Join Featureform’s Founder and CEO, Simba Khadder, and Union CEO and co-founder, Ketan Umare, as they delve into Ketan’s journey, starting with leading the ETA models team at Lyft, the origins and evolution of Flyte, an ML workflow platform, an

MLOps Week 28: Featureform's CEO Breaks Down "Real-Time" Machine Learning

Mar 28th, 2024 18m 27s

This episode of our MLOps Weekly Podcast features Simba Khadder, Featureform’s CEO, where he unravels the true meaning of “real-time” machine learning. The discussion breaks down real-time ML into three core aspects: latency, online serving, an

MLOps Week 27: Unveiling AI's Infrastructure Evolution with Outerbound’s CEO

Feb 29th, 2024 31m 57s

In this episode of the MLOps Weekly Podcast, Featureform CEO Simba Khadder and Outerbounds CEO Ville Tuulos engage in a fascinating conversation about the evolution of ML and AI infrastructure, focusing on the inception and development of Metaf

MLOps Week 26: Product and Data Team Collaboration with Chinar Movsisyan

Feb 15th, 2024 29m 35s

This episode of the MLOps Weekly Podcast delves into the intricate journey from academic research in AI to its practical application in industry, highlighting the challenges of bridging theoretical concepts with real-world solutions. CEO and fo

MLOps Week 25: AI Security & Governance with Sahil Agarwal

Feb 2nd, 2024 27m 57s

In this episode, we delve into the evolving landscape of AI with Sahil Agarwal, Enkrypt AI's CEO, focusing on the paramount importance of security, privacy, and governance. Through a discussion rich with insights, we uncover the strategies and

MLOps Week 24: Navigating the MLOps Landscape: Insights from Valohai's CEO

Jan 11th, 2024 30m 13s

In this episode of MLOps Weekly, host Simba Khadder engages with Eero Laaksonen, CEO of Valohai, to explore the intricacies of end-to-end MLOps platforms. They discuss the challenges and solutions in machine learning operations, delving into to

MLOps Week 23: Data Quality & The Future of DataOps with Maxim Lukichev

Nov 14th, 2023 27m 38s

For Episode 23 of the MLOps Weekly Podcast, Simba chats with Maxim Lukichev, Co-founder and CTO at Telmai. They discuss the importance of a proactive approach to data quality, improving collaboration on data teams, and the critical value of Dat

MLOps Week 22: Decoding RAG and Embeddings with Demetrios Brinkmann

Sep 12th, 2023 40m 33s

For Episode 22 of the MLOps Weekly Podcast, Simba sits down with Demetrios Brinkmann, Founder of MLOps Community. They dive deep into the world of embeddings, vector databases, and why AI sometimes feels like ordering too much avocado toast. Tu

MLOps Week 21: The Future of ML Governance and Data Management with Kevin Petrie

Jul 25th, 2023 27m 6s

For episode 21 of the MLOps Weekly Podcast, Simba Khadder and Kevin Petrie, VP of Research at Eckerson Group, delve into the challenges and opportunities of integrating MLOps in traditional enterprises. They discuss strategies to overcome techn

MLOps Week 20: Reducing Friction on Data Teams with Harry Glaser

Jul 19th, 2023 36m 55s

On Week 19 of the MLOps Weekly Podcast, Simba sits down with Modelbit Co-founder and CEO, Harry Glaser, to discuss the evolving landscape of data science roles, the friction between different data teams, and the importance of prioritizing organ

MLOps Week 19: Navigating Traditional ML and LLM Workflows with Piero Molino

Jun 6th, 2023 30m 38s

This week on the MLOps Weekly Podcast, Simba sits down with Predibase, Co-Founder and CEO, Piero Molino, to discuss the differences between Ludwig and AutoML, iteration in traditional ML, and the ideal workflows for LLMs!

