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🍜Anybody up for some ramen? I am excited to share that I am back in the garage, building again (it’s actually a house in the Berkeley Hills). We are taking the wraps off of Supercog AI, a new startup focused on solving Application Integration using LLM powered agents. My co-founder in this new venture is a great friend of mine (and a former co-founder partner), Alex Osborne. Alex and I have worked around the application integration space for a long time, and we are unrealistically excited about applying the GenAI stack to this problem. Not many people relish the task to get some bits to move from system A to system B. But it’s a critical job to be done, and that’s led to a lot of brittle scripts, a myriad of inflexible “no code” tools, and a lot of hand crafted SQL. But the power of the Large Language Model, trained on a huge corpus of information, offers a remarkable tool to solve this problem. The LLM you use today already knows the APIs of hundreds of popular systems. It knows the SQL dialects of every major database. It understands the semantics and data schemas of many popular SaaS systems. It understands much of the specific domain in which your business operates. I like to call the AI revolution “the last platform shift”. That may turn out to be hyperbole, but I definitely believe we are in the very early stages of seeing what this new stack can enable. I know we are hardly the first folks to claim that “amazing stuff is coming!”. But this is why Alex and I have decided to focus on a real and hard problem. If we can prove that LLMs can power a new way to solve this problem, it will be the first successful *new* approach in 15 years.. We will have much more to share about this new platform soon. In the meantime, if you’re interested in getting a peek - or even better if you have application or data integration tasks that you would like some help with - please reach out because we want to help. #genai #startups #backinthegarage

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Join us on Wednesday, 8/14, for ADPList San Francisco Chapter's inaugural event! 🙌 We're hosting an exclusive panel event featuring leading designers at Applied Intuition, a company on a mission to develop cutting-edge technology and simulation tools for self-driving vehicles. We'll kick off with some casual community networking, transition into a panel discussion, and then close with more networking. ​What we'll discuss: • How design solves complex problems • How to find your niche as a designer • How to jumpstart a career in software design and more! Regardless of your background, seniority, or industry, this event is sure to be a great opportunity for any designer who wants to gain insights from sharp and innovative minds. ​By attending, you'll gain: ​👉 Expert Insights: Discover the innovative design principles and strategies used by Applied Intuition's designers and how they tackle complex challenges. 👉 Networking Opportunities: Connect with fellow designers and industry leaders! Share ideas and build relationships that could open doors to future collaborations. 👉 Career Prospects: Did we mention that Applied Intuition is hiring? Make yourself known and leave a lasting impression on their design team. RSVP and learn more about the event, here: https://lnkd.in/ghZ72QYM

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📢 Reminder: Don’t Miss Our Upcoming PM Insights Sunnyvale Virtual Meeting! Join us tomorrow, July 10th, 2024, from 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM for an enlightening session on AI Strategies for the LinkedIn Job Search! 🚀 Event Details: • When: July 10th, 2024, 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM • Where: Virtual Meeting • Registration Deadline: July 9th, 2024, 10 PM - you still have a couple of hours! • Instructor: Cara Kauffman What to Expect: Cara Kauffman, a seasoned Scrum Master and expert in AI integration, will guide us through: • Crafting powerful AI prompts to optimize your LinkedIn profile • Customizing AI responses to enhance your professional presence • Creating compelling LinkedIn introductions to captivate recruiters • Streamlining your job application process with AI tools • Leveraging AI and LinkedIn job descriptions for strategic interview preparation Takeaways: • Essentials of creating AI prompts for LinkedIn • Strategies for effective AI response customization • Techniques for impactful LinkedIn introductions • Time-saving AI extensions for job applications • AI-driven interview preparation methods Don’t Forget: • Bring a current version of your resume, LinkedIn profile, and your preferred AI chatbot for real-time workshop opportunities. • Check all email folders for your meeting invitation from the Meeting Leader, sent on the afternoon of the event day. Register Now! • https://lnkd.in/gKddM-zA PDU Information: • Power Skills: 2.0 PDUs Fees: • PMI Silicon Valley Members: $5.00 • Non-Members: $5.00 • Students & Veterans: Free (Contact Meeting Leader for discount code) About the Instructor: Cara Kauffman is an expert in creating engaging learning environments, focusing on AI strategies to enhance workplace communication and productivity. Connect with her on LinkedIn: Cara Kauffman For any questions, please contact the Event Host. Don’t miss out on this opportunity to supercharge your LinkedIn job search with AI! See you there! 🎉 #PMISV #AIstrategies #LinkedInOptimization #ProfessionalDevelopment

