Infinite Curiosity Pod with Prateek Joshi

Alessya Visnjic is the cofounder and CEO of WhyLabs, which is an AI and data observability platform. She was previously a CTO-in-residence at the Allen Institute. Prior to that, she spent 9 years at Amazon building various machine learning products. In this episode, we cover a range of topics including: - AI observability - Being a founder - Getting the first 5 customers - How does an AI model fail - How to validate the problem as a founder - How to measure the ROI of your product --------Where to find Prateek Joshi: Newsletter: https://prateekjoshi.substack.com Website: http://prateekj.com LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/prateek-joshi-91047b19 

Rak Garg is an investor at Bain Capital Ventures focusing on companies in infrastructure tools, machine learning, and cybersecurity. He was previously a product lead at Atlassian and Redfin. In this episode, we cover a range of topics including:- how he got into venture capital- key learnings from working with startups- trends in the ML infrastructure space- generative AI- how content platforms should look at AI generated content- product management at early stage startups--------Where to find Prateek Joshi:Newsletter: https://prateekjoshi.substack.comWebsite: http://prateekj.comLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/prateek-joshi-91047b19

Howie Xu is the VP of Machine Learning and AI at Zscaler. He was previously the cofounder and CEO of TrustPath where they built a product to transform security with ML. He's a guest lecturer at Stanford and serves on the boards of startups. He was an EIR at Greylock. He is the Founder of VMware networking team, which went on to build legendary products.In this episode, we cover a range of topics including:- Why do we need ML in cybersecurity- The 0-1 phase of building a product and taking it to market- Being a founder- Validating the problem as a founder- How to get the first 5 customers- Company building- How to incorporate ML into your product--------Where to find Prateek Joshi:Newsletter: https://prateekjoshi.substack.comWebsite: http://prateekj.comLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/prateek-joshi-91047b19

Peggy Tsai is the Chief Data Officer at BigID, where they provide data intelligence that enables companies to know their data for privacy, protection, and governance. Over the last 15 years, she has held data leadership roles at S&P Global Ratings, Morgan Stanley, and AIG. In this episode, we cover a range of topics including:- data governance- building a data strategy- how to protect data- how to measure data quality- how to build a good career--------Where to find Prateek Joshi:Newsletter: https://prateekjoshi.substack.comWebsite: http://prateekj.comLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/prateek-joshi-91047b19

Jay Madheswaran is the founder and CEO of Butler Labs, a platform that helps developers turn AI into easy to use APIs. He was previously a partner at Lightspeed, one of the most successful VC firms in the world. Before that, he was the first engineer at Rubrik, which went to become a multibillion dollar company. In this episode, we cover a range of topics including:- his learnings as the first engineer at Rubrik and being there during the 0-1 phase- how he evaluates companies as a VC- how to equip software engineers to use AI tools- what he's building at Butler Labs- how they validated the problem with their customers- how they got their first 5 customers- trends in ML infrastructure- product discipline in ML--------Where to find Prateek Joshi:Newsletter: https://prateekjoshi.substack.comWebsite: http://prateekj.comLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/prateek-joshi-91047b19

Jeremie Harris is the cofounder of Gladstone AI where they're working on AI safety and security. He's the host of the Towards Data Science podcast. He was previously the cofounder of SharpestMinds, a marketplace for one-on-one income share agreements. He was pursuing a PhD in quantum mechanics when he decided to jump into AI.In this episode, we cover a range of topics including:- AI safety and security- AI policy- Working with governments- Superintelligence- AI alignment problem--------Where to find Prateek Joshi:Newsletter: https://prateekjoshi.substack.comWebsite: http://prateekj.comLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/prateek-joshi-91047b19

Jon Cooke is the founder of Dataception. It's a consulting firm that helps organizations build data and AI solutions to accelerate decision making. He has previously held leadership roles in Databricks, PwC, and Rule Financial.In this episode, we cover a range of topics including:- data product pyramid- data product marketplace- data mesh- how business teams should communicate with data teams--------Where to find Prateek Joshi:Newsletter: https://prateekjoshi.substack.comWebsite: http://prateekj.comLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/prateek-joshi-91047b19

Oliver Hughes is the cofounder and CEO of Count. It's a collaborative data platform that helps teams work with data. He was previously at Tesco and graduated from University of Cambridge.In this episode, we cover a range of topics including:- What is data collaboration- How to build a collaborative product for ML teams- What he's building at Count- Key takeaways from being a founder- How to engage users- How they got their first 10 customers- How data roles will evolve in the future--------Where to find Prateek Joshi:Newsletter: https://prateekjoshi.substack.comWebsite: http://prateekj.comLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/prateek-joshi-91047b19

Egor Gryaznov is the cofounder and CTO of Bigeye. It's a data observability platform that helps teams measure and improve data quality. Before that, he was at Uber where he scaled the company's first data warehouse, supporting thousands of internal users and mission-critical workloads.In this episode, we cover a range of topics including:- Key takeaways on being a founder- What he's building now at Bigeye- How to do customer discovery- Why do we need data observability- How to measure data quality- What is data reliability- What should early stage ML practitioners spend their time on--------Where to find Prateek Joshi:Newsletter: https://prateekjoshi.substack.comWebsite: http://prateekj.comLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/prateek-joshi-91047b19

Fabiana Clemente is the cofounder and CEO of YData, a startup that's provides a data-centric platform to accelerates AI development by improving the quality of training datasets. She's a founding member of Synthetic Data Community and AI Infrastructure Alliance. You can check out Data-Centric AI community and YData's open source offering. In this episode, we cover a range of topics including:- Synthetic data generation- Data quality- Quality profiling- Being a founder- How they got their first 5 customers- How to maintain product discipline as you serve bigger customers--------Where to find Prateek Joshi:Newsletter: https://prateekjoshi.substack.comWebsite: http://prateekj.comLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/prateek-joshi-91047b19