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The DatableComplete Context Graphs and Why Memory Needs to ForgetLast week, Jaya Gupta and Ashu Garg at Foundation Capital published a piece that caught fire across the tech world. They argued that context graphs capturing decision traces represent the next trillion-dollar platform opportunity in enterprise software.This article blew up. And with good reason!Aaron Levie, CEO of Box, built on their thesis this week. He argues that we're entering the age of context. When AI models commoditize, the differentiator becomes the proprietary context you feed them. You should read this.Levie references Peter Drucker's prediction from the 1990s that...
2026-01-1211 min
Dev Leader PodcastHow to Structure to Data with AI: Interview With Kirk Marple of GraphlitI sat down with Kirk Marple of Graphlit to talk about his career journey and the awesome AI platform that he's building.One of the things I thought was awesome was the fact that they "dogfood" their platform by building solutions on top of it -- one of the BEST ways to know the ins and outs is to use it yourself!Huge thanks to Kirk for sharing his insights and I'm very excited to see the future of Graphlit!----You...
2025-09-1157 min
Tool Use - AI ConversationsThe Best AI Advice for 2025Unlock the future of AI tools, context engineering, and practical AI development in this special Episode 50 of Tool Use! We celebrate one year of weekly conversations by bringing back two dozen of the brightest minds in the AI space to share their most valuable lessons and predictions. Dive deep into the evolution from prompt engineering to context engineering, and learn how to master large language models (LLMs) and AI agents for maximum productivity and impact.In this can't-miss episode, we explore the biggest takeaways from a revolutionary year in AI. Discover the power of...
2025-07-2958 min
Prodity: Product by DesignStructured Thinking for Unstructured Data: A Conversation with Founder Kirk MarpleIn this episode of Product by Design, Kyle is joined by Kirk Marple, founder and CEO of Graphlit, to explore the world of unstructured data and how it’s transforming with the rise of LLMs and AI-native tools. Kirk shares his journey from working at Microsoft and General Motors to building Graphlit—a platform designed to make unstructured data as usable as structured data.We dive into:The difference between structured and unstructured dataReal-world use cases across industries like healthcare, real estate, and constructionBuilding long-term knowledge graphs and their role in enabling better search and RAG appl...
2025-04-1044 min
The First-Time CEOThe Evolution from CTO to a CEO | Kirk Marple, Founder of Graphlit (ex. Microsoft, General Motors, STATS, Kespry)As Founder and a first-time CEO, Kirk Marple identified the need for Graphlit during his tenure at General Motors, STATS, and Kespry, where he focused on building in-house unstructured data platforms. With over 25 years of experience in developing and architecting applications, Kirk has a strong background in creating scalable SaaS platforms. He previously founded, bootstrapped, and successfully exited a video transcoding startup, RadiantGrid. His products have been sold to notable organizations, including ESPN, Fox, NBCUniversal, PBS, and the Library of Congress.
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Kirk's journey from a career software developer to a CEO, detailing...
2025-02-061h 05
Tool Use - AI ConversationsThe Hard Truth About RAG in Production (ft Kirk Marple)This week we learn how to build production-ready RAG systems from Graphlit CEO Kirk Marple. Kirk shares crucial insights about knowledge graphs, reranking, and scaling RAG beyond basic implementations. Essential viewing for developers working with AI and large language models.
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2025-02-0440 min
mbanerjeepalmer+listennotes 's Listen LaterGraphRAG: Knowledge Graphs for AI Applications with Kirk Marple - #681 Podcast: The TWIML AI Podcast (formerly This Week in Machine Learning & Artificial Intelligence) (LS 55 · TOP 0.5% what is this?)Episode: GraphRAG: Knowledge Graphs for AI Applications with Kirk Marple - #681Pub date: 2024-04-22Get Podcast Transcript →powered by Listen411 - fast audio-to-text and summarizationToday we're joined by Kirk Marple, CEO and founder of Graphlit, to explore the emerging paradigm of "GraphRAG," or Graph Retrieval Augmented Generation. In our conversation, Kirk digs into the GraphRAG architecture and how Graphlit uses it to offer a multi-stage workflow for ingesting, processing, retrieving, and...
