Cody Schneider Part 2, co-founder of Swell AI and Drafthorse AI : two AI content creation platforms helping businesses scale content production.  

Consider this an early stage founder discussion.  A ton of fun topics in this one.

• 00:12 Short Nvidia?  
• 06:39 THE Platform of Choice
• 13:51 Brain Rot
• 14:43 AI Guidance
• 17:10 Swell AI's Value
• 22:56 It's Ok to Take Kudos!
• 25:47 Business Predictions
• 28:07 Distribution > Product
• 29:27 Finding Cody
• 30:08 Getting Offline

LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/codyxschneider

Website: https://www.swellai.com/, https://www.drafthorseai.com/

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Part 1.  Getting to know Cody Schneider, co-founder of Swell AI and Drafthorse AI : two AI content creation platforms helping businesses scale content production.  Consider this an early stage founder discussion.   It starts with Marketing and builds to where AI is being used today.

• 01:31 Meet Cody Schneider
• 05:27 Differentiating a 2x4
• 06:52 Avid Skier
• 10:41 Early Stage Startups?
• 13:27 Swell AI
• 15:00 Differentiation using AI
• 18:35 Monetization Strategy
• 21:42 The Billion $ Company of One
• 24:22 Marking AI Tools
• 26:30 Foundational Models
• 27:26 AI Training Affordability

LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/codyxschneider

Website: https://www.swellai.com/, https://www.drafthorseai.com/

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Toby Coulthard, CPO at Phrasee talks to Marketing Tech as the interface between human psychology and technology.  Phrasee is a marketing platform that leverages generative AI for natural language generation, optimizing content at scale for enterprise clients such as Walgreens, Macy’s, Currys, and more.

01:21 Meet Toby Coulthard

• 05:46 MarTech
• 06:43 Chief Product Officer at Phrasee
• 10:02 LLMs in MarTech
• 10:56 Tools at Phrasee
• 12:21 Client References 17:00 The Marketing Journey 20:50 What Model Then???
• 22:22 "Winning a Campaign"
• 29:54 Phrasee Differentiation
• 32:43 Marketing of the Future
• 39:29 For Fun

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/toocou/

Website: https://phrasee.co/

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When I need to re-center and remind myself to stay grounded and that growth is accessible to all of us (that's the reskill part) I'm reminded of this episode. 
The Mindful Response with Estela Zuheros, Corporate Social Responsibility, IBM.  Come for social responsibility in reskilling the world, stay for lessons in being mindful and being kind to yourself.

·       02:06 Meet Estela Zuheros 

·       05:21 Your personal why?

·       07:16 Reskilling

·       11:41 The skills problem to solve

·       18:44 Measuring success

·       20:07 Primary areas of reskilling 23:02 Program selection criteria

·       26:31 The Mindful Response

·       37:30 Avoiding burnout

LinkedIn:  linkedin.com/in/estelaquesadazuheros

Website: https://estelaquesadazuheros.com

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Want to be featured as a guest on Making Data Simple? Reach out to us at [email protected] and tell us why you should be next. The Making Data Simple Podcast is hosted by Al Martin, WW VP Technical Sales, IBM, where we explore trending technologies, business innovation, and leadership ... while keeping it simple & fun.

Want to be featured as a guest on Making Data Simple? Reach out to us at [email protected] and tell us why you should be next. The Making Data Simple Podcast is hosted by Al Martin, WW VP Technical Sales, IBM, where we explore trending technologies, business innovation, and leadership ... while keeping it simple & fun.

The master of Artificial Intelligence: Ruchir Puri, Chief Scientist of IBM Research, an IBM Fellow, and Vice-President of IBM Corporate Technology.  AI questions you were afraid to ask, from hallucinations to watsonx. #makingdatasimple #watsonx

Welcome to the enlightening world of AI with Ruchir Puri, the Master of Artificial Intelligence and esteemed guest on our podcast. Join us as we embark on a captivating journey, delving deep into the realms of AI that you've always been curious about but hesitant to ask. From hallucinations to WatsonX, we leave no stone unturned in our quest for knowledge. Ruchir Puri, Chief Scientist of IBM Research and IBM Fellow, as well as Vice-President of IBM Corporate Technology, shares his expertise and insights, unraveling the complexities and potential of AI. Tune in to gain a comprehensive understanding of AI's capabilities and its impact on our lives. Prepare to have your questions answered and be amazed by the wonders of AI.

