The Data Exchange with Ben Lorica
Ben Lorica
A series of informal conversations with thought leaders, researchers, practitioners, and writers on a wide range of topics in technology, science, and of course big data, data science, artificial intelligence, and related applications. Anchored by Ben Lorica (@BigData), the Data Exchange also features a roundup of the most important stories from the worlds of data, machine learning and AI. Detailed show notes for each episode can be found on https://thedataexchange.media/ The Data Exchange podcast is a production of Gradient Flow [https://gradientflow.com/].
Episodes
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Jul 13, 2023 • 51min
Using Data and AI to Democratize Entity Resolution and Master Data Management
Jeff Jonas is Founder and CEO of Senzing, a startup focused on democratizing entity resolution – making this deceptively complicated task easy for programmers to use and deploy.Subscribe to the Gradient Flow Newsletter: https://gradientflow.substack.com/Subscribe: Apple • Spotify • Stitcher • Google • AntennaPod • Podcast Addict • Amazon • RSS.Detailed show notes can be found on The Data Exchange web site.
Jul 6, 2023 • 49min
An Open Source Data Framework for LLMs
Jerry Liu is CEO and co-founder of LlamaIndex, an open source project and startup that builds tools that enable teams to augment LLMs with their own private data. Subscribe to the Gradient Flow Newsletter: https://gradientflow.substack.com/Subscribe: Apple • Spotify • Stitcher • Google • AntennaPod • Podcast Addict • Amazon • RSS.Detailed show notes can be found on The Data Exchange web site.
Jun 29, 2023 • 50min
Redefining AI Infrastructure: Deploying and Developing with a Next-Generation Developer Platform
Tim Davis is the Co-Founder & Chief Product Officer of Modular, a startup focused on building tools to help simplify AI infrastructure.Subscribe to the Gradient Flow Newsletter: https://gradientflow.substack.com/Subscribe: Apple • Spotify • Stitcher • Google • AntennaPod • Podcast Addict • Amazon • RSS.Detailed show notes can be found on The Data Exchange web site.
Jun 22, 2023 • 39min
The Rise of Custom Foundation Models
Andrew Feldman is CEO and co-founder of Cerebras, a startup that has released the fastest AI accelerator, based on the largest processor. We discussed Cerebras-GPT, a family of language models that have set new benchmarks for accuracy and compute efficiency, with sizes ranging from 111 million to 13 billion parameters.Subscribe to the Gradient Flow Newsletter: https://gradientflow.substack.com/Subscribe: Apple • Spotify • Stitcher • Google • AntennaPod • Podcast Addict • Amazon • RSS.Detailed show notes can be found on The Data Exchange web site.
Jun 15, 2023 • 48min
The Future of Vector Databases and the Rise of Instant Updates
Louis Brandy is VP of Engineering at Rockset, the real-time search and analytics database startup formed by the creators of the popular open source project, RocksDB. Subscribe to the Gradient Flow Newsletter: https://gradientflow.substack.com/Subscribe: Apple • Spotify • Stitcher • Google • AntennaPod • Podcast Addict • Amazon • RSS.Detailed show notes can be found on The Data Exchange web site.
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Jun 8, 2023 • 45min
LLMs Are the Key to Unlocking the Next Generation of Search
Amin Ahmad, the co-founder of Vectara, has played a crucial role in developing a powerful API platform specifically tailored for developers.Subscribe to the Gradient Flow Newsletter: https://gradientflow.substack.com/Subscribe: Apple • Spotify • Stitcher • Google • AntennaPod • Podcast Addict • Amazon • RSS.Detailed show notes can be found on The Data Exchange web site.
Jun 1, 2023 • 34min
Building and Deploying Foundation Models for Enterprises
Jonas Andrulis is the Founder & CEO Aleph Alpha, a startup that provides enterprise software solutions backed with their own large language models and multimodal modelsSubscribe to the Gradient Flow Newsletter: https://gradientflow.substack.com/Subscribe: Apple • Spotify • Stitcher • Google • AntennaPod • Podcast Addict • Amazon • RSS.Detailed show notes can be found on The Data Exchange web site.
May 25, 2023 • 32min
Building Robust AI Infrastructure for Critical Solutions
Alex Remedios, founder of Treebeardtech, leads a London-based consulting firm dedicated to assisting machine learning teams in constructing dependable, secure, and adaptable cloud infrastructures crucial for delivering business-critical artificial intelligence solutions. Subscribe to the Gradient Flow Newsletter: https://gradientflow.substack.com/Subscribe: Apple • Spotify • Stitcher • Google • AntennaPod • Podcast Addict • Amazon • RSS.Detailed show notes can be found on The Data Exchange web site.
May 18, 2023 • 46min
Machine Learning for High-Risk Applications
Patrick Hall, is co-founder of BNH and a visiting faculty member of decision sciences at the George Washington University School of Business. Agus Sudjianto, EVP, Head of Corporate Model Risk at Wells Fargo. We explore several topics covered in the new book Machine Learning for High-Risk Applications, co-authored by Patrick and with a foreword by Agus.Subscribe to the Gradient Flow Newsletter: https://gradientflow.substack.com/Subscribe: Apple • Spotify • Stitcher • Google • AntennaPod • Podcast Addict • Amazon • RSS.Detailed show notes can be found on The Data Exchange web site.
May 11, 2023 • 36min
Boosting Perception With Synthetic Data
Omar Maher is Director of Product Marketing at Parallel Domain, a startup that is advancing machine perception capabilities by harnessing the power of synthetic data. We delve into the growing adoption of synthetic data and the factors driving its use. We discuss major developments in synthetic data generation and its overlap with Generative AI. The conversation also covers data privacy, intellectual property, the generation of structured data like LiDAR, the current state of adoption, and key research directions to overcome existing challenges.Subscribe to the Gradient Flow Newsletter: https://gradientflow.substack.com/Subscribe: Apple • Spotify • Stitcher • Google • AntennaPod • Podcast Addict • Amazon • RSS.Detailed show notes can be found on The Data Exchange web site.
