Francois Richard

@Scale Conferences

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The @Scale Podcast is a series of technical conversations for engineers who are building for billions. This podcast examines the latest news and trends, and takes deep dives into some of the most important issues facing engineers working at scale in today’s AI-dominated, ever-changing tech landscape. The podcast is part of the @Scale conference series, which happens throughout the year. It is hosted by Francois Richard and features regular guest experts to explore infrastructure in its many forms.

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Francois Richard

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The Hottest Job in the Market: Inside Meta’s AI Hardware Lab 18.05.2026 38:01

From air-cooled gear to liquid-cooled GPU racks pulling hundreds of kilowatts, Meta’s AI infrastructure is transforming what it means to be a thermal mechanical engineer. As Joshua Held shares, the AI renaissance pulled his team into the front lines of designing rack-scale systems, liquid cooling, and dense GPU deployments, turning what once felt like a niche specialty into a creative awakening. I...

How AI Is Reshaping Product Management | Danran Chen, Senior Product Manager of AI at Zoom 11.03.2026 42:01

In Episode 5 of the @Scale Podcast, Danran Chen, Senior Product Manager of AI at Zoom, shares how artificial intelligence is transforming product development and collaboration. Danran discusses her path from engineering at Airbnb to leading AI products at Zoom, how AI tools are reshaping the role of product managers, and why building systems around large language models is key to delivering real u...

@Scale Podcast with CEO and Co-Founder of AudioShake, Jessica Powell | Episode 4 19.11.2025 39:00

In this podcast episode, Jessica Powell, co-founder and CEO of Audio Shake, discusses her company's innovative AI audio separation technology and journey from Google to startup founder. Jessica Powell is the CEO and co-founder of AudioShake, a sound-splitting AI technology that makes audio more usable for both humans and machines. Francois Richard is Engineering Director responsible for the Re...

@Scale Podcast with Founder of Juniper Networks, Dr. Pradeep Sindhu | Episode 3 01.10.2025 36:05

🎙️ New Episode: @Scale Podcast, Ep. 3 This week, Dr. Pradeep Sindhu — industry visionary, founder of Juniper Networks, inventor of the DPU, and current Microsoft leader — joins host Francois Richard of Meta for an insightful conversation. You’ll hear about: ✨ Lessons from Xerox PARC, Sun Microsystems, and Juniper ✨ The invention of the DPU and why CPUs can’t handle modern workloads ✨ How today’...

@Scale Podcast with Co-Founder of Anyscale and Databricks, Ion Stoica | Episode 2 23.07.2025 49:30

Joe Spisak, Product Director for Artificial Intelligence at Meta, sits down with Ion Stoica to discuss a wide range of topics related to the AI and machine learning industry, including the resurgence of reinforcement learning, large language models, the power of open source software, and the evolution of the AI tech stack. Ion Stoica is a Professor in the EECS Department at the University of Calif...

@Scale Podcast with Senior Director of Engineering at NVIDIA, Mohamed Fawzy | Episode 1 28.05.2025 41:20

Learn more about @Scale here: https://atscaleconference.com/ In this podcast, Mohamed Fawzy, Senior Director of Engineering at NVIDIA, joins our host Francois Richard to discuss stories and insights from running hyper-scale systems and AI innovation at companies like Meta, Cruise, Yahoo and NVIDIA. Francois Richard is Engineering Director responsible for the Reliability Infra at Meta. Reliability...