VetRec with David de Matheu - Weaviate Podcast #92!
Mar 28, 2024
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Entrepreneur David de Matheu discusses pivoting from Neum AI to VetRec focusing on RAG technology for Veterinarians, ETL space, and technical opportunities. They explore transitioning to new domains, optimizing workflow efficiency, and enhancing veterinary diagnosis with connected systems. The podcast delves into challenges faced by developers, evolution of data work perception, and the value of external solutions in the industry.
VETRC streamlines vet practices with AI for note-taking and diagnostics.
ETL processes must adapt to application needs, emphasizing metadata design.
Multimodal AI and ambient intelligence empower healthcare with privacy considerations.
Deep dives
AI Startup Pivoting from New May-I to VETRC
The startup transitioned from working on new May-I's ETL aspects of vector databases and embeddings at scale to focusing on addressing problems in the vet space due to the early stage of many potential clients in their AI journey and the unmet needs at the consumer level. The pivot to VETRC stemmed from identifying an impactful vertical and leveraging existing knowledge to provide solutions quickly, resulting in a pivot occurring in less than a month.
Addressing Information Challenges in Veterinary Practice
VETRC addresses challenges in veterinary practices related to efficient note-taking, leveraging captured information for prescribing medications, billing, and overall record management. By streamlining workflows and enabling quick access to a wealth of information, such as historical data and online resources like encyclopedias, VETRC empowers veterinarians with fast, comprehensive, and transformative solutions, improving their practices and the quality of care provided.
Enhancing Differential Diagnosis with AI for Veterinarians
VETRC enhances veterinary diagnostics by providing AI-generated differential diagnosis, enabling doctors to consider a range of potential diagnoses more efficiently and accurately based on symptoms and relevant data. By utilizing advanced technologies like Rag to process vast amounts of information and offer real-time insights, VETRC supports veterinarians in making informed decisions and improving diagnostic accuracy, ultimately enhancing the quality of care for their animal patients.
The Future of ETL: Metadata Design and Data Retrieval Strategies
The episode delves into the evolving landscape of ETL processes, highlighting the importance of metadata design in guiding data filtering and organizing efforts. The discussion emphasizes the need to tailor metadata to the intended application, focusing on capturing essential elements like sources and structured sections. The conversation also explores leveraging embeddings for symptom-to-disease associations, utilizing knowledge graphs for validation, and the potential role of multi-vector approaches to enhance data processing.
Advancements in Multimodal AI and Privacy Concerns
The podcast addresses the burgeoning field of multimodal AI and its potential democratization, particularly in enhancing computer vision capabilities for broader accessibility. The conversation underscores the significance of applying ambient intelligence concepts in healthcare settings to improve data fidelity and efficiency. Moreover, it touches on privacy considerations related to ubiquitous video recording and the ethical dimensions of extensive data collection for personalized insights and experiences.
I've seen a lot of interest around RAG for X application domain, Legal, Accounting, Healthcare, .... David and Kevin are maybe the best example of this I have seen so far, pivoting from Neum AI to VetRec!
We begin the podcast by discussing the decision to switch gears, the advice given by Y Combinator, and David's experience in learning a new application domain.
We then continue to discuss technical opportunities around RAG for Veterinarians, such as SOAP notes and Differential Diagnosis!
We conclude with David's thoughts on the ETL space, companies like Unstructured and LlamaIndex's LlamaParse, advice for specific focus in ETL, and general discussions of ETL for Vector DBs / KGs / SQL.
David and Kevin have been two of my favorite entrepreneurs I've met during my time at Weaviate! They do an amazing job of writing content that helps you live vicariously through them as they take on this opportunity to apply RAG and AI technologies to help Veterinarians!
I really hope you enjoy the podcast!
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