A Startup Field Guide in the Age of Robots and AI with Oliver Mitchell

System Constraints, Simulation, and the Future of Perception | NVIDIA GTC Insights

Stitchless: Circle Optics Team in Focus explores how perception systems are being built for AI, robotics, and autonomous environments. This episode draws on insights from NVIDIA GTC, featuring Software Manager Steve Feller and Senior Computer Vision Engineer Mitchell Baller discussing system constraints, simulation, and edge processing. The conversation focuses on how machines capture, prioritize, and act on visual data in real-world conditions. Recorded at ROC Vox Recording & Production Studios, Rochester, NY  rocvox.com

Inside the DC Innovation Ecosystem with Doug Anderson

Doug Anderson is the founder and president of DCA Live, a Washington DC platform spotlighting the region’s most innovative companies and leaders through curated events and a widely read daily newsletter. Since launching DCA Live in 2014, he has elevated conversations around growth, technology, venture investing, cybersecurity, government contracting, and the broader DC business community. With more than twenty five years of experience in media and events, Doug has held senior roles at Bloomberg BNA, Kennedy Information, AOL, and New River Media, and earlier produced national public television programs including Think Tank and Follow the Money. Circle Optics is part of the DC innovation ecosystem and is actively engaged in the region’s venture community, including participation in Doug Anderson’s Capital Capital program.  Recorded at ROC Vox Recording & Production Studios, Rochester, NY  rocvox.com

A Startup Field Guide in the Age of Robots and AI with Oliver Mitchell

In this episode, Circle Optics sat down with Oliver Mitchell, Partner at ff Venture Capital, entrepreneur, and author of A Startup Field Guide in the Age of Robots and AI. Mitchell brings decades of experience in robotics, automation, and investment strategy—bridging the worlds of technology and capital. From building and exiting ventures like Holmes Protection, AmeriCash, and RobotGalaxy to guiding startups such as CivRobotics, Cambrian Robotics, and Paraspot, Oliver has witnessed firsthand how founders navigate the high-stakes terrain of deep tech. Known as The Robot Rabbi through his blog and teaching at the Syms School of Business, he’s passionate about helping entrepreneurs align purpose with profitability in the era of intelligent machines. Recorded at ROC Vox Recording & Production Studios, Rochester, NY  rocvox.com

Seeing What Matters: Situational Intelligence in Action

Seeing What Matters: Situational Intelligence in Action Circle Optics has built its reputation on hardware that eliminates stitching. Yet the true power of the company’s technology comes from software—the algorithms and systems that transform raw optical data into meaningful awareness. This awareness is more than vision; it is situational intelligence: the ability to detect, interpret, and respond in real time. In this final installment of Stitchless: Circle Optics in Focus, Senior Software Engineer Steve Feller and Software Engineer Grace Annese explore what situational intelligence means in practice, and why it represents a competitive advantage for mission-critical imaging. Recorded at ROC Vox Recording & Production Studios, Rochester, NY  rocvox.com

Rendering Reality: Color, Clarity, and Computation

Circle Optics is known for hardware that eliminates stitching. But hardware alone cannot deliver situational intelligence. For immersive systems to be useful, they must not only capture reality but render it faithfully and responsively. This means translating photons into data, and data into experiences—with color accuracy, clarity, and computational speed. In this installment of Stitchless: Circle Optics in Focus, Software Engineer Grace Annese and Computer Engineer David Krauthamer share how the interplay of science, art, and computation brings panoramic vision to life. Recorded at ROC Vox Recording & Production Studios, Rochester, NY  rocvox.com