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Artie (YC S23) is now HIPAA Compliant! 🎉 This underscores our dedication to provide secure and reliable data replication, and ensures that companies can trust us with managing sensitive protected health information. This milestone goes beyond compliance; it represents our commitment to providing peace of mind to our healthcare clients and those using Artie to serve healthcare customers. For more details on our policies and HIPAA compliance, visit our Trust Center (link below). Interested in learning more about our security measures or signing a BAA? Please contact us at hi@artie.com.

Big things come in #small packages! Are you ready for #SmallCon! 🎁 Just 3 weeks away and the speaker list is absolute 🔥 🔥 Save your spot for the first #virtual conference focused on how to unlock the full value of small models and build a modern #GenAI stack! And it's free! Check out our amazing speakers: ➡ Loubna Ben Allal, SmolLM Lead Hugging Face ➡ Daniel Hunter, Prev. the Head of AI @ Harvey AI ➡ Manjeet Singh, Sr. Director of AI Platforms @ Salesforce ➡ Lucy Park, Cofounder and CPO Upstage ➡ Margaret J., Head of Product @ Mistral AI ➡ Abhishek Patnia, Sr. Staff ML Eng @ Nubank ➡ Diego Guerra Orozco, GenAI Partnership Lead @ Meta ➡ Shreya Rajpal, CEO and Cofounder @ Guardrails AI ➡ Giuseppe Romagnuolo, VP of AI @ Convirza ➡ Atindriyo Sanyal, CTO and Cofounder @ Galileo 🔭 ➡ Maarten Van Segbroeck, Ph.D., Head of Applied Science @ Gretel ➡ Devvret Rishi, CEO and Cofounder @ Predibase ➡ Kasey Kyungsil Roh, Head of US Biz @ Upstage ➡ Arnav Garg, Head of ML Eng Team @ Predibase ...and more to come! Save your spot: https://lnkd.in/gDNtgY4m

Talked with John Schulman about the ChatGPT backstory last year. John co-founded OpenAI and created ChatGPT. He sheds light on where the idea came from and their surprise at the world's reaction. **How did you get the idea for ChatGPT?** I personally was working on a project called WebGPT before, which was a question answering system that would go and find relevant sources by doing a web search and browsing some of the pages and then writing a one or two paragraph answer with citations. What we were trying to get at with that project was getting language models to use tools. We were trying to work on this problem of truthfulness. How do you get models to not make things up. After this project, we were trying to figure out what the next version of it was. For question answering, chat starts to make a lot of sense because you need to do a lot of things like follow up questions and clarifying questions. We'd been playing with chat internally, and it seemed like the models were quite good at it. So we decided to have a dialogue-based system for the next iteration. We started collecting data in early 2022 that was specific for chat. Originally it was going to be a successor to WebGPT, but the whole retrieval part ended up being complicated, so we dropped that and focused on the chat models. We had an internal demo, and I used it a lot for coding help. We started to think it was a good idea to do a public release and let other people try out the model. That ended up getting delayed a bit because GPT-4 finished training and everyone got excited about that. The chat model we had trained was based on GPT-3.5 and that got sidelined for a while. We decided to do a release anyway and ended up launching it late in November. **Were you surprised by the world's reaction to ChatGPT?** We were very surprised. We did have beta testers, and there were some enthusiastic users, especially people using it for code, but people weren't that excited and not all the users ended up coming back to it. Only a few of the people we gave access to ended up using it regularly. I think what happened was when everyone got access, people taught each other how to use it and what use cases ended up working, so the social aspect of it was really important. I think the fact that it was really easy to use and people could share their use cases with each other caused this mass excitement. https://lnkd.in/g2qUzDXe

📢 Navigating the Impact of the 2024 U.S. Election on Global Trade With President Trump’s recent victory, we’re likely to see heightened trade measures: a universal 10-20% tariff on all imports, and up to 60% on goods from China. These shifts could impact importer’s bottom line. Pax team is ready to provide the tools you need to manage current and potential new tariffs, mitigate risks, and maintain resilience in an evolving trade environment. 💡Schedule a free consultation with Pax CEO (https://lnkd.in/ep6Yz7mv) https://lnkd.in/eeSidXyX

New Episode: Wharton Tech Toks 🎙️ Join us for an engaging conversation with Tanika Mehra and Jacqueline Cheong, Co-Founder & CEO of Artie (YC S23) 🚀. Jacqueline shares her inspiring journey from #finance to #entrepreneurship and how Artie is revolutionizing data streaming and replication in the tech world. Key Takeaways: ✨ Transitioning from finance to tech: lessons learned ✨ Tackling challenges as a first-time founder ✨ Building a culture of #innovation and excellence ✨ Insights on scaling a #B2B startup and leveraging Y Combinator 🎧 Listen now on: Spotify: https://lnkd.in/e-PjKgxZ Apple Podcasts: https://lnkd.in/eC3e_M85 #WhartonTechToks #TechInnovation #StartupJourney

