Best Databricks Podcasts (2024)

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Databricks’ Rao on Harnessing AI at Scale 46:57

2d ago46:57

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The AI landscape continues to evolve at a rapid pace, and a focus on economically scalable models is gaining increased attention. In this episode of the Tech Disruptors podcast, Naveen Rao, VP of generative AI at Databricks, joins Sunil Rajgopal, senior software analyst at Bloomberg Intelligence, to discuss a wide range of topics, including neural …

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[Exclusive] Databricks Roundtable // Introducing DBRX: The Future of Language Models 48:35

6d ago48:35

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Join us at our first in-person conference on June 25 all about AI Quality: https://www.aiqualityconference.com/ MLOps Coffee Sessions Special episode with Databricks, Introducing DBRX: The Future of Language Models, fueled by our Premium Brand Partner, Databricks. DBRX is designed to be especially capable of a wide range of tasks and outperforms ot…

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209 (Sell) Winning Technical Deals by Leveraging Your Entire Company (Shelby Ferson, Databricks) 33:30

10d ago33:30

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FOUR ACTIONABLE TAKEAWAYS To learn about what’s going on in other parts of your organization, get on the email alias distribution lists. Build out your go team of people that you can rely on in legal, product, marketing, deal desk, etc. so that you’re never stuck trying to figure out how to get a function to help you with a deal. To determine the n…

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Beyond AGI, Can AI Help Save the Planet? // Patrick Beukema // #225 54:04

2h ago54:04

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Patrick Beukema has a Ph.D. in neuroscience and has worked on AI models for brain decoding, which analyzes the brain's activity to decipher what people are seeing and thinking.Join us at our first in-person conference on June 25 all about AI Quality: https://www.aiqualityconference.com/Huge thank you to LatticeFlow for sponsoring this episode. Latt…

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Nutanix CEO on ‘Hyperconvergence’ Opportunities 40:32

1h ago40:32

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IT customers are scrutinizing their purchases more carefully than they had in the past, but they’re still spending because modernization and the digital transformation are critical for these companies, says Nutanix CEO Rajiv Ramaswami. In this episode of the Tech Disruptors podcast, Ramaswami returns to the studio and sits down with Bloomberg Intel…

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The Future of AI Artistry with Suhail Doshi from Playground AI 24:31

9h ago24:31

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Multimodal models are making it possible to create AI art and augment creativity across artistic mediums. This week on No Priors, Sarah and Elad talk with Suhail Doshi, the founder of Playground AI, an image generator and editor. Playground AI has been open-sourcing foundation diffusion models, most recently releasing Playground V2.5. In this episo…

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Lead Playbook: Armand and Mark on What to Look for When Hiring Great Sales Talent 22:44

14h ago22:44

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FOUR ACTIONABLE LEADERSHIP TAKEAWAYS Name and define your competencies Be extremely intentional about how you are going to interview those competencies. Get into the nitty gritty about how you are going to assess for work ethic. Test for traits like IQ, EQ, coachability, and work ethic earlier in the process as they are the hardest to teach. Indust…

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GenAI in Production - Challenges and Trends // Verena Weber // #224 48:42

2d ago48:42

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Join us at our first in-person conference on June 25 all about AI Quality: https://www.aiqualityconference.com/ Verena Weber believes that GenAI is going to transform the way we work and interact with devices. Her mission is to help companies prepare for this transformation. She has strong expertise in NLP and over 7 years of experience in Machine …

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211 (Sell) Using Your Comp Plan to Guide Deal Negotiation (Jacob Karp, Rubrik) 33:28

3d ago33:28

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FOUR ACTIONABLE TAKEAWAYS Break into prospects when they are speaking at conferences. If you see somebody from the really-tough-to-break-into account speaking at a conference, go to their talk and sit in that talk. At the end, introduce yourself to the speaker and make a point of connection with them. Avoid name-dropping obscure customers. When you…

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S5E12: Missy Lovegren - From Fine Arts to Software Engineering 1:20:48

4d ago1:20:48

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In this episode, Chris interviews Missy Lovegren, a Capstone grad and software engineer at New Relic. Missy was a TA at Launch School and part of a 2022 Capstone cohort. They spend the first part of the episode discussing Missy's transition into software. She comes from a background in fine arts and went through several difficult, low paying, and, …

