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Future Grind specializes in groundbreaking content that makes an impact - producing the digital and live content of tomorrow, today.

Future Grind is focused on exploring the possibilities, ethics, and implications of emerging science and technology. We wish to increase technoliteracy by democratizing access to science and technology, and we strive to welcome more voices to these conversations. As a podcast, Future Grind features in-depth interviews with innovators and thought leaders that are working to build our future. Artificial intelligence, robotics, human augmentation, space exploration, and the societal ramifications of these advancements are frequent topics of conversation.

As a VR explorer, Ryan live-streams virtual reality content to examine the ways in which immersive, room-scale virtual experiences can be used for entertainment, education, and escape.

If you're interested in using our insight and expertise to tell the story of you, your brand, or your cause, let's talk.

Ryan O'Shea, the founder of Future Grind and the host of the Future Grind podcast, is an entrepreneur and futurist speaker from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He currently serves as an advisor and spokesman for Grindhouse Wetware, an organization focused on technology that augments human capabilities. Ryan has produced and given talks around the world on the subject of futurism, including at VivaTech Paris, Maker Faire Rome, the BDYHAX human augmentation conference in Austin, Texas, and at DEF CON. Ryan also serves as a World Economic Forum Global Shaper and has served as a Solar System Ambassador representing NASA and CalTech's Jet Propulsion Laboratory. In 2017, Ryan co-founded Behaivior, an artificial intelligence startup which was recently honored as one of the Top 10 competitors in the 3rd Round of the $5 Million IBM Watson AI XPRIZE. Ryan is a graduate of the University of Pittsburgh and currently serves on the boards of numerous non-profits.