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Off to the ValleyNavigating the Cross-Border Startup Ecosystem with Ahead VC's Prateek SharmaJoin me on this episode of “Off To The Valley” as I chat with Prateek Sharma, the founder and managing partner of Ahead VC. We dive into his incredible journey from being an engineer in India to founding MyGola, a travel startup that was eventually acquired by MakeMyTrip. Prateek shares valuable insights into navigating the cross-border startup ecosystem, discussing the challenges and opportunities of transitioning from India to the U.S. We touch on the importance of community, strategic approaches for startups, and the game-changing potential of AI. This episode particularly benefits startups aiming to break into the U.S. m...
2024-06-1140 min
Infinite Curiosity Pod with Prateek JoshiMANG VC "Round Trip" Phenomenon in AIApoorv Agrawal is a partner at Altimeter, a tech-focused crossover firm with investments in iconic companies such as Snowflake, Twilio, UiPath, Uber, Okta, Roblox, HubSpot, GitLab, and more. He focuses on software and AI investments. He was previously an investor at Softbank and Steadview. Prior to this, he was building AI software at Rocket Fuel and Palantir as an engineer. He continues to code to this day and has built AltimeterGPT to augment their research efforts. He has a bachelors in computer science and an MBA from Stanford. (00:33) The Rise of MANG VC (03:01) Capital De...
2024-02-0540 minInfinite Curiosity Pod with Prateek JoshiAI x Future of WorkAtif Rafiq is the cofounder and CEO of Ritual, a software app to speed up innovation and move ideas to action. He has held C-suite roles at McDonald's, Volvo, and MGM Resorts. He was previously the cofounder/CEO of Covigna, which is a content management software provider. He's the author of the book Decision Sprint, which was featured on the Wall Street Journal's bestseller list. (00:08) Defining the Future of Work(02:06) Skills for an AI-First Workplace(05:46) Evolution of Education Systems(08:24) Impact of AI on Skilled Professionals(10:30) Remote Work Effectiveness(12:47) Equipping Teams...
2024-01-2933 minInfinite Curiosity Pod with Prateek JoshiLLM Data FrontiersCurtis Northcutt is the cofounder and CEO of Cleanlab, a data curation platform for LLMs. They have raised $30M in funding from Bain Capital Ventures, Menlo, Databricks, and TQ. He was previously the cofounder and CTO of ChipBrain. He has a PhD in Computer Science from MIT.(00:07) Data Curation in the Context of LLMs(01:14) Connection between Language Models and Computer Science(03:14) Importance of Data Curation for LLMs(04:06) Challenges in Data Curation for LLMs(06:09) Confident Learning and its Concept(09:42) CleanLab and its Role(12:42) Role of Open Source Datasets and Tooling
2024-01-2233 minInfinite Curiosity Pod with Prateek JoshiAI in DefenseJohn Dulin is the founder and CEO of Modern Intelligence, where they are building AI foundation models for defense. He was previously at Numerai and Freenome. (00:00) Introduction(00:08) The State of AI in Defense(03:17) AI Impact on Tactics in Conflicts(09:24) Real-Time Threat Assessment(18:21) Naval Operations and Maritime Surveillance(22:28) Startups and Maritime Technologies(25:58) Naval Dominance and Global Power(31:20) Multi-Intelligence in Defense(35:20) The AI Arms Race and the Future of Defense(38:59) Rapid Fire Round John's favorite book: Wilhelm Meister's Apprenticeship (Author: Johann Wolfgang von Goethe)
2024-01-1647 minInfinite Curiosity Pod with Prateek JoshiBuilding and Investing in Consumer AITalia Goldberg is a partner at Bessemer Venture Partners where she focuses on consumer internet, software, and AI. She became the youngest elected partner in firm history. Bessemer is a VC firm with a long and storied history with investments in companies like Twilio, Shopify, Pinterest, LinkedIn, Yelp, Twitch, and many more. In this episode, we cover a range of topics including: - Why is consumer the biggest beneficiary of AI - AI is generating massive consumer surplus - Why is RLHF only a secondary moat - Distribution tactics for consumer...
2024-01-0840 minInfinite Curiosity Pod with Prateek JoshiOpen Source x Health AIDan Caron is the founder and CEO of Health Universe, where they are building an open source collaboration platform for health AI. He was previously the founder and CTO of Dark Pilot. Prior to that, he was the founder and COO of RxREVU. In this episode, we cover a range of topics including: - State of play in Health AI - Why open source in Health AI - The founding of Health Universe - Potential risks of using open source in healthcare - Regulatory environment - Open source vs...
2023-12-1842 minInfinite Curiosity Pod with Prateek JoshiBiosimulation for Drug DevelopmentJo Varshney is the founder and CEO of VeriSIM Life, an AI-driven bio-simulation platform that enables pharmaceutical companies to accelerate drug development. She has a PhD in Comparative Oncology and Genomics.In this episode, we cover a range of topics including: - State of play in AI-powered drug discovery - Why is it so difficult to know which drug candidates to pursue? - The founding of VeriSIM Life - Role of AI in drug formulation - Role of AI in drug repurposing - Role of AI in drug-drug interaction
2023-12-1232 minInfinite Curiosity Pod with Prateek JoshiSolver AgentMark Gabel is the cofounder and CEO of Laredo Labs, where they are building an AI agent for software engineers. He was previously the Chief Scientist at Viv Labs and an assistant professor at University of Texas at Dallas. In this episode, we cover a range of topics including: - Current state of generative AI in software development - Solver agent - Characteristics of a good AI assistant - Context awareness - Tradeoff between ease of generation and software quality - The role of programming languages - Future...
2023-12-1141 minInfinite Curiosity Pod with Prateek JoshiMultimodal Video UnderstandingJae Lee is the cofounder and CEO of Twelve Labs, where they are building video understanding infrastructure to help developers build programs that can see, hear, and understand the world. He was previously the Lead Data Scientist at the Ministry of National Defense in South Korea. He has a bachelors in computer science from UC Berkeley. In this episode, we cover a range of topics including: - What is multimodal video understanding - State of play in multimodal video - The founding of Twelve Labs - The launch of Pegasus-1 ...
2023-12-0742 minInfinite Curiosity Pod with Prateek JoshiUnderwater RoboticsMax Grigorev has been building ML products for a long time. He has worked underwater autonomy and has spent time at Google, Airbnb, and Teralytics. In this episode, we cover a range of topics including: - What is underwater autonomy - State of play in underwater robotics - Challenges of underwater operations - Differences between underwater vs land robotics - Unexplored opportunities in underwater autonomy - Regulatory hurdles - Future of underwater autonomy Max's favorite books: - Dune (Author: Frank Herbert)- P...
2023-12-0541 minInfinite Curiosity Pod with Prateek JoshiSam Lessin on AI investingSam Lessin is a GP at Slow Ventures, an early-stage VC firm based out of San Francisco, Boston, and New York. In the last decade, they have invested in the earliest rounds of over 500 companies including Solana, Robinhood, Venmo, Airtable, Slack, Front, Allbirds, Postmates, and more. He's the cofounder of Fin. He was VP of Product Management at Meta. He has a degree from Harvard. In this episode, we cover a range of topics including: - AI technology is great, but AI investing is not a good idea. Why? - Why is AI...
