DJ Patil

Former U.S Chief Data Scientist

DJ Patil is an entrepreneur, investor, scientist, and leader in public policy. He has held senior roles in industry, academia, and government and his work has been featured in two Michael Lewis books (The Fifth Risk and Premonition). As a General Partner at GreatPoint Ventures he focuses on building companies in healthcare, enterprise technologies, and national security.

DJ Patil

Sessions / 2024 / 1 talk

  • Join DJ Patil, the former US Chief Data Scientist, and Joey Gonzalez, founding member of RISElab at UC Berkeley and an AI research and entrepreneurship expert, for an insightful dialogue on the multifaceted world of AI. Key discussion points include: • Regulatory Challenges in AI: A deep-dive into how the AI industry navigates its unique regulatory landscape, underlining the criticality of overseeing AI applications rather than the root technology. • The AI Startup Journey: Take a behind-the-scenes look at Joey's AI startup, Run LLM. Discover the evolution from cloud technologies to specialized developer assistants harnessing the power of advanced AI. • AI Market Trends: Stay abreast of the latest shifts in the AI market, learn about changing investor perceptions and the hurdles in demonstrating tangible value in AI applications. • Innovative AI Research: Spotlight on Joey's research group's breakthrough projects, presenting exciting advances in model delivery optimization and agentic language models. Peek into the intricate and engaging world of AI, its regulatory context, the highs and lows of AI entrepreneurship and the cusp of AI research innovation.

Sessions / 2023 / 1 talk

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