How AI is Making Global Supply Chains Visible | Peter Swartz, Altana AI

Supply chains are made up of thousands of interconnected pieces, each with their own customers, suppliers, and responsibilities. In a global economy, how can any one company, let alone one person, understand where a product is really coming from? In this episode of Future in Bloom, Steph sits down with Peter Swartz, co-founder and Chief Science Officer of Altana, an AI-powered platform that provides governments and companies with visibility deep into their supply chains, for a conversation about the ever-complex trade system, the disruptions it’s experienced, and how generative AI is making an impact. --- 📧 Subscribe to Our Substack: https://substack.com/@futureinbloom -- 📍 Table of Contents 0:00 — The Strait of Hormos & The Ripple Effect on Your Wallet 2:05 — Introducing Peter Schwarz & Altana's Mapping Platform 2:52 — Why the Global Economy is a Network, Not a Chain 3:33 — Is Globalization Dying? The Fragmenting World Blocks 4:46 — Inside Multi-Tier Supply Networks and the "Golden Screw" Problem 8:11 — How Generative AI Unlocks Agentic Global Trade Intelligence 9:43 — The Hidden Multi-Tier Impacts of Choke Points on Petrochemicals & Food 13:33 — The True Obstacles to Onshoring and Friend-Shoring 17:48 — Privacy vs Surveillance: Distributing Data via Federated Systems 19:55 — Core Entrepreneurship Lessons: Building Impact at Scale 21:28 — Disrupting Fentanyl Trafficking Channels with Machine Learning -- #SupplyChain #GlobalEconomy #ArtificialIntelligence #Geopolitics #TradeLogistics #FutureInBloom