The AI Playbook with Databricks CIO Naveen Zutshi

Episode notes

On the 26th episode of Enterprise Software Innovators, hosts Evan Reiser ( Abnormal Security ) and Saam Motamedi ( Greylock Partners ) talk with Naveen Zutshi , CIO of Databricks . Databricks is a leading AI enterprise software company enabling organizations to build, deploy, and maintain data solutions at scale. In this conversation, Naveen shares fascinating use cases from the next generation of large language models, how AI can transform every aspect of enterprise work, and the best ways to stay knowledgeable about the cutting edge of AI. Quick hits from Naveen: On Rolls-Royce harnessing AI: “With Rolls-Royce, their model is selling engines for a very low price because they actually charge the customer per fly run, per hour of flights. They want to keep the engines in great working order and do a lot of preventative maintenance to reduce the amount of downtime for the engines because their entire revenue is tied to this. They use machine learning and AI for all of those purposes.” On AI’s coming dominance to the world of software: “Marc Andreessen had this note, right?

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