My first interview with Elliot F. Poirier (@elliot_fp) co-founder of Watoga Watoga is building the AI operating system for the mining industry 0:26 Almost being stabbed at a mining conference 3:23 How Elliot got interested in mining 6:17 Math & divinity 11:45 Company building 17:30 Watoga, Fallout, Rockhound 19:27 Why Watoga is based in Québec 22:08 Starting Watoga 28:40 What is blasting 31:34 Building an AI operating system for mines 40:06 Building relationships in the mining industry 43:32 Going through Discipulus 48:34 First customers 51:05 Finding talent in Québec 53:35 El Segundo Airbnb story 55:22 Focus for the next year 1:00:30 Hardest thing he’s overcome