Anush Kumar, VP of technology at Expedia, speaks with Venrock partner Ganesh Srinivasan about the technical challenges Expedia faced during COVID, the importance of thinking about the "collective why" in engineering, and the need for planning for a worst-case scenario from the get-go. Kumar also shares his thoughts on the rise of intelligent applications.

 

[00:01:10] Anush’s path to Expedia

[00:03:39] The scale and challenges of Expedia during COVID

[00:05:34] Thinking about the "collective why" in engineering

[00:07:16] Planning for a worst-case scenario from the get-go

[00:08:34] The rise of intelligent applications

[00:10:41] Winning the future vs. planning for tomorrow

[00:14:19] Rapid fire questions

 

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