Ep 34: Eric Ries and Jeremy Howard (Answer.ai) on the Biggest Mistakes AI Founders are Making and Building the Bell Labs of AI
Description
In this week’s episode of Unsupervised Learning, we delve into the forefront of AI innovation with Eric Ries and Jeremy Howard. Eric Ries, renowned for pioneering the Lean Startup movement, has consistently influenced modern entrepreneurial strategies with his emphasis on agile, sustainable growth through innovation. Jeremy Howard is known for his contributions to deep learning and data science, co-founding the fast.ai educational initiative that democratizes access to cutting-edge AI learning.
Eric's new podcast and newsletter:
(0:00 ) intro
(0:33 ) The Lean Startup
4:34 ) thinking about defensibility
(9:10 ) best way to get caught up on AI
(11:34 ) starting Answer.ai
(23:48 ) efficient fine-tuning of Llama 3
(38:21 ) AI regulations
(48:27 ) over-hyped/under-hyped
(48:53 ) most exciting AI startups
(55:37 ) Jacob and Jordan debrief
With your co-hosts:
@jacobeffron
- Partner at Redpoint, Former PM Flatiron Health
@patrickachase
- Partner at Redpoint, Former ML Engineer LinkedIn
@ericabrescia
- Former COO Github, Founder Bitnami (acq’d by VMWare)
@jordan_segall
- Partner at Redpoint
United States