2025-01-1747 min
Future Tech And ForesightAI’s Future: Harnessing Unstructured Data (With Kirk Marple) -Ep #160In this episode, we explore how AI is transforming the way businesses manage unstructured data, focusing on the role of knowledge graphs, retrieval-augmented generation, and vertical AI applications to drive innovation and improve data processing.
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In this episode, we dive into the evolving world of unstructured data and its transformative impact on AI development. As businesses increasingly face the challenge of making sense of vast amounts of unstructured information, we explore how advanced technologies, such as retrieval-augmented generation and knowledge graphs, are streamlining data processing and improving accuracy. We’ll...
2024-10-0153 min
The Growth and Scaling Podcast with Todd WestraEp#446 Kirk Marple: How Kirk Marple is Redefining Data Management with AIFull episode details here: https://links.growthandscaling.com/446
Join Kirk Marple, founder and CEO of Graphlit, as he shares insights on unstructured data management and his journey in tech, including a pivotal role at Microsoft.
Discover how Graphlit’s API-centric platform empowers developers to create flexible applications across industries. Kirk discusses overcoming market readiness challenges, Azure scaling issues, and the importance of user-centric design.
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2024-09-0332 min
Service Design ShowRAG makes Service Design easier, faster, and more fun / Kirk Marple / Ep. #209Sure, AI is pretty cool, but have you heard of something called Retrieval-Augmented-Generation (RAG)... We don't often spotlight specific tech on the Show, but RAG?
I firmly believe that RAG has the potential to shake up service design in a big way.
Imagine having a super-powered teammate on every project. This teammate has the ability to recall every meeting, every workshop, and every sticky note, not just yours but your entire team's, even from years ago. Not just yours but your whole team's.
Ask them a question, and a few seconds later, they've...
2024-08-291h 05
thinkfuture: technology, philosophy and the future1012 UNLOCKING THE POWER OF UNSTRUCTURED DATAConnect with Kirk: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kirkmarple/
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In this episode, Kirk Marple, CEO of GraphFlit, dives into the fascinating world of unstructured data and how his company uses knowledge graphs to make sense of it. Unstructured data isn't just about spreadsheets—it's the massive collection of text, audio, video, and geospatial data that traditional databases struggle to organize.
Kirk explains how GraphFlit ingests and indexes this unstructured data, then uses knowledge graphs to connect the do...
2024-08-2832 min
SaaS FuelKirk Marple - A MidSummer Dev's Dream: Unlocking Unstructured Data Treasures with API KeysWelcome to another episode of SaaS Fuel! In this episode, we’ll explore the world of SaaS scaling and innovation with Kirk Marple, the CEO of Graphlit.Kirk discusses his journey from working at Microsoft and General Motors to becoming a successful SaaS founder. The conversation delves into Graphlit’s strategies for platform growth and scaling revenue, emphasizing the crucial role of SDK releases, free tier quotas, and pricing adjustments. Kirk also shares insights into the pivotal shift from a B2B sales outbound motion to product-led growth (PLG) and marketing-led growth, shedding light on how the compa...
2024-08-2750 min
Software Process and Measurement CastLearning From Data, A Conversation With Kirk MarpleThe introduction and outro words are abbreviated this week. I will regale you with the tale of the Avon Lake Toronado next. Now I need to find a way of making everything work without electricity and the Internet. I am not sure which is making me crazier. The SPaMCAST 823 features a discussion with Kirk Marple, Technical Founder and CEO at Graphit, by Unstruk Data. What is a technical founder you might ask? No? Well, I did. More importantly, we discussed AI, knowledge graphs, leadership, and how organizations learn as they understand their data. Check out Graphit at www.graphit.com...
