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Ram Rai (VP of Platform Engineering at JP Morgan Chase) - Discussed his career background, experience at Meta and SAP, and his current focus on regulated environments, reliability, and LLM applications.
Prashant Chandrasekar (Stack Overflow CEO) - Co-hosted the podcast and engaged in a discussion with Ram Rai about AI and community-driven knowledge.
Ira May (B2B Editor at Stack Overflow) - Hosted the podcast and introduced the discussion.
Organizations & Institutions
JP Morgan Chase - Ram Rai's current employer, where he is the VP of Platform Engineering. The discussion focused on their use of AI in a regulated environment.
Meta - Ram Rai's previous employer (formerly Facebook), where he optimized their CI/CD systems.
SAP - Ram Rai's previous employer, where he worked on application modeling and rapid development.
OpenAI - Mentioned as a partner of Stack Overflow in the AI/LLM space, specifically regarding the development of AI models.
Google Gemini - Mentioned as a partner of Stack Overflow in the AI/LLM space, specifically regarding the development of AI models.
Tools & Software
Claude - An AI coding tool mentioned in the context of coding assistance and potential integration with Stack Overflow's knowledge base.
Cursor - An AI coding tool mentioned in the context of coding assistance and potential integration with Stack Overflow's knowledge base.
Copilot - An AI coding tool mentioned in the context of coding assistance and potential integration with Stack Overflow's knowledge base, and its ability to interact bidirectionally with Stack Overflow's knowledge base.
ChatGPT - Mentioned as a type of AI model that sometimes offers two options, allowing users to pick one, which helps in collecting preference signals for preferential learning.
O1 (Reasoning Models) - Mentioned as a type of AI model that thinks through problems before responding, relevant to how Stack Overflow's Q&A structure can provide training material for such models.
Websites & Online Resources
Stack Overflow - The primary platform discussed, highlighting its role in community-driven knowledge, as a vital source for technologists, and its evolving role as an "intelligent knowledge layer" for AI.
Stack Overflow AI (stackoverflow.ai) - Mentioned as a specific feature or section of Stack Overflow where AI-first conversations are happening, grounded in the site's knowledge.
LinkedIn - Recommended by Ram Rai and Prashant Chandrasekar as a way for listeners to reach out to them.
X - Recommended by Prashant Chandrasekar as a way for listeners to reach out to him.