Saurabh is the founder and CEO of Taiyo AI and was previously the Director of the Stanford AI Index. Saurabh is also a current Brookings Institution Fellow and fellow at the Bank of International Settlements. Saurabh was previously an economist at the International Finance Corporation (IFC), the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank. Saurabh discusses the intersection between economics and AI.

He explains how he is leveraging data and AI to derisk major infrastructure investments, and the data architecture necessary to implement such AI models at scale. Saurabh also touches on data quality and reliability concerns, as well as how we can leverage AI to tackle massive societal challenges.

Amos is the founder and CEO if Prof of Wall Street and was previously an academic economist studying Neuroeconomics. Amos also served as the chief economist to a hedge fund and spent much of his career applying behavioral economics principles to marketing.

Amos discusses how to utilize data to identify and combat cognitive biases in investing. He also touches on the intersection of AI, data science and economics, with a particular focus on how theory can help avoid overfitting and spurious correlation.

Scott is the founder and CEO of JaxonAI, a rapid prototyping platform that enables users to easily build and iterate upon custom, fully-trained AI models. Prior to Jaxon, Scott was the founder and CEO of Dropfire, Founder and Managing Partner of BigVAR, and Founder and Managing Partner of BigR.io.

Scott discusses the evolution of AI model training in recent years, as well as his experiences selling data technology into both government and private sector companies.   

Sarah is the founder and CEO of Sequentum, a low code platform for collecting web data. Prior to founding Sequentum, Sarah spent most of her career as a quality assurance professional, giving her a unique perspective on how to data cleanliness and quality. 

Sarah discusses how her perspectives on data quality influence how she thinks about scaling web data extraction and other challenges in gathering data. Sarah also delves into how she thinks about the user feedback loop and improving customer experience for those using new data technologies.  

Jon is the founder and Managing Partner of Anduril Partners. Prior to founding Anduril, Jon was portfolio manager and Chief Data Officer for Fundamental Equities at GSAM. Jon is also a current fellow at FISD.

Jon discusses how the asset management community leverages data, and how he is increasingly seeing corporates adopt similar use cases for data as part of their workflow. Jon delves into how factor models and sound processes for evaluating data are vital to making decisions based off of data.

This episode summarizes four key themes:

Our hosts, Omri Shtayer and Evan Schnidman, go into detail on each of these themes, referencing remarks made by our guests and inserting their own commentary. This episode is a bit longer than usual, we'd love your feedback!

Isabel is the founder and CEO of Arbilex, a data-driven marketplace for litigation finance. She started Arbilex after graduating from Harvard Law School and noticing her statistical background gave her a unique perspective on legal outcomes. 

Our discussion with Isabel highlights how a data-driven approach to investing in litigation results in outsized returns. Isabel shares her experiences melding the legal and financial worlds with data as a bridge. 

Dan is the founder and CEO of GravityAI, a marketplace for data science and AI algorithms. Prior to founding GravityAI, Dan was a Head of Product at State Street, and a Senior Product Manager at Boston Consulting Group.

Our discussion with Dan revolves around the rapidly evolving toolkit for data science and data engineering work. Dan delves into streamlining the data science workflow and where AI goes from here.

Mark is the Head of Data Sourcing for Capital Fund Management. Prior to CFM, he was the Communications Director for Exabel, and a Senior Analyst at Stratfor. Mark is also the host of The Alternative Data Podcast.

Our discussion with Mark focuses on his unique story about breaking into the data industry, the current state and future of the industry and then delves into how he views data vendors from his new perch on the buy side.