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Nov 19, 2023
Ian Cairns, Co-founder of FreePlay, and Chris Messina, renowned designer and tech innovator, delve into the transformative power of AI in software development. They discuss how FreePlay’s tools enhance collaboration between developers and non-developers, making prototyping more accessible. The pair reflect on their tech journeys, emphasizing how innovation is crucial in today's competitive landscape. They also touch on the challenges of navigating online identities and the evolving landscape of multimodal testing and the freelance economy.
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  • Freeplay.ai provides tools to optimize software development using large language models (LLMs) and emphasizes the challenges of implementing LLMs effectively in production.
  • The podcast highlights the need for specialized workflows and tools to address the unique challenges of generative AI applications and discusses the impressive execution of OpenAI's developer tools and APIs.

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Freeplay.ai: Helping Product Teams Build Better Software with Large Language Models

Freeplay.ai, an AI startup, offers tools to help product teams optimize software development using large language models (LLMs). They provide prompt management and version control, observability for testing and evaluation, and assist in building a feedback loop for continuous improvement. Freeplay.ai focuses on the challenges faced by software companies in implementing LLMs effectively in production. They enable teams to automate testing, measure performance, and make features progressively better over time. For example, they assist a customer service software company in using LLMs to automatically draft customer support responses. Freeplay.ai allows them to experiment with different versions of prompts and conduct tests to ensure better outcomes. The company envisions a future where their tools, similar to amplitude, help product teams understand LLM performance, optimize features, and drive customer satisfaction.

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