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Congrats Chetan Sharma and the Eppo team on your $28M Series B! It's been amazing to see how quickly Eppo has grown and the impact the product has had on some of the most sophisticated data teams in the world. Excited for what's ahead 🚀

Check out TensorRT-LLM Engine Builder, the latest launch from Amir Haghighat and the Baseten team! It empowers every developer to deploy extremely efficient and performant inference servers for open-source and fine-tuned LLMs in minutes. In a single command, you can now build and serve a wide range of foundation models like Llama, Mistral, and Whisper, plus fine-tuned variants. Awesome to see Baseten continuing to set a dizzying pace for LLM inference innovation.

If you're a data leader in NYC, stop by Eppo's event next Wednesday!

Another game changing release from Baseten 😎

Calling all current and prospective data and AI founders: We’re teaming up with Notable Capital for Data Office Hours! Sign up below for a 30 minute casual feedback session on July 10th with data and AI leaders from companies like Salesforce, Coursera, T. Rowe Price, and Klaviyo. Come with a product, pitch, or just a rough idea - no company is too early. You'll be paired with 2-3 data/AI execs who can answer questions and provide their perspective. Sign up here! https://lnkd.in/eiZtEqv3

We're super excited to announce IID's investment in Vellum! We got to know the Vellum team after a few IID members adopted the product to help accelerate their AI development process. From the beginning, we were extremely impressed by what Akash Sharma, Noa Flaherty, and Sidd Seethepalli were building. Vellum has built an end-to-end product that makes it easy for technical and non-technical folks to collaborate on bringing LLM-based products to production. We believe it will become a critical component of every company's AI stack. As IID members put it: "Vellum has identified the real pain points people run into as they deploy Gen AI. And it makes it efficient to test a wide variety of use cases.” - Amit Das "I am excited to see how Vellum has adopted an innovative approach to streamline and enhance efficiencies through an out-of-the-box development toolkit for some critical steps in the development process. I expect their product to bridge the gap between POC (proof of concept) and production-ready builds, enabling faster deployments for AI-driven solutions” - Barkha Saxena "Vellum's platform empowers companies to develop AI-powered features swiftly and efficiently, all while maintaining high standards of quality. Their commitment to fostering collaboration between technical and non-technical users truly sets them apart. I am thrilled to witness the innovative applications that will emerge from their platform." - Khatereh Khodavirdi Read more below 🚀

We had an awesome time bringing together 30+ IID members and founders from IID portfolio companies Baseten, Eppo, Gable, and Motif Analytics in SF last night! The evening was full of good discussion about... ⚙ Which teams (data, eng, or both) are taking the lead on AI adoption 🏃♀️ Technical and cultural hurdles to bringing experimentation culture to marketing and AI 🤝 How to scale data ownership/accountability across an organization Always great to see folks IRL :). Thanks Alex Choy Sean Taylor Xiao Guo Shwetank Kumar Chunyan Wang Philip Zelitchenko Ioannis Papapanagiotou Priya Singhee Chetan Sharma Daryush Laqab Ioannis (Yanni) Antonellis Oren Yunger Barkha Saxena Dan Cahana Gaurav Jindal Dirk Beyer June Dershewitz Chen Chang Amir Haghighat Michael Radwin Khatereh Khodavirdi Chen Peng Shailvi Wakhlu Chad Sanderson Azadeh Moghtaderi Julia King Kim Larsen Dave Burgess and Mike Cohen for joining!

Congrats to IID member and PayPal VP of Consumer Data Science, Analytics, and AI Khatereh Khodavirdi on being named Best Large Company Product Leader in the Amplitude and VentureBeat 2024 Product 50! https://lnkd.in/egmvBCy9

As companies look to leverage AI to accelerate their businesses, they are increasingly running into difficult privacy, security, and safety concerns that prevent them from realizing the value of the near-daily AI breakthroughs. Nobody feels this pain more than companies selling security tools. Luckily, IID's own Lior Solomon, VP of Data Drata has very thoughtfully navigated these challenges and shared his approach. Lior's "Trust and Privacy by Design" philosophy provides a great roadmap for companies looking to use AI without jeopardizing customer data. Read more below! https://lnkd.in/e3-pRGB5

Super excited to announce InvestInData's participation in Baseten's $40M Series B! We've seen firsthand the challenges of scaling inference while maintaining stability and latency guarantees, particularly as so many of us have adopted generative AI models in our work. Baseten's platform helps teams deliver AI-native products with ease, taking the infrastructure burden of their hands. Tuhin Srivastava and Amir Haghighat are building something truly special. We're feeling fortunate to be involved. Learn more about the product and opportunities to join the team below!