60 min
AI & Agents
Founder Stories
Episode 7: The Spine AI Story with Ashwin Raman
60 min
A special Notes from a Founder edition featuring Ashwin Raman, Co-founder and CTO of Spine AI—the world's first iterative deep research platform, built for speed, scale, and substance. Ashwin shares his journey building AI research tools from the ground up.
Special Guests
Timestamps
00:00Intro: Building AI Research Tools from the Ground Up05:12Data Sovereignty: Does AI Need to Stay in Canada or Europe?11:04Public Product Launch: What Worked and What Surprised Us16:38Vision vs. Feedback: When to Stick, When to Pivot22:06How Many Users Are Enough? And Which Feedback to Trust28:10AI Coding & Developer Productivity: What's Changed in a Year33:30Hallucinations in Research AI: How to Avoid Made-Up Answers39:44Centralized vs. Distributed Data in AI Workflows46:10Top Use Cases: Medical, Sales Intelligence, and Private Credit53:25Final Advice for AI Founders