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The MAD Podcast with Matt TurckThe Evaluators Are Being Evaluated — Pavel Izmailov (Anthropic/NYU)Are AI models developing "alien survival instincts"? My guest is Pavel Izmailov (Research Scientist at Anthropic; Professor at NYU). We unpack the viral "Footprints in the Sand" thesis—whether models are independently evolving deceptive behaviors, such as faking alignment or engaging in self-preservation, without being explicitly programmed to do so. We go deep on the technical frontiers of safety: the challenge of "weak-to-strong generalization" (how to use a GPT-2 level model to supervise a superintelligent system) and why Pavel believes Reinforcement Learning (RL) has been the single biggest step-change in model capability. We also discuss his brand-new pa...
2026-01-1545 minThe MAD Podcast with Matt TurckDeepMind Gemini 3 Lead: What Comes After "Infinite Data"Gemini 3 was a landmark frontier model launch in AI this year — but the story behind its performance isn’t just about adding more compute. In this episode, I sit down with Sebastian Bourgeaud, a pre-training lead for Gemini 3 at Google DeepMind and co-author of the seminal RETRO paper. In his first-ever podcast interview, Sebastian takes us inside the lab mindset behind Google’s most powerful model — what actually changed, and why the real work today is no longer “training a model,” but building a full system.We unpack the “secret recipe” idea — the notion that big leaps com...
2025-12-1854 minThe MAD Podcast with Matt TurckWhat’s Next for AI? OpenAI’s Łukasz Kaiser (Transformer Co-Author)We’re told that AI progress is slowing down, that pre-training has hit a wall, that scaling laws are running out of road. Yet we’re releasing this episode in the middle of a wild couple of weeks that saw GPT-5.1, GPT-5.1 Codex Max, fresh reasoning modes and long-running agents ship from OpenAI — on top of a flood of new frontier models elsewhere. To make sense of what’s actually happening at the edge of the field, I sat down with someone who has literally helped define both of the major AI paradigms of our time.Łuk...
2025-11-261h 05The MAD Podcast with Matt TurckOpen Source AI Strikes Back — Inside Ai2’s OLMo 3 ‘Thinking"In this special release episode, Matt sits down with Nathan Lambert and Luca Soldaini from Ai2 (the Allen Institute for AI) to break down one of the biggest open-source AI drops of the year: OLMo 3. At a moment when most labs are offering “open weights” and calling it a day, AI2 is doing the opposite — publishing the models, the data, the recipes, and every intermediate checkpoint that shows how the system was built. It’s an unusually transparent look into the inner machinery of a modern frontier-class model.Nathan and Luca walk us through the full...
2025-11-201h 28The MAD Podcast with Matt TurckIntelligence Isn’t Enough: Why Energy & Compute Decide the AGI Race – Eiso KantFrontier AI is colliding with real-world infrastructure. Eiso Kant (Co-CEO & Co-Founder, Poolside) joins the MAD Podcast to unpack Project Horizon— a multi-gigawatt West Texas build—and why frontier labs must own energy, compute, and intelligence to compete. We map token economics, cloud-style margins, and the staged 250 MW rollout using 2.5 MW modular skids.Then we get operational: the CoreWeave anchor partnership, environmental choices (SCR, renewables + gas + batteries), community impact, and how Poolside plans to bring capacity online quickly without renting away margin—plus the enterprise motion (defense to Fortune 500) powered by forward deployed research engineers.
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The Joe Reis ShowThe 2025 MAD Landscape w/ Matt TurckMatt Turck (VC at FirstMark) joins the show to break down the most controversial MAD (Machine Learning, AI, and Data) Landscape yet. This year, the team "declared bankruptcy" and cut over 1,000 logos to better reflect the market reality: a "Cambrian explosion" of AI companies and a fierce "struggle and tension between the very large companies and the startups".Matt discusses why incumbents are "absolutely not lazy" , which categories have "largely just gone away" (like Customer Data Platforms and Reverse ETL) , and what new categories (like AI Agents and Local AI) are emerging. We also...
2025-11-0448 minThe MAD Podcast with Matt TurckState of AI 2025 with Nathan Benaich: Power Deals, Reasoning Breakthroughs, Real RevenuePower is the new bottleneck, reasoning got real, and the business finally caught up. In this wide-ranging conversation, I sit down with Nathan Benaich, Founder and General Partner at Air Street Capital, to discuss the newly published 2025 State of AI report—what’s actually working, what’s hype, and where the next edge will come from. We start at the physical layer: energy procurement, PPAs, off-grid builds, and why water and grid constraints are turning power—not GPUs—into the decisive moat.From there, we move into capability: reasoning models acting as AI co-scientists in verifia...
2025-10-301h 03The MAD Podcast with Matt TurckAre We Misreading the AI Exponential? Julian Schrittwieser on Move 37 & Scaling RL (Anthropic)Are we failing to understand the exponential, again?My guest is Julian Schrittwieser (top AI researcher at Anthropic; previously Google DeepMind on AlphaGo Zero & MuZero). We unpack his viral post (“Failing to Understand the Exponential, again”) and what it looks like when task length doubles every 3–4 months—pointing to AI agents that can work a full day autonomously by 2026 and expert-level breadth by 2027. We talk about the original Move 37 moment and whether today’s AI models can spark alien insights in code, math, and science—including Julian’s timeline for when AI could produce Nobel-level breakthroughs.W...
2025-10-231h 09The MAD Podcast with Matt TurckHow GPT-5 Thinks — OpenAI VP of Research Jerry TworekWhat does it really mean when GPT-5 “thinks”? In this conversation, OpenAI’s VP of Research Jerry Tworek explains how modern reasoning models work in practice—why pretraining and reinforcement learning (RL/RLHF) are both essential, what that on-screen “thinking” actually does, and when extra test-time compute helps (or doesn’t). We trace the evolution from O1 (a tech demo good at puzzles) to O3 (the tool-use shift) to GPT-5 (Jerry calls it “03.1-ish”), and talk through verifiers, reward design, and the real trade-offs behind “auto” reasoning modes.We also go inside OpenAI: how research is organized...
2025-10-161h 16The MAD Podcast with Matt TurckSonnet 4.5 & the AI Plateau Myth — Sholto Douglas (Anthropic)Sholto Douglas, a top AI researcher at Anthropic, discusses the breakthroughs behind Claude Sonnet 4.5—the world's leading coding model—and why we might be just 2-3 years from AI matching human-level performance on most computer-facing tasks.You'll discover why RL on language models suddenly started working in 2024, how agents maintain coherency across 30-hour coding sessions through self-correction and memory systems, and why the "bitter lesson" of scale keeps proving clever priors wrong.Sholto shares his path from top-50 world fencer to Google's Gemini team to Anthropic, explaining why great blog...
2025-10-021h 10The MAD Podcast with Matt TurckGoodbye Excel? AI Agents for Self-Driving Finance – Pigment CEOThe most successful enterprises are about to become autonomous — and Eléonore Crespo, Co-CEO of Pigment, is building the nervous system that makes it possible. In this conversation, Eléonore reveals how her $400 million AI platform is already running supply chains for Coca-Cola, powering finance for the hottest newly public companies like Figma and Klarna, and processing thousands of financial scenarios for Uber and Snowflake faster and more accurately than any human team ever could.Eléonore predicts Excel will outlive most AI companies (but maybe only as a user interface, not a calculation engin...
2025-09-111h 05The MAD Podcast with Matt TurckAI Video’s Wild Year – Runway CEO on What’s Next2025 has been a breakthrough year for AI video. In this episode of the MAD Podcast, Matt Turck sits down with Cristóbal Valenzuela, CEO & Co-Founder of Runway, to explore how AI is reshaping the future of filmmaking, advertising, and storytelling - faster, cheaper, and in ways that were unimaginable even a year ago.Cris and Matt discuss:* How AI went from memes and spaghetti clips to IMAX film festivals.* Why Gen-4 and Aleph are game-changing models for professionals.
