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The podcast where Prateek Joshi interviews world-class AI founders and VCs. Each episode dives deep into a specific topic in AI. You can visit prateekj.com to learn more about the host.
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Amias Gerety is a partner at QED Investors, a fintech-focused VC firm with $3.8 Billion under management. He was previously the Assistant Secretary at the US Department of Treasury. And he graduated from Harvard. Amias's favorite book: The Origin of Species (Author: Charles Darwin)(00:01) Introduction and Setting the Stage(00:29) The Status Quo: AI Agents and Online Purchases(02:20) The Current Payment Infrastructure Explained(04:42) Automation Today: Auto-Complete and Recurring Payments(06:0...
Cody Coleman is the cofounder and CEO of Coactive AI, a multimodal AI platform to accelerate metadata generation. They recently raised their $30M Series B co-led by Cherryrock Capital and Emerson Collective along with participation from Greycroft, Andreessen Horowitz, and Bessemer Venture Partners. He has a masters degree from MIT and a PhD from Stanford. Cody's favorite books: - The Inner Game of Tennis (Author: W. Timonthy Gallwey) - Gettine More (Author: Stuart Diamond)(00:01) Introduction...
Gilwoo Lee is the founder and CEO of Zordi, a company that builds and operates autonomous greenhouses with mobile robots and AI. They raised $20M in their most recent funding round led by Khosla Ventures. She has degrees from MIT, CMU, and University of Washington. Gilwoo's favorite book: Masayoshi Son's 300-Year Plan (Author: Takashi Sugimoto)(00:01) Introduction(00:08) What is a Greenhouse?(01:08) Greenhouse Usage in Different Regions(02:45) Advantages and Challenges of Greenhouses(06:15) C...
Vivas Kumar is the cofounder and CEO of Mitra Chem, the first lithium-ion battery materials product company focused on shortening the lab-to-production timeline by over 90%. They recently raised more than $80M in funding from Social Capital, General Motors, Alpha Wave Ventures, and others. Vivas's favorite book: Long Walk to Freedom: The Autobiography of Nelson Mandela (Author: Nelson Mandela)(00:01) Introduction(02:25) How Lithium-Ion Batteries Work(04:56) Evolution of Battery Materials(06:4...
Alan Cowen is the cofounder and CEO of Hume, a company building voice-to-voice foundation models. They recently raised their $50M Series B from Union Square Ventures, Nat Friedman, Daniel Gross, and others. Alan's favorite book: 1984 (Author: George Orwell)(00:01) Introduction(00:06) Defining Voice-to-Voice Foundation Models(01:26) Historical Context: Handling Voice and Speech Understanding(03:54) Emotion Detection in Voice AI Models(04:33) Training Models to Recognize Human Emotion in Speech...
Hassaan Raza is the cofounder and CEO of Tavus, a video API platform for digital twins. They've raised more than $28M in funding from investors such as Sequoia and Scale VP. Hassaan's favorite book: Go Like Hell (Author: A. J. Baime)(00:01) Introduction(00:38) Overview of AI in video generation(01:44) AI models used in video generation(03:35) Capturing intricate facial movements in real-time(06:46) Data capture and 3D modeling from basic video input(09:01) Explanation of neural radiance field...
Alex Gallego is the founder and CEO of Redpanda, a streaming data platform built for data-intensive applications. They've raised more than $165M in funding from investors such as Lightspeed, GV, and Haystack. He was previously the cofounder and CTO of Concord Systems. (00:01) Introduction(00:07) Defining Streaming Data(04:14) Evolution of Streaming Data Systems Over the Last 10 Years(09:10) Introduction to Sovereign AI(14:14) How Sovereign AI Works in Practice(19:51) Infrastructure Needed for...
Will Lu is the cofounder and CTO of Orby AI, an AI platform to automate people's repetitive tasks. He was previously the Head of Engineering at Google and a Systems Software Engineer at Nvidia. Will's favorite book: Beyond Enterpreneurship (Authors: Jim Collins and William Lazier) (00:01) Introduction(00:07) History of RPA(01:04) Building Blocks of RPA(02:34) Drawbacks of Traditional RPA(05:06) Introduction to AI-Native RPA(06:38) Advantages of AI-Native RPA(08:14) Defining Generative Process...
Tim Tully is a partner at Menlo Ventures, a VC firm that has invested in companies like Uber, Anthropic, Pinecone, Benchling, Chime, Carta, Recursion, and more. He was previously the CTO of Splunk, a publicly traded company that was acquired by Cisco for $28 billion. Prior to that, he was the VP of Engineering at Yahoo for 14 years. Tim's favorite book: Infinite Jest (Author: David Foster Wallace)(00:01) Introduction(00:07) Evolution of Databases(03:17) Enduring Business Models in Data Manage...
Brad Porter is the founder and CEO of Collaborative Robotics, where they are building robots that will seamlessly blend into our surroundings. They've raised funding from Sequoia Capital, Khosla Ventures, General Catalyst, and Lux Capital. He was previously the CTO of Scale AI. Prior to that, he was the VP of Robotics at Amazon. He has a bachelors and masters degree from MIT. Brad's favorite book: Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel (Author: Virginia Lee Burton)(00:00) Introduction(02:11) Coll...