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Hall of Fame: Charly Johnson Ep. 114 30:42

4d ago30:42

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FOUR ACTIONABLE TAKEAWAYS Start your email with research personalization to stand out in the inbox (vs generic greeting). Quote the prospect/company directly by researching where the company is investing its money (e.g. in job postings, funding announcements). Use a more humanized approach when prospecting. Sharing something you both have in common…

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Braze CEO on the Customer Engagement Solution 41:48

7d ago41:48

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Establishing a marketing-software platform that powers brands in customer engagement across any channel is where companies such as Braze can differentiate themselves, Bill Magnuson, CEO and co-founder, tells Bloomberg Intelligence. To do so, Braze looks to leverage AI technology and event-streaming data architecture, processing trillions of API req…

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Hyperscaler strategy in AI, the application landscape heats up, and what we know now about agents with Sarah and Elad 26:12

8d ago26:12

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This week on a host-only episode of No Priors, Sarah and Elad discuss the AI wave as compared to the internet wave, the current state of AI investing, the foundation model landscape, voice and video AI, advances in agentic systems, prosumer applications, and the Microsoft/Inflection deal. Have a question for our next host-only episode or feedback f…

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210 (Lead) Turning Pressure to Productivity for Happier Reps (Adam Ochart, Gong) 31:21

8d ago31:21

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FOUR ACTIONABLE LEADERSHIP TAKEAWAYS The best reps never ask the same question twice. Turn pressure to productivity. Our job as leaders isn’t to pass pressure; it’s to use pressure to get more out of our reps. Ask your reps, “I look forward to seeing how you answer that question.” Listen early, join late. Pre-prep and game planning will save you so…

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From MVP to Production // AI in Production Conference 36:29

9d ago36:29

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Join us at our first in-person conference on June 25 all about AI Quality: https://www.aiqualityconference.com/// AbstractDive into the challenges of scaling AI models from Minimum Viable Product (MVP) to full production. The panel emphasizes the importance of continually updating knowledge and data, citing examples like teaching AI systems nuanced…

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Stampli CEO on AI Accounts-Payable Automation 36:10

9d ago36:10

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Creating an accounts-payable solution that leverages AI from the start and extends to B2B payments differentiates Stampli in the mid-market customer segment. In this episode of the Tech Disruptors podcast, Stampli’s co-founder and CEO Eyal Feldman sits down with Bloomberg Intelligence analyst Niraj Patel to explain the company’s technology stack, u…

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Hall of Fame: Stephen Guerguy Ep. 100 32:06

11d ago32:06

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FOUR ACTIONABLE TAKEAWAYS Challenge your prospect on fit early and often to test buy-in. Set landmines for competitors during the requirement-gathering phase. Require an exec-level bridge with your CEO instead of spending hours on an RFP. Use carrots to drive close when internal compelling events are lacking. PATH TO PRESIDENT’S CLUB Head of Strate…

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Data Engineering in the Federal Sector // Shane Morris // #223 1:03:22

13d ago1:03:22

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Shane Morris is now a Senior Executive Advisor at Devis.Join us at our first in-person conference on June 25 all about AI Quality: https://www.aiqualityconference.com/Huge thank you to @WeightsBiases for sponsoring this episode. WandB Free Courses - https://wandb.ai/telidavies/ml-news/reports/Introducing-W-B-MLOps-Courses-Free-Course-Effective-MLOp…

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Advantages and Disadvantages of Big Data 5:55

13d ago5:55

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This story was originally published on HackerNoon at: https://hackernoon.com/advantages-and-disadvantages-of-big-data. Big data may seem like any other buzzword in business, but it’s important to understand how big data benefits a company and how it’s limited. Check more stories related to data-science at: https://hackernoon.com/c/data-science. You…

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The Top 16 Types of Charts in Data Visualization That You'll Use 9:07

14d ago9:07

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This story was originally published on HackerNoon at: https://hackernoon.com/top-16-types-of-chart-in-data-visualization-hrh32wv. In the era of information explosion, more and more data piles up. However, these dense data are unfocused and less readable. So we need data visualization to help data to be easily understood and accepted. By contrast, v…

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Globant CEO Migoya on Grabbing Market Share 40:37

