This week, we have Rahul Sonwalkar, Founder and CEO of Julius, on the show. Julius is your AI Data Scientist, where users can quickly analyze, visualize, and transform data.

Rahul covers his journey from traveling across the country to hackathons in college, the importance of not being afraid of failing as a founder, how Rahul seeks out mentors, the four key ways Julius delivers value, and how Julius continues to add AI to data analysis.

We also cover the decision to start selling bottoms up, how that enabled revenue in the early days, and how smarter models directly benefit Julius.

Episode Chapters:

Undergrad at UT Dallas - 1:47
Being okay with being wrong - 4:18
Overcoming ego - 7:15
The Julius DNA - 9:20
Your AI data analyst - 12:15
Building trust with Julius - 15:30
Maintaining infrastructure - 19:20
Building out new features - 22:32
Two kinds of AI startups - 27:13
The next wave of SEO - 29:07
Assessing talent - 32:12
Quick fire round - 33:26

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E52: Hacking to Silicon Valley with Rahul Sonwalkar (Julius)