Carlos Aguilar, the founder and CEO of Glean, a data exploration and visualization platform, knows a thing or two about starting and growing a tech startup. After recently raising a $7 million seed round, he sits down with Jon Krohn to dive into the makings of his platform and shares tips for building a great founding team and how to delight early adopters.

In this episode you will learn:
• How Glean extracts actionable insights from their client's data warehouses [06:48]
• What sets Glean apart from other platforms [12:43]
• Glean's software stack [14:43]
• Glean's recent fundraising journey [24:56]
• The essential characteristics of a founding team [30:53]
• How Carlos founded Glean [36:56]
• Carlos's former role at Flatiron Health [40:49]
• How Carlos created a robotic painter [48:57]

Additional materials: www.superdatascience.com/653

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653: Efficiently Glean-ing Insights from Vast Data Warehouses

The latest machine learning, A.I., and data career topics from across both academia and industry are brought to you by host Dr. Jon Krohn on the Super Data Science Podcast.

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Whether you're curious about getting started in a data career or you're a deep technical expert, whether you'd like to understand what A.I. is or you'd like to integrate more data-driven processes into your business, we have inspiring guests and lighthearted conversation for you to enjoy.

We cover tools, techniques, and implementation tricks across data collection, databases, analytics, predictive modeling, visualization, software engineering, real-world applications, commercialization, and entrepreneurship − everything you need to crush it with data science.

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Dr. Luis Serrano from the Serrano Academy reveals how to make Math and Quantum ML accessible, tackles the challenges of teaching A.I. to beginners, and explores the power of embeddings in enterprise applications. Explore the future of Quantum Machine Learning and the latest trends in AI, including multimodality and autonomous systems.

This episode is brought to you by AWS Inferentia (https://go.aws/3zWS0au) and AWS Trainium (https://go.aws/3ycV6K0). Interested in sponsoring a SuperDataScience Podcast episode? Visit passionfroot.me/superdatascience for sponsorship information.

In this episode you will learn:
• How math and AI can be made easy to understand [05:21]
• The three major categories of learners [16:21]
• Why embeddings are the most important component of LLMs [26:19]
• How semantic search differs from a traditional keyword search [29:57]
• The most exciting emerging application areas for AI [42:41]
• The promising application areas for Quantum Machine Learning [49:18]

Additional materials: www.superdatascience.com/785

785: Math, Quantum ML and Language Embeddings, with Dr. Luis Serrano

Aligning LLMs: How can we teach pre-trained LLMs to hold a conversation and learn new information from each other? This was where Sinan Ozdemir began his investigation into aligning LLMs. In this episode, he talks to Jon Krohn about the limitations of definitions for LLMs, training LLMs, and whether it is possible to train an LLM without alignment.

Additional materials: www.superdatascience.com/784

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784: Aligning Large Language Models, with Sinan Ozdemir

Recent advances in GenAI, how to tackle the climate crisis with advanced technology, and addressing the knowledge gap in understanding AI: Jon Krohn speaks to Flypower co-founder and CEO Navdeep Martin about the advances made in GenAI, from products to applications, and how we might use AI to tackle climate change.

This episode is brought to you by AWS Inferentia (https://go.aws/3zWS0au) and AWS Trainium (https://go.aws/3ycV6K0). Interested in sponsoring a SuperDataScience Podcast episode? Visit passionfroot.me/superdatascience for sponsorship information.

In this episode you will learn:
• How the Washington Post’s recommendation systems work [03:29]
• Why product leaders make great CEOs [10:36]
• How Flypower uses GenAI to tackle climate change [22:13]
• How Flypower identifies its customers’ most pertinent questions [30:03]
• How AI might come to tackle climate change [36:52]
• How to mitigate hallucination in AI models [41:04]

Additional materials: www.superdatascience.com/783

783: Generative A.I. for Solar Power Installation, with Navdeep Martin

Hear Jon Krohn’s favorite five clips from his April interviews. Chief Scientist at Posit PBC Hadley Wickham on the subtle differences between Python and R. Professor of Business Analytics Barrett Thomas walks through the variables that companies should consider when using drones or any other tech to improve their business operations and bottom line. Aleksa Gordić, Founder of Runa AI believes an overhaul of the current educational system is long overdue. Bernard Marr discusses the future of GenAI and its impact on the world of work. And SuperDataScience founder Kirill Eremenko gives a lively workshop on gradient boosting.


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782: In Case You Missed It in April 2024

Sol Rashidi, a distinguished data executive who has served in C-suite roles at Fortune 100 companies, joins Jon Krohn to delve into successful enterprise AI strategies and the reasons behind the high turnover among Chief Data Officers. This episode provides an in-depth look at selecting AI projects that succeed and understanding the strategic value of patents in various industries. Benefit from Sol’s extensive experience and practical advice on navigating complex corporate challenges.

This episode is brought to you by AWS Inferentia (https://go.aws/3zWS0au) and AWS Trainium (https://go.aws/3ycV6K0). Interested in sponsoring a SuperDataScience Podcast episode? Visit passionfroot.me/superdatascience for sponsorship information.

In this episode you will learn:
• How CDOs and related roles have such high turnover because [09:40]
• The importance of building relationships in AI projects [17:01]
• How Sol's book "The AI Survival Guide" came about [20:44]
• How high-criticality, low-complexity AI projects are the ones with the highest probability of success [27:11]
• How Enterprise data security issues can be resolved with technologies like Protopia’s stained-glass data-masking solution [36:10]
• Why having great data engineers is essential [47:57]
• The value of patents [51:45]

Additional materials: www.superdatascience.com/781

653: Efficiently Glean-ing Insights from Vast Data Warehouses

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