Ethan Steininger's guest appearances

Ethan Steininger

Relentless Health Value™

Weaviate Podcast

Mark Cuban

Kyle Samani

David Smith

Michael Hunt

Marty Makary

Mike Rea

Laura Adams

Erik Davis

Jason Rose

Johns Hopkins

James Grant

Lisa Simpson

George Mathew

John Moore

Jennifer Miller

OwlTail

Thank you so much for watching the 42nd episode of the Weaviate Podcast! Ethan Steininger is the founder of Mixpeek, an intelligence layer that sits on top of your S3 bucket, so you can search and analyze unstructured data at scale. Ethan has also created Collie with the headline of "Enter your website and Collie will fetch every asset, then give you an embedded search bar that wows your users". Ethan began the podcast by describing his background at MongoDB and integrating the database with full text search functionality. Ethan then presented the founding vision of Mixpeek and some of the most outstanding problems with adapting the latest AI technologies to solve business problems. This lead us to discuss a massive range of topics around the AI landscape from the Llama / Alpaca models to ChatGPT Plugins, the paradigm shift in coding and serverless GPUs. I really enjoyed speaking with Ethan about all these things, I hope you enjoy listening! We would more than happy to discuss any ideas you have with you or answer any questions, thanks again for watching!Chapters0:00 Welcome Ethan Steininger!0:50 Entry into Search from MongoDB6:45 Founding Vision of Mixpeek10:15 Data Ingestion13:45 ChatGPT Plugins16:25 Paradigm shift in Coding with GPT-418:54 Alpaca Models22:42 Tuning LLMs with Retrieval31:45 Adding Structure to Code Repo Search35:06 Re-Ranking / Learning-to-Rank43:30 AGI Monopoly49:10 Hybrid Search! Zero-Shot + BM2554:20 Open-Source Business59:35 Serverless GPUs1:11:18 Ethan’s Advice for Stress Management1:13:00 Existential AI FearLinks:Mixpeek - https://mixpeek.com/Collie - https://collie.ai/An Open-Source, Personalized Generative Model Framework - https://esteininger.medium.com/an-open-source-personalized-generative-model-framework-6df865de51bfTeaching GPT-4 to write code from research papers - https://esteininger.medium.com/teaching-gpt-4-to-write-code-from-research-papers-889a880fb4f0The Need for an AI Content Verification Layer - https://esteininger.medium.com/the-need-for-an-ai-content-verification-layer-10be9379b354Building the ML Stack of the Future - https://esteininger.medium.com/building-the-ml-stack-of-the-future-d66c8a8b566aVertical Integration is Key to Winning the AI Race - https://esteininger.medium.com/vertical-integration-is-key-to-winning-the-ai-race-44c8e4bd3b30

Thank you so much for watching the 42nd episode of the Weaviate Podcast! Ethan Steininger is the founder of Mixpeek, an intelligence layer that sits on top of your S3 bucket, so you can search and analyze unstructured data at scale. Ethan has also created Collie with the headline of "Enter your website and Collie will fetch every asset, then give you an embedded search bar that wows your users". Ethan began the podcast by describing his background at MongoDB and integrating the database with full text search functionality. Ethan then presented the founding vision of Mixpeek and some of the most outstanding problems with adapting the latest AI technologies to solve business problems. This lead us to discuss a massive range of topics around the AI landscape from the Llama / Alpaca models to ChatGPT Plugins, the paradigm shift in coding and serverless GPUs. I really enjoyed speaking with Ethan about all these things, I hope you enjoy listening! We would more than happy to discuss any ideas you have with you or answer any questions, thanks again for watching! Chapters 0:00 Welcome Ethan Steininger! 0:50 Entry into Search from MongoDB 6:45 Founding Vision of Mixpeek 10:15 Data Ingestion 13:45 ChatGPT Plugins 16:25 Paradigm shift in Coding with GPT-4 18:54 Alpaca Models 22:42 Tuning LLMs with Retrieval 31:45 Adding Structure to Code Repo Search 35:06 Re-Ranking / Learning-to-Rank 43:30 AGI Monopoly 49:10 Hybrid Search! Zero-Shot + BM25 54:20 Open-Source Business 59:35 Serverless GPUs 1:11:18 Ethan’s Advice for Stress Management 1:13:00 Existential AI Fear Links: Mixpeek - <a href="https://mixpeek.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://mixpeek.com/</a> Collie - <a href="https://collie.ai/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://collie.ai/</a> An Open-Source, Personalized Generative Model Framework - <a href="https://esteininger.medium.com/an-open-source-personalized-generative-model-framework-6df865de51bf" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://esteininger.medium.com/an-open-source-personalized-generative-model-framework-6df865de51bf</a> Teaching GPT-4 to write code from research papers - <a href="https://esteininger.medium.com/teaching-gpt-4-to-write-code-from-research-papers-889a880fb4f0" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://esteininger.medium.com/teaching-gpt-4-to-write-code-from-research-papers-889a880fb4f0</a> The Need for an AI Content Verification Layer - <a href="https://esteininger.medium.com/the-need-for-an-ai-content-verification-layer-10be9379b354" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://esteininger.medium.com/the-need-for-an-ai-content-verification-layer-10be9379b354</a> Building the ML Stack of the Future - <a href="https://esteininger.medium.com/building-the-ml-stack-of-the-future-d66c8a8b566a" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://esteininger.medium.com/building-the-ml-stack-of-the-future-d66c8a8b566a</a> Vertical Integration is Key to Winning the AI Race - <a href="https://esteininger.medium.com/vertical-integration-is-key-to-winning-the-ai-race-44c8e4bd3b30" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://esteininger.medium.com/vertical-integration-is-key-to-winning-the-ai-race-44c8e4bd3b30</a>