2023-11-3040 minInfinite Curiosity Pod with Prateek JoshiAI as an interface to the worldTristan Zajonc is the cofounder and CEO of Continual, a developer platform for generative AI applications. He previously cofounded Sense, which was a platform for data science and machine learning. It got acquired by Cloudera in 2016. He spent 3 years at Cloudera building ML software. He has a PhD from Harvard. In this episode, we cover a range of topics including: - AI as an interface to the world - Tech stack of the future - The founding of Continual - AI product delivery avenues (cloud, on prem, model hubs, packaged solutions)
2023-11-2745 minInfinite Curiosity Pod with Prateek JoshiEarth Observation with AIMartice Nicks III is the cofounder and CTO of Danti, a search engine for exploring the extensive collections of Earth observation data available today. He was previously at Orbital Insights, Maxar Technologies, and other companies working on geospatial data.In this episode, we cover a range of topics including: - What is Earth observation data - Where does the data come from - The founding of Danti - Use cases of Earth Observation data- How do you index this data and make it searchable - gSEARCH challenge ...
2023-11-2036 minInfinite Curiosity Pod with Prateek JoshiBiochemistry AINicolas Tilmans is the cofounder and CEO of Anagenex, an AI-powered drug discovery platform. They have raised $37M in funding so far from investors such as Lux Capital, Khosla Ventures, Air Street, Menlo, and Catalio. He was previously the VP of Engineering at Lumiata. He has a PhD in Biochemistry from Stanford. In this episode, we cover a range of topics including: - What are small molecule drugs and why are they challenging to develop - The founding of Anagenex - Data generation engine - DNA Encoded Libraries (DELs) ...
2023-11-1644 minInfinite Curiosity Pod with Prateek JoshiEvolution of intelligence, Digital life, AGI | Flo Crivello, founder and CEO of LindyFlo Crivello is the founder and CEO of Lindy, where they are building a personal AI assistant. He was previously the founder and CEO of Teamflow. Prior to that, he was at Uber where he led the development of Uber Works and JUMP Starter. In this episode, we cover a range of topics including: - Evolution of intelligence - The dawn of digital life - Artificial General Intelligence - White House's Executive Order on AI - The founding of Lindy AI - Large foundation models vs smaller specialist models
2023-11-1330 minInfinite Curiosity Pod with Prateek JoshiThoughts on OpenAI DevDay announcements | Vikram Sreekanti, cofounder and CEO of RunLLMVikram Sreekanti is the cofounder and CEO of RunLLM, a developer platform for the LLM stack. They have raised funding from investors such as Redpoint and Essence. He has a PhD in Computer Science from UC Berkeley. In this episode, we cover a range of topics including: - OpenAI DevDay announcements - Are long context windows useful? - Open source AI - The founding of RunLLM - Large foundation models vs smaller specialist models - Why is OpenAI too cheap to beat? - Nvidia's strengths and potential weaknesses
2023-11-0933 minInfinite Curiosity Pod with Prateek JoshiArtificial Specialized Intelligence, Executive Order on AI, Open Source AI | Douwe Kiela, cofounder and CEO of Contextual AIDouwe Kiela is the cofounder and CEO of Contextual AI, where they are building the next generation of foundation models that provide fully customizable, trustworthy, and privacy-aware AI. He is also an Adjunct Professor at Stanford. He was previously the Head of Research at Hugging Face and a research scientist at Meta. He has a PhD in Computer Science from the University of Cambridge. In this episode, we cover a range of topics including: - Open source vs closed source AI - White House's Executive Order on AI - Enterprise needs when...
2023-11-0641 minInfinite Curiosity Pod with Prateek JoshiAI compute market, LLM infrastructure, Industrial AI | Ville Tuulos, cofounder and CEO of OuterboundsVille Tuulos is the cofounder and CEO of Outerbounds, a platform to develop and deploy production-grade AI applications. They have raised $24M in funding so far from investors such as Foundation, Amplify, and Greenoaks. He was previously at Netflix and AdRoll. Prior to that, he was the cofounder of Bitdeli. In this episode, we cover a range of topics including: - Origin of the open source framework Metaflow - The founding of Outerbounds - AI compute clusters - Large foundation models vs smaller specialist models - Training compute-optimal LLMs ...
2023-10-3038 minInfinite Curiosity Pod with Prateek JoshiPrateek talks about Nvidia's new AI agent that can train robotsIn this episode, the host Prateek Joshi talks about Nvidia's new AI agent called Eureka. It can train robots to do all sorts of complex tasks. Large language models like GPT-4 are really good at making plans and decisions for certain tasks. But when it comes to teaching robots to do complicated physical stuff, like spinning a pen around their fingers, they've been a bit clumsy. That's where Eureka comes in. Eureka takes the best parts of LLMs and uses them to create a reward system for teaching robots. Blog post: https://blogs.nvidia.com...
2023-10-2325 minInfinite Curiosity Pod with Prateek JoshiPrateek talks about Generative AI in BiologyIn this episode, the host Prateek Joshi talks about 13 areas in Biology where Generative AI is going to make a big impact: 1. Drug discovery 2. Protein design 3. Synthetic data generation 4. Discovering gene regulatory networks 5. Metagenomics 6. Ecology 7. Drug repurposing 8. Genome assembly 9. Disease prediction and diagnosis 10. Single-cell transcriptonomics 11. Evolutionary biology 12. Protein-Protein interaction 13. Personalized medicine --------Where to find Prateek Joshi: Newsletter: https://prateekjoshi.substack.com Website: https://prateekj.com LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/prateek-joshi-91047b19 Twitter: https://twi...
2023-10-1627 minInfinite Curiosity Pod with Prateek JoshiPrateek talks about LLMs learning to represent space and timeIn this episode, the host Prateek Joshi talks about LLMs learning to represent space and time. Here's the paper where the authors have discussed it in detail: https://browse.arxiv.org/pdf/2310.02207.pdf--------Where to find Prateek Joshi: Newsletter: https://prateekjoshi.substack.com Website: https://prateekj.com LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/prateek-joshi-91047b19 Twitter: https://twitter.com/prateekvjoshi
2023-10-0923 minInfinite Curiosity Pod with Prateek JoshiPrateek talks about the Reversal Curse of LLMsIn this episode, the host Prateek Joshi talks about the Reversal Curse phenomenon in LLMs. Here's the paper where the authors have discussed it in detail: https://owainevans.github.io/reversal_curse.pdf--------Where to find Prateek Joshi: Newsletter: https://prateekjoshi.substack.com Website: https://prateekj.com LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/prateek-joshi-91047b19 Twitter: https://twitter.com/prateekvjoshi
2023-10-0218 minInfinite Curiosity Pod with Prateek JoshiGenerative AI x Synthetic data | Ali Golshan, cofounder and CEO of Gretel AIAli Golshan is the cofounder and CEO of Gretel AI, a synthetic data platform for ML developers. They have raised $65M in funding so far from investors such as Greylock and Anthos. He was previously the cofounder of StackRox, which was acquired by Red Hat for about $450M. Prior to that, he was the cofounder of Cyphort, which was acquired by Juniper Networks. In this episode, we cover a range of topics including: - The need for synthetic data - Techniques to generate synthetic data - How can AI enhance the synthetic...
