48:24The Future of Low Code AI w/Jonathon Reilly
In this episode, we're joined by Jonathan Reilly, the Co-Founder, and COO of Akkio, a Low Code AI start-up that democratizes access to ML models and allows integration into business processes backed by Bain Capital. With a background in operations, product, and marketing at Sonos and Markforged, Jonathan brings incredibly valuable insights to the table with his vast experience in scaling products and operations, as well as experiencing companies’ scale from 0 to 1 and 100. Jonathon and I had recently caught up during the D3 (Digital, Data, Design Institute) Catalyst event at Harvard Business School. He had a compelling discussion to educate the audience on how best to leverage Low Code AI, democratizing access to ML, and the potential impact of generative technology like OpenAI’s GPT models and Stable Diffusion on the business processes. Jon’s personal story of going into entrepreneurship and embarking on a journey within the AI and product space is an inspiring one. We discussed challenges in maintaining the company culture while scaling the business and shared compelling insights into MLOps integration with RPA (robotic process automation) software, highlighting the potential for these two technologies to work together to streamline and automate business processes. Throughout our conversation, Jonathan touched on the ethical considerations surrounding the use of technology within AI and the responsibility of technology companies to ensure their products are being used for good. He also provided valuable advice on how to approach building high-performance teams in a beneficial culture for a technology startup.If you're interested in entrepreneurship, AI, and the technology space, this is an episode you won't want to miss. Tune in to hear from an experienced leader in the industry!