Infinite Curiosity Pod with Prateek Joshi

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

Ketan Umare is the cofounder and CEO of Union AI, a startup that's building a ML and Data Orchestration product powered by Flyte. They've raised $10M in funding led by NEA. Prior to this, he was at Lyft for 5 years where he created Flyte, an open source tool to automate ML and data workflows. In this episode, we cover a range of topics including:- Creating open source tools- Launching a startup- Business model of open source companies- Product discipline in early stage startups- Programming hygiene for ML practitioners

Leigh Marie Braswell is an investor at Founders Fund, one of the most successful VC firms in the world. Prior to that, she was one of the first 10 team members at Scale AI. A startup which is currently valued at more than $7 Billion. She was an ML engineer at Google before that. She has a degree from MIT and loves to play poker.In this episode, we cover a range of topics including:- Key learnings during her time at Scale AI- How she identifies promising startups- Startup opportunities in ML infrastructure- Large Language Models- Applications of ML- Product management at AI startups--------Where to find Prateek Joshi:Newsletter: https://prateekjoshi.substack.comWebsite: http://prateekj.comLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/prateek-joshi-91047b19

Phil Howes is the cofounder and Chief Scientist of Baseten, an ML application builder for data scientists. They have raised $20M from top tier investors such as Greylock, Mustafa Suleyman, DJ Patil, and Greg Brockman. He was previously the co-founder of Shape, a people analytics platform acquired by Reflektive in 2018. Prior to that, he was an ML Engineer at Gumroad. He has a PhD in Mathematics from the University of Sydney.In this episode, we cover a range of topics including:- Top 3 learnings from running his first startup- What he's building now at Baseten- How to think about design and UX for ML products- Pricing mechanics- Competitive landscape - Their open source strategy - How they got their first 10 users- Self serve strategy for ML products- Measuring customer success--------Where to find Prateek Joshi:Newsletter: https://prateekjoshi.substack.comWebsite: http://prateekj.comLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/prateek-joshi-91047b19

Sadie St. Lawrence is the Founder and CEO of Women in Data, the #1 Community for Women in AI and Tech. It has over 20,000 individuals and has representation in 17 countries and 50 cities. She has trained over 350,000 people in data science. Her work has been featured in USA Today. And she's the recipient of the 10 Most Admired Business Women to Watch in 2021.In this episode, we cover a range of topics including:- Launching a new community focused on AI and Data- How to get the first 10 members to join- Growing the community from 10 to 20,000- Running growth experiments- How to keep a community interesting