This episode features Rishabh Mehrotra - a leading machine learning scientist who is currently the Head of AI at Sourcegraph, prior to which he was leading ML teams at Sharechat and Spotify. Rishabh has specialized in ML techniques for recommendations, personalization and experimentation. He did his PhD from UCL, has 10 patents and over 50 papers published.
In this episode we speak about building AI teams, as well as AI talent in Europe vs India vs US. More specifically we discuss:
How AI talent evolved in Europe over the years
What are the challenges when it comes to finding senior AI talent in India?
How did Sharechat set up a European AI team? And how/why should other companies also do this?
How discoverability and community are important considerations in Eastern Europe?
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Rishabh Kaul, Founder, Svagat & Host, The Svagat Show
Twitter: x.com/rishabhkaul
Linkedin: / rishabhkaul
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CHAPTERS:
0:00 - 1:45 Precap
1:45 - 2:30 Rishabh's intro
2:30 - 5:29 State of AI in Europe
5:29 - 7:34 European Companies that nurtured AI prior to OpenAI
7:34 - 10:22 How talent moves in AI
10:22 - 13:47 Why did he join Sharechat?
13:47 - 17:17 ROI on AI / ML teams?
17:17 - 24:37 Challenges with Senior AI talent in India
24:33 - 30:11 Building a European AI team at Sharechat
30:11 - 32:29 Frugality and Senior Talent
35:40 - 38:19 Remote work, culture, Saas tools
38:19 - 40:27 Importance of Written Culture and attention to details
40:27 - 45:39 Why no playbook on building European AI teams?
45:39 - 49:13 Discoverability and Community
49:13 - 51:29 Advice to Indian CEO/CTO on hiring tech talent outside India?
51:29 - 55:05 Advice to US companies hiring for AI in Europe?
55:05 - 1:01:23 Indian Entrepreneurs in Europe and Visa route
Hi, I am your host Rishabh Kaul! I have been an entrepreneur, operator and investor in early stage technology entrepreneurship. I have been in the UK since 2020, after having worked in India and the US. Since Feb 2023 - I've been building Svagat - a community for Indian operators and founders in Europe.
I've been amazed by the incredible things Indians are doing in Europe - yet was surprised at a lack of coverage for these stories. The Svagat Show is my attempt to highlight the high achieving Indians in Europe through deep hour long conversations.
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