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EPISODE · Sep 2, 2025 · 27 MIN

Why the best User Experience will Decide the AI Winners | Anant Bhardwaj, Founder & CEO of Instabase

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In today’s episode of Future Proof, we sit down with Anant Bhardwaj, Founder & CEO of Instabase. Anant shares how Instabase pioneered the use of transformer models for unstructured enterprise data, and how the rise of large language models is shifting value creation from field-level accuracy to full end-to-end workflows.We discuss:Finding product-market fit with nascent AI technologiesMoving beyond “LLM wrappers” to deliver end-to-end customer valueLessons from building in regulated industries like banking and healthcareWhy user experience, not model quality, defines AI product successHighlights:(0:00) Clips(0:53) Opening thoughts(2:15) Instabase early journey before the AI wave(5:28) How new models have shifted product development strategy(10:16) Creating value for customers with LLMs(12:06) Working with heavily regulated customers(15:16) What’s been the hardest about building infrastructure for unstructured data use cases?(21:06) AI infrastructure bets companies should be making today?(23:06) How Agents will work with unstructured data?Host: Ethan Lee https://www.linkedin.com/in/thatethanlee/Producer: Forrest Herlick https://www.linkedin.com/in/forrestherlick/Guest: Anant Bhardwaj https://www.linkedin.com/in/anantpb/Ship integrations 7x faster -> www.useparagon.comLearn more about Instabase -> https://instabase.com/

In today’s episode of Future Proof, we sit down with Anant Bhardwaj, Founder & CEO of Instabase. Anant shares how Instabase pioneered the use of transformer models for unstructured enterprise data, and how the rise of large language models is shifting value creation from field-level accuracy to full end-to-end workflows.We discuss:Finding product-market fit with nascent AI technologiesMoving beyond “LLM wrappers” to deliver end-to-end customer valueLessons from building in regulated industries like banking and healthcareWhy user experience, not model quality, defines AI product successHighlights:(0:00) Clips(0:53) Opening thoughts(2:15) Instabase early journey before the AI wave(5:28) How new models have shifted product development strategy(10:16) Creating value for customers with LLMs(12:06) Working with heavily regulated customers(15:16) What’s been the hardest about building infrastructure for unstructured data use cases?(21:06) AI infrastructure bets companies should be making today?(23:06) How Agents will work with unstructured data?Host: Ethan Lee https://www.linkedin.com/in/thatethanlee/Producer: Forrest Herlick https://www.linkedin.com/in/forrestherlick/Guest: Anant Bhardwaj https://www.linkedin.com/in/anantpb/Ship integrations 7x faster -> www.useparagon.comLearn more about Instabase -> https://instabase.com/

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