About the Session

In this episode of Leading With Data, we interact with Sebastian Raschka, AI Staff Educator at Lightning AI.

 

Sebastian Raschka is a best-selling author of books on AI, Machine Learning, python programming, etc. He has a strong passion for education and wants to make AI and Deep Learning accessible.

 

Watch as he delves into:

➡️ How he got hooked on writing books and became an AI Researcher

➡️ Explains his role at Lightning AI, where they’re optimizing LLM models by building innovative platforms

➡️ Emphasises building models from Scratch

➡️ Talks about why cutting-edge tools may not always be the solution for real-world problems

➡️ Underscores the need for more and better open-source LLMs

➡️ What problems he would love to solve with the LLMs and Generative AI

About the Speaker

Sebastian is a Staff Research Engineer at Lightning AI, where his work converges at the intersection of AI research, software development, and large language models (LLMs). Formerly an Assistant Professor of Statistics at the University of Wisconsin-Madison on a tenure track from 2018 to 2025, Sebastian made the difficult decision to resign in 2023 to dedicate himself entirely to his role at Lightning AI, a journey he embarked upon in January 2022.