Episodes

  • Pioneering audio-driven facial animation
    Jan 27 2025

    On the latest episode of the Building Rapport podcast, we sat down with Michael Berger, CTO and Co-Founder of Speech Graphics and Rapport. Berger’s lifelong passion for language and speech has been the driving force behind innovations that have reshaped the landscape of facial animation.

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    31 mins
  • Conversational AI in industry and academia - insights from Dr. Matthew Aylett
    Nov 25 2024

    In the latest episode of the Building Rapport podcast, Fred Isaac catches up with Dr. Matthew Aylett, Associate Professor at Heriot-Watt University and Chief Scientific Officer at Cereproc.

    Built your own Rapport experiences at: https://www.rapport.cloud/

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    39 mins
  • Building flowing conversations with Speechmatics
    Nov 11 2024

    In the latest episode of the Building Rapport podcast, Will Millership sits down with Ricardo Herreros-Symons, Chief Strategy Officer at Speechmatics, to explore the advancements in conversational AI, specifically their latest product, Flow.

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    35 mins
  • The journey of Speech Graphics and Rapport
    Nov 4 2024

    In our latest episode of Building Rapport, Fred Isaac sat down with Gregor Hofer, CEO and co-founder of Speech Graphics and Rapport, to discuss his journey from academic beginnings to groundbreaking innovation in facial animation technology.

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    24 mins
  • Keeping humanity in the soul of AI: Groq & Rapport
    Oct 21 2024

    In the latest episode of the Building Rapport Podcast, Mark Heaps, Chief Tech Evangelist and VP of Brand at Groq, shared insights into his journey, the ethos behind the AI-driven innovation at Groq, and the unique collaboration with Rapport.

    Log in to Rapport to test Groq out for yourself: https://accounts.rapport.cloud/

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    39 mins
  • Building real-time interactive digital twins: Copresence & Rapport
    Oct 7 2024

    We’re excited to announce our latest partnership with Copresence, a cutting-edge digital character company that allows users to create their digital likeness in minutes! Our Partnerships Director, Fred Isaac, caught up with Co-Founder and CEO Titus Leistner.

    We're giving away Copresence characters to the first 50 Creator tier sign-ups!

    Find out more: https://www.rapport.cloud/news/podcast-building-real-time-interactive-digital-twins

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    35 mins
  • Creating real-time training scenarios: Relativ.AI & Rapport
    Sep 9 2024

    In this episode, we spoke to Arjun Nagendran, Co-Founder of Relativ.ai, about how he is leveraging Rapport to create immersive learning experiences across a range of industries including, recruitment, leadership development, sales, education, and HR.

    Links:

    • Rapport: https://www.rapport.cloud/
    • RelativAI: https://relativ.ai/
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    34 mins
  • Crafting emotionally intelligent characters: AvatarOS & Rapport
    Aug 27 2024

    In the first episode of the Building Rapport podcast, Partnership Director Fred Isaac welcomed Isaac Bratzel, the founder and CEO of AvatarOS, to discuss the evolving landscape of digital character technology. They covered:

    • The journey to AvatarOS
    • The challenges and opportunities of digital human technology
    • The future of digital humans

    Build your own characters for free using the Rapport platform: https://www.rapport.cloud/

    Find out more about the work of AvatarOS: https://www.avataros.com/

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    32 mins