Dr. Ronald Ashri (Founder, OpenDialog) and Maaike Coppens (Chief Design Officer, OpenDialog) share their take on conversation design, conversational applications, conversational AI and much more with featured expert guests. OpenDialog is a SaaS and open-source no-code platform for creating sophisticated conversational applications from design to deployment. Have an interesting conversational story to share? Reach out to us at [email protected] and we'll be in touch!
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Welcome to “How We Made That App,” where we explore the crazy, wild, and sometimes downright bizarre stories behind the creation of some of the world’s most popular apps, hosted by the always charming and devastatingly handsome Madhukar Kumar. After starting his career as a developer and then as a product manager, he is now the Chief Marketing Officer at SingleStore. And he’s here to take you on a journey through the data, challenges, and obstacles that app developers face on the road to cre ...
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Redefining Conversational AI: Ronald Ashri on Building OpenDialog
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In this episode of How We Made That App, host Madhukar Kumar, CMO of SingleStore, delves into the fascinating world of conversational AI with Ronald Ashri, co-founder of OpenDialog. Ronald shares his journey from studying multi-agent systems to creating OpenDialog, a platform designed to revolutionize how humans and AI collaborate. Discover how Ron…
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Beyond Alexa: The Future of Voice, AI, and Innovation with Igor Jablokov
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In this episode of How We Made That App, host Madhukar Kumar, CMO of SingleStore, sits down with Igor Jablokov, the pioneering mind behind Amazon Alexa and CEO of Pryon. Igor shares his journey from the early days of voice recognition technology to leading innovations in artificial intelligence. Discover the story behind Alexa’s creation, the techn…
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How Flowd is Revolutionizing Water Management with CTO Marc Locchi
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In this episode of "How We Made That App," host Madhukar Kumar, CMO of SingleStore, sits down with Marc Locchi, the CTO of Flowd, a groundbreaking water management company from Australia. Marc shares his journey from a frustrated programmer to leading the development of Flowd, an app that’s transforming how businesses detect and manage water leaks …
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How Flowise is Changing the GenAI App Revolution
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Join us on this intriguing journey where host Madhukar Kumar uncovers the story of FlowiseAI, an AI-powered chatbot tool that soared to fame in the open-source community. Henry Heng, the Founder of FlowiseAI, shares the inception of FlowiseAI was out of the need to streamline repetitive onboarding queries. Listen in as Henry shares the unexpected e…
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Pioneering AI Teaching Models with Dev Aditya
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On this episode of How We Made That App, join host Madukar Kumar as he delves into the groundbreaking realm of AI in education with Dev Aditya, CEO and Co-Founder of the Otermans Institute. Discover the evolution from traditional teaching methods to the emergence of AI avatar educators, ushering in a new era of learning. Dev explores how pandemic-i…
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Revolutionizing Analytics Through User Privacy with Jack Ellis
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In this episode of How We Made That App, host Madhukar welcomes Jack Ellis, CTO and co-founder of Fathom Analytics, who shares the inside scoop on how their platform is revolutionizing the world of web analytics by putting user privacy at the forefront. With a privacy-first ethos that discards personal data like IP addresses post-processing, Fathom…
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Revolutionizing Language Models and Data Processing with LlamaIndex
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On this episode of How We Made That App, host Madhukar Kumar welcomes Co-Founder and CEO of LlamaIndex, Jerry Liu! Jerry takes us from the humble beginnings of GPT Index to the impactful rise of Lamaindex, a game-changer in the data frameworks landscape. Prepare to be enthralled by how Lama Index is spearheading retrieval augmented generation (RAG)…
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Data Dreams and AI Realities with Premal Shah
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In this engaging episode, host Madhukar Kumar dives deep into the world of data architecture, deployment processes, machine learning, and AI with special guest Premal Shah, the Co-Founder and Head of Engineering at 6sense. Join them as Premal traces the technological evolution of Sixth Sense, from the early use of FTP to the current focus on stream…
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Expanding Education Through Tech and STEM Accessibility with Numerade Co-Founder Alex Lee
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On this episode of How We Made That App, embark on a captivating journey into STEM education with host Madhukar Kumar and the Co-Founder of the brilliant app Numerade Alex Lee! Alex gives an in-depth and fascinating fusion of philosophy and technology that propels Numerade's innovative learning platform. Alex unveils the intricate layers of AI and …
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The Revolution of AI and Databases in App Development
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Discover the groundbreaking potential of a Squirrel Bot (SQrL) in transforming your interactions with JIRA users! Join us in this episode as we sit down with Dave Eyler, Senior Director of Product Management at SingleStore. From his journey as a software engineer to a product manager, Dave takes us through the evolution of his career. Tune in and e…
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AutoCAD Evolution: From 2D to AI with Autodesk’s Marcus O’Brien
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In this episode, we delve into a fascinating conversation with Marcus O'Brien, VP of Product, AutoCAD, at Autodesk, focusing on the evolution of AutoCAD. Marcus takes us on a journey, discussing how AutoCAD has evolved since the 1980s, establishing itself as a go-to tool for architects, engineers, and designers worldwide. From creating 2D and 3D ob…
