Uploaded July 2026 | Updated September 2026, 5 days ago
Not all work happens in writing. Teams that work with photos, videos, and audio need AI that works for them too. This is why, with Dropbox, you can search within multimedia content for key moments and important information—not just text.
In this episode, we talk with Appu Shaji and Hicham Badri, two Dropbox machine learning engineers who are part of the team that makes all of this possible. They explain how multimodal search works—from understanding the context of the initial query, to identifying objects and actions in complex scenes—and how they ensure those models work fast, even at Dropbox-scale.
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Working Smarter is brought to you by Dropbox (dropbox.com/) . Find, organize, and share your work—all in one place—with context-aware AI from Dropbox.
You can listen to more episodes of Working Smarter on Apple Podcasts (podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/id1634463632) , Spotify (open.spotify.com/show/0jqN4dww5LJniqTnUFNaS2) , YouTube (youtube.com/playlist?list=PLr5Dz0J1etmoMqZA5qyeBgnoPtXvpqGCA) , Amazon Music (music.amazon.ca/podcasts/658226f2-bf1d-46e3-8e2f-8ea0c93b66db) , or wherever you get your podcasts. To read more stories and past interviews, visit workingsmarter.ai (https://workingsmarter.ai)
This show would not be possible without the talented team at Cosmic Standard (https://www.cosmicstandard.fm/) : producer Ben Montoya, sound engineer Aja Simpson, technical director Jacob Winik, and executive producer Eliza Smith.
Special thanks to our illustrator Fanny Luor (fannyluor.com/) , marketing consultant Meggan Ellingboe (meggane.co/) , and editorial support from Catie Keck.
Our theme song was composed by Doug Stuart (instagram.com/dougiestu/) .
Working Smarter is hosted by Matthew Braga. Thanks for listening!
Not all work happens in writing. Teams that work with photos, videos, and audio need AI that works for them too. This is why, with Dropbox, you can search within multimedia content for key moments and important information—not just text.
In this episode, we talk with Appu Shaji and Hicham Badri, two Dropbox machine learning engineers who are part of the team that makes all of this possible. They explain how multimodal search works—from understanding the context of the initial query, to identifying objects and actions in complex scenes—and how they ensure those models work fast, even at Dropbox-scale.
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Working Smarter is brought to you by Dropbox (dropbox.com/) . Find, organize, and share your work—all in one place—with context-aware AI from Dropbox.
You can listen to more episodes of Working Smarter on Apple Podcasts (podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/id1634463632) , Spotify (open.spotify.com/show/0jqN4dww5LJniqTnUFNaS2) , YouTube (youtube.com/playlist?list=PLr5Dz0J1etmoMqZA5qyeBgnoPtXvpqGCA) , Amazon Music (music.amazon.ca/podcasts/658226f2-bf1d-46e3-8e2f-8ea0c93b66db) , or wherever you get your podcasts. To read more stories and past interviews, visit workingsmarter.ai (https://workingsmarter.ai)
This show would not be possible without the talented team at Cosmic Standard (https://www.cosmicstandard.fm/) : producer Ben Montoya, sound engineer Aja Simpson, technical director Jacob Winik, and executive producer Eliza Smith.
Special thanks to our illustrator Fanny Luor (fannyluor.com/) , marketing consultant Meggan Ellingboe (meggane.co/) , and editorial support from Catie Keck.
Our theme song was composed by Doug Stuart (instagram.com/dougiestu/) .
Working Smarter is hosted by Matthew Braga. Thanks for listening!
