Ivan Zhang, co-founder of Cohere, delves into the transformative power of AI in enterprise solutions, especially in healthcare. He discusses their innovative use of Retrieval-Augmented Generation to save doctors time and emphasizes the shift towards heterogeneous AI systems. Zhang also touches on synthesizing data for enhanced reasoning, the democratization of software development, and shares his journey from gaming to AI leadership. Moreover, he offers crucial advice to young developers on embracing AI, while tackling concerns about AI reliability and future architectures.

In this episode, Madrona Partner Jon Turow and Cohere CTO and Co-founder Ivan Zhang discuss the world of foundation models for the enterprise. Ivan shares his renegade journey, renegade hiring practices, importance of feedback loops with customers, and the difference between fine-tuning and teaching a model. They also explore the role of home rolled and hosted models, implications of foundation models in organizations, and share insights about surprising advancements and future predictions in technology.