Mehul Nariyawala is the cofounder of Matic where they are building the world's most advanced floor cleaning robots. He was previously the cofounder of Flutter, which was acquired by Google. During his career, he has held roles at Google, Like.com, and Salesforce. Mehul's favorite books: - The Martian (Author: Andy Weir)- Lyndon Johnson series (Author: Robert Caro)- Shoe Dog (Author: Phil Knight)- The Making of the Atomic Bomb (Author: Richard Rhodes)(00:00) Introduction and Core Technol...
Krish Ramineni is the cofounder and CEO of Fireflies, an AI meeting assistant that takes notes, transcribes, and analyzes all your meetings. It's used across 300,000 organizations around the world with 70% of the Fortune 500 companies using it. He was previously the cofounder of Rumblii and was at Microsoft working on customer voice analytics. Krish's favorite book: Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World (Author: Jack Weatherford) (00:04) Introduction(00:11) State of Play in Voice AI...
Surge Biswas is the cofounder and CEO of Nabla Bio, an AI platform to enable precise drug design and high-throughput measurement of drug properties. They recently raised $26M Series A led by Radical Ventures. He has a PhD in Bioinformatics and Integrative Genomics from Harvard University. Surge's favorite book: Permutation City (Author: Greg Egan)(00:01) Introduction(00:07) Generative AI in Drug Design(01:19) Traditional vs. AI-driven Drug Discovery(03:42) Designing Antibodies(05:06) Therapeu...
Michael Kohen is the founder and CEO of SparkAI, a platform that delivers real-time resolutions to longtail AI exceptions in production. SparkAI was acquired by John Deere. He was previously the cofounder of Wonder. He has also held roles at Zoox and Hero. And he got his bachelors degree from Harvard University. Michael's favorite book: Star Maker (Author: Olaf Stapledon)(00:00) Introduction and Definition of AI Edge Cases(02:24) Examples of Edge Cases in Everyday Life(03:09) Importance of Ed...
Eric Daimler is the cofounder and CEO of Conexus AI, a data management platform that provides composable and machine-verifiable data integration. He was previously an assistant dean and assistant professor at Carnegie Mellon University. He was the founding partner of Hg Analytics and managing director at Skilled Science. He was also the White House Presidential Innovation Fellow for Machine Intelligence and Robotics. Eric's favorite book: ReCulturing (Author: Melissa Daimler) (00:00) Understa...
Edward Suh is the founder and managing partner of Alpine Ventures, an early stage venture capital fund. He was previously at Goodwater Capital and Redpoint Ventures. He has bachelors and masters degree from Stanford specializing in AI. Edward's favorite book: Poor Charlie's Almanack (Author: Charlie Munger) (00:00) Introduction and Investing Framework(06:02) Cold Emailing and Honest Feedback(13:23) Biases and Opportunities in the VC Ecosystem(20:47) Disruption and Ownership in the AI Tech Sta...
Julia Klein is a partner at March Capital, a growth-stage VC firm. Prior to this, she was the cofounder and CEO of CareerPeer. She has an MBA from Harvard.Julia's favorite books: - Brandon Sanderson's books- The Nightingale (Author: Kristin Hannah)- Crime and Punishment (Author: Fyodor Dostoevsky)- The Will of the Many (Author: James Islington)(00:00) Introduction(00:07) What Sets an AI Startup Apart(05:14) The Rise of Generative AI(08:00) AI and Digital Biology(08:38) Opportunities in Comput...
Anand Kannappan is the cofounder and CEO of Patronus AI, an automated AI evaluation and security company. They have raised funding from Lightspeed Venture Partners, Replit CEO Amjad Masad, Gokul Rajaram, and Fortune 500 executives. He was previously at Meta and Vertis. He was also the cofounder of Kyber Technologies, which was a service to systematically predict market events using AI and remote sensing data. It evolved into a futures quant hedge fund managing $15M for partners. Anand's favor...
Camilo Acosta is a GP at Perceptive VC, a pre-seed and seed stage venture firm investing in AI-first companies across the US and Latin America. He was previously a product lead at Meta. Prior to that, he was the cofounder and CEO of Pay By Group. Camilo's favorite book: The Power Law (Author: Sebastian Mallaby)(00:00) Introduction (00:29) Key Factors for AI Startup Success(01:23) Disruptive Opportunities for Startups in the AI Tech Stack(03:15) Challenges and Opportunities in AI Hardware(04:1...
Anima Anandkumar is a Bren Professor at Caltech. Her work developing novel AI algorithms enables and accelerates scientific applications of AI, including scientific simulations, weather forecasting, autonomous drone flights, and drug design. She has received best paper awards at venues such as NeurIPS and the ACM Gordon Bell Special Prize for HPC-Based COVID-19 Research. She holds degrees from the IIT Madras and Cornell University. She has conducted postdoctoral research at MIT. She was previ...
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