Asmita Poddar

Software Engineer @GoogleHealth.
Coder. Traveller. Dreamer.

[Asmita Poddar @asmita_poddar]

Finally graduated from the University of Oxford @UniofOxford @CompSciOxford with an MSc degree in Computer Science. I am grateful for graduating in-person with my friends and family, after a year of everything going virtual due to the #COVID19 pandemic.

[Finvest @GetFinvest]

Today, we’re launching Finn, the world’s first AI Wealth Manager.

Managing money is exhausting. You have to figure out taxes, invest your cash, plan for retirement, and somehow know when something important changes. And even when you know what to do, you still have to go do it. Not once. Over and over again.

Not anymore. Meet Finn. It knows your money, plans ahead, and gets things done.

Finn can:
- Allocate your cash smartly
- Rebalance your portfolio
- Plan your next home purchase
- Find opportunities to save on taxes
…and so much more!

It’s like having a personal banker, investment advisor, and tax expert in your pocket.

First 50 people to comment and save this post gets free access to Finn for 3 months!

[Asmita Poddar @asmita_poddar]

@GetFinvest Amazing!! Congrats on the launch 🚀

[Asmita Poddar @asmita_poddar]

@mammut #notastreetwearbrand

[MATT GRAY @matt_gray_]

If you want to give yourself a personal MBA, read these 10 books:

[Gergely Orosz @GergelyOrosz]

I am personally surprised to see such large seed-stage checks - these funding rounds feel what many Series A rounds would raise.

Comes to show

1. VCs need to invest their large crypto funds raised in 2021

2. Pedigree very much matters in raising outsized pre-seed/seed rounds

[Asmita Poddar @asmita_poddar]

A few weeks ago, I was invited as a speaker at the @teamrework @reworkdl London AI Summit 2022, where I gave a talk on How #Amazon #Alexa Works.
Here is a write-up on the key takeaways from the Conversational AI Summit: https://t.co/yNPqhSzbD3
#conversationalAI #ai

[Asmita Poddar @asmita_poddar]

Saw the Starlink SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Space Launch Complex at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida!
#SpaceX #rocket #launch

[SpaceX @SpaceX]

Liftoff!

[Asmita Poddar @asmita_poddar]

Starting Day 2 at #GHC22. Great to be learning from so many technologists from around the globe. #GraceHopperCelebration #AmazonXGHC

[Asmita Poddar @asmita_poddar]

Kicking off the first day at #GHC22

[Asmita Poddar @asmita_poddar]

Super excited to be at the Grace Hopper Celebration at Orlando! #GHC22 #NextIsNow

[Soumitra @soumitra115]

We are pleased at world wide launch of book " Digital Transformation Implementation Handbook " on Amazon & https://t.co/c3wSaPjwpD our give back on India 's #AzadiKaAmritMahotsav towards Community and Vocational Service #reskilling Technology perspective #MSME 's to scale up!

[Asmita Poddar @asmita_poddar]

It was a pleasure to attend the @teamrework @reworkdl Conversational AI Summit to present my talk about "How Does #alexa Work?" in front of a great audience! Had some super interesting questions and discussions about the technologies powering Alexa.
#Amazon #reworkAI #speaker

[RE•WORK @teamrework]

‘A natural turn-taking feature makes Alexa more able to interact with humans.’

Asmita Poddar, Software Development Engineer at Amazon Alexa, is discussing AI building blocks that Alexa has and the improvement AI provides in contrast to rule-based solutions.

[RE•WORK @teamrework]

The RE•WORK London AI Summit 2022 is underway!

The Summit is focusing on Deep Learning, Conversational AI and AI in Retail.

Looking forward to all the sessions!

#reworkAI #reworkDL

[Asmita Poddar @asmita_poddar]

I am very excited to give a presentation about "How Does Alexa Work?" at the RE•WORK London Conversational AI Summit @reworkdl @rework.
If you are interested to learn more about @amazon and @alexa99, join me at the there: https://t.co/CekmYhwBDP
#reworkAI #alexa #amazon

[Gergely Orosz @GergelyOrosz]

Someone who did an economics degree at a well-known university and started their first job at a tech company emailed me to ask:

"Why can't tech companies compete for & hire employees like Starbucks competes for & hires baristas?"

Sent them this article: https://t.co/m31Pw6LAV7

[Gergely Orosz @GergelyOrosz]

If you rent a house, your landlord can't kick you out just b/c they want to. This is because doing so usually has a major impact on your life.

And yet even if you pay for an email provider, they can kick you out anytime. This too usually has a major impact on your digital life.

[Paul Graham @paulg]

The trend toward cycling in cities is like the trend toward remote work: more like a dam of pent-up demand bursting than a gradual growth.

[Asmita Poddar @asmita_poddar]

"The sooner we can figure out what allows a system to get to the point where it can learn symbolic abstractions, sooner we can build systems that properly leverage all the world’s knowledge, hence get to AI that is safe, trustworthy interpretable."

An alternative path to AI?

[Yi Ma @YiMaTweets]

Artificial intelligence has mostly been focusing on a technique called deep learning. It might be time to reconsider. | @GaryMarcus in @NoemaMag https://t.co/4vS6NBQYNc

[Rosanne Liu @savvyRL]

I am meeting ML researchers all the time. There are two worlds. One world's problem is "should I go to Google or Deepmind next summer" and the other is "a small opportunity, however small, please."

All problems are valid. But my heart sinks at this chilling, disorienting divide.