https://simplecast.com Building With AI Weekly podcast hosting business leaders in AI. Uncover tactical advice for building & scaling better AI products. 2023 Autoblocks, Inc. en Wed, 23 Jul 2025 17:50:02 +0000 Tue, 26 Aug 2025 18:18:37 +0000 https://building-with-ai.simplecast.com Building With AI https://building-with-ai.simplecast.com episodic Weekly podcast hosting business leaders in AI. Uncover tactical advice for building & scaling better AI products. Autoblocks false https://feeds.simplecast.com/CJlixFMC ai, artificial intelligence, developers, entrepreneurship, llm, openai, pm, product, product management Autoblocks hamza@autoblocks.ai f4cada04-a61b-400f-9696-066a86685a22 How Abridge Scaled to a $5.3B Valuation: Ambient AI in Healthcare | Zachary Lipton (Cofounder & CTO) Zachary Lipton is the Co-founder and CTO of Abridge, an AI healthcare company that recently raised $300M at a $5.3B valuation to transform clinical documentation with ambient AI. 

We discuss his journey from jazz musician to ML researcher to startup co-founder, and how personal experience led him to reinvent the doctor–patient encounter. 

We also discuss: 

- Deploying AI in live hospital settings,
- How ambient AI is reshaping clinical documentation at scale, 
- What it takes to deeply integrate with systems like Epic, 
- The LLM moment and how ChatGPT changed the game for healthcare, 
- Navigating safety, privacy, and compliance in high-stakes environments, 
- And much more!

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Brought to you by Autoblocks (https://www.autoblocks.ai/) — helping teams build safe, reliable, and compliant LLM-based products.

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Building with AI is a weekly podcast featuring conversations with top AI product builders and leaders. Through thoughtful dialogue, host Haroon Choudery explores how AI is reshaping industries in real-time. This season, we're diving deep into one of the most impactful and high-stakes applications of AI: healthcare.

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[00:00] – Up Next 
[00:45] – Episode Introduction 
[02:25] – Autoblocks: AI Optimization Platform 
[03:50] – A Personal Health Crisis Sparks a Startup 
[13:08] – The LLM Moment 
[22:00] – Reimagining Doctor-Patient Encounters with AI 
[27:50] – Embedding AI in Complex Clinical Workflows: The Abridge Playbook 
[32:05] – “This Saved My Marriage”: What Clinicians Really Think 
[36:16] – Making AI Smarter with Context 
[44:40] – Can AI Fix Healthcare’s Broken Billing System? 
[51:05] – Scaling AI in Regulated, High-Stakes Environments 
[52:30] – Why This Work Matters: Leadership, Mission, and Impact

]]> Wed, 23 Jul 2025 17:50:02 +0000 hamza@autoblocks.ai (Autoblocks) https://building-with-ai.simplecast.com/episodes/how-abridge-scaled-to-a-53b-valuation-deploying-ambient-ai-in-healthcare-zachary-lipton-cto-rNH9PeLY Zachary Lipton is the Co-founder and CTO of Abridge, an AI healthcare company that recently raised $300M at a $5.3B valuation to transform clinical documentation with ambient AI. 

We discuss his journey from jazz musician to ML researcher to startup co-founder, and how personal experience led him to reinvent the doctor–patient encounter. 

We also discuss: 

- Deploying AI in live hospital settings,
- How ambient AI is reshaping clinical documentation at scale, 
- What it takes to deeply integrate with systems like Epic, 
- The LLM moment and how ChatGPT changed the game for healthcare, 
- Navigating safety, privacy, and compliance in high-stakes environments, 
- And much more!

—

Brought to you by Autoblocks (https://www.autoblocks.ai/) — helping teams build safe, reliable, and compliant LLM-based products.

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Building with AI is a weekly podcast featuring conversations with top AI product builders and leaders. Through thoughtful dialogue, host Haroon Choudery explores how AI is reshaping industries in real-time. This season, we're diving deep into one of the most impactful and high-stakes applications of AI: healthcare.

—

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[00:00] – Up Next 
[00:45] – Episode Introduction 
[02:25] – Autoblocks: AI Optimization Platform 
[03:50] – A Personal Health Crisis Sparks a Startup 
[13:08] – The LLM Moment 
[22:00] – Reimagining Doctor-Patient Encounters with AI 
[27:50] – Embedding AI in Complex Clinical Workflows: The Abridge Playbook 
[32:05] – “This Saved My Marriage”: What Clinicians Really Think 
[36:16] – Making AI Smarter with Context 
[44:40] – Can AI Fix Healthcare’s Broken Billing System? 
[51:05] – Scaling AI in Regulated, High-Stakes Environments 
[52:30] – Why This Work Matters: Leadership, Mission, and Impact

]]> How Abridge Scaled to a $5.3B Valuation: Ambient AI in Healthcare | Zachary Lipton (Cofounder & CTO) Autoblocks 00:59:23 false full 4 4 039a7ab0-9610-446f-b169-064c4c296f7a How Flo Mitigates AI Hallucinations for 75 Million Active Users | Roman Bugaev (CTO) Roman Bugaev is the CTO at Flo, one of the world’s largest health and fitness apps, with over 75 million monthly active users. Flo is revolutionizing women’s health by leveraging AI to personalize insights, improve engagement, and ensure medical safety at scale.

In this conversation, we dive deep into how AI is transforming digital health, from predictive cycle tracking to AI-powered chatbots that support users in their health journeys.

In this episode, we discuss:

  • How Flo’s AI-powered cycle prediction model improves accuracy and user engagement,
  • Role of generative AI in scaling high-quality medical content,
  • Challenges of AI in healthcare,
  • Why privacy-first AI and post-quantum encryption are critical in digital health,
  • And much more!

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Building with AI is a weekly podcast featuring conversations with top AI product builders and leaders. Through thoughtful dialogue, host Haroon Choudery explores how AI is reshaping industries in real-time. This season, we're diving deep into one of the most impactful and high-stakes applications of AI: healthcare.

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X: https://x.com/rbugaev

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Learn more about Autoblocks:

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[00:00] – Up Next

[00:16] – Episode Introduction

[01:49] – Autoblocks: AI Optimization Platform

[03:15] – Roman’s Introduction

[04:43] – Flo’s Evolution and Success

[10:24] – Traditional ML vs. Generative AI in Healthcare

[18:34] – The Role of Human-in-the-Loop AI

[24:29] – Ensuring AI Safety & Accuracy at Flo

[32:08] – Bias in LLMs

[35:38] – LLMs’ Hype vs. LLMs’ ROI

[38:18] – Challenges and Future of AI at Flo

]]> Mon, 24 Feb 2025 14:35:26 +0000 hamza@autoblocks.ai (Autoblocks) https://building-with-ai.simplecast.com/episodes/how-flo-mitigates-ai-hallucinations-for-75-million-active-users-roman-bugaev-cto-2hStVO02 Roman Bugaev is the CTO at Flo, one of the world’s largest health and fitness apps, with over 75 million monthly active users. Flo is revolutionizing women’s health by leveraging AI to personalize insights, improve engagement, and ensure medical safety at scale.

In this conversation, we dive deep into how AI is transforming digital health, from predictive cycle tracking to AI-powered chatbots that support users in their health journeys.

In this episode, we discuss:

  • How Flo’s AI-powered cycle prediction model improves accuracy and user engagement,
  • Role of generative AI in scaling high-quality medical content,
  • Challenges of AI in healthcare,
  • Why privacy-first AI and post-quantum encryption are critical in digital health,
  • And much more!

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Brought to you by Autoblocks (https://www.autoblocks.ai/) — helping teams build safe, reliable, and compliant LLM-based products.

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Building with AI is a weekly podcast featuring conversations with top AI product builders and leaders. Through thoughtful dialogue, host Haroon Choudery explores how AI is reshaping industries in real-time. This season, we're diving deep into one of the most impactful and high-stakes applications of AI: healthcare.

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X: https://x.com/rbugaev

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Learn more about Autoblocks:

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[00:00] – Up Next

[00:16] – Episode Introduction

[01:49] – Autoblocks: AI Optimization Platform

[03:15] – Roman’s Introduction

[04:43] – Flo’s Evolution and Success

[10:24] – Traditional ML vs. Generative AI in Healthcare

[18:34] – The Role of Human-in-the-Loop AI

[24:29] – Ensuring AI Safety & Accuracy at Flo

[32:08] – Bias in LLMs

[35:38] – LLMs’ Hype vs. LLMs’ ROI

[38:18] – Challenges and Future of AI at Flo

]]> How Flo Mitigates AI Hallucinations for 75 Million Active Users | Roman Bugaev (CTO) Autoblocks 00:45:35 false full 3 4 840189de-726f-4bad-9392-4c30dbf4a3e8 How to Build AI Tools That Doctors Actually Use | Dr. Graham Walker (Founder of Offcall and MDCalc) Dr. Graham Walker is an Emergency Physician and the Founder of MDCalc, a clinical decision support tool used by over 70% of U.S. physicians. He also co-founded Offcall, a platform addressing physician burnout through transparency and data-driven insights.

We dive deep into the real-world use cases of AI in hospitals—from predictive models that detect patient deterioration to generative AI scribes that free doctors from paperwork.

In this conversation, we discuss:

  • How MDCalc became a must-have tool for 70% of U.S. doctors,
  • Impact of AI scribes on physician burnout and patient care,
  • Risks of overreliance on AI,
  • Barriers to AI adoption in hospitals (privacy, cost, and trust),
  • The AI-powered emergency room of the future,
  • And much more!

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Building with AI is a weekly podcast featuring conversations with top AI product builders and leaders. Through thoughtful dialogue, host Haroon Choudery explores how AI is reshaping industries in real-time. This season, we're diving deep into one of the most impactful and high-stakes applications of AI: healthcare.

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[00:00] Up next: 

[00:32] Episode Introduction 

[01:32] Autoblocks: AI Optimization Platform 

[03:36] Dr. Graham’s journey 

[06:34] The Birth of MDCalc 

[12:26] AI in Clinical Settings 

[19:18]  Challenges and Future of AI in Healthcare 

[29:18] Ethical AI in Patient Care 

[34:56] AI's Impact on Physician Burnout 

[41:12] Envisioning AI in Emergency Medicine 

[44:33] Advice for Clinicians and Tech Innovators

]]> Mon, 17 Feb 2025 14:53:52 +0000 hamza@autoblocks.ai (Autoblocks) https://building-with-ai.simplecast.com/episodes/how-to-build-ai-tools-that-doctors-actually-use-dr-graham-walker-founder-of-offcall-and-mdcalc-0EGkZPRI Dr. Graham Walker is an Emergency Physician and the Founder of MDCalc, a clinical decision support tool used by over 70% of U.S. physicians. He also co-founded Offcall, a platform addressing physician burnout through transparency and data-driven insights.

We dive deep into the real-world use cases of AI in hospitals—from predictive models that detect patient deterioration to generative AI scribes that free doctors from paperwork.

In this conversation, we discuss:

  • How MDCalc became a must-have tool for 70% of U.S. doctors,
  • Impact of AI scribes on physician burnout and patient care,
  • Risks of overreliance on AI,
  • Barriers to AI adoption in hospitals (privacy, cost, and trust),
  • The AI-powered emergency room of the future,
  • And much more!

—

Brought to you by Autoblocks (https://www.autoblocks.ai/) — helping teams build safe, reliable, and compliant LLM-based products.

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Building with AI is a weekly podcast featuring conversations with top AI product builders and leaders. Through thoughtful dialogue, host Haroon Choudery explores how AI is reshaping industries in real-time. This season, we're diving deep into one of the most impactful and high-stakes applications of AI: healthcare.

—

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Learn more about Autoblocks:


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[00:00] Up next: 

[00:32] Episode Introduction 

[01:32] Autoblocks: AI Optimization Platform 

[03:36] Dr. Graham’s journey 

[06:34] The Birth of MDCalc 

[12:26] AI in Clinical Settings 

[19:18]  Challenges and Future of AI in Healthcare 

[29:18] Ethical AI in Patient Care 

[34:56] AI's Impact on Physician Burnout 

[41:12] Envisioning AI in Emergency Medicine 

[44:33] Advice for Clinicians and Tech Innovators

]]> How to Build AI Tools That Doctors Actually Use | Dr. Graham Walker (Founder of Offcall and MDCalc) Autoblocks 00:51:47 false full 2 4 1c15f9e3-2894-41f1-9a26-7f0963e25c3c How Qventus Uses AI to Automate Hospital Workflows | Imaad Rashied (AI Product Commercialization) Imaad Rashid, Director of AI Product Commercialization at Qventus, has spent seven years driving AI-powered healthcare automation. He was key in building Qventus’ inpatient command center and later led delivery and operations teams.

Before Qventus, he worked on outpatient care optimization at Clockwise MD (acquired by Warburg Pincus) and founded Blue Check Health, a startup focused on reducing hospital-acquired infections and improving radiation therapy safety (also acquired).

In this conversation, Imaad shares:

  • The evolution of Qventus and its AI-driven automation,
  • How LLMs and AI assistants reduce clinician burnout,
  • The importance of Human-in-the-Loop (HITL) AI,
  • Qventus’s approach to AI safety and testing,
  • The future of AI in healthcare,
  • And much more!

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Brought to you by Autoblocks (https://www.autoblocks.ai/) — helping teams build safe, reliable, and compliant LLM-based products.

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Building with AI is a weekly podcast featuring conversations with top AI product builders and leaders. Through thoughtful dialogue, host Haroon Choudery explores how AI is reshaping industries in real-time. This season, we're diving deep into one of the most impactful and high-stakes applications of AI: healthcare.

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[00:00] Up Next:

[00:31] Episode Introduction

[01:49] Autoblocks: AI Optimization Platform

[03:15] Imaad’s Introduction

[04:33] Qventus’ Evolution

[09:44] The Healthcare Worker Burnout Crisis

[12:24] Traditional ML vs. Generative AI in Healthcare

[18:05] Challenges and Solutions in AI Deployment

[27:37] How Qventus Ensures AI Safety & Accuracy

[30:45] The Role of Human-in-the-Loop AI

[33:04] Change Management in AI Deployment

[38:51] Navigating Regulatory & Compliance Challenges

[41:30] The Road to Full-Scale AI Adoption in Healthcare

]]> Mon, 10 Feb 2025 18:55:06 +0000 hamza@autoblocks.ai (Autoblocks) https://building-with-ai.simplecast.com/episodes/how-qventus-uses-ai-to-automate-hospital-workflows-imaad-rashied-ai-product-commercialization-dizmlwcV Imaad Rashid, Director of AI Product Commercialization at Qventus, has spent seven years driving AI-powered healthcare automation. He was key in building Qventus’ inpatient command center and later led delivery and operations teams.

