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00:00Hello everyone, it's Adam Kaplan here again with former NFL offensive lineman Jeb Terry.
00:15Jeb, what brings you back to yet another Super Bowl as you told me?
00:18You're here again.
00:19I am here again.
00:20Well look, it's being part of the industry, coming back to the Super Bowl, this is a great
00:22week.
00:23You come here, you meet new people, you do business deals, it's part of the annual pilgrimage.
00:27Alright, so I know you're very tech savvy, you're into the tech world.
00:31So since you retired, let's move you up to your company Cosm.
00:35What is it and why do I find it so fascinating when I read about it on LinkedIn?
00:39Well Cosm, we are an experiential technology company, that's where we start.
00:43And we deliver one of the world's best fan experiences, building amazing experiential
00:48venues that leverage the best of the immersive industry.
00:50So think of AR, VR, XR, MR, all that tech.
00:54We have an amazing tech stack, we influence a lot of that world, but we also lean into
00:58the experience economy, meaning why is this interview so much better in person than it
01:01is on Zoom?
01:02This notion of human connectivity and fandom and energy, we bring all that together, we
01:07package it up and we deliver it in our venues.
01:09And we've opened two of them and we're enjoying some great success right now.
01:12Alright, so when you say venues, explain to our viewers here what that actually entails
01:17when you are opening a venue.
01:19So the core of our tech platform is a large LED dome.
01:23So imagine a 86 foot diameter LED dome that comes up over your head, comes around you,
01:3012K resolution, amazing display.
01:32We build, design, engineer that entire tech.
01:35Now apply a super high resolution immersive feed, so 8K plus, live from the biggest and
01:42best sports events in the world.
01:43And now you are sitting courtside, pitch side, on the sidelines with the best views in the
01:48house and that's what fans get to experience when they come to Cosm.
01:51It's like you're there.
01:52Wow.
01:54It's like you're in another world.
01:55Are you immersed in that area?
01:56So look, we love tracking what's going on in the sports gaming space.
02:00Right now, the states where we are, it's not legal yet.
02:03So we're in LA, we're in Dallas and Texas, we're opening another one in Atlanta and then
02:07soon Detroit, Michigan.
02:09Detroit, sports gaming is legal.
02:11So we will be leaning into that and having sports book type elements and things like
02:16that there.
02:17Yeah, it's going to be a fantastic deal.
02:20So I have to ask you this question.
02:21So you're a former NFL player because I know you're doing some media stuff, but do you
02:26know you want to get into the tech world when you retire?
02:28I knew I always wanted to get in the business world.
02:31Deal making, partnerships, investing, things like that.
02:34Always curious about technology, so it was a natural through line of moving into the
02:39space and climbing the learning curve as fast as I can on the tech front so I can speak
02:42the language.
02:43All right, so this game this week, we got another rematch of the Eagles and Chiefs.
02:47So my friend, you played the game on the offensive line.
02:51Do you know the Eagles have the biggest offensive line in NFL history?
02:55Maybe one of the best I've ever seen.
02:57These guys are absolute studs.
02:59Not only they're big, they can move.
03:01You don't see that all the time.
03:03The way they put this O-line together, the way they pull, all the schemes, the movement,
03:09it's super impressive.
03:10And you can see the way they communicate.
03:11You can tell it's a tight knit group.
03:14And then of course it helps to have a guy like Saquon behind you.
03:16These guys can move.
03:17I mean, they're out running in space, hitting people, and they're having fun.
03:20I think that's the best thing.
03:21You hear these mic'd up elements.
03:23These guys are having fun.
03:25They've got some great veterans.
03:26They've got some younger guys.
03:27It's just a great mix.
03:28All right, game pick, who do you got?
03:32Who do I have?
03:33I think the Eagles are going to win.
03:34Why?
03:35Because of that O-line.
03:36Oh, okay.
03:37That O-line, that running game.
03:38I think they are, I think they're going to do it.
03:40Well, you heard it from my former offensive lineman, Jeb Terry, he said the Eagles offensive
03:45line will dominate.
03:46For Jeb Terry, I'm Adam Kaplan.