Logic’s Q4 Tech Event Showcases the Future of Voice, Drones, and Avatars in Applied AI
Logic Solutions’ Q4 Tech Event: “Tech in Action: Voice, Drones, and Avatars. Experience What’s Next” brought together tech leaders on October 16 to explore how applied artificial intelligence is transforming the way we communicate, map our world, and interact with digital technology.
Hosted at Logic’s Ann Arbor Innovation Center, the event featured keynote presentations from Adam Sypniewski, CTO of Deepgram; Michael Singer, CEO of DroneView Technologies; and Andy Hsiao, Engineering Manager at Logic Solutions. Guests included regional technology leaders, business executives, and innovators eager to witness firsthand the advances shaping the next wave of intelligent systems.
Voice-First AI: The Human Connection
Adam Sypniewski of Deepgram kicked off the evening with a look at how voice-first AI is reshaping customer engagement. With roots in deep learning and astrophysics, he argued that the future belongs to natural language interaction. “The Intelligence Revolution is happening now,” he said. “Every application, every device, every interaction will understand and respond to natural language. Voice will become as ubiquitous as touchscreens.” He illustrated how Deepgram is pushing speech AI forward to make human–machine interaction feel effortless—by allowing people to simply speak.
Drones in Motion: Mapping a Smarter World
Michael Singer, CEO of DroneView Technologies, demonstrated how drones are significantly advancing data collection and geospatial analytics. His presentation showcased real-world examples of aerial mapping, inspection, and IoT integration, revealing how drone technology is creating faster, safer, and more cost-effective ways to understand our physical world. “We’re not just flying cameras anymore,” said Singer. “We’re flying data platforms that drive smarter decisions on the ground.” He also touched on applications in agriculture, the military, public safety, cinematography and even light shows where hundreds of drones light up the sky.
Avatars and Agents: The Next Human-Computer Interface
Closing the presentation series, Logic’s own Andy Hsiao shared insights into the company’s work on AI-powered avatar agents. Hsiao revealed how Logic’s internal innovation team is overcoming the technical challenges of building lifelike avatars that serve as digital assistants capable of conversational interaction, visual recognition, and the ability to direct customers to the information they need. “We see avatars as a practical business solution,” Hsiao said, “for training, and for advancing the sales process–by enabling personalized interactions shaped by the user’s own questions.”
An Evening of Innovation and Connection
Logic CEO Jimmy Hsiao closed the presentations by thanking the speakers and guests, emphasizing the company’s mission to serve as a bridge between innovation and real-world business applications. “Events like this aren’t just about technology—they’re about connection and vision,” Hsiao said. “We want our clients to see what’s possible and feel inspired to build the future together.”
After the presentations, guests moved into a networking reception with curated food, drinks, and live demos—including Logic’s own receptionist avatar. The avatar greeted attendees as they approached and, using visual recognition, even complimented them on their outfits, adding a fun touch to the evening.
Jimmy Addresses Colleagues at MCAPA Conference
Jimmy Hsiao, our founder and CEO, addressed business colleagues recently about the application of AI Avatar Agents. He identified four levels of Agents. Video avatar agents, live Interactive avatars, expert avatars accessing RAG, and multiple sourcing avatars. All of these are currently actively available through Logic and are generating business impact.
The first is Avatar as a Marketing agent generated as video segments. These avatars work well communicating key concepts and information a visitor would be interested in. It also has strong value in the training environment where there is content that is standardized and must be presented regularly in on-boarding or certification.
The second is a live interactive avatar as a Sales Agent. This agent appears on a website as a host. It has natural language capability to answer questions and carry on a discussion. Prompt engineering is used to guide the avatar in providing meaningful, accurate answers and direct the user to a desired outcome like sending them to a demo or contact page. It flows from an LLM to Text to Speech and then Speech to Text to the LLM.
The third is where the avatar becomes an Expert in a proprietary knowledge area and becomes more expert through Generative AI. It does this by using RAG (Retrieval-Augmented Generation). This is an advanced AI framework that feeds your internal proprietary data into the system and combines it with relevant, up-to-date information from external data sources and seamlessly integrates it. This process enables the generation of responses that are more accurate, contextually grounded, and informed by external data.
The fourth category is an avatar that can access third party hardware and software and integrate these to do other applications with live interaction. These avatars can then fulfill task for the users. Like create orders, schedule meetings, send emails, connect databases and take action based on connecting to humans, applications or machines. Logic is developing a Receptionist Avatar that manages these activities.
These are all areas that Logic is working in providing solutions to customers.
Client Spotlight
University of Michigan wanted to give students who consume alcohol on campus a tool that would help them monitor and manage their intake and stay safe, “in the Blue.” The “Stay in the Blue” mobile app allows users to track their drinks over time and easily identify when they are at risk of exceeding safe blood alcohol levels.
As a preferred supplier of the University of Michigan, Logic Solutions has had the opportunity to work on this on-going project, which originated about 10 years ago with important success. Most recently, U-M came back to Logic for updates. These include a new look and feel, upgrading development, a new onboarding feature, and the ability to jump right into navigational items. This app is especially important now that alcohol sales occur inside the stadium.
Logic is grateful for the opportunity to help create a safer campus through this mobile application and looks forward to continuing to bring forth the best user experience possible. Go Blue!
