Alex Wiltschko
The TWIML AI Podcast (formerly This Week in Machine Learning & Artificial Intelligence)
How AI Learns to Smell with Alex Wiltschko
- Published
- July 8, 2026
- Duration
- 59:55
- Summary source
- description
- Last updated
- Aug 19, 2026
Discusses ai.
Summary
In this episode, Alex Wiltschko, founder and CEO of Osmo, joins the show to discuss his goal of giving computers a sense of smell and what it takes to build olfactory intelligence. We explore the science behind smell, from the hundreds of olfactory receptors in the human nose to the challenge of mapping the relationship between molecular structure and odo…
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In this episode, Alex Wiltschko, founder and CEO of Osmo, joins the show to discuss his goal of giving computers a sense of smell and what it takes to build olfactory intelligence. We explore the science behind smell, from the hundreds of olfactory receptors in the human nose to the challenge of mapping the relationship between molecular structure and odor, ensuring safety regulations are met, and building foundation models for smell. Alex explains how graph neural networks and advanced embeddin
Themes
- ai