971: 90% of The World’s Data is Private; Lin Qiao’s Fireworks AI is Unlocking It

971: 90% of The World’s Data is Private; Lin Qiao’s Fireworks AI is Unlocking It

Author: Jon Krohn March 3, 2026 Duration: 59:47
Lin Qiao, CEO of Fireworks AI, talks to Jon Krohn about how she builds effective models quickly, why coding agents can perform at the level of a junior engineer, and what she attributes to the success of Fireworks AI: True to its name, the company exploded into the AI industry with over $300 million secured in venture capital, as well as netting a further $250 million Series C funding. For Lin, many enterprises miss out by not being familiar with open models. Open models give a lot of control to the user, offering customizability and at a much lower price point. Listen to hear how Fireworks AI helps companies continue to save money through AI. This episode is brought to you by the⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠Dell⁠⁠⁠, by⁠ ⁠⁠Intel⁠⁠⁠, by ⁠Cisco⁠ and by ⁠Acceldata⁠. Additional materials: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.superdatascience.com/971⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Interested in sponsoring a SuperDataScience Podcast episode? Email natalie@superdatascience.com for sponsorship information. In this episode you will learn: (01:19) All about Fireworks AI (24:16) Why companies need to take notice of open models (33:05) The commercial viability of slow-reasoning models (38:51) Fireworks AI’s approach to model performance evaluations

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Podcast Episodes
945: AI is a Joke, with Joel Beasley [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 56:11
Is there humor in data? Joel Beasley, host of Modern CTO, tells Jon Krohn how he used AI to turn his sights to stand-up comedy. He also shares his tips on tech leadership that he learned from his popular podcast, Modern…
944: Gemini 3 Pro: Google’s Back on Top [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 8:21
Google is steaming ahead with launching its top-league new Gemini 3 Pro model across their product suite, from Google Search to Vertex AI cloud services. The multinational tech company is also letting eager early adopter…
943: Creative Machines: AI in Music and Art, with Prof. Maya Ackerman [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 56:38
Creative human-AI partnerships and AI-generated music: WaveAI CEO and co-founder Maya Ackerman speaks with Jon Krohn about learning to see – and accept – AI’s potential as a creative partner in a human-centric, AI-forwar…
941: Multi-Agent Human Societies, with Dr. Vijoy Pandey [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:06:14
Vijoy Pandey imagines a bold new society in which agents and humans make scientific discoveries and complete physical tasks together, and he tells Jon Krohn about his work at AGNTCY, Cisco’s open-source platform for the…
940: In Case You Missed It in October 2025 [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 43:27
Jon Krohn curates a selection of clips from the month that was. Hear from the orchestrators of an expanding AI universe in this episode of In Case You Missed It, with news, views and groundbreaking ideas from Sheamus McG…
937: How to Design AI-First Products, with Marc Dupuis [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 59:32
AI tools won’t eliminate but elevate data scientists, says Marc Dupuis. The CEO of fabi.ai talks to Jon Krohn about the new wave of AI-driven platforms that integrate workflows within popular work tools like Slack and em…
936: LLMs Are Delighted to Help Phishing Scams [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 5:07
How much power – and risk – do we carry around with us in our pockets? A Reuters investigation about how easily LLMs can be utilized for online phishing scams is the subject of this week’s Five-Minute Friday with Jon Kro…