14d ago40:37

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A global pullback in discretionary IT spending in 2023 was barely noticed by Globant, which reported another year of solid revenue growth by helping clients leverage digital transformation to improve user experiences, Globant co-founder and CEO Martin Migoya tells Bloomberg Intelligence. He joins Tamlin Bason, BI technology analyst, to discuss how …

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The argument for humanoid AI robots with Brett Adcock from Figure 38:13

15d ago38:13

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Humans are always doing work that is dull or dangerous. Brett Adcock, the founder and CEO of Figure AI, wants to build a fleet of robots that can do everything from work in a factory or warehouse to folding your laundry in the home. Today on No Priors, Sarah got the chance to talk with Brett about how a company that is only 21 months old has alread…

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208 (Lead) Why Your SDR Team Should Be Pipe Gen Forecasting (Maya Connet, Clari) 32:23

15d ago32:23

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FOUR ACTIONABLE LEADERSHIP TAKEAWAYS Booked meetings over the last 2 quarters times conversion rate = early quarter forecast for SDRs. There's a top-down financial plan and a bottoms-up forecast. Use that to calibrate the SDR team on exactly what they need to attack to hit their number but ensure we don't put pressure on the AE team when they walk …

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Planview CEO on the Digital-Transformation Wave 47:54

16d ago47:54

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Digital transformation, the cloud transition and AI adoption are top-of-mind themes for businesses of all sizes. In this edition of Bloomberg Intelligence’s Tech Disruptors podcast, Planview CEO Razat Gaurav joins Sunil Rajgopal, BI’s senior software analyst, to discuss the state of enterprise digital transformation, the importance of a strong data…

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What Business Stakeholders Want to See from the ML Teams // Peter Guagenti // #222 1:21:27

16d ago1:21:27

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Join us at our first in-person conference on June 25 all about AI Quality: https://www.aiqualityconference.com/ ⁠Peter Guagenti⁠ is an accomplished business builder and entrepreneur with expertise in strategy, product development, marketing, sales, and operations. Peter has helped build multiple successful start-ups to exits, fueling high growth in…

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207 (Sell) Building Your Own Technical Depth in Sales Demos (Mike Tran, Grammarly) 29:10

17d ago29:10

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FOUR ACTIONABLE TAKEAWAYS If you don’t have enough pain, ask for some documentation prior to the demo. The SE should reaffirm and ADD 15 minutes of discovery on the front end of the call. Link the demo portions specifically back to WHO SAID they had the problem. Give your champion an email sequence to share with people during the PoC. PATH TO PRESI…

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S5E11: Student Spotlight - From Coasting to Excelling, a Student Transformation with Nick 41:37

18d ago41:37

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In this episode, Brandi has a conversation with Nick Perry, a current student and active member of the Launch School community. Nick shares his background and how he was never a 'good' student previously in high school and university. When he began Launch School, like many students, he wasn't sure if he could succeed and had to reevaluate his perce…

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April Special: The Future of Sales AI ft. Corporate Bro 21:46

18d ago21:46

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ACTIONABLE TAKEAWAYS Do the opposite of every single thing Corporate Bro Says Listen to Corporate Bro on his podcast Demoted Follow Corporate Bro on social: Instagram and YouTube RESOURCES DISCUSSED Join our weekly newsletter Things you can stealBy Nick Cegelski & Armand Farrokh

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How to Win Your First Enterprise Customer (Doug Winter, Founder and CEO at Seismic) 51:13

20d ago51:13

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My guest today is Doug Winter, the founder and CEO of Seismic, a leading enterprise sales enablement platform. Today, Seismic has a team of 1,500 people and nearly $400 million in recurring revenue.We start the conversation with Doug explaining what sales enablement actually means. From there, we turn to the early days of Seismic and unpack Doug’s …

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MLOps - Design Thinking to Build ML Infra for ML and LLM Use Cases // Amritha Arun Babu & Abhik Choudhury // #221 1:00:17

20d ago1:00:17

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Join us at our first in-person conference on June 25 all about AI Quality: https://www.aiqualityconference.com/ Amritha Arun Babu Mysore has been an expert in the field of consumer electronics, software products, and online marketplaces for the past 15 years. She has experience developing supply chains from the ground up, delivering AI-based produc…

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Salesforce’s Auradkar on Data Cloud, Siled Info 41:16

