The Dan Show
The Dan Show is a straight conversation series hosted by Dan O'Toole, founder and CEO of Arrive AI.
Dan believes investors, partners, and the public deserve real answers, not polished corporate messaging. Each episode covers where the company stands, what autonomous delivery actually looks like in the field, and what it takes to build a new kind of infrastructure. The wins and the setbacks both.
Topics run across innovation, entrepreneurship, logistics, AI, and the systems moving deliveries today.
No script. No filter. Just a direct look at the decisions shaping how things get delivered.
Episodes
31 episodes
Day 31 on the Job | Meet Piyush Phadke, Arrive AI's New CFO
Piyush Phadke was in New Jersey on a Tuesday afternoon when Dan O'Toole called. By 8am Wednesday he was in Fishers, Indiana. He stayed three days. Got an offer. Accepted it. That was 31 days ago. In...
We Beat Amazon by 4 Days. Here's What That Means | John Ritchison
Arrive AI beat Amazon to the patent office by four days. Beat UPS. Beat FedEx. Beat several companies that would eventually become competitors. John Ritchison has been Arrive AI's patent attorney since the very beginning, emp...
Arrive AI: A Message to Our Investors
Dan O'Toole, founder and CEO of Arrive AI, sits down alone to talk directly to investors and shareholders.No script. No polish. Just an honest update on where the company is, what the share price situation means, and why he is still all...
Big News In the Trenches: Arrive AI Signs LOI with LifeSpan Pharmacy
Arrive AI has signed a letter of intent with LifeSpan Pharmacy to explore automnomous drone delivery for pharmaceuticals across their long-term care pharmacy network. CEO Dan O'Toole and Customer Success Manager Dan LaReau break down what this ...
We Are The Solution To The Asynchronous Problem
A drone delivered food in under 3 minutes. The order took 30 minutes to get inside the drone. Evan Furnish, Product Manager of Integrations at Arrive AI, went to Dallas to observe autonomous delivery in the field and came back with...
One Year on NASDAQ: Engineering, Strategy & What's Next
We've always said the most important work at Arrive AI happens at the seams — where hardware meets software, where machines meet people, and where today's deployments become tomorrow's network. This episode lives at every one of those seams.
Training Autonomous Delivery in Simulation
Before an Arrive Point™ is deployed in the real world, it's tested and refined in simulations.In this episode of The Dan Show, Dan and Kylie sit down with Tanmay Haldankar, one of the robotics engineers powering Arrive AI's (NASDAQ: ARA...
Transparency, Patents & The Path Forward
Dan and Kylie share the big news that our show is now syndicated on major podcast platforms, then we confront two NASDAQ notices head-on with the clearest facts we can share. We explain what the notices mean, why we believe the upside is bigger...
Drone Delivery Is Taking Off In India
We talk with Ankeith, CEO and founder of Sky Air, about why India is sprinting ahead in autonomous drone delivery and what it takes to scale from impressive pilots to millions of real drops. We break down why physical AI infrastructure is the m...
Autonomous Delivery is Accelerating: Arrive AI
We celebrate John Galena’s appointment to the CVS board while he stays on our board, and we share why that healthcare alignment matters. We also lay out why we believe Arrive AI is stronger than ever on people, cash, facility, and IP even as th...
Why Your Delivery Robot Still Needs A Mailbox
We sit down with Rithiker Vijay, CEO and founder of Autonomy, to talk about what finally makes delivery robots scale in the real world. The big unlock is not just better navigation, but smart infrastructure that removes the human-in-the-loop ha...
Building The Backbone Of Autonomous Delivery
We look our Arrive Ai shareholders in the eye, lay out eight months of real progress, and bring in our tech lead to explain how a software-first platform becomes the backbone for autonomous delivery. The build is accelerating toward end-to-end ...
Inside Arrive: From CES Buzz To Hospital Wins
At Arrive Ai, we share real progress behind the glossy headlines: new hires, NVIDIA-powered engineering, and why asynchronous pickup is the missing layer for robots to deliver value. Hospital results, CES meetings, and a candid take on stock pr...
From NASDAQ Debut To Peachtree Corners: How Arrive AI Scales The Last Mile
We share how Arrive AI moves from vision to installations, highlight a smart city launch at Peachtree Corners, and welcome FedEx veteran Laurie Tucker to our board to tackle the high cost of last-mile logistics. We also clarify share splits, ce...
NVIDIA News, Real-Time Win
We share breaking news: acceptance into NVIDIA’s Connect program and what it unlocks for our AI roadmap, delivery speed, and long-term vision. From team shoutouts to plans around NVIDIA Thor, we explain why this milestone matters and how it rai...
Inside Arrive AI’s Leap: New HQ, Hiring, And A Double Flywheel Strategy
We share how the new HQ accelerates engineering, why transparency matters even pre-revenue, and how a double flywheel between robots, drones, and arrive points can unlock a universal last-yard standard. We also talk Russell index adds, institut...
From Index Induction To New HQ: Arrive AI’s Momentum
We celebrate joining the Russell 2000, share a first look at our new 30,000 sq ft HQ, and dig into early hospital results that free up clinician time. Dan previews an AI panel in New York and clarifies our flexible share buyback plan and why it...
Inside A Nasdaq Underdog: Hiring, Buybacks, And A Five-Year Plan
We confront the share price head-on while laying out a five-year plan focused on scale, recurring revenue, and an autonomy platform rooted at the edge. The team is growing fast, investor interest is strong, and live installs prove the tech work...
Inside Arrive AI’s Leap From Startup To Public Company And The Plan To 10x
We share the highs of our first earnings call as a public company, the boardroom energy that followed, and the hospital deployment proving autonomous handoffs can free clinicians to focus on care. The plan is bold: protect IP, scale to 100,000 ...
Opening The Bell, Building A Movement
We recap the Nasdaq opening bell, the whirlwind behind-the-scenes work, and how a napkin sketch in 2014 became a public company. We share hiring plans, a potential Bitcoin treasury strategy, global partnerships, and a save-the-date for a closin...
Heated And Cooled, Delivered
We share a major patent win that brings temperature-controlled, UV-disinfected, secure delivery to the curb and set plans to ring the Nasdaq bell on July 3 in Times Square. We ask our community to RSVP, show up, and help turn a milestone into a...
First Revenue, Same Grit
We share the post‑announcement high, then shift into execution: first revenue from a hospital robot deployment, trading realities, and a call to expand our reach together. Culture stays open as we focus on outcomes, hiring, and long‑term value ...
From Napkin To NASDAQ
We share the raw emotions and real logistics of taking our company public, from SEC effectiveness and share status to the timing of our first NASDAQ trade. We lay out how to find your shares through Odyssey, why we traded before the bell ceremo...
How To Access And Protect Your Arrive AI Shares Before Trading Day
We share a clear, step‑by‑step plan to access shares through Odyssey, prepare a brokerage for transfer, and get ready for trading day. We also reflect on the long path to listing, outline launch‑day plans, and explain how to mark shares to limi...