2023-09-2542 minInfinite Curiosity Pod with Prateek JoshiProgrammatic AI data development, Multimodal AI, False dichotomy of fine-tuning vs RAG, Compute-optimal LLMs | Alex Ratner, CEO of Snorkel AIAlex Ratner is the CEO of Snorkel AI, a platform that provides programmatic data labeling and foundation models to enable companies to build AI applications. They've raised $135M so far from amazing investors such as Addition, Greylock, Google Ventures, and Lightspeed. He was previously the cofounder and CEO of SiftPage. He has a bachelors degree from Harvard and a PhD from Stanford. In this episode, we cover a range of topics including: - Making AI data development first-class and programmatic - The data-centric step for every model-centric step - False dichotomy of...
2023-09-1851 minInfinite Curiosity Pod with Prateek JoshiGenerative AI x Privacy | Riddhiman Das, CEO of TripleBlindRiddhiman Das is the CEO of TripleBlind, a privacy platform for AI. They have raised $32M in funding, with their most recent round led by General Catalyst. He was previously the Head of International Technology Investments at Ant Financial, which is Alibaba's financial services arm. He was the Product Architect at Zoloz, Chairman at Laplacian, Chief Data Offier at mySideWalk, and CTO of Galleon Labs. He has received the 2013 White House Champions of Change from President Barack Obama. In this episode, we cover a range of topics including: - Attack surface of an AI...
2023-09-1138 minInfinite Curiosity Pod with Prateek JoshiPrateek talks about AI infrastructure ideas and categoriesIn this episode, the host Prateek Joshi talks about AI infrastructure ideas and categories including: Model infrastructure: - Compute hardware - ML frameworks - Foundation model providers - Distributed model training - Model deployment - Building and serving verticalized models - Streaming ML models - Monitoring and logging - Experimentation framework - On-device applications - Orchestration platform - Latency - User feedback loopData infrastructure: - Storage hardware - Data acquisition - Databases - D...
2023-09-0731 minInfinite Curiosity Pod with Prateek JoshiAI coprocessor for data, Relational knowledge graphs | Molham Aref, CEO of RelationalAIMolham Aref is the CEO of RelationalAI, an AI coprocessor for the data cloud. They have raised $122M in funding from the likes of Tiger Global, Madrona, Addition, and Menlo Ventures. He is a serial enterpreneur and has been the CEO of LogicBlox, Predictix, and Optimi.In this episode, we cover a range of topics including: - Relational knowledge graphs - Knowledge graphs for AI-driven applications - What is an AI coprocessor - Graph analytics - Interaction between ML infrastructure and knowledge graph infrastructure - Data infrastructure for AI...
2023-09-0543 minInfinite Curiosity Pod with Prateek JoshiPrateek talks about 8 strategies to speed up ML on different hardware platformsIn this episode, the host Prateek Joshi talks about:- why do we care about this problem- who needs it- how does it work- list of 8 strategies to speed up ML--------Where to find Prateek Joshi: Newsletter: https://prateekjoshi.substack.com Website: https://prateekj.com LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/prateek-joshi-91047b19 Twitter: https://twitter.com/prateekvjoshi
2023-08-3118 minInfinite Curiosity Pod with Prateek JoshiObject store for AI workloads | Anand Babu Periasamy, cofounder and CEO of MinIOAnand Babu "AB" Periasamy is the cofounder and CEO of MinIO, a high performance object storage for AI that's built for large scale workloads. They have raised $126M in funding from the likes of General Catalyst, Softbank, Intel Capital, and Nexus Venture Partners. It's the world's fastest growing object storage company with more than 1 billion Docker pulls and more than 35K stars on GitHub. He's also an angel investor with investments in companies like H2O.ai, Isovalent, Starburst, Postman, and many more. He was previously the cofounder and CTO of Gluster, which got acquired by Red...
2023-08-2840 minInfinite Curiosity Pod with Prateek JoshiAI assistant for software development | Eran Yahav, cofounder and CTO of TabnineEran Yahav is the cofounder and CTO of Tabnine, an AI assistant that developers can use to build software faster. He's a professor at Technion - Israel Institute of Technology and was previously a researcher at IBM. He has a PhD in Computer Science from Tel Aviv University. In this episode, we cover a range of topics including: - Tasks in software development - What tasks are likely to benefit from LLMs - The launch of Tabnine Chat - Characteristics of a good AI coding assistant - Making AI coding a...
2023-08-2139 minInfinite Curiosity Pod with Prateek JoshiPrateek talks about Data OrchestrationIn this episode, the host Prateek Joshi talks about:- why do we need data orchestration - what exactly is it- how does it work- where is it used in the real world- market landscape of tools --------Where to find Prateek Joshi: Newsletter: https://prateekjoshi.substack.com Website: https://prateekj.com LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/prateek-joshi-91047b19 Twitter: https://twitter.com/prateekvjoshi
2023-08-1715 minInfinite Curiosity Pod with Prateek JoshiNo-Code Generative AI, Domain specific LLMs, AI experimentation | Karthik Dinakar, cofounder and CTO of PiensoKarthik Dinakar is the cofounder and CTO of Pienso, an interactive AI platform anyone can use to turn text data into insights without requiring any coding. He has a PhD in Machine Learning from MIT. He has held roles at MIT Media Lab, Microsoft, and Deutsche Bank. In this episode, we cover a range of topics including: - Tech stack of Generative AI applications - Problem with general purpose LLMs - Training LLMs on my own data - Making LLMs faster and cheaper - Shortage of AI compute ...
2023-08-1440 minInfinite Curiosity Pod with Prateek JoshiPrateek talks about 7 skills that ML builders should developIn this episode, the host Prateek Joshi talks about 7 skills that ML builders should develop when they build products.--------Where to find Prateek Joshi: Newsletter: https://prateekjoshi.substack.com Website: https://prateekj.com LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/prateek-joshi-91047b19 Twitter: https://twitter.com/prateekvjoshi
2023-08-1016 minInfinite Curiosity Pod with Prateek JoshiCompute layer for data, Vector search, AI infrastructure | Venkat Venkataramani, cofounder and CEO of RocksetVenkat Venkataramani is the cofounder and CEO of Rockset, a real-time search and analytics database built for the cloud. They've raised more than $60M in funding from the likes of Greylock and Sequoia. He was previously at Meta for 8 years and Oracle for 5.5 years. He has spent his entire life building data products, so he has a ton of insights on this topic. In this episode, we cover a range of topics including: - Separation of storage and compute - Isolating compute for ingest and query - Converged Index - Vector...
2023-08-0743 minInfinite Curiosity Pod with Prateek JoshiPrateek talks about Geometric Deep LearningIn this episode, the host Prateek Joshi talks about: - The concept of Geometric Deep Learning - Why do we need it - How does it work - Where is it used in the real world --------Where to find Prateek Joshi: Newsletter: https://prateekjoshi.substack.com Website: https://prateekj.com LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/prateek-joshi-91047b19 Twitter: https://twitter.com/prateekvjoshi
2023-08-0315 minInfinite Curiosity Pod with Prateek JoshiSpeeding up Generative AI models | Luis Ceze, cofounder and CEO of OctoMLLuis Ceze is the cofounder and CEO of OctoML, a platform that offers compute infrastructure to fine-tune, run, and scale your AI models. He's a professor at University of Washington and a venture partner at Madrona. He was previously the cofounder of Corensic. He has a PhD in Computer Science from University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. In this episode, we cover a range of topics including: - OctoAI product announcement - How to make LLMs faster and cheaper - Training your own LLMs - The perceived shortage of AI compute ...
