Venrock partner Ethan Batraski interviews the firm's newest partner Ganesh Srinivasan about his time at Confluent, why moving to the cloud was important for Confluent, and other learnings from technical challenges faced along the way. Srinivasan also shares his thoughts on what most people get wrong about Kafka and what he's most excited about in his new role at Venrock.

 

[00:00:59] The biggest technical challenges at Confluent

[00:01:35] Why moving to the cloud was important

[00:04:13] The importance of marketplace integration

[00:07:30] What most people get wrong about Kafka

[00:09:13] Rapid fire questions and some important news

 

 

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