198: Building AI Search and Customer-Enabled Fine-Tuning with Jesse Clark of Marqo.ai

The Data Stack Show

Highlights from this week’s conversation include:

• Jesse’s background and work in data (0:35)
• E-commerce Application for Search (1:23)
• Ph.D. in Physics Experience Then Working in Data (2:27)
• Early Machine Learning Journey (4:35)
• Machine Learning at Stitch Fix (7:28)
• Machine Learning at Amazon (10:39)
• Myths and Realities of AI (13:49)
• Bolt-On AI vs. Native AI (17:26)
• Overview of Marqo (19:46)
• Product launch and fine-tuning models (23:02)
• Importance of data quality (25:38)
• The power of machine learning in search (32:02)
• Future of domain-specific knowledge and product data (34:08)
• Unstructured data and AI (37:19)
• Technical aspects of Marqo's system (39:42)
• Challenges of vector search (43:27)
• Evolution of search technology (48:15)
• Future of search interfaces (50:43)
• Final thoughts and takeaways (51:53)

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