ABOUT THIS EPISODE
In 1995, Rob LoCascio looked at the early internet and asked a simple question: where are the people? His answer became live chat, a piece of software now running on billions of websites. He built that into LivePerson, took it public, and ran it for almost three decades.
Now he's building something that argues against the entire direction of the AI industry. Instead of one giant model trained on everyone's data, Rob believes the future belongs to individual AIs — trained only on you, owned by you, and monetizable by you. His new company, Uare.ai, has raised $10M, has thousands of people on a waitlist, and is about to launch.
In this episode of The Particle Accelerator, host Benjamin Johnson (Founder & CEO, Particle41) talks with Rob about:
00:00 – Rob's origin story: inventing live chat and reading the early internet right
02:37 – What everyone else missed about e-commerce trust
06:14 – The "human life model": 7 categories that make an AI actually yours
11:20 – Why hallucination-proofing works differently when the AI only knows one person
13:48 – The monetization model: setting a price, sharing your AI, scaling your expertise
19:35 – Why data ownership is the whole pitch, and why big platforms can't credibly offer it
33:34 – Guardrails: no deepfakes, mandatory verification, protecting the person behind the AI
40:07 – A tax firm owner's story: seeing her business's future for the first time
42:44 – Faith, stewardship, and building a company without losing yourself in it
Rob LoCascio, Founder of Uare.ai, former Founder & CEO of LivePerson
Connect with Rob: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rlocascio/
Learn more about Uare.ai: https://www.uare.ai/
Benjamin Johnson, Host, Particle Accelerator Podcast & CEO, Particle41
Connect with Benjamin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/benjaminrjohnson/
Learn more about Particle41: https://particle41.com/
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