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Playlist: Now Go Build with Werner Vogels - Season 1, 2 & 3

Season 1️⃣

Episode 1 - Jakarta 🇮🇩

Follow Dr. Werner Vogels, Amazon CTO, through Indonesia as he meets with HARA Token, a Jakarta based startup, to explore the technology that links small holder rice farmers with financial services with their innovative eco-system.

Episode 2 - Singapore 🇸🇬

Dr. Werner Vogels, Amazon CTO, travels to the hot start up scene in Singapore, meeting with Zimplistic, founded by Pranoti Nagarkar and Rishi Israni - the makers of Rotimatic, in order to find out why complex IOT and Machine Learning technology was needed to replicate a bread making process that’s been handed down from parents to their children over generations.

Episode 3 - Bergen 🇳🇴

Dr. Werner Vogels, Amazon CTO, travels to the scenic fjords in Bergen, Norway to meet with the founder of Aquabyte to learn how AI is playing a new role in salmon farming.

Episode 4 - Berlin 🇩🇪

Dr. Werner Vogels, Amazon CTO, travels to Berlin, Germany to meet with the founders of the ReDI School and Babbel to explore how technology plays a critical role in integrating refugees into the German workforce and their culture.

Episode 5 - Cape Town 🇿🇦

Dr. Werner Vogels, Amazon CTO, travels to South Africa to meet with the founder of the Africam to explore how technology plays a critical role in wildlife conservation efforts. Africam uses live streaming cameras in the African safari to create direct connections for NGO's working to curb poaching and those who want to help.

Episode 6 - Rio de Janeiro 🇧🇷

Follow Dr. Werner Vogels, Amazon CTO, through Rio de Janeiro as he meets with the founders of Dr.Consulta and Epitrack to explore how cloud technology is being applied to re-invent private health care solutions in one of the most beautiful and densely populated cities in Brazil.

Episode 7 - Porto 🇵🇹

Follow Dr. Werner Vogels, Amazon CTO, to the city of Porto, Portugal as he meets with the founders of Veniam and CEiiA and to explore how an ancient city is transforming itself into a smart city to meet the needs of a growing population within the confines of a city that dates back to 300 BC.

Episode 8 - Amsterdam ❌❌❌ 🇳🇱

Follow Dr. Werner Vogels, Amazon CTO, to Amsterdam for the Amsterdam Dance Event, the worlds largest EDM festival, to explore how cloud technology enhances the artistic process and the ability to get their music out.

Season 2️⃣

Episode 1 - Bengaluru 🙏 🕉 🇮🇳

Follow Dr. Werner Vogels, Amazon.com CTO, to the vibrant streets of Bengaluru, and meet Sujay Suresh and Innu Nevatia, founders of the company Zwende, who wanted to pair the creativity, customization, and accessibility of modern shoppers with the craft of skilled designers and makers.

Episode 2 - Tokyo 🇯🇵

Follow Dr. Werner Vogels, Amazon.com CTO, to Tokyo where taking care of older generations has long been a part of Japanese culture. As life expectancy rises and the number of elderly people far exceeds that of younger people who might take care of them, some creative minds are moving Japan towards new traditions of elderly care.

Werner meets Tatsuya Takahashi, co-CEO of Z-Works, Inc., Yoichi Ochiai, CEO of Pixie Dust Technologies, and Seigo Hara, CEO of MICIN, Inc.

Episode 3 - Poland 🇵🇱

Follow Dr. Werner Vogels, Amazon CTO, to Poland—where COVID-19 is keeping students out of the classroom and dialed in to online learning. Inspired by the idea of bringing a student study group online, see how Brainly is helping students bridge the gap between remote online classes and the 1-on-1 attention and guidance that's more accustomed to the classroom.

Werner meets Michał Borkowski, CEO & Co-Founder, and Bill Salak, CTO of Brainly.

Season 3️⃣

Episode 1 - Iceland 🇮🇸

From discovering life-saving medical treatments in the skins of Atlantic cod to reinventing batteries with advancements in nanotechnology, Iceland has proved itself to be one of the most technologically ingenuitive countries on earth. Discover Iceland’s surprisingly successful “waste nothing” approach to innovation with Amazon CTO Dr. Werner Vogels as he visits startups @Kerecis, Nanom, and ON Power.

Episode 2 - Hawai‘i 🌋

Travel to the Island of Hawai‘i with Amazon CTO Dr. Werner Vogels as he visits @Terraformation, a global native forest restoration startup working to combat climate change with the planting of one trillion trees– a task made possible with the help of solar-powered desalination, seed banking, and cloud-based technologies.

Episode 3 - Vermont 🇺🇸

Amazon CTO Dr. Werner Vogels travels to Burlington, Vermont, where the startup BETA Technologies is redefining the future of commercial, medical, and cargo aviation with its electric vertical aircrafts.

Episode 4 - Copenhagen 🇩🇰

Travel to Copenhagen with Amazon CTO Dr. Werner Vogels as he visits Veo, a company working to make sports technology accessible to all; made possible with machine learning, a love of soccer, and a mission to democratize sports for everyone.

Episode 5 - Hollywood, Los Angeles 🎥

How do you make a digital human? Hint: it starts with the cloud and digital DNA.­ ­Travel with Amazon CTO Dr. Werner Vogels as he visits Soul Machines, an AI company who uses the cloud to deliver meaningful connections between human and machine. ­­This episode features digital capture technology, Lightstage from OTOY.

Episode 6 - Arizona ⛰️

Can autonomous trucking help with supply chain issues and give drivers an opportunity to work closer to home? Travel with Amazon CTO Dr. Werner Vogels as he visits TuSimple, a technology company who uses the cloud to help autonomous trucking work toward safer, smarter roads.

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