Solmaz Shahalizadeh
@solmaz_sh
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Data Advisor/Investor, Founding Partner @backboneangels , ex VP, Head of Data Science & Engineering @Shopify, @morganstanley @McGillU. She/her.
Ottawa, Canada
Joined December 2009
turbopuffer is now GA ๐
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Today we're releasing Ultravox v0.5, the next iteration of our open-weight speech language model With this release, we've closed the gap with proprietary models. Ultravox now outperforms GPT-4o Realtime & Gemini 1.5 Flash on key benchmarks for speech understanding ๐งต
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This is a really cool one from @gadget_dev team, get on the waitlist to try it for yourself!
ยซย Hey Gadget, build me a CRM.ย ยป A single prompt in one end. A fully hosted, well designed internal tool out the other end, in under 4 minutes. Full code accessible and editable with further prompting (or by hand). Beta opens in weeks. Waitlist at https://t.co/ryKzD1GQTr.
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100%, seeing this everyday in practice. The good news is you can start collecting higher quality data any minute and improve the quality of LLM powered products and experiences as a result.
the biggest barrier to fine tuning LLMs is not cost or modeling or systems expertise anymore, but in collecting high-quality data. itโs hard to do for custom tasks. people try to use gpt 4 as a data generator, which seems ok at a glance but is full of random mistakes at scale
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@BessemerVP Take a look at the article, Iโd love to know your thoughts and how this compares to your experience! My personal fav: Following up any analysis with : โSo what?โ What does this analysis tell us about our product and users and most importantly what should we do next?
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Data is only as valuable as the action it drives & opportunities it creates. However, going from a well laid out data strategy to leveraging data for impact is hard. Working @BessemerVP, I 've shared 15 tips that in my experience have helped startups get more out of their data.
Learn 15 essential data tips & techniques for startup founders ๐ โ
Set up your initial data infrastructure โ
Decide what to track โ
Establish data trust โ
Drive growth and product innovation โ
Lay the foundation to build ML/AI products Read on
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Haven't been this excited for a course in a long time: best in class instructors, guest speakers, credits and community ๐
Modal! Replicate! LangSmith! Jarvis Labs! HuggingFace! When your powers combined, we will finetune & serve some LLMs (with almost $2k worth of credits!) https://t.co/3RC3qCFLI3
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The emergence of the 'data shift right' phenomenon underscores the imperative to democratize data, empowering professionals across diverse functions to become self-sufficient. Join @amitkarp @LindseyLi_ and me as we dive deeper into these trends ๐
AI is transforming the data stack. On Atlas, @amitkarp, @Yael_Schiff, @LindseyLi_ explore the ๐๐๐ญ๐ ๐๐ก๐ข๐๐ญ ๐๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ market and how startups like @Seam_AI and @Preql_ are leading the way. ๐ก https://t.co/iHmEDTtf3c
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Modal + @tryramp ๐งพ๐ Learn how Ramp used Modal to tailor their LLM fine-tuning workflows, driving down the volume of receipts requiring manual intervention by 34% ๐ https://t.co/N5aj0rtiik
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Find out how Ramp uses Modal to customize open source LLMs to automate receipt processing.
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Some sharp thinking from our Operating Advisor @solmaz_sh on building a high performing data team: https://t.co/fbPbzBAyR0 - includes hiring, structuring, measuring, analyzing - the full gamut! Thanks Solmaz.
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Shopifyโs former Head of Data answers essential questions for founders about hiring, structuring, and measuring the impact of data teams.
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How can startups leverage a data strategy to innovate and scale successfully? On Atlas @BessemerVP, @solmaz_sh former Head of Data at Shopify shares what founders need to know about hiring, structuring, and measuring the impact of data teams.
bvp.com
Shopifyโs former Head of Data answers essential questions for founders about hiring, structuring, and measuring the impact of data teams.
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๐๐ผ๐๐ป๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ โ ๐๐ผ๐ ๐ฑ๐ผ ๐๐ผ๐ ๐ฏ๐๐ถ๐น๐ฑ ๐ฎ ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐๐ฎ ๐ฑ๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐ฒ๐ป ๐ฏ๐๐๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ๐๐? ๐ @Shopify's former Head of Data @solmaz_sh answers essential questions about hiring, structuring, and measuring the impact of data teams. Dive into our latest guide โก๏ธ
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Your data strategy is intrinsic to innovation and how your startup can successfully scale. On Atlas @BessemerVP, I share what founders need to know about hiring, structuring, and measuring the impact of data teams. I'd love to know your thoughts! https://t.co/pDSjhS9xWr
bvp.com
Shopifyโs former Head of Data answers essential questions for founders about hiring, structuring, and measuring the impact of data teams.
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Weโre excited to announce that Good Future, @aratisharma & Iโs family office, is the new majority owner of @BetaKit. We're partnering to fuel the growth of BetaKit's media platform for the future of Canadian tech.
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if I could only have one criteria for ML eng or applied AI hiring it would be: when asked about a recent modeling project, did the candidate spend enough time talking about looking at the data & model predictions
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Congrats to @modal_labs on their raise, general availability & an amazing product that users love. A big shout out to @bernhardsson's investor updates: they are some of the most succinct yet informative and actionable emails, and I truly look forward to reading them every month.
Modal is generally available today, and we also raised a Series A! https://t.co/omJi8SyjoX
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This is huge: Llama-v2 is open source, with a license that authorizes commercial use! This is going to change the landscape of the LLM market. Llama-v2 is available on Microsoft Azure and will be available on AWS, Hugging Face and other providers Pretrained and fine-tuned
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Join @shinjikim and @solmaz_sh virtually or in-person at @DataConnectConf for their fireside chat about Building Effective Data Products in the #ai era. ๐ค https://t.co/luoWNGyiFZ
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Don't miss this today! @harrybrundage is teaching you how to build AI-powered applications using LLMs, LangChain and vector data.๐ค Register for free to join at 11.00 EDT, or to get the video.๐
Giving a free webinar tomorrow on building LLM apps very quickly with Gadget! Gonna talk about what makes LLM apps hard and our new handy tools like the Vector field type to help a lot. Find out more here:
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Congrats to the @FixieAI team! Their product is now available to everyone and it's REALLY easy (and fun) to get started, give it a try: https://t.co/0i6IC666qD I'm so curious to see all the agents everyone will build and the marketplace forming inside the platform!
ultravox.ai
Ultravox is a real-time voice AI infrastructure layer that powers fast, natural, and scalable voice agents.
Oh hey, that's us! Really excited to be working with @Redpoint, @MadronaVentures, @ZettaVentures, @SignalFire, @BloombergBeta, and @kearnyjackson. Okay, back to building. https://t.co/jg5ShMJo2O
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