Episode 2020

Highlighting Data Intelligence with Databricks & Bonbon’s Reward Innovation | E2020

Oct 4, 20241:25:47Watch on YouTube

Timestamps:

(0:00) Databricks’ Naveen Rao joins Alex Wilhelm

(2:10) Acquisition of Mosaic ML and strategy

(8:54) Regulatory challenges and open-source AI

(10:02) OpenPhone - Get 20% off your first six months at https://www.openphone.com/twist

(13:57) Meta's Llama models and reinforcement learning

(18:19) Depreciation of AI models and future plans for Databricks

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(20:55) Open vs. closed source AI models and advances

(23:17) Model orchestration and no code/low code AI

(28:09) Precision in AI and enterprise applications

(30:20) Beehiiv - Get 30 days free and 20% off your first 3 months at ⁠https://www.beehiiv.com/twist

(32:00) Enterprise automation of repetitive tasks

(36:18) AI business strategies and data governance

(52:08) Tech incumbents' evolution and AI competition

(54:55) AI model sizes and synthetic data quality

(57:29) AI inspiration from biology and future innovation

(1:01:01) AI startup landscape and healthcare applications

(1:03:06) Databricks' growth trajectory and potential IPO

(1:04:25) Elliot Easterling of bonbon joins TWIST for a Jam with JCal.

(1:05:16) Bonbon.tech and the rewards platform overview

(1:08:29) Demonstrating Bonbon's technology and user stats

(1:11:15) Publisher financials and Bonbon's business models

(1:12:27) Privacy and user engagement in Bonbon's platform

(1:14:44) Gamification strategies and user engagement

(1:16:22) Fundraising and network effect business challenges

(1:19:42) Proving user engagement and strategies for growth

(1:22:18) Exploring growth opportunities and market expansion

(1:23:46) Content formats and e-commerce strategies

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Check out Databricks: https://www.databricks.com/

Check out Bonbon: https://bonbon.tech

Link to Newsom vetoes SB 1047 article: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cj9jwyr3kgeo

The short guide to understanding data intelligence from Databricks: https://www.databricks.com/blog/short-guide-understanding-data-intelligence

Mosaic AI Agent Framework post: https://www.databricks.com/blog/announcing-mosaic-ai-agent-framework-and-agent-evaluation

Data Intelligence Platform product tour: https://www.databricks.com/resources/demos/tours/horizontal/introducing-databricks-intelligence-platform?itm_data=demo_center

Mosaic AI new features and demo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=acIBdCOj88E

Unity Catalog GitHub: https://github.com/unitycatalog/unitycatalog

“Thinking Fast and Slow” by Daniel Kahneman summary on Medium - https://www.penguinrandomhouse.ca/books/89308/thinking-fast-and-slow-by-daniel-kahneman/9780385676533

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