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No Priors Ep. 85 | CEO of Braintrust Ankur Goyal

Today on No Priors, Elad is joined by Ankur Goyal, founder and CEO of Braintrust. Braintrust enables companies like Notion, Airtable, Instacart, Zapier, and Vercel to deploy AI solutions at scale by efficiently evaluating and managing complex, non-deterministic AI applications. Ankur shares his insights into emerging trends in the use of AI tooling and coding languages, the rise of open-source, and the future of data infrastructure. Ankur also reflects on building resilient AI products, his philosophy on coding as a CEO, and the importance of a startup’s initial customer base. Sign up for new podcasts every week. Email feedback to show@no-priors.com Follow us on Twitter: @NoPriorsPod | @Saranormous | @EladGil | @Ankrgyl Show Notes: 0:00 Introduction 0:38 Ankur’s path to Braintrust 3:05 Braintrust’s solution 5:46 AI tooling trends 7:58 Instruction tuning vs. fine-tuning 8:57 Open-source AI adoption 10:42 Future of data infrastructure and synthetic data 14:45 Designing technical interviews 18:04 Rethinking agent-based approaches 19:34 Building out an AI team 23:35 Typescript as the language of AI 25:12 The shift away from using frameworks 26:02 Vendor consolidation among enterprises 27:16 Coding as a CEO 30:16 Collaborating with customers 33:00 Future of Braintrust and evals

Elad GilhostAnkur GoyalguestSarah Guohost
Oct 8, 202438mWatch on YouTube ↗

CHAPTERS

  1. 0:00 – 0:38

    Introduction

  2. 0:38 – 3:05

    Ankur’s path to Braintrust

  3. 3:05 – 5:46

    Braintrust’s solution

  4. 5:46 – 7:58

    AI tooling trends

  5. 7:58 – 8:57

    Instruction tuning vs. fine-tuning

  6. 8:57 – 10:42

    Open-source AI adoption

  7. 10:42 – 14:45

    Future of data infrastructure and synthetic data

  8. 14:45 – 18:04

    Designing technical interviews

  9. 18:04 – 19:34

    Rethinking agent-based approaches

  10. 19:34 – 23:35

    Building out an AI team

  11. 23:35 – 25:12

    Typescript as the language of AI

  12. 25:12 – 26:02

    The shift away from using frameworks

  13. 26:02 – 27:16

    Vendor consolidation among enterprises

  14. 27:16 – 30:16

    Coding as a CEO

  15. 30:16 – 33:00

    Collaborating with customers

  16. 33:00 – 38:28

    Future of Braintrust and evals

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