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Episode Synopsis
Tim Tully is a partner at Menlo Ventures, a VC firm that has invested in companies like Uber, Anthropic, Pinecone, Benchling, Chime, Carta, Recursion, and more. He was previously the CTO of Splunk, a publicly traded company that was acquired by Cisco for $28 billion. Prior to that, he was the VP of Engineering at Yahoo for 14 years. Tim's favorite book: Infinite Jest (Author: David Foster Wallace)(00:01) Introduction(00:07) Evolution of Databases(03:17) Enduring Business Models in Data Management(04:41) Challenges and Trade-offs in Database Choices(06:20) Modern Database Architecture(09:06) Separation of Storage and Compute(10:35) Role of Indexing in LLM Applications(13:20) Handling Different Types of Data in Databases(14:50) Distributed Databases Explained(16:20) Real-time Data Handling and Requirements(18:53) Architecting Data Infrastructure for AI(21:29) ETL in Modern Data Infrastructure(24:53) AI's Role in Database Optimization(27:17) Network Architecture(30:13) Hardware Improvements and Database Performance(33:35) Technological Breakthroughs and Investment Opportunities(35:11) Rapid Fire Round--------Where to find Prateek Joshi: Newsletter: https://prateekjoshi.substack.com Website: https://prateekj.com LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/prateek-joshi-91047b19 Twitter: https://twitter.com/prateekvjoshi
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