Boaz Ashkenazy
Boaz Ashkenazy is Co-Founder at Clause, Advisor at Loti, Executive AI Advisor and Agentic AI Practice Lead at Redapt, Inc., Board of Trustees member at Seattle Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce, and Founder and Host at Shift AI. He founded Linkroom, Shift AI, and Simply Augmented, with Linkroom no longer active and Shift AI and Simply Augmented still running. His expertise includes convening executive conversations on AI, agentic systems, and the future of work, and leading engineering practices for operationalizing AI in large enterprises.
Why Physical AI Is Farming's Next Frontier with Carbon Robotics CEO Paul Mikesell
In this episode of Shift AI, Paul Mikesell, CEO of Carbon Robotics, joins host Boaz Ashkenazy for a wide-ranging conversation on how AI, lasers, and autonomy are replacing chemical weed control on farms. Carbon Robotics built a foundation model out of 150 million plant images, and Paul explains what happens when you show it a weed it has never encountered before. There's no retraining involved, and the result is something closer to a machine that understands what a plant is rather than one that's just memorized a dataset. What that actually looks like in the field, and why it took…
GeekWire reports: Seattle Tech Week 2026 — AI dominates 250+ events as investors and job-seekers flock to Seattle
GeekWire's Todd Bishop reports from Seattle Tech Week 2026, where AI dominated conversations across more than 250 events and drew significant Bay Area investor interest and job-seeking attendees. Panels and speakers from OpenAI, Mistral AI, Ascend, Oumi and others highlighted debates about foundation models, enterprise data access, and the rush to build on third-party AI.
GeekWire Founder Open House Spotlights Microsoft’s 4,800-Job Cuts, Xbox Overhaul and Hardware Surge on GeekWire 200
GeekWire’s founder open house covers Microsoft’s latest layoffs and Xbox overhaul, the rise of hardware companies on the GeekWire 200, and discussions with founders about how AI is reshaping product development and company operations.
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See all 11Boaz Ashkenazy announces Carbon Robotics’ laser weeder, led by Paul Mikesell, can kill unseen weeds on first try without retraining
Carbon Robotics, led by Paul Mikesell, built a laser weeder with a vision model that generalizes to identify and destroy previously unseen weeds without retraining, enabling farmers to point at a weed onscreen and have it eliminated on the first try. The technology could sharply reduce pesticide use by targeting individual plants at scale, and the full discussion is on ShiftAI.fm (link in comments).
Seattle Startup Loti Uses AI to Detect and Remove Deepfakes, Protecting Public Figures’ Digital Identities
Seattle-based startup Loti, led by CEO Luke Arrigoni, uses AI to detect and remove fake images and videos targeting public figures, helping protect their digital identities and ensure accurate public discourse. The company emphasizes neutrality in politics and advocates for proactive reputation management to combat deepfakes and deceptive content.
Trilogy Equity Partners' McCullough and Neeman Share AI-Driven Startup Investment Strategies on Shift AI Podcast
In this episode of the Shift AI Podcast, Trilogy Equity Partners' managing directors Amy McCullough and Yuval Neeman discuss their investment approach, the importance of authentic founder relationships, and how generative AI is transforming startups and the future of work.
Organizations
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Redapt, Inc. Executive AI Advisor, Agentic AI Practice Lead 2026–present, Senior Director, AI Infrastructure 2026 · current
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Clause Co-Founder 2025–present · current
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Loti Advisor 2024–present · current
Education
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University of Washington MARCH, Architecture · 1999–2001
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University of California, Santa Cruz Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), American Government and Politics (United States) · 1991–1994
