Hacking JIT Assembly to Build Exascale AI Infrastructure

Neural Search Talks — Zeta Alpha

Ash shares his journey from software development to pioneering in the AI infrastructure space with Unum. He discusses Unum's focus on unleashing the full potential of modern computers for AI, search, and database applications through efficient data processing and infrastructure. Highlighting Unum's technical achievements, including SIMD instructions and just-in-time compilation, Ash also touches on the future of computing and his vision for Unum to contribute to advances in personalized medicine and extending human productivity.

Timestamps: 0:00 Introduction 0:44 How did Unum start and what is it about? 6:12 Differentiating from the competition in vector search 17:45 Supporting modern features like large dimensions & binary embeddings 27:49 Upcoming model releases from Unum 30:00 The future of hardware for AI 34:56 The impact of AI in society 37:35 Outro