Infinite Curiosity Pod with Prateek Joshi

Prateek Joshi

The best place to find out how AI builders build. The host Prateek Joshi interviews world-class AI founders and VCs on this podcast. You can visit prateekj.com to learn more about the host.

  1. 9. OKT.

    Diffusion LLMs - The Fastest LLMs Ever Built | Stefano Ermon, cofounder of Inception Labs

    Stefano Ermon is the cofounder of Inception Labs and an associate professor at Stanford. Inception is developing a new type of AI models called Diffusion LLMs. Stefano's favorite book: If on a Winter's Night a Traveler (Author: Italo Calvino) (00:01) Introduction (00:38) What are autoregressive LLMs and how do they work (02:28) How diffusion LLMs rethink generation (04:02) The ceiling of autoregressive LLMs: cost, latency, reliability (06:19) Why diffusion LLMs are commercially viable now (09:12) Parallel refinement: how diffusion models generate text (12:05) Understanding diffusion steps and efficiency (13:49) Hardest engineering challenges at Inception (15:23) From research to production: the power of data (16:24) Where diffusion LLMs still lag behind (18:18) Evaluations and benchmarks for diffusion LLMs (20:20) Developer experience and OpenAI-compatible API (21:47) Economics and GPU efficiency (23:38) Hardware and runtime stack (24:58) Competition and the evolving diffusion LLM landscape (27:01) Where diffusion will win first — coding and agentic systems (30:13) How diffusion changes infra, serving, and hardware design (33:04) What’s next at Inception: reasoning and multimodality (35:20) Rapid Fire Round -------- Where to find Stefano Ermon:  LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ermon/ -------- Where to find Prateek Joshi:  Research column: https://www.infrastartups.com Newsletter: https://prateekjoshi.substack.com  Website: https://prateekj.com  LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/prateek-joshi-infinite X: https://x.com/prateekvjoshi

    39 min.

  2. 30. SEP.

    LLMs, Vibe Coding, and Security | Idan Plotnik, CEO of Apiiro

    Idan Plotnik is the CEO of Apiiro, an application security platform built for the AI era. They've raised $135M in funding from investors like Greylock, Kleiner Perkins, and General Catalyst. Idan's favorite books: Zero to IPO (Author: Frederic Kerrest) (00:01) Introduction  (00:07) How LLMs Generate Code (02:11) Rise of Vibe Coding: Opportunities and Risks (05:24) Debugging and Security in Vibe Coding (09:13) Vulnerabilities Introduced by AI Code Assistants (12:20) Security Basics for Builders Using AI and Cloud Platforms (15:44) Security by Design and Organizational Standards (18:08) Making Security Dead Simple: The Appiro Approach (22:28) Winning Developer Trust Through UX and Integration (26:59) Biggest Technical and GTM Challenges in Building Appiro (33:55) Rapid Fire Round -------- Where to find Idan Plotnik:  LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/idanplotnik/ -------- Where to find Prateek Joshi:  Newsletter: https://prateekjoshi.substack.com  Website: https://prateekj.com  LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/prateek-joshi-infinite X: https://x.com/prateekvjoshi

    38 min.

  3. 8. SEP.

    Infra Investing | Astasia Myers, GP at Felicis

    Astasia Myers is a GP at Felicis, an iconic VC firm with investments in companies like Shopify, Canva, Adyen, Notion, Mercor, Plaid, Supabase, Flexport, and more.  Astasia's favorite books: God's Bankers (Author: Gerald Posner) (00:01) Introduction (00:26) Astasia’s Infra Thesis (03:59) Golden Age of Infra & Innovators Network (06:22) RL Environments & AI Agents (08:57) Disruption Opportunities: Data & Observability (11:31) Where to Find Infra Founders (16:31) Early Signals & Thesis-Driven Investing (18:01) Picking & Decision-Making Process (20:11) Red Flags in Infra Investing (22:20) References & Diligence (24:35) Proof of Usage & Production Signals (26:24) Building Edge as an Investor (28:01) How Felicis Helps Founders Post-Investment (30:05) Consensus vs. Contrarian Views in Infra (32:09) Tourist Traps in Infra Investing (34:43) GTM & Sales Motion in Infra (37:25) Pricing Strategies for Infra Startups (40:09) Ecosystem vs. Core Product Focus (42:15) Lessons from Outlier vs. Good Companies (44:30) Infra Wedges to Fund Today (45:23) Commoditized but Promising Categories (47:06) Exciting AI Advancements (48:21) Rapid Fire Round -------- Where to find Astasia Myers:  LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/astasiamyers/ -------- Where to find Prateek Joshi:  Website: https://prateekj.com  LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/prateek-joshi-infinite X: https://x.com/prateekvjoshi Research column: https://infrastartups.com