2023-07-3139 minInfinite Curiosity Pod with Prateek JoshiPrateek talks about 9 steps to do customer discovery for AI productsDoing customer discovery is a critical skill that founders need to develop in the early stages of their AI startup's journey. In this episode, the host Prateek Joshi talks about 9 steps to do customer discovery for AI products. --------Where to find Prateek Joshi: Newsletter: https://prateekjoshi.substack.com Website: https://prateekj.com LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/prateek-joshi-91047b19 Twitter: https://twitter.com/prateekvjoshi
2023-07-2716 minInfinite Curiosity Pod with Prateek JoshiVector databases x Vertical AI | Andre Zayarni (cofounder/CEO of Qdrant) and Karthik Dinakar (cofounder/CTO of Pienso)Andre Zayarni is the cofounder and CEO of Qdrant, an open-source vector database company. He was previously the CTO of MoBerries building a next generation HR product based on AI and Real-time. He's been building software products for 20+ years. Karthik Dinakar is the cofounder and CTO of Pienso, an interactive AI platform anyone can use to turn text data into insights without requiring any coding. He has a PhD in Machine Learning from MIT. He has held roles at MIT Media Lab, Microsoft, and Deutsche Bank. In this episode, we cover a...
2023-07-2428 minInfinite Curiosity Pod with Prateek JoshiPrateek talks about Federated LearningIn this episode, the host Prateek Joshi talks about why we need Federated Learning, how it works, and where it's used in the real world. --------Where to find Prateek Joshi: Newsletter: https://prateekjoshi.substack.com Website: https://prateekj.com LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/prateek-joshi-91047b19 Twitter: https://twitter.com/prateekvjoshi
2023-07-2018 minInfinite Curiosity Pod with Prateek JoshiAI x DevOps, Open source AI, Data infrastructure | Timothy Chen, General Partner at Essence VCTimothy Chen is the founder and general partner at Essence Ventures, a VC firm that specializes in data infrastructure and developer tools. Prior to Essence, he was the SVP of Engineering at Cosmos, a popular open source blockchain SDK. He cofounded Hyperpilot with Stanford Professor Christos Kozyrakis to disrupt the enterprise infrastructure space, which later exited to Cloudera. He was an early employee at Mesosphere and CloudFoundry. He is also active in the open source space as an Apache member.In this episode, we cover a range of topics including: - Using LLMs for...
2023-07-171h 01Infinite Curiosity Pod with Prateek JoshiPrateek talks about 11 things to keep in mind for software engineers to get into AIAI has been attracting talent from many different sectors. In this episode, the host Prateek Joshi talks about 11 things to keep in mind for software engineers to get into AI. --------Where to find Prateek Joshi: Newsletter: https://prateekjoshi.substack.com Website: https://prateekj.com LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/prateek-joshi-91047b19 Twitter: https://twitter.com/prateekvjoshi
2023-07-1318 minInfinite Curiosity Pod with Prateek JoshiGenerative AI stack, Android moment of AI, Data infrastructure | Jon Turow, Partner at MadronaJon Turow is a partner at Madrona, a VC firm that has invested in amazing companies like OctoML, HighSpot, Fixie, Clari, Runway, UiPath, and many more. He holds 26 patents! Most recently, he led the product teams for AWS Computer Vision AI services, including Amazon Textract and Amazon Rekognition. He wrote the original product and business plans for AWS IoT and AWS Greengrass, which extend AWS services to run locally on edge devices. Prior to Amazon, he co-founded a cloud telephony startup. He holds a bachelor's from Wharton and an MBA from Kellogg. In this episode...
2023-07-1041 minInfinite Curiosity Pod with Prateek JoshiAI x Robotics | Sam Baker, investor at Scale Venture PartnersSam Baker is an investor at Scale Venture Partners, a VC firm that has invested in amazing companies such as HubSpot, DocuSign, Box, Bill.com, Root Insurance, and many more. He was named to Business Insider's list of Rising Stars in Venture Capital. Prior to joining Scale, he was a Growth Manager at Tilt.com that was acquired by Airbnb. Before that, he worked at Box. He began his career at Glouston Capital Partners, an investment firm focused on private equity and venture capital secondaries. In this episode, we cover a range of topics including:
2023-06-2638 minInfinite Curiosity Pod with Prateek JoshiLLM-infused search, Why LLMs hallucinate, Grounded Generation | Amr Awadallah, cofounder and CEO of VectaraAmr Awadallah is the founder and CEO of Vectara, an LLM-powered search company that enables customers to understand exactly what their users are asking. They just announced that they've raised a $28.5 Million round led by Race Capital. He was previously the founder of Cloudera, which went IPO and then was acquired for $5.3 Billion. He has held roles at Google Cloud, Yahoo, Nortel, and HP Labs before this. He has a Phd from Stanford.In this episode, we cover a range of topics including: - How search engines work - Generative AI conversational search
2023-06-1949 minInfinite Curiosity Pod with Prateek JoshiTraining your own LLM, Domain specific models | Naveen Rao, cofounder and CEO of MosaicMLNaveen Rao is the cofounder and CEO of MosaicML, a platform that enables you to train and deploy large AI models on your data in your secure environment. They've raised funding from amazing investors such as Lux Capital, Data Collective, and Maverick Ventures. Prior to this, he was the cofounder of Nervana. It got acquired by Intel for $408M. In this episode, we cover a range of topics including: - AI compute workloads - Compute platform for training and inference - How to train your own LLM - Ways to reduce...
2023-06-1230 minInfinite Curiosity Pod with Prateek JoshiLessons from a $130M acquisition, ML model deployment for data scientists, Discovering product-market fit | Harry Glaser, cofounder and CEO of ModelbitHarry Glaser is the cofounder and CEO of Modelbit, a platform for data scientists to deploy machine learning models. He was previously the cofounder and CEO of Periscope Data, which raised more than $50M in funding from investors such as Bessemer, Threshold, Susa, and others. Periscope got acquired for $130M by SiSense. Prior to that, he was a product manager at Google. In this episode, we cover a range of topics including: - Key learnings from Periscope- What experiments did he run at Periscope during the product-market fit discovery phase- H...
2023-06-0540 minInfinite Curiosity Pod with Prateek JoshiLLM Agents, Few-Shot Learning | Matt Welsh, cofounder and CEO of FixieMatt Welsh is the cofounder and CEO of Fixie, an automation platform for LLMs. It allows developers to build natural language agents that connect to your data, talk to APIs, and solve complex problems. They've raised $17M from investors such as Redpoint, Madrona, Zetta, SignalFire, Bloomberg Beta, and more. He has previously held roles at OctoML, Apple, Xnor, and Google. He was a Professor of Computer Science at Harvard and has a PhD in Computer Science from UC Berkeley. In this episode, we cover a range of topics including: - LLMs as the new...
2023-05-3037 minInfinite Curiosity Pod with Prateek JoshiAutoGPT, LLMs for developers, Context windows | Aditya Naganath, Investor at Kleiner PerkinsAditya Naganath is an investor at Kleiner Perkins, a legendary VC firm with investments in companies such as Google, Amazon, Spotify, Doordash, Slack, Intuit, UiPath, Figma, and many more. Prior to this, he was a product manager at Google focusing on growth initiatives for the SMB monetization team within emerging markets. He has previously been in technical roles at Palantir, Twitter, and Nextdoor. He earned a patent during his time at Twitter for a technical analytics product he co-created. And he has a bachelor’s degree in Computer Science from Columbia University and an MBA from Stanford.
