Building a Smarter Workflow: The Rise of AI-Enabled Task Automation | Pascal Weinberger, Bardeen AI

Today we sit down with Pascal, the founder, and CEO of Bardeen AI, a leading workflow automation company. Pascal shares his journey in the AI and machine learning field, and how his experience of spending too much time on repetitive tasks led to the creation of Bardeen, a platform designed to automate micro functions for users. They discuss how Bardeen integrates AI into its platform to understand user needs and recommend the right automation for the right user in the right context. He shares everyday use cases for Bardeen, such as market research, outreach, and recruiting, and how it is integrated with popular tools like Notion, AirTable, and Google Sheets.   Bardeen automates manual work so that people can focus on what they love. It also allows you to trigger and participate in automation right from where you are. This idea of contextual, proactive automation unlocks the potential of automating tasks that previously only large companies with big budgets could and now takes just a few minutes to set up.   If your company is looking to scale its AI initiatives, head over to Tesoro AI (www.tesoroai.com). We are experts in AI strategy, staff augmentation, and AI product development.    Founder Bio:    Pascal started his career at the intersection of ML and neuroscience, trying to learn how to learn the brain. He then went on to work with Google Brain on various ML projects, and then founded and successfully exited an AI company in the AgTech space. After his exit, he helped co-found an NGO and then went on to start and lead Telefonica's Moonshot Factory's AI team. In 2019 he joined Augustus Intelligence to build the tools and platform to enable real scale for AI and ML use-cases in the enterprise. He is currently based in NYC and is also actively investing and advising various AI companies as a Venture Partner at AI Capital and personally.  01:58 Pascal Weinberger's background, from recruiting to automation tools to BAE  04:59 Pain point of repetitive tasks 06:46 Automating repetitive tasks with workflow automation 10:44 exploring the journey of building an ai model 14:30 Benefits of solving problems without ai before training a model 17:18 Shift from model-first to business value-first ai solutions 19:57 Abstraction layer for automating automation 22:04 Hiring for a tech company: challenges and strategies 25:54 Discussion on the engineering hiring market in 2021 28:22 Go-to-market strategies for automation platforms 32:37 Benefits of automation with Bardeen 36:06 ROI metrics for ai automation solutions 38:11 AI company raises series funding to automate end-user workflows 41:23 How to get in contact with the Bardeen team Resources:   Company website: https://www.bardeen.ai/careers YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/Bardeenai LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/bardeen/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/bardeenai