$117m Raised to Help Unlock Data & AI in the Physical World at Viam! | Enginears Podcast

If you're keen to share your story, please reach out to us!Guest:https://www.linkedin.com/in/gilfeig/https://www.merge.dev/careers/Powered by Artifeks!https://www.linkedin.com/company/artifeksrecruitmenthttps://www.artifeks.co.ukhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/agilerecruiterLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/enginearsioTwitter: https://x.com/EnginearsioAll Podcast Platforms: https://smartlink.ausha.co/enginears00:00 - Enginears Intro.00:48 - Gil & Merge Intro.03:09 - Current challenges in data portability and accessibility.04:21 - Where do Merge fit into this?05:57 - Where are Merge's engineering challenges?07:39 - How proactive have Merge been within the AI space and then also reactive?10:25 - What is MCP (Model Context Protocol) and how is it being used at Merge?15:59 - Security aspects around AI and MCP.19:00 - Where Gil sees the future of AI infrastructure and at Merge too.20:30 - Where will Merge be growing?23:11 - What skills does a current engineer need to have today to succeed (outside curiosity)?25:25 - Gil & Merge Outro.26:00 - Enginears Outro.Hosted by Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.

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If you're keen to share your story, please reach out to us!Guest:https://www.linkedin.com/in/imjaredz/https://www.promptlayer.com/careers/Powered by Artifeks!https://www.linkedin.com/company/artifeksrecruitmenthttps://www.artifeks.co.ukhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/agilerecruiterLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/enginearsioTwitter: https://x.com/EnginearsioAll Podcast Platforms: https://smartlink.ausha.co/enginears00:00 - Enginears Intro.00:37 - PromptLayer origin.02:24 - PromptLayer Intro.03:52 - PromptLayer & prompt engineering today and the evolution going forward.08:18 - Challenges building PromptLayer.11:04 - How is Jared and PromptLayer focusing the team on what matters?15:17 - What is Vibe coder?17:00 - What Vibe coding lacks?18:10 - Prompt engineers don't have to be technical.21:30 - Taking an idea exploring it through A/B testing.24:56 - Observability in prompting.28:26 - How would Jared best advise someone to build an operational LLM?30:50 - Next 12 months at PromptLayer.33:38 - Jared & PromptLayer Outro.34:16 - Enginears Outro.Hosted by Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.

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If you're keen to share your story, please reach out to us!Guest:https://www.linkedin.com/in/michael-nugent-355955198/https://www.linkedin.com/in/mlstevanovic/https://tebi.com/careers/Powered by Artifeks!https://www.linkedin.com/company/artifeksrecruitmenthttps://www.artifeks.co.ukhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/agilerecruiterLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/enginearsioTwitter: https://x.com/EnginearsioAll Podcast Platforms: https://smartlink.ausha.co/enginears00:00 - Enginears Intro.00:35 - Michael Intro.01:28 - Milan Intro.02:59 - Tebi Intro.16:09 - Engineering & product challenges at Tebi.26:11 - How can people implement Kotlin Multiplatform and why?35:05 - What is next for Tebi?38:26 - Growth over the business in Amsterdam in the next 12 months.38:55 - Michael, Milan & Tebi Outro.39:59 - Enginears Outro.Hosted by Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.

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If you're keen to share your story, please reach out to us!Guest:https://www.linkedin.com/in/jakemulley/https://www.linkedin.com/in/alvaroazabal/https://www.physicsx.ai/careers/Powered by Artifeks!https://www.linkedin.com/company/artifeksrecruitmenthttps://www.artifeks.co.ukhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/agilerecruiterLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/enginearsioTwitter: https://x.com/EnginearsioAll Podcast Platforms: https://smartlink.ausha.co/enginears00:00 - Enginears Intro.01:30 - Jake & PhysicsX Intro.04:22 - Alvaro Intro.07:06 - Cloud compute challenges Jake is facing.10:02 - Geometry model.11:38 - Challenges building the geometry model.13:19 - Infer and compute challenges.15:07 - The tech demonstrator.18:18 - Classical engineering challenges.20:49 - Is that a common notion in physics design?21:45 - What challenges do you find when engineering for accuracy?24:16 - As the business grows, are you planning for upcoming challenges?26:48 - What makes good training practices and processes?29:04 - Common pitfalls?30:20 - PhysicsX plans over next 12 months.33:14 - Jake, Alvaro & PhysicsX Outro.35:06 - Enginears Outro.Hosted by Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.

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If you're keen to share your story, please reach out to us!Guest:https://www.linkedin.com/in/randydaal/https://www.kadena.io/careers/Powered by Artifeks!https://www.linkedin.com/company/artifeksrecruitmenthttps://www.artifeks.co.ukhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/agilerecruiterLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/enginearsioTwitter: https://x.com/EnginearsioAll Podcast Platforms: https://smartlink.ausha.co/enginears00:00 - Enginears Intro.01:07 - Randy & Kadena Intro.04:09 - The problems Kadena are solving for their adopters?06:38 - Challenges with engineering with blockchain technology.08:44 - How Kadena are enabling adoption?12:07 - What is SpireKey?18:37 - When does Randy think the world will adopt blockchain technology (fully)?20:19 - Big names in the Web2 space that are making big strides in the Web3 space?21:43 - What is Proof of Work (PoW) and how you use it to scale?23:22 - Any other reasons why people want to use the Proof of Work (PoW) model?26:47 - Next 12 months at Kadena?29:33 - Crypto bull market?30:40 - Types of people Kadena are looking for.31:52 - Randy & Kadena Outro.32:32 - Enginears Outro.Hosted by Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.

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