

Vector Search for Humans: Marqo with Jesse Clark
Jun 28, 2023
Jesse Clark, co-founder of Marqo, discusses the rapid growth of their multimodal vector search engine. Topics include the importance of Marqo for organizations, machine learning language, dealing with AI innovation stress, and the journey from physics research to starting Marqo.
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Vector Search Growth Insight
- Vector search and machine learning-based search have huge growth potential. - Marqo's timing was ideal, coinciding with generative AI advances boosting vector search demand.
Jesse's Career Shift
- Jesse transitioned from physics research to industry roles at Stitch Fix and Amazon to pursue machine learning. - His work in visual and multimodal search sparked the idea behind Marqo.
Industry vs Academia Insight
- Industry forces rapid iteration via production deployment. - Academia offers deep theory, but industry demands shipping and real value delivery.