In today's episode, we talk about how ML is transforming sports broadcasting!

My guest is Anri Kivimäki, the CEO of AISpotter, which provides video analysis software to sports broadcasters and some other industries. Their tech isn't limited to sports broadcasting; it can be used for countless other live video use cases all around us.

Here's what we discuss:

• 1:50 — Different customer segments for AISpotter
• 4:00 — The problem of sports broadcasters
• 8:12 — What's does AISpotter's system do; what are the inputs and outputs?
• 15:24 — Inside a sports broadcasting production room
• 18:45 — Finding the most "cinematic" shots, and other things
• 22:20 — How the product works differently for sports coaches
• 25:30 — How the models are trained, and the importance of quality data
• 34:26 — The story and evolution of AISpotter as a company
• 36:38 — AISpotter for the financial sector: security and surveillance use cases
• 40:24 — How the system fights bias in training data
• 42:38 — Why pivoting an AI company is different from typical software startups
• 46:33 — Dealing with non-technical customers
• 48:41 — Special case study: video analytics for horse racing!!!