The Data Exchange with Ben Lorica

Steve Yegge is an evangelist at Sourcegraph , a startups that is industrializing software development with AI agents. This episode explores the paradigm shift in software development with the rise of “vibe coding” and AI agents, moving beyond traditional code completion. It discusses how developers are transitioning from line-by-line coding to orchestrating AI, emphasizing the crucial need for tru...

Nestor Maslej is a Research Manager at Stanford's HAI , and editor-in-chief of the 2025 AI Index Report . Subscribe to the Gradient Flow Newsletter 📩   https://gradientflow.substack.com/ Support our work by leaving a small tip 💰 https://buymeacoffee.com/gradientflow Subscribe: Apple · Spotify · Overcast · Pocket Casts · AntennaPod · Podcast Addict · Amazon ·  RSS . Detailed show notes - wit...

Workera founder, Kian Katanforoosh , discusses how skills verification has evolved into a critical market focused on both assessment and professional development.  Subscribe to the Gradient Flow Newsletter 📩   https://gradientflow.substack.com/ Subscribe: Apple · Spotify · Overcast · Pocket Casts · AntennaPod · Podcast Addict · Amazon ·  RSS . Detailed show notes - with links to many references -...

David Hughes , Principal Data & AI Solution Architect at Enterprise Knowledge . Our discussion centers on BAML , a domain-specific language that transforms prompts into structured functions with defined inputs and outputs, enabling developers to create more deterministic and maintainable AI applications.  Subscribe to the Gradient Flow Newsletter 📩   https://gradientflow.substack.com/ Support...

Chi Wang is co-creator of AG2 , and a Senior Staff Research Scientist, Google DeepMind.  This episode explores AG2 , an open-source “agent OS” that provides infrastructure for developers to build sophisticated multi-agent AI systems. Subscribe to the Gradient Flow Newsletter 📩   https://gradientflow.substack.com/ Subscribe: Apple · Spotify · Overcast · Pocket Casts · AntennaPod · Podcast Addict ·...

Ilan Kadar is co-founder and CEO of Plurai . This episode introduces IntellAgent , an open-source platform designed to address these challenges through synthetic data generation, knowledge graph construction, and reinforcement learning for agent optimization. Subscribe to the Gradient Flow Newsletter 📩   https://gradientflow.substack.com/ Support our work by leaving a small tip 💰 https://buymeac...

Travis Addair is Co-Founder & CTO at Predibase . In this episode, the discussion centers on transforming pre-trained foundation models into domain-specific assets through advanced customization techniques. Subscribe to the Gradient Flow Newsletter 📩   https://gradientflow.substack.com/ Support our work by leaving a small tip 💰 https://buymeacoffee.com/gradientflow Subscribe: Apple · Spotify...

Hagay Lupesko is the SVP for AI Inference at Cerebras Systems .  Subscribe to the Gradient Flow Newsletter 📩   https://gradientflow.substack.com/ Support our work by leaving a small tip 💰 https://buymeacoffee.com/gradientflow Subscribe: Apple · Spotify · Overcast · Pocket Casts · AntennaPod · Podcast Addict · Amazon ·  RSS . Detailed show notes - with links to many references - can be found on T...

This is our semi-regular conversation on topics in AI and Technology with Paco Nathan , the founder of Derwen , a boutique consultancy focused on Data and AI.  Subscribe to the Gradient Flow Newsletter :  https://gradientflow.substack.com/ Subscribe: Apple • Spotify • Overcast • Pocket Casts • AntennaPod • Podcast Addict • Amazon •  RSS . Detailed show notes - with links to many references - can b...

This episode explores the rapidly evolving world of AI agents, covering topics from GUI-based interaction and layered architectures to modular design, safety, and real-world deployment challenges. This episode relies on visuals, to view the visual presentation, go to the Youtube version:   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FsmBYBqQMIo Subscribe to the Gradient Flow Newsletter :  https://gradientflow...

Tom Smoker is the co-founder of WhyHow.ai , a startup that transforms unstructured data into structured knowledge, including knowledge graphs, enabling enterprises to deploy accurate and explainable AI solutions with its open-source graph tooling. Subscribe to the Gradient Flow Newsletter 📩   https://gradientflow.substack.com/ Support our work by leaving a small tip 💰 https://buymeacoffee.com/gr...

Andrew Burt is CEO of Luminos AI , a startup that provides AI and legal teams the tools they need to reduce AI liabilities and sign off on AI risks. Subscribe to the Gradient Flow Newsletter 📩   https://gradientflow.substack.com/ Support our work by leaving a small tip 💰 https://buymeacoffee.com/gradientflow Subscribe: Apple · Spotify · Overcast · Pocket Casts · AntennaPod · Podcast Addict · Ama...