2024-08-1132 min
Software Process and Measurement CastUrgency Versus Importance - Which Drives Your Work, Teams And Why We Need Them, Conversations with Jeremy Willets and Jeremy BerriaultThe Software Process and Measurement Cast 822 features a discussion that Jeremy Willets and I had during the Work Intake Summer Camp. The tyranny of the urgent often eclipses work that is merely important. Not understanding the difference between the two concepts and the long-term implications of ignoring what is important can be catastrophic. We will also have a visit from Jeremy Berriault, the Evolutionary Agilist. We discussed why teams exist. The answer can be simplified into four words. Getting to those words is a wild ride. Learn To Tame Your Work Intake Beast! Work Intake Summer Camp is in session...
2024-08-0434 min
Value Driven Data Science: Boost your impact. Earn what you’re worth. Rewrite your career algorithm.Episode 41: Building Better AI Apps with Knowledge Graphs and RAGWhen ChatGPT was first released, there was talk it would lead to traditional search engines, like Google, soon becoming obsolete. That was until users discovered generative AI’s one major drawback – it makes stuff up.Because of the stochastic nature of ChatGPT, it is never going to be possible to completely eliminate hallucinations. However, there are ways to work around this issue. One such way is through leveraging knowledge graphs and retrieval augmented generation (or RAG).In this episode, Kirk Marple joins Dr Genevieve Hayes to discuss how knowledge graphs and RAG can be leveraged to i...
2024-07-1746 min
Good Neighbor Podcast: DelcoEthical Beauty and Patient Care with Dr. Kirk BrandowEthical Beauty and Patient Care with Dr. Kirk BrandowWhat can you learn from a man who transformed his youthful struggle with dyslexia into a celebrated career as a doctor of cosmetic surgery? Dr. Kirk Brandow, founder of The Brandow Clinic and well-known Philadelphia Main Line plastic surgeon with over three decades of experience in the Philadelphia and South Jersey area, comes to the Good Neighbor Podcast Studio to share his inspiring journey from young artist to esteemed aesthetic professional in this episode of the Good Neighbor Podcast. Influenced by his surgeon father...
2024-07-1720 min
The Digital ExecutiveRevolutionizing Unstructured Data Workflows: A Conversation with CEO Kirk Marple | Ep 913Send us a text
In this episode of The Digital Executive, host Brian Thomas sits down with Kirk Marple, the visionary CEO and founder of Graphlit. Kirk shares his impressive journey from key roles at Microsoft, General Motors, and STATS to the founding of Graphlit, a company revolutionizing the way unstructured data is handled. Graphlit's serverless, cloud-native platform automates data ingestion, knowledge extraction, and LLM conversations, bringing unprecedented efficiency to data processing and retrieval.
Kirk delves into the technology behind Graphlit, explaining how the platform's innovative use of metadata indexing and AI-powered analysis transforms various...
2024-07-1208 min
Adventures in Machine LearningFunctional Programming Shift and Scalable Architecture Insights - ML 158In today's episode, they dive deep into the evolving landscape of software development. Join us as Kirk, the CTO and founder at Graphlit, shares his journey from traditional software at Microsoft to pioneering perception ML for drone-based aerial intelligence. They explore the paradigm shift from object-oriented to functional programming, the crucial role of software architecture, and the challenges of maintaining consistent design and documentation in growing teams.They also get insights into Databricks' approach to user-friendly API design and the importance of learning management systems in knowledge distillation. Listen in as our speakers discuss the strategic decisions in scaling p...
2024-07-1156 min
How AI Is BuiltData Integration and Ingestion for AI & LLMs, Architecting Data Flows | changelog 3In this episode, Kirk Marple, CEO and founder of Graphlit, shares his expertise on building efficient data integrations.
Kirk breaks down his approach using relatable concepts:
The "Two-Sided Funnel": This model streamlines data flow by converting various data sources into a standard format before distributing it.
Universal Data Streams: Kirk explains how he transforms diverse data into a single, manageable stream of information.
Parallel Processing: Learn about the "competing consumer model" that allows for faster data handling.
