The man who's restoring common logic to artificial intelligence

Like so many other companies, Robust Intelligence has its regular end of the week rituals. Only that unlike Israeli TV satire "Hightechs" – they don't have happy hours or other treats. "Every Friday we have a military-style inspection -- we clean the toilets, tables and the entire office by ourselves," Yaron Zinger, the start-up's Israeli founder, told Calcalist in his first ever interview during a home visit to Israel. "On weekday mornings, we also do group workouts in which everyone jogs their own distance. And when we have a company event - it is camping. "All 50 of the company's employees are American and they're crazy about all this stuff I bring from my military service." What end does this serve? "Things like group workouts or inspections create a unique interaction among the workers that is not based solely on coding.