Practically Intelligent
by Sinan Ozdemir and Akshay Bhushan
E21: The Evolution of AI PMs, Prototyping, Evals, and Real Impact…
About this podcast
Join us on Practically Intelligent, a podcast where we dive into the latest news and developments in the world of Artificial Intelligence. We bring together builders, founders, and researchers from the AI community to discuss complex technical topics in a way that's accessible and engaging for everyone. Hosted by Sinan, a successful founder, author, and ML practitioner, and Akshay, a Partner at Tola Capital, our conversations will provide valuable insights into the exciting world of AI.
Full episodes on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5wVQw-KyVl0
Episodes
The newest 20 of 22 episodes
- E21: The Evolution of AI PMs, Prototyping, Evals, and Real Impact with Aman Khan · 46 min · Season 1 Episode 22In this episode of Practically Intelligent, we sit down with Aman Khan, Director of Product at Arize AI, to unpack what “AI product management” really means. We dig into how…
- E20 – From Classrooms to Curiosity: AI & The Future of Learning with Katelyn Donnelly · 42 min · Season 1 Episode 21We sit down with Katelyn Donnelly, founder & Managing Director of Avalanche VC. A longtime operator in education and social-impact consulting, Katelyn now backs early-stage AI…
- E19 – From Pixels to Prompts: How AI Is Reshaping UX Design · 48 min · Season 1 Episode 20In this episode of Practically Intelligent, we chat with Mike Dick — designer, builder, and co-founder of Gather — whose career spans from Age of Empires fan sites to leading…
- E18: From Negative One to Zero: The Early Startup Journey with Arian Agrawal · 42 min · Season 1 Episode 19We sit down with Arian Agrawal, a partner at South Park Commons, where bold ideas turn into reality. As a former YC founder, Arian shares down-to-earth advice on validating…
- E17: Graph Databases Are the Future of RAG and AI with Sudhir Hasbe · 51 min · Season 1 Episode 18Sinan and Akshay sit down with Sudhir Hasbe, Chief Product Officer at Neo4j and a leading expert in graph databases and analytics. Sudhir shares insights from his career…
- E16: AI in Action: Regulating the Future with Professor Philip Treleaven · 40 min · Season 1 Episode 17In this insightful episode of Practically Intelligent, we sit down with Professor Philip Treleaven, Director of the UK Financial Computing Centre at UCL, to discuss the complex…
- OH1: Office Hours are Open! · 13 min · Season 1 Episode 16In this special episode of Practically Intelligent, we're trying something new! Sinan is opening his doors to answer your burning questions about AI, machine learning, data…
- E15: Unlocking the Internet's Treasure with Rich Skrenta · 40 min · Season 1 Episode 15In this episode of Practically Intelligent, Sinan and Akshay sit down with Rich Skrenta, the Executive Director of the Common Crawl Foundation. Rich shares his extensive…
- E14: Securing Generative AI with Sanjay Kalra · 36 min · Season 1 Episode 14The advent of Generative AI presents a significant challenge for security in the enterprise. Join us as we deep dive into the common threat vectors with Sanjay Kalra, product…
- E13: Navigating the Evolving World of Open Source AI with Rajiv Shah · 40 min · Season 1 Episode 13Dive into the intricate world of AI and open source with Rajiv Shah in the latest episode of "Practically Intelligent." Rajiv, with his extensive experience at DataRobot, Hugging…
- E12: Curated Data You Can Trust with Curtis Northcutt · 32 min · Season 1 Episode 12Join us as we talk with Curtis Northcutt, founder and CEO of CleanLab.ai. Curtis shares his expert insights on the crucial role of data preparation and curation in enhancing AI…
- E11: From Decision Support to AI Integration: Navigating BI's Evolution with Donald Farmer · 40 min · Season 1 Episode 11In episode 11 of Practically Intelligent, we take a look at the dynamic and intricate world of business intelligence (BI) with the esteemed Donald Farmer, a pioneer in BI and the…
- E10: Decoding AI Hype: A Practical Guide to Discerning Fact from Fiction · 35 min · Season 1 Episode 10Dr. Nathan Lambert is back! Episode 10 of Practically Intelligent has us diving headfirst into a the tsunami of AI advancements and the hype cycles surrounding them. With the…
- E9: Exploring AI's Frontier in 2024: Promise vs. Reality in Tech's New Era · 54 min · Season 1 Episode 9What were the biggest trends in AI in 2023 that will accelerate into 2024? What will change/what is overhyped? In this episode, we go through charts and reports from Coatue's…
- E8: Navigating the New Frontier of Multimodal AI with Jacob Solawetz · 39 min · Season 1 Episode 8Join us in episode eight of Practically Intelligent as we welcome Jacob Solawetz, CTO at arcee.ai and former founding engineer at Roboflow. Jacob, a trailblazer in computer…
- E7: The Power of Benchmarking in AI Progress with Praveen Paritosh · 49 min · Season 1 Episode 7In this enlightening seventh episode of Practically Intelligent, we take a look at the pivotal role of benchmarking in advancing AI with Praveen Paritosh, a leading figure in AI…
- E6: AI Ethics, Data Governance, & Training Challenges with Giada Pistilli · 52 min · Season 1 Episode 6In the sixth episode of Practically Intelligent, join us as we delve deep into the intricacies of AI ethics and data governance with Giada Pistilli, Principal Ethicist at…
- E5: Reliable Software Engineering & LLMs with Adam Azzam · 37 min · Season 1 Episode 5We chatted with Adam Azzam, PhD - AI Product Lead at Prefect - about the challenges of merging traditional software engineering with AI engineering. We go over why integrating…
- E4: Evaluating Large Language Models with Nathan Lambert · 38 min · Season 1 Episode 4On the fourth episode of Practically Intelligent, Sinan and Akshay sit down with the esteemed Nathan Lambert, a prominent Machine Learning researcher and analyst. With his keen…
- Vector Databases, Embeddings, and a history of Deep Learning with Leo Dirac · 1 h 4 min · Season 1 Episode 3On the newest episode of Practically Intelligent, Sinan and Akshay discuss all the hype behind vector databases and the future of how developers will work with embeddings. We…







