Ian Wong, co-founder and CTO of Opendoor, discusses how Opendoor uses data and machine learning to streamline the process of buying and selling your home, disrupting an entire industry.
Nov 5
When Navan Chose to Build, Not Buy: The AI Decision That Changed Everything
<ul><li>In this episode of <i>The Data Chief</i>, Ilan Twig, co-founder and CTO of Navan, shares why large language models will revolutionize our relationship with technology—just like the mouse did for the keyboard. From pushing AI to its limits to launching Navan Cognition, bui ... Show More
48m 16s
Jun 2021
Buying and Selling Homes Algorithmically with Opendoor’s VP of Research and Data Science, Kushal Chakrabarti
<p>For many people, the process of buying and selling a home will undoubtedly be the most difficult decisions they will make in their lifetime. Is the price you’re paying for your home fair? Is the price you’re selling your home for an adequate sale price? For a long time, realto ... Show More
32m 26s
May 2024
#208 Monetizing Data & AI with Vin Vashishta, Founder & AI Advisor at V Squared, & Tiffany Perkins-Munn, MD & Head of Data & Analytics at JPMC
Everything in the world has a price, including improving and scaling your data and AI functions. That means that at some point someone will question the ROI of your projects, and often, these projects will be looked at under the lens of monetization. But how do you ensure that wh ... Show More
1h 1m
May 2022
How to Link Data to Business Outcomes
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Every business likes to claim that it is "data-driven" or at least "data-informed," but too often, that's not the way things actually work. Data is relegated to an IT function, siloed and, in some cases, boils down to simply producing more repor ... Show More
17m 32s
Nov 2023
#162 Scaling Data Engineering in Retail with Mohammad Sabah, SVP of Engineering & Data at Thrive Market
Poor data engineering is like building a shaky foundation for a house—it leads to unreliable information, wasted time and money, and even legal problems, making everything less dependable and more troublesome in our digital world. In the retail industry specifically, data enginee ... Show More
51m 39s
Dec 2021
Making the Turn from Data Inventory to Helpful Information with Mara Reiff, the Chief Data Officer of FreshBooks
<p>If data is in a pool that only keeps getting deeper as data inventory is accounted for, when is the exact moment for a business leader to jump in to do something with all the accumulated information? Leaders who care about data appreciate that it’s necessary to take stock befo ... Show More
32m 50s
Jul 2020
The New Way of Buying and Selling Your Home with Opendoor’s CTO Ian Wong
<p>The process of buying and selling a home is one of the most strenuous and frustrating out there. Imagine this: You find a home and make an offer, but that home already has multiple bids so, after a long bidding war, you finally get the home of your dreams. But now after a clea ... Show More
53m 50s
Mar 2024
#190 How Data Leaders Can Make Data Governance a Priority with Saurabh Gupta, Chief Strategy & Revenue Officer at The Modern Data Company
There is a concept in software engineering which is called ‘shifting left’, this focuses on testing software a lot earlier in the development lifecycle than you would normally expect it to. This helps teams building the software create better rituals and processes, while also ens ... Show More
41m 56s
Jun 2024
Tech at Work: The Future of Spatial Computing
Managing technology has never been more challenging. HBR IdeaCast’s new special series, Tech at Work, offers research, stories, and advice to make technology work for you and your team. This week: how to prepare your company for the future of spatial computing.
32m 9s