In this week's episode of Simplyblock's Cloud Commute podcast, host Chris Engelbert interviews Luigi Nardi, founder and CEO of DBtune. Luigi recounts his journey from Italy to France, the UK, the US, and finally Sweden, where he built a distinguished career in software engineering and academia. He explains DBtune, a company that emerged from Stanford University research, which uses machine learning to optimize database management systems like Postgres. This technology automates database tuning, enhancing performance, reducing cloud costs, and promoting sustainability. Luigi provides insights into the complexities of database optimization and the significant role of machine learning in improving system efficiency. He discusses maintaining data privacy while optimizing system parameters and touches on industry trends like the rise of vector databases and the shift toward databases as a service. Join us to discover how DBtune is transforming database management and what the future holds for AI in computer systems. You can find Luigi here: X/Twitter: https://x.com/luiginardiLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nardiluigi/MLSys, Standford Seminar: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OEiNnfdxBREAcademic profile: https://scholar.google.it/citations?hl=it&user=Kgs3zQoAAAAJYou can find DBtune here: DBtune: https://www.dbtune.com/ Additional show notes: Blog post on DBtune: https://stormatics.tech/alis-planet-postgresql/postgresql-tuning-and-dbtuneICML talk: https://arxiv.org/abs/2402.02229 (Carl Hvarfner, Dr. Erik Hellsten, and Dr. Luigi Nardi)NeuiIPS talk: https://arxiv.org/abs/2307.00618 (Leonard Papenmeier, Dr. Luigi Nardi, and Dr. Matthias Poloczek)Milvus: https://milvus.io/Chroma: https://www.trychroma.com/Zilliz: https://zilliz.com/pg_vectorize: https://github.com/tembo-io/pg_vectorize The Cloud Commute podcast is sponsored by https://www.simplyblock.io