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Zero Prime Podcast
Data Council
32 episodes
1 month ago
On this episode of the Zero Prime podcast, tune in to our conversation with Eldad Farkash, Co-founder and Chairman of Firebolt. With over two decades in data architecture, Eldad spent 14 years as CTO of Sisense before building Firebolt into a next-generation data warehouse. Get a glimpse into Eldad’s approach as a rare founder who's built not just one, but two unicorns from the ground up. Eldad shares what life is like as a founder in the Tel Aviv tech scene, reveals how he applied hard-won l...
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On this episode of the Zero Prime podcast, tune in to our conversation with Eldad Farkash, Co-founder and Chairman of Firebolt. With over two decades in data architecture, Eldad spent 14 years as CTO of Sisense before building Firebolt into a next-generation data warehouse. Get a glimpse into Eldad’s approach as a rare founder who's built not just one, but two unicorns from the ground up. Eldad shares what life is like as a founder in the Tel Aviv tech scene, reveals how he applied hard-won l...
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Episodes (20/32)
Zero Prime Podcast
E32: Lightning Strikes Twice: How Eldad Farkash Built Two Data Unicorns Back-to-Back
On this episode of the Zero Prime podcast, tune in to our conversation with Eldad Farkash, Co-founder and Chairman of Firebolt. With over two decades in data architecture, Eldad spent 14 years as CTO of Sisense before building Firebolt into a next-generation data warehouse. Get a glimpse into Eldad’s approach as a rare founder who's built not just one, but two unicorns from the ground up. Eldad shares what life is like as a founder in the Tel Aviv tech scene, reveals how he applied hard-won l...
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1 month ago
35 minutes

Zero Prime Podcast
E31: From Hype to ROI: How Dwarak Rajagopal of Snowflake Scales Enterprise AI
In this episode we talk to Dwarak Rajagopal – VP of AI Engineering and AI Research at Snowflake. Hear from Dwarak as he traces his journey from optimizing AMD processors to building AI systems at Google and now revolutionizing enterprise AI at Snowflake – discussing the real-world challenges and opportunities for bringing AI to business applications. Dwarak offers compelling perspectives on why text-to-SQL shouldn’t be underestimated, how query logs can create unfair advantages, and why effic...
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3 months ago
24 minutes

Zero Prime Podcast
E30 - From Flight Sims to Authorization: How AuthZed's Jake Moshenko is Securing the AI Revolution
In this episode we talk to Jake Moshenko – Co-Founder and CEO of AuthZed. Hear from Jake as he traces his journey from building flight simulators to creating cutting-edge authorization systems – not mincing words when discussing the security challenges in AI-driven applications. Jake offers new perspectives on the future of permissions and access control in a technical discussion that captures the evolution of authorization from legacy systems to today’s AI revolution. You won’t want to miss ...
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5 months ago
29 minutes

Zero Prime Podcast
E29: Sudarshan Lakshminarasimhan Founding Engineer at E6data
In this episode we talk to Sudarshan Lakshminaraseemhan – a founding engineer at e6data who cut his teeth during the formative years at global technology consultancy ThoughtWorks. Hear from Sudarshan as he dissects the evolution of software development from early waterfall processes to today's rapid iteration cycles – pulling no punches when discussing the cost crisis in data analytics. Sudarshan offers candid perspectives on the future of lakehouse technology – as someone who has operated fr...
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6 months ago
28 minutes

Zero Prime Podcast
E28: Classical Pianist to Observability Pioneer - Charity Majors CTO of Honeycomb
In this episode of the Zero Prime podcast, we chat with Charity Majors, Co-Founder and CTO of Honeycomb, who traded piano keys for keyboard commands on their journey from classically trained pianist to a systems firefighter. Tune in to get Charity's unfiltered thoughts on why engineers should toggle between coding and management, challenging the "three pillars" monitoring model and insights on how AI introduces non-deterministic challenges to software engineering. -- 👉 Don't forget to join u...
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8 months ago
27 minutes