MLOps Week 18: The LLM Revolution & the Future of Data with Josh Wills

May 24th, 2023 46m 13s

This week on the MLOps Weekly Podcast, Simba chats with Josh Wills, Investor and former Head of Data Engineering at Slack, to discuss data contracts, the impact of LLMs on day-to-day life, and the paradigm shift it's creating in the space as a

MLOps Week 17: Why Data Scientists Need MLOps with Mikiko Bazeley

Apr 12th, 2023 37m 22s

We're excited to bring you a special episode of the MLOps Weekly Podcast with our very own Head of MLOps, Mikiko Bazeley. Mikiko shares her insights as a prolific data scientist at small companies and enterprises, and why organizations need to

MLOps Week 16: Maximizing Data Impact with Mark Freeman

Feb 28th, 2023 42m 14s

This week on the MLOps Weekly Podcast, Simba sits down with Mark Freeman to discuss why we need to bridge the gap between data scientists and data engineers, and how improved collaboration increases stakeholder engagement and business value.

MLOps Week 15: The Business Impact of MLOps with Liran Hason

Feb 7th, 2023 33m 24s

This week on the MLOps Weekly Podcast, Simba chats with Aporia Co-Founder and CEO, Liran Hason, about best-of-breed tooling and the business impact of MLOps.********************************Aporia Model Observability*****************************

MLOps Week 14: Orchestration in MLOps with Chris White

Dec 20th, 2022 31m 56s

This week on the MLOps Weekly Podcast, Simba sits down with Chris White, CTO at Prefect, to discuss his journey from mathematics to data science at CapitalOne, the power of orchestration in the ML lifecycle, and Prefect's approach to dataflow a

MLOps Week 13: MLOps Fundamentals with Jacopo Tagliabue

Nov 1st, 2022 30m 36s

This week on the MLOps Weekly Podcast, Simba chats with Jacopo Tagliabue, author of "You Do Not Need a Bigger Boat" and Director of AI at Coveo, to discuss fundamentals when choosing an MLOps toolchain, the problem with end-to-end platforms, an

MLOps Week 12: Building the Right Abstractions in MLOps with Doris Xin

Oct 18th, 2022 28m 16s

This week on the MLOps Weekly Podcast, Simba chats with Doris Xin, Co-founder and CEO of Linea, about the importance of notebooks in the data science workflow, choosing the right abstractions when going from development to production, and embra

MLOps Week 11: The Evolution of DevOps and the Birth of MLOps with Sam Ramji

Sep 6th, 2022 42m 30s

This week on the MLOps Weekly Podcast, Simba sat down with Silicon Valley veteran and Chief Strategy Officer at DataStax, Sam Ramji to discuss the origins and success of DevOps, data computation vs cognition, & the importance of community-drive

MLOps Week 10: Vector Embeddings and AI-First Databases with Bob van Lujit

Aug 30th, 2022 32m 18s

This week on the MLOps weekly podcast, Simba spoke with Bob van Lujit, CEO and Co-Founder of SeMi Technologies, creators of the open-source vector database, Weaviate. They discuss the power of embeddings in machine learning and the infrastructu

MLOps Week 9: LinkedIn's Feature Store & MLOps Workflows with David Stein

Aug 23rd, 2022 34m 48s

Back from summer break with installment 9 of the MLOps Weekly Podcast! This week, Simba met with Senior Staff Software Engineer at LinkedIn's Machine Learning Infrastructure team, David Stein, to discuss the technical decisions and insights tha

MLOps Week 8: The MLOps Mindset with Stefan Krawczyk

Aug 2nd, 2022 34m 15s

For the 8th installment of the podcast, Simba sits down with Stefan Krawczyk, who led the Model Lifecycle team at Stitchfix and has worked on data science teams at Linkedin and Nextdoor, to discuss his thought process when designing and deployi

MLOps Week 7: Scaling AutoML with Nirman Dave

Jul 26th, 2022 23m 14s

For week 7 of the MLOps Weekly Podcast, Simba sat down with Nirman Dave, Co-founder and CEO at Obviously AI, to discuss the practical and operational benefits of AutoML in production.

MLOps Week 6: A VC Breakdown of MLOps with James Alcorn

Jul 19th, 2022 31m 3s

This week, Simba sat down with James Alcorn, Principal at Zetta Ventures, to discuss signals of success in MLOps platforms and his assessment template for MLOps founders.

MLOps Week 5: Exploring the MLOps Ecosystem with Chaoyu Yang

Jul 12th, 2022 22m 28s

This week, Simba sat down with Co-Founder and CEO of BentoML, Chaoyu Yang, to discuss various sub-categories of MLOps providers, the prevalence of open-source platforms, and what advanced MLOps solutions should look like.Music provided by Chrom