The Engine of Innovation: AI Startups, Graph Data, and Design Breakthroughs at NVIDIA 2025 GTC
Episode 53, May 22, 10:15 PM
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At NVIDIA GTC 2025, the Washington AI Network Podcast dives deep into the startups redefining AI—live from the epicenter of innovation. Host Tammy Haddad walks the start up floor with Howard Wright, VP of NVIDIA’s Startup Ecosystem, and talks with the leaders from mimik, ArangoDB, and nTop to uncover how startups are transforming edge computing, graph data, and design.
In this special edition of the Washington AI Network Podcast, recorded live at NVIDIA 2025 GTC conference, host Tammy Haddad takes listeners inside the future of AI innovation with startups. NVIDIA’s Startup Guru, Howard Wright, shares how the Inception program supports over 27,000 startups worldwide, unlocking capital, customers, and compute to fuel AI breakthroughs. Fay Arjomandi, CEO of mimik, introduces her edge-first, privacy-focused approach to agent-based AI systems. ArangoDB’s Corey Sommers explains why graph databases are the foundation of intelligent, responsive generative AI platforms. And nTop’s Alec Guay and Todd McDevitt demonstrate how their GPU-powered design tools are slashing engineering cycles across aerospace, energy, and manufacturing. From defense to design, this episode showcases the real-world power of AI startups—and how the NVIDIA ecosystem helps them scale.