Building Blocks for Success: Discover the importance of well-defined interfaces and actor models in creating robust data systems.
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2024-06-2514 min
The CTO Show with Mehmet Gonullu#352 How Unstructured Data is Shaping the Future of AI with Kirk MarpleIn this episode of “The CTO Show with Mehmet,” we delve into the fascinating world of unstructured data and its impact on the future of AI with Kirk Marple, the founder and CEO of Graphlit. With over 30 years of experience in software development, Kirk shares his journey from Microsoft to founding his own company and the vision behind Graphlit. Discover how unstructured data can unlock valuable insights for businesses and the role of knowledge graphs in enhancing AI applications.
Kirk explains the significance of unstructured data and how it offers valuable insights often overlooked by o...
2024-06-2438 min
Data Science ConversationsEnhancing GenAI with Knowledge Graphs: A Deep Dive with Kirk MarpleIn this episode we talk to Kirk Marple about the power of Knowledge Graphs when combined with GenAI models. Kirk explained the growing relevance of knowledge graphs in the AI era, the practical applications, their integration with LLMs, and the future potential of Graph RAG.Kirk Marple a veteran of Microsoft and General Motors, Kirk has spent the last 30 years in software development and data leadership roles. He also successfully exited the first startup he founded, RadiantGrid, acquired by Wohler Technologies.Now, as the technical founder and CEO of Graphlit, Kirk and his team are s...
2024-06-0644 min
How AI Is Built#008 Knowledge Graphs for Better RAG, Virtual Entities, Hybrid Data ModelsKirk Marple, CEO and founder of Graphlit, discusses the evolution of his company from a data cataloging tool to an platform designed for ETL (Extract, Transform, Load) and knowledge retrieval for Large Language Models (LLMs). Graphlit empowers users to build custom applications on top of its API that go beyond naive RAG.Key Points:Knowledge Graphs: Graphlet utilizes knowledge graphs as a filtering layer on top of keyword metadata and vector search, aiding in information retrieval.Storage for KGs: A single piece of content in their data model resides across multiple systems: a document store with...
2024-05-2036 min
Partially Redacted: Data, AI, Security, and PrivacyPrivacy and Security Considerations for RAG with Graphlit's Kirk MarpleIn this episode, Kirk Marple, CEO and Co-founder of Graphlit, joins the show. Sean and Kirk dive into the world of unstructured data management, discussing the evolution and current challenges in the field.
While structured data has been well-handled since the 1970s, 80-90% of the world’s data remains unstructured, with predictions of 175 billion terabytes by 2025. Despite this vast amount, companies struggle to utilize it effectively due to immature tools and processes. Graphlit was founded to address this gap, providing scalable, maintainable systems with enhanced observability to handle unstructured data efficiently.
Kirk discusses the challenges in...
2024-05-1539 min
The TWIML AI Podcast (formerly This Week in Machine Learning & Artificial Intelligence)GraphRAG: Knowledge Graphs for AI Applications with Kirk MarpleToday we're joined by Kirk Marple, CEO and founder of Graphlit, to explore the emerging paradigm of "GraphRAG," or Graph Retrieval Augmented Generation. In our conversation, Kirk digs into the GraphRAG architecture and how Graphlit uses it to offer a multi-stage workflow for ingesting, processing, retrieving, and generating content using LLMs (like GPT-4) and other Generative AI tech. He shares how the system performs entity extraction to build a knowledge graph and how graph, vector, and object storage are integrated in the system. We dive into how the system uses “prompt compilation” to improve the results it gets from Larg...
2024-04-2247 min
Earley AI PodcastIt’s All About the Data - Kirk Marple - Earley AI Podcast with Seth Earley & Chris Featherstone - Episode # 031Today’s guest is Kirk Marple, Technical Founder and CEO at Unstruk Data. Kirk joins Seth Earley and Chris Featherstone to discuss organizing historical data and long-term memory. Kirk emphasizes the importance of organizing data in a manner that allows for seamless integration with novel models and shares valuable advice on understanding data. Takeaways:The semantic web serves as a powerful tool for optimizing business applications and data organization. A prevalent misconception surrounding AI is that individuals need to construct their own models and be data science experts. Advancements unfold at a rapid pace. People...