21d ago41:16

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“Data Cloud is a binding layer that binds all of these different siloes in which you engage with your customers,” Rahul Auradkar, Salesforce’s executive vice president and general manager of the Data Cloud and Einstein businesses, explains to Bloomberg Intelligence Senior Technology Analyst Anurag Rana. The two break down the importance of having a…

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Open sourcing AI app development with Harrison Chase from LangChain 27:32

21d ago27:32

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Companies are employing AI agents and co-pilots to help their teams increase efficiency and accuracy, but developing apps that are trained properly can require a skill set many enterprise teams don’t have. This week on No Priors, Sarah and Elad are joined by Harrison Chase, the CEO and co-founder of LangChain, an open-source framework and developer…

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206 (Lead) Implementing a Concession Approval Matrix & Framework (Ross Shanken, Multiplier) 33:16

22d ago33:16

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FOUR ACTIONABLE LEADERSHIP TAKEAWAYS Effective Monday Team Meetings. Add an element of fun to your Monday meetings. Follow the framework: Connect, Learn, Communicate, and Prioritize. Tuning Your Discount Matrix. Look at your current avg. discount, then make the matrix a bit better. Get a little incremental revenue out of improving discounting. The …

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Why Software Is Eating The Banks | Mercury CEO Immad Akhund, Then Lead Bank CEO Jackie Reses 48:07

23d ago48:07

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Today we’re highlighting two fireside chats from the Newcomer Banking Summit on March 14. First up is Mercury CEO Immad Akhund. He talked about how the Silicon Valley Bank crisis sent customers rushing to his digital banking service. He pitched a world where software — not human bankers — solve most of customers’ problems. Akhund told me, “My exper…

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4 Years of the MLOps Community // Demetrios Brinkmann // #220 1:04:29

23d ago1:04:29

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Join us at our first in-person conference on June 25 all about AI Quality: https://www.aiqualityconference.com/ Demetrios Brinkmann is the founder of the MLOps Community. Brinkmann fell into the Machine Learning Operations world, and since, has interviewed the leading names around MLOps, Data Science, and Machine Learning.Huge thank you to Weights …

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Adobe’s Firefly Reshaping the Creative Economy 39:33

23d ago39:33

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Adobe President of Digital Media Business David Wadhwani joins Bloomberg Intelligence senior technology analyst Anurag Rana to explore how generative AI is expanding client engagement across the company’s Creative and Document Cloud suites. They discuss improvements in consumer navigation and the growth of enterprise solutions through tools like Ge…

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205 (Sell) How To Brief Your Exec Before A Sales Call (Caitlin Zylstra, Deel) 32:49

24d ago32:49

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Caitlin’s Checklist to Brief Your Execs Before Calls: www.30mpc.com/newsletter/checklist-to-brief-your-execs-before-sales-calls FOUR ACTIONABLE TAKEAWAYS Explain things in your customer’s language. Adapt data and demos to how the customer works and thinks. Involve your champion in every customer touchpoint because they will help share context and h…

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Hall of Fame: Cory Bray Ep. 80 29:52

25d ago29:52

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FOUR ACTIONABLE TAKEAWAYS: Establish next steps at the end of your meeting to prepare yourself for new stakeholders / questions. Avoid open-ended q’s, instead use “typically” or “usually” language to demonstrate credibility. Keep your demo’s interactive by asking the prospect what jumps out to them right away. Start your demo’s with the exciting ou…

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The Art and Science of Training LLMs // Bandish Shah and Davis Blalock // #219 1:15:11

27d ago1:15:11

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Join us at our first in-person conference on June 25 all about AI Quality: https://www.aiqualityconference.com/ Huge thank you to ⁠Databricks⁠ AI for sponsoring this episode. Databricks - http://databricks.com/ Bandish Shah is an Engineering Manager at MosaicML/Databricks, where he focuses on making generative AI training and inference efficient, f…

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Product Roadmap: Q2 2024 14:08

28d ago14:08

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Q2 ROADMAP We wrote the book on Cold Calling: Preview the Intro Mr. Miyagi Method: 18 Cold Call Objections & How to Handle Twitter: Follow Armand YouTube: Stay Tuned Tactic Teardowns: Register for Q2 Sessions Kevin “KD” Dorsey Joins the Club: Congratulate KD RESOURCES DISCUSSED Join our weekly newsletter Things you can steal…