Ethan Steininger on Mixpeek and the AI Landscape - Weaviate Podcast #42!

 Ethan received his Bachelors in Health Administration and Information Systems at the University of Maryland Baltimore County.  He worked at Johns Hopkins University conducting clinical research with patients which initiated his interest in the consumer-centric healthcare experience. He later worked at a Medical Billing and EHR software company. While there he discovered many of the problems patients face with understanding their medical bills.  Ethan was inspired to solve this discrepancy by creating a minimalistic healthcare information portal for consumers to compare healthcare services among providers in their area.  Some of Ethan’s colleagues and classmates have joined the Compared Care team including Brandon, Compared Care’s CTO and Ethan’s co-founder.  Compared Care is the winner of several awards including UMBC’s first ever Cangialosi Business Innovation Competition.  00:00 Ethan talks about ComparedCare. 00:20 ComparedCare is a free web platform where consumers can compare providers. 03:00 The price of a service like an MRI can vary by thousands of dollars. 03:10 “Non-transparency breeds price discrepancies.” 04:00 ComparedCare allows not only patients to compare prices of providers, but providers to compare the cost of their services with what other providers charge. 07:11 ComparedCare brings patients the ability not only to find a provider who can give them the care they need, but also one who can provide the service at a price they can afford. 12:30 New York is now mandating that medical prices become transparent, causing an uproar with some hospitals. 13:00 “The only way to create innovation is to bring change.” 16:20 The quality value system: can patients determine quality care from providers well enough to navigate the decision between price and quality of care? 21:00 HIPAA compliance with ComparedCare. 28:50 How transparency can improve situations with surprise fees and charges. 29:20 Factors that Ethan believes will drive costs and improve quality in healthcare, along with transparency. 32:20 You can learn more about ComparedCare at ComparedCare.com, as well as on Twitter and Facebook, or email Ethan directly at ethan@comparedcare.com.

Ethan received his Bachelors in Health Administration and Information Systems at the University of Maryland Baltimore County. He worked at Johns Hopkins University conducting clinical research with patients which initiated his interest in the consumer-centric healthcare experience. He later worked at a Medical Billing and EHR software company. While there he discovered many of the problems patients face with understanding their medical bills. Ethan was inspired to solve this discrepancy by creating a minimalistic healthcare information portal for consumers to compare healthcare services among providers in their area. Some of Ethan’s colleagues and classmates have joined the Compared Care team including Brandon, Compared Care’s CTO and Ethan’s co-founder. Compared Care is the winner of several awards including UMBC’s first ever Cangialosi Business Innovation Competition. 00:00 Ethan talks about ComparedCare. 00:20 ComparedCare is a free web platform where consumers can compare providers. 03:00 The price of a service like an MRI can vary by thousands of dollars. 03:10 “Non-transparency breeds price discrepancies.” 04:00 ComparedCare allows not only patients to compare prices of providers, but providers to compare the cost of their services with what other providers charge. 07:11 ComparedCare brings patients the ability not only to find a provider who can give them the care they need, but also one who can provide the service at a price they can afford. 12:30 New York is now mandating that medical prices become transparent, causing an uproar with some hospitals. 13:00 “The only way to create innovation is to bring change.” 16:20 The quality value system: can patients determine quality care from providers well enough to navigate the decision between price and quality of care? 21:00 HIPAA compliance with ComparedCare. 28:50 How transparency can improve situations with surprise fees and charges. 29:20 Factors that Ethan believes will drive costs and improve quality in healthcare, along with transparency. 32:20 You can learn more about ComparedCare at <a href="http://ComparedCare.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">ComparedCare.com</a>, as well as on Twitter and Facebook, or email Ethan directly at ethan@comparedcare.com.

Episode 37: Making Healthcare Costs Transparent with Ethan Steininger from Compared Care