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Crypto. AI. Sex dolls. Robotics. And a Canadian business plan.
Episode 1174

Crypto. AI. Sex dolls. Robotics. And a Canadian business plan.

No we haven't been hacked—today's story has all of these things and more. It's a tale about what happens when a Canadian crypto company wants to add to its portfolio, an American sex doll manufacturer wants to be taken more seriously and artificial intelligence progress convinces everyone involved that this is possible. Welcome to Canada's strangest business tech story of the year. Burt it's not fiction, it has investors and prototypes and big plans for everything from hospitals to research to ... AI sex robots. GUEST: Claire Brownell, digital currency reporter, The Logic

The Big Story

July 19, 202418m 44s

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Show Notes

No we haven't been hacked—today's story has all of these things and more. It's a tale about what happens when a Canadian crypto company wants to add to its portfolio, an American sex doll manufacturer wants to be taken more seriously and artificial intelligence progress convinces everyone involved  that this is possible.

Welcome to Canada's strangest business tech story of the year. Burt it's not fiction, it has investors and prototypes and big plans for everything from hospitals to research to ... AI sex robots.

GUEST: Claire Brownell, digital currency reporter, The Logic

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