2025-09-041h 04The MAD Podcast with Matt TurckHow to Build a Beloved AI Product - Granola CEO Chris PedregalGranola is the rare AI startup that slipped into one of tech’s most crowded niches — meeting notes — and still managed to become the product founders and VCs rave about. In this episode, MAD Podcast host Matt Turck sits down with Granola co-founder & CEO Chris Pedregal to unpack how a two-person team in London turned a simple “second brain” idea into Silicon Valley’s favorite AI tool. Chris recounts a year in stealth onboarding users one by one, the 50 % feature-cut that unlocked simplicity, and why they refused to deploy a meeting bot or store audio even when investo...
2025-08-211h 08The MAD Podcast with Matt TurckAnthropic's Surprise Hit: How Claude Code Became an AI Coding PowerhouseWhat happens when an internal hack turns into a $400 million AI rocket ship? In this episode, Matt Turck sits down with Boris Cherny, the creator of Claude Code at Anthropic, to unpack the wild story behind the fastest-growing AI coding tool on the planet.Boris reveals how Claude Code started as a personal productivity tool, only to become Anthropic’s secret weapon — now used by nearly every engineer at the company and rapidly spreading across the industry. You’ll hear how Claude Code’s “agentic” approach lets AI not just suggest code, but actually plan, edit...
2025-08-071h 00The MAD Podcast with Matt TurckEx‑DeepMind Researcher Misha Laskin on Enterprise Super‑Intelligence | Reflection AIWhat if your company had a digital brain that never forgot, always knew the answer, and could instantly tap the knowledge of your best engineers, even after they left? Superintelligence can feel like a hand‑wavy pipe‑dream— yet, as Misha Laskin argues, it becomes a tractable engineering problem once you scope it to the enterprise level. Former DeepMind researcher Laskin is betting on an oracle‑like AI that grasps every repo, Jira ticket and hallway aside as deeply as your principal engineer—and he’s building it at Reflection AI.In this wide‑ranging conversation...
2025-07-171h 06The MAD Podcast with Matt TurckThe Rise of Agentic Commerce — Emily Glassberg Sands (Stripe)Agentic commerce is no longer science fiction — it’s arriving in your browser, your development IDE, and soon, your bank statement. In this episode of The MAD Podcast, Matt Turck sits down with Emily Glassberg Sands, Stripe’s Head of Information, to explore how autonomous “buying bots” and the Model Context Protocol (MCP) are reshaping the very mechanics of online transactions. Emily explains why intent, not clicks, will become the primary interface for shopping and how Stripe’s rails are adapting for tokens, one-time virtual cards, and real-time risk scoring that can tell good bots from bad ones in milliseconds...
2025-07-101h 15The MAD Podcast with Matt TurckAI Engineering Revolution: Winners, Chaos & What’s Next | FirstMarkWelcome to a special FirstMark Deep Dive edition of the MAD Podcast. In this episode, Matt Turck and David Waltcher unpack the explosive impact of generative AI on engineering — hands-down the biggest shift the field has seen in decades. You’ll get a front-row seat to the real numbers and stories behind the AI code revolution, including how companies like Cursor hit a $500M valuation in record time, and why GitHub Copilot now serves 15 million developers.Matt and David break down the six trends that shaped the last 20 years of developer tools, and reveal why...
2025-07-0349 minThe MAD Podcast with Matt TurckGuillermo Rauch: Why Software Development Will Never Be the SameIn this episode, Vercel CEO Guillermo Rauch goes deep on how V0, their text-to-app platform, has already generated over 100 million applications and doubled Vercel’s user base in under a year.Guillermo reveals how a tiny SWAT team inside Vercel built V0 from scratch, why “vibe coding” is making software creation accessible to everyone (not just engineers), and how the AI Cloud is automating DevOps, making cloud infrastructure self-healing, and letting companies expose their data to AI agents in just five lines of code.You’ll hear why “every company wi...
2025-06-261h 45The MAD Podcast with Matt TurckInside Canva’s $3B ARR AI Design Rocketship — CTO Brendan Humphreys on Magic Studio & Canva CodeCanva just announced $3 billion in ARR, 230 million monthly active users, and 24 million paying subscribers—including 95% of the Fortune 500. Even more impressive? They’ve been profitable for seven years while growing at 40–50% per year. In this episode, Canva’s Head of Engineering, Brendan Humphreys, reveals how he went from employee #12 to leading 2,300 engineers across continents, and why Canva’s “pragmatic excellence” lets them ship AI features at breakneck speed—like launching Canva Code to 100 million users in just three months.Brendan shares the story of Canva’s AI journey: building an in-house ML tea...
2025-06-2056 minThe MAD Podcast with Matt TurckGitHub CEO: The AI Coding Gold Rush, Vibe Coding & CursorAI coding is in full-blown gold-rush mode, and GitHub sits at the epicenter. In this episode, GitHub CEO Thomas Dohmke tells Matt Turck how a $7.5 B acquisition in 2018 became a $2 B ARR rocket ship, and reveals how Copilot was born from a secret AI strategy years before anyone else saw the opportunity.We dig into the dizzying pace of AI innovation: why developer tools are suddenly the fastest-growing startups in history, how GitHub’s multi-model approach (OpenAI, Anthropic Claude 4, Gemini 2.5, and even local LLMs) gives you more choice and speed, and why fine-tuning models mi...
2025-06-121h 04The MAD Podcast with Matt TurckInside the Paper That Changed AI Forever - Cohere CEO Aidan Gomez on 2025 AgentsWhat really happened inside Google Brain when the “Attention is All You Need” paper was born? In this episode, Aidan Gomez — one of the eight co-authors of the Transformers paper and now CEO of Cohere — reveals the behind-the-scenes story of how a cold email and a lucky administrative mistake landed him at the center of the AI revolution.Aidan shares how a group of researchers, given total academic freedom, accidentally stumbled into one of the most important breakthroughs in AI history — and why the architecture they created still powers everything from ChatGPT to Google Search tod...
2025-06-051h 02The MAD Podcast with Matt TurckAI That Ends Busy Work — Hebbia CEO on “Agent Employees”What if the smartest people in finance and law never had to do “stupid tasks” again? In this episode, we sit down with George Sivulka, founder of Hebbia, the AI company quietly powering 50% of the world’s largest asset managers and some of the fastest-growing law firms. George reveals how Hebbia’s Matrix platform is automating the equivalent of 50,000 years of human reading — every year — and why the future of work is hybrid teams of humans and AI “agent employees.” You’ll get the inside story on how Hebbia went from a stealth project at Stanford to a m...
2025-05-2948 minThe MAD Podcast with Matt TurckAI Eats the World: Benedict Evans on What Really Matters NowWhat if the “AI revolution” is actually… stuck in the messy middle? In this episode, Benedict Evans returns to tackle the big question we left hanging a year ago: Is AI a true paradigm shift, or just another tech platform shift like mobile or cloud? One year later, the answer is more complicated — and more revealing — than anyone expected.Benedict pulls back the curtain on why, despite all the hype and model upgrades, the core LLMs are starting to look like commodities. We dig into the real battlegrounds: distribution, brand, and the race to build stic...
2025-05-221h 15The MAD Podcast with Matt TurckJeremy Howard on Building 5,000 AI Products with 14 People (Answer AI Deep-Dive)What happens when you try to build the “General Electric of AI” with just 14 people? In this episode, Jeremy Howard reveals the radical inside story of Answer AI — a new kind of AI R&D lab that’s not chasing AGI, but instead aims to ship thousands of real-world products, all while staying tiny, open, and mission-driven.Jeremy shares how open-source models like DeepSeek and Qwen are quietly outpacing closed-source giants, why the best new AI is coming out of China. You’ll hear the surprising truth about the so-called “DeepSeek moment,” why efficiency and cost are t...
