Infinite Curiosity Pod with Prateek Joshi

Sergiy Nesterenko is the cofounder and CEO of Quilter, an AI platform to automate circuit board layout. He was previously at SpaceX for 5 years and he has a degree from UC Berkeley. They just announced their $10M Series A round led by Benchmark, one of Silicon Valley's most storied VC firms. (00:07) What is a PCB and its role in electronic devices (01:30) Examples of PCBs in everyday life (04:47) Manual components of the PCB design process (06:26) Introduction to Quilter and its automation of PCB layout(07:46) What can be automated in PCB layout design(08:44) Challenges in PCB layout design(10:12) The role of AI in automating PCB layout design(12:25) Criteria for PCB design and material selection(14:38) Thermal management in PCB design(15:05) Ensuring signal integrity in PCB design(19:44) The use of AI in PCB design(20:08) The future of AI in PCB design(22:07) The importance of material selection in PCB design(23:32) The importance of thermal management in PCB design(24:11) Ensuring signal integrity in densely packed PCBs(26:59) The potential impact of AI on the PCB design process(28:47) The importance of aesthetics in PCB design(29:14) The potential obsolescence of human designers in PCB design(30:26) Exciting innovations in PCB design(34:42) The need for systematic access to PCB design information(36:30) Rapid Fire RoundSergiy's favorite book: The Lord of the Rings trilogy (Author: J. R. R. Tolkien)--------Where to find Prateek Joshi: Newsletter: https://prateekjoshi.substack.com Website: https://prateekj.com LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/prateek-joshi-91047b19 Twitter: https://twitter.com/prateekvjoshi 

Explore the importance of data curation in AI models, challenges in data quality, removing types of data, relationship between data size and model size, choosing optimal data subset, future of data curation, impact on service providers. CEO of automated data curation platform shares insights. Estimating conceptual complexity algorithmically, automated data curation for ML training, exploring sector-specific approaches, optimizing model size and data size in ML.

Ofer Ronen is the CEO of Tomato.ai, an AI platform to soften speech accents of people as they speak. He was previously at Google where he built Contact Center AI products. Prior to this, he was the cofounder and CEO of Pulse.io and Sendori. (00:26) Accent Modification in Real Time (02:21) Training Data for AI Models (04:14) Overview of Tomato AI (05:36) Challenges in Modifying Speech Accents (07:17) Role of Phonetics and Linguistics (08:19) Handling Intonation and Subtleties in Different Languages (09:36) Advances in AI for Speech Modification (11:21) Addressing Societal Bias and Ethical Considerations (13:08) Expanding Accent Modification to Different Accents (14:20) Deployment on Mobile Devices and Computational Requirements (16:02) Disclosure Policy for Accent Modification (17:59) Future Applications of Speech Modification (19:48) Ripe Areas for Innovation in Contact Center AI (22:28) Impact of Generative AI on Speech Modification (24:53) Demonstrating Success in Contact Center AI (27:06) Future of AI and Speech Modification (28:37) Rapid Fire Round Ofer's favorite book: Life 3.0 (Author: Max Tegmark)--------Where to find Prateek Joshi: Newsletter: https://prateekjoshi.substack.com Website: https://prateekj.com LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/prateek-joshi-91047b19 Twitter: https://twitter.com/prateekvjoshi 

Itamar Arel is the CEO of Tenyx, where they are building intelligent voice AI agents. He was previously the founder of Apprente and Binatix. He was previously a visiting associate professor at Stanford. (00:22) State of Play in Voice AI (02:21) Modern Voice Agents (04:01) Building Voice AI Models (05:48) The Role of Developers (08:28) Introduction to Tenyx (09:52) Innovative Use Cases of Voice AI (15:20) Challenges in Voice AI (19:18) Scaling Voice AI Across Languages (21:45) Combating Misinformation in Voice AI (24:17) Voice AI and Human Creativity (26:49) Sensitive Use Cases of Voice AI (28:48) Voice AI in the Military (30:32) AI-Generated Voice and Disclosure (32:28) Future of Voice AI (34:04) Rapid Fire Round Itamar's favorite book: Consciousness and the Brain (Author: Stanislas Dehaene)--------Where to find Prateek Joshi: Newsletter: https://prateekjoshi.substack.com Website: https://prateekj.com LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/prateek-joshi-91047b19 Twitter: https://twitter.com/prateekvjoshi 

Guest Apoorv Agrawal, partner at Altimeter, discusses the rise of MANG VC, the impact of ChatGPT on investment strategies, the 'round trip' effect in investments, valuing AI businesses and market distortions. He also talks about raising capital from MANG VC and the future of AI in the next two years

