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·Sep 14

Datacast Episode 126: Vector Search Engine, Building An Open-Source Business, and Digital Technology Through The Lens of Language with Bob Van Luijt

The 126th episode of Datacast is my conversation with Bob Van Luijt, the CEO and co-founder of Weaviate, the business created around the open-source vector database Weaviate. Our wide-ranging conversation touches on his teenage years building software for fun, his education in jazz and music composition, his consultancy agency Kubrickology…

Vector Database

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E126: Vector Search, Building An OSS Business, and Digital Tech via Language with Bob Van Luijt
E126: Vector Search, Building An OSS Business, and Digital Tech via Language with Bob Van Luijt
Vector Database

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·Sep 4

Datacast Episode 125: The Next Wave of Developer Platforms, Data Products, and Software Infrastructure with Sakib Dadi

The 125th episode of Datacast is my conversation with Sakib Dadi — a Vice President at Bessemer Venture Partners. He focuses primarily on early-stage investments in developer platforms, data products, and software infrastructure. Our wide-ranging conversation touches on his undergraduate experience at UPenn; his decision to pursue venture capital at…

Venture Capital

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E125: The Next Wave of Developer Platforms, Data Products, and Software Infra with Sakib Dadi
E125: The Next Wave of Developer Platforms, Data Products, and Software Infra with Sakib Dadi
Venture Capital

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·Aug 31

Datacast Episode 124: The Open-Source Cloud Playbook, The Modular Future of Data and AI Infrastructure, and Meta-Learning as a VC with Casber Wang

The 124th episode of Datacast is my conversation with Casber Wang — a Partner at Sapphire Ventures. He focuses primarily on security, enterprise infrastructure, and data analytics. Our wide-ranging conversation touches on his undergraduate experience at UC Berkeley; his transition from investment banking to venture capital; his current journey at…

Venture Capital

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E124: The Open-Source Playbook, The Modular Future of AI Infra, and Meta-Learning with Casber Wang
E124: The Open-Source Playbook, The Modular Future of AI Infra, and Meta-Learning with Casber Wang
Venture Capital

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·Aug 21

Datacast Episode 123: AI Monitoring, Product-Oriented Data Science, and the Israeli ML Community with Itai Bar Sinai

The 123rd episode of Datacast is my conversation with Itai Bar Sinai — the Chief Product Officer and co-founder at Mona Labs, the leading AI monitoring intelligence company. Our wide-ranging conversation touches on his education in Math and Computer Science; his early career as a software engineer at Google; his…

Monitoring

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E123: AI Monitoring, Product-Oriented Data Science, and the Israeli ML Community with Itai Bar…
E123: AI Monitoring, Product-Oriented Data Science, and the Israeli ML Community with Itai Bar…
Monitoring

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·Aug 1

Datacast Episode 122: The Evolution of Data Visualization, Scaling Data Culture, and The Future of Data Transformation with Gabi Steele

The 122nd episode of Datacast is my conversation with Gabi Steele — the co-founder and co-CEO of Preql, a no-code data transformation tool that empowers business users to model and manage their own metrics. Our wide-ranging conversation touches on her entrance into data visualization by way of graphic design; her…

Data Visualization

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Datacas Episode 122: Data Visualization, Data Culture, and Data Transformation with Gabi Steele
Datacas Episode 122: Data Visualization, Data Culture, and Data Transformation with Gabi Steele
Data Visualization

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·Jul 14

Datacast Episode 121: High-Performance Processing Engine, Modern Data Streaming, and Propelling Minority in Tech with Alex Gallego

The 121st episode of Datacast is my conversation with Alexander Gallego, the founder and CEO of Redpanda Data, a high-performance, Apache Kafka-compatible data streaming platform for mission-critical workloads. …

Streaming

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E121: High-Perf Processing Engine, Modern Data Streaming, and Minority In Tech with Alex Gallego
E121: High-Perf Processing Engine, Modern Data Streaming, and Minority In Tech with Alex Gallego
Streaming

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·Jun 26

Datacast Episode 120: Next-Generation Experimentation, Statistics Engineering, and The Modern Growth Stack with Chetan Sharma

The 120th episode of Datacast is my conversation with Chetan Sharma, the Founder & CEO of Eppo, a next-gen A/B experimentation platform that is designed to spur entrepreneurial culture. Our wide-ranging conversation touches on his electrical engineering education at Stanford, his first job as an analyst focused on healthcare policy…

Experimentation

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E120: Next-Gen Experimentation, Statistics Engineering, and The Modern Growth Stack w/ Chetan…
E120: Next-Gen Experimentation, Statistics Engineering, and The Modern Growth Stack w/ Chetan…
Experimentation

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·Jun 16

Datacast Episode 119: Experimentation Culture, Immutable Data Warehouse, The Data Collaboration Problem, and The Rise of Data Contracts with Chad Sanderson

The 119th episode of Datacast is my conversation with Chad Sanderson, who was previously the Product Lead for Convoy’s Data Platform team. He has built everything from feature stores, experimentation platforms, metrics layers, streaming platforms, analytics tools, data discovery systems, and workflow development platforms. Our wide-ranging conversation touches on his…

Data Quality

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E119: Experimentation Culture, Immutable Data Warehouse, and Data Contracts with Chad Sanderson
E119: Experimentation Culture, Immutable Data Warehouse, and Data Contracts with Chad Sanderson
Data Quality

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·Jun 11

Datacast Episode 118: Overcoming Hardships, Confident Learning, Dataset Improvement, and The Ph.D. Rapper with Curtis Northcutt

The 118th episode of Datacast is my conversation with Curtis Northcutt, an American computer scientist and entrepreneur focusing on AI to empower people. Our wide-ranging conversation touches on his upbringing in rural Kentucky, his education in Computer Science at Vanderbilt, his time at MIT pursuing a Ph.D. in dataset uncertainty…

Open Source

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Episode 118: Confident Learning, Dataset Improvement, and The PhD Rapper with Curtis Northcutt
Episode 118: Confident Learning, Dataset Improvement, and The PhD Rapper with Curtis Northcutt
Open Source

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·May 30

Datacast Episode 117: Vector Databases, The Embeddings Revolution, and Working in China with Frank Liu

The 117th episode of Datacast is my conversation with Frank Liu, the Director of Operations at Zilliz with nearly a decade of industry experience in machine learning and hardware engineering. Our wide-ranging conversation touches on his upbringing moving from China to the US, his education in Electrical Engineering at Stanford…

Vector Database

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Datacast E117: Vector Databases, The Embeddings Revolution, and Working in China with Frank Liu
Datacast E117: Vector Databases, The Embeddings Revolution, and Working in China with Frank Liu
Vector Database

20 min read

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