2023-05-2240 min
The Tesoro AI PodcastUnlocking the Power of AI by Organizing Unstructured, Spatial Data | Kirk Marple, Unstruk DataIn this episode we sit with Kirk Marple, Founder and CEO of Unstruk Data. Unstruk Data is enabling its customers to utilize information stored in video image, 3D and industrial files with its knowledge hub, which is designed specifically for spatial and unstructured data. Its technology unlocks the information stored in these data files so that you can easily search, visualize, analyze, and integrate them into existing data workflows. Kirk is a serial entrepreneur, operator, and technologist. He started his career in media management and entertainment at Microsoft and his own media transcription company, which wa...
2022-12-0841 min
The Modern .NET ShowUnstructured Data With Kirk MarpleThis episode is sponsored in part by ZOOM Platform. No, not the video conferencing app ZOOM Platform! The premier DRM-Free games portal. Remember: you can also always follow the show on Twitter @dotnetcoreshow, and the shows host on Twitter @podcasterJay or visit our Contact page. Welcome to season 5 of the award-winning .NET Core Podcast! Check that link for proof. Hello everyone and welcome to The .NET Core Podcast is a podcast where we reach into the core of the .NET technology stack and, with the help of the .NET community, present you with...
2022-09-301h 11
The Remarkable SaaS Podcast#228 - Kirk Marple, CEO of Unstruk Data - on making data actionableThis podcast interview focuses on product innovation that has the power to provide us a significant competitive advantage by leveraging unstructured data. My guest is Kirk Marple, CEO of Unstruk Data.Kirk Marple is a customer-focused technology leader. He has over 25 years of experience developing media management pipelines, leading DevOps at venture-backed companies, and structuring successful exits. He holds multiple patents and industry awards and has truly established himself as an industry leader.Today, he's the CEO of Unstruk Data, a company that's on a mission empowering enterprises to transform unstructured data files...
2022-08-3139 min
Dapper DataCentral Data Management & Unstructured Data - Episode #60 w/Kirk MarpleJoin me as I discuss with Kirk Marple, CEO of Unstruk Data, the importance of central data management for unstructured data. Throughout this conversation we touch on the company "Unstruk Data", Data Tagging, the importance of the Data Engineer role and the best part of GPUs for Data Scientist.
2022-07-151h 06
AB TestingEpisode 162: Hanging out with Kirk MarpleWe are joined by Kirk Marple, CEO of Unstruk. We talk about data mostly, but also baseball (which is also data) - and share a few microsoft stories.
2022-07-051h 06Geospatial StartupsUnstructured Data Is Dark DataMetadata Management in Unstructured Data
Our guest this week is Kirk Marple, the founder of Unstruk data. He began his career in geospatial with his first job, making maps and performing various geospatial analyses. He later transitioned into software development in the media space, but still doubled back to geospatial from time to time. Currently, Kirk is most focused on dealing with geospatial data at Unstruk Data.
What is Unstructured Data?
Unstructured data is everything from imagery to audio, 3D point clouds, documents, emails, and many other digital files. The term unstructured is a...
2022-06-2941 min
Data Platform PodcastData Platform- Ep 12 - Unstructured DataJason and Tomo are joined this week by Kirk Marple from UnstrukData, and together they talk about unstructured data. Many companies actually own a lot of unstructured data – but don't know what to do with it and how to get value from it. Listen to the latest episode and find out their thoughts on how to manage and use it!