2023-05-2234 minInfinite Curiosity Pod with Prateek JoshiElad Gil on Generative AI Opportunities, AI Agents, AI Market Structure, and LLM-infused productsElad Gil is an entrepreneur, operator, and and investor. He has invested in and advised companies such as AirBnB, Stripe, Figma, Airtable, Samsara, Coinbase, Flexport, Gitlab, Gusto, Instacart, Notion, Pinterest, Rippling, and many more. He was the cofounder and Chairman at Color Genomics. Prior to that, was the VP of Corporate Strategy at Twitter. He was the cofouder and CEO MixerLabs, which got acquired by Twitter. He has held roles at Google and McKinsey. He has a PhD from MIT. In this episode, we cover a range of topics including: - How will the AI market s...
2023-05-1529 minInfinite Curiosity Pod with Prateek JoshiConnecting LLMs to your data, In-context learning | Jerry Liu, cofounder and CEO of LlamaIndexJerry Liu is the cofounder and CEO of LlamaIndex. He is the creator of the open source tool that's also named LlamaIndex, which provides a central interface to connect your LLMs with external data. He has previously held roles at Quora, Uber, and Robust Intelligence. He has a computer science degree from Princeton. In this episode, we cover a range of topics including: - What can LLMs do well and where are the gaps - How to connect LLMs to external data - What does LlamaIndex do - Fine-tuning LLMs ...
2023-05-0833 minInfinite 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 10Infinite Curiosity Pod with Prateek JoshiVector databases, Vector search | Bob van Luijt, cofounder and CEO of WeaviateBob van Luijt is the cofounder and CEO of Weaviate. They build, maintain, and commercialize the open-source vector database called Weaviate. They've raised funding from amazing investors such as Index and NEA. He is the Chairman of Creative Software Foundation, a nonprofit located in The Netherlands with a sole focus on open source and creative software. In this episode, we cover a range of topics including: - What are vector embeddings - What's a good vector representation - What is vector search and why do we need it - What is...
2023-04-2435 minInfinite Curiosity Pod with Prateek JoshiIterative AI in B2B SaaS, Coaching networks, Pricing models | Jake Saper, GP at Emergence CapitalJake Saper is a General Partner at Emergence Capital, one of the best SaaS VCs in the world. They've invested in iconic companies such as Salesforce, Zoom, Veeva, Gusto, Box, and Bill.com. He was previously at Kleiner Perkins as part of their Green Growth Fund and has an MBA from Stanford. In this episode, we cover a range of topics including: - Limitations of generative AI in B2B SaaS - Iterative AI vs Generative AI - How to solve the user engagement problem with AI - Coaching networks ...
2023-04-1858 minInfinite Curiosity Pod with Prateek JoshiAI compute landscape | Jessica Leao, Maverick VenturesJessica Leao is a Principal at Maverick Ventures, a global investment firm that has been investing in early stage companies for over 25 years. She was previously the founder and GP at The 21 Fund, a $2M seed fund building and investing in the next generation of startups out of Stanford Graduate School of Business. She's been the Managing Partner at the Dorm Room Fund, which is backed by First Round Capital. She's also held roles at Palantir, Fortress Investment Group, and Goldman Sachs. In this episode, we cover a range of topics including: - AI...
2023-04-1049 minInfinite Curiosity Pod with Prateek JoshiEngineer turned VC | Leo Polovets, cofounder and GP at Susa VenturesLeo Polovets is a cofounder and General Partner at Susa Ventures, a seed stage firm that has invested in iconic companies such as Robinhood and Flexport. Prior to Susa, he was the second engineering hire at Linkedin where he helped build the first versions of products like LinkedIn Jobs and LinkedIn Groups. He then worked on payment fraud detection algorithms at Google, and was also an early engineer at Factual, where he built data cleaning, processing, and deduping software. And he has an engineering degree from Caltech. In this episode, we cover a range of t...
2023-04-0357 minInfinite Curiosity Pod with Prateek JoshiLLM tech stack, Open source startups, Building products for the government | Brian Raymond, cofounder and CEO of UnstructuredBrian Raymond is the founder and CEO of Unstructured. They provide open source libraries and APIs to build custom preprocessing pipelines for labeling, training, and production machine learning pipelines. They've raised a seed round from BCV, Mango, and Essence. He was previously the VP of Global Public Sector at Primer. Prior to that, he has held roles at CIA and the National Security Council. In this episode, we cover a range of topics including: - The need for data preprocessing - LLM use cases that are exciting - What AI use cases...
2023-03-2737 minInfinite Curiosity Pod with Prateek JoshiSynthetic data in AI, Computational irreducibility, Generative Adversarial Networks | Ofir Zuk, cofounder and CEO of DatagenOfir Zuk is the cofounder and CEO of Datagen, a platform that provides synthetic data to train and test AI models. They have raised more than $70M in funding so far with Scale Venture Partners leading their latest round. He was previously the cofounder of Click Frauds and has held engineering roles at Check Point and Squeeck.In this episode, we cover a range of topics including: - The need for synthetic data - Different methods that are used to generate synthetic data - What role does AI play in generating synthetic...
2023-03-2042 minInfinite Curiosity Pod with Prateek JoshiDecentralized AI, Blockchain, Incentivized intelligence | Ala Shaabana, cofounder of BittensorAla Shaabana is the cofounder of Bittensor, an open-source protocol that powers a decentralized machine learning network. He has a PhD in computer science and has previously held roles at Instacart and VMware. In this episode, we cover a range of topics including: - Key metrics of the decentralized network: Maintaining the optimal amount of competition, Difficulty, Total TAO staked, and Sequence length - Challenges of decentralized compute - Making heterogeneous nodes work together - Bandwidth constraints - Security considerations- Mechanism to maximize utilization - Measuring the...
2023-03-1340 minInfinite Curiosity Pod with Prateek JoshiFintech AI for 120 Million People | Vishnu Ram Venkataraman, VP Data Science and Engineering at Credit KarmaVishnu Ram Venkataraman is the VP of Data Science and Engineering at Credit Karma. Over the last 8.5 years, he has built their Recommendation systems and Machine Learning infrastructure for their 120 Million members and growing. Before that, he has held leadership roles at Nykaa and Games24x7. He has degrees from IIT Bombay and IIM Ahmedabad, two of the most premier educational institutes in India. In this episode, we cover a range of topics including: - How they build ML products at Credit Karma - Use cases of ML in finance - Challenges...
2023-03-0636 minInfinite Curiosity Pod with Prateek JoshiAI Delivery Models, Cost Structure of AI Businesses, AI-infused Applications | Jill Chase, Partner at CapitalGJill Chase is a partner at CapitalG where she focuses on AI, data, infrastructure, and devops. Previously, she was the cofounder of Nimble and the CEO at Interlaced. She got her MBA at Stanford and is a guest lecturer there as well. In this episode, we cover a range of topics including: - Delivery models for AI businesses (BYOML and MLaaS) - Your viewpoint on companies building AI compute infrastructure - Consumer software in AI - AI-infused software development applications - Cost structure of ML businesses vs SaaS businesses ...
