Episode 154:

Making Cross-Company Data Exchange Easy with Pardis Noorzad of General Folders

September 6, 2023

This week on The Data Stack Show, Eric and Kostas chat with Pardis Noorzad, the CEO of General Folders. During the episode, Pardis Noorzad shares her journey as a data scientist and entrepreneur in founding a company. The conversation includes the importance of data collaboration and sharing, the challenges and complexities of data sharing in various industries, the need for efficient and secure solutions, the underlying definitions and dimensions of the data exchange problem, including infrastructure, security, economics, and user needs, and more.

Notes:

Highlights from this week’s conversation include:

  • Pardis’ background and journey in data (3:24)
  • AI before the hype (8:37)
  • Founding General Folders (12:36)
  • Data collaboration challenges (15:31)
  • Examples of data sharing (17:40)
  • Data transfer in various industries (22:16)
  • Defining the transfer problem (28:30)
  • The demand for scalable solutions (32:06)
  • Data transfer and model exposition (41:02)
  • Data governance and API (43:23)
  • Final thoughts and takeaways (56:48)

 

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