We are so excited today to be joined by Brandon Duderstadt, CEO + Cofounder, and Zach Nussbaum, Machine Learning Engineer, from Nomic AI. They discuss how Nomic AI is building tools like Atlas + GPT4all that enable everyone to interact with AI scale datasets and run models on consumer computers - and - stay tuned for an exciting announcement about their newest product release later in the podcast. Thanks for joining us for the first episode of Season 2 of the MAD Podcast. We will be back to our regular weekly schedule with new conversations with leaders in the Machine Learning, AI and data landscape. If you like this show, you can find the video recording of this episode -- along with many, many more -- on the Data Driven NYC channel on YouTube. NOMIC AI www.nomic.ai twitter.com/nomic_ai www.linkedin.com/in/bstadt/ www.linkedin.com/in/zach-nussbaum/ FIRSTMARK firstmark.com twitter.com/FirstMarkCap Matt Turck (Managing Director) www.linkedin.com/in/turck/ twitter.com/mattturck Data Driven NYC YouTube Channel FirstMark Capital Eventbrite 0:46 - What is Nomic AI & how it got started 5:57 - Building GPT4ALL 7:23 - Running LLMs on a personal computer 16:00 - Nomic Atlas 21:33 - Launching Nomic Embed 28:10 The Importance of Data in AI 31:10 - Benchmarking LLMs 32:56 - The Future of Nomic AI 36: 22 - Building an AI Startup in New York 39:10 - Nomic AI is hiring