AI-Ran to Interconnected Realities — Nokia's Leslie Shannon

This week's VentureFuel Visionary is Leslie Shannon, the Head of Trend and Innovation Scouting at Nokia. She specializes in identifying disruptive technologies that are shaping the future of connectivity.

Leslie is an accomplished author of two influential books: "Interconnected Realities," which explores the Metaverse, and "Virtual Natives.”

In this episode, we discuss everything from the timeline for GenAI adoption in Hollywood to AI Cat Doors and Autonomous Dishwashers at CES to AI-RAN tech that would place Nvidia GPUs in the radio access network. This would enable next-level edge computing that would have massive implications for telcos, their suppliers, consumers, and the enablement of future technologies like AR, VR, and the like.