Raphael N. started his career at one of Rockstart’s portfolio companies and developed a passion for technology and Amsterdam’s startup ecosystem that never left him. At Google, he has returned to his roots to work with young, cloud-native technology companies and represent Google Cloud’s VC and Startup programs.
Byron Voorbach is the Head of Customer Success and Solutions Engineering at SeMi Technologies, the company behind the open source vector search engine Weaviate.
This conversation touches on SeMi’s open source philosophy, vector search and its applications in fintech as well as on the collaboration between SeMi and Google, particularly during the company’s early days when Google Cloud’s startup program helped them build their product.