# AI Systems and Market Trends in Artificial Intelligence | Conexus's Eric Daimler PhD

- Show: [IoT For All Podcast](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/iot-for-all-podcast)
- Published: 2021-06-28
- Length: 40m
- Page: https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/iot-for-all-podcast/2021-06-28-ai-systems-and-market-trends-in-artificial-intelligence-conexuss-eric-daimler-ph
- Listen: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/iot-for-all/episodes/AI-Systems-and-Market-Trends-in-Artificial-Intelligence--Conexuss-Eric-Daimler-PhD-e28bp5j

## Summary

Eric Daimler, CEO and Co-Founder of Conexus, discusses the critical role of data integration in AI systems, arguing that the bottleneck is not machine learning algorithms but the upstream collection and unification of disparate data. He shares Conexus's origin as a spin-out from MIT's math department, leveraging category theory to solve complex enterprise data interoperability issues for clients like ride-sharing companies and logistics firms. Daimler also addresses market trends, the pitfalls of 'data lakes,' and the future of work, predicting the rise of 'ontologists' as AI automates routine tasks.

## Chapters

- [0:51](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/iot-for-all-podcast/2021-06-28-ai-systems-and-market-trends-in-artificial-intelligence-conexuss-eric-daimler-ph#t=51) Introduction: Eric Daimler and Conexus Background
- [5:06](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/iot-for-all-podcast/2021-06-28-ai-systems-and-market-trends-in-artificial-intelligence-conexuss-eric-daimler-ph#t=306) The Data Integration Bottleneck and Conexus Solution
- [10:39](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/iot-for-all-podcast/2021-06-28-ai-systems-and-market-trends-in-artificial-intelligence-conexuss-eric-daimler-ph#t=639) Defining AI Systems: Sense, Plan, Act, Learn
- [18:57](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/iot-for-all-podcast/2021-06-28-ai-systems-and-market-trends-in-artificial-intelligence-conexuss-eric-daimler-ph#t=1137) Market Trends: IoT, Data Lakes, and Enterprise Lag
- [21:40](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/iot-for-all-podcast/2021-06-28-ai-systems-and-market-trends-in-artificial-intelligence-conexuss-eric-daimler-ph#t=1300) Challenges in Selling Data Integration and Future of Work

## Topics

- [Connected products & IoT](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/connected-products-and-iot)
- [AI & machine learning](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/ai-and-machine-learning)
- [Sourcing & supply chain](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/sourcing-and-supply-chain)
- [Scaling production](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/scaling-production)

## Most relevant to

companies scaling up

## Mentioned

- Conexus (company)
- MIT (company)
- Petuum (company)
- Oracle (company)
- Microsoft (company)
- Salesforce (company)
- Deloitte (company)
- C3.ai (company)
- Databricks (company)
- Amazon (company)
- Pfizer (company)
- Informatica (tool)
- Ab Initio (tool)
- RDF (tool)
- OWL (tool)

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