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Agarwal: AI teams rarely use human feedback, despite high satisfaction when used

Rohit Agarwal · Why every AI Engineer needs an AI Gateway (ft Portkey.ai CEO) · Feb 5, 2025 · at 21:59

Rohit Agarwal, CEO of Portkey.ai, discusses LLM observability and human feedback loops with host Swix.

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“I think it's not used as much. I agree. And I think that's something I tell every customer that you need to close the loop and feedback is going to help you. I think the teams that are doing it are really happy. They're not doing it.”

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