• 02:17 Meet Ruchir Puri the "Maker"
• 09:24 A day in the life 14:22 The AI hype 24:21 Why now?
• 27:36 The AI triangle
• 35:57 Why IBM 40:58 Deciding factors
• 43:57 Is bigger better?
• 47:59 Hallucinations 
• 49:53 watsonx
• 52:33 Who are you betting on?
• 54:23 First steps

LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/ruchir-puri-b117021a

Website: https://www.ibm.com/watsonx

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Want to be featured as a guest on Making Data Simple? Reach out to us at [email protected] and tell us why you should be next. The Making Data Simple Podcast is hosted by Al Martin, WW VP Technical Sales, IBM, where we explore trending technologies, business innovation, and leadership ... while keeping it simple & fun.

Want to be featured as a guest on Making Data Simple? Reach out to us at [email protected] and tell us why you should be next. The Making Data Simple Podcast is hosted by Al Martin, WW VP Technical Sales, IBM, where we explore trending technologies, business innovation, and leadership ... while keeping it simple & fun.

This is one of my favorite episodes with Nancy Hensley, when she was CMO at Stats Perform.  I've got to get back to my bracket!


Money Ball is back! Nancy Hensley, Chief Marketing Officer for Stats Perform, gives us the latest on data analytics in sports. If you like sports don't listen unless you have time to be entertained.

Show Notes

·      04:09 What does Money Ball look like now?

·      07:30 Mrs Chicago's personal update

·      08:40 Fan website: The Analyst

·      11:16 Stats Perform for the rest of us

·      17:25 Sports tech competitors

·      18:34 Monetizing data. $115M for NFL data! What?

·      27:44 Broadcaster and Pressbox

Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nancyhensley/

Website: https://statsperform.com/

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Want to be featured as a guest on Making Data Simple? Reach out to us at [email protected] and tell us why you should be next. The Making Data Simple Podcast is hosted by Al Martin, WW VP Technical Sales, IBM, where we explore trending technologies, business innovation, and leadership ... while keeping it simple & fun.

Want to be featured as a guest on Making Data Simple? Reach out to us at [email protected] and tell us why you should be next. The Making Data Simple Podcast is hosted by Al Martin, WW VP Technical Sales, IBM, where we explore trending technologies, business innovation, and leadership ... while keeping it simple & fun.

More AI with Don Finley, Founder of FINdustres, a leading product development agency. Don talks about fusing science, art, and technology into one.  Not your conventional CEO. 

• 01:30 Meet Don Finley
• 03:50 The Midlife Crisis
• 06:36 FINdustries
• 07:02 Kilimanjaro Break
• 09:40 Work/Life Integration
• 10:30 Client Profiles
• 12:00 FINdustries Differentiation
• 13:43 The 2-min Pitch
• 14:58 Science, Art, plus Technology
• 16:34 Good to Great
• 18:18 Predominate Use Cases
• 20:06 When to Seek Help
• 22:20 The Role of the Developer
• 26:37 AI Risks
• 28:17 Big Bets
• 31:22 Methodology and Scale
• 34:41 Top Learnings
• 36:23 The Next Kilimanjaro 

LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/dfinley

Website: https://findustries.co/

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leadership ... while keeping it simple & fun. 

Want to be featured as a guest on Making Data Simple? Reach out to us at [email protected] and tell us why you should be next. The Making Data Simple Podcast is hosted by Al Martin, WW VP Technical Sales, IBM, where we explore trending technologies, business innovation, and leadership ... while keeping it simple & fun.

A live, impromptu podcast with Kevin Nugent, Data & AI Global Partner Sales @ IBM with the IBM partner community in Toronto.  A quick and fun discussion on the state of AI in the industry.

• 01:04 Kansas City Chiefs
• 01:93 Meet Kevin Nugent
• 02:25 Shorting Nvidia 03:25 State of the AI Business 05:520 What is watsonx
• 07:22 IBM's Differentiation 
• 08:39 Again, Why IBM?
• 14:13 Making Money with AI 
• 16:37 AI Skills
• 20:06 Go IBM Partners!

LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/kevinrnugent

Website: https://www.ibm.com/partnerplus

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Want to be featured as a guest on Making Data Simple? Reach out to us at [email protected] and tell us why you should be next. The Making Data Simple Podcast is hosted by Al Martin, WW VP Technical Sales, IBM, where we explore trending technologies, business innovation, and leadership ... while keeping it simple & fun.

Let's talk data transformation and what makes a great
seller with Co-founder and CEO of Coalesce,  Armon
Petrossian.
 
As more companies move to the cloud the
weakness in data transformation is becoming profound.

• 01:15 Meet Armon Petrossian
• 02:21 The problem in being data driven
• 04:28 Introducing Coalesce
• 07:53 Automation defined
• 09:56 The ETL to ELT shift
• 11:54 Typical customer use case
• 12:55 The Coalesce differentiator
• 16:18 Proof of value
• 24:39 Column metadata
• 25:40 Data transformation inhibitors
• 28:17 The future
• 31:52 What makes a great seller

LinkedIn:
 
https://www.linkedin.com/in/armonpetrossian/
Website:

https://coalesce.io/
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Reach out to us at [email protected] and tell
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Podcast is hosted by Al Martin, WW VP Technical Sales,
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innovation, and leadership ... while keeping it simple &
fun.

Want to be featured as a guest on Making Data Simple? Reach out to us at [email protected] and tell us why you should be next. The Making Data Simple Podcast is hosted by Al Martin, WW VP Technical Sales, IBM, where we explore trending technologies, business innovation, and leadership ... while keeping it simple & fun.

Want to be featured as a guest on Making Data Simple? Reach out to us at [email protected] and tell us why you should be next. The Making Data Simple Podcast is hosted by Al Martin, WW VP Technical Sales, IBM, where we explore trending technologies, business innovation, and leadership ... while keeping it simple & fun.

Understanding Search, GenAI, RAG methodology, and vector databases with Nixon Cheaz, Engineering Lead at IBM's Experience Engine.  

• 02:24 Meet Nixon Cheaz
• 04:32 Search without Google
• 06:35 Experience Engine
• 08:30 Elements of Good Search
• 12:46 Search Data Source
• 15:36 GenAI Use Cases and Vector DBs 
• 19:40 Foundational Models?
• 22:07 Impact of Vector DBs
• 25:38 IBM Public Content DB
• 28:02 Use Cases
• 29:58 IBM Technologies
• 32:54 RAG
• 40:12 Health is Wealth

LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/nixon-cheaz

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A Data Science level set in 2024.  This episode is a live recording that talks to 

Distinguished Engineers at IBM from Client Engineering, Finance, and 

Research with Rachel Reinitz, Suj Perepa, and "Beware of simple questions" Darrell Reimer, respectively.  Pardon just a bit of sound quality issues. 

• 00:16 The Field of Data Science
• 00:50 Meet Rachel, Suj, and Darrell
• 03:37 What is Data Science Today?
• 07:00 Data Science Skills
• 10:25 How has Data Science Changed
• 12:07 A Day in the Life
• 14:25 AI Engineers?
• 23:45 Fake News and Cost
• 30:36 What's Next?
• 33:27 Too Much GenAI?
• 36:49 Low Barrier Risks
• 39:29 Deep Science vs Deep Business
• 42:17 For Fun

LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/rreinitz, https://www.linkedin.com/in/sperepa/
linkedin.com/in/darrellreimer

Website: https://www.ibm.com/products/watsonx-ai/foundation-models

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[email protected] and tell us why you should be next. The
Making Data Simple Podcast is hosted by Al Martin, WW VP Technical Sales,
IBM, where we explore trending technologies, business innovation, and
leadership ... while keeping it simple & fun.

Want to be featured as a guest on Making Data Simple? Reach out to us at [email protected] and tell us why you should be next. The Making Data Simple Podcast is hosted by Al Martin, WW VP Technical Sales, IBM, where we explore trending technologies, business innovation, and leadership ... while keeping it simple & fun.