Domino Data Lab was founded in 2013 and was one of the early innovators in the space known as MLOps. It delivers a unified platform for enterprises to build, deploy, and manage machine learning workloads and provides access to data, tools, compute, models across any environment. Domino enables ML and data teams to collaborate, ensure governance, and reduce costs at scale.

In this episode, Wei Lien Dang chats with Chris Yang, co-founder and CTO of Domino Data.

Join us as we discuss:

00:00 Introduction to Domino Data Lab

02:04 The Origin Story of Domino Data Lab

06:58 Balancing Authenticity and Customer Feedback

10:52 Open Communication and Collaboration Among Co-founders

14:24 The Importance of Engaging with Users

16:19 Building the First Feature: Enabling Compute Workloads in the Cloud

22:42 Discovering Unexpected Use Cases and Features

33:20 The Importance of Choosing a Target Market

35:44 The Evolution of MLOps and the Current AI Wave

Sandhya Hegde is a General Partner at Unusual Ventures, leading investments in modern SaaS companies with a focus on AI. Previously an early executive at Amplitude, Sandhya is a product-led growth (PLG) coach and mentor. She can be reached at sandhya@unusual.vc.

Wei Lien Dang is a General Partner at Unusual Ventures and leads investments in infrastructure software, security, and developer tool. Wei was a co-founder of StackRox, a cloud-native security company prior to its acquisition by Red Hat. He can be reached at wei@unusual.vc.

Chris Yang is the co-founder and CTO of Domino Data.

Unusual Ventures is a seed-stage venture capital firm designed from the ground up to give a distinct advantage to founders building the next generation of software companies. Unusual has invested in category-defining companies like Webflow, Arctic Wolf Networks, Carta, Robinhood, and Harness. Learn more about us at https://www.unusual.vc/.

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