Unsupervised Learning
by Redpoint Ventures
We probe the sharpest minds in AI in search for the truth about what’s real today, what will be real in the future and what it all means for businesses and the world. If you’re a builder, researcher or investor navigating the AI world, this podcast will help you deconstruct and understand the most important breakthroughs and see a clearer picture of reality. Follow this show and consider enabling notifications to stay up to date on our latest episodes.
Unsupervised Learning is a podcast by Redpoint Ventures, an early-stage venture capital fund that has invested in companies like Snowflake, Stripe, and Mistral.
Hosted by Redpoint investor Jacob Effron alongside Patrick Chase, Jordan Segall and Erica Brescia.
Unsupervised Learning is a podcast by Redpoint Ventures, an early-stage venture capital fund that has invested in companies like Snowflake, Stripe, and Mistral.
Hosted by Redpoint investor Jacob Effron alongside Patrick Chase, Jordan Segall and Erica Brescia.
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Feb 20, 2024 • 1h 5min
Ep 28: LangChain CEO Harrison Chase on the Current State of Eval and Agents and The LLM Apps that Will Define 2024
LangChain CEO Harrison Chase discusses AI evaluation, agent landscape, open vs. closed source models, and future of AI applications. Topics include LangSmith, AI in sports, evaluation practices, and the potential of open-source models. The podcast also explores the current AI landscape, deploying LangChain applications with LangServe, and the evolution of more complex chatbots.
Feb 13, 2024 • 1h 4min
Ep 27: Oscar Co-Founder Mario Schlosser on How LLMs Can Be Used in Healthcare Today and The Path to AI Doctors
Oscar Health Co-Founder Mario Schlosser discusses the impact of AI in healthcare, top AI use cases at Oscar, adoption challenges, and limitations of GPT-4 in healthcare. He also shares his views on open-source vs. off-the-shelf vs. healthcare-specific LLMs and why we can't have robot doctors today.
Feb 6, 2024 • 1h 10min
Ep 26: Replit Founder Amjad Masad on the 1000x Engineer, ChatBots are Overhyped and Why We Don’t Really Have True Open-Source Models
Amjad Masad, Co-Founder of Replit, discusses the future of software development, Replit's data advantage, and empowering young coders. Topics include AI capabilities, best data for models, educating users, building in-house models, and the overhype of chatbots. They also touch on Microsoft's potential partnership with Open AI, the shrinking of companies in the future, and the importance of hands-on coding learning.
Jan 24, 2024 • 57min
Ep 25: Intercom Co-Founder Des Traynor on Building Winning AI Strategy and Where We Are in the AI Adoption Curve
Des Traynor, Co-Founder and Chief Strategy Officer of Intercom, discusses how AI is incorporated into Intercom products, structuring AI teams, using RAG vs. fine-tuning techniques, solving the 'actions' problem, lessons learned from transitioning into AI, over-hyped/under-hyped AI, and companies that have implemented AI well/poorly.
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Jan 9, 2024 • 1h 7min
Ep 24: OpenAI Head of DevRel Logan Kilpatrick on The Best ChatGPT Use Cases, Future of Agents, and Google Gemini
Logan Kilpatrick, Head of Developer Relations at OpenAI, shares insights on OpenAI's product builds, underrated OpenAI products, the need for custom models, text-to-speech models, benefits of open-source models, Google Gemini, limitations on agents, future of DALL-E and art generation, and OpenAI's team development.
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Dec 14, 2023 • 1h 6min
Ep 23: Perplexity CEO Aravind Srinivas on the future of Search, OpenAI Wrappers and Using AI to Talk to Loved Ones
Aravind Srinivas, CEO and Co-Founder of Perplexity AI, talks about the birth and future of Perplexity, its potential as a Google competitor, and what search will look like in 10 years. They also discuss the challenges of being viewed as a 'wrapper' for OpenAI, the future of Quora and Wikipedia, and the potential regulation of AI. OpenAI's changing direction and the challenges of developing accurate search results are also discussed.
Nov 22, 2023 • 47min
Special Episode: A Full Breakdown of the OpenAI Saga and What It Means for AI Founders
In a special episode, the firing of Sam Altman, former CEO of OpenAI, is discussed with a focus on the implications for AI startups and the winners of recent developments. The guests analyze the resignation of Greg Brockman, discuss the impact on the AI landscape and companies, and delve into the broader implications for the AI industry and government perception.
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Nov 16, 2023 • 1h 2min
Ep 22: Notion AI Engineer Linus Lee: Behind the Scenes of Notion AI
Linus Lee, an AI engineer at Notion, shares behind-the-scenes stories of one of the most widely used AI tools today. Topics include developing AI products, staffing, educating users, challenges in building Notion Q&A, partnerships with Anthropic and Open AI, iterating on interfaces, and over-hyped/under-hyped AI features.
Oct 31, 2023 • 54min
Ep 21: Modal CEO Erik Bernhardsson on Bringing Development to the Cloud, the GPU Market, and GenAI Music
Erik Bernhardsson, founder of Modal Labs, discusses the AI chip market, popular GenAI use cases, Oracle Cloud's resurgence, challenges for AI developers, GPU access today, Vector DB companies, slow cloud adoption, AI music generation, over-hyped/under-hyped topics, and what Erik wishes he knew when starting Modal.
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Oct 16, 2023 • 1h 49min
Ep 20: Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei on the Future of AGI, Leading Anthropic, and AI Doom Chances
Dario Amodei, CEO of Anthropic, discusses his predictions for the future of AI, including AGI, in 2024 and beyond. He shares his thoughts on AI safety, bias reduction, responsible scaling, and the potential risks and benefits of AI technology. They also touch on the formation of Anthropic, their business focus, and their responsible scaling plan for AI models. Dario emphasizes the importance of interpretability and steerability in training models and discusses the challenges and risks associated with AI technology.
