Lavanya Gupta

Lavanya Gupta, a Sr. AI/ML Applied Associate at JPMorgan Chase and CMU alumna, shares her journey from software engineering to an AI researcher. She discusses how hackathons ignited her passion for machine learning and her current work benchmarking large language models in finance. Lavanya emphasizes the importance of mentorship and networking for career growth in data science. She explores the evolving roles in the industry, the impact of continuous learning, and the balance between luck and strategy in achieving success.