Before Qventus, he worked on outpatient care optimization at Clockwise MD (acquired by Warburg Pincus) and founded Blue Check Health, a startup focused on reducing hospital-acquired infections and improving radiation therapy safety (also acquired).

In this conversation, Imaad shares:

  • The evolution of Qventus and its AI-driven automation,
  • How LLMs and AI assistants reduce clinician burnout,
  • The importance of Human-in-the-Loop (HITL) AI,
  • Qventus’s approach to AI safety and testing,
  • The future of AI in healthcare,
  • And much more!

—

Brought to you by Autoblocks (https://www.autoblocks.ai/) — helping teams build safe, reliable, and compliant LLM-based products.

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Building with AI is a weekly podcast featuring conversations with top AI product builders and leaders. Through thoughtful dialogue, host Haroon Choudery explores how AI is reshaping industries in real-time. This season, we're diving deep into one of the most impactful and high-stakes applications of AI: healthcare.

—

Subscribe to Building With AI:

Where to find Imaad Rashied:

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[00:00] Up Next:

[00:31] Episode Introduction

[01:49] Autoblocks: AI Optimization Platform

[03:15] Imaad’s Introduction

[04:33] Qventus’ Evolution

[09:44] The Healthcare Worker Burnout Crisis

[12:24] Traditional ML vs. Generative AI in Healthcare

[18:05] Challenges and Solutions in AI Deployment

[27:37] How Qventus Ensures AI Safety & Accuracy

[30:45] The Role of Human-in-the-Loop AI

[33:04] Change Management in AI Deployment

[38:51] Navigating Regulatory & Compliance Challenges

[41:30] The Road to Full-Scale AI Adoption in Healthcare

]]> How Qventus Uses AI to Automate Hospital Workflows | Imaad Rashied (AI Product Commercialization) Autoblocks 00:51:46 false full 1 4 52dc6c88-ddc9-483d-97f8-a7a767dfdb5b AI as the Healthcare Workforce Multiplier | Brian Kalis (Health Strategy Lead at Accenture) In this episode of Building With AI, host Haroon Choudery sits down with Brian Kalis, the Health Strategy Lead at Accenture. With over two decades of experience helping leading healthcare organizations navigate digital transformation, Brian brings valuable perspective from his work at one of the world's largest consulting firms.

During the conversation, he discusses:

  • The evolution of AI in healthcare over the past two decades
  • How health organizations are approaching enterprise-wide AI adoption
  • Practical approaches to responsible AI governance
  • The future of human-AI collaboration in healthcare
  • And much more!

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[00:00] Up next:

[00:34] Episode Introduction

[01:30] Autoblocks: AI Optimization Platform

[02:17] Brian’s Background and Early Career

[03:19] Evolution of AI and Healthcare

[05:36] Generative AI: Changing the Game

[08:06] AI Adoption: Challenges & Opportunities

[19:02] Plan, Build, Run: Accenture’s Approach to AI Engagement

[22:59] Governance and Responsible AI in Practice

[28:22] Key Principles for Working with AI by Ethan Mollick

[30:11] Current AI Familiarity and Adoption Rates

[33:23] Future of AI in Healthcare Workflows

[36:25] 5 Key Imperatives for Healthcare Organizations

[41:53] Overcoming reluctance in AI adoption

[46:05] Why Responsible AI Matters

[47:43] Accenture’s Internal AI Training Initiatives

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]]> Tue, 19 Nov 2024 13:58:05 +0000 hamza@autoblocks.ai (Brian Kalis, Haroon Choudery) https://building-with-ai.simplecast.com/episodes/brian-kalis-ur_6IWXu In this episode of Building With AI, host Haroon Choudery sits down with Brian Kalis, the Health Strategy Lead at Accenture. With over two decades of experience helping leading healthcare organizations navigate digital transformation, Brian brings valuable perspective from his work at one of the world's largest consulting firms.

During the conversation, he discusses:

  • The evolution of AI in healthcare over the past two decades
  • How health organizations are approaching enterprise-wide AI adoption
  • Practical approaches to responsible AI governance
  • The future of human-AI collaboration in healthcare
  • And much more!

—

[00:00] Up next:

[00:34] Episode Introduction

[01:30] Autoblocks: AI Optimization Platform

[02:17] Brian’s Background and Early Career

[03:19] Evolution of AI and Healthcare

[05:36] Generative AI: Changing the Game

[08:06] AI Adoption: Challenges & Opportunities

[19:02] Plan, Build, Run: Accenture’s Approach to AI Engagement

[22:59] Governance and Responsible AI in Practice

[28:22] Key Principles for Working with AI by Ethan Mollick

[30:11] Current AI Familiarity and Adoption Rates

[33:23] Future of AI in Healthcare Workflows

[36:25] 5 Key Imperatives for Healthcare Organizations

[41:53] Overcoming reluctance in AI adoption

[46:05] Why Responsible AI Matters

[47:43] Accenture’s Internal AI Training Initiatives

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Building with AI is a weekly podcast featuring conversations with top AI product builders and leaders. Through thoughtful dialogue, host Haroon Choudery (Co-Founder and CEO of Autoblocks AI) uncovers tactical insights that help listeners build & scale world-class AI products.

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]]> AI as the Healthcare Workforce Multiplier | Brian Kalis (Health Strategy Lead at Accenture) Brian Kalis, Haroon Choudery 00:49:49 automation, health, healthtech, ai false full 8 3 15cc11af-f059-4fab-9aef-1ba58331b960 Doubling down on surprises: Anthropic’s product strategy | Scott White (Product) In this episode of Building With AI, host Hamza Choudery sits down with Scott White, a Product leader at Anthropic. Scott brings a wealth of experience from his time at companies like Dropbox, Wealthfront, Instacart, and Airtable. At Airtable, Scott first gained hands-on experience integrating LLMs into software.

At Anthropic, Scott contributed to the development of Claude. During the conversation, he takes us behind the scenes, sharing the principles and frameworks used by one of the most innovative AI companies in the world.

During the episode, he discusses:

  • How the Product org is structured at Anthropic,
  • His framework for de-risking AI products,
  • Anthropic's AI development process,
  • Bridging the gap between Research and Product,
  • And much more!

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[00:00] Up next:

[00:52] Episode introduction

[02:04] Autoblocks: AI Optimization Platform

[02:30] Scott's journey

[07:53] The product team at Anthropic

[11:31] How AI changes product development

[17:10] Anthropic’s AI product development process

[22:55] The key to AI product innovation

[26:48] Claude in 10 years

[34:12] Bridging the gap between Research and Product

[38:13] Trust and safety in AI

[44:14] Scott's hottest AI take

[45:57] Scott's advice for product builders in the LLM space

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]]> Mon, 5 Aug 2024 17:03:07 +0000 hamza@autoblocks.ai (Autoblocks) https://building-with-ai.simplecast.com/episodes/doubling-down-on-surprises-anthropics-product-strategy-scott-white-product-cbHUl9cG In this episode of Building With AI, host Hamza Choudery sits down with Scott White, a Product leader at Anthropic. Scott brings a wealth of experience from his time at companies like Dropbox, Wealthfront, Instacart, and Airtable. At Airtable, Scott first gained hands-on experience integrating LLMs into software.

At Anthropic, Scott contributed to the development of Claude. During the conversation, he takes us behind the scenes, sharing the principles and frameworks used by one of the most innovative AI companies in the world.

During the episode, he discusses:

  • How the Product org is structured at Anthropic,
  • His framework for de-risking AI products,
  • Anthropic's AI development process,
  • Bridging the gap between Research and Product,
  • And much more!

—

[00:00] Up next:

[00:52] Episode introduction

[02:04] Autoblocks: AI Optimization Platform

[02:30] Scott's journey

[07:53] The product team at Anthropic

[11:31] How AI changes product development

[17:10] Anthropic’s AI product development process

[22:55] The key to AI product innovation

[26:48] Claude in 10 years

[34:12] Bridging the gap between Research and Product

[38:13] Trust and safety in AI

[44:14] Scott's hottest AI take

[45:57] Scott's advice for product builders in the LLM space

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]]> Doubling down on surprises: Anthropic’s product strategy | Scott White (Product) Autoblocks 00:47:03 false full 7 3 8654d7a2-8ebd-46cd-914d-4fad1a5f7ab5 Creating the "AI Data Cloud" of the future | Sridhar Ramaswamy (CEO of Snowflake) In this episode, host Hamza Choudery is joined by Sridhar Ramaswamy, the CEO of Snowflake. Before taking the helm at Snowflake, Sridhar scaled Google's ads business from ~$1B to $115 billion and founded one of the first AI search companies, Neeva (which was acquired by Snowflake in 2023).

During the episode, he discusses:

  • The first principles for AI product building,
  • The importance of product velocity,
  • The future of the foundation model layer,
  • Creating data flywheels with AI,
  • And much more!

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[00:00] Up next:

[00:29] Episode introduction

[01:28] Autoblocks: AI Optimization Platform

[01:52] Sridhar's journey

[08:47] The birth of Neeva and the GPT moment

[13:32] Lesson from Google for startups

[16:19] The Snowflake acquisition

[21:48] Snowflake's AI product strategy

[26:35] Snowflake's internal and external AI applications

[28:39] Snowflake Cortex

[30:37] The future of the foundation model layer

[34:52] The AI data flywheel

[38:09] Building reliable LLMs

[41:52] Lightning round

[43:08] Sridhar's hottest AI take

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]]> Wed, 17 Jul 2024 18:00:51 +0000 hamza@autoblocks.ai (Autoblocks) https://building-with-ai.simplecast.com/episodes/creating-the-ai-data-cloud-of-the-future-sridhar-ramaswamy-ceo-of-snowflake-F9Jwwnq_ In this episode, host Hamza Choudery is joined by Sridhar Ramaswamy, the CEO of Snowflake. Before taking the helm at Snowflake, Sridhar scaled Google's ads business from ~$1B to $115 billion and founded one of the first AI search companies, Neeva (which was acquired by Snowflake in 2023).

During the episode, he discusses:

  • The first principles for AI product building,
  • The importance of product velocity,
  • The future of the foundation model layer,
  • Creating data flywheels with AI,
  • And much more!

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[00:00] Up next:

[00:29] Episode introduction

[01:28] Autoblocks: AI Optimization Platform

[01:52] Sridhar's journey

[08:47] The birth of Neeva and the GPT moment

[13:32] Lesson from Google for startups

[16:19] The Snowflake acquisition

[21:48] Snowflake's AI product strategy

[26:35] Snowflake's internal and external AI applications

[28:39] Snowflake Cortex

[30:37] The future of the foundation model layer

[34:52] The AI data flywheel

[38:09] Building reliable LLMs

[41:52] Lightning round

[43:08] Sridhar's hottest AI take

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]]> Creating the "AI Data Cloud" of the future | Sridhar Ramaswamy (CEO of Snowflake) Autoblocks 00:44:50 false full 6 3 9bae9087-2147-4517-88ed-6d8d1083d00b Identifying high-value use cases for AI | Tomasz Tunguz (Founder of Theory Ventures) In this episode of Building With AI, host Haroon Choudery sits with Tomasz Tunguz, Founder and General Partner at Theory Ventures. Tomasz brings a valuable 10,000-foot view of the AI space, drawing from his 16 years of experience as a VC and previous work building machine learning systems at Google.

During the episode, Tomasz discusses:

  • The modern data stack for LLMs,
  • The significance of human evaluations,
  • How to Identify high-value use cases for businesses,
  • Midjourney's successful distribution strategy,
  • And much more!

—

[00:00] Up next: 

[00:57] Episode introduction 

[01:59] Autoblocks: AI Optimization Platform 

[02:24] Tomasz's introduction 

[03:47] The two waves of AI 

[06:09] The modern data stack for LLMs 

[11:27] The golden set of evaluations 

[15:39] Why you need human evaluations 

[17:27] Don't write off LLMs 

[21:04] Identifying high-value AI use cases for your business 

[25:30] The top industries LLMs will disrupt 

[26:52] Advice for incumbents to win the AI race 

[33:05] Advice for AI startups to disrupt industries 

[34:31] The innovation equation 

[37:16] Midjourney's successful distribution strategy 

[39:15] Will AI move beyond non-determinism? 

[43:21] The future relationship between AI and professionals 

[48:05] How to keep up with AI developments

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]]> Wed, 26 Jun 2024 14:44:18 +0000 hamza@autoblocks.ai (Autoblocks) https://building-with-ai.simplecast.com/episodes/x-B3H_ASYb In this episode of Building With AI, host Haroon Choudery sits with Tomasz Tunguz, Founder and General Partner at Theory Ventures. Tomasz brings a valuable 10,000-foot view of the AI space, drawing from his 16 years of experience as a VC and previous work building machine learning systems at Google.

During the episode, Tomasz discusses:

  • The modern data stack for LLMs,
  • The significance of human evaluations,
  • How to Identify high-value use cases for businesses,
  • Midjourney's successful distribution strategy,
  • And much more!

—

[00:00] Up next: 

[00:57] Episode introduction 

[01:59] Autoblocks: AI Optimization Platform 

[02:24] Tomasz's introduction 

[03:47] The two waves of AI 

[06:09] The modern data stack for LLMs 

[11:27] The golden set of evaluations 

[15:39] Why you need human evaluations 

[17:27] Don't write off LLMs 

[21:04] Identifying high-value AI use cases for your business 

[25:30] The top industries LLMs will disrupt 

[26:52] Advice for incumbents to win the AI race 

[33:05] Advice for AI startups to disrupt industries 

[34:31] The innovation equation 

[37:16] Midjourney's successful distribution strategy 

[39:15] Will AI move beyond non-determinism? 

[43:21] The future relationship between AI and professionals 

[48:05] How to keep up with AI developments

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]]> Identifying high-value use cases for AI | Tomasz Tunguz (Founder of Theory Ventures) Autoblocks 00:48:22 false full 5 3 aeb3f1d4-4609-48aa-901f-5b372cc376bd Leveraging LLMs to simplify healthcare navigation | Jayodita Sanghvi (Included Health) In this episode of Building With AI, host Hamza Choudery sits with Jayodita Sanghvi, Senior Director of Data Science at Included Health. Jayodita completed a PhD in Bioengineering at Stanford before jumping in industry with the goal of raising the standard of healthcare for everyone.