2025-05-1555 minThe MAD Podcast with Matt TurckWhy Influx Rebuilt Its Database for the IoT and Robotics ExplosionInfluxDB just dropped its biggest update ever — InfluxDB 3.0 — and in this episode, we go deep with the team behind the world’s most popular open-source time series database. You’ll hear the inside story of how InfluxDB grew from 3,000 users in 2015 to over 1.3 million today, and why the company decided to rewrite its entire architecture from scratch in Rust, ditching Go and moving to object storage on S3.We break down the real technical challenges that forced this radical shift: the “cardinality problem” that choked performance, the pain of linking comp...
2025-05-0835 minThe MAD Podcast with Matt TurckDashboards Are Dead: Sigma’s BI Revolution for Trillion-Row DataSigma Computing recently hit $100M in ARR — planning on doubling revenue again this year— and in this episode, CEO Mike Palmer reveals exactly how they did it by throwing out the old BI playbook. We open with the provocative claim that “the world did not need another BI tool,” and dig into why the last 20 years of business intelligence have been “boring.” He explains how Sigma’s spreadsheet-like interface lets anyone analyze billions of rows in seconds, and lives on top of Snowflake and Databricks, with no SQL required and no data extractions.Mike shares the ins...
2025-05-0141 minThe MAD Podcast with Matt TurckGlean’s Breakthrough: CEO Arvind Jain on Scaling AI Agents & SearchA week after OpenAI’s o3/o4-mini volleyed with Google’s Gemini 2.5 Flash, I sat down with Arvind Jain— ex-Google search luminary, Rubrik co-founder, and now CEO of Glean —just as his company released its agentic reasoning platform and swirled with rumors of a new round at a $7 billion valuation. We open on that whirlwind: why the model race is accelerating, why enterprises still gravitate to closed models, and when open-source variants finally take over. Arvind argues that LLMs should “fade into the background,” leaving application builders to pick the right engine for each task.From th...
2025-04-2452 minThe MAD Podcast with Matt TurckBox’s Big AI Leap: Aaron Levie on Agents & the Future of WorkIn this episode, we sit down with Aaron Levie, CEO and co-founder of Box, for a wide-ranging conversation that’s equal parts insightful, technical, and fun. We kick things off with a candid discussion about what it’s like to be a public company CEO during times of volatility, and then rewind to the early days of Box — from dorm room experiments to cold emailing Mark Cuban and dropping out of college.From there, we dive deep into how AI is transforming the enterprise. Aaron shares how Box is layering AI agents, RAG systems, and mo...
2025-04-171h 15The MAD Podcast with Matt TurckSnowflake CEO on Winning the AI Arms RaceIn this episode, we sit down with Sridhar Ramaswamy, CEO of Snowflake, for an in-depth conversation about the company’s transformation from a cloud analytics platform into a comprehensive AI data cloud. Sridhar shares insights on Snowflake’s shift toward open formats like Apache Iceberg and why monetizing storage was, in his view, a strategic misstep.We also dive into Snowflake’s growing AI capabilities, including tools like Cortex Analyst and Cortex Search, and discuss how the company scaled AI deployments at an impressive pace. Sridhar reflects on lessons from his previous startup, Neeva, and of...
2025-04-101h 23The MAD Podcast with Matt TurckChasing Real AGI: Inside ARC Prize 2025 with Chollet & KnoopIn this fascinating episode, we dive deep into the race towards true AI intelligence, AGI benchmarks, test-time adaptation, and program synthesis with star AI researcher (and philosopher) Francois Chollet, creator of Keras and the ARC AGI benchmark, and Mike Knoop, co-founder of Zapier and now co-founder with Francois of both the ARC Prize and the research lab Ndea. With the launch of ARC Prize 2025 and ARC-AGI 2, they explain why existing LLMs fall short on true intelligence tests, how new models like O3 mark a step change in capabilities, and what it will really take to reach AGI.
2025-04-031h 00The MAD Podcast with Matt TurckWhy This Ex-Meta Leader is Rethinking AI Infrastructure | Lin Qiao, CEO, Fireworks AIIn 2022, Lin Qiao decided to leave Meta, where she was managing several hundred engineers, to start Fireworks AI. In this episode, we sit down with Lin for a deep dive on her work, starting with her leadership on PyTorch, now one of the most influential machine learning frameworks in the industry, powering research and production at scale across the AI industry. Now at the helm of Fireworks AI, Lin is leading a new wave in generative AI infrastructure, simplifying model deployment and optimizing performance to empower all developers building with Gen AI technologies.
2025-03-2759 minThe MAD Podcast with Matt TurckTop AI Researcher on GPT 4.5, DeepSeek and Agentic RAG | Douwe Kiela, CEO, Contextual AIRetrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) has become a dominant architecture in modern AI deployments, and in this episode, we sit down with Douwe Kiela, who co-authored the original RAG paper in 2020. Douwe is now the founder and CEO of Contextual AI, a startup focusing on helping enterprises deploy RAG as an agentic system. We start the conversation with Douwe's thoughts on the very latest advancements in Generative AI, including GPT 4.5, DeepSeek and the exciting paradigm shift towards test time compute, as well as the US-China rivalry in AI. We then dive...
2025-03-0650 minThe MAD Podcast with Matt TurckEmpowering Millions of Creators with AI Video Editing | Gaurav Misra, CEO, CaptionsIn this episode, we dive into how AI is transforming video editing with Gaurav Misra, the CEO of Captions. Launched in New York in 2021, Captions already empowers over 10 million creators worldwide, leveraging AI to make video production as simple as clicking a button.Discover the strategic framework that led to the inception of Captions, and learn how the founders identified societal changes and technological advancements to build a groundbreaking company. We explore the challenges and opportunities of building an AI product for video editing, including how Captions is outpacing traditional content production workflows.
2025-02-201h 13The MAD Podcast with Matt TurckFarewell, Chatbots: AI Agents Are Taking Over Customer Service | Mike Murchison, CEO, AdaAI customer service agents are quickly replacing the often clunky AI chatbots of years past, and revolutionizing how we all interact with customer service. In this episode, we dive into this rapid transformation with Mike Murchison, CEO of Ada, a fast-growing leader in the space.Mike shares how harnessing the power of several Generative AI models enables Ada to automate up to 83% of customer interactions, providing a seamless and empathetic service that rivals, and will soon surpass, human agents. We explore the challenges and triumphs of deploying AI in customer service in this new...
2025-02-131h 11The MAD Podcast with Matt TurckThe AI Coding Agent Revolution, The Future of Software, Techno-Optimism | Amjad Masad, CEO, ReplitReplit is one of the most visible and exciting companies reshaping how we approach software and application development in the Generative AI era. In this episode, we sit down with its CEO, Amjad Masad, for an in-depth discussion on all things AI, agents, and software.
Amjad shares the journey of building Replit, from its humble beginnings as a student side project to becoming a major player in Generative AI today. We also discuss the challenges of launching a startup, the multiple attempts to get into Y Combinator, the pivotal moment when Paul Graham recognized...
2025-02-061h 29The MAD Podcast with Matt TurckTrino, Iceberg and the Battle for the Lakehouse | Justin Borgman, CEO, StarburstIn this episode, we explore the cutting-edge world of data infrastructure with Justin Borgman, CEO of Starburst — a company transforming data analytics through its open-source project, Trino, and empowering industry giants like Netflix, Airbnb, and LinkedIn.
Justin takes us through Starburst’s journey from a Yale University spin-out to a leading force in data innovation, discussing the shift from data lakes to lakehouses, the rise of open formats like Iceberg as the future of data storage, and the role of AI in modern data applications. We also dive into how Starburst is staying ahead by b...
