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Avoid "Burning Star Syndrome" using Smart AI Investment Strategies with Kunal Sawarkar

Avoid "Burning Star Syndrome" using Smart AI Investment Strategies with Kunal Sawarkar

Update: 2025-04-24
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In this episode of The Lean AI Podcast, host Ben Hafele is joined by Kunal Sawarkar, Chief Data Scientist and Distinguished Engineer at IBM. Together, they discuss practical strategies for embedding AI into products successfully, including Kunal's "burning star syndrome" approach to AI investment, the importance of customer-focused problem solving, and building the right talent composition for AI teams.


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