In her current role leading data science at Included Health, her team uses AI to help simplify healthcare for users by providing services like clinical care and specialist recommendations.

During the episode, Jayodita discusses:

  • How LLMs are going to improve healthcare delivery,
  • Why Included Health relies primarily on prompt engineering,
  • How to get the most out of early adopters by using them for feedback loops,
  • Regulation and bias considerations for AI in healthcare,
  • And much more!

—

[00:00] Up next:

[00:57] Episode introduction

[02:04] Autoblocks: AI Optimization Platform

[02:29] Jayodita’s introduction

[05:25] A look into Included Health

[08:53] Jayodita on LLMs in healthcare

[15:36] The GenAI dream team

[17:17] API vs. OpenAI: What does Included Health use?

[18:16] Why Included Health relies primarily on prompt engineering

[20:40] How to get the most out of early adopters

[22:52] Regulation and bias in AI for healthcare

[26:55] Startups and incumbents: Will both win?

[30:04] The future of ML & LLMs in healthcare

[33:43] Jayodita's hottest AI take

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]]> Tue, 18 Jun 2024 18:29:19 +0000 hamza@autoblocks.ai (Jayodita Sanghvi, Hamza Choudery) https://building-with-ai.simplecast.com/episodes/leveraging-llms-to-simplify-healthcare-jayodita-sanghvi-z9DhSHFt In this episode of Building With AI, host Hamza Choudery sits with Jayodita Sanghvi, Senior Director of Data Science at Included Health. Jayodita completed a PhD in Bioengineering at Stanford before jumping in industry with the goal of raising the standard of healthcare for everyone.

In her current role leading data science at Included Health, her team uses AI to help simplify healthcare for users by providing services like clinical care and specialist recommendations.

During the episode, Jayodita discusses:

  • How LLMs are going to improve healthcare delivery,
  • Why Included Health relies primarily on prompt engineering,
  • How to get the most out of early adopters by using them for feedback loops,
  • Regulation and bias considerations for AI in healthcare,
  • And much more!

—

[00:00] Up next:

[00:57] Episode introduction

[02:04] Autoblocks: AI Optimization Platform

[02:29] Jayodita’s introduction

[05:25] A look into Included Health

[08:53] Jayodita on LLMs in healthcare

[15:36] The GenAI dream team

[17:17] API vs. OpenAI: What does Included Health use?

[18:16] Why Included Health relies primarily on prompt engineering

[20:40] How to get the most out of early adopters

[22:52] Regulation and bias in AI for healthcare

[26:55] Startups and incumbents: Will both win?

[30:04] The future of ML & LLMs in healthcare

[33:43] Jayodita's hottest AI take

—

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]]> Leveraging LLMs to simplify healthcare navigation | Jayodita Sanghvi (Included Health) Jayodita Sanghvi, Hamza Choudery 00:34:55 false full 4 3 21fc7d2f-588b-403e-8499-3b280bd01f2e Simplifying complex data tasks with AI | Rahul “Ligma” Sonwalkar (CEO of Julius.ai) In this episode of Building With AI, host Haroon Choudery sits down with Rahul Sonwalkar, the founder and CEO of Julius.ai, an AI data analyst that helps users analyze datasets, create visualizations, and gain insights from structured data. They discuss Rahul's entrepreneurial journey, including his time at big tech companies like Facebook and Uber, the infamous "Ligma Johnson" prank, and the launch of his own venture.

During the conversation, they discuss:

  • The inspiration for creating Julius before the "ChatGPT moment,"
  • Julius's rapid growth to 500,000+ users,
  • How to think about competition in the AI space,
  • The importance of testing and user feedback,
  • And much more!

—

[00:00] Up next

[00:54] Episode Introduction

[02:00] Autoblocks: AI Optimization Platform

[02:39] Rahul's Background & Introduction to Julius.ai

[04:29] Product Iterations before the "ChatGPT moment”

[05:58] Importance of User Testing & Feedback

[14:28] User Feedback Loop at Julius.ai

[17:58] How to think about competition in the AI space

[24:34] Specialization vs Super Apps

[28:42] Comparing Code Interpreter and Julius.ai

[33:57] The infamous "Ligma Johnson" prank

[35:59] Pitching Julius.ai’s vision to Jensen Huang

[37:28] Engineering & Infrastructure Challenges

[41:22] Product Design Challenges

[42:01] Future Milestones for Julius.ai

[43:11] Advice for Aspiring AI Founders

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]]> Tue, 11 Jun 2024 13:55:34 +0000 hamza@autoblocks.ai (Rahul Sonwalkar, Haroon Choudery) https://building-with-ai.simplecast.com/episodes/rahul-ligma-sonwalkar-juliusai-dsuc9_fR In this episode of Building With AI, host Haroon Choudery sits down with Rahul Sonwalkar, the founder and CEO of Julius.ai, an AI data analyst that helps users analyze datasets, create visualizations, and gain insights from structured data. They discuss Rahul's entrepreneurial journey, including his time at big tech companies like Facebook and Uber, the infamous "Ligma Johnson" prank, and the launch of his own venture.

During the conversation, they discuss:

  • The inspiration for creating Julius before the "ChatGPT moment,"
  • Julius's rapid growth to 500,000+ users,
  • How to think about competition in the AI space,
  • The importance of testing and user feedback,
  • And much more!

—

[00:00] Up next

[00:54] Episode Introduction

[02:00] Autoblocks: AI Optimization Platform

[02:39] Rahul's Background & Introduction to Julius.ai

[04:29] Product Iterations before the "ChatGPT moment”

[05:58] Importance of User Testing & Feedback

[14:28] User Feedback Loop at Julius.ai

[17:58] How to think about competition in the AI space

[24:34] Specialization vs Super Apps

[28:42] Comparing Code Interpreter and Julius.ai

[33:57] The infamous "Ligma Johnson" prank

[35:59] Pitching Julius.ai’s vision to Jensen Huang

[37:28] Engineering & Infrastructure Challenges

[41:22] Product Design Challenges

[42:01] Future Milestones for Julius.ai

[43:11] Advice for Aspiring AI Founders

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]]> Simplifying complex data tasks with AI | Rahul “Ligma” Sonwalkar (CEO of Julius.ai) Rahul Sonwalkar, Haroon Choudery 00:47:16 chatgpt, llm, ai false full 3 3 ec5794ba-8aeb-4b2f-b278-753dd5d9c8bb The third wave of computing: GenAI and LLMs | Quentin Clark (Managing Director, General Catalyst) In this episode of Building With AI, host Hamza Choudery sits down with Quentin Clark, Managing Director at General Catalyst. Drawing from his extensive background, including senior engineering and product roles at Microsoft and serving as CTO at SAP and Dropbox, Quentin offers a privileged perspective on the latest wave of AI.

He provides an insightful breakdown of the modern AI stack—covering hardware, foundation models, platforms, and applications—and shares his bets on where value will accrue.

During the episode, they discuss:

  • Reimagining AI-native workflows,
  • The “ChatGPT moment,"
  • Challenges with enterprise AI adoption,
  • Competition between incumbents and startups,
  • Advice for product teams building AI-powered applications,
  • And much more!

—

[00:00] Up next: 

[00:52] Episode introduction 

[01:51] Autoblocks: AI Optimization Platform 

[02:17] Quentin's introduction

[07:41] The “ChatGPT moment" 

[25:48] The modern AI stack 

[35:57] The future of AI in software engineering 

[41:43] Competition between incumbents and startups 

[46:57] Navigating non-determinism in AI

[49:37] The foundation model layer: API vs. open-source

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]]> Wed, 5 Jun 2024 17:47:16 +0000 hamza@autoblocks.ai (Autoblocks) https://building-with-ai.simplecast.com/episodes/the-third-wave-of-computing-genai-and-llms-quentin-clark-managing-director-general-catalyst-AeIdb__e In this episode of Building With AI, host Hamza Choudery sits down with Quentin Clark, Managing Director at General Catalyst. Drawing from his extensive background, including senior engineering and product roles at Microsoft and serving as CTO at SAP and Dropbox, Quentin offers a privileged perspective on the latest wave of AI.

He provides an insightful breakdown of the modern AI stack—covering hardware, foundation models, platforms, and applications—and shares his bets on where value will accrue.

During the episode, they discuss:

  • Reimagining AI-native workflows,
  • The “ChatGPT moment,"
  • Challenges with enterprise AI adoption,
  • Competition between incumbents and startups,
  • Advice for product teams building AI-powered applications,
  • And much more!

—

[00:00] Up next: 

[00:52] Episode introduction 

[01:51] Autoblocks: AI Optimization Platform 

[02:17] Quentin's introduction

[07:41] The “ChatGPT moment" 

[25:48] The modern AI stack 

[35:57] The future of AI in software engineering 

[41:43] Competition between incumbents and startups 

[46:57] Navigating non-determinism in AI

[49:37] The foundation model layer: API vs. open-source

—

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]]> The third wave of computing: GenAI and LLMs | Quentin Clark (Managing Director, General Catalyst) Autoblocks 00:55:13 llms, ai false full 2 3 9a902e17-2acd-4d1a-b618-1454d603f0c4 Augmenting healthcare documentation with LLMs and NLP | Akilesh Bapu (Founder and CEO of DeepScribe) In this episode of Building With AI, host Hamza Choudery is hosting Akilesh, the CEO and founder of DeepScribe - a health tech company that uses LLMs and NLP to augment clinical documentation.

Akilesh grew up watching his dad, an oncologist, slog over tedious documentation tasks. Inspired by his father and their shared vision of a Jarvis-like assistant for doctors, he dove into the intersection of healthcare and AI.

During the conversation, they discuss:

  • His experience training custom NLP,
  • How DeepScribe responded to the “ChatGPT moment,”
  • The importance of AI evaluation and testing,
  • The future of DeepScribe and Ambient AI,
  • And much more!

—

[00:00] Up next: [00:56] Episode introduction

[02:04] Autoblocks: AI Optimization Platform

[02:29] Akilesh’s introduction

[05:42] How LLMs Revolutionized NLP Development

[08:57] How does DeepScribe work?

[13:32] How DeepScribe responded to the ChatGPT moment

[20:18] How to choose the right LLM evaluation technique

[22:01] Building the ultimate AI product team

[24:32] DeepScribe's approach to evaluating at scale

[27:40] Challenges of building with non-deterministic systems

[29:01] DeepScribe's go-to-market strategy

[32:25] The future of DeepScribe and ambient AI

[36:40] Regulatory considerations for health tech companies

[38:48] DeepScribe's product roadmap

[40:42]  DeepScribe's feedback loop

[42:29] Opportunities in health tech

[44:14] Akilesh's hottest AI take

[49:23] Open source vs. foundation models

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]]> Wed, 29 May 2024 16:09:58 +0000 hamza@autoblocks.ai (Autoblocks) https://building-with-ai.simplecast.com/episodes/augmenting-healthcare-documentation-with-llms-and-nlp-akilesh-bapu-founder-and-ceo-of-deepscribe-VSR5lHQ_ In this episode of Building With AI, host Hamza Choudery is hosting Akilesh, the CEO and founder of DeepScribe - a health tech company that uses LLMs and NLP to augment clinical documentation.

Akilesh grew up watching his dad, an oncologist, slog over tedious documentation tasks. Inspired by his father and their shared vision of a Jarvis-like assistant for doctors, he dove into the intersection of healthcare and AI.

During the conversation, they discuss:

  • His experience training custom NLP,
  • How DeepScribe responded to the “ChatGPT moment,”
  • The importance of AI evaluation and testing,
  • The future of DeepScribe and Ambient AI,
  • And much more!

—

[00:00] Up next: [00:56] Episode introduction

[02:04] Autoblocks: AI Optimization Platform

[02:29] Akilesh’s introduction

[05:42] How LLMs Revolutionized NLP Development

[08:57] How does DeepScribe work?

[13:32] How DeepScribe responded to the ChatGPT moment

[20:18] How to choose the right LLM evaluation technique

[22:01] Building the ultimate AI product team

[24:32] DeepScribe's approach to evaluating at scale

[27:40] Challenges of building with non-deterministic systems

[29:01] DeepScribe's go-to-market strategy

[32:25] The future of DeepScribe and ambient AI

[36:40] Regulatory considerations for health tech companies

[38:48] DeepScribe's product roadmap

[40:42]  DeepScribe's feedback loop

[42:29] Opportunities in health tech

[44:14] Akilesh's hottest AI take

[49:23] Open source vs. foundation models

—

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]]> Augmenting healthcare documentation with LLMs and NLP | Akilesh Bapu (Founder and CEO of DeepScribe) Autoblocks 00:52:02 false full 1 3 97cac072-9efd-4389-89c4-f192a29da15a Enabling a more effective reading experience with AI | Daniel Doyon (Founder at Readwise) In this episode of Building With AI, Haroon Choudery is joined by Dan Dayon, the founder of Readwise - a platform that enhances memory retention from reading by providing an all-in-one solution for managing digital content. Last year, Readwise ventured into the world of AI by launching Ghostreader, their AI reading assistant.

 

During the episode, Dan talks about:

  • UI/UX challenges he faced when designing AI products,
  • The feature that unexpectedly became a fan favorite,
  • Readwise's plans for the future,
  • Automating "bullshit jobs,"
  • And much more!

—

[00:00] Up next: 

[00:58] Episode introduction 

[02:09] Autoblocks: AI Optimization Platform 

[02:34] Dan’s introduction 

[04:44] Readwise's journey 

[15:56] Building traditional features vs. AI features 

[23:25] Why Readwise won't build a chat feature 

[27:46] The fan favorite feature 

[31:18] Readwise's plans for the future 

[40:11] Dan's "BS jobs" advice

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]]> Tue, 14 May 2024 15:04:43 +0000 hamza@autoblocks.ai (Daniel Doyon, Haroon Choudery) https://building-with-ai.simplecast.com/episodes/enabling-a-more-effective-reading-experience-with-ai-daniel-doyon-founder-at-readwise-2D0XtBJT In this episode of Building With AI, Haroon Choudery is joined by Dan Dayon, the founder of Readwise - a platform that enhances memory retention from reading by providing an all-in-one solution for managing digital content. Last year, Readwise ventured into the world of AI by launching Ghostreader, their AI reading assistant.

