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Jay Kreps
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What nobody tells engineers about becoming a CEO | Jay Kreps (Co-founder and CEO, Confluent)
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Jay Kreps is the co-founder and CEO of Confluent, the company built around Apache Kafka, the open-source data streaming platform he originally built while at LinkedIn. In this conversation, Jay shares his full journey: how Confluent grew from a scrappy group of engineers with no go-to-market…
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The Central Nervous System for Modern Business | Confluent CEO Jay Kreps
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The apps and websites we use every day depend on systems most of us never see. Jay Kreps joins Joubin Mirzadegan to share how Confluent became the ‘central nervous system’ for companies like Expedia and eBay, letting them respond to business operations instantly. They also break down why the myth… More on the show's page
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EP 89: Jay Kreps (CEO, Confluent) on Confluent’s Resilient Rise to Software Behemoth
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In the episode, Confluent CEO Jay Kreps dives into Confluent's transformation from a LinkedIn spin-out to a publicly traded company. He discusses the challenges of turning an open-source project into a thriving commercial venture and the bold decision to launch a second product while the first was…
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Winning with open and closed source products | Neha Narkhede (Co-founder at Confluent and Oscilar)
WithNeha Narkhede
MentionsJay KrepsSoftware Engineer
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Neha Narkhede is a co-founder at Confluent, a data streaming software that raised at a $9.1b valuation in 2021. Neha later co-founded Oscilar, a no-code platform that helps companies detect and manage fraud. Before building these two companies, Neha was a Principal Software Engineer at LinkedIn…
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