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In this riveting podcast episode, host Madhukar Kumar engages in a deep and enlightening conversation with Scott Booker, the Chief Customer Officer at EasyPark. Together, they embark on a journey to uncover the fascinating story behind EasyPark, from its inception and the intricate process of its creation to the breadth of its operational territori…
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Developing Your Second Brain: How Quivr is Changing Data Storage
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Who wouldn't desire a second brain? Envision a transformative tool that serves as the custodian of your thoughts and files, liberating your mind for unbridled creativity. Today, we embark on a captivating exploration with Stan Girard, the visionary mind behind Quivr and the head of Gen AI at Theodo. Quivr, a groundbreaking generative AI application…
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Welcome to “How We Made That App”, where we explore the crazy, wild, and sometimes downright bizarre stories behind the creation of some of the world's most popular apps. I'm your host, the always charming and devastatingly handsome Madhukar Kumar. After starting my career as a developer and then as a product manager, I am now the Chief Marketing O…
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Episode 11 - Testing & DevOps For Conversational AI
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In this conversation with John Kelvie we cover what it means for automated testing and DevOps in conversational space as well as: • Why you need to test conversations • How to start testing conversations • Design considerations when testing • The importance of use case selection • How to recommend relevant initial use cases • Why he started the Con…
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Episode 10 - Emerging Markets & Growing Adoption
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In this episode, we connect with the brilliant Caio Calado – Community Manager at Bots Brazil who shares his unique insights into the conversational AI and design ecosystem and community in Brazil. We discuss: · His unique journey into conversational applications · How the conversational design community is in Brazil · How the adoption of conversat…
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Episode 9 - The Future of Conversation Design
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In this episode, we are joined by Greg Benett - Head of Conversational Design at SalesForce. In this exhilarating episode, where conversation design brains connect, we talked about : * Building a diverse conversation design team * Pitfalls and challenges for Conversational AI today * What’s the future of conversation design * The Power of Patterns…
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In this episode, we talk with Hilary Black, Conversation Design Pioneer and initiator of a plethora of Conversation Design Community initiatives like https://www.conversationdesignerjobs.com/ and Conversation Design Internet Club Facebook Group, which Maaike was the very first member of! As a seasoned conversation designer, Hilary has tons of wisdo…
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In this episode, we are joined by Fred Dust - author of the Making Conversations book that we have referred to many times already in our podcast. It is such an honor to have Fred with us! We talk about all things conversation: * The intersection of human-human and human-machine conversations. * Having hard conversations and new ways of listening. *…
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Episode 6 - Life of a multimodal conversation designer
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In this episode, we are joined by Elaine Anzaldo - Conversational UX designer with NLX. Elaine is an inspiring voice in the industry, both for newcomers and experienced conversation designers alike. In this episode we explore: * Starting out in conversation design * Building your conversation design presence & portfolio * Interviewing for a convers…
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Join us for yet another inspiring and very insightful conversation with linguist and conversation design expert Maaike Groenewege. In this episode we explore: * Maaike Groenewege's journey into conversation design * Content modelling and its impact on conversation design * How machine learning and upfront modelling fit together * New language model…
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Episode 4 - Conversational UX Writing : Test, learn & play!
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In the 4th episode of the Open Dialogues podcast, we talk about the ins and outs of Conversational UX Writing with expert Gladys Diandoki. Gladys takes us on an exhilarating journey at the intersection of content design and conversation design, exploring: * What exactly is UX writing * What does the UX writing process look like (in theory and for r…
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Episode 3 : Conversation Design - Magic & Madness
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In this episode, featuring Rebecca Evanhoe, co-author of 'Conversation With Things' - we explore the magic and madness of Conversational AI. What is conversation design actually all about? What are some of the challenges the field is still facing? Why AI is not some kind of magic potion Why words matter: on diversity, inclusion and bias Use cases t…
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Episode 2 : Lessons learnt from building a tool for conversation designers
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Remember back in school, the night just before the school play and how nervous that made you feel? That's exactly what the last few days have felt like at OpenDialog as we are starting to massively let people into the tool and introduce them to the #opendialog way of #conversationdesign. More than just a tool, it's a framework - a different way of …
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In this first episode, Dr. Ronald Ashri and Maaike Coppens share their take on: What are conversational applications? OpenDialog: an origin story Why OpenDialog? From YAML to conversational platform Have a conversational story to share yourself? We'd love to hear from you! Reach out at [email protected] and apply to be our next expert guest!…
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