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Lessons Learned From a Bank Run (Peter Hébert & Laurence Tosi) + SVB's Marc Cadieux 52:15

28d ago52:15

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We’ve got two great sessions from the Newcomer Banking Summit for you: * First up, WestCap Group founder Laurence Tosi and Lux Capital co-founder Peter Hébert. They give an unvarnished account of the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank with the benefit of hindsight. “It was like the banking equivalent of the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan,” Hébert sa…

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Playtech’s Analytics Optimize Online Gaming 34:57

28d ago34:57

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B2B service providers must be innovative in how they develop solutions that enable online gaming companies to optimize customer experiences, Playtech US Chief Commercial Officer Marcus Yoder tells Bloomberg intelligence. He joins Brian Egger, BI’s senior gaming and lodging analyst, to discuss the company’s player account management (PAM) solutions …

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Speed will win the AI computing battle with Tuhin Srivastava from Baseten 38:32

28d ago38:32

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At a time when users are being asked to wait unthinkable seconds for AI products to generate art and answers, speed is what will win the battle heating up in AI computing. At least according to today’s guest, Tuhin Srivastava, the CEO and co-founder of Baseten which gives customers scalable AI infrastructures starting with interference. In this epi…

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204 (Lead) Tactics for Tackling Team Promotions and Behavior Changes (Jonah Mandel, Guesty) 31:26

29d ago31:26

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FOUR ACTIONABLE LEADERSHIP TAKEAWAYS Increase the surface area of your luck. Sometimes, getting promoted takes luck. So help out as much as possible in all the places you can. Don’t let a slow burn hurt others. If a rep isn’t ready to be promoted, provide feedback early. Don’t create an environment where a toxic attitude spreads. Test drive manager…

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Security and Privacy // Day 2 Panel 1 // AI in Production Conference 34:36

1M ago34:36

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// AbstractDiego, David, Ads, and Katharine, bring to light the risks, vulnerabilities, and evolving security landscape of machine learning as we venture into the AI-driven future. They underscore the importance of education in managing AI risks and the critical role privacy engineering plays in this narrative. They explore the legal and ethical im…

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Dremio on Evolving Data-Technology Landscape 43:43

1M ago43:43

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Driving intelligence and monetizing enterprise data depends on the underlying data architecture, query engines and storage resources. In this edition of Bloomberg Intelligence’s Tech Disruptors podcast, Dremio cofounder and Chief Product Officer Tomer Shiran joins BI senior software analyst Sunil Rajgopal, to discuss the evolving data-management ar…

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203 (Sell) Blueprint to Establish Business-Level Impact in a POC (Amelia Burke, Databricks) 28:25

1M ago28:25

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FOUR ACTIONABLE TAKEAWAYS When you’re doing a POC, you should be surveying the users and participants in that POC about their experience. If you’re working in a fairly technical sale, don’t shy away from answering technical questions with your depth of understanding, but let the customer know that is your depth of understanding. Use a pre-POC quest…

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S5E10: Felicia Bacon - A Lifelong Learner Thriving at Starbucks 1:26:28

1M ago1:26:28

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In this episode, Chris has a conversation with Felicia Bacon, a Capstone grad and Software Engineer at Starbucks. Felicia made a trajectory change after studying to be an architect for several years. Her core curriculum journey was one of perseverance, spanning three and a half years. She shares candidly about her experience receiving a 'not yet' o…

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Hall of Fame: Doug Landis Ep. 110 32:22

1M ago32:22

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FOUR ACTIONABLE TAKEAWAYS Don’t just set an agenda. Use PPO (purpose, plan, outcome) to set clear expectations for you and your prospect. Avoid deep-diving into features until you've established “why change?” and “why now?”. Show up to your discovery with a theory about their pains and your solutions. Don’t just start peppering questions. Soften th…

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[Exclusive] Zilliz Roundtable // Why Purpose-built Vector Databases Matter for Your Use Case 59:00

1M ago59:00

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Frank Liu is the Director of Operations & ML Architect at Zilliz, where he serves as a maintainer for the Towhee open-source project.Jiang Chen is the Head of AI Platform and Ecosystem at Zilliz.Yujian Tang is a developer advocate at Zilliz. He has a background as a software engineer working on AutoML at Amazon.MLOps Coffee Sessions Special episode…

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