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If you want to do extraordinary things, it shouldn't be easy." - Jensen Huang, NVIDIA Founder & CEO This quote from Jensen Huang's recent 60 Minutes interview really resonated with me. His own journey, from immigrant electrical engineer to leading one of the world's most valuable tech companies,is a testament to the power of bold bets, technical brilliance, and relentless drive. Huang's visionary bet on AI and GPUs has propelled NVIDIA to the forefront of technological innovation, powering everything from video games to self-driving cars. Huang's story is a masterclass in how to take a company from underdog to industry titan. Despite NVIDIA's meteoric rise, he remains intensely focused on pushing the boundaries of what's possible. It's this kind of leadership that inspires me, and it's a reminder that even the most extraordinary journeys can start from humble beginnings.

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The most robust, reliable, and productive uses of AI are when many models are used in coordination with each other, with "regular" programming mixed in. This leads to more capable, more reliable, and more interpretable AI systems. Most people building with AI already know this. But (unless you work for Google) the main barrier to realizing multi-step AI workloads is an infrastructure one. For the rest of us, we’re left creating an unwieldy mess of chained API calls to multiple providers, with many roundtrips in between. This state of affairs is stifling progress. Nobody wants to deal with more tooling and infrastructure… but everyone would benefit from simple, intuitive interfaces that abstract away a powerful system underneath. Substrate is the first inference API optimized for multi-step AI workloads. With Substrate, you can write less code, run more inference, and build high performance AI applications with zero infrastructure to manage. No tooling, no infrastructure – just elegant abstractions. Excited to support Ben Guo, Rob Cheung and the amazing Substrate team on their mission to democratize how AI applications are built.

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Google engineering levels fun tidbit I read: To become a Google Fellow (Level 10) is to win an honor that will follow you for life. That said, there are 2 Senior Fellows (Level 11, equivalent to an SVP): Sanjay Ghemawat and Jeff Dean. Google’s engineers exist in a Great Chain of Being that begins at Level 1. At the bottom are the I.T. support staff. Level 2s are fresh out of college. Level 3s often have master’s degrees. Getting to Level 4 takes several years, or a Ph.D. Most progression stops at Level 5. Level 6 engineers (top 10%) are so capable that they could be said to be the reason a project succeeds. Level 7s are Level 6s with a long track record. Principal Engineers, the Level 8s, are associated with a major product or piece of infrastructure. Distinguished Engineers, the Level 9s, are spoken of with reverence. To become a Google Fellow, a Level 10, is to win an honor that will follow you for life. Google Fellows are usually the world’s leading experts in their fields. Jeff and Sanjay are Google Senior Fellows—the company’s first and only Level 11s.

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Welcome to another edition of Growth Talks! 😊 Today, we spotlight Marin Smiljanic Co-Founder and CEO of Omnisearch. With a background as a software engineer at Amazon, Facebook, and SingleStore, Marin brings years of experience from both fast-growing startups and Big Tech. Key takeaways: 🔹 Partnering with established companies can help a startup gain credibility and early customers. 🔹Knowing what customers want, especially about data control, is important for product development. 🔹Moving from a technical role to running a business means learning new skills, especially in sales and marketing. 🔹Focusing on efficiency and performance can set a product apart in the market. 🔹Making quick changes and ensuring the business model works are crucial for growth. 🔗 Link to the interview: https://lnkd.in/d3BMDAUp

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"Females can act like glue within a team, contributing to the overall success the same as men, while injecting a different perspective." - Jian Cheng, Senior Full Stack Developer at Edge Signal. We had the pleasure of speaking with Jian and other female leaders within our ecosystem in celebration of #IWD2024. With 15+ years of software programming experience, Jian is in a unique situation – being a senior developer, female, Chinese, an immigrant, and currently the only female on a small start-up team that is tasked to build an AI-powered edge computing platform, Edge Signal. Read the article to learn more: https://lnkd.in/eUyBJrVg. #tech #femalesintech #womenintech #edgesignal

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Maddie Wolf is on-site at the AI & Big Data Expo World Series today and Thursday in Santa Clara. Catch up with her to discuss how our GenAI assistants can be embedded into your everyday workflow apps, boosting efficiency and productivity. See you there! #AI #BigData #ExpoNorthAmerica #GenAI #TechEvent

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Getting started with AI can seem daunting, especially when contemplating its safety against data privacy. But past that fear lies a fix for itself: AI tools can be harnessed to overcome cybersecurity hurdles. Join us for an insightful discussion at the intersection of security, building resilience, and emerging technologies like AI, IoT, and others such as operational technology, and products intersecting with information technology and engineering. Get inspired, learn something new, and connect with peers, partners, and Googlers!

