The Data Exchange with Ben Lorica
Ben Lorica
A series of informal conversations with thought leaders, researchers, practitioners, and writers on a wide range of topics in technology, science, and of course big data, data science, artificial intelligence, and related applications. Anchored by Ben Lorica (@BigData), the Data Exchange also features a roundup of the most important stories from the worlds of data, machine learning and AI. Detailed show notes for each episode can be found on https://thedataexchange.media/ The Data Exchange podcast is a production of Gradient Flow [https://gradientflow.com/].
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Jul 27, 2023 • 1h 1min
The Future of Graph Databases
Emil Eifrem is co-founder and CEO of Neo4j, the leading graph database and graph data science software provider. We discussed a range of topics including: the current state of graph databases, graph data science and graph neural networks, vector databases, the interplay between LLMs, knowledge graphs, and graph databases.Subscribe to the Gradient Flow Newsletter: https://gradientflow.substack.com/Subscribe: Apple • Spotify • Stitcher • Google • AntennaPod • Podcast Addict • Amazon • RSS.Detailed show notes can be found on The Data Exchange web site.
Jul 20, 2023 • 38min
Delivering Safe and Effective LLM and NLP Applications
David Talby is the CTO and Founder of John Snow Labs, the company behind two popular open source projects: Spark NLP and LangTest. In this episode we focus on LangTest, an open-source Python library designed to help developers deliver safe and effective Natural Language Processing (NLP) models. [Note: After we recorded this episode, NLTest was renamed to LangTest.]Subscribe to the Gradient Flow Newsletter: https://gradientflow.substack.com/Subscribe: Apple • Spotify • Stitcher • Google • AntennaPod • Podcast Addict • Amazon • RSS.Detailed show notes can be found on The Data Exchange web site.
Jul 13, 2023 • 51min
Using Data and AI to Democratize Entity Resolution and Master Data Management
Jeff Jonas is Founder and CEO of Senzing, a startup focused on democratizing entity resolution – making this deceptively complicated task easy for programmers to use and deploy.Subscribe to the Gradient Flow Newsletter: https://gradientflow.substack.com/Subscribe: Apple • Spotify • Stitcher • Google • AntennaPod • Podcast Addict • Amazon • RSS.Detailed show notes can be found on The Data Exchange web site.
Jul 6, 2023 • 49min
An Open Source Data Framework for LLMs
Jerry Liu is CEO and co-founder of LlamaIndex, an open source project and startup that builds tools that enable teams to augment LLMs with their own private data. Subscribe to the Gradient Flow Newsletter: https://gradientflow.substack.com/Subscribe: Apple • Spotify • Stitcher • Google • AntennaPod • Podcast Addict • Amazon • RSS.Detailed show notes can be found on The Data Exchange web site.
Jun 29, 2023 • 50min
Redefining AI Infrastructure: Deploying and Developing with a Next-Generation Developer Platform
Tim Davis is the Co-Founder & Chief Product Officer of Modular, a startup focused on building tools to help simplify AI infrastructure.Subscribe to the Gradient Flow Newsletter: https://gradientflow.substack.com/Subscribe: Apple • Spotify • Stitcher • Google • AntennaPod • Podcast Addict • Amazon • RSS.Detailed show notes can be found on The Data Exchange web site.
Jun 22, 2023 • 39min
The Rise of Custom Foundation Models
Andrew Feldman is CEO and co-founder of Cerebras, a startup that has released the fastest AI accelerator, based on the largest processor. We discussed Cerebras-GPT, a family of language models that have set new benchmarks for accuracy and compute efficiency, with sizes ranging from 111 million to 13 billion parameters.Subscribe to the Gradient Flow Newsletter: https://gradientflow.substack.com/Subscribe: Apple • Spotify • Stitcher • Google • AntennaPod • Podcast Addict • Amazon • RSS.Detailed show notes can be found on The Data Exchange web site.
Jun 15, 2023 • 48min
The Future of Vector Databases and the Rise of Instant Updates
Louis Brandy is VP of Engineering at Rockset, the real-time search and analytics database startup formed by the creators of the popular open source project, RocksDB. Subscribe to the Gradient Flow Newsletter: https://gradientflow.substack.com/Subscribe: Apple • Spotify • Stitcher • Google • AntennaPod • Podcast Addict • Amazon • RSS.Detailed show notes can be found on The Data Exchange web site.
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Jun 8, 2023 • 45min
LLMs Are the Key to Unlocking the Next Generation of Search
Amin Ahmad, the co-founder of Vectara, has played a crucial role in developing a powerful API platform specifically tailored for developers.Subscribe to the Gradient Flow Newsletter: https://gradientflow.substack.com/Subscribe: Apple • Spotify • Stitcher • Google • AntennaPod • Podcast Addict • Amazon • RSS.Detailed show notes can be found on The Data Exchange web site.
Jun 1, 2023 • 34min
Building and Deploying Foundation Models for Enterprises
Jonas Andrulis is the Founder & CEO Aleph Alpha, a startup that provides enterprise software solutions backed with their own large language models and multimodal modelsSubscribe to the Gradient Flow Newsletter: https://gradientflow.substack.com/Subscribe: Apple • Spotify • Stitcher • Google • AntennaPod • Podcast Addict • Amazon • RSS.Detailed show notes can be found on The Data Exchange web site.
May 25, 2023 • 32min
Building Robust AI Infrastructure for Critical Solutions
Alex Remedios, founder of Treebeardtech, leads a London-based consulting firm dedicated to assisting machine learning teams in constructing dependable, secure, and adaptable cloud infrastructures crucial for delivering business-critical artificial intelligence solutions. Subscribe to the Gradient Flow Newsletter: https://gradientflow.substack.com/Subscribe: Apple • Spotify • Stitcher • Google • AntennaPod • Podcast Addict • Amazon • RSS.Detailed show notes can be found on The Data Exchange web site.