2022-06-2845 min
FUTR.tv PodcastUnstructured Wisdom with Unstruk's CEO Kirk MarpleSend a textThere is a lot of information lurking there in your unstructured data. But how do you make the most of it. What even is unstructured data, semi-structured, structured. Well, today we are going to answer those questions.Hey everybody, this is Chris Brandt here with Sandesh Patel, welcome to another FUTR podcast.You may have lots of files on your systems, video, audio, Word docs, Spreadsheets, CAD files. All of them can contribute to business insights, the question is, how to get at that information. Today we have with us...
2022-06-2543 min
Startup HustleProtecting your Time, Effort & DataIn this episode of Startup Hustle, Matt Watson and Kirk Marple, Founder & CEO of Unstruk Data talk about protecting your time, effort, and data. Learn all about data, its value, and all the things you can do with it.
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2022-05-3048 min
Startup HustleProtecting your Time, Effort & DataIn this episode of Startup Hustle, Matt Watson and Kirk Marple, Founder & CEO of Unstruk Data talk about protecting your time, effort, and data. Learn all about data, its value, and all the things you can do with it.
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2022-05-3047 min
Code Story: Insights from Startup Tech LeadersS6 E19: Kirk Marple, Unstruk DataKirk Marple has been a family man for 20+ years now. His kids are older now, in their 20's, which he finds amazing. He's been in tech for most of his whole career, but when he started out professionally, he wanted to be a chef. When he was 13, he wanted to attend culinary school - but then things changed, obviously, but he still cooks often, dabbling in stir fry and barbecue.After selling his prior company, which was heavy in the broadcast media space, Kirk ended up at General Motors. He started to learn about media data, and...
2022-05-2424 min
The Analytic MindThe Importance of Utilizing Unstructured Data with Kirk Marple - Ep. 35Data are not all created equal. There are structured (machine-generated) and unstructured (human-generated) data, and each requires a different approach. As a result of the increased use of digital applications and services, unstructured information is growing rapidly. It is estimated that 80-90% of company data is unstructured, and the amount of unstructured data continues to grow at an alarming rate per year.
In this episode of The Analytic Mind Podcast, Sam McKay speaks with Kirk Marple, the founder, and CEO of Unstruk Data. Hear about the hidden value in unstructured data and how it impacts the future...
2022-05-1654 min
IT Career EnergizerLook For The Opportunities To Grow and Don’t Doubt Yourself with Kirk MarpleIn this week’s show, Phil talks to Kirk Marple, a customer-focused technology leader. He is the CEO and Founder of Unstruk Data and has more than 25 years of experience developing media management pipelines, leading DevOps at venture backed companies and structuring successful exits. Kirk talks to Phil about how taking risks and looking for opportunities can often provide the most growth. He also discusses the importance in looking past negative feedback and shaking off self-doubt when it arises. KEY TAKEAWAYS: TOP CAREER TIP You are the one...
2022-03-2121 min
🧠 Inventive Expert+ | Where Smart Founders Share Their Cheat Codes"How To Bootstrap" Expert Advice For Entrepreneurs w/Kirk MarpleCustomer discovery by far. There are processes to ask questions and have conversations with potential customers. I'd say that if folks spend more time just doing that process of learning their market and going through the iterations about having conversations even before putting a website up. Even before writing a line of code. There are some great resources out there. Such as worksheets and canvases to fill out and that kind of stuff. That's where I would suggest starting. Spend the time there, make a gel and then move on to the really heavy lifting.
2022-01-1827 min
The Ravit Show"The Ravit Show" with Kirk Marple, CEO of Unstruk DataAre you interested to learn more about building software VS building a team? In this episode Kirk Marple, CEO of Unstruk Data, talks about his journey, how to balance building software vs building a team, data, building on Microsoft Azure, Metadata standards and much more!
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2021-12-1754 min
The AFT podcast: At the Forefront of Transactions | Payments | Fintech | Pay-tech | Banking2X valuation in 4 months - how and why? Kirk Marple about Unstruk DataKirk Marple, Founder and CEO at Unstruk Data talks about their fundraising round and how they doubled their valuation in less than 4 months. We also spoke about some useful techniques that can help founders fundraise.
