Karthik Dinakar is the cofounder and CTO of Pienso, an interactive AI platform anyone can use to turn text data into insights without requiring any coding. He has a PhD in Machine Learning from MIT. He has held roles at MIT Media Lab, Microsoft, and Deutsche Bank. In this episode, we cover a range of topics including: - Tech stack of Generative AI applications - Problem with general purpose LLMs - Training LLMs on my own data - Making LLMs faster and cheaper - Shortage of AI compute - Context windows - Pursuit of AGI Karthik's favorite books:  - Introduction to Algorithms (Authors: Thomas H. Cormen, Charles E. Leiserson, Ronald L. Rivest, Clifford Stein) - Mindstorms: Children, Computers, And Powerful Ideas (Author: Seymour Peypert) --------Where to find Prateek Joshi: Newsletter: https://prateekjoshi.substack.com Website: https://prateekj.com LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/prateek-joshi-91047b19 Twitter: https://twitter.com/prateekvjoshi