Bet on research, not on vibes | Together AI’s Dan Fu

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This week, Dev Interrupted takes a field trip all the way down to the GPU. Leading the way is Together AI’s VP of Kernels Dan Fu, a co-author of FlashAttention who also runs a research lab as an assistant professor at UC San Diego. He joins Andrew to talk about how ideas now move from the lab into production models within months, and what it means to build a cloud for AI. Dan argues that AI is an accelerant for individual engineers, and that the more domain expertise they bring, the faster it lets them go. They close the conversation on how DRIs and managers keep track of ownership and AI spend when your star players get even faster  Save your seat: Deliver outcomes when human attention can't keep up Follow the show: • Subscribe to our Substack  • Follow us on LinkedIn • Subscribe to our YouTube Channel Follow the hosts: • Follow Andrew • Follow Ben • Follow Dan Follow today's guest: • OpenWALDO: The open source AI project Greg launched, built on open weights, artifacts, licenses, data and origins • OpenWALDO Slack: Join the community Greg invites listeners into • OpenWALDO on GitHub: The project’s code and tooling • CIQ: Greg’s company, where he is founder and CEO • Rocky Lin