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Best of 2024: Data & AI Trends in 2024, with Tom Tunguz, General Partner at Theory Ventures

Dec 30, 2024

Tom Tunguz, General Partner at Theory Ventures and co-author of "Winning with Data," shares insights on the fast-evolving landscape of data and AI. He discusses the rise of generative AI and its impact on workforce training and data governance. The importance of data quality and contracts in modern data management comes into focus. Tunguz also delves into decentralized data management through data mesh and hybrid cloud models, while highlighting the skills needed for data professionals in an AI-driven world.

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The rise of AI and automation technologies is significantly increasing productivity expectations for white-collar workers, necessitating adeptness with advanced tools.

Organizations must prioritize data governance to ensure quality and security, addressing the challenges posed by AI-generated inaccuracies that can lead to serious repercussions.

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Rising Productivity Expectations

There is an expectation for white-collar workers to significantly increase their productivity due to the availability of advanced tools. The introduction of AI and automation technologies is driving this push for enhanced efficiency, with some predicting output increases of 50% to 250%. This transition necessitates that workers become adept at using various systems effectively, as familiarity with these tools is becoming crucial in the modern workplace. Ultimately, as technology evolves, workers must adapt and elevate their productivity levels to meet new demands.

Intro

2min

The Evolution of Generative AI and Data Integration

14min

The Rise of Data Contracts and Quality in Modern Data Stacks

3min

Emerging Trends in Data Mesh and Hybrid Cloud Execution

2min

Navigating AI in Business Intelligence

12min

Harnessing AI for Strategic Growth

5min

As we look back at 2024, we're highlighting some of our favourite episodes of the year, and with 100 of them to choose from, it wasn't easy!

The four guests we'll be recapping with are:

Lea Pica - A celebrity in the data storytelling and visualisation space. Richie and Lea cover the full picture of data presentation, how to understand your audience, how to leverage hollywood storytelling and more. Out December 19.
Alex Banks - Founder of Sunday Signal. Adel and Alex cover Alex’s journey into AI and what led him to create Sunday Signal, the potential of AI, prompt engineering at its most basic level, chain of thought prompting, the future of LLMs and more. Out December 23.
Don Chamberlin - The renowned co-inventor of SQL. Richie and Don explore the early development of SQL, how it became standardized, the future of SQL through NoSQL and SQL++ and more. Out December 26.
Tom Tunguz - general Partner at Theory Ventures, a $235m VC firm. Richie and Tom explore trends in generative AI, cloud+local hybrid workflows, data security, the future of business intelligence and data analytics, AI in the corporate sector and more. Out December 30.

Rapid change seems to be the new norm within the data and AI space, and due to the ecosystem constantly changing, it can be tricky to keep up. Fortunately, any self-respecting venture capitalist looking into data and AI will stay on top of what’s changing and where the next big breakthroughs are likely to come from. We all want to know which important trends are emerging and how we can take advantage of them, so why not learn from a leading VC.

Tomasz Tunguz is a General Partner at Theory Ventures, a $235m early-stage venture capital firm. He blogs sat tomtunguz.com & co-authored Winning with Data. He has worked or works with Looker, Kustomer, Monte Carlo, Dremio, Omni, Hex, Spot, Arbitrum, Sui & many others.

He was previously the product manager for Google's social media monetization team, including the Google-MySpace partnership, and managed the launches of AdSense into six new markets in Europe and Asia. Before Google, Tunguz developed systems for the Department of Homeland Security at Appian Corporation.

In the episode, Richie and Tom explore trends in generative AI, the impact of AI on professional fields, cloud+local hybrid workflows, data security, and changes in data warehousing through the use of integrated AI tools, the future of business intelligence and data analytics, the challenges and opportunities surrounding AI in the corporate sector. You'll also get to discover Tom's picks for the hottest new data startups.

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DataFramed

Best of 2024: Data & AI Trends in 2024, with Tom Tunguz, General Partner at Theory Ventures

Episode guests

Podcast summary created with Snipd AI

Quick takeaways

Deep dives

Rising Productivity Expectations

Shifts in AI Functionality

Data Quality and Governance Challenges

The Evolution of Data Pipelines in AI Adoption

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