2025-01-301h 06The MAD Podcast with Matt TurckUnderstanding Data Engineering in 2025 | Ben Rogojan, Seattle Data GuyAs AI takes over the world, data is more than ever “the new oil”, and data engineering is the discipline that makes data usable behind the scenes. In this episode, we dive deep into the present and future of data engineering with Ben Rogojan, also known as the Seattle Data Guy. A seasoned data engineering consultant, Ben has built a big brand and reputation in the field with over 100k followers on platforms like YouTube and Substack.
We started the conversation with a deep dive into data engineering as a profession: what do data engineers actually do? What...
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The Data ChiefData and AI Predictions for 2025 with Matt Turck, Steve Nouri, and Joe ReisIn this season premiere of The Data Chief podcast, your host Cindi Howson sits down with three industry visionaries to explore the trends, predictions, and must-take actions for data leaders in 2025. Get ready for a deep dive into: The generative AI revolution with Matt Turck, Partner at FirstMark CapitalThe future of data science and genAI with Steve Nouri, Founder of GenAI Works and AI for DiversityData Engineering in the Age of AI with Joe Reis, author of "Fundamentals of Data Engineering" and the upcoming "Mixed Model Arts."Plus: Hear their fun predictions for everything from sports to s...
2025-01-221h 22The MAD Podcast with Matt TurckWhat You MUST Know About AI Engineering in 2025 | Chip Huyen, Author of “AI Engineering”In this episode, we dive deep into the world of AI engineering with Chip Huyen, author of the excellent, newly released book "AI Engineering: Building Applications with Foundation Models".
We explore the nuances of AI engineering, distinguishing it from traditional machine learning, discuss how foundational models make it possible for anyone to build AI applications and cover many other topics including the challenges of AI evaluation, the intricacies of the generative AI stack, why prompt engineering is underrated, why the rumors of the death of RAG are greatly exaggerated, and the latest progress in AI agents.
2025-01-161h 12The MAD Podcast with Matt TurckDataiku's Secret to Scaling AI in Global Enterprises | Florian Douetteau, CEO, DataikuIn this episode, we sit down with Florian Douetteau, co-founder and CEO of Dataiku, a global category leader in enterprise AI and a fixture on the Forbes Cloud 100 list and in the Gartner Leader Quadrant.
Florian shares his journey from a Parisian student fascinated by functional programming to leading a global enterprise software company. We discuss how Dataiku bridges the gap between technical and business teams to democratize AI in the enterprise, the challenges of selling to enterprise clients, and how Dataiku acts as an orchestration layer for Generative AI, helping businesses manage complex data processes and...
2024-12-1253 minThe MAD Podcast with Matt TurckBuilding the Easy Button for Generative AI | May Habib, CEO, WriterIn this episode, we dive into the world of generative AI with May Habib, co-founder of Writer, a platform transforming enterprise AI use. May shares her journey from Qordoba to Writer, emphasizing the impact of transformers in AI. We explore Writer's graph-based RAG approach, and their AI Studio for building custom applications.
We also discuss Writer's Autonomous Action functionality, set to revolutionize AI workflows by enabling systems to act autonomously, highlighting AI's potential to accelerate product development and market entry with significant increases in capacity and capability.
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2024-11-2135 minThe MAD Podcast with Matt TurckState of AI 2024: Frontier Models, AI Geopolitics and The Robotics Renaissance | Nathan Benaich, Founder, Air Street CapitalNathan Benaich, founder and GP at VC firm Air Street Capital, publishes every year "State of AI", one of the most widely-read and comprehensive reports on all things AI across research, industry, and policy. In this episode, we sit down with Nathan to discuss some of the highlights of the 2024 edition of the report, including the "vibes" shift in the industry from existential risk concerns last year to the current monetization race, the financial success of the foundation model labs, how a generative AI app could top the Apple Store charts in 2025, and the challenges facing humanoid robotics.
2024-11-1451 minThe MAD Podcast with Matt TurckSuperintelligence, Bubbles And Big Bets: AI Investing in 2024 | Matt Turck & Aman Kabeer, FirstMarkIn this special episode of the MAD Podcast, Matt Turck and Aman Kabeer from FirstMark delve into the AI market from a venture investor perspective, in the final weeks of an incredibly packed and exciting 2024. They comment on their favorite news stories, such as OpenAI's record-breaking $6.6 billion funding round and the massive $200B investments in AI infrastructure by Meta, Google, and Amazon. They tackle the latest trends in funding and valuations in both public and private markets, debate the critical question of whether we're in an AI bubble, examine the current state of AI demand, the potential of scaling...
2024-11-081h 09The MAD Podcast with Matt TurckCan AI Infrastructure Work Like Magic? | Erik Bernhardsson, CEO, ModalBefore he founded Modal, Erik Bernhardsson created Spotify's music recommendation system. Today he's bringing a consumer app approach to radically simplifying developer experience for data and AI projects on the Modal platform.
In this episode, we dive into the broader AI compute landscape, discussing the roles of hyperscalers, GPU clouds, inference platforms, and the emergence of alternative AI cloud providers. Erik gives us a product tour of the Modal platform, provides insights into the AI industry's shift from training to inference as the primary use case, and speculates on the future of AI-native consumer...
2024-10-3156 minThe MAD Podcast with Matt TurckThe Death of Big Data and Why It’s Time To Think Small | Jordan Tigani, CEO, MotherDuckA founding engineer on Google BigQuery and now at the helm of MotherDuck, Jordan Tigani challenges the decade-long dominance of Big Data and introduces a compelling alternative that could change how companies handle data.
Jordan discusses why Big Data technologies are an overkill for most companies, how MotherDuck and DuckDB offer fast analytical queries, and lessons learned as a technical founder building his first startup.
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2024-10-2459 minThe MAD Podcast with Matt TurckThe $4.5B Platform Driving the Open Source AI Revolution | Clem Delangue, CEO, Hugging FaceWith a $4.5B valuation, 5M AI builders and 1M public AI models, Hugging Face has emerged as the key collaboration platform for AI, and the heart of the global open source AI community.
In this episode of The MAD Podcast, we sit down with Clément Delangue, its co-founder and CEO, and delve deep into Hugging Face's journey from a fun chatbot to a central hub for AI innovation, the impact of open-source AI and the importance of community-driven development, and discuss the shift from text to other AI modalities like audio, video, chemistry, and biology. We a...
2024-10-171h 07The MAD Podcast with Matt TurckAGI, The Future of AI Agents And The Next Wave of Opportunities in AI | Richard Socher, CEO, You.comThis episode is a captivating conversation with Richard Socher, serial entrepreneur, investor, and AI researcher.
Richard elaborates on why he likens the impact of AI to the Industrial Revolution, the Enlightenment, and the Renaissance, discusses important current issues in AI, such as scaling laws and agents, provides a behind-the-scenes tour of YOU.com and its evolving business model, and finally describes his current investment strategy in AI startups.
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2024-10-101h 28The MAD Podcast with Matt TurckBuilding The Database That Can Do It All | Tobie Morgan Hitchcock, CEO of SurrealDBIn this episode, we sit down with Tobie Morgan Hitchcock, the founder of SurrealDB, to dive deep into the evolving world of databases and the future of data storage, querying, and real-time analytics.
SurrealDB isn’t just another database — it’s a multi-model database that merges document, graph, and time-series data, making it easier for developers to consolidate their backend without sacrificing performance.
You'll learn how SurrealDB separates storage from compute for scalability, its innovative take on graph databases, and the radical decision to rewrite the entire platform in Rust. Tobie also shares how SurrealDB is designed to handle real-t...
2024-10-0353 minThe MAD Podcast with Matt TurckAI at Datadog: Monitoring machines in the age of LLMs | Olivier Pomel, CEO of DatadogIn this episode, we dive deep into the story of how Datadog evolved from a single product to a multi-billion dollar observability platform with its co-founder, Olivier Pomel. Olivier shares exclusive insights on Datadog's unique approach to product development—why they avoid the "Apple approach" of building in secret and instead work closely with customers from day one.