2023-02-2741 minInfinite Curiosity Pod with Prateek JoshiFederated Learning, Healthcare AI | Ittai Dayan, cofounder of Rhino HealthIttai Dayan is the cofounder and CEO of Rhino Health. It's a platform powered by federated learning and edge compute technology that allows the scaling of data between different institutions without sharing data or compromising privacy. Prior to that, he has held roles at Harvard Medical School, Mass General Brigham, BCG, and Israeli Defense Forces. In this episode, we cover a range of topics including: - What is federated learning - How federated learning is used in healthcare - How is AI being used in medicine and healthcare - Lifecycle of...
2023-02-2032 minInfinite Curiosity Pod with Prateek JoshiInvesting in open source startups | Amanda Robson, Partner at Cowboy VenturesAmanda Robson is a partner at Cowboy Ventures. She works with enterprise companies focusing on software infrastructure companies. She has a passion for open source companies and co-hosts the Open Source Startup Podcast. Before joining Cowboy, she was an early-stage investor at Norwest where she worked with a number of enterprise software companies including 6 River Systems, Fossa, and Dremio. She is the proud founder of Modern Angels - a community and database of 200+ female and non-binary angel investors. She also co-leads the VC Champions program for All Raise, and co-chairs NextGen Partners, an organization that helps up-and-coming...
2023-02-1337 minInfinite Curiosity Pod with Prateek JoshiAI Market Structure | Pauline Yang, Partner at Altimeter CapitalPauline Yang is a partner at Altimeter Capital, a tech-focused crossover firm based in Menlo Park. She joined the team in 2017 and has worked on investments in Confluent, Epic Games, Gitlab, H1, Reify Health, Transposit, Unity, UiPath, and Workato. Prior to joining Altimeter, she was an investor at Berkshire Partners, a middle-market private equity firm where she focused on vertical software and consumer investments. She began her career working on M&A transactions at Blackstone. She graduated from Dartmouth College with a BA in economics. In this episode, we cover a range of topics including:
2023-02-0645 minInfinite Curiosity Pod with Prateek JoshiState of play in AI research | Sebastian Raschka, Bestselling AI Author and EducatorSebastian Raschka is one of the most well known AI authors in the world. He is an AI researcher with a strong passion for education. As Lead AI Educator at Lightning AI, he is making AI more accessible and teaching people how to utilize AI at scale. He's been an Assistant Professor of Statistics at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, focusing on deep learning research. You can learn more about him on his website. In this episode, we cover a range of topics including: - Framework for writing great books - State o...
2023-01-3041 minInfinite Curiosity Pod with Prateek JoshiGenerative AI Index | Max Abram, Investor at Scale Venture PartnersMax Abram is an investor at Scale Venture Partners, a VC firm with investments in companies like HubSpot, Box, DocuSign, and more. He was previously at Kayne Anderson's growth equity group. He holds a degree from the University of Pennsylvania where he was a varsity lightweight rower. He is an endurance athlete, which comes in handy in venture. He spends free time reading fiction and exploring his new home base in the SF Bay Area. In this episode, we cover a range of topics including: - Generative AI index - Use cases he's...
2023-01-2337 minInfinite Curiosity Pod with Prateek JoshiML testing landscape, Edge cases, ML testing methods, The role of synthetic data | Svet Penkov, cofounder of EfemaraiSvet Penkov is the cofounder and CEO of Efemarai, a platform to test and improve machine learning code. He is the chairman of the board at AI Cluster Bulgaria. And he has a PhD in Robotics and AI. In this episode, we cover a range of topics including: - Why we need ML testing - ML testing methods - How did he discover the problem that led to launching Efemarai - The role of synthetic data in testing - Edge cases - Building reliability into ML pipelines -------- ...
2023-01-1635 minInfinite Curiosity Pod with Prateek JoshiOn-device ML, Generative AI | Sujith Ravi, founder of SliceX AISujith Ravi is the founder and CEO of SliceX AI, a platform that allows you to train and deploy AI models across devices and use cases. Previously, he founded and headed multiple ML teams at Google AI and Amazon Alexa. It spanned conversational AI, graph & deep learning, and on-device machine learning technologies. These products are used by billions of people in Search, Ads, Assistant, Gmail, Photos, Android, Cloud, and YouTube. At Google, he invented ML technologies like Smart Reply for conversational AI; Web and Image Search; On-Device ML in Android and Assistant; Neural Structured Learning in TensorFlow...
2023-01-0946 minInfinite Curiosity Pod with Prateek JoshiInvesting in Generative AI, The role of compute, The State of AI report, Biology | Nathan Benaich, founder of Air Street CapitalNathan Benaich is the founder of Air Street Capital, a venture capital firm investing in AI-first technology and life science companies. He is the coauthor of State of AI report, an annual report that analyses the most interesting developments in AI. He has degrees from University of Oxford and University of Cambridge. In this episode, we cover a range of topics including: - How he got into VC - How he evaluates AI startups - His decision making framework for investments - His views on generative AI - Legal and...
2022-12-1944 minInfinite Curiosity Pod with Prateek JoshiInvesting in AI startups, Large Language Models, Robotics, Future of Generative AI | Rob Toews, partner at Radical VCRob Toews is a partner at Radical Ventures, a VC firm that invests in world's leading AI startups. Rob leads their investment efforts in the San Francisco Bay Area. He was previously at Highland Capital focusing on AI investments. He was in an operational role at Zoox, an autonomous vehicle company that got acquired by Amazon for $1.3B. He is an AI columnist at Forbes. He has a bachelors degree from Stanford. And an MBA and JD from Harvard. In this episode, we cover a range of topics including: - How he got into VC...
2022-12-1246 minInfinite Curiosity Pod with Prateek JoshiHuman Centered Design In AI | Helen and Dave Edwards, cofounders of Sonder StudioHelen and Dave Edwards are serial entrepreneurs. As a husband and wife team, they have built 5 companies together. They're currently the founders of Sonder Studio, a company focused on helping humans succeed in the digital age. In 2017, they sold their AI market research firm Intelligentsia to Atlantic Media. In this episode, we cover a range of topics including: - human centered design - working as a husband and wife team - how to bring AI into a business - company building - building AI products -------- Wher...
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PoliticanaPoliticana Ep. 106 - Bolsonaro Challenges Brazil Election Loss, Biden Renews Push For Assault Weapons Ban, Lisa Murkowski Wins In Alaska, And More!Support Us Here! --> https://anchor.fm/politicana/support
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2022-11-281h 00Infinite Curiosity Pod with Prateek JoshiPrompt engineering, generative AI | Mihail Eric, founder of Confetti AI and Pametan Data InnovationMihail Eric is the founder of Pametan Data Innovation, a consultancy firm that helps companies deliver machine learning and data-driven solutions to their hardest problems with a special focus on NLP, recommendation systems, tabular data, and computer vision. He's also the founder of Confetti AI, the premier educational platform for practitioners learning the skills to succeed in their machine learning and data science careers. It was recently acquired by Towards AI. He has helped start teams at RideOS and Amazon Alexa. In this episode, we cover a range of topics including: - What is...
2022-11-2845 minInfinite Curiosity Pod with Prateek JoshiSearch engines, the role of ML in enterprise search, 0-1 phase of building products | Debarghya Das, Founding engineer at GleanDebarghya Das is the founding engineer at Glean. It's an enterprise search startup that recently raised at a billion dollar valuation from Sequoia, General Catalyst, Kleiner Perkins, and Lightspeed. He has previously held roles at Google and Facebook where he worked on their search products. In this episode, we cover a range of topics including: - Key takeaways from being on the founding team - The 0-1 phase of building products - Working with early customers - Opportunities for future search products - Search quality - Developing good product...
