AI Unveiled

Mimicking Humans: Using AI to Build a Better Workplace Search with Tariq Rauf, Co-Founder & CEO, Qatalog


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Episode 1: With the recent rise of Generative AI, many are contemplating its implications: whether it’ll disrupt jobs, daily routines, and humanity to its core. Though AI is sometimes seen as the antithesis of what it means to be human—in this episode, we learn how mimicking humans is what makes a successful AI. 

Gaurav Kotak sits down with Founder and CEO of Qatalog, Tariq Rauf, in this inaugural episode of AI Unveiled. Tariq and his team have created a fascinating product using methods some might initially deem counterintuitive: vector databases. They incorporate these into the foundation of their core product: leveraging AI and LLMs to dive into unstructured data.

In this episode, you’ll hear what the necessary tech stack is for any AI-first company, how to implement advanced search through vast amounts of data, and how building your AI to mimic human intelligence is the secret ingredient to success.

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Timestamps:

* 4:34 - Searching without indexing: using AI to mimic how humans search for information

* 6:06 - The limitations of a chat interface and customizing the UI on the fly

* 14:26 - How to approach accuracy

* 16:52 - The decision to move from GPT-4 to Llama 2

* 20:04 - The shift away from vector databases

* 24:31 - How usage-based pricing ensures computation costs don’t eat into your margin

* 29:25 - Impacts from the broader shift from inorganic (deterministic) to organic (probabilistic) software

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Links:

* Qatalog

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Artificial intelligence is leading every company to reinvent itself. With innovation at every turn, organizations and consumers alike are imagining what’s around the corner. Will AI-first startups be able to leapfrog the incumbents? Or will those incumbents leverage their scale to rapidly infuse AI into their offerings? These are just some of the questions answered in Next47's new podcast: AI Unveiled. Hosted by Gaurav Kotak, Partner at Next47, AI Unveiled brings you the founders and tech leaders using AI to shape their industries and products. We delve into every aspect of the future of AI in SaaS—from technology, safety, and ethics, to business models, funding, and regulations. If you are serious about the future of SaaS, AI Unveiled is for you.

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