ThoughtTrace CEO Nick Vandivere

November 26, 2020

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Nick Vandivere

CEO of ThoughtTrace

Nick Vandivere is the chief executive officer of ThoughtTrace, a document understanding company that utilizes AI to provide customers with access to critical insights from documents in real-time. As CEO, Nick has led ThoughtTrace’s transformation into a market leader in this space. Prior to joining ThoughtTrace, Nick was a member of the American armed services, and also worked at the US Department of State.

Episode Overview

506: ThoughtTrace CEO Nick Vandivere

The problems ThoughtTrace solves for its customers
How the company uses AI to create extraordinarily detailed models for natural language processing for highly specific use cases
Why some people miss the progress made in the realm of AI due to the future promise of artificial general intelligence
Why we should embrace incrementalism with AI
Why you do not need a degree from a top technology school to be effective with AI and data science tools
The right and wrong way to approach AI when first starting out
Why companies should ask if they have the requisite data in-house to build a durable AI model, rather than if they have a large enough quantity of data
Nick’s path from being an Army officer to a CEO

Among a variety of other topics.

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