Hosts Eamon McErlean and Joe Devon interview Molly Lazarus, Director of Remarkable, an accelerator for accessibility-focused startups. Molly discusses her personal connection to disability, her career path from special education teacher to startup founder, and her current work supporting companies which create innovative accessibility solutions. Eamon and Joe also interview Arman Nobari and Anthony Gibson, co-founders of Good Trouble, one of the startups participating in Remarkable's accelerator cohort. Good Trouble is a games technology company focused on making video games more accessible.
OUTLINE:
00:00 Opening Teaser
01:29 Introduction
02:08 How Accessibility Became Part of Molly's Career Path
09:33 Lessons Learned From Working In Start-Ups
13:03 Some of the Companies in Remarkable's Accelerator Cohort
17:21 How Companies Are Chosen by Remarkable
19:27 Remarkable's Funding As A Non-Profit Organization
21:34 How Does Molly Use AI In Her Daily Life
25:20 How Will AI Play A Role In Accessibility
30:20 Startups In Remarkable's Accelerator Cohort This Year
34:54 Introduction To Good Trouble
38:21 How Good Trouble's Co-Founders Teamed Up
40:03 How Accessibility Hardware Benefits A Person With A Disability
41:53 Introduction To AbleToPlay
46:28 How AbleToPlay Has Benefited A Family With Special Needs
48:10 About Vault Labs
53:32 Wrap Up
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EPISODE LINKS:
Remarkable
https://www.remarkable.org
How I AI Podcast
https://www.youtube.com/@howiaipodcast
ServiceNow Releases Voice Agents as part of the AI Experience
https://www.servicenow.com/community/servicenow-ai-platform-blog/servicenow-releases-voice-agents-as-part-of-the-ai-experience/ba-p/3419367
Remarkable 2025 Accelerator US Cohort
https://www.remarkable.org/blog-posts/remarkable-2025-accelerator-us-cohort
Google's Project Relate
https://sites.research.google/relate/
The Ask Grandma Project
https://www.askgrandma.co
Blueberry Technology
https://www.blueberry.technology
Glidance
https://glidance.io
WheelPad
https://www.wheelpad.com
Good Trouble
https://www.goodtrouble.games
AbleToPlay
https://abletoplay.com/pilot
Microsoft Super Bowl Commercial
https://youtu.be/vQYzsiVscNg
Vault Labs
https://vaultlabs.co
Molly Lazarus
https://www.linkedin.com/in/mollymlevitt/
Arman Nobari
https://www.linkedin.com/in/armannobari/
https://armannobari.com
Anthony Gibson
https://www.linkedin.com/in/agibson/