You’ll hear about the early days when Paul Graham of Y Combinator turned down Datadog, questioning their lack of a first product. Olivier also reveals the strategies behind their iterative product launches and why they insist on charging earl...
2024-09-271h 01The MAD Podcast with Matt TurckAI at ZoomInfo: Superpowering GTM teams | Ali Dasdan, CTO, ZoomInfoIn this episode, we sit down with Ali Dasdan, CTO of ZoomInfo, a titan in the B2B sector, who harnesses vast datasets and advanced AI to redefine sales and marketing for over 35,000 global customers with $21.2 billion in annualized revenue.
We delve deep into ZoomInfo's AI initiatives, including their transformative 'Copilot,' explore sophisticated data management, and discuss their dual platforms catering to internal and customer-facing needs.
ZoomInfo
Website - https://www.zoominfo.com
Twitter - https://x.com/zoominfo
Ali Dasdan
2024-09-1945 minThe MAD Podcast with Matt TurckAI at Ramp: Making Every Team Radically More Productive | Eric Glyman, CEO, RampIn this episode, we sit down with Eric Glyman, co-founder of Ramp, the company that revolutionized finance management to become a powerhouse valued at $7.6 billion.
Eric shares the tradition of counting the days since Ramp's founding and how it fosters a sense of urgency and productivity, explains the use of AI to automate expense management and fraud detection, and gives an inside look at Ramp's cutting-edge AI products, including the Ramp Intelligence Suite and experimental agentic AI use cases.
Ramp
Website - https://www.ramp.com
Twitter - h...
2024-08-0148 minThe MAD Podcast with Matt TurckMaking AI Work: Fine-Tuning, Inference, Memory | Sharon Zhou, CEO, LaminiIn this episode, we reconnect with Sharon Zhou, co-founder and CEO of Lamini, to dive deep into the ever-evolving world of enterprise AI.
We discuss how the AI hype is evolving and what enterprises are doing to stay ahead, break down the different players in the Inference market, explore how Memory Tuning is reducing hallucinations in AI models, the role of agents in enterprise AI, and the challenges of making them real-time and reliable.
Lamini
Website - https://www.lamini.ai
Twitter - https://x.c...
2024-07-2543 minThe MAD Podcast with Matt TurckAn inside look at “Mastering AI” | Jeremy Kahn, Author & AI Editor, FortuneIn this episode, we sit down with Jeremy Kahn, the AI Editor at Fortune Magazine, who has recently published a book called "Mastering AI: A Survival Guide to Our Superpowered Future".
Jeremy shares his unique insights on AI's potential risks and transformative benefits, including the importance of UI design in maximizing AI's utility, the potential for AI to create a "winner takes most" economy, and the need for thoughtful AI regulation to mitigate risks without stifling innovation.
Book: https://www.amazon.com/Mastering-AI-Survival-Superpowered-Future/dp/1668053322
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2024-07-1848 minThe MAD Podcast with Matt TurckFrom Business to Warfare: How AI Affects the Modern World | Azeem AzharIn this episode, we sit down with Azeem Azhar, an expert on AI and technologies, whose weekly newsletter "The Exponential View" (www.exponentialview.co) is read by nearly two hundred thousand people from around the world.
We delve into the nuances of AI adoption, discussing how LLM's are reshaping industries and what this means for corporate leaders, the dynamics between the U.S., China, and Europe in the AI race, and the concept of sovereign AI.
Azeem Azhar
Website - https://www.exponentialview.co
Twitter - https://x...
2024-07-021h 01The MAD Podcast with Matt TurckHow ClickHouse powers Netflix, Uber and Spotify’s Analytics | Aaron Katz, CEO of ClickHouseIn this episode, we sat down with Aaron Katz, the CEO of ClickHouse, a company that went from an open-source analytical database into a highly successful cloud service, utilized by Spotify, Netflix, Disney, and many more.
Aaron Katz provides intriguing insights into the challenges of transitioning an open-source project into a thriving business, ClickHouse's go-to-market strategy, the role of technical support in pre-sales, and the strategic decision to avoid traditional SDR and CSM roles.
CLICKHOUSE
Website - https://clickhouse.com/
Twitter - https://x.com/c...
2024-06-1349 minThe MAD Podcast with Matt TurckFrom Tiny Romanian Startup to Global AI Automation Leader | Daniel Dines, CEO of UIPathIn this episode, we sit down with Daniel Dines, the co-founder and CEO of UiPath. From a small rented apartment in Bucharest to $1.3 billion in revenue, UiPath's story is one of perseverance, innovation, and strategic pivots.
Daniel shares his insights on the pivotal moments that shaped UiPath, how to build a robust go-to-market strategy, the role of partnerships, and the lessons learned in hiring and managing a sales organization.
UIPath
Website - https://www.uipath.com/
Twitter - https://x.com/UiPath
Daniel D...
2024-06-011h 12
The MAD Podcast with Matt TurckFrom Tiny Romanian Startup to Global AI Automation Leader | Daniel Dines, CEO of UIPathIn this episode, we sit down with Daniel Dines, the co-founder and CEO of UiPath. From a small rented apartment in Bucharest to a $10.9 billion market cap, UiPath's story is one of perseverance, innovation, and strategic pivots.
Daniel shares his insights on the pivotal moments that shaped UiPath, how to build a robust go-to-market strategy, the role of partnerships, and the lessons learned in hiring and managing a sales organization.
UIPath
Website - https://www.uipath.com/
Twitter - https://x.com/UiPath
D...
2024-05-311h 13The MAD Podcast with Matt TurckHow Airtable is Ushering 500,000 Organizations Into The Era of AI | Howie Liu, CEO of AirtableIn this episode, we sit down with Howie Liu, co-founder and CEO of Airtable, to explore the incredible journey of Airtable from its early days to becoming a powerhouse in the enterprise software space.
Howie provides a candid look at the challenges and learnings from transitioning Airtable from a PLG product to an enterprise platform, how companies are transforming their marketing operations with AI, and the transformative potential of AI in automating workflows and enhancing business processes.
AIRTABLE
Website - https://www.airtable.com/
Twitter - https://x.com/airtable
Howie Liu
LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/h...
2024-05-231h 02The MAD Podcast with Matt TurckAI, Data and Blockchain: a VC perspective | Tomasz Tunguz, Founder of Theory VenturesIn this episode, we sat down with Tomasz Tunguz (https://twitter.com/ttunguz), the founder of Theory Ventures and a leading voice in the tech investment space.
We discussed the transformative potential of Ethereum as a database company, the importance of data security in a decentralized world, and the evolving landscape of AI technologies from foundational models to AI-native applications.
📰 Article "What If LLMs Change the Business Model of the Internet?": https://tomtunguz.com/what-if-llms-change-the-business-model-of-the-internet/
✍️ Tomasz' blog: https://tomtunguz.com
Theory Ventures
Website - https://theory.ventures...
2024-05-1654 minThe MAD Podcast with Matt TurckThe $9B Startup Going After Snowflake and Databricks | Renen Hallak from VAST DataIn this episode, we sat down with Renen Hallak, founder and CEO of VAST Data, a $9 billion company that's shaking the foundations of data storage, databases and compute functionality.
Through the conversation, we explore VAST's perspective on AI infrastructure, the process of selling over a billion dollars worth of software, and the technical innovations behind disaggregated, shared-everything architecture.
VAST Data
Website - https://www.vastdata.com/
Twitter - https://twitter.com/VAST_Data
Renen Hallak
LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/i...
