CodeStrap's "Code and Connor" Episode 23 features our friend Francisco Ferreira, Founder and CEO of Datalinks, a company that is laser-focused on bringing human understanding to the core of the data and AI value chains. Prior to founding Datalinks, Francisco spent 9 years at Palantir. At Palantir, he architected and created the product and infrastructure group for Skywise, the world’s biggest aviation platform, growing it from 3 airlines to 100+. He went on to create the Developer Relations groups and co-led Channel partners. Before Palantir, he had a multi-year stint at eBay. This episode focuses on: → Francisco’s journey from Palantir to DataLinks → Large scale integrations and how to do them successfully → Why a clean ontology matters and how to build reusable components → What Datalinks is working on, including AI-generated ontologies → Enhanced search/retrieval across complex data relationships → The AI Bubble → AI model benchmarks and the pressures to align to them → Frontier models, open-source, small language models Be sure to follow us to get the latest information, and schedule a meeting with us through www.codestrap.com! Datalinks Website: https://datalinks.com/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/datasetlinks Francisco: https://www.linkedin.com/in/franciscomsferreira/ CodeStrap Dorian: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dorian-smiley-97a72a14/ Connor: https://www.linkedin.com/in/connordeeks/ CodeStrap (X): https://x.com/CodeStrap411 CodeStrap (LI): https://www.linkedin.com/company/codestrap