The Future of AI Innovations w/ Microsoft Azure Product Expert Nataraj Sindam | Ep.40 [HD]

Nataraj Sindam is a Product Manager at Microsoft Azure and a Partner at Incisive Ventures. In this conversation, Nataraj Sindam discusses the impact of AI on knowledge workers, the cloud industry, and product managers and developers, the value of prompt engineering, the long-tail opportunities for small teams to create high-value AI applications, and open-source vs closed source.

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Twitter: https://x.com/natarajsindam

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/natarajsindam/

100 Days of AI: https://thestartupproject.io/100-days-of-ai/

Incisive Ventures: https://incisive.vc/

Nataraj's Book Rec: https://www.amazon.com/Super-Thinking-Book-Mental-Models/dp/0525533583

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Outline:

00:00 Introduction

00:55 The Impact of AI on Knowledge Workers

07:36 Startups Trusting Cloud Services

09:27 The Impact of AI on Product Managers and Developers

15:47 100 Days of AI

20:07 Where Value Will be Captured in AI

24:35 Open Source vs. Closed Source

29:19 Generative AI

32:45 Investing in Vertical SaaS Startups

37:25 Overrated vs. Underrated

39:00 Book Recommendation: 'Super Thinking'

40:20 Advice for Aspiring Entrepreneurs