Navigating Engagement Strategies in Early-Stage Startups

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Timestamps:

(0:00) Databricks’ Naveen Rao joins Alex Wilhelm

(8:54) Regulatory challenges and open-source AI

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(13:57) Meta's Llama models and reinforcement learning

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(20:55) Open vs. closed source AI models and advances

(28:09) Precision in AI and enterprise applications

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(52:08) Tech incumbents' evolution and AI competition

(54:55) AI model sizes and synthetic data quality

(57:29) AI inspiration from biology and future innovation

(1:03:06) Databricks' growth trajectory and potential IPO

(1:04:25) Elliot Easterling of bonbon joins TWIST for a Jam with JCal.

(1:05:16) Bonbon.tech and the rewards platform overview

(1:14:44) Gamification strategies and user engagement

(1:22:18) Exploring growth opportunities and market expansion *

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Check out Databricks: https://www.databricks.com/

Check out Bonbon: https://bonbon.tech

Link to Newsom vetoes SB 1047 article: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cj9jwyr3kgeo

The short guide to understanding data intelligence from Databricks: https://www.databricks.com/blog/short-guide-understanding-data-intelligence

Mosaic AI Agent Framework post: https://www.databricks.com/blog/announcing-mosaic-ai-agent-framework-and-agent-evaluation

Data Intelligence Platform product tour: https://www.databricks.com/resources/demos/tours/horizontal/introducing-databricks-intelligence-platform?itm_data=demo_center

Mosaic AI new features and demo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=acIBdCOj88E

Unity Catalog GitHub: https://github.com/unitycatalog/unitycatalog

“Thinking Fast and Slow” by Daniel Kahneman summary on Medium - https://www.penguinrandomhouse.ca/books/89308/thinking-fast-and-slow-by-daniel-kahneman/9780385676533

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LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/naveen-rao-bba5b01/

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LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/elliotteasterling

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LinkedIn: ⁠https://www.linkedin.com/in/alexwilhelm

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LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jasoncalacanis

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