 

During the episode, Dan talks about:

  • UI/UX challenges he faced when designing AI products,
  • The feature that unexpectedly became a fan favorite,
  • Readwise's plans for the future,
  • Automating "bullshit jobs,"
  • And much more!

—

[00:00] Up next: 

[00:58] Episode introduction 

[02:09] Autoblocks: AI Optimization Platform 

[02:34] Dan’s introduction 

[04:44] Readwise's journey 

[15:56] Building traditional features vs. AI features 

[23:25] Why Readwise won't build a chat feature 

[27:46] The fan favorite feature 

[31:18] Readwise's plans for the future 

[40:11] Dan's "BS jobs" advice

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]]> Enabling a more effective reading experience with AI | Daniel Doyon (Founder at Readwise) Daniel Doyon, Haroon Choudery 00:45:23 product management, openai, large language models, genai, product, gen ai, data, generative ai, llm, ai, artificial intelligence, pm false full 12 2 533d617f-9d6f-43c7-a9fe-a11a5218b0a5 Harnessing data to create intelligent machines | Naveen Rao (VP of GenAI, Databricks) In this episode of Building With AI, host Haroon Choudery is joined by Naveen Rao, VP of GenAI at Databricks. Naveen is a serial entrepreneur who established the first AI chip company, which he sold to Intel in 2016. He then founded MosaicML in 2020, which was acquired by Databricks for $1.3 billion last year.

 

During the episode, he shares:

  • MosaicML’s jobs to be done,
  • Why MosaicML teamed up with Databricks,
  • The economics of training AI models,
  • Advice for teams building with AI,
  • And much more!

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[00:00] Up next: 

[00:51] Episode introduction 

[01:40] Autoblocks: AI Optimization Platform 

[02:06] Naveen's Introduction 

[05:17] Naveen's experience scaling AI products 

[06:52] Why we need to scale AI 

[11:40] MosaicML's jobs to be done 

[14:09] Why did MosaicML team up with Databricks? 

[18:24] LLMs 101 

[24:47] The economics of training AI models 

[28:11] Training a new model vs. adapting a general model 

[30:51] The shelf life of AI models 

[34:33] A look into DSPy 

[41:11] The challenges of DSPy 

[43:59] Techniques and architectures that excite Naveen 

[47:58] Advice for teams building with AI

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]]> Tue, 7 May 2024 15:29:26 +0000 hamza@autoblocks.ai (Naveen Rao, Haroon Choudery) https://building-with-ai.simplecast.com/episodes/harnessing-data-to-create-intelligent-machines-naveen-rao-vp-of-genai-databricks-Hk86t15w In this episode of Building With AI, host Haroon Choudery is joined by Naveen Rao, VP of GenAI at Databricks. Naveen is a serial entrepreneur who established the first AI chip company, which he sold to Intel in 2016. He then founded MosaicML in 2020, which was acquired by Databricks for $1.3 billion last year.

 

During the episode, he shares:

  • MosaicML’s jobs to be done,
  • Why MosaicML teamed up with Databricks,
  • The economics of training AI models,
  • Advice for teams building with AI,
  • And much more!

—

[00:00] Up next: 

[00:51] Episode introduction 

[01:40] Autoblocks: AI Optimization Platform 

[02:06] Naveen's Introduction 

[05:17] Naveen's experience scaling AI products 

[06:52] Why we need to scale AI 

[11:40] MosaicML's jobs to be done 

[14:09] Why did MosaicML team up with Databricks? 

[18:24] LLMs 101 

[24:47] The economics of training AI models 

[28:11] Training a new model vs. adapting a general model 

[30:51] The shelf life of AI models 

[34:33] A look into DSPy 

[41:11] The challenges of DSPy 

[43:59] Techniques and architectures that excite Naveen 

[47:58] Advice for teams building with AI

—

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]]> Harnessing data to create intelligent machines | Naveen Rao (VP of GenAI, Databricks) Naveen Rao, Haroon Choudery 00:50:51 product management, openai, large language models, genai, product, gen ai, data, generative ai, llm, ai, artificial intelligence, pm false full 11 2 075a319a-a4ea-41ec-bb1e-347ba493ff20 Vinod’s advice for entrepreneurs innovating with AI | Vinod Khosla (Founder of Khosla Ventures) In this episode of Building With AI, host Hamza Choudery is joined by Vinod Khosla, the Founder of Khosla Ventures and a renowned technologist. Vinod has played a key role in Silicon Valley's history and is currently at the forefront of the latest wave of AI adoption as the first investor in OpenAI.

During the conversation, they discuss:

  • Vinod's philosophy on risk,
  • Advice for entrepreneurs building with Al,
  • Open-source vs. API models,
  • The Al race between the US and China,
  • And much more!

—

[00:00] Up next: 

[00:44] Episode introduction

[01:45] Autoblocks: AI Optimization Platform

[02:11] Vinod's introduction

[04:50] Building a techno-optimist worldview

[07:45] How do you become a visionary?

[12:44] Vinod’s manifesto

[16:36] The power of risk

[19:27] AI in the Khosla household

[22:54] AI’s impact on industries

[24:43] Insights into a successful product team

[26:21] Current opportunities in AI

[29:10] The AI race between the US and China

[33:00] Predictions on the AI race

[36:55] The future of vertical specific models

[38:34] Balancing dependencies and innovation

[40:00] AI as a reasoning engine

[44:08] The role of data in AI’s evolution

[47:02] Vinod’s hottest AI takes

[49:43] Vinod’s biggest motivation to get up

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]]> Mon, 22 Apr 2024 20:51:36 +0000 hamza@autoblocks.ai (Hamza Choudery, Vinod Khosla) https://building-with-ai.simplecast.com/episodes/vinods-advice-for-entrepreneurs-innovating-with-ai-vinod-khosla-khosla-ventures-nx6dNnl2 In this episode of Building With AI, host Hamza Choudery is joined by Vinod Khosla, the Founder of Khosla Ventures and a renowned technologist. Vinod has played a key role in Silicon Valley's history and is currently at the forefront of the latest wave of AI adoption as the first investor in OpenAI.

During the conversation, they discuss:

  • Vinod's philosophy on risk,
  • Advice for entrepreneurs building with Al,
  • Open-source vs. API models,
  • The Al race between the US and China,
  • And much more!

—

[00:00] Up next: 

[00:44] Episode introduction

[01:45] Autoblocks: AI Optimization Platform

[02:11] Vinod's introduction

[04:50] Building a techno-optimist worldview

[07:45] How do you become a visionary?

[12:44] Vinod’s manifesto

[16:36] The power of risk

[19:27] AI in the Khosla household

[22:54] AI’s impact on industries

[24:43] Insights into a successful product team

[26:21] Current opportunities in AI

[29:10] The AI race between the US and China

[33:00] Predictions on the AI race

[36:55] The future of vertical specific models

[38:34] Balancing dependencies and innovation

[40:00] AI as a reasoning engine

[44:08] The role of data in AI’s evolution

[47:02] Vinod’s hottest AI takes

[49:43] Vinod’s biggest motivation to get up

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]]> Vinod’s advice for entrepreneurs innovating with AI | Vinod Khosla (Founder of Khosla Ventures) Hamza Choudery, Vinod Khosla 00:52:43 product management, openai, large language models, venture capital, genai, product, gen ai, data, generative ai, llm, ai, artificial intelligence, pm false full 10 2 b2cf555f-6c74-4d3d-9a0c-d2e1145f52f6 Providing seamless in-product assistance with AI | Dopt In this episode of Building With AI, host Haroon Choudery is joined by Phil Vander Broek, Co-founder and CPO, and Karthik Sethuraman, a staff engineer at Dopt. Phil and Kathrik transitioned Dopt from a traditional SaaS platform to one that uses AI for in-product education and onboarding, leading to the launch of AI Assist earlier this month.

 

During the conversation, they discuss:

  • How Dopt adopted GenAI,
  • Multimodal models vs. traditional LLMs,
  • Guiding principles for AI-powered UX,
  • The biggest technical challenge of developing AI Assist,
  • Phil and Karthik's great learnings from building AI products,
  • And much more!

—

[00:00] Up next: 

[00:51] Episode introduction 

[02:03] Autoblocks: AI Optimization Platform 

[02:56] Phil and Karthik's introduction 

[04:58] How Dopt adopted GenAI 

[11:11] Multimodal models vs. traditional LLMs 

[16:03] All things Dopt AI Assist 

[22:53] Guiding principles for AI-powered UX 

[26:28] The biggest technical challenge in developing AI Assist

[30:03] Phil and Karthik's valuable insights from building AI products

[35:21] AI Assist outcomes: iteration & experimentation 

[36:48] The future of AI Assist 

[39:41] What is AI Assist? 

[42:32] Phil and Karthik's hottest AI take

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]]> Mon, 18 Mar 2024 04:00:00 +0000 hamza@autoblocks.ai (Phil Vander Broek, Karthik Sethuraman, Haroon Choudery) https://building-with-ai.simplecast.com/episodes/providing-seamless-in-product-assistance-with-ai-dopt-p_Pwfook In this episode of Building With AI, host Haroon Choudery is joined by Phil Vander Broek, Co-founder and CPO, and Karthik Sethuraman, a staff engineer at Dopt. Phil and Kathrik transitioned Dopt from a traditional SaaS platform to one that uses AI for in-product education and onboarding, leading to the launch of AI Assist earlier this month.

 

During the conversation, they discuss:

  • How Dopt adopted GenAI,
  • Multimodal models vs. traditional LLMs,
  • Guiding principles for AI-powered UX,
  • The biggest technical challenge of developing AI Assist,
  • Phil and Karthik's great learnings from building AI products,
  • And much more!

—

[00:00] Up next: 

[00:51] Episode introduction 

[02:03] Autoblocks: AI Optimization Platform 

[02:56] Phil and Karthik's introduction 

[04:58] How Dopt adopted GenAI 

[11:11] Multimodal models vs. traditional LLMs 

[16:03] All things Dopt AI Assist 

[22:53] Guiding principles for AI-powered UX 

[26:28] The biggest technical challenge in developing AI Assist

[30:03] Phil and Karthik's valuable insights from building AI products

[35:21] AI Assist outcomes: iteration & experimentation 

[36:48] The future of AI Assist 

[39:41] What is AI Assist? 

[42:32] Phil and Karthik's hottest AI take

—

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]]> Providing seamless in-product assistance with AI | Dopt Phil Vander Broek, Karthik Sethuraman, Haroon Choudery 00:43:57 product management, openai, large language models, genai, product, gen ai, data, generative ai, llm, ai, artificial intelligence, pm false full 9 2 471f1b3f-e3a5-4b80-b8e1-689fff4b1c31 Leveraging RAG to tell powerful stories | Shaun Modi (Co-founder and CEO of Capitol AI) In this episode of Building With AI, the host, Haroon Choudery, welcomes Shaun Modi, the CEO and Co-founder of Capitol AI. Shaun began his career as a UX designer at Google and an industrial designer at NASA. In 2014, he established his own design firm and launched over 50 products. He’s since founded Capitol AI, a knowledge engine and content generation platform that creates impactful stories. 

During the conversation, they discuss: 

  • Capitol AI's ethos,
  • The product velocity imperative,
  • Moving to open-source models,
  • Why you should have a social layer to your platform,
  • The monetization dilemma for startups,
  • And much more!

—

[00:00] Up next: 

[00:37] Episode introduction 

[01:45] Autoblocks: AI Optimization Platform 

[02:38] Shaun's introduction 

[04:36] The role of design in Shaun's life 

[08:38] Capitol AI's ethos 

[11:24] How to stand out in a radical space 

[16:47] The product velocity imperative 

[19:19] David vs. Goliath in AI 

[21:34] How to benefit from feedback 

[24:31] Shaun's advice for building with AI 

[28:29] Moving to open-source models 

[30:59] Why you should add a social layer to your platform 

[34:17] The monetization dilemma for startups 

[35:50] Sneak peek into Capitol AI 

[39:18] The exciting future of GenAI 

[43:14] Shaun's hottest AI take

—

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]]> Mon, 11 Mar 2024 13:14:41 +0000 hamza@autoblocks.ai (Shaun Modi, Haroon Choudery) https://building-with-ai.simplecast.com/episodes/leveraging-rag-to-tell-powerful-stories-shaun-modi-co-founder-and-ceo-of-capitol-ai-z2DKSbRp In this episode of Building With AI, the host, Haroon Choudery, welcomes Shaun Modi, the CEO and Co-founder of Capitol AI. Shaun began his career as a UX designer at Google and an industrial designer at NASA. In 2014, he established his own design firm and launched over 50 products. He’s since founded Capitol AI, a knowledge engine and content generation platform that creates impactful stories. 

During the conversation, they discuss: 

  • Capitol AI's ethos,
  • The product velocity imperative,
  • Moving to open-source models,
  • Why you should have a social layer to your platform,
  • The monetization dilemma for startups,
  • And much more!

—

[00:00] Up next: 

[00:37] Episode introduction 

[01:45] Autoblocks: AI Optimization Platform 

[02:38] Shaun's introduction 

[04:36] The role of design in Shaun's life 

[08:38] Capitol AI's ethos 

[11:24] How to stand out in a radical space 

[16:47] The product velocity imperative 

[19:19] David vs. Goliath in AI 

[21:34] How to benefit from feedback 

[24:31] Shaun's advice for building with AI 

[28:29] Moving to open-source models 

[30:59] Why you should add a social layer to your platform 

[34:17] The monetization dilemma for startups 

[35:50] Sneak peek into Capitol AI 

[39:18] The exciting future of GenAI 

[43:14] Shaun's hottest AI take

—

Brought to you by Autoblocks (https://www.autoblocks.ai/) — how product teams deliver better AI experiences.

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]]> Leveraging RAG to tell powerful stories | Shaun Modi (Co-founder and CEO of Capitol AI) Shaun Modi, Haroon Choudery 00:44:38 product management, openai, large language models, genai, product, gen ai, data, generative ai, llm, ai, artificial intelligence, pm false full 8 2 b8d1b230-7175-4190-bf54-0f6f68296055 Creating safe playgrounds for AI agents | Tereza Tizkova (Founding Member & Head of Growth at e2b) In this episode of Building With AI, host Haroon Choudery is joined by Tereza Tizkova, the Founding Member and Head of Growth and Community at e2b. Tereza's journey took her from a non-technical position as a Consultant at McKinsey to a pivotal role at e2b. The platform offers secure, sandboxed cloud environments for AI agents and AI apps.

