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The Automagic Podcast

Welcome to the Automagic Podcast! This podcast highlights the personal stories behind the magic of AI and deep tech. Automagic offers listeners a series of conversations with domain experts and entrepreneurs. Listen to their challenges and successes from a human perspective. You'll discover their struggles and success stories. Increase your chances of making it as a human in a technology-focused world through the eyes and ears of those who ventured into the magical world of intelligent automation.

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The Automagic Podcast

From student to tech multipreneur!

May 26, 2021 • BrainCreators • Season 1 • Episode 1

In this episode, Jasper Wognum, Co-founder and CEO at BrainCreators speaks with Duke Urbanik, one of the first AI tech entrepreneurs to successfully scale and sell his company long before deeptech became a popular term.

Duke Urbanik started ECLIPSE while he was working on his Master's Degree in Mechanical Engineering at the University of Delft. The company grew into a multinational software supplier of Laboratory Information Systems. In 1999 the company was acquired by Alpha Technologies, an instrument manufacturing spinoff from Monsanto Chemicals. Since then, Duke has supported numerous startups, became mister Yes!Delft and now heads Masters of Scale.

In this podcast, Duke will share his exciting journey and valuable entrepreneurial lessons.