Meet the brilliant Dr. Peter Bailis. Inspired by research he carried out as a professor at Stanford University, three years ago he founded Sisu to automate enterprise data analytics and the firm has already raised $128m.
In today’s episode, Peter details:
• The revolutionary work being carried out by Sisu: generating automated, actionable reports in minutes that might otherwise take a team of data analysts days
• His guidance for people looking to succeed at growing a tech start-up, particularly if they come from an academic or technical background
• What he looks for in the data scientists and software engineers he hires
• His most important daily tools for developing software productively
• The academic research he carried out at Stanford that’s behind Sisu’s innovative capabilities
Peter:
• Is CEO of Sisu, the firm he founded in San Francisco
• Has raised $128m in venture capital from some of the most prestigious VC firms out there such as Andreessen Horowitz
• Was an assistant professor of computer science at Stanford University, where he’s still an adjunct faculty member today
• Holds several computer science degrees: an undergrad from Harvard University and a PhD from the University of California, Berkeley
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