During the conversation, they discuss:

  • Trust, safety, and the challenges of building agents,
  • The ingredients for reliable AI agents,
  • How e2b creates safe playgrounds,
  • The challenges of running agents locally,
  • The buzz around multi-agent collaboration,
  • And much more!

—

[00:00] Up next: 

[00:37] Episode introduction 

[01:40] Autoblocks: AI Optimization Platform 

[02:33] Tereza's introduction 

[03:56] What are AI agents? 

[06:43] Trust, safety, and the challenges of building agents 

[13:05] The ingredients for reliable AI agents 

[14:37] How e2b creates safe playgrounds 

[17:00] The challenges of running agents locally 

[18:12] The inception of e2b 

[19:04] How customers shape agents 

[22:40] The 2025 vision 

[26:52] The future of e2b 

[28:15] The buzz around multi-agent collaboration 

[32:56] Tereza's ultimate recommendation for frameworks

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]]> Mon, 4 Mar 2024 05:00:00 +0000 hamza@autoblocks.ai (Haroon Choudery, Tereza Tizkova) https://building-with-ai.simplecast.com/episodes/creating-safe-playgrounds-for-ai-agents-tereza-tizkova-founding-member-head-of-growth-at-e2b-03vR6PCI In this episode of Building With AI, host Haroon Choudery is joined by Tereza Tizkova, the Founding Member and Head of Growth and Community at e2b. Tereza's journey took her from a non-technical position as a Consultant at McKinsey to a pivotal role at e2b. The platform offers secure, sandboxed cloud environments for AI agents and AI apps.

During the conversation, they discuss:

  • Trust, safety, and the challenges of building agents,
  • The ingredients for reliable AI agents,
  • How e2b creates safe playgrounds,
  • The challenges of running agents locally,
  • The buzz around multi-agent collaboration,
  • And much more!

—

[00:00] Up next: 

[00:37] Episode introduction 

[01:40] Autoblocks: AI Optimization Platform 

[02:33] Tereza's introduction 

[03:56] What are AI agents? 

[06:43] Trust, safety, and the challenges of building agents 

[13:05] The ingredients for reliable AI agents 

[14:37] How e2b creates safe playgrounds 

[17:00] The challenges of running agents locally 

[18:12] The inception of e2b 

[19:04] How customers shape agents 

[22:40] The 2025 vision 

[26:52] The future of e2b 

[28:15] The buzz around multi-agent collaboration 

[32:56] Tereza's ultimate recommendation for frameworks

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]]> Creating safe playgrounds for AI agents | Tereza Tizkova (Founding Member & Head of Growth at e2b) Haroon Choudery, Tereza Tizkova 00:35:14 product management, openai, large language models, genai, product, gen ai, data, generative ai, llm, ai, artificial intelligence, pm false full 7 2 a39386ff-0105-4fcb-ac45-511da5a64157 Building a $3 million ARR product with AI | Yasser Elsaid (Founder of Chatbase) In this episode of Building With AI, host Haroon Choudery is joined by Yasser Elsaid, Founder of Chatbase. After facing unexpected layoffs in his industry, Yasser transformed adversity into opportunity by creating Chatbase. This innovative AI product, now doing $3M in ARR, empowers companies to develop custom chatbots for their websites, revolutionizing customer interactions.

During the conversation, they discuss:

  • If a simple AI "wrapper" is enough to succeed,
  • How Chatbase stands out in a crowded space,
  • How to combat AI hallucinations,
  • The inner workings of Chatbase's RAG system,
  • How to create a thriving product community,
  • And much more!

—

[00:00] Up next: 

[00:49] Episode introduction 

[01:48] Autoblocks: AI Optimization Platform 

[02:41] Yasser’s introduction 

[03:20] The big tech offer 

[05:20] The first mover advantage 

[07:10] From first mover to long-term player 

[09:01] Is a simple AI "wrapper" enough to succeed? 

[10:55] How Chatbase stands out in a crowded space 

[12:53] How Chatbase combats AI hallucinations 

[15:56] The inner workings of Chatbase's RAG system 

[21:57] The biggest problem Chatbase faces 

[23:42] Moving up in the market 

[26:25] Biggest lessons from programming AI products 

[28:42] How Chatbase created a thriving product community 

[32:47] Biggest opportunities and challenges in AI

[37:22] Yasser's hottest take on AI

—

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]]> Mon, 26 Feb 2024 11:05:36 +0000 hamza@autoblocks.ai (Haroon Choudery, Yasser Elsaid) https://building-with-ai.simplecast.com/episodes/building-a-3-million-arr-product-with-ai-yasser-elsaid-founder-of-chatbase-uUGQUOIX In this episode of Building With AI, host Haroon Choudery is joined by Yasser Elsaid, Founder of Chatbase. After facing unexpected layoffs in his industry, Yasser transformed adversity into opportunity by creating Chatbase. This innovative AI product, now doing $3M in ARR, empowers companies to develop custom chatbots for their websites, revolutionizing customer interactions.

During the conversation, they discuss:

  • If a simple AI "wrapper" is enough to succeed,
  • How Chatbase stands out in a crowded space,
  • How to combat AI hallucinations,
  • The inner workings of Chatbase's RAG system,
  • How to create a thriving product community,
  • And much more!

—

[00:00] Up next: 

[00:49] Episode introduction 

[01:48] Autoblocks: AI Optimization Platform 

[02:41] Yasser’s introduction 

[03:20] The big tech offer 

[05:20] The first mover advantage 

[07:10] From first mover to long-term player 

[09:01] Is a simple AI "wrapper" enough to succeed? 

[10:55] How Chatbase stands out in a crowded space 

[12:53] How Chatbase combats AI hallucinations 

[15:56] The inner workings of Chatbase's RAG system 

[21:57] The biggest problem Chatbase faces 

[23:42] Moving up in the market 

[26:25] Biggest lessons from programming AI products 

[28:42] How Chatbase created a thriving product community 

[32:47] Biggest opportunities and challenges in AI

[37:22] Yasser's hottest take on AI

—

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]]> Building a $3 million ARR product with AI | Yasser Elsaid (Founder of Chatbase) Haroon Choudery, Yasser Elsaid 00:39:12 product management, openai, large language models, genai, product, gen ai, data, generative ai, llm, ai, artificial intelligence, pm false full 6 2 d0f969bf-5eaf-4d50-8a86-54676ba6184d Redefining legal research with AI | Otto von Zastrow-Marcks (Founder and CEO of Midpage) In this episode of Building With AI, host Haroon Choudery is joined by Otto von Zastrow-Marcks, Founder and CEO of Midpage. Otto's journey from robotics to legal tech was motivated by the challenges lawyers encounter early in their careers. With Midpage, he introduced a generative AI platform designed to assist US lawyers in research and case drafting.

During the conversation, they discuss:

  • Why auto-completion is difficult to carry out in legal tech,
  • How Midpage turns snippets into arguments,
  • Building the right UI/UX,
  • The biggest challenge of working with non-deterministic code,
  • The future of legal tech,
  • And much more!

—

[00:00] Up next:

[00:11] Episode introduction

[01:08] Autoblocks: AI Optimization Platform

[02:01] Otto’s introduction

[03:22] Lawns to law: Why this Otto went into legal tech

[04:47] Midpage's Job To Be Done (JTBD)

[05:50] Otto's 'Aha!' moment

[07:01] Why auto-completion is difficult to carry out in legal tech

[08:42] How Midpage turns snippets into arguments

[11:41] Building the right UI/UX

[13:33] The tech stack behind Midpage

[15:43] Midpage's approach for effective retrieval

[19:36] The future of UI

[22:28] How startups can build an edge

[25:21] The biggest challenge of working with non-deterministic code

[27:36] The future of legal tech

[32:05] Otto's hottest AI take

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]]> Mon, 19 Feb 2024 05:00:00 +0000 hamza@autoblocks.ai (Haroon Choudery, Otto von Zastrow-Marck) https://building-with-ai.simplecast.com/episodes/redefining-legal-research-with-ai-otto-von-zastrow-marck-founder-of-midpage-St6_KVih In this episode of Building With AI, host Haroon Choudery is joined by Otto von Zastrow-Marcks, Founder and CEO of Midpage. Otto's journey from robotics to legal tech was motivated by the challenges lawyers encounter early in their careers. With Midpage, he introduced a generative AI platform designed to assist US lawyers in research and case drafting.

During the conversation, they discuss:

  • Why auto-completion is difficult to carry out in legal tech,
  • How Midpage turns snippets into arguments,
  • Building the right UI/UX,
  • The biggest challenge of working with non-deterministic code,
  • The future of legal tech,
  • And much more!

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[00:00] Up next:

[00:11] Episode introduction

[01:08] Autoblocks: AI Optimization Platform

[02:01] Otto’s introduction

[03:22] Lawns to law: Why this Otto went into legal tech

[04:47] Midpage's Job To Be Done (JTBD)

[05:50] Otto's 'Aha!' moment

[07:01] Why auto-completion is difficult to carry out in legal tech

[08:42] How Midpage turns snippets into arguments

[11:41] Building the right UI/UX

[13:33] The tech stack behind Midpage

[15:43] Midpage's approach for effective retrieval

[19:36] The future of UI

[22:28] How startups can build an edge

[25:21] The biggest challenge of working with non-deterministic code

[27:36] The future of legal tech

[32:05] Otto's hottest AI take

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]]> Redefining legal research with AI | Otto von Zastrow-Marcks (Founder and CEO of Midpage) Haroon Choudery, Otto von Zastrow-Marck 00:33:50 product management, openai, large language models, genai, product, gen ai, data, generative ai, llm, ai, artificial intelligence, pm false full 5 2 a06117c5-5258-43d7-8680-ea220fe04f3f Boosting the productivity of data scientists with AI | Bryan Bischof (AI Lead at Hex) In this episode of Building With AI, host Haroon Choudery is joined by Bryan Bischof, the AI lead at Hex. Bryan joined the Hex Magic team in 2023, leveraging his insights to improve data science workflows through LLM integrations.

During the conversation, they discuss:

  • The Hex way of approaching jobs to be done,
  • Why Bryan is over synthetic data,
  • Bryan's three-stage recommender system,
  • Retrieval techniques that don't work,
  • Hex's game-changing metrics for AI performance,
  • And much more!

Bonus: Bryan reveals the questions he asks candidates during interviews...and guess what? Hex is currently on the lookout for fresh talent! So keep your 👀 peeled!

—

[00:00] Up next:

[00:08] Episode introduction

[00:55] Autoblocks: AI Optimization Platform

[01:48] Bryan’s introduction

[06:47] The Hex way of approaching jobs to be done

[10:34] To blank slate or not to blank slate

[11:32] How Hex prioritizes different pain points

[15:37] Challenges of building Hex: chain reactions, entropy, and latency issues

[19:04] How to build accurate and reliable agents

[22:27] The solution to evals

[26:33] How to build powerful evals

[31:46] Why Bryan is over synthetic data

[35:48] Bryan's three stage recommender system

[44:35] The role of data managers

[46:27] Retrieval techniques that don't work

[47:57] The team behind Hex Magic

[50:04] Hex vs. Jupyter

[51:41] Hex's game-changing metrics for AI performance

[54:39] The nuances of developing AI products

[01:00:40] Hex's future projects

—

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]]> Mon, 12 Feb 2024 12:33:26 +0000 hamza@autoblocks.ai (Haroon Choudery, Bryan Bischof) https://building-with-ai.simplecast.com/episodes/boosting-the-productivity-of-data-scientists-with-ai-bryan-bischof-ai-lead-at-hex-ANVMEr6S In this episode of Building With AI, host Haroon Choudery is joined by Bryan Bischof, the AI lead at Hex. Bryan joined the Hex Magic team in 2023, leveraging his insights to improve data science workflows through LLM integrations.

During the conversation, they discuss:

  • The Hex way of approaching jobs to be done,
  • Why Bryan is over synthetic data,
  • Bryan's three-stage recommender system,
  • Retrieval techniques that don't work,
  • Hex's game-changing metrics for AI performance,
  • And much more!

Bonus: Bryan reveals the questions he asks candidates during interviews...and guess what? Hex is currently on the lookout for fresh talent! So keep your 👀 peeled!

—

[00:00] Up next:

[00:08] Episode introduction

[00:55] Autoblocks: AI Optimization Platform

[01:48] Bryan’s introduction

[06:47] The Hex way of approaching jobs to be done

[10:34] To blank slate or not to blank slate

[11:32] How Hex prioritizes different pain points

[15:37] Challenges of building Hex: chain reactions, entropy, and latency issues

[19:04] How to build accurate and reliable agents

[22:27] The solution to evals

[26:33] How to build powerful evals

[31:46] Why Bryan is over synthetic data

[35:48] Bryan's three stage recommender system

[44:35] The role of data managers

[46:27] Retrieval techniques that don't work

[47:57] The team behind Hex Magic

[50:04] Hex vs. Jupyter

[51:41] Hex's game-changing metrics for AI performance

[54:39] The nuances of developing AI products

[01:00:40] Hex's future projects

—

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]]> Boosting the productivity of data scientists with AI | Bryan Bischof (AI Lead at Hex) Haroon Choudery, Bryan Bischof 01:02:31 product management, openai, large language models, genai, product, gen ai, data, generative ai, llm, ai, artificial intelligence, pm false full 4 2 c4951b0d-b926-4a98-b9c8-2953857ce969 Reimagining workflows with AI | Chelsey Tanaka (Product Lead for AI at Airtable) In this episode of Building With AI, host Haroon Choudery is joined by Chelsey Tanaka, the Product Lead for AI at Airtable. Chelsey is a seasoned product manager with over 12 years of experience in enterprise SaaS companies across diverse industries like energy, construction, and autonomous vehicles.

During the conversation, they discuss:

  • How Airtable integrated AI into their product,
  • Large enterprises and the fear of AI adoption,
  • Airtable's AI team and initiatives,
  • The AI space's moonshot,
  • Airtable’s different success metrics for AI features,
  • And much more!

