Building With AI

Identifying high-value use cases for AI | Tomasz Tunguz (Founder of Theory Ventures)

June 26, 2024·48 min
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In this episode of Building With AI, host Haroon Choudery sits with Tomasz Tunguz, Founder and General Partner at Theory Ventures. Tomasz brings a valuable 10,000-foot view of the AI space, drawing from his 16 years of experience as a VC and previous work building machine learning systems at Google.During the episode, Tomasz discusses:The modern data stack for LLMs,The significance of human evaluations,How to Identify high-value use cases for businesses,Midjourney's successful distribution strategy,And much more!—[00:00] Up next: [00:57] Episode introduction [01:59] Autoblocks: AI Optimization Platform [02:24] Tomasz's introduction [03:47] The two waves of AI [06:09] The modern data stack for LLMs [11:27] The golden set of evaluations [15:39] Why you need human evaluations [17:27] Don't write off LLMs [21:04] Identifying high-value AI use cases for your business [25:30] The top industries LLMs will disrupt [26:52] Advice for incumbents to win the AI race [33:05] Advice for AI startups to disrupt industries [34:31] The innovation equation [37:16] Midjourney's successful distribution strategy [39:15] Will AI move beyond non-determinism? [43:21] The future relationship between AI and professionals [48:05] How to keep up with AI developments—Brought to you by Autoblocks (https://www.autoblocks.ai/) — how product teams deliver better AI experiences.—Building with AI is a weekly podcast featuring conversations with top AI product builders and leaders. Through thoughtful dialogue, host Haroon Choudery (Co-founder of Autoblocks) uncovers tactical insights that help listeners build & scale world-class AI products.—Subscribe to Building With AI:Website: https://www.autoblocks.ai/bwaiX: https://twitter.com/buildingwith_aiWhere to find Tomasz Tunguz:Linkedln: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tomasztunguz/X: https://x.com/ttunguzLearn more about Theory Ventures:Website: https://theory.venturesLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/theory-ventures/X: https://x.com/theoryvcWhere to find Haroon Choudery:Linkedln: https://www.linkedin.com/in/haroonchoudery/X: https://x.com/haroonchouderyLearn more about Autoblocks:Website: https://www.autoblocks.ai/X: https://twitter.com/AutoblocksAI

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