The TWIML AI Podcast (formerly This Week in Machine Learning & Artificial Intelligence)

Feature Platforms for Data-Centric AI with Mike Del Balso - #577

Jun 6, 2022

In this engaging conversation, Mike Del Balso, Co-founder and CEO of Tecton, shares insights from his experience building machine learning platforms at Uber. He discusses the evolution of data infrastructure, highlighting the shift to cloud-based systems and the importance of feature platforms. Del Balso elaborates on the ML Flywheel concept, emphasizing how data can supercharge machine learning. He also tackles the challenges of assembling effective ML teams, offering strategies to avoid common pitfalls and enhance collaboration across teams.

46:03

Creator website

Episode guests

Mike Del Balso

AI Chapters

Episode notes

Intro

3min

The Evolution and Importance of Feature Stores in Machine Learning

5min

The Evolution of Data Infrastructure in Machine Learning

25min

Building Effective Platforms Through Team Collaboration

3min

Building Successful Machine Learning Platform Teams

5min

Navigating the Challenges of Machine Learning Production

3min

In the latest installment of our Data-Centric AI series, we’re joined by a friend of the show Mike Del Balso, Co-founder and CEO of Tecton. If you’ve heard any of our other conversations with Mike, you know we spend a lot of time discussing feature stores, or as he now refers to them, feature platforms. We explore the current complexity of data infrastructure broadly and how that has changed over the last five years, as well as the maturation of streaming data platforms. We discuss the wide vs deep paradox that exists around ML tooling, and the idea around the “ML Flywheel”, a strategy that leverages data to accelerate machine learning. Finally, we spend time discussing internal ML team construction, some of the challenges that organizations face when building their ML platforms teams, and how they can avoid the pitfalls as they arise.

The complete show notes for this episode can be found at twimlai.com/go/577

Remember Everything You Learn from Podcasts

Save insights instantly, chat with episodes, and build lasting knowledge - all powered by AI.