—

[00:00] Up next:

[00:44] Episode Introduction

[01:32] Autoblocks: AI Optimization Platform

[02:25] Chelsey’s introduction

[04:01] Airtable's journey to where it is today

[06:20] How did Airtable go about integrating AI into their product

[10:28] Large enterprises and the fear of AI adoption

[13:11] How Airtable got enterprises on board with GenAI

[18:35] Prioritizing initiatives: easy solutions to paradigm shifts

[22:28] AI space's moons: the Q&A project

[24:01] The different success metrics for AI features

[25:15] Working with traditional products vs. AI products

[28:58] Unique challenges of working with GenAI products

[33:47] Learning as a way to build great GenAI products

[34:57] Agility: the name of the game

[37:51] The fundamental principles of product development in AI

[40:41] Vision for the future of the low Code/no Code space

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]]> Sun, 4 Feb 2024 22:31:52 +0000 hamza@autoblocks.ai (Chelsey Tanaka, Haroon Choudery) https://building-with-ai.simplecast.com/episodes/reimagining-workflows-with-ai-chelsey-tanaka-product-lead-for-ai-at-airtable-PGC_l_qU In this episode of Building With AI, host Haroon Choudery is joined by Chelsey Tanaka, the Product Lead for AI at Airtable. Chelsey is a seasoned product manager with over 12 years of experience in enterprise SaaS companies across diverse industries like energy, construction, and autonomous vehicles.

During the conversation, they discuss:

  • How Airtable integrated AI into their product,
  • Large enterprises and the fear of AI adoption,
  • Airtable's AI team and initiatives,
  • The AI space's moonshot,
  • Airtable’s different success metrics for AI features,
  • And much more!

—

[00:00] Up next:

[00:44] Episode Introduction

[01:32] Autoblocks: AI Optimization Platform

[02:25] Chelsey’s introduction

[04:01] Airtable's journey to where it is today

[06:20] How did Airtable go about integrating AI into their product

[10:28] Large enterprises and the fear of AI adoption

[13:11] How Airtable got enterprises on board with GenAI

[18:35] Prioritizing initiatives: easy solutions to paradigm shifts

[22:28] AI space's moons: the Q&A project

[24:01] The different success metrics for AI features

[25:15] Working with traditional products vs. AI products

[28:58] Unique challenges of working with GenAI products

[33:47] Learning as a way to build great GenAI products

[34:57] Agility: the name of the game

[37:51] The fundamental principles of product development in AI

[40:41] Vision for the future of the low Code/no Code space

—

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]]> Reimagining workflows with AI | Chelsey Tanaka (Product Lead for AI at Airtable) Chelsey Tanaka, Haroon Choudery 00:43:47 product management, openai, large language models, genai, product, gen ai, data, generative ai, llm, ai, artificial intelligence, pm false full 3 2 21b85868-883c-4c64-8879-4b68e514c514 Enabling startups to innovate with AI | Jason Liu (Independent Consultant) In this episode of Building With AI, host Haroon Choudery is joined by Jason Liu, a seasoned AI operator and consultant who advises seed-stage start-ups on tech strategy, research, and infrastructure. 

With several years of experience in machine learning, Jason has gained recognition for creating AI-specific dev tooling and contributing to several open-source projects.

During the conversation, they discuss: 

  • General applications vs. AI applications,
  • How developers should work with LLMs,
  • What LLMOps companies need to focus on,
  • Why saying 'no' can improve your AI's success rate,
  • Building agile AI systems,
  • Best practices for RAG systems,
  • And much more! 

—

[00:00] Up next: Jason Liu

[00:25] Episode Introduction

[01:12] Autoblocks: AI Optimization Platform

[02:07] Jason's introduction

[03:44] General applications vs. AI applications

[05:08] The two categories of dev tools

[06:43] The AI landscape for non-technical users

[08:47] The one skill developers need

[09:57] The eval puzzle

[11:52] What LLMOps companies need to focus on

[16:26] Why saying 'no' can improve your AI's success rate

[18:15] How can you build an agile AI system?

[21:41] Strategies for building products that stick

[24:29] Similarities between RAG and recommendation frameworks

[26:03] Best practices for RAG systems

[28:27] The importance of short-term metrics

[29:30] Data strategies for effective RAG systems 

[35:22] Jason's hottest take on AI

[36:22] Jason's future projects

— 

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]]> Mon, 29 Jan 2024 16:00:00 +0000 hamza@autoblocks.ai (Jason Liu, Haroon Choudery) https://building-with-ai.simplecast.com/episodes/enabling-startups-to-innovate-with-ai-jason-liu-independent-consultant-CPU_dNJb In this episode of Building With AI, host Haroon Choudery is joined by Jason Liu, a seasoned AI operator and consultant who advises seed-stage start-ups on tech strategy, research, and infrastructure. 

With several years of experience in machine learning, Jason has gained recognition for creating AI-specific dev tooling and contributing to several open-source projects.

During the conversation, they discuss: 

  • General applications vs. AI applications,
  • How developers should work with LLMs,
  • What LLMOps companies need to focus on,
  • Why saying 'no' can improve your AI's success rate,
  • Building agile AI systems,
  • Best practices for RAG systems,
  • And much more! 

—

[00:00] Up next: Jason Liu

[00:25] Episode Introduction

[01:12] Autoblocks: AI Optimization Platform

[02:07] Jason's introduction

[03:44] General applications vs. AI applications

[05:08] The two categories of dev tools

[06:43] The AI landscape for non-technical users

[08:47] The one skill developers need

[09:57] The eval puzzle

[11:52] What LLMOps companies need to focus on

[16:26] Why saying 'no' can improve your AI's success rate

[18:15] How can you build an agile AI system?

[21:41] Strategies for building products that stick

[24:29] Similarities between RAG and recommendation frameworks

[26:03] Best practices for RAG systems

[28:27] The importance of short-term metrics

[29:30] Data strategies for effective RAG systems 

[35:22] Jason's hottest take on AI

[36:22] Jason's future projects

— 

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]]> Enabling startups to innovate with AI | Jason Liu (Independent Consultant) Jason Liu, Haroon Choudery 00:37:04 product management, openai, large language models, genai, product, gen ai, data, generative ai, llm, ai, artificial intelligence, pm false full 2 2 084042b8-28ff-4567-9ca8-8bc16f77d422 Empowering developers to build with AI | Logan Kilpatrick (Developer Relations Lead at OpenAI) In this episode of Building With AI, host Haroon Choudery is joined by Logan Kilpatrick, who leads developer relations at OpenAI. After a year at the frontier of AI development, Logan digs into an important question: How do you empower developers to build with GenAI?

During the conversation, they discuss:

  • Crafting robust and reliable AI systems,
  • The trade-off between creativity and control,
  • The role of OpenAI in the developer ecosystem,
  • Opportunities & risks for AI developers,
  • Best practices for AI product builders,
  • And much more!

—

[00:00] Up next: Logan from OpenAI

[00:28] Episode introduction

[01:04] Autoblocks: AI Optimization Platform

[01:56] Logan’s Introduction

[03:26] Challenges in AI development

[06:50] Trade-off between control and creativity

[09:51] Improving developer experience with OpenAI

[11:51] OpenAI’s vision for the future

[12:34] Opportunities and risks for AI developers

[15:01] Industry best practices for developers and builders

[16:84] Future of retrieval

[18:54] Evolution of the data ecosystem

[20:50] First principles approach to AI products

[23:12] Startups vs. incumbents

[26:01] What future models have in store

[29:54] Role of open-source models

[33:45] Advice for AI builders

[35:19] Reflections on recent events at OpenAI

[36:51] Logan’s hottest take on AI

[38:14] Predictions on the future of AGI

[39:52] Outro

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Learn more about Autoblocks:

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]]> Tue, 23 Jan 2024 16:15:45 +0000 hamza@autoblocks.ai (Logan Kilpatrick, Haroon Choudery) https://building-with-ai.simplecast.com/episodes/logan-kilpatrick-openai-7FQOw496 In this episode of Building With AI, host Haroon Choudery is joined by Logan Kilpatrick, who leads developer relations at OpenAI. After a year at the frontier of AI development, Logan digs into an important question: How do you empower developers to build with GenAI?

During the conversation, they discuss:

  • Crafting robust and reliable AI systems,
  • The trade-off between creativity and control,
  • The role of OpenAI in the developer ecosystem,
  • Opportunities & risks for AI developers,
  • Best practices for AI product builders,
  • And much more!

—

[00:00] Up next: Logan from OpenAI

[00:28] Episode introduction

[01:04] Autoblocks: AI Optimization Platform

[01:56] Logan’s Introduction

[03:26] Challenges in AI development

[06:50] Trade-off between control and creativity

[09:51] Improving developer experience with OpenAI

[11:51] OpenAI’s vision for the future

[12:34] Opportunities and risks for AI developers

[15:01] Industry best practices for developers and builders

[16:84] Future of retrieval

[18:54] Evolution of the data ecosystem

[20:50] First principles approach to AI products

[23:12] Startups vs. incumbents

[26:01] What future models have in store

[29:54] Role of open-source models

[33:45] Advice for AI builders

[35:19] Reflections on recent events at OpenAI

[36:51] Logan’s hottest take on AI

[38:14] Predictions on the future of AGI

[39:52] Outro

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]]> Empowering developers to build with AI | Logan Kilpatrick (Developer Relations Lead at OpenAI) Logan Kilpatrick, Haroon Choudery 00:39:17 product management, openai, large language models, genai, product, gen ai, data, generative ai, llm, ai, artificial intelligence, pm false full 1 2 bed1573b-c180-4a56-bb59-7956158c5e92 Enhancing customer service with AI | Fergal Reid (VP of AI at Intercom) In this episode of Building with AI, host Haroon Choudery sits with Fergal Reid, VP of AI at Intercom, a platform that empowers businesses to deliver better customer support. Fergal sheds light on Intercom's transition into an AI-first company, highlighting his role as the first dedicated machine learning hire. He narrates the various changes and developments that the company experienced during this journey, which became especially pronounced with the arrival of ChatGPT.

During the conversation, they discuss:

  • Intercom's evolving AI development strategy,
  • Intercom's strategies to counter AI hallucinations,
  • Crucial choices behind Intercom's successful AI integration,
  • Fergal's perspective on an AI-driven software revolution,
  • Navigating challenges in the rapidly evolving AI industry, 
  • And much more!

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  • X: https://x.com/intercom

Where to find Haroon Choudery:

  • Linkedln: https://www.linkedin.com/in/haroonchoudery/
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]]> Mon, 4 Dec 2023 00:11:51 +0000 hamza@autoblocks.ai (Fergal Reid, Haroon Choudery) https://building-with-ai.simplecast.com/episodes/fergal-reid-intercom-x_SB64SA In this episode of Building with AI, host Haroon Choudery sits with Fergal Reid, VP of AI at Intercom, a platform that empowers businesses to deliver better customer support. Fergal sheds light on Intercom's transition into an AI-first company, highlighting his role as the first dedicated machine learning hire. He narrates the various changes and developments that the company experienced during this journey, which became especially pronounced with the arrival of ChatGPT.

During the conversation, they discuss:

  • Intercom's evolving AI development strategy,
  • Intercom's strategies to counter AI hallucinations,
  • Crucial choices behind Intercom's successful AI integration,
  • Fergal's perspective on an AI-driven software revolution,
  • Navigating challenges in the rapidly evolving AI industry, 
  • And much more!

—

Brought to you by Autoblocks (https://www.autoblocks.ai)—how product teams build better AI experiences.

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Building with AI is a weekly podcast featuring conversations with trailblazing business leaders at the forefront of AI. Through thoughtful and engaging dialogue, host Haroon Choudery (CEO of Autoblocks) uncovers tactical insights that empower listeners to build and scale better AI products.

—

Where to find Fergal Reid:

  • Linkedln: https://www.linkedin.com/in/fergalreid
  • X: https://x.com/fergal_reid

Learn more about Intercom:

  • Website: https://www.intercom.com
  • LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/intercom/
  • X: https://x.com/intercom

Where to find Haroon Choudery:

  • Linkedln: https://www.linkedin.com/in/haroonchoudery/
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]]> Enhancing customer service with AI | Fergal Reid (VP of AI at Intercom) Fergal Reid, Haroon Choudery 00:50:24 product management, openai, large language models, genai, product, gen ai, data, generative ai, llm, ai, artificial intelligence, pm false full 12 1 1c71fadd-50df-43ea-835e-7893ce991c28 Providing accessible coaching with AI | Alex Roe (Co-founder of Summit) In this episode of Building with AI, host Haroon Choudery sits with Alex Roe, Co-founder of Summit, an AI-powered life coach. In the episode, Alex discusses how his experience at Google and Cresta shaped his understanding of AI and machine learning.

During the conversation, they discuss:

  • AI’s unique ability personalize products,
  • Versatile vs. vertical AI,
  • Creating human-like interactions in AI interfaces,
  • How Summit has overcome challenges in building with AI,
  • Native integrations vs. add-ons in product development,
  • And much more!

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  • Linkedln: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alex-roe
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Learn more about Summit:

  • Website: https://www.summit.im
  • Linkedln: https://www.linkedin.com/company/summitdotim

Where to find Haroon Choudery:

  • Linkedln: https://www.linkedin.com/in/haroonchoudery
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]]> Sun, 26 Nov 2023 22:37:25 +0000 hamza@autoblocks.ai (Alex Roe, Haroon Choudery) https://building-with-ai.simplecast.com/episodes/alex-roe-summit-chmdrDWu In this episode of Building with AI, host Haroon Choudery sits with Alex Roe, Co-founder of Summit, an AI-powered life coach. In the episode, Alex discusses how his experience at Google and Cresta shaped his understanding of AI and machine learning.

During the conversation, they discuss:

  • AI’s unique ability personalize products,
  • Versatile vs. vertical AI,
  • Creating human-like interactions in AI interfaces,
  • How Summit has overcome challenges in building with AI,
  • Native integrations vs. add-ons in product development,
  • And much more!

—

Brought to you by Autoblocks (https://www.autoblocks.ai)—how product teams build better AI experiences.

—

Building with AI is a weekly podcast featuring conversations with trailblazing business leaders at the forefront of AI. Through thoughtful and engaging dialogue, host Haroon Choudery (CEO of Autoblocks) uncovers tactical insights that empower listeners to build and scale better AI products.

