Will Falcon — Making Lightning the Apple of ML

Will Falcon is the CEO and co-founder of Lightning AI, a platform that enables users to quickly build and publish ML models.In this episode, Will explains how Lightning addresses the challenges of a fragmented AI ecosystem and reveals which framework PyTorch Lightning was originally built upon (hint: not PyTorch!) He also shares lessons he took from his experience serving in the military and offers a recommendation to veterans who want to work in tech.Show notes (transcript and links): http://wandb.me/gd-will-falcon---⏳ Timestamps: 00:00 Intro01:00 From SEAL training to FAIR04:17 Stress-testing Lightning07:55 Choosing PyTorch over TensorFlow and other frameworks13:16 Components of the Lightning platform17:01 Launching Lightning from Facebook19:09 Similarities between leadership and research22:08 Lessons from the military26:56 Scaling PyTorch Lightning to Lightning AI33:21 Hiring the right people35:21 The future of Lightning39:53 Reducing algorithm complexity in self-supervised learning42:19 A fragmented ML landscape44:35 Outro---Connect with Lightning📍 Website: https://lightning.ai📍 Twitter: https://twitter.com/LightningAI📍 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/pytorch-lightning/📍 Careers: https://boards.greenhouse.io/lightningai---💬 Host: Lukas Biewald📹 Producers: Riley Fields, Anish Shah, Cayla Sharp, Angelica Pan, Lavanya Shukla---Subscribe and listen to our podcast today!👉 Apple Podcasts: http://wandb.me/apple-podcasts​​👉 Google Podcasts: http://wandb.me/google-podcasts​👉 Spotify: http://wandb.me/spotify​