Listen "08 - Rakesh Soni"
Episode Synopsis
In this episode, we chat with Rakesh Sony, an enterprise data veteran with extensive experience at Databricks and Airbnb. Rakesh shares his journey, recounting his time building Databricks from its early days with a small team to becoming a leading data platform. We explore the evolution of Databricks, its strategic decisions around open source, and the data challenges at large-scale consumer web companies like Airbnb. Rakesh also shares his current work with early-stage data and AI startups, offering insights into industry trends and the exciting intersection of data science and AI today.https://www.linkedin.com/in/sonirakesh/
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