    52 min.

  4. 2. SEP.

    Putting AI On-Call for Humans | Spiros Xanthos, CEO of Resolve AI

    Spiros Xanthos is the CEO of Resolve AI, a platform to put AI on-call for humans. He previously started Log Insight that was acquired by VMware. And started Omnition that was acquired by Splunk. He also helped start OpenTelemetry. They've raised $35M from amazing investors such as Greylock. Spiros's favorite books:  - Zero to One (Author: Peter Thiel) - Build (Author: Tony Fadell) (00:01) Introduction & Setting the Stage (00:42) AI’s Impact on Software Engineering (02:55) What Reliability Means in Software (04:34) Resolve AI Explained in Plain English (06:33) Real-World Example of Resolve in Action (08:28) Early Customers & Lessons from Company Building (11:40) OpenTelemetry & The Open Source Journey (16:55) Positioning a Developer Tool in a Crowded Market (18:58) Philosophy of Product Building (21:06) Cultural Norms: What to Keep and What to Change (24:33) Radical Transparency & Team Dynamics (26:50) Recruiting for Resilience in Early Team Members (28:59) Future of AI in Software Engineering (31:25) Resolve AI Roadmap & Expansion Plans (33:28) Exciting AI Advancements on the Horizon (35:17) Rapid Fire Round -------- Where to find Spiros Xanthos:  LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/spiros/ -------- Where to find Prateek Joshi:  Newsletter: https://prateekjoshi.substack.com  Website: https://prateekj.com  LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/prateek-joshi-infinite X: https://x.com/prateekvjoshi

    39 min.

  5. 20. AUG.

    Co-creator of GraphQL and Founder of Dagster Labs - Nick Schrock

    Nick Schrock is the founder of Dagster Labs, a data platform that helps you build, schedule, and monitor reliable data pipelines. They've raised $49M in funding from investors such as Sequoia, Index, Amplify, Slow, and 8VC. He is also the cocreator of the popular query language GraphQL.  Nick's favorite books: The Great CEO Within (Author: Matt Mochary) (00:01) Introduction and Welcome (00:39) The Origins of GraphQL at Facebook (05:24) Explaining Data Orchestration in Plain English (09:03) What Dagster Is and Why It Matters (12:37) Assets vs. Tasks: A New Philosophy (16:51) Balancing Open Source and Commercial Features (22:18) Growing the Early Open Source Community (25:26) Signals of Community Health (27:59) Landing the First 10 Customers (32:25) Culture Shift: From Engineering-Heavy to Go-to-Market (37:49) Mistakes DevTool Founders Often Make (41:21) Selective Micromanagement and Leadership Style (44:36) Rapid Fire Round -------- Where to find Nick Schrock:  LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/schrockn/ -------- Where to find Prateek Joshi:  Newsletter: https://prateekjoshi.substack.com  Website: https://prateekj.com  LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/prateek-joshi-infinite X: https://x.com/prateekvjoshi

    52 min.

  6. 6. AUG.