—

Where to find Alex Roe:

  • Linkedln: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alex-roe
  • X: https://x.com/AlexRoe

Learn more about Summit:

  • Website: https://www.summit.im
  • Linkedln: https://www.linkedin.com/company/summitdotim

Where to find Haroon Choudery:

  • Linkedln: https://www.linkedin.com/in/haroonchoudery
  • X: https://x.com/haroonchoudery

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  • Website: https://www.autoblocks.ai
  • X: https://x.com/AutoblocksAI

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]]> Providing accessible coaching with AI | Alex Roe (Co-founder of Summit) Alex Roe, Haroon Choudery 00:44:45 product management, openai, large language models, genai, product, gen ai, data, generative ai, llm, ai, artificial intelligence, pm false full 11 1 a93bf9d4-5e1b-4c8f-b910-44c9ecebc17e Making copywriting easier with AI | Paul Yacoubian (CEO of Copy.ai) In this episode of Building with AI, host Haroon Choudery sits with Paul Yacoubian, Founder and CEO of Copy.ai, an AI-driven platform designed to help marketing teams write better copy. In the episode, Paul shares his story of developing five AI product MVPs in 90 days. He explains how the fourth MVP (a tagline generator) transformed into Copy.ai's core product.

During the conversation, they discuss:

  • Intelligence as a business KPI,
  • The benefits of highly personalized, configurable products,
  • Marrying qualitative and quantitative data to improve user experience,
  • How Copy.ai capitalizes on being a pioneer in the industry,
  • AI's power to drive innovation with minimal resources,
  • And much more!

—

Brought to you by Autoblocks (https://www.autoblocks.ai)—how product teams build better AI experiences.

—

Building with AI is a weekly podcast featuring conversations with trailblazing business leaders at the forefront of AI. Through thoughtful and engaging dialogue, host Haroon Choudery (CEO of Autoblocks) uncovers tactical insights that empower listeners to build and scale better AI products.

—

Where to find Paul Yacoubian:

  • Linkedln: https://www.linkedin.com/in/paulyacoubian/
  • X: https://x.com/PaulYacoubian

Learn more about Copy.ai:

  • Website: https://www.copy.ai
  • X: https://x.com/copy_ai

Where to find Haroon Choudery:

  • Linkedln: https://www.linkedin.com/in/haroonchoudery/
  • X: https://x.com/haroonchoudery

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  • Website: https://www.autoblocks.ai
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]]> Sun, 19 Nov 2023 20:48:41 +0000 hamza@autoblocks.ai (Paul Yacoubian, Haroon Choudery) https://building-with-ai.simplecast.com/episodes/paul-yacoubian-copy-ai-blvvWYC_ In this episode of Building with AI, host Haroon Choudery sits with Paul Yacoubian, Founder and CEO of Copy.ai, an AI-driven platform designed to help marketing teams write better copy. In the episode, Paul shares his story of developing five AI product MVPs in 90 days. He explains how the fourth MVP (a tagline generator) transformed into Copy.ai's core product.

During the conversation, they discuss:

  • Intelligence as a business KPI,
  • The benefits of highly personalized, configurable products,
  • Marrying qualitative and quantitative data to improve user experience,
  • How Copy.ai capitalizes on being a pioneer in the industry,
  • AI's power to drive innovation with minimal resources,
  • And much more!

—

Brought to you by Autoblocks (https://www.autoblocks.ai)—how product teams build better AI experiences.

—

Building with AI is a weekly podcast featuring conversations with trailblazing business leaders at the forefront of AI. Through thoughtful and engaging dialogue, host Haroon Choudery (CEO of Autoblocks) uncovers tactical insights that empower listeners to build and scale better AI products.

—

Where to find Paul Yacoubian:

  • Linkedln: https://www.linkedin.com/in/paulyacoubian/
  • X: https://x.com/PaulYacoubian

Learn more about Copy.ai:

  • Website: https://www.copy.ai
  • X: https://x.com/copy_ai

Where to find Haroon Choudery:

  • Linkedln: https://www.linkedin.com/in/haroonchoudery/
  • X: https://x.com/haroonchoudery

Learn more about Autoblocks:

  • Website: https://www.autoblocks.ai
  • X: https://x.com/AutoblocksAI

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]]> Making copywriting easier with AI | Paul Yacoubian (CEO of Copy.ai) Paul Yacoubian, Haroon Choudery 00:15:46 product management, openai, large language models, genai, product, gen ai, data, generative ai, llm, ai, artificial intelligence, pm false full 10 1 d23bea77-f9bf-446a-af41-f3ad79c0d1d2 Automating laborious timekeeping with AI | Ryan Alshak (CEO of Laurel) In this episode of Building with AI, host Haroon Choudery sits with Ryan Alshak, the CEO of Laurel, an AI-powered timekeeping software for professional services. Ryan discusses how he observed the inefficiencies of timekeeping in his role as a lawyer. This realization prompted him to create an AI-powered tool to address these challenges.

During the conversation, they discuss:

  • Ryan’s decision to use the legal industry as a beachhead,
  • Laurel’s metrics for determining client impact,
  • The company’s broader vision and expansion,
  • Laurel’s integration strategies,
  • Traditional ML vs. GenAI,
  • And much more!

—

Brought to you by Autoblocks (https://www.autoblocks.ai)—how product teams build better AI experiences.

—

Building with AI is a weekly podcast featuring conversations with trailblazing business leaders at the forefront of AI. Through thoughtful and engaging dialogue, host Haroon Choudery (CEO of Autoblocks) uncovers tactical insights that empower listeners to build and scale better AI products.

—

Where to find Ryan Alshak:

  • Linkedln: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ryan-alshak
  • X: https://x.com/ryanalshak

Learn more about Laurel:

  • Website: https://www.laurel.ai/
  • X: https://twitter.com/getlaurel

Where to find Haroon Choudery:

  • Linkedln: https://www.linkedin.com/in/haroonchoudery/
  • X: https://x.com/haroonchoudery

Learn more about Autoblocks:

  • Website: https://www.autoblocks.ai
  • X: https://x.com/AutoblocksAI

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]]> Sun, 12 Nov 2023 23:40:07 +0000 hamza@autoblocks.ai (Ryan Alshak, Haroon Choudery) https://building-with-ai.simplecast.com/episodes/ryan-alshak-laurel-onN6y2LR In this episode of Building with AI, host Haroon Choudery sits with Ryan Alshak, the CEO of Laurel, an AI-powered timekeeping software for professional services. Ryan discusses how he observed the inefficiencies of timekeeping in his role as a lawyer. This realization prompted him to create an AI-powered tool to address these challenges.

During the conversation, they discuss:

  • Ryan’s decision to use the legal industry as a beachhead,
  • Laurel’s metrics for determining client impact,
  • The company’s broader vision and expansion,
  • Laurel’s integration strategies,
  • Traditional ML vs. GenAI,
  • And much more!

—

Brought to you by Autoblocks (https://www.autoblocks.ai)—how product teams build better AI experiences.

—

Building with AI is a weekly podcast featuring conversations with trailblazing business leaders at the forefront of AI. Through thoughtful and engaging dialogue, host Haroon Choudery (CEO of Autoblocks) uncovers tactical insights that empower listeners to build and scale better AI products.

—

Where to find Ryan Alshak:

  • Linkedln: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ryan-alshak
  • X: https://x.com/ryanalshak

Learn more about Laurel:

  • Website: https://www.laurel.ai/
  • X: https://twitter.com/getlaurel

Where to find Haroon Choudery:

  • Linkedln: https://www.linkedin.com/in/haroonchoudery/
  • X: https://x.com/haroonchoudery

Learn more about Autoblocks:

  • Website: https://www.autoblocks.ai
  • X: https://x.com/AutoblocksAI

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]]> Automating laborious timekeeping with AI | Ryan Alshak (CEO of Laurel) Ryan Alshak, Haroon Choudery 00:40:36 product management, openai, large language models, genai, product, gen ai, data, generative ai, llm, ai, artificial intelligence, pm false full 9 1 bc785a47-998f-4c78-a210-b424ad77113c Understanding user needs with AI | Yana Welinder (CEO of Kraftful) In this episode of Building with AI, host Haroon Choudery sits with Yana Welinder, the CEO and Co-founder of Kraftful, an AI-powered copilot for product builders. Yana shares the importance of incorporating user feedback from various channels for product development.

During the conversation, they discuss:

  • The insight and vision that led to Kraftful,
  • The stages of Kraftful's AI feature development,
  • Fine-tuning and scalability challenges,
  • Yana’s hot take about AI and its future,
  • And much more!

—

Brought to you by Autoblocks (https://www.autoblocks.ai)—how product teams build better AI experiences.

—

Building with AI is a weekly podcast featuring conversations with trailblazing business leaders at the forefront of AI. Through thoughtful and engaging dialogue, host Haroon Choudery (CEO of Autoblocks) uncovers tactical insights that empower listeners to build and scale better AI products.

—

Where to find Yana Welinder:

  • Linkedln: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ywelinder/
  • X: https://x.com/yanatweets

Learn more about Kraftful:

  • Website: https://www.kraftful.com/
  • X: https://twitter.com/Kraftful

Where to find Haroon Choudery:

  • Linkedln: https://www.linkedin.com/in/harooncho...
  • X: https://x.com/haroonchoudery

Learn more about Autoblocks:

  • Website: https://www.autoblocks.ai
  • X: https://x.com/AutoblocksAI

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]]> Sun, 12 Nov 2023 23:39:58 +0000 hamza@autoblocks.ai (Yana Welinder, Haroon Choudery) https://building-with-ai.simplecast.com/episodes/yana-welinder-kraftful-ST37NT9L In this episode of Building with AI, host Haroon Choudery sits with Yana Welinder, the CEO and Co-founder of Kraftful, an AI-powered copilot for product builders. Yana shares the importance of incorporating user feedback from various channels for product development.

During the conversation, they discuss:

  • The insight and vision that led to Kraftful,
  • The stages of Kraftful's AI feature development,
  • Fine-tuning and scalability challenges,
  • Yana’s hot take about AI and its future,
  • And much more!

—

Brought to you by Autoblocks (https://www.autoblocks.ai)—how product teams build better AI experiences.

—

Building with AI is a weekly podcast featuring conversations with trailblazing business leaders at the forefront of AI. Through thoughtful and engaging dialogue, host Haroon Choudery (CEO of Autoblocks) uncovers tactical insights that empower listeners to build and scale better AI products.

—

Where to find Yana Welinder:

  • Linkedln: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ywelinder/
  • X: https://x.com/yanatweets

Learn more about Kraftful:

  • Website: https://www.kraftful.com/
  • X: https://twitter.com/Kraftful

Where to find Haroon Choudery:

  • Linkedln: https://www.linkedin.com/in/harooncho...
  • X: https://x.com/haroonchoudery

Learn more about Autoblocks:

  • Website: https://www.autoblocks.ai
  • X: https://x.com/AutoblocksAI

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]]> Understanding user needs with AI | Yana Welinder (CEO of Kraftful) Yana Welinder, Haroon Choudery 00:36:35 product management, openai, large language models, genai, product, gen ai, data, generative ai, llm, ai, artificial intelligence, pm false full 8 1 ae2c5bb1-467a-4576-a604-debf047d48ee Democratizing personal assistants with AI | Omar Shaya (Founder of MultiOn) In this episode of Building with AI, host Haroon Choudery sits with Omar Shaya, the founder of MultiOn, a personal AI assistant that democratizes access to AI. In the episode, Omar talks about his background at Microsoft and Facebook AI teams, and how these experiences led to the creation of MultiOn.

During the conversation, they discuss:

  • The importance of a user-centric approach in developing products,
  • Insights from interviewing human assistants,
  • Balancing novelty and familiarity for users in its product,
  • How developers can effectively utilize LLMs,
  • Hot takes around AI,
  • And much more!

—

Brought to you by Autoblocks (https://www.autoblocks.ai)—how product teams build better AI experiences.

—

Building with AI is a weekly podcast featuring conversations with trailblazing business leaders at the forefront of AI. Through thoughtful and engaging dialogue, host Haroon Choudery (CEO of Autoblocks) uncovers tactical insights that empower listeners to build and scale better AI products.

—

Where to find Omar Shaya:

  • Linkedln: https://www.linkedin.com/in/omarshaya/
  • X: https://x.com/omarshaya

Learn more about MultiOn:

  • Website: https://www.multion.ai/
  • X: https://twitter.com/MultiON_AI

Where to find Haroon Choudery:

  • Linkedln: https://www.linkedin.com/in/haroonchoudery/
  • X: https://x.com/haroonchoudery

Learn more about Autoblocks:

  • Website: https://www.autoblocks.ai
  • X: https://x.com/AutoblocksAI

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]]> Sun, 12 Nov 2023 23:39:44 +0000 hamza@autoblocks.ai (Omar Shaya, Haroon Choudery) https://building-with-ai.simplecast.com/episodes/omar-shaya-multion-7sEkBXQR In this episode of Building with AI, host Haroon Choudery sits with Omar Shaya, the founder of MultiOn, a personal AI assistant that democratizes access to AI. In the episode, Omar talks about his background at Microsoft and Facebook AI teams, and how these experiences led to the creation of MultiOn.

During the conversation, they discuss:

  • The importance of a user-centric approach in developing products,
  • Insights from interviewing human assistants,
  • Balancing novelty and familiarity for users in its product,
  • How developers can effectively utilize LLMs,
  • Hot takes around AI,
  • And much more!

—

Brought to you by Autoblocks (https://www.autoblocks.ai)—how product teams build better AI experiences.

—

Building with AI is a weekly podcast featuring conversations with trailblazing business leaders at the forefront of AI. Through thoughtful and engaging dialogue, host Haroon Choudery (CEO of Autoblocks) uncovers tactical insights that empower listeners to build and scale better AI products.

—

Where to find Omar Shaya:

  • Linkedln: https://www.linkedin.com/in/omarshaya/
  • X: https://x.com/omarshaya

Learn more about MultiOn:

  • Website: https://www.multion.ai/
  • X: https://twitter.com/MultiON_AI

Where to find Haroon Choudery:

  • Linkedln: https://www.linkedin.com/in/haroonchoudery/
  • X: https://x.com/haroonchoudery

Learn more about Autoblocks:

  • Website: https://www.autoblocks.ai
  • X: https://x.com/AutoblocksAI

Subscribe to our newsletter, Not A Bot:

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]]> Democratizing personal assistants with AI | Omar Shaya (Founder of MultiOn) Omar Shaya, Haroon Choudery 00:29:32 product management, openai, large language models, genai, product, gen ai, data, generative ai, llm, ai, artificial intelligence, pm false full 7 1 2015b874-9113-4981-8bc6-dd5e56fab2ce Helping companies seize the business opportunity of AI | Greg Kamradt (Data Indy) In this episode of Building with AI, host Haroon Choudery sits with Greg Kamradt, an AI educator whose expertise lies in the practical implications of LLMs for business productivity. They have an in-depth discussion on how businesses can better integrate AI into their products. Greg shares a framework businesses can use to determine if they should (or should not) integrate GenAI into their products. 