Atif Rafiq is the cofounder and CEO of Ritual, a software app to speed up innovation and move ideas to action. He has held C-suite roles at McDonald's, Volvo, and MGM Resorts. He was previously the cofounder/CEO of Covigna, which is a content management software provider. He's the author of the book Decision Sprint, which was featured on the Wall Street Journal's bestseller list. (00:08) Defining the Future of Work(02:06) Skills for an AI-First Workplace(05:46) Evolution of Education Systems(08:24) Impact of AI on Skilled Professionals(10:30) Remote Work Effectiveness(12:47) Equipping Teams with AI Knowledge(15:46) Career Pivots towards AI(17:49) Practical Steps for Problem Solving(20:12) Value of AI Certifications(21:27) Introduction to Ritual(23:18) Surprising Discoveries with Ritual(26:17) The Future Workplace(29:09) Rapid Fire Round Atif's favorite book: Thinking, Fast and Slow (Author: Daniel Kahneman)--------Where to find Prateek Joshi: Newsletter: https://prateekjoshi.substack.com Website: https://prateekj.com LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/prateek-joshi-91047b19 Twitter: https://twitter.com/prateekvjoshi 

Curtis Northcutt is the cofounder and CEO of Cleanlab, a data curation platform for LLMs. They have raised $30M in funding from Bain Capital Ventures, Menlo, Databricks, and TQ. He was previously the cofounder and CTO of ChipBrain. He has a PhD in Computer Science from MIT.(00:07) Data Curation in the Context of LLMs(01:14) Connection between Language Models and Computer Science(03:14) Importance of Data Curation for LLMs(04:06) Challenges in Data Curation for LLMs(06:09) Confident Learning and its Concept(09:42) CleanLab and its Role(12:42) Role of Open Source Datasets and Tooling(15:08) Balancing Data and Privacy in Regulated Industries(17:25) Feasibility of Federated Learning(20:35) Decentralized Compute and Aggregating Compute Clusters(25:19) Determining Model Size for Data Representation(27:09) Advice for ML Engineers in Handling Data Curation(30:20) Rapid Fire RoundCurtis's favorite book: The Bible (in the context of marketing)--------Where to find Prateek Joshi: Newsletter: https://prateekjoshi.substack.com Website: https://prateekj.com LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/prateek-joshi-91047b19 Twitter: https://twitter.com/prateekvjoshi 

John Dulin, Founder and CEO of Modern Intelligence, discusses the state of AI in defense, the impact of AI on military tactics, real-time threat assessment, naval operations and maritime surveillance, startups and maritime technologies, naval dominance and global power, multi-intelligence in defense, the AI arms race, and the future of defense.

Talia Goldberg is a partner at Bessemer Venture Partners where she focuses on consumer internet, software, and AI. She became the youngest elected partner in firm history. Bessemer is a VC firm with a long and storied history with investments in companies like Twilio, Shopify, Pinterest, LinkedIn, Yelp, Twitch, and many more. In this episode, we cover a range of topics including: - Why is consumer the biggest beneficiary of AI - AI is generating massive consumer surplus - Why is RLHF only a secondary moat - Distribution tactics for consumer AI: virality via social proof, the Etsy effect, building for niche communities, standing on the shoulder of giants, "first order irrational, second order rational" - Conversion tactics for consumer AI: entertainment as conversion, community-driven conversion, gambling psychology - What does 2024 look like for AI startups and VCs Talia's favorite book: Poor Charlie's Almanack (Author: Charlie Munger)  --------Where to find Prateek Joshi: Newsletter: https://prateekjoshi.substack.com Website: https://prateekj.com LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/prateek-joshi-91047b19 Twitter: https://twitter.com/prateekvjoshi 

Dan Caron is the founder and CEO of Health Universe, where they are building an open source collaboration platform for health AI. He was previously the founder and CTO of Dark Pilot. Prior to that, he was the founder and COO of RxREVU. In this episode, we cover a range of topics including: - State of play in Health AI - Why open source in Health AI - The founding of Health Universe - Potential risks of using open source in healthcare - Regulatory environment - Open source vs commercial healthcare - Impact of the open source approach on healthcare providers and global healthcare disparities - The future of open source in Health AI Dan's favorite book: Build (Author: Tony Fadell)--------Where to find Prateek Joshi: Newsletter: https://prateekjoshi.substack.com Website: https://prateekj.com LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/prateek-joshi-91047b19 Twitter: https://twitter.com/prateekvjoshi