2022-11-2142 minInfinite Curiosity Pod with Prateek JoshiData observability, creating open source software, being a founder, being an author | Andy Petrella, cofounder of KensuAndy Petrella is the cofounder of Kensu, a data observability solution that offers companies the opportunity to monitor their data usage. He is the creator of Spark Notebook, an open-source software for data engineers and scientists using Spark and Scala. He is the author of the book Fundamentals of Data Observability. He has built a fantastic career in data over the last 16 years. In this episode, we cover a range of topics including: - data observability - being a founder - being an author - creating open source software ...
2022-11-1438 minInfinite Curiosity Pod with Prateek JoshiExplainable AI, model monitoring, observability | Krishna Gade, CEO of Fiddler AIKrishna Gade is the cofounder and CEO of Fiddler AI. They provide an explainable monitoring solution for production AI systems. Fiddler has been featured on Forbes AI 50 startups in 2020 and was awarded Technology Pioneer by World Economic Forum. He has previously held engineering leadership roles at Microsoft, Twitter, Pinterest, and Meta. In this episode, we cover a range of topics including: - model monitoring - explainability - what they are building at Fiddler - how they got their first 5 customers - key takeaways on company building - how to maintain...
2022-11-0747 minInfinite Curiosity Pod with Prateek JoshiConversation intelligence | Greg Tapper, CEO of PatternAIGreg Tapper is the cofounder and CEO of PatternAI. They provide conversation intelligence for the enterprise. He was previously the founder and CEO of New Global, which he successfully sold to a large company after running it for 11 years. He's been a management consultant, most recently at McKinsey. He has degrees from UC Berkeley and Harvard. In this episode, we cover a range of topics including: - conversation intelligence - being a second time founder - what they are building at PatternAI - how they got their first 5 customers ...
2022-10-3141 minInfinite Curiosity Pod with Prateek JoshiAI on the blockchain, decentralized AI research, incentivized computer networks | Ala Shaabana, cofounder of BittensorAla Shaabana is the cofounder of Bittensor, an open-source protocol that powers a decentralized machine learning network. He has a PhD in computer science and has previously held roles at Instacart and VMware.In this episode, we cover a range of topics including:- Shortcomings of centralized AI- How to decentralize AI research- Incentivized computer networks- What they're building at Bittensor- Putting AI on the blockchain- Decentralized governance--------Where to find Prateek Joshi:Newsletter: https://prateekjoshi...
2022-10-2440 minInfinite Curiosity Pod with Prateek JoshiAI observability, being a founder, measuring the ROI of a product | Alessya Visnjic, CEO of WhyLabsAlessya Visnjic is the cofounder and CEO of WhyLabs, which is an AI and data observability platform. She was previously a CTO-in-residence at the Allen Institute. Prior to that, she spent 9 years at Amazon building various machine learning products. In this episode, we cover a range of topics including: - AI observability - Being a founder - Getting the first 5 customers - How does an AI model fail - How to validate the problem as a founder - How to measure the ROI of your product --------W...
2022-10-2051 minInfinite Curiosity Pod with Prateek JoshiGetting into VC, ML infrastructure trends, generative AI on content platforms, product management at startups | Rak GargRak Garg is an investor at Bain Capital Ventures focusing on companies in infrastructure tools, machine learning, and cybersecurity. He was previously a product lead at Atlassian and Redfin. In this episode, we cover a range of topics including:- how he got into venture capital- key learnings from working with startups- trends in the ML infrastructure space- generative AI- how content platforms should look at AI generated content- product management at early stage startups--------Where to find Prateek...
2022-10-1743 minInfinite Curiosity Pod with Prateek JoshiML in cybersecurity, founding a startup, 0-1 phase of building ML products | Howie Xu, VP of AI/ML at ZscalerHowie Xu is the VP of Machine Learning and AI at Zscaler. He was previously the cofounder and CEO of TrustPath where they built a product to transform security with ML. He's a guest lecturer at Stanford and serves on the boards of startups. He was an EIR at Greylock. He is the Founder of VMware networking team, which went on to build legendary products.In this episode, we cover a range of topics including:- Why do we need ML in cybersecurity- The 0-1 phase of building a product and taking...
2022-10-1342 minInfinite Curiosity Pod with Prateek JoshiData governance | Peggy Tsai, Chief Data Officer at BigIDPeggy Tsai is the Chief Data Officer at BigID, where they provide data intelligence that enables companies to know their data for privacy, protection, and governance. Over the last 15 years, she has held data leadership roles at S&P Global Ratings, Morgan Stanley, and AIG. In this episode, we cover a range of topics including:- data governance- building a data strategy- how to protect data- how to measure data quality- how to build a good career--------Where to find Prateek...
2022-10-1032 minInfinite Curiosity Pod with Prateek JoshiBeing the first engineer at a unicorn, founding an AI startup, being a VC | Jay MadheswaranJay Madheswaran is the founder and CEO of Butler Labs, a platform that helps developers turn AI into easy to use APIs. He was previously a partner at Lightspeed, one of the most successful VC firms in the world. Before that, he was the first engineer at Rubrik, which went to become a multibillion dollar company. In this episode, we cover a range of topics including:- his learnings as the first engineer at Rubrik and being there during the 0-1 phase- how he evaluates companies as a VC- how...
2022-10-0638 minInfinite Curiosity Pod with Prateek JoshiAI alignment, Superintelligence, AI safety | Jeremie HarrisJeremie Harris is the cofounder of Gladstone AI where they're working on AI safety and security. He's the host of the Towards Data Science podcast. He was previously the cofounder of SharpestMinds, a marketplace for one-on-one income share agreements. He was pursuing a PhD in quantum mechanics when he decided to jump into AI.In this episode, we cover a range of topics including:- AI safety and security- AI policy- Working with governments- Superintelligence- AI alignment problem--------Where to find...
2022-10-0341 minInfinite Curiosity Pod with Prateek JoshiData product pyramid, data product marketplace, data mesh | Jon CookeJon Cooke is the founder of Dataception. It's a consulting firm that helps organizations build data and AI solutions to accelerate decision making. He has previously held leadership roles in Databricks, PwC, and Rule Financial.In this episode, we cover a range of topics including:- data product pyramid- data product marketplace- data mesh- how business teams should communicate with data teams--------Where to find Prateek Joshi:Newsletter: https://prateekjoshi.substack.comWebsite: http://prateekj.comLinkedIn: https...
2022-09-2938 minInfinite Curiosity Pod with Prateek JoshiBuilding a collaborative data platform, founding a startup, product design, engaging users, how will data roles evolve in the future | Oliver HughesOliver Hughes is the cofounder and CEO of Count. It's a collaborative data platform that helps teams work with data. He was previously at Tesco and graduated from University of Cambridge.In this episode, we cover a range of topics including:- What is data collaboration- How to build a collaborative product for ML teams- What he's building at Count- Key takeaways from being a founder- How to engage users- How they got their first 10 customers- How data roles will evolve in...