Zero Prime Podcast
E27: From Unix Coder to Enginer-Founder - Rob Woollen's Journey Founding Sigma
In this episode of the Zero Prime podcast, engineer-turned-founder Rob Woollen gives a refreshingly honest take on the founder journey. Rob shares his path from Unix coder to BEA Systems architect to Salesforce CTO, and finally to pioneering data analytics at Sigma. Get Rob's reflections on turning deep tech into market wins and navigating the AI revolution from an engineer who's built it all. 1. 00:00 - Introduction and Early Career 2. 04:25 - Salesforce Years and Career Evolution 3. 06:51 -...
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8 months ago
30 minutes

Zero Prime Podcast
E26: Balancing Open Source and Business with Spencer Kimball (Cockroach Labs)
In this new episode of the 0P podcast, we welcome back Spencer Kimball, co-founder and CEO of Cockroach Labs, to discuss the evolving landscape of software licensing in the cloud era. Spencer shares insights on how companies are innovating with new licensing models to bridge the gap between open source ideals and sustainable business growth.Drawing from his experience leading Cockroach Labs, a distributed database company, he offers a unique perspective on finding equilibrium between communit...
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11 months ago
37 minutes

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E25 [DEEP DIVE]: How Metric Trees Are Transforming Businesses with Vijay Subramanian
In this episode, we introduce a new format for the podcast—a deep dive into a technical topic with an engineer-founder who is an expert on the subject. For our first Deep Dive, I sit down with Vijay Subramanian, the visionary behind Trace, to explore the evolution and future of metric layers in business metrics and cross-functional alignment. Vijay demystifies the concept of metrics layers, metric trees and semantic layers, explaining their components, functionality and crucial role in today’...
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1 year ago
27 minutes

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E24: Self-Taught to Startup Success: The Unconventional Path of InfluxDB's Paul Dix
In this episode, I sit down with Paul Dix, the founder and CTO of InfluxData to explore his journey from a self-taught programmer to a leader in database systems. We discuss his role in building the NYC Machine Learning meetup, the creation of InfluxDB and the strategic move to make it open source. He shares insights into the decision to rewrite InfluxDB in 2020 and the power of community in tech development. We also touch on his transition from CEO to CTO and his advice for founders on makin...
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1 year ago
33 minutes

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E23: Inside the Mind of an AI Pioneer: A Conversation with Alex Mashrabov
In this episode, I sit down with Alex Mashrabov, the visionary CEO of Higgsfield AI. We journey through Alex's impressive career, beginning with his time at Yandex where he witnessed the early implementations of neural networks. We explore what ignited his entrepreneurial spirit and delve into the stark contrasts between the Russian and American educational landscapes.Our discussion then moves to Alex's experiences in building generative AI products, starting with AI Factory, which focused on...
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1 year ago
28 minutes

Zero Prime Podcast
E22: From BigQuery to Motherduck: The Journey of Jordan Tigani
In this episode, I chat with Jordan Tigani, the dynamic engineer-founder of MotherDuck who previously led Google's BigQuery team and headed up product at SingleStore. Jordan shares the inspiring origin story of MotherDuck, which emerged from the overlooked analytics' long tail, focusing on serving small users in data analytics. Our conversation delves into thought-provoking topics such as the conundrum of big data, bridging the gap between unstructured AI data and traditional data struc...
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1 year ago
21 minutes

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E21: The Power of Pricing with Alvaro Morales of Orb
In this episode, Pete speaks with Alvaro Morales, the co-founder and CEO of Orb, who shares his journey from being an engineer to becoming the founder of a flexible billing engine for modern software pricing. Alvaro traces his path from Lima, Peru to San Francisco, discussing the rise of startups in his home city as well as his early engineering experiences at Yahoo, Palantir and Asana. His early days founding Orb were not without challenges, especially when it came to signing up c...
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1 year ago
24 minutes

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E20: Building Sustainable Businesses in the Tech Industry with Craig McLuckie
In this enlightening episode, I have the privilege of hosting Craig McLuckie, a tech industry veteran who has made significant contributions to the cloud computing industry and is currently the Co-founder & CEO of stacklok. We begin by exploring his journey from Microsoft to Google, where he co-authored Kubernetes, a pivotal project that has shaped the industry. We also delve into his post-Google venture, Heptio, and the strategic planning that led to its success. Craig offers valua...
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1 year ago
26 minutes

