkers, who has spent over four decades helping companies escape commoditization and build brands people choose without comparing prices.
They explore why brandin...
What if real-time Voice AI could detect the deepfake before the damage is done?
In this episode of An Hour of Innovation podcast, Vit Lyoshin sits down with Carter Huffman, CTO and co-founder of Modulate AI, to explore how artificial intelligence is transforming cybersecurity through advanced voice AI detection systems that can stop fraud, harassment, and social engineering attacks in real time.
Throughout the conversation, they unpa...
In this episode of the An Hour of Innovation podcast, Vit Lyoshin explores how the blue economy is rapidly becoming one of the most important industries of our time, powered by AI, robotics, ocean technology, and deep ocean data.
Vit is joined by Kendra MacDonald, CEO of Canada’s Ocean Supercluster, one of the world’s leading ocean innovation ecosystems, driving commercialization, clean tech, and marine technology breakt...
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