2022-09-2637 minInfinite Curiosity Pod with Prateek JoshiData observability, building a data startup, how to do customer discovery | Egor GryaznovEgor Gryaznov is the cofounder and CTO of Bigeye. It's a data observability platform that helps teams measure and improve data quality. Before that, he was at Uber where he scaled the company's first data warehouse, supporting thousands of internal users and mission-critical workloads.In this episode, we cover a range of topics including:- Key takeaways on being a founder- What he's building now at Bigeye- How to do customer discovery- Why do we need data observability- How to measure data quality- What...
2022-09-2243 minInfinite Curiosity Pod with Prateek JoshiSynthetic data, quality profiling, building a data startup | Fabiana ClementeFabiana Clemente is the cofounder and CEO of YData, a startup that's provides a data-centric platform to accelerates AI development by improving the quality of training datasets. She's a founding member of Synthetic Data Community and AI Infrastructure Alliance. You can check out Data-Centric AI community and YData's open source offering. In this episode, we cover a range of topics including:- Synthetic data generation- Data quality- Quality profiling- Being a founder...
2022-09-1929 minInfinite Curiosity Pod with Prateek JoshiInvesting in ML startups, building ML products, startup opportunities in ML | Leigh Marie BraswellLeigh Marie Braswell is an investor at Founders Fund, one of the most successful VC firms in the world. Prior to that, she was one of the first 10 team members at Scale AI. A startup which is currently valued at more than $7 Billion. She was an ML engineer at Google before that. She has a degree from MIT and loves to play poker.In this episode, we cover a range of topics including:- Key learnings during her time at Scale AI- How she identifies promising startups- Startup opportunities in...
2022-09-1231 minInfinite Curiosity Pod with Prateek JoshiHow to build an ML startup from scratch, product design, open source strategy, pricing mechanics | Phil HowesPhil Howes is the cofounder and Chief Scientist of Baseten, an ML application builder for data scientists. They have raised $20M from top tier investors such as Greylock, Mustafa Suleyman, DJ Patil, and Greg Brockman. He was previously the co-founder of Shape, a people analytics platform acquired by Reflektive in 2018. Prior to that, he was an ML Engineer at Gumroad. He has a PhD in Mathematics from the University of Sydney.In this episode, we cover a range of topics including:- Top 3 learnings from running his first startup- What he's building...
2022-09-0831 minInfinite Curiosity Pod with Prateek JoshiWhat's new in ML: Prateek Joshi talks about nuclear fusion, photonic chips, electronic skin, and analyzing satellite imagery with machine learning.In this episode, Prateek Joshi talks about the latest developments in:- Using AI to build digital twins for nuclear fusion reactors- Photonic chips for fast image recognition- Electronic skin for touch sensitive robots- Delivering brain MRI in 1 minute- Using AI for energy grid management- Analyzing satellite imagery using machine learning
2022-06-0917 minInfinite Curiosity Pod with Prateek JoshiAMA with Prateek Joshi: Space industry, synthetic data in machine learning, foundation models, AI-infused coding toolsIn this AMA episode, the host Prateek Joshi answers the following questions:- How is machine learning being used in the space industry?- How is synthetic data being used to train AI systems?- Are foundation models going to become more prevalent in production ML systems?- What do you think about AI-infused coding tools?
2022-06-0214 minInfinite Curiosity Pod with Prateek JoshiAMA with Prateek Joshi: Python vs Matlab for machine learning, switching careers to ML, building startups, career pathsIn this AMA episode, the host Prateek Joshi answers the following questions received from listeners and readers:- When it comes to experimentation in machine learning, does Python have an advantage over Matlab?- I have many years of experience in database technology and I'd like to switch to machine learning. What advice would you give me?- What is the most difficult part of building a machine learning startup? What is your advice if someone wants to do it?- I just graduated from college and want to be the AI domain. What roles...
2022-05-2615 minInfinite Curiosity Pod with Prateek JoshiWhat's new in ML: Prateek Joshi talks about predicting battery lifetimes, fighting wildfires with machine learning, rainfall mapping, avoiding idling at traffic lights, world's largest publicly available machine learning hub, a plant nutrient detected byIn this episode, the host Prateek Joshi covers the latest developments in Machine Learning including:- Predicting battery lifetimes- Fighting wildfires- Rainfall mapping- Avoiding idling at traffic lights- General purpose AI system that can perform 604 tasks- Google releases world's largest publicly available machine learning hub- A plant nutrient detected by AI comes to market- European Union's recently proposed AI Act- ML startups that are gaining traction
2022-05-1916 minInfinite Curiosity Pod with Prateek JoshiWhat's new in ML: Prateek Joshi talks about brain computer interface, nanomagnetic computing, counting microplastics using Machine Learning, quantum tunneling memory, wine reviews written by AI, spotting cavity, cancer researchIn this episode, the host Prateek Joshi covers the latest developments in Machine Learning including:- Brain computer interface enters human trials- Nanomagnetic computing for low-energy AI- Speeding up the process of counting microplastics using Machine Learning- Quantum tunneling memory to boost AI energy efficiency- Wine and beer reviews written by AI- Spotting cavity using an AI system- FDA approves the world's first automated and wearable 3D breast ultrasound- Intel announces new chips for AI processing
2022-05-1216 minInfinite Curiosity Pod with Prateek JoshiWhat's new in ML: Prateek Joshi talks about generative AI, enzyme that can break down plastic quickly, nuclear fusion, low-carbon concrete, synthesizing molecules, object detection, few-shot learning.In this episode, the host Prateek Joshi covers a range of topics including:- Generative AI and OpenAI's DALL-E 2- ML based enzyme that can break down plastic really quickly- Predicting the performance of plasma for nuclear fusion- Creating low-carbon concrete with ML- Building ML models that suggest molecular structures that can be synthesized in the lab- Google launches Pix2Seq, a new language interface for object detection.- DeepMind introduces Flamingo, a single visual language model (VLM) for few-shot learning.- Anaconda announces PyScript...
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PoliticanaPoliticana Ep. 72 - Ketanji Brown Jackson Confirmed To Supreme Court, Democrats Revolt Over Biden's Border Policy, Russia Quits Human Rights Council, France's Close Election, And More!-- TIMESTAMPS --
1:10 - Ketanji Brown Jackson confirmed to Supreme Court
6:30 - Stacey Abrams Backed Election Lawsuit Goes to Trial in Georgia
11:50 - Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi tests positive for Covid and was at the White House with President Biden
17:00 - Prateek’s local Representative Ted Budd who's running for Senate in North Carolina has gained strong momentum after gaining the endorsement of former President Trump
22:30 - Democrats revolt over Biden’s border policy
30:15 - Russia quit the Human Rights Council after being suspended for atro...
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Stock Monsterभारी नुकसान और फायदा देने वाले Shares |Superfast Stock Market Update by CA Prateek Dangi| 22.08.2021भारी नुकसान और फायदा देने वाले Shares |Superfast Stock Market Update by CA Prateek Dangi| 22.08.2021 #stockmarket #sharemarket #sharemarketnews
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PoliticanaPoliticana Ep. 25 - Regime Change/Foreign Policy Debate (Tyler Vs. Prateek)Hello and welcome to the Politicana Podcast! In this episode, Tyler and Prateek debate how we should approach Regime Change and Foreign Policy in general. If you would like us to upload more of these debates, please email backofthemob@gmail.com with your thoughts and suggestions on future debate topics. As always, we hope everybody has a great weekend, and stay tuned for Ep. 26 of Politicana coming out this Sunday!
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