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The gambling industry talks a lot about innovation, but many of the biggest changes we see come from other industries. Automation is going to play a huge role in our future, and to understand how we can embrace that change, our Becky Liggero Fontana sat down with Andy McCartney, co-founder of Whitespace for this week’s episode of The Long Con.

The two discussed how McCartney made his way to where he is now, and what Whitespace’s purpose is. “The reason it’s called Whitespace is a very simple term, it means the unattainable, because we’re constantly looking to find the right answer to solve some of the big problems with some of the biggest companies,” he said.

But if you’re simply focused on innovation, you’re missing where the biggest advances are coming, McCartney said. “Bigger question now is actually collaboration, because large companies no longer can solve problems themselves in the time scales required,” he said. “So a good example would be, outside of the gambling industry, if we took something like autonomous vehicles, that is now an IoT (Internet of Things) effectively on wheels, so it’s no longer a car, so now you have to work with a data company, you have to work with an ISP, you have to then work with an energy company. Suddenly, something that 10 years ago was just about building a car now requires five or six companies all working together to solve.