#39 Hamza Tahir: From indie-hacking in Pakistan to raising $6.4 Million for his AI startup in Germany
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English - January 15, 2024 17:40 - 56 minutes - 45.4 MBBusiness Technology entrepreneurship innovation technology business leadership cdtm success setbacks start-up innovator Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Hamza Tahir is a software developer turned ML engineer. An indie hacker by heart, he loves ideating, implementing, and launching data-driven products. His previous projects include PicHance, Scrilys, BudgetML, and you-tldr. Based on his learnings from deploying ML in production for predictive maintenance use-cases in his previous startup, he co-created ZenML, an open-source MLOps framework for creating production grade ML pipelines on any infrastructure stack.
In this podcast, we dive into Hamza's initial projects, how he got into entrepreneurship, as well as his struggles with balancing his entrepreneurial career and personal responsibilities. We also talk about his outlook on the AI space, limits to current model architectures, existential risks, and much more. We hope you enjoy the episode!
Personal Socials:
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/hamzatahirofficial/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/htahir111
ZenML Socials:
Website: https://zenml.io/
GitHub: https://github.com/zenml-io/zenml
Docs: https://docs.zenml.io
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/zenml/