ML in cybersecurity, founding a startup, 0-1 phase of building ML products | Howie Xu, VP of AI/ML at Zscaler

Infinite Curiosity Pod with Prateek Joshi

Howie Xu is the VP of Machine Learning and AI at Zscaler. He was previously the cofounder and CEO of TrustPath where they built a product to transform security with ML. He's a guest lecturer at Stanford and serves on the boards of startups. He was an EIR at Greylock. He is the Founder of VMware networking team, which went on to build legendary products.
In this episode, we cover a range of topics including:
- Why do we need ML in cybersecurity
- The 0-1 phase of building a product and taking it to market
- Being a founder
- Validating the problem as a founder
- How to get the first 5 customers
- Company building
- How to incorporate ML into your product
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