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Performance is key! As we cannot share the detailed work with (former) customers of Rockset (acquired by OpenAI), we decided to implement the Rockbench benchmark to check how streaming ingest between CrateDB and Rockset (acquired by OpenAI) compares. The results are very insightful. We see: ✅ CrateDB achieves 6-9x lower latencies than Rockset for streaming ingest. ✅ CrateDB outperforms Rockset on the same hardware while saving about 20% costs. ✅ When volumes increase, the latency increased linearly in Rockset, while remaining mostly flat in CrateDB. As a plus: 1️⃣ Achieve full high availability due to the distributed nature of CrateDB (benchmark results are achieved including replication in CrateDB) 2️⃣ Achieve higher throughput on the same amount of CPUs as Rockset (at 50% of memory needs) 3️⃣ Full open-source solution that prevents you from market shifts On side note: If you are thinking to switch to Elastic/OpenSearch, this benchmark has been created to compare Rockset vs. Elastic, so CrateDB is also faster than Elastic for streaming ingest cases! Read the full comparison here: https://lnkd.in/d_nEMDkx

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Calling all IT leaders, developers, and practitioners! Ready to explore the future of data in the age of GenAI? Join Google Cloud for Database Day: Sunnyvale on August 27th! **🔥 Here's what you can expect: ** Two tracks packed with insights: one for IT Leaders & Executives, and another for Developers & Database Practitioners. Expert-led sessions on topics like building GenAI apps with Google Cloud databases, maximizing PostgreSQL ROI, and mastering Cloud SQL. Hands-on labs and demos to level up your skills and connect with peers. Don't miss this chance to build your GenAI future. Register now - spots are filling up fast! #GoogleCloud #DatabaseDays #GenAI #DataInnovation

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At the core of effective engineering leadership is the ability to stay connected with your team. This is perhaps the most challenging aspect because retaining the respect of your people is difficult unless you remain technically involved yourself. In my journey as an engineering leader, staying true to the individual contributor role that originally earned their respect has kept me close. This approach extends beyond technical expertise; it's about maintaining a deep connection with the core activities that propel product development forward at Gearflow. One of my biggest professional fears is becoming irrelevant or disconnected from my team and our work. This fear motivates me to continually reinvent and retool in response to market demands. Next month, I'll be sharing about my adventures generating synthetic data recently. And while I'm no expert when I start preparing for these talks, the process is incredibly valuable. It's less about delivering a perfect talk and more about how the preparation expands my thinking and exposes me to new capabilities. This helps me connect the dots to opportunities at Gearflow that bring real innovation to our customers. Speaking regularly holds me accountable and pushes me to learn ahead of the curve, ensuring I remain relevant and impactful day-to-day. Every talk is a journey of discovery, helping me to lead with humility, communicate clearly, and inspire a culture of innovation through a deep, technical understanding of our work.

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🌟 November Bay Area CRE Jobs Update 🌟 It's been a big month in the Bay Area. Now tracking 27 CRE roles with phenomenal companies, including Amazon, Electronic Arts (EA), Meta, TikTok, Waymo, Cloudflare, Coinbase, Intuit, Uber and more. 🚀 Let's Connect in DC! I’m currently attending the CoreNet Global Summit in DC. If you’re here, let’s meet up to chat about the latest trends in real estate or just say hello – message me to connect! 💼 Hiring? I’m passionate about connecting top talent with exceptional companies. 💡 Need extra bandwidth? Resource Consulting offers flexible support tailored to CRE needs Know of any other roles? Please share in the comments. Let’s continue building and supporting each other! 🌐 #BayAreaJobs #CREjobs #RealEstateLeadership #CoreNetSummit #Networking

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🎤 Last week, Jove Zhong, our Cofounder and Head of Product, was in Seattle giving a talk at Zilliz’s Unstructured Data and #LLMs Meetup. Here’s Jove’s presentation about processing streaming data in #ApacheKafka as a blog post, where he shares a step-by-step walkthrough of how to ground LLMs with real-time data using #opensource tools like Timeplus Proton and Milvus. 🎥 Want to see to full meetup recording? Link in the comments below👇 https://lnkd.in/gRr7aWHF

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