2024-05-0345 minThe MAD Podcast with Matt TurckNavigating the AI Landscape: A Survival Guide | 2024 MAD Landscape with Matt Turck and Aman Kabeer🔗 2024 MAD Landscape: https://mad.firstmark.com
📃 PDF: https://mattturck.com/landscape/mad2024.pdf
📃 Blog post: https://mattturck.com/mad2024/
In this episode, we delve into the 2024 machine learning, AI, and data scene (MAD), examining an evergrowing array of over 2011 logos, the meteoric rise of open-source AI, and the anticipated advancements in AI agents and edge AI technology.
Gain valuable perspectives on the saturated AI market, the dilemmas and prospects open source AI presents, and the continuous evolution of the modern data infrastructure. This episode covers a distinctive mix of analysis, industry perspectives...
2024-04-2648 minThe MAD Podcast with Matt TurckAI at Roblox: Revolutionizing Game Creation | Morgan McGuire from RobloxIn this episode, we sat down with Morgan McGuire, Chief Scientist of Roblox, and the mind behind the magic of the virtual universe. Together we explore the spectrum of creativity on Roblox, from no-code experiences to professional game development, dive deep into the cutting-edge AI tools Roblox is deploying, and how these tools are democratizing game development.
Tune in to embark on a journey into the heart of creativity, technology, and community with Roblox. This is not just about playing games; it's about creating the future, one experience at a time.
ROBLOX
2024-04-1750 minThe MAD Podcast with Matt TurckIs AI a platform shift or a paradigm shift? | Benedict EvansIn this episode, we sat down with Benedict Evans, a leading voice in the tech industry and a former partner at Andreessen Horowitz.
Known for his sharp insights and forward-thinking analysis, Benedict shares his expert perspective on what generative AI means for the future of technology, business, and society at large.
Specifically, we dive deep into the evolving landscapes of generative AI, augmented and virtual reality, and the critical issue of AI bias.
Join us as Benedict Evans provides a nuanced analysis of cutting-edge tech and shares his insights and perspectives on the...
2024-04-1051 minThe MAD Podcast with Matt TurckFrom Social App to Data Giant: Foursquare's Evolution | Gary Little from FoursquareIn this episode, we sit down with Gary Little, CEO of Foursquare, to discuss Foursquare's remarkable evolution from a social app to a leader in location intelligence. Gary discusses how Foursquare uses smartphone ubiquity to create a global map through crowdsourcing, covering 190 countries and over 200 million points of interest.
Learn about the challenges of managing complex, real-time datasets and how Foursquare employs machine learning and knowledge graphs to analyze foot traffic and device movements. The conversation also covers the critical role of privacy and data security in location tracking, especially in light of recent regulatory changes.
Gary explains Foursquare's...
2024-04-0324 minThe MAD Podcast with Matt TurckWhy generative AI will unlock new art forms | Cris Valenzuela from RunwayIn this episode, we dive into the fascinating world of AI art with Cris Valenzuela, CEO of Runway. Runway is a generative AI startup that co-invented Stable Diffusion, the deep learning technology that has captured the attention of the creative industry, including luminaries such as ASAP Rocky and Madonna's teams, by pushing the boundaries of digital creativity.
We explore how generative AI tools empower visual artists to unleash their imaginations without the need for Hollywood-size budgets. We also discuss the effect of AI on the entire creative industry, similar to how the camera changed...
2024-03-2729 minThe MAD Podcast with Matt Turck2024 will be the year of Generative AI in production in the enterprise | Florian Douetteau from DataikuJoin us in this exciting episode as we dive into the world of enterprise AI with Florian Douetteau, co-founder and CEO of Dataiku, the leading enterprise AI platform targeting Global 2000 companies.
Since its founding in 2013, Dataiku has been at the forefront of democratizing AI in the enterprise. We'll explore the current state of deployment of AI in businesses around the world, dive deep into the differences between generative AI and traditional AI, explore emerging Generative AI uses cases in the enterprise, and get a sneak peek into Dataiku's latest breakthrough, the LLM Mesh, aimed at simplifying the...
2024-03-2026 minThe MAD Podcast with Matt TurckWhy Ecosystem Partnerships Are The Future In The Age Of AI | Bob Moore from CrossbeamIn this episode, we sit down with Bob Moore, the CEO of Crossbeam, who turned a $2.6 billion mistake into a masterclass on Ecosystem-Led Growth (ELG). Fresh off publishing his new book, Bob shares why ELG is the future of business growth, challenging traditional strategies with data-driven insights and partnerships.
Bob reveals how Crossbeam can help companies of any size leverage ELG to achieve remarkable growth. He dives into the role of data in ELG, the impact of AI on marketing, and practical steps for implementing ELG in your own company.
2024-03-1344 min
RiskReversal PodTick Tock for TikTok? + Funders & Founders w/ Matt Turck & Florian Douetteau CEO of Dataiku | Okay, Computer.CNBC’s Deirdre Bosa is BACK with Dan Nathan to discuss what has the Valley buzzing. TikTok might be forced to part ways with ByteDance, what does this mean for Teemu and Shein (2:00), Perplexity Set To Double Valuation to $1 Billion (10:30), will investors “sell the news” after Nvidia’s GTC 2024 next week (17:00)?After the break, Dan is joined by Matt Turck, Partner at FirstMark Capital and Florian Douetteau, CEO & Co-Founder of Dataiku about the state of Enterprise AI and the “Globalization of Entrepreneurship” (22:00) Listen: Aravind Srinivas on “Invest Like The Best” with Patric...
2024-03-1350 minThe MAD Podcast with Matt TurckSaving lives with AI | Emi Gal from EzraIn this episode, we sat down with Emi Gal, founder and CEO of Ezra, a startup that leverages AI to detect cancer early and inexpensively.
Emi provides insights into the landscape of the healthcare sector and talks about the differences between building an AI startup in healthcare versus SaaS. Turns out that "(In AI skills)... are not that transferable."
EZRA
Website - https://ezra.com
Twitter - https://twitter.com/ezrainc
Emi Gal
LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/emigal
Twitter - https://twitter.com/emigal
FIRSTMARK
Website - https://firstmark.com
Twitter - https://twitter.com/FirstMarkCap
Ma...
2024-03-0650 minThe MAD Podcast with Matt TurckEmbracing AI: Lessons from Intercom's JourneyIn this episode, we sat down with Des Traynor, co-founder of Intercom, to explore the seismic shift towards Artificial Intelligence in customer service software. Intercom has gone all-in to embrace AI as people's expectations of what chatbots can do started growing with the release of ChatGPT.
Des shares the pivotal moments and strategic decisions that led to this transition, highlighting the urgency and vision that propelled Intercom to integrate AI into their core offerings. Des also delves into the challenges of building a bicontinental startup and the strategic pivot towards becoming an AI-first company.
Tune in for an enlightening...
2024-02-291h 01The MAD Podcast with Matt TurckIs the Modern Data Stack Dead? with dbt Labs CEO Tristan HandyIn this episode, we explore the dynamic world of modern analytics with Tristan Handy, CEO of dbt Labs (https://twitter.com/jthandy). DBT, which helps more than 30,000 enterprises ship trusted data products faster, has raised more than $400 million dollars, most recently at a $4B valuation.We discuss how dbt has revolutionized analytics engineering, enabling seamless data transformation and orchestration in the cloud. This innovation fosters greater collaboration among data teams and integrates software engineering principles into data analytics workflows.We also talk about dbt's Semantic Layer, a game-changer that...
2024-02-2247 minThe MAD Podcast with Matt TurckVector Databases and the Future of AI-Native Applications with Weaviate’s CEO Bob van LuijtIn this episode, we sat down with Bob van Luijt (https://twitter.com/bobvanluijt), the CEO of Weaviate, diving into the cutting-edge world of vector databases and their role in the AI revolution.Weaviate is an open source, AI-native vector database that helps developers create intuitive and reliable AI-powered applications. Weaviate sets itself apart with its vector search engine that integrates machine learning directly into its core, enabling more nuanced and context-aware search capabilities for AI-driven applications.This conversation explores vector databases (the core infrastructure behind generative models), the...
