Brian Moore is CEO of Voxel51, a data infra platform for visual AI. They most recently raised a $30M Series B led by Bessemer.  

Brian's favorite books: Trillion Dollar Coach (Author: Eric Schmidt, Jonathan Rosenberg, and Alan Eagle)

(00:01 ) Introduction and setup
(00:22 ) Defining visual AI — beyond traditional computer vision
(02:14 ) Why visual data is so hard to manage
(04:17 ) Common “gotchas” in image and video datasets
(06:43 ) Is it a data problem or a model problem?
(09:41 ) The importance of edge cases and scenario analysis
(10:46 ) Coverage and handling rare events in datasets
(13:35 ) Using synthetic data and foundation models to fill data gaps
(14:25 ) The origin story of Voxel51 and the birth of FiftyOne
(17:56 ) Open source strategy and community growth
(19:31 ) Handling massive visual datasets — storage best practices
(22:03 ) Cost vs. quality tradeoffs in video storage
(23:54 ) Cleaning and indexing messy datasets
(25:49 ) Measuring real progress — beyond simple metrics
(27:40 ) Compute bottlenecks and faster iteration loops
(30:05 ) The economics of data infrastructure
(31:53 ) Labeling inefficiencies and smarter annotation workflows
(33:56 ) Hidden costs of data wrangling and wasted engineering time
(35:10 ) Positioning Voxel51 and lessons for founders
(37:53 ) The future of visual AI and missing industry standards
(40:36 ) Rapid Fire Round

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Where to find Brian Moore: 

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/brimoor/

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