During the conversation, they discuss: 

  • The awareness gap between the AI industry and the business industry,
  • The three evolutionary stages of GenAI,
  • Ongoing developments in retrieval techniques,
  • Potential risks of implementing AI features,
  • Use cases of application frameworks like Langchain,
  • And much more!

— 

Brought to you by Autoblocks (https://www.autoblocks.ai/) — how product teams build better AI experiences. 

— 

Building with AI is a weekly podcast featuring conversations with trailblazing business leaders at the forefront of AI. Through thoughtful and engaging dialogue, host Haroon Choudery (CEO of Autoblocks) uncovers tactical insights that empower listeners to build and scale better AI products. 

— 

Where to find Greg Kamradt: 

Learn more about Data Indy:  

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]]> Sun, 5 Nov 2023 22:27:41 +0000 hamza@autoblocks.ai (Greg Kamradt, Haroon Choudery) https://building-with-ai.simplecast.com/episodes/greg-kamradt-data-indy-TeA_r0IU In this episode of Building with AI, host Haroon Choudery sits with Greg Kamradt, an AI educator whose expertise lies in the practical implications of LLMs for business productivity. They have an in-depth discussion on how businesses can better integrate AI into their products. Greg shares a framework businesses can use to determine if they should (or should not) integrate GenAI into their products. 

During the conversation, they discuss: 

  • The awareness gap between the AI industry and the business industry,
  • The three evolutionary stages of GenAI,
  • Ongoing developments in retrieval techniques,
  • Potential risks of implementing AI features,
  • Use cases of application frameworks like Langchain,
  • And much more!

— 

Brought to you by Autoblocks (https://www.autoblocks.ai/) — how product teams build better AI experiences. 

— 

Building with AI is a weekly podcast featuring conversations with trailblazing business leaders at the forefront of AI. Through thoughtful and engaging dialogue, host Haroon Choudery (CEO of Autoblocks) uncovers tactical insights that empower listeners to build and scale better AI products. 

— 

Where to find Greg Kamradt: 

Learn more about Data Indy:  

Where to find Haroon Choudery: 

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Subscribe to our newsletter, Not A Bot: 

]]> Helping companies seize the business opportunity of AI | Greg Kamradt (Data Indy) Greg Kamradt, Haroon Choudery 00:35:43 openai, large language models, gen ai, data, generative ai, llm, ai, artificial intelligence, indy false full 6 1 19e0e8ce-be08-4a0e-b54a-1cca37d6a914 Reinventing the way we share ideas with AI | Jon Noronha (Co-founder of Gamma) In this episode of Building with AI, host Haroon Choudery sits with Jon Noronha, one of the founders of Gamma — an AI-powered medium for presenting ideas. The episode explores the evolution of Gamma and its success in using AI to automate the tedious aspects of presenting ideas.

During the conversation, they discuss: 

  • How the Gamma team identified presentation creation as a market opportunity,
  • Gamma's transformation to an "AI-first" business,
  • The importance of prototyping and user feedback for AI products,
  • The use of confirmation steps to keep unpredictable AI on track,
  • Jon's optimistic outlook on AI as a powerful tool for product teams,
  • Gamma's expansion to websites,
  • And much more!

— 

Brought to you by Autoblocks (https://www.autoblocks.ai) — how product teams build better AI experiences. 

— 

Building with AI is a weekly podcast featuring conversations with trailblazing business leaders at the forefront of AI. Through thoughtful and engaging dialogue, host Haroon Choudery (CEO of Autoblocks) uncovers tactical insights that empower listeners to build and scale better AI products. 

— 

Where to find Jon Noronha

  • Linkedln: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jonnoronha/
  • X: https://x.com/thatsjonsense

Where to find Haroon Choudery: 

  • Linkedln: https://www.linkedin.com/in/haroonchoudery/
  • X: https://x.com/haroonchoudery

Learn more about Autoblocks: 

  • Website: https://www.autoblocks.ai
  • X: https://x.com/AutoblocksAI

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]]> Sun, 29 Oct 2023 21:45:50 +0000 hamza@autoblocks.ai (Jon Noronha, Haroon Choudery) https://building-with-ai.simplecast.com/episodes/jon-noronha-gamma-9VuM2M7z In this episode of Building with AI, host Haroon Choudery sits with Jon Noronha, one of the founders of Gamma — an AI-powered medium for presenting ideas. The episode explores the evolution of Gamma and its success in using AI to automate the tedious aspects of presenting ideas.

During the conversation, they discuss: 

  • How the Gamma team identified presentation creation as a market opportunity,
  • Gamma's transformation to an "AI-first" business,
  • The importance of prototyping and user feedback for AI products,
  • The use of confirmation steps to keep unpredictable AI on track,
  • Jon's optimistic outlook on AI as a powerful tool for product teams,
  • Gamma's expansion to websites,
  • And much more!

— 

Brought to you by Autoblocks (https://www.autoblocks.ai) — how product teams build better AI experiences. 

— 

Building with AI is a weekly podcast featuring conversations with trailblazing business leaders at the forefront of AI. Through thoughtful and engaging dialogue, host Haroon Choudery (CEO of Autoblocks) uncovers tactical insights that empower listeners to build and scale better AI products. 

— 

Where to find Jon Noronha

  • Linkedln: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jonnoronha/
  • X: https://x.com/thatsjonsense

Where to find Haroon Choudery: 

  • Linkedln: https://www.linkedin.com/in/haroonchoudery/
  • X: https://x.com/haroonchoudery

Learn more about Autoblocks: 

  • Website: https://www.autoblocks.ai
  • X: https://x.com/AutoblocksAI

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]]> Reinventing the way we share ideas with AI | Jon Noronha (Co-founder of Gamma) Jon Noronha, Haroon Choudery 00:40:28 openai, large language models, fireflies, genai, gen ai, generative ai, llm, ai, artificial intelligence false full 5 1 af59c972-aea1-4186-b7bc-b3d75c838460 Transforming meetings into a knowledge base with AI | Krish Ramineni (CEO of Fireflies) In this episode of Building with AI, host Haroon Choudery is joined by Krish Ramineni, the co-founder and CEO of Fireflies. Introducing Fireflies, an AI assistant for meetings, Krish dives into the founding story of the platform, discussing its development from a Chrome extension to an AI-powered note-taking and meetings assistant. 

During the conversation, they discuss: 

  • Why having a well-defined data strategy is imperative,
  • The importance of identifying a clear target market,
  • Focusing on problem-solving vs. "building something cool,"
  • Determining when and where LLMs are appropriate,
  • The use of guardrails to improve AI-generated responses,
  • Upcoming developments at Fireflies.ai,
  • And much more!

—

Brought to you by Autoblocks (https://www.autoblocks.ai)—how product teams build better AI experiences. 

—

Building with AI is a weekly podcast featuring conversations with trailblazing business leaders at the forefront of AI. Through thoughtful and engaging dialogue, host Haroon Choudery (CEO of Autoblocks) uncovers tactical insights that empower listeners to build and scale better AI products. 

—

Where to find Krish Ramineni: 

  • Linkedln: https://www.linkedin.com/in/krishramineni/
  • X: https://x.com/krishramineni

Where to find Haroon Choudery: 

  • Linkedln: https://www.linkedin.com/in/haroonchoudery/
  • X: https://x.com/haroonchoudery

Learn more about Fireflies: 

  • Website: https://fireflies.ai
  • X: https://x.com/firefliesai

Learn more about Autoblocks: 

  • Website: https://www.autoblocks.ai
  • X: https://x.com/AutoblocksAI

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]]> Sun, 22 Oct 2023 19:57:28 +0000 hamza@autoblocks.ai (Krish Rmineni, Fireflies.ai, Haroon Choudery, Autoblocks) https://building-with-ai.simplecast.com/episodes/krish-ramineni-fireflies-6W1pF2We In this episode of Building with AI, host Haroon Choudery is joined by Krish Ramineni, the co-founder and CEO of Fireflies. Introducing Fireflies, an AI assistant for meetings, Krish dives into the founding story of the platform, discussing its development from a Chrome extension to an AI-powered note-taking and meetings assistant. 

During the conversation, they discuss: 

  • Why having a well-defined data strategy is imperative,
  • The importance of identifying a clear target market,
  • Focusing on problem-solving vs. "building something cool,"
  • Determining when and where LLMs are appropriate,
  • The use of guardrails to improve AI-generated responses,
  • Upcoming developments at Fireflies.ai,
  • And much more!

—

Brought to you by Autoblocks (https://www.autoblocks.ai)—how product teams build better AI experiences. 

—

Building with AI is a weekly podcast featuring conversations with trailblazing business leaders at the forefront of AI. Through thoughtful and engaging dialogue, host Haroon Choudery (CEO of Autoblocks) uncovers tactical insights that empower listeners to build and scale better AI products. 

—

Where to find Krish Ramineni: 

  • Linkedln: https://www.linkedin.com/in/krishramineni/
  • X: https://x.com/krishramineni

Where to find Haroon Choudery: 

  • Linkedln: https://www.linkedin.com/in/haroonchoudery/
  • X: https://x.com/haroonchoudery

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]]> Transforming meetings into a knowledge base with AI | Krish Ramineni (CEO of Fireflies) Krish Rmineni, Fireflies.ai, Haroon Choudery, Autoblocks 00:30:56 openai, large language models, fireflies, genai, gen ai, generative ai, llm, ai, artificial intelligence false full 4 1 7c061440-7119-4d6d-b338-9d120cdd2626 Enabling teams to quickly build powerful AI apps | Jamie Cuffe (Head of New Products at Retool) In this episode of Building with AI, host Haroon Choudery sits with Jamie Cuffe, the Head of New Products and Self-Serve at Retool. David Dworsky accompanies Jamie as they dig into the process of integrating AI into Retool — a platform that streamlines the creation of custom internal applications.

During the conversation, they discuss:

  • How Retool enables developers to build AI apps,
  • Retool's product philosophy (power & speed),
  • The importance of identifying high ROI use cases for AI,
  • Retool's vision of building a “visual copilot,"
  • Completion rates being a great KPI for AI apps,
  • Deciding between different foundation models,
  • And much more!

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]]> Sun, 15 Oct 2023 22:52:38 +0000 hamza@autoblocks.ai (Jamie Cuffe, David Dworsky, Retool, Haroon Choudery, Autoblocks) https://building-with-ai.simplecast.com/episodes/jamie-cuffe-retool-Uk1VR_sG In this episode of Building with AI, host Haroon Choudery sits with Jamie Cuffe, the Head of New Products and Self-Serve at Retool. David Dworsky accompanies Jamie as they dig into the process of integrating AI into Retool — a platform that streamlines the creation of custom internal applications.

During the conversation, they discuss:

  • How Retool enables developers to build AI apps,
  • Retool's product philosophy (power & speed),
  • The importance of identifying high ROI use cases for AI,
  • Retool's vision of building a “visual copilot,"
  • Completion rates being a great KPI for AI apps,
  • Deciding between different foundation models,
  • And much more!

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]]> Enabling teams to quickly build powerful AI apps | Jamie Cuffe (Head of New Products at Retool) Jamie Cuffe, David Dworsky, Retool, Haroon Choudery, Autoblocks 00:32:18 openai, large language models, retool, gen ai, generative ai, llm, ai, artificial intelligence false full 3 1 f3b0faa6-a7f3-4b83-9545-0bc644b36111 Empowering people to tell their stories through video | Champ Bennett (CEO of Capsule) In this episode of Building with AI, Haroon has an engaging discussion with Champ Bennett, CEO of Capsule. Champ shares his journey into startups with the goal of empowering creativity through intuitive tools. This passion led him to tackle the challenge of democratizing professional-quality video creation.

Champ delves into Capsule's browser-based nonlinear video editor (that uses AI for transcription, creative suggestions, and more). He discusses how recent advancements in AI, like stable diffusion, are unlocking powerful new capabilities for video creation and editing. Champ shares his vision for Capsule to provide personalized experiences that learn user preferences over time. Throughout the lively conversation, Champ emphasizes solving real problems and pain points over building tech just for the sake of innovation.

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]]> Sun, 8 Oct 2023 23:37:18 +0000 hamza@autoblocks.ai (Champ Bennett, Capsule, Autoblocks, Haroon Choudery) https://building-with-ai.simplecast.com/episodes/champ-bennett-capsule-3mYwh9uq In this episode of Building with AI, Haroon has an engaging discussion with Champ Bennett, CEO of Capsule. Champ shares his journey into startups with the goal of empowering creativity through intuitive tools. This passion led him to tackle the challenge of democratizing professional-quality video creation.

Champ delves into Capsule's browser-based nonlinear video editor (that uses AI for transcription, creative suggestions, and more). He discusses how recent advancements in AI, like stable diffusion, are unlocking powerful new capabilities for video creation and editing. Champ shares his vision for Capsule to provide personalized experiences that learn user preferences over time. Throughout the lively conversation, Champ emphasizes solving real problems and pain points over building tech just for the sake of innovation.

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]]> Empowering people to tell their stories through video | Champ Bennett (CEO of Capsule) Champ Bennett, Capsule, Autoblocks, Haroon Choudery 00:31:05 false full 2 1 d863eeb6-b4c5-461b-a584-9dd65e8ae217 Augmenting human capabilities with AI | Dan Siroker (CEO of Rewind AI) In the inaugural episode of Building with AI, host Haroon Choudery has a captivating discussion with Dan Siroker, CEO and founder of Rewind, an AI-powered tool allowing users to locally store everything they see and hear to augment human memory. Dan shares more about how regaining his hearing through a hearing aid after going deaf in his 20s inspired him to explore other ways technology could help overcome biological limitations. He also discusses key learnings from his experience at Google, the Obama campaign, and Optimizely.

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]]> Sun, 8 Oct 2023 22:20:38 +0000 hamza@autoblocks.ai (Haroon Choudery, Dan Siroker, Rewind AI, Autoblocks) https://building-with-ai.simplecast.com/episodes/dan-siroker-rewind-QKeubMkF In the inaugural episode of Building with AI, host Haroon Choudery has a captivating discussion with Dan Siroker, CEO and founder of Rewind, an AI-powered tool allowing users to locally store everything they see and hear to augment human memory. Dan shares more about how regaining his hearing through a hearing aid after going deaf in his 20s inspired him to explore other ways technology could help overcome biological limitations. He also discusses key learnings from his experience at Google, the Obama campaign, and Optimizely.

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