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From Rabbit Holes to Recommendations: Reddit’s Vishal Gupta

Executive summary · March 2026

> So connecting users with the content. Another very important use case is when you're browsing Reddit, there is a feed.

Show: Me, Myself, and AI · Publisher: MIT Sloan Management Review + BCG · Host: Sam Ransbotham, Shervin Khodabandeh

Episode URL: https://sloanreview.mit.edu/audio/from-rabbit-holes-to-recommendations-reddits-vishal-gupta

Publish date: 2025-11-11
Duration: NAs
Default source credibility: HIGH — MIT SMR + BCG joint production. Named F500 CxOs on-record about production AI deployments. Academic/consulting co-brand keeps claims disciplined. Host has light BCG framing; guest metrics stay HIGH.

  • Reddit uses AI to connect users with niche communities and relevant content, balancing exploration and exploitation.
  • Vishal Gupta highlights the evolution of recommendation systems from collaborative filtering to deep learning and LLMs.
  • The discussion emphasizes the importance of human-generated content in a world increasingly dominated by AI-generated content.

Extracted quotes

# Credibility Speaker Org Timestamp Topic Quote
1 HIGH Vishal Gupta (Engineering Manager, Machine Learning) Reddit 03:26 01-ai-native-landscape So connecting users with the content. Another very important use case is when you’re browsing Reddit, there is a feed. So if the feed is engaging, it’s relevant to you, it is able to satisfy the content needs that you are looking for. AI is powering all of that.
2 HIGH Vishal Gupta (Engineering Manager, Machine Learning) Reddit 09:25 02-corporate-tools I think recommendation systems and ads are one of the… most beautiful problems, in my opinion. It has a component of recommendation plus marketplace.
3 HIGH Vishal Gupta (Engineering Manager, Machine Learning) Reddit 17:32 07-adoption-challenges I think people have figured out how to train the LLMs. Compute is a bottleneck. So scaling loss is true, like training larger models is getting easier and easier.

Per-quote detail

1. Vishal Gupta — Reddit (03:26)

So connecting users with the content. Another very important use case is when you’re browsing Reddit, there is a feed. So if the feed is engaging, it’s relevant to you, it is able to satisfy the content needs that you are looking for. AI is powering all of that.

  • Credibility: HIGH — Named exec at identifiable org with specific use case details.
  • Topic tag: 01-ai-native-landscape

2. Vishal Gupta — Reddit (09:25)

I think recommendation systems and ads are one of the… most beautiful problems, in my opinion. It has a component of recommendation plus marketplace.

  • Credibility: HIGH — Named exec at identifiable org with specific use case details.
  • Topic tag: 02-corporate-tools

3. Vishal Gupta — Reddit (17:32)

I think people have figured out how to train the LLMs. Compute is a bottleneck. So scaling loss is true, like training larger models is getting easier and easier.

  • Credibility: HIGH — Named exec at identifiable org with specific use case details.
  • Topic tag: 07-adoption-challenges

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