AI Evals in Vertical Industries (Guest Talk)
This is a a guest lecture as part of the AI Evals For Engineers & PMs online course (7th August 2025). Recording (Will be uploaded later) Slides Downloadable as a PDF here.
Chris Lovejoy
About Me
I'm part of the founding team at Anterior, a Sequoia/NEA-backed company building an AI clinical brain. I've been a medical doctor, academic researcher, entrepreneur and AI/ML engineer.
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