Anastasis Germanidis

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Nov 9, 2023
Insight
Germanidis: Decoupling AI research from product schedules minimizes team dependencies
“Instead of having product wait for a specific research update, we let the research run for, of course, there's always a time boxing. You don't want it to run for years, but we basically give more breathing room for that research project. And when the research …”
Anastasis Germanidis Nov 9, 2023 ▶ 39:13 How goal-setting and planning is different for AI products | Anastasis Germanidis (Runway)
Nov 9, 2023
Insight
Standard multi-week sprint timelines fail when applied to ambitious AI research
“Initially we had kind of similar schedules in how we're thinking about developing new research and developing new product. And so we expected results like compelling results from a research project in the span of a few weeks. And if those results weren't there…”
Anastasis Germanidis Nov 9, 2023 ▶ 37:11 How goal-setting and planning is different for AI products | Anastasis Germanidis (Runway)
Nov 9, 2023
Insight
Germanidis: Fast AI progress requires engineering leaders to stay hands-on
“One thing that has been really critical for us as a startup is just being able to, like even leadership, having some level of individual contribution or technical, like hands-on aspect in the way we work and just being involved in projects, because otherwise i…”
Anastasis Germanidis Nov 9, 2023 ▶ 44:14 How goal-setting and planning is different for AI products | Anastasis Germanidis (Runway)
Nov 9, 2023
Assertion Supported
Germanidis: Runway's co-founders met in an NYU art and technology program
“So three co-founders we met in art school, which is not the place where usually AI companies start from. So we met at the program at NYU that was kind of focused on the intersection of art and technology.”
Anastasis Germanidis Nov 9, 2023 ▶ 4:24 How goal-setting and planning is different for AI products | Anastasis Germanidis (Runway)
Nov 9, 2023 neutral
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Runway's research team is one-third the size of product and engineering
“It's about one third at the moment. So research is one third of product design engineering.”
Anastasis Germanidis Nov 9, 2023 ▶ 41:41 How goal-setting and planning is different for AI products | Anastasis Germanidis (Runway)
Nov 9, 2023
Disclosure
Germanidis: Runway avoids research projects lacking precedent in academic literature
“Like we don't want to pursue projects where there is zero precedent at all in the research world. We know that there is evidence that this approach could work.”
Anastasis Germanidis Nov 9, 2023 ▶ 40:31 How goal-setting and planning is different for AI products | Anastasis Germanidis (Runway)
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