Compute layer for data, Vector search, AI infrastructure | Venkat Venkataramani, cofounder and CEO of Rockset

Infinite Curiosity Pod with Prateek Joshi

Venkat Venkataramani is the cofounder and CEO of Rockset, a real-time search and analytics database built for the cloud. They've raised more than $60M in funding from the likes of Greylock and Sequoia. He was previously at Meta for 8 years and Oracle for 5.5 years. He has spent his entire life building data products, so he has a ton of insights on this topic.
In this episode, we cover a range of topics including:
- Separation of storage and compute
- Isolating compute for ingest and query
- Converged Index
- Vector search
- Stream Processing Systems vs Real-Time Analytics Databases
- Data infra for AI applications
- Bringing compute to data
Venkat's favorite books:
- The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (Author: Douglas Adams)
- The Three-Body Problem (Author: Liu Cixin)
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Where to find Prateek Joshi:
Newsletter: https://prateekjoshi.substack.com
Website: https://prateekj.com
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/prateek-joshi-91047b19
Twitter: https://twitter.com/prateekvjoshi