Goldsand Halal Ethereum Staking is Now Public 🏜️ Staking is one of the most consistent yields possible in finance with rates being as high 18% in some staking pools But, when validators process TXs from Haram sources, it may compromise the yield & negate its Shariah Compliancy Goldsand Staking fixes this problem. ↓ TXs from Haram sources are blacklisted from our builders to create pure blocks without sacrificing yield rate (~3% on ETH) Gambling, interest-based protocols, stolen addresses, etc are all blacklisted from our validators This creates a first of its kind fully Shariah Compliant yield. Shariah Compliance in Crypto is an untapped market that many have tried to tackle but none have yet to succeed in Sukuk (Islamic Bonds) is a $4TN industry with zero exposure to Crypto and MENA countries lead the charts with crypto adoption By creating Halal products & educating two billion Muslims on Crypto, we can help bring this capital on-chain Goldsand ETH is the first of many Shariah Compliant products inshAllah will launch Goldsand Solana, Halal leverage trading, Stablecoins with Halal yield, zero-interest loans & more are all in the works All which are best possible with crypto. Get Staked in Two Clicks Now: https://goldsand.fi/

We’re thrilled to announce our partnership with the Healthcare Financial Management Association (HFMA) to bring AI Governance Credentialing Training to healthcare professionals across the industry. This collaboration is designed to equip healthcare leaders with the knowledge and tools needed to responsibly innovate with AI, ensuring ethical standards, compliance, and robust risk management. cc: Todd Nelson Gregory Akroyd Rita Walker John Travis Anna Anisin Shirley Heavlin ➡️ Why Join This Training? 🚀 Whether you're a healthcare executive, financial leader, or data professional, this program will provide essential insights into building trustworthy AI systems. With a strong focus on governance tailored for healthcare enterprises, our training empowers you to confidently manage AI risks and foster transparency. ➡️ Accessible to All 🚀 This program is open to HFMA and non-HFMA members alike! HFMA members receive a special discount, but anyone can enroll and benefit from this vital education. HFMA Members can Learn More and Register Today ➡️ https://lnkd.in/equTRe8Q Non HFMA Members can Register Here https://lnkd.in/e9dx_gzx Let’s drive AI excellence in healthcare together! #AIGovernance #HealthcareInnovation #ALIGNMTAI #HFMA #ResponsibleAI #AIEthics #HealthTech #ComplianceByDesign

Day 2 of #Devcon Recap Another amazing day! Here’s a glimpse of what the Taiko team was up to: Our Chief Community Officer, Ben, Community Manager, Neb, and Solutions Engineer, Swarna, hosted our popular booth, engaging visitors in conversations about scaling, zero-knowledge proofs, and more. Vitalik Buterin even stopped by for a quick chat! Our Head of Partnerships, Joaquin, represented us at Grants Pitch Day, where selected builders presented their projects for grant funding. Joaquin shared valuable insights and experiences with the applicants. Our Head of Gaming, Pigi, attended the BGA x Liteflow: Sawadee Web3 Gaming event and joined the panel, “The Token Dilemma: Gaming’s Most Intriguing Debate.” Pigi discussed how tokens can drive initial traction in gaming. Our Solutions Engineer, Swarna, joined Infra and Scaling Night, where he delivered a talk titled “Based Rollups: The Real Extension of Ethereum.” He shared our philosophy on scaling Ethereum. Huge thanks to everyone who came over to connect and learn more. For those who missed us, we’ll be here all week! Stay tuned for more updates, and don’t forget to say hi if you spot Taiko Pink. Curious about where we’ll be next? Follow along with our public calendar: https://lnkd.in/dvKaiNXn

GTM Lessons from Anyscale's Journey from PhD Project to AI Unicorn featuring Robert Nishihara. → Lesson 1: Bet on Growing Problems Anyscale's Approach: Focused on hard problems getting harder over time - scaling AI infrastructure became more critical with each advancement, proving their initial thesis right. → Lesson 2: Lead with Genuine Education Anyscale's Approach: Invested in deep technical content so valuable that customers used their blog posts to plan company roadmaps, not just for marketing. → Lesson 3: Invest in Events Anyscale's Approach: Started with small dinners, evolved to office meetups, then hands-on training events, making each format a focal point for sales and marketing alignment. → Lesson 4: Hire PMM Before Demand Gen Anyscale's Approach: Resisted traditional "fill the pipeline" thinking, instead prioritizing product marketing to nail messaging and customer language before scaling demand. → Lesson 5: Match Sales DNA to Complexity Anyscale's Approach: Required technical sales experience over traditional enterprise sellers, ensuring every rep could handle detailed technical discussions. →Lesson 6: Target Maturity Over Demographics Anyscale's Approach: Defined ICP by readiness for production, not company size - focusing on customers either scaling now or actively planning for it. Full episode here: https://lnkd.in/dFvx_e-z