Hjalmar Gislason is founder and CEO of Grid , a startup focused on bringing spreadsheets into the AI-first era. Subscribe to the Gradient Flow Newsletter :  https://gradientflow.substack.com/ Subscribe: Apple • Spotify • Overcast • Pocket Casts • AntennaPod • Podcast Addict • Amazon •  RSS . Detailed show notes - with links to many references - can be found on The Data Exchange web site .

This is our monthly conversation on topics in AI and Technology with Paco Nathan , the founder of Derwen , a boutique consultancy focused on Data and AI. Subscribe to the Gradient Flow Newsletter :  https://gradientflow.substack.com/ Subscribe: Apple • Spotify • Overcast • Pocket Casts • AntennaPod • Podcast Addict • Amazon •  RSS . Detailed show notes - with links to many references - can be foun...

As AI moves from buzzword status to a core business driver, 2025 will be a turning point for organizations adopting advanced machine learning and generative models. This episode explores pivotal themes—from post-training optimization and agentic AI architectures to emerging regulations and data infrastructure. This episode relies on visuals, to view the visual presentation, go to the Youtube versi...

Generative AI is transforming industries, but its full potential is hampered by a critical bottleneck: data. This episode explores the challenges of processing unstructured data, the shift from SQL-centric to AI-centric systems, and the emerging tools that are bridging the gap between AI models and real-world data. This episode relies on visuals, to view the visual presentation, go to the Youtube...

Robert Nishihara is co-founder of Anyscale and co-creator of Ray , the open source project that has emerged as the AI Compute Engine. Subscribe to the Gradient Flow Newsletter :  https://gradientflow.substack.com/ Subscribe: Apple • Spotify • Overcast • Pocket Casts • AntennaPod • Podcast Addict • Amazon •  RSS . Detailed show notes - with links to many references - can be found on The Data Exchan...

This is our monthly conversation on topics in AI and Technology with Paco Nathan , the founder of Derwen , a boutique consultancy focused on Data and AI. Subscribe to the Gradient Flow Newsletter :  https://gradientflow.substack.com/ Subscribe: Apple • Spotify • Overcast • Pocket Casts • AntennaPod • Podcast Addict • Amazon •  RSS . Detailed show notes - with links to many references - can be foun...

Qian Li and Peter Kraft , co-founders at DBOS, Inc ., a startup that’s building a serverless platform for building highly reliable applications. We dive into DBOS , a system built on Postgres that addresses workflow management and application durability. Subscribe to the Gradient Flow Newsletter :  https://gradientflow.substack.com/ Subscribe: Apple • Spotify • Overcast • Pocket Casts • AntennaPod...

Shreya Rajpal serves as CEO and co-founder of Guardrails AI , where she also co-created the popular open-source project Guardrails , a Python framework designed to help developers build reliable AI applications. Subscribe to the Gradient Flow Newsletter :  https://gradientflow.substack.com/ Subscribe: Apple • Spotify • Overcast • Pocket Casts • AntennaPod • Podcast Addict • Amazon •  RSS . Detaile...

Deepti Srivastava is the Founder and CEO of Snow Leopard . We dive into Snow Leopard’s innovative approach to data integration, exploring its live data access model that bypasses traditional ETL pipelines to offer real-time data retrieval directly from source systems. Subscribe to the Gradient Flow Newsletter :  https://gradientflow.substack.com/ Subscribe: Apple • Spotify • Overcast • Pocket Cast...

Happy Thanksgiving 🎊  In this episode David Talby (CTO of John Snow Labs) and I present the results of the 2024 Generative AI in Healthcare Survey . This episode is based on a recent webinar. To follow along with the slide presentation, check out the YouTube version of the podcast . Subscribe to the Gradient Flow Newsletter :  https://gradientflow.substack.com/ Subscribe: Apple • Spotify • Overca...

This is our monthly conversation on topics in AI and Technology with Paco Nathan , the founder of Derwen , a boutique consultancy focused on Data and AI. Subscribe to the Gradient Flow Newsletter :  https://gradientflow.substack.com/ Subscribe: Apple • Spotify • Overcast • Pocket Casts • AntennaPod • Podcast Addict • Amazon •  RSS . Detailed show notes - with links to many references - can be foun...

Vasant Dhar is a Professor at the Stern School of Business and the Center for Data Science at NYU. He’s one of the creators of the Damodaran Bot , an AI-powered system designed to emulate the valuation analysis and investment insights of renowned finance professor Aswath Damodaran . This episode explores the transformative impact of AI in finance, covering applications such as generative AI, AI-po...

Vaibhav Gupta is the CEO and co-founder of Boundary . In this episode, we explore BAML , an open source domain-specific language designed to streamline interactions with large language models (LLMs).  Subscribe to the Gradient Flow Newsletter :  https://gradientflow.substack.com/ Subscribe: Apple • Spotify • Overcast • Pocket Casts • AntennaPod • Podcast Addict • Amazon •  RSS . Detailed show note...