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2021-10-0722 min
DiscoPosse PodcastEp 190 Kirk Marple of Unstruk Data on the Unstructured Data Challenge and Lessons of a Technical FounderKirk Marple is the CEO and Founder of Unstruk Data, a new company that is Building the industry’s leading Unstructured Data Warehouse for automating data preparation via metadata enrichment, integrated compute, and graph-based search.
We discuss the approach to customer-led product development, being a tehcnical founder, pragmatic product management, and the role of being a founder and CEO during the early years of a startup. Thank you for the great lessons!
Check out Unstruk Data here: https://www.unstruk.com/
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2021-09-091h 19
Silicon AlleyBuilding a Remote First Company & Unlocking Unstructured Data in Your Business | Kirk Marple, Founder of Unstruk Data86: In Building a Remote First Company, Kirk Marple (Twitter: @KirkMarple), founder of Unstruk Data, joins host William Glass to discuss how to he has built a company with a remote workforce and the power of unstructured data in your business. Whether your team is fully remote or hybrid Kirk shares some of the keys to building a strong remote culture and how Unstruk Data raised money through Zoom. You'll learn:
How to unlock unstructured data in your business
The keys to building a remote-first company
How to raise money over Zoom
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2021-08-2050 min
ANDWHY. by Annie Law49. Meet Technology Leader Kirk Marple : Founder of Unstruk DataKirk Marple is the founder of Unstruk Data, which is a tech company working to build the industry's leading unstructured data warehouse for automating data preparation via metadata enrichment, integrated compute, and graph-based search.
In this episode, he shares the different companies he started, the CTO positions he held, and why he decided to start Unstruk Data. Kirk also shared the pros and cons that come with being an entrepreneur. Although there are multiple trials and tribulations, it's a journey worth taking for any prospective entrepreneur.
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2021-08-1833 min
Data Leadership for EveryoneUnstructured Data, Metadata, and Graph Search, Oh My! with Kirk Marple - Episode 45
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In this week’s episode, we hear from Kirk Marple about his new business, Unstruk Data. They are taking an innovative approach to helping organizations navigate their mountains of unstructured data. This episode flew by – enjoy!
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2021-08-1547 min
The Entrepreneur Way1975: So Much to Learn Around Sales and Marketing with Kirk Marple Founder and Owner of Unstruk Data IncFormer Microsoft, General Motors, and STATS leader, Kirk Marple is the CEO and Founder of Unstruk Data - a company that is building the industry’s leading Unstructured Data Warehouse for automating data preparation via metadata enrichment, integrated compute, and graph-based search. Unstruk Data has raised $3.5M in seed funding. “Just keep at it. Grit, persistence, all of those common terms now I think are really so key. I mean knowledge, going to the best school, all of those kinds of things matter to some extent… That’s the differentiator, not giving up and just continually learning and bein...
2021-07-0239 min
🎙 Inventive Journey | Real Stories From the Startup Survival Club"Be Open To Change" The Inventive Journey Podcast For Entrepreneurs w/ Kirk MarpleBeing open to wearing many hats and being creative and not thinking of it. It's a very different mindset. Working for a larger company, even coming from GM, honestly moved too slow for me. I loved what we were doing but, it probably would have taken five years to do what we're going to accomplish in one year. I think you have to be ready for that coming to a start-up. Even if you have come from a big company or even smaller companies, just be open to change. Chaos happens; it's normal but, be pragmatic too. You don't...
2021-06-3029 min
Data Engineering PodcastBring Order To The Chaos Of Your Unstructured Data Assets With UnstrukSummary
Working with unstructured data has typically been a motivation for a data lake. The challenge is imposing enough order on the platform to make it useful. Kirk Marple has spent years working with data systems and the media industry, which inspired him to build a platform for automatically organizing your unstructured assets to make them more valuable. In this episode he shares the goals of the Unstruk Data Warehouse, how it is architected to extract asset metadata and build a searchable knowledge graph from the information, and the myriad ways that the system can be used...
2021-06-1840 min