In episode 103, Neeva Co-Founder & CEO, Sridhar Ramaswamy sits down with Mike King to explain the inner workings of search engines fueled by AI technology. Sridhar shares thoughts on SEO in relation to LLM search as well as the recent petition from Elon Musk and others to halt AI development. Mike and Sridhar also discuss the difference in Neeva’s approach to AI and why it may be difficult for others to replicate.

(0:00) Intro

(1:42) How Can Neeva Compete with Google?

(5:53) Will Answer Based Search Replace Traditional Search?

(12:25) How Neeva is leveraging AI to build a better search engine

(17:01) Did Dense Embeddings Change Everything for Information Retrieval?

(19:09) Google’s Techniques for Information Retrieval

(20:45) Neeva’s Difference in Approach to AI - Retrieval Augmented Generation

(24:34) Why is Closed Loop So Difficult?

(28:00) What Place Does SEO Have in the LLM Search Environment

(31:16) Creating a Feedback Loop for Users

(32:40) The Petition to Halt AI Development

(35:35) What is Gist?

(38:15) How Neeva makes your life better