Modal is a serverless computing platform tailored for AI tasks. It helps AI teams swiftly deploy GPU-powered containers, iterate quickly, and scale automatically.
The company was established by Erik Bernhardsson, who spent 7 years at Spotify developing the music recommendation system and the Luigi workflow scheduler.
In this episode, Erik joins Sean Falconer to discuss his company’s founding motivation, the gaps in ML and AI tools, optimizing container cold starts, and Modal’s interface design.
Sean has a background as an academic, startup founder, and worked at Google. He has published on topics ranging from AI to quantum computing. Currently, Sean is an AI Entrepreneur in Residence at Confluent, where he focuses on AI strategy and thought leadership. You can connect with Sean on LinkedIn.
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