I'm always fascinated by new technology, especially AI. One of my biggest regrets is not taking AI electives during my undergraduate years. Now, with consumer-g...
Talking with a Founder Turned Venture Capitalist | Adrian Mendoza of Mendoza Ventures
Adrian Mendoza – Founder & General Partner, Mendoza VenturesAdrian Mendoza is the founder and General Partner of Mendoza Ventures, a venture capital firm specializing in AI, fintech, and cybersecurity investments. With a background in technology, entrepreneurship, and startup growth, Adrian brings a hands-on, operational approach to venture funding, helping early-stage companies scale successfully.Before founding Mendoza Ventures, Adrian was a serial entrepreneur, co-founding multiple startups in the AI and SaaS space. His deep technical expertise, combined with his investment acumen, allows him to identify high-potential startups and provide strategic guidance. Under his leadership, Mendoza Ventures has become known for its focus on diversity investing, backing startups led by women and underrepresented founders.Send us a textAI for BusinessDive into the ever evolving world of AI for Business, where we bring you the latest...Listen on: Apple Podcasts SpotifySupport the showPodcast:https://kabir.buzzsprout.comYouTube:https://www.youtube.com/@kabirtechdivesPlease subscribe and share.
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Why DevSecOps is Key for Preventing Cyber Security Risks - WABBI
This is the very first interview of my Founder Interview Series. It took me a long time to get this first interview out. One hundred percent my faults. I took too much time to edit and got distracted by a thousand things that were happening around the end of last year. My sincere apologies to Brittany Greenfield for the delay. But it is now out here and I am super excited to share this very first interview with you all.** About Brittany Greenfield **Brittany Greenfield, Founder & CEO of Wabbi, is redefining how companies integrate security into fast-moving DevOps pipelines. With a background spanning top tech firms like Cisco, an MBA from MIT Sloan, and a deep passion for innovation, she’s on a mission to make security seamless without slowing down development. In this episode of Kabir’s Tech Dives, we explore how Wabbi is revolutionizing application security, the role of cybersecurity in development, and why modern businesses must rethink their approach to risk. Brittany also shares insights from her journey as an award-winning cybersecurity leader and how startups can balance agility with resilience.Wabbi Website:https://wabbisoft.comBrittany Greenfield:https://linkedin.com/in/brittanygreenfieldSend us a textAI for BusinessDive into the ever evolving world of AI for Business, where we bring you the latest...Listen on: Apple Podcasts SpotifySupport the showPodcast:https://kabir.buzzsprout.comYouTube:https://www.youtube.com/@kabirtechdivesPlease subscribe and share.
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Diffusion LLMs: A Paradigm Shift in Text Generation
In a groundbreaking development, Diffusion Large Language Models are revolutionizing the field by generating entire responses at once, using a technique inspired by text-to-image generation. This innovative approach, developed by Inception Labs, promises to be 10 times faster and 10 times less expensive than traditional autoregressive models that generate one token at a time. Unlike autoregressive models, diffusion models refine a rough, almost nonsensical text into a coherent solution through iterative steps. This leap in speed, achieving over a thousand tokens per second on standard NVIDIA H100 chips, drastically reduces waiting times and enables more test time compute. This breakthrough not only accelerates coding processes but also facilitates more advanced reasoning, error correction, and controllable generation, opening new possibilities for AI agents, edge applications, and various use cases. According to AI experts like Andrej Karpathy, this diffusion model may also unlock new unique psychology or new strengths and weaknesses, potentially leading to new behaviors in intelligent models.Send us a textSupport the showPodcast:https://kabir.buzzsprout.comYouTube:https://www.youtube.com/@kabirtechdivesPlease subscribe and share.
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😬 GitHub Copilot: AI Security Breach Exposes Private Repos
GitHub's Copilot experienced a security breach where it leaked sensitive data from previously public repositories that were later made private. Researchers discovered that Copilot retained information even after the repositories were no longer public, impacting over 16,000 organizations. Microsoft initially classified the issue as low severity, drawing criticism for its handling of user privacy. The AI model could regurgitate sensitive data, like API keys and proprietary code, potentially introducing leaked information into other projects. Experts recommend immediately rotating keys and credentials that were ever in a public repo. The incident highlights the risks of AI models training on public data that later becomes private, a growing concern in AI security.Send us a textSupport the showPodcast:https://kabir.buzzsprout.comYouTube:https://www.youtube.com/@kabirtechdivesPlease subscribe and share.
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📉 2024 Zero-Click Search Study: Google (US vs. EU)
SparkToro's 2024 Zero-Click Search Study analyzes Google search behavior in the US and EU using clickstream data from Datos. The study reveals that a majority of searches end without a click to the open web, with a significant portion of clicks directed to Google-owned properties. The report highlights that for every 1,000 searches, only around 360-374 clicks lead to external websites. Despite concerns about Google's dominance and the impact of AI Overviews, the study indicates Google's search market share remains strong, though traffic to the open web is decreasing. The research suggests that EU regulations may have had a small impact on curbing Google's self-preferencing compared to the US. Ultimately, the study underscores the challenges for web publishers in gaining traffic from Google search.Send us a textSupport the showPodcast:https://kabir.buzzsprout.comYouTube:https://www.youtube.com/@kabirtechdivesPlease subscribe and share.
I'm always fascinated by new technology, especially AI. One of my biggest regrets is not taking AI electives during my undergraduate years. Now, with consumer-grade AI everywhere, I’m constantly discovering compelling use cases far beyond typical ChatGPT sessions.As a tech founder for over 22 years, focused on niche markets, and the author of several books on web programming, Linux security, and performance, I’ve experienced the good, bad, and ugly of technology from Silicon Valley to Asia.In this podcast, I share what excites me about the future of tech, from everyday automation to product and service development, helping to make life more efficient and productive.Please give it a listen!
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