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It remains very difficult to build end-to-end products that leverage machine learning for business impact. Baseten makes it fast, seamless, and serverless to build scalable, user-facing workflow integrated apps powered by AI. The company just launched with $20 million in seed and series A funding led by Greylock. Sarah Guo, a Greylock board partner and board member of Baseten, spoke with co-founder and CEO Tuhin Srivastava about the ways the company is helping businesses unlock the power and value of machine learning. 
You can read a transcript of this episode here:   
https://greylock.com/portfolio-news/baseten-self-serve-apps-for-ml/

Baseten | Self-Serve Apps for ML Teams

Greylock Talent Partner Dan Portillo sits down with Twitter Head of Revenue Engineering Wade Chambers to discuss the art and science of managing technical teams. Wade shares personal insight into his development as a leader, and shares frameworks for structuring productive meetings, providing feedback, and optimizing for a high functioning organization.

Increasing Your Team's Capacity To Win with Dan Portillo and Wade Chambers | Greymatter

Following their podcast on managing technical teams, Greylock Talent Partner Dan Portillo and Twitter Head of Revenue Engineering Wade Chambers pair up for another podcast on recruiting and interviewing engineers. Wade outlines the processes he’s developed through years of management and building out teams at Yahoo, Proofpoint, TellApart and now Twitter.

The Art of Interviewing 10x Engineers with Dan Portillo and Wade Chambers | Greymatter

Greylock's Josh Elman sits down with Jelly Co-Founder & CEO Biz Stone to discuss what he learned in the process of pivoting away from — and back to — his original idea of Jelly, how the product works, and what the future of search might look like. Biz also demos a voice-based version of Jelly on the Amazon Echo that is still in development.  

Biz Stone on “Unpivoting” and the Future of Search | Greymatter

The global video game industry is thriving. According to PwC, gaming is expected to grow from $71.3 billion in 2015 to $90.1 billion by 2020. Jason Citron, the CEO and founder of Discord, understands this space very well. He started gaming on the NES when he was five, learned how to program games in high school, founded and sold a social platform for mobile games, and is now building a messaging platform for gamers.

Greylock investment partner Josh Elman caught up with Jason to talk about his entrepreneurial journey, the gaming industry, and what's in store for Discord.

The State of Gaming with Discord CEO Jason Citron | Greymatter

Demand for designers is higher than ever. Great products — the outcome of thoughtful design — are a result of stellar user experience. As design becomes a higher priority for startups, we are seeing a fundamental shift in how designers work. In this episode of Greymatter, John Lilly of Greylock catches up with Figma CEO and co-founder Dylan Field to talk about how he got started as a entrepreneur, the Figma product, and the shift they’re seeing in the design space.

Figma CEO Dylan Field on Collaboration and Design in the Workplace | Greymatter

How do tech startups go from idea…to iconic? Greymatter’s weekly podcast features interviews with VCs, founders, and tech visionaries on everything from AI, marketplaces, and cybersecurity as well as company-building strategies like growth, finding product-market-fit, and recruiting top talent. Founders and VCs offer candid accounts of success, failure, and adaptation. Greymatter delivers practical insights mixed with the bold optimism that defines entrepreneurship.

Baseten | Self-Serve Apps for ML Teams

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