    AI Layer for Data Security | Rehan Jalil, CEO of Securiti

    Rehan Jalil is the CEO of Securiti, a platform that enables the safe use of data and generative AI. They've raised $156M in funding from investors such as General Catalyst, Mayfield, and others. He was previously the CEO of Elastica, which was acquired for $280M by Bluecoat. Before that, he was the CEO of WiChorus, which was acquired by Tellabs for $180M. Rehan's favorite books: Good to Great (Author: Jim Collins) (00:00) Introduction  (02:14) Founding Securiti and the Evolution of Data Privacy (06:08) Why Data Security Needs a Unified Platform (09:32) Scaling Challenges and Product Decisions (13:17) The Role of AI in Data Security (17:20) Navigating the Enterprise Sales Motion (21:56) Go-to-Market Lessons from Elastica to Securiti (25:43) Competing in a Crowded DSPM Market (29:00) Shifting Buyer Personas and GenAI Adoption (32:11) Rapid Fire Round -------- Where to find Rehan Jalil:  LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rehanjalil/ -------- Where to find Prateek Joshi:  Newsletter: https://prateekjoshi.substack.com  Website: https://prateekj.com  LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/prateek-joshi-infinite X: https://x.com/prateekvjoshi

    42 min.

  7. 30. JUL.

    Building AI Agents for Knowledge Work | Alberto Rizzoli, CEO of V7 Labs

    Alberto Rizzoli is the CEO of V7 Labs, an AI agent platform to automate knowledge work. They've raised a total of $43M in funding from Radical Ventures, Temasek, Air Street Capital, and others.  Alberto's favorite books: Sapiens (Author: Yuval Noah Harari) (00:01) Introduction and What V7 Labs Does (01:23) The Founding Insight and Early MVP (04:54) Getting the First Five Customers (07:01) Darwin vs. Go: Product Differentiation (10:16) Infrastructure and Chaining Models at V7 (12:34) Product Philosophy: Killing Your Darlings (15:56) Surprising User Behavior and Composability (17:32) Human-in-the-Loop vs. Fully Autonomous (19:38) Identifying High-PMF Sub-Verticals (22:37) Positioning V7 in a Crowded Agent Market (26:33) Advice for Founders Post-Pre-Seed (29:22) Exciting AI Trends: MCP and AI-to-AI Communication (31:18) Rapid Fire Round -------- Where to find Alberto Rizzoli:  LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/albertorizzoli/ -------- Where to find Prateek Joshi:  Newsletter: https://prateekjoshi.substack.com  Website: https://prateekj.com  LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/prateek-joshi-infinite X: https://x.com/prateekvjoshi

    37 min.

  8. 23. JUL.

    AI for Physical Security | Dave Selinger, CEO of Deep Sentinel

    Dave Selinger is the CEO of Deep Sentinel, an AI-powered video surveillance system. They have raised $38M in funding from Intel Capital, Shasta Ventures, and others. Prior to this, he was the cofounder and CTO of Redfin. And he was also the cofounder of RichRelevance.  Dave's favorite books:  - The Speed of Trust (Author: Stephen Covey) - Snow Crash (Author: Neal Stephenson) (00:01) – Origin Story: A Near-Miss and the Broken Security Market (04:22) – What Deep Sentinel Does and Why It Works (06:23) – Benefits of Vertical Integration in Security Tech (10:20) – How Deep Sentinel Tackles False Positives with AI (14:06) – Balancing Escalation Risk and Deterrence (17:06) – How Deep Sentinel Processes and Uses Its Data (19:36) – Positioning Deep Sentinel in the Competitive Landscape (21:12) – Go-to-Market Learnings for Hardware-Software Companies (23:39) – Residential vs. Commercial Security: A Comparison (26:41) – Regulation and Public Sentiment Around Security AI (29:03) – Insurance, Security, and Incentive Alignment (31:23) – Company Building and Lessons from 20 Years of Founding (39:26) – The Role of Distillation and LLMs in Deep Sentinel’s Future (42:27) – Rapid Fire Round -------- Where to find Dave Selinger:  LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/selly/ -------- Where to find Prateek Joshi:  Newsletter: https://prateekjoshi.substack.com  Website: https://prateekj.com  LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/prateek-joshi-infinite  X: https://x.com/prateekvjoshi

    49 min.
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The best place to find out how AI builders build. The host Prateek Joshi interviews world-class AI founders and VCs on this podcast. You can visit prateekj.com to learn more about the host.

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