2024-02-1532 minThe MAD Podcast with Matt TurckNomic: Truly open AIWe are so excited today to be joined by Brandon Duderstadt, CEO + Cofounder, and Zach Nussbaum, Machine Learning Engineer, from Nomic AI. They discuss how Nomic AI is building tools like Atlas + GPT4all that enable everyone to interact with AI scale datasets and run models on consumer computers - and - stay tuned for an exciting announcement about their newest product release later in the podcast.Thanks for joining us for the first episode of Season 2 of the MAD Podcast. We will be back to our regular weekly schedule with new conversations with...
2024-02-0141 minThe MAD Podcast with Matt TurckPoolside: AI for Software Development with CTO Eiso KantToday, we’re thrilled to be joined by Eiso Kant, CTO + Co-Founder of Poolside, the buzzy new AI tool for software development. Eiso and Matt talk about Poolside’s foundational model, the critical role of data quality in AI, the importance of controlling all levels of the stack and the merits of building a global AI company out of Europe, and more. Thank you to everyone who has joined us for Season 1 of the MAD Podcast. We will be taking a short break for the winter holidays and will be back with an exciting new l...
2023-12-2044 minThe MAD Podcast with Matt TurckASAPP: Generative AI for Contact Centers with CEO Gustavo SapoznikToday, we’re joined by Gustavo Sapoznik, Founder and CEO of ASAPP, the generative AI platform transforming contact centers. Matt + Gustavo discuss the magnitude of challenges to overcome in this market, how their AI tech is designed to help humans, the reason smart people should choose working at a startup over Big Tech, and more. This session was recorded live at a recent Data Driven NYC, our in-person, monthly event series. If you are ever in New York, you can find us on Eventbrite by searching for "FirstMark Capital". Events run monthly and are fre...
2023-12-1332 minThe MAD Podcast with Matt TurckScott Belsky: AI & CreativityToday, we’re excited to chat with Scott Belsky - author, entrepreneur, investor and Chief Strategy Officer at Adobe. Matt + Scott discuss the impact of AI on creative work, how Adobe is incorporating AI across their products, and what the future creative tools landscape might look like.This session was recorded live at a recent Data Driven NYC, our in-person, monthly event series. If you are ever in New York, you can find us on Eventbrite by searching for "FirstMark Capital". Events run monthly and are free and open to everyone. And as always, if...
2023-12-0629 minThe MAD Podcast with Matt TurckGlean AI: The ML-Powered Accounting Solution with CEO Howard KatzenbergToday, we’re joined by Howard Katzenberg, CEO of Glean AI, a machine learning powered accounts payable platform. Matt + Howard discuss Glean’s founding story, how Glean helps CFOs make insight driven choices, and more. This session was recorded live at a recent Data Driven NYC, our in-person, monthly event series. If you are ever in New York, you can find us on Eventbrite by searching for "FirstMark Capital". Events run monthly and are free and open to everyone. And as always, if you enjoy the MAD podcast, please subscribe and leave us a comme...
2023-11-2925 minThe MAD Podcast with Matt TurckHumanloop: LLM Collaboration and Optimization with CEO Raza HabibToday, we have the pleasure of chatting with Raza Habib, CEO of Humanloop, the platform for LLM collaboration and evaluation. Matt and Raza cover how to understand and optimize model performance, lessons learned about model evaluation and feedback, and explore the future of model fine-tuning.twitter.com/RazRazclehumanloop.comData Driven NYC YouTube Channeltwitter.com/mattturcklinktr.ee/mattturckShownotes: [00:00:47] How Humanloop helps product and engineering teams build reliable applications on top of large...
2023-11-2235 minThe MAD Podcast with Matt TurckDeepScribe: The AI-Powered Medical Scribe with CEO Akilesh BapuToday we're joined by Akilesh Bapu, CEO and Founder of DeepScribe, the platform using AI and Natural Language Processing to doctor/ patient transcripts. Matt and Akilesh go into DeepScribe's clinical use cases, supervised vs. unsupervised learning, and how critical it still is to have a human in the loop in a medical setting.
2023-11-1534 minThe MAD Podcast with Matt TurckLamini: Fine-Tuning LLMs for The Enterprise with CEO Sharon ZhouToday we have the pleasure of chatting with Sharon Zhou, CEO of Lamini, an LLM platform for the enterprise. Matt and Sharon go over the battle between prompting and fine-tuning, how the Lamini platform enables fine-tuning to be done "one billion times faster", and their recently-announced "LLM Super-station" in partnership with AMD.
2023-11-0843 minThe MAD Podcast with Matt TurckPerplexity AI: The AI-Powered Answer Engine with CEO Aravind SrinivasToday we're joined by Aravind Srinivas, CEO of Perplexity AI, a chatbot-style AI conversational engine that directly answers users' questions with sources and citations. Matt & Aravind discuss Perplexity's founding story, the platform itself, and more. This session was recorded live at a recent Data Driven NYC, our in-person, monthly event series. If you are ever in New York, you can find us on Eventbrite by searching for "FirstMark Capital". Events run monthly and are free and open to everyone. And as always, if you enjoy the MAD podcast, please subscribe and feel free to leave u...
2023-11-0141 minThe MAD Podcast with Matt TurckHippocratic AI: A Safety-First LLM for Healthcare with CEO Munjal ShahToday we are diving into the world of generative AI in Healthcare with CEO and Co-founder of Hippocratic AI, Munjal Shah. In this episode Matt and Munjal discuss the vision for Hippocratic AI, and the unique challenges and opportunities of deploying generative AI in the world of healthcare.
2023-08-2349 minThe MAD Podcast with Matt TurckCockroach Labs: A Cloud SQL Database Built for Survival with CEO Spencer KimballRelational databases, data cloud's effect on infrastructure, serverless databases, and GTM strategies: Matt Turck and CockroachDB's Spencer Kimball cover it all in today's episode.
2023-08-0244 minThe MAD Podcast with Matt TurckSynthesia: Creating Video with Generative AI with CEO Victor RiparbelliToday we're joined by Victor Riparbelli, CEO of the generative AI video platform Synthesia that just last month hit a $1B valuation after raising their Series C funding round. Matt and Victor go into the Synthesia platform, what it takes to build a successful AI company, and dive into the ethics of generative AI videos.
2023-07-1944 min
Unicorn Bakery - Wie Startup Gründer erfolgreiche Firmen aufbauenHow to win in the AI hype, is Growth Financing back? & European venture ecosystem with Matt Turck, FirstMark CapitalIn dieser Folge spreche ich mit Matt Turck von Firstmark Capital über den Erfolg als VC. Firstmark investiert sehr konzentriert und vorrangig in Series A Runden. Matt selbst fokussiert sich seit mehr als 10 Jahren auf Künstliche Intelligenz, Machine Learning & Data.AI Hype: Was brauchen Firmen und Gründer, um nach dem Hype zu bestehen?Growth Fundraising: Matt’s Portfoliofirmen Pigment und Synthesia haben gerade große Wachstumsfinanzierungen aufgenommen. Sind Growth Runden zurück?Europäisches Startup Ökosystem: Wie nimmt Matt als Franzose, der seit 20 Jahren in New York lebt, das europäisch...
2023-07-0755 min
Unicorn Bakery - For the World's Most Ambitious Founders & TeamsHow to win in the AI hype, is Growth Financing back? & European venture ecosystem with Matt Turck, FirstMark CapitalIn this episode, I talk with Matt Turck General Partner at the New York based Venture firm Firstmark Capital about succeeding as a VC. Firstmark invests in a very focused way, primarily in Series A rounds.
Matt himself has been focused on Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning & Data for more than 10 years.
AI Hype: What do companies and founders need to survive the hype?
