Google’s Weird Year + Neeva Goes to Snowflake — With Sridhar Ramaswamy

Big Technology Podcast

Alex Kantrowitz

Technology, Religion & Spirituality, Business News, Business, Religion, Science, Philosophy, Society & Culture, Entrepreneurship, Management, Marketing, Politics, News Commentary, Government, Investing, Tech News, Social Sciences, News

4.6 • 395 Ratings

🗓️ 6 September 2023

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Summary

Sridhar Ramaswamy is the co-founder of Neeva, SVP at Snowflake and former SVP at Google. He joins Big Technology Podcast to reflect on the strange year Google’s had in 2023, working on the fly to reimagine search and ship faster than it was initially comfortable with. In this episode, Ramaswamy delivers deep insights on the future of search, generative AI, and how his former employer will adapt in these times. Stay tuned for the second half where Ramaswamy candidly discusses his search competitor Neeva, why he sold it to Snowflake, and what the two companies hope to accomplish together. --- Enjoying Big Technology Podcast? Please rate us five stars ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ in your podcast app of choice. For weekly updates on the show, sign up for the pod newsletter on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/newsletters/6901970121829801984/ Questions? Feedback? Write to: [email protected]

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0:00.0	A long time Google executive, entrepreneur, and generative AI builder discusses how the technology
0:06.1	is changing search in the business world and what's next for his old employer.
0:10.3	All that coming up right after this.
0:13.5	LinkedIn Presents.
0:18.3	From LinkedIn News, I'm Leah Smart, host of Everyday Better, an award-winning podcast dedicated to personal development.
0:24.4	Join me every week for captivating stories and research to find more fulfillment in your work and personal life.
0:30.5	Listen to Every Day Better on the LinkedIn Podcast Network, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.
0:35.8	Welcome to Big Technology Podcast, a show for cool-headed, nuanced conversation of the tech
0:40.7	world and beyond.
0:42.1	Joining us today is Sarita Ramoswami.
0:43.8	He's a friend of the program.
0:45.2	He's the co-founder of Neva.
0:47.0	He's an SVP at Snowflake.
0:49.0	Currently, as he puts it, a minister without a portfolio.
0:52.2	We'll get into it.
0:53.1	We're going to talk a lot about what's going on inside Google and the search world and then also how generative AI might
0:59.0	be applied in the business world in ways that might not have been covered in depth up until
1:03.1	this point. We'll get into it. Sweetart, welcome to the show. Great to see you. Thank you, Alex. Good
1:07.7	to be back. Great to have you back. So let's start with Google. It's been a
1:11.4	pretty weird year for Google. I would say this is the weirdest year for Google since 2011 when they
1:16.7	introduced Google Plus. I'm curious if you would agree with that assessment and like how would you
1:21.3	really rate? I mean, we're almost, you know, we're a little bit past the halfway now. How would you
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