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Ari Smith

Ari Smith

Co-founder of Balance.Farm, an off-grid veganic farm retreat in Vermont, and CTO of FatRat.ai, with a background in AI and luxury hospitality.

Sep 28, 2026

The World Vegan Travel Podcast

The World Vegan Travel Podcast

A Vegan Getaway in Vermont | AI Meets Hospitality | Ari Smith

Sep 28 · 27m

Brighde Reed
Brighde ReedHOST
2:55
Can you introduce yourself a little bit and just give us a very general overview on this project that you've been working on for so long?
Ari Smith
Ari SmithGUEST
3:03
Sure.
Ari Smith
Ari SmithGUEST
3:04
So my background is in artificial intelligence and computational science.
Ari Smith
Ari SmithGUEST
3:10
I studied math/computer science at MIT and started a company out of their entrepreneurship department, which was later acquired.
Ari Smith
Ari SmithGUEST
3:17
So I've been in tech forever.
Ari Smith
Ari SmithGUEST
3:18
Then I started an AI company after I left Microsoft.
Ari Smith
Ari SmithGUEST
3:22
I've been a vegan for over a decade now.
Brighde Reed
Brighde ReedHOST
8:24
[laughs]

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