Growth Fundraising: Matt's portfolio companies Pigment and Synthesia just raised large growth roungs. Are growth financing rounds back?
European Startup Ecosystem: As a French living in New York fo...
2023-07-0754 minThe MAD Podcast with Matt TurckAmplify Partners: AI Investing and the Startup Landscape with General Partner Sarah CatanzaroWe're joined by Sarah Catanzaro, General Partner at Amplify Partners and one of the leading investors in AI, ML, and data to talk about the startup landscape, LLMs, and more.
2023-05-1731 minThe MAD Podcast with Matt TurckAssembly AI: Generative AI for Speech Recognition with CEO Dylan FoxAssemblyAI Founder & CEO, Dylan Fox joined FirstMark Managing Partner, Matt Turck for Data Driven NYC! AssemblyAI is the fastest way to build with AI for audio. With a simple API, get access to production-ready AI models to transcribe and understand speech. AssemblyAI has raised $63M+.
2023-05-1027 min
The Ravit ShowThe Ravit Show with Matt Turck, Managing Director at FirstMarkDo you want to know more about the evolution of AI/ML and the future of data science? In this episode, we discuss the MAD landscape, covering the current state of AI/ML, the evolution of the AI/ML space, and the future of data science.
Matt Turck, Managing Director at FirstMark, is a leading expert in the field of AI/ML, and his insights and perspectives on this topic are truly eye-opening. In this episode, we cover a wide range of topics, from the latest advancements in machine learning to the ethical considerations...
2023-05-0450 minThe MAD Podcast with Matt TurckLightning AI: Build and Deploy AI with Pytorch with CEO William FalconWilliam Falcon, Founder of Lightning AI joins Matt Turck for a conversation on pytorch, LLaMAs, the future of large language models, and more.
2023-05-0328 min
Infinite Curiosity Pod with Prateek JoshiChatGPT Plugins, Generative AI in the enterprise | Matt Turck, Partner at FirstMark CapitalMatt Turck is a Partner at FirstMark Capital where he focuses primarily on early-stage enterprise investing. He is particularly active in the data, machine learning, and AI. Since 2011, he has been organizing Data Driven NYC, the largest data/AI community in the US. Since 2012, he has been publishing an annual landscape of the data/AI industry, the MAD report. Earlier in his career, he was the co-founder of TripleHop, an enterprise search software startup that was acquired by Oracle. Immediately prior to FirstMark, he was a Managing Director at Bloomberg Ventures, the incubation arm of Bloomberg LP...
2023-05-011h 10
Data Archives - Software Engineering DailyData Investing and the MAD with Matt TurckThere are many types of early stage funding available from friends and family to seed to series A. Some firms invest across a wide set of technologies and seek only to provide capital. Others are in it for the long haul – they focus on specific areas of technology and develop both long term relationships and deep expertise over time.
Today, we are interviewing Matt Turck of First Mark Capital, who is in it for the long haul and whose portfolio companies include Dataiku, Crossbeam, Ada, Cockroach Labs, Clickhouse and more. Today we will talk about Matt’s career...
2023-03-1051 min
Machine Learning Archives - Software Engineering DailyData Investing and the MAD with Matt TurckThere are many types of early stage funding available from friends and family to seed to series A. Some firms invest across a wide set of technologies and seek only to provide capital. Others are in it for the long haul – they focus on specific areas of technology and develop both long term relationships and deep expertise over time.
Today, we are interviewing Matt Turck of First Mark Capital, who is in it for the long haul and whose portfolio companies include Dataiku, Crossbeam, Ada, Cockroach Labs, Clickhouse and more. Today we will talk about Matt’s career...
2023-03-1051 min
Software Engineering DailyData Investing and the MAD with Matt TurckToday, we are interviewing Matt Turck of First Mark Capital, who is in it for the long haul and whose portfolio companies include Dataiku, Crossbeam, Ada, Cockroach Labs, Clickhouse and more. Today we will talk about Matt’s career, investment point of view, founding the Data-driven NYC community and the recent release of the 20234 MAD - an industry resource for understanding the Machine Learning, AI and Data LandscapeBe sure to check out the show notes for links to the MADShow notes - In today’s show we referenced a coupl...
2023-03-1055 min
Monday Morning Data ChatMatt Turck's Gone MAD! - The 2023 ML, AI, and Data (MAD) LandscapeMatt Turck (Firstmark Capital) joins us to chat about what's new in the data landscape, the economic realities impacting the startup ecosystem, all things AI, and much more.
Matt is easily one of our favorite thinkers in the data and tech space, so this is definitely worth tuning in for.
MAD Landscape 2023: https://mattturck.com/mad2023/
2023-03-021h 00
RiskReversal PodOkay, Computer: ChatD-Bo (Deirdre Bosa) and a decade of M.A.D. with Matt Turck & Rick HeitzmannTechCheck’s Deirdre Bosa is back for another edition of Okay, Computer! Google vs. Microsoft, who will emerge as the AI leader (1:30)? Look to Meta and Snap for the next wave of AI announcements (4:30). Nvidia earnings report recap (9:30). Chat bots are growing organically inside Microsoft and Bing, how many unicorns are out there (13:30)? Steve Ballmer’s AI warning (15:30). Potential TikTok ban (18:00). Matt Turck is a Partner at venture capital firm FirstMark, where he focuses mostly on early-stage enterprise and B2B investing. Prior to FirstMark, Matt was a startup founde...
2023-03-011h 07
What's New In DataSnowflake Summit & Data In a Recession with Matt TurckMatt Turck from FirstMark Capital joins us on a live episode of ‘What’s New In Data’ from Snowflake Summit. We recap the summit, talk about the state of the data industry, and look ahead to how a potential recession will play a role.What's New In Data is a data thought leadership series hosted by John Kutay who leads data and products at Striim. What's New In Data hosts industry practitioners to discuss latest trends, common patterns for real world data patterns, and analytics success stories.
2022-06-1823 min
Monday Morning Data Chat#50 - Review of Matt Turck's 2021 Machine Learning, AI and Data (MAD) LandscapeMatt and Joe review amazing Matt Turck's 2021 Machine Learning, AI and Data (MAD) Landscape. They discuss the article and their thoughts on how this affects data engineers in 2021 and beyond.
Article: https://mattturck.com/data2021/
Streamed live on LinkedIn and YouTube
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We are Matt and Joe, and we’re "recovering data scientists". Together, we run a data architecture company called Ternary Data. Ternary Data is not your typical data consultancy. Get no-nonsense, no BS data engineering strategy, coaching, and advice. Trusted by...
2021-10-0447 min
Funding Crush#4 Matt Turck, le VC français Partner du fonds américain FirstMark CapitalMatt Turck est un des rares VC français à être Partner chez un fonds US : FirstMark Capital, le tout premier fonds à être rentré dans Pinterest, l’un des premiers fonds dans Shopify et plus récemment dans Dataiku qui est devenu une licorne tricolore depuis. On aborde plein de sujets inspirants :
- Les investissements que Matt aime (B2B, Enterprise, Data) : Sketchfab, Ledger, Dataiku dans son portefeuille.
- Les nouvelles catégories à suivre dans la data après les succès de UiPath ou Automation Anywhere.
- Pourquoi toutes les sociétés deviennent de...
2020-06-0241 min
Deciding by DataHow Big Data and AI Will Change Your Life, According to Matt Turck of FirstMark CapitalWill Artificial Intelligence lead to a third world war? Can Big Data cure cancer? Co-hosts Andrew Weinreich and Jeremy Levy learn the answers to these questions in an interview with Matt Turck, Managing Director at FirstMark Capital, who invests in Big Data, Artificial Intelligence, and Machine Learning startups. Matt also runs monthly events, Data Driven NYC and Hardwired NYC.
This episode was produced and edited by Lauren Feiner and Esmeralda Martinez. Our music is "Is That You Or Are You You" by Chris Zabriskie.
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