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b'Today we\\u2019re joined by Akshat Kaul, the head of data science and machine learning at Redfin. We\\u2019re all familiar with Redfin, but did you know that redfin.com is the largest real estate brokerage site in the US? In our conversation with Akshat, we discuss the history of ML at Redfin and a few of the key use cases that ML is currently being applied to, including recommendations, price estimates, and their \\u201chot homes\\u201d feature. We explore their recent foray into building their own internal platform, which they\\u2019ve coined \\u201cRedeye\\u201d, how they\\u2019ve built Redeye to support modeling across the business, and how Akshat thinks about the role of the cloud when building and delivering their platform.\\xa0Finally, we discuss the impact the pandemic has had on ML at the company, and Akshat\\u2019s vision for the future of their platform and machine learning at the company more broadly.\\xa0\\n\\nThe complete show notes for this episode can be found at twimlai.com/go/530.'