Inside Uber’s AI Revolution - Everything about how they use AI/ML

Kai Wang joins the MLOps Community podcast LIVE to share how Uber built and scaled its ML platform, Michelangelo. From mission-critical models to tools for both beginners and experts, he walks us through Uber’s AI playbook—and teases plans to open-source parts of it.

// Bio

Kai Wang is the product lead of the AI platform team at Uber, overseeing Uber's internal end-to-end ML platform called Michelangelo that powers 100% Uber's business-critical ML use cases.

// Related Links

Uber GenAI: https://www.uber.com/blog/from-predictive-to-generative-ai/

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Timestamps:

[00:00] Rethinking AI Beyond ChatGPT

[04:01] How Devs Pick Their Tools

[08:25] Measuring Dev Speed Smartly

[10:14] Predictive Models at Uber

[13:11] When ML Strategy Shifts

[15:56] Smarter Uber Eats with AI

[19:29] Summarizing Feedback with ML

[23:27] GenAI That Users Notice

[27:19] Inference at Scale: Michelangelo

[32:26] Building Uber’s AI Studio

[33:50] Faster AI Agents, Less Pain

[39:21] Evaluating Models at Uber

[42:22] Why Uber Open-Sourced Machanjo

[44:32] What Fuels Uber’s AI Team

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