
Infinite Curiosity Pod with Prateek Joshi
The best place to find out how AI builders build. The host Prateek Joshi interviews world-class AI founders and VCs on this podcast. You can visit prateekj.com to learn more about the host.
Latest episodes

Sep 5, 2023 • 44min
AI coprocessor for data, Relational knowledge graphs | Molham Aref, CEO of RelationalAI
Molham Aref is the CEO of RelationalAI, an AI coprocessor for the data cloud. They have raised $122M in funding from the likes of Tiger Global, Madrona, Addition, and Menlo Ventures. He is a serial enterpreneur and has been the CEO of LogicBlox, Predictix, and Optimi.In this episode, we cover a range of topics including: - Relational knowledge graphs - Knowledge graphs for AI-driven applications - What is an AI coprocessor - Graph analytics - Interaction between ML infrastructure and knowledge graph infrastructure - Data infrastructure for AI compute Molham's favorite book: The Datapreneurs (Author: Bob Muglia)--------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

Aug 31, 2023 • 18min
Prateek talks about 8 strategies to speed up ML on different hardware platforms
In this episode, the host Prateek Joshi talks about:- why do we care about this problem- who needs it- how does it work- list of 8 strategies to speed up ML--------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

Aug 28, 2023 • 40min
Object store for AI workloads | Anand Babu Periasamy, cofounder and CEO of MinIO
Anand Babu "AB" Periasamy is the cofounder and CEO of MinIO, a high performance object storage for AI that's built for large scale workloads. They have raised $126M in funding from the likes of General Catalyst, Softbank, Intel Capital, and Nexus Venture Partners. It's the world's fastest growing object storage company with more than 1 billion Docker pulls and more than 35K stars on GitHub. He's also an angel investor with investments in companies like H2O.ai, Isovalent, Starburst, Postman, and many more. He was previously the cofounder and CTO of Gluster, which got acquired by Red Hat. In this episode, we cover a range of topics including: - Why is storage important for AI workflows - What are the characteristics of a good data storage product - Repatriation of data from public cloud to on-prem - Running ML experiments in parallel - AI compute offerings from data infrastructure providers - Making data infrastructure faster and cheaper AB's favorite book: An Awesome Book! (Author: Dallas Clayton)--------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

Aug 21, 2023 • 40min
AI assistant for software development | Eran Yahav, cofounder and CTO of Tabnine
Eran Yahav is the cofounder and CTO of Tabnine, an AI assistant that developers can use to build software faster. He's a professor at Technion - Israel Institute of Technology and was previously a researcher at IBM. He has a PhD in Computer Science from Tel Aviv University. In this episode, we cover a range of topics including: - Tasks in software development - What tasks are likely to benefit from LLMs - The launch of Tabnine Chat - Characteristics of a good AI coding assistant - Making AI coding assistants context-aware - Generic LLMs vs domain specific LLMs - AI copilot for devops work Eran's favorite book: Catch-22 (Author: Joseph Heller)--------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

Aug 17, 2023 • 15min
Prateek talks about Data Orchestration
In this episode, the host Prateek Joshi talks about:- why do we need data orchestration - what exactly is it- how does it work- where is it used in the real world- market landscape of tools --------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

Aug 14, 2023 • 40min
No-Code Generative AI, Domain specific LLMs, AI experimentation | Karthik Dinakar, cofounder and CTO of Pienso
Karthik Dinakar is the cofounder and CTO of Pienso, an interactive AI platform anyone can use to turn text data into insights without requiring any coding. He has a PhD in Machine Learning from MIT. He has held roles at MIT Media Lab, Microsoft, and Deutsche Bank. In this episode, we cover a range of topics including: - Tech stack of Generative AI applications - Problem with general purpose LLMs - Training LLMs on my own data - Making LLMs faster and cheaper - Shortage of AI compute - Context windows - Pursuit of AGI Karthik's favorite books: - Introduction to Algorithms (Authors: Thomas H. Cormen, Charles E. Leiserson, Ronald L. Rivest, Clifford Stein) - Mindstorms: Children, Computers, And Powerful Ideas (Author: Seymour Peypert) --------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

Aug 10, 2023 • 16min
Prateek talks about 7 skills that ML builders should develop
In this episode, the host Prateek Joshi talks about 7 skills that ML builders should develop when they build products.--------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

Aug 7, 2023 • 43min
Compute layer for data, Vector search, AI infrastructure | Venkat Venkataramani, cofounder and CEO of Rockset
Venkat Venkataramani is the cofounder and CEO of Rockset, a real-time search and analytics database built for the cloud. They've raised more than $60M in funding from the likes of Greylock and Sequoia. He was previously at Meta for 8 years and Oracle for 5.5 years. He has spent his entire life building data products, so he has a ton of insights on this topic. In this episode, we cover a range of topics including: - Separation of storage and compute - Isolating compute for ingest and query - Converged Index - Vector search - Stream Processing Systems vs Real-Time Analytics Databases - Data infra for AI applications - Bringing compute to data Venkat's favorite books: - The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (Author: Douglas Adams)- The Three-Body Problem (Author: Liu Cixin)--------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

Aug 3, 2023 • 15min
Prateek talks about Geometric Deep Learning
In this episode, the host Prateek Joshi talks about: - The concept of Geometric Deep Learning - Why do we need it - How does it work - Where is it used in the real world --------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

Jul 31, 2023 • 40min
Speeding up Generative AI models | Luis Ceze, cofounder and CEO of OctoML
Luis Ceze is the cofounder and CEO of OctoML, a platform that offers compute infrastructure to fine-tune, run, and scale your AI models. He's a professor at University of Washington and a venture partner at Madrona. He was previously the cofounder of Corensic. He has a PhD in Computer Science from University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. In this episode, we cover a range of topics including: - OctoAI product announcement - How to make LLMs faster and cheaper - Training your own LLMs - The perceived shortage of AI compute - Enterprise spend on AI compute - Applications being built using OctoML - Domain specific models Luis's favorite books:- Thinking, Fast and Slow (Author: Daniel Kahneman)- Blindness (Author: Jose Saramago)--------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