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E19: Overcoming Self-Doubt to Become a Founder with Erik Bernhardsson
In this episode, I chat with Erik Bernhardsson, co-founder and CEO of Modal, about his journey from Spotify engineer to startup CTO to startup founder. Erik takes us back to his early days as a software engineer and shares how his transformative years at Spotify ignited his startup mindset. We discuss the challenges he faced during his transition from engineer to founder, including overcoming self-doubt and stepping into a leadership role. Erik also talks about his experience building open so...
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1 year ago
23 minutes

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E18: Data Tool Disruption: Barry McCardel on Building Hex
In this episode, we chat with Barry McCardel, Co-Founder and CEO of Hex, as he shares how honing his leadership skills in college paved the way for his journey to becoming a founder. Barry discusses building his team with former Palantir colleagues and Hex's emphasis on design from its inception. He shares insights on Hex's rapid feature development, scaling challenges and his vision for the future of data tooling. The episode concludes with Barry's thoughts on emerging trends in data, infras...
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1 year ago
24 minutes

Zero Prime Podcast
E17: The Visionary Behind Vercel with Guillermo Rauch
In this episode, we explore Guillermo Rauch's path from a teen hacker in Argentina to the founder of Vercel. We touch on his engineering roots, the role of open-source in his success and Vercel's creation to simplify deployments with Next.js. We compare Vercel's innovations to the evolution of electric cars, discuss the significance of speed in edge computing and peek into the future of building data-intensive applications with the help of AI.Guillermo, balancing roles as an engineer and CEO,...
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2 years ago
32 minutes

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E16: The Future of AI in the Workplace -- A Conversation with Aaron Lee of Smith.ai
In this episode, Aaron Lee, Founder & CEO of Smith.ai joins me to discuss a variety of topics. First, we delve into the innovative strategies of tech giants like Google, and explore the future of AI in business. Then we journey back to the early days at Smith.ai, where AI was used to enhance productivity. Aaron shares a multitude of learnings from his time founding RedBeacon and then serving as CTO of Home Depot following its acquisition of RedBeacon. Next, we dig into the complexities of...
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2 years ago
30 minutes

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E15: Developer Productivity and the Future of Software Development -- A Conversation with Graham Thompson and Debo Ray
In this episode, we debut a new format where engineer-founders discuss key tech topics. Joined by Graham Thompson of Privacy Dynamics and Debo Ray of DevZero, we dive into modern software development. Topics include the role of developer productivity, challenges of new productivity tools and the problems that arise around data access. We also discuss the evolving role of database administrators, the shift to cloud-hosted dev environments and the impact remote development environments have on ...
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2 years ago
23 minutes

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E14: From Google Engineer to Cockroach Labs Co-Founder -- a Conversation with Spencer Kimball
In this episode, I have the pleasure of hosting Spencer Kimball, a former Google engineer turned tech entrepreneur, and now the Co-Founder & CEO of Cockroach Labs. Spencer shares his journey from working at Google to creating his project, Viewfinder, which eventually led to the birth of CockroachDB. Spencer discusses his advice for founders as they approach the challenge of starting a company, finding co-founders, and more. We also delve into the decision to change CockroachDB's licensing...
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2 years ago
29 minutes

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E13: The Evolution of Data Science with DJ Patil
Today on the podcast, I interview DJ Patil, an entrepreneur, investor, scientist and leader in public policy. The former (and first) U.S. Chief Data Scientist, DJ wrote the book on being Data Driven (literally: O'Reilly Data Driven) and now puts his knowledge to work as General Partner of Great Point Ventures. Highlights00:29 - Intro[1:50] - A discussion of the “Sexiest Job in History: Data Scientist” HBR article and how data science has changed since that article's publication[5:00] - As far...
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2 years ago
30 minutes

Zero Prime Podcast
On this episode of the Zero Prime podcast, tune in to our conversation with Eldad Farkash, Co-founder and Chairman of Firebolt. With over two decades in data architecture, Eldad spent 14 years as CTO of Sisense before building Firebolt into a next-generation data warehouse. Get a glimpse into Eldad’s approach as a rare founder who's built not just one, but two unicorns from the ground up. Eldad shares what life is like as a founder in the Tel Aviv tech scene, reveals how he applied hard-won l...