Data Unstuck: Jure Leskovec on Unleashing the Power of Networks

Season 9 Episode 46

Data’s everywhere, but so often it feels… stuck. Joining us today is Jure
Leskovec, Chief Scientist at Kumo and a Stanford Professor who's
fundamentally reshaped how we understand networks—from Pinterest's
recommendations to tracking the spread of disease. We’ll unpack why
structured data is lagging behind the AI revolution, exploring how
techniques like Graph Neural Networks are finally unlocking its potential,
and how this all plays out in real-world applications

00:57 Meet Jure Leskovec
02:31 Knowing When to Move On
04:01 Academia versus Industry
07:30 Learnings from Pinterest
10:28 The Kumo Pitch
17:57 The Secret Sauce
25:51 Monetization
27:12 Only the Enterprise?
29:49 The Sandbox to Try Before Buy
31:42 The Best Use Cases
35:00 Summarizing
37:38 Predicting AI
40:15 What's True and No One Agrees
41:19 Learning

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/leskovec/
Website: https://kumo.ai/

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Data Unstuck: Jure Leskovec on Unleashing the Power of Networks