Transforming meetings into a knowledge base with AI | Krish Ramineni (CEO of Fireflies)
10/22/23 • 30 min
In this episode of Building with AI, host Haroon Choudery is joined by Krish Ramineni, the co-founder and CEO of Fireflies. Introducing Fireflies, an AI assistant for meetings, Krish dives into the founding story of the platform, discussing its development from a Chrome extension to an AI-powered note-taking and meetings assistant.
During the conversation, they discuss:
- Why having a well-defined data strategy is imperative,
- The importance of identifying a clear target market,
- Focusing on problem-solving vs. "building something cool,"
- Determining when and where LLMs are appropriate,
- The use of guardrails to improve AI-generated responses,
- Upcoming developments at Fireflies.ai,
- And much more!
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Building with AI is a weekly podcast featuring conversations with trailblazing business leaders at the forefront of AI. Through thoughtful and engaging dialogue, host Haroon Choudery (CEO of Autoblocks) uncovers tactical insights that empower listeners to build and scale better AI products.
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Where to find Krish Ramineni:
- Linkedln: https://www.linkedin.com/in/krishramineni/
- X: https://x.com/krishramineni
Where to find Haroon Choudery:
- Linkedln: https://www.linkedin.com/in/haroonchoudery/
- X: https://x.com/haroonchoudery
Learn more about Fireflies:
- Website: https://fireflies.ai
- X: https://x.com/firefliesai
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In this episode of Building with AI, host Haroon Choudery is joined by Krish Ramineni, the co-founder and CEO of Fireflies. Introducing Fireflies, an AI assistant for meetings, Krish dives into the founding story of the platform, discussing its development from a Chrome extension to an AI-powered note-taking and meetings assistant.
During the conversation, they discuss:
- Why having a well-defined data strategy is imperative,
- The importance of identifying a clear target market,
- Focusing on problem-solving vs. "building something cool,"
- Determining when and where LLMs are appropriate,
- The use of guardrails to improve AI-generated responses,
- Upcoming developments at Fireflies.ai,
- And much more!
—
Brought to you by Autoblocks (https://www.autoblocks.ai)—how product teams build better AI experiences.
—
Building with AI is a weekly podcast featuring conversations with trailblazing business leaders at the forefront of AI. Through thoughtful and engaging dialogue, host Haroon Choudery (CEO of Autoblocks) uncovers tactical insights that empower listeners to build and scale better AI products.
—
Where to find Krish Ramineni:
- Linkedln: https://www.linkedin.com/in/krishramineni/
- X: https://x.com/krishramineni
Where to find Haroon Choudery:
- Linkedln: https://www.linkedin.com/in/haroonchoudery/
- X: https://x.com/haroonchoudery
Learn more about Fireflies:
- Website: https://fireflies.ai
- X: https://x.com/firefliesai
Learn more about Autoblocks:
- Website: https://www.autoblocks.ai
- X: https://x.com/AutoblocksAI
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In this episode of Building with AI, host Haroon Choudery sits with Jamie Cuffe, the Head of New Products and Self-Serve at Retool. David Dworsky accompanies Jamie as they dig into the process of integrating AI into Retool — a platform that streamlines the creation of custom internal applications.
During the conversation, they discuss:
- How Retool enables developers to build AI apps,
- Retool's product philosophy (power & speed),
- The importance of identifying high ROI use cases for AI,
- Retool's vision of building a “visual copilot,"
- Completion rates being a great KPI for AI apps,
- Deciding between different foundation models,
- And much more!
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Building with AI is a weekly podcast featuring conversations with trailblazing business leaders at the forefront of AI. Through thoughtful and engaging dialogue, host Haroon Choudery (CEO of Autoblocks) uncovers tactical insights that empower listeners to build and scale better AI products.
—
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Reinventing the way we share ideas with AI | Jon Noronha (Co-founder of Gamma)
In this episode of Building with AI, host Haroon Choudery sits with Jon Noronha, one of the founders of Gamma — an AI-powered medium for presenting ideas. The episode explores the evolution of Gamma and its success in using AI to automate the tedious aspects of presenting ideas.
During the conversation, they discuss:
- How the Gamma team identified presentation creation as a market opportunity,
- Gamma's transformation to an "AI-first" business,
- The importance of prototyping and user feedback for AI products,
- The use of confirmation steps to keep unpredictable AI on track,
- Jon's optimistic outlook on AI as a powerful tool for product teams,
- Gamma's expansion to websites,
- And much more!
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Brought to you by Autoblocks (https://www.autoblocks.ai) — how product teams build better AI experiences.
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Building with AI is a weekly podcast featuring conversations with trailblazing business leaders at the forefront of AI. Through thoughtful and engaging dialogue, host Haroon Choudery (CEO of Autoblocks) uncovers tactical insights that empower listeners to build and scale better AI products.
—
Where to find Jon Noronha
- Linkedln: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jonnoronha/
- X: https://x.com/thatsjonsense
Where to find Haroon Choudery:
- Linkedln: https://www.linkedin.com/in/haroonchoudery/
- X: https://x.com/haroonchoudery
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- Website: https://www.autoblocks.ai
- X: https://x.com/AutoblocksAI
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