The Artificial Intelligence Podcast

Join Krish Ramineni, CEO of Fireflies.ai, as he explores the transformative impact of AI on workplace productivity and the future of work. Ramineni discusses how the convergence of improved transcription technology, remote work adoption, and large language models has revolutionized how we approach meetings and collaboration. He shares insights on the evolution from basic speech-to-text to intellig...

Join Tanmai Gopal, CEO at Hasura, as he discusses the current state of RAG and AI tooling challenges. Gopal explains that RAG has cooled down from its peak popularity, noting that while it works for low-hanging fruit use cases, it fails in mission-critical scenarios where good enough is not the threshold and precision is required. He describes RAG's fundamental limitation as not understanding...

Join Stefan Klopp, CTO at Matador Network and creator of Guide Geek, as he explores how artificial intelligence is revolutionizing the travel industry. Stefan discusses the shift from traditional video-focused destination marketing to AI-powered trip planning. He reveals how Guide Geek evolved from a consumer chatbot on WhatsApp and Instagram into a B2B SaaS platform helping destination marketing...

Join Gavin Myers, Managing Partner at Prudence VC, as he discusses how artificial intelligence is transforming real estate, construction, and infrastructure investing. Gavin shares insights on what successful founders need to demonstrate and explains how AI adoption differs from previous tech cycles, with unprecedented top-down enterprise demand driving faster growth for startups. He explores prac...

Join Babak Hodjat, CTO of AI at Cognizant, as he discusses two major AI developments. Hodjat explains how DeepSeek, an open-source model from China, disrupted the AI landscape with unprecedented efficiency—running 14B parameter models on consumer hardware while achieving performance comparable to much larger models, which temporarily impacted AI-related stocks. We then explore multi-agent systems,...

Join Ron Green, CTO of KUNGFU.AI, as he discusses the evolution of artificial intelligence from its early underestimated beginnings to today's generative AI boom sparked by ChatGPT. Ron shares insights on common misconceptions about AI implementation, emphasizing the importance of clean first-party data and the need for human oversight when deploying AI solutions. He also highlights how propri...

Join Barr Moses, CEO of Monte Carlo, as she discusses the crucial role of data and AI observability in building reliable AI products. She explains how enterprises can gain competitive advantage by leveraging their first-party data and implementing proper data quality monitoring systems. Moses highlights that regardless of industry, organizations face similar challenges with data reliability, which...

Join Diane Gutiw, VP Global AI Research at CGI, as she discusses agentic systems - collaborative ecosystems of specialized AI tools that work together to solve complex problems. She explains how RAG is evolving as one component within broader agentic workflows, addresses challenges in moving AI from POC to production, and emphasizes pragmatic AI governance. Diane also explains digital triplets - A...

Join Lexi Reese, CEO of Lanai, as she shares insights on enterprise AI adoption, discussing the significant gap between AI interest and implementation where executives prioritize AI yet 90% of organizations remain observers. She explains how companies are evolving from blocking AI to selective enablement through governance committees, but this approach is breaking as AI proliferates across every S...

Join Brandon Barbello, COO, and Nick Gillian, Head of AI at Archetype AI, as they discuss Newton, a multimodal foundation model that processes sensor data to power applications in home security, industrial automation, and more. Newton enables resource-constrained teams to build AI solutions effortlessly by leveraging existing sensors and historical data for smarter, adaptive systems. They explore...

Join Hikari Senju, CEO of Omneky, as he discusses the evolution of advertising from ancient Roman signs to today's AI-driven personalized content generation. Senju explains how Omneky is revolutionizing the advertising industry by using AI to generate and optimize creative content at scale, while also addressing key challenges around copyright, enterprise adoption, and liability in the emergin...

Join Nikolaos Vasiloglou, VP of Research ML at RelationalAI, as he traces the evolution of AI from early neural networks through kernel methods, gradient boosted trees, and the deep learning revolution that transformed the field. He shares valuable insights on addressing hallucinations in AI systems through fact-checking, human annotation, and offline curation, while emphasizing the growing import...

Join Aaron Painter, CEO of Nametag, as he shares his journey from a 14-year Microsoft career spanning multiple countries to founding a company focused on solving modern identity verification challenges after witnessing widespread identity theft during the pandemic. Painter discusses how fraud has evolved from simple check scams to sophisticated digital impersonation using deepfakes, particularly h...

Join Will Lu, CTO of Orby AI, as he shares insights from his journey from Google Cloud, where he helped develop Vertex AI and Document AI, to founding Orby AI, an enterprise platform focused on building AI agents for complex business processes. Lu discusses the evolution of AI accessibility, from the early days of deep learning to today's foundation models, and explains how Orby's Generative Proce...

Join Kathleen Walch, Global Head and General Manager of Project Management Institute (PMI), as she discusses the evolution of AI project management and PMI's recent acquisition of Cognilytica, her AI research and advisory firm. She shares insights on PMI's CPMAI methodology, which helps organizations manage AI projects through six phases and seven distinct patterns of AI implementation. Lo...

Join Heidi Golledge, CEO of Jobot, as she shares her entrepreneurial journey from founding CyberCoders (which sold for over $100M) to launching Jobot, an AI-powered recruitment platform that serves 10 million users and 15,000 open jobs. She discusses how AI is transforming the recruitment landscape through tools like Jax (Jobot Automated Experience) while emphasizing the continued importance of hu...

Join Will Hu, CTO of Flagler Health, as he discusses the evolution of AI in healthcare to today's advanced AI-powered services that can handle everything from appointment scheduling to clinical diagnostics. Hu emphasizes that while previous decades focused on point solutions, current healthcare AI is shifting toward comprehensive service-oriented approaches that integrate with existing workflows,...

Join Babak Hodjat, CTO of AI at Cognizant, as he discusses Neuro AI, their flagship AI platform that uses multi-agent systems to create decision-making workflows where AI agents can communicate with each other to solve complex business problems. Babak demonstrates how Neuro AI works through various examples, including an intranet search system where agents collaborate to answer queries and a podca...

Join Vicky Demas, CEO of identifeye HEALTH, as she shares insights into her journey from a chemical engineer to leading a healthcare AI company. She discusses the innovative work her team is doing in retinal imaging and AI to revolutionize diagnostics, starting with diabetic retinopathy. Vicky also explores the future of AI in healthcare, highlighting the potential to democratize access and improv...

Join Babak Hodjat, CTO of AI at Cognizant, as he discusses the latest advancements in generative AI, including foundational model improvements and the rise of agent-based systems. Babak shares insights on the challenges of scaling AI POCs and the growing demand for AI-driven workflows with human-in-the-loop systems. He also teases exciting developments at Cognizant, where agent-based architectures...

Join Adam Burns, VP at Intel, as he explores the future of AI and its integration into edge computing and IoT. Adam shares insights into Intel’s efforts to scale AI applications across various hardware platforms using tools like OpenVINO. He discusses the shift from narrow, rules-based algorithms to broader, AI-driven solutions that enhance efficiency and accessibility. Adam also highlights Intel'...

Join Varun Mohan, CEO of Codeium, as he discusses the evolution of his company from a GPU virtualization startup to a leading AI-powered coding assistant. He explains how Codeium differentiates itself by training its own models, leveraging context from entire codebases, and focusing on improving the entire software development lifecycle beyond just code writing. Mohan also shares his views on the...

Join Matt Fleck, CEO, and Neil Heller, COO, of Anonomatic as we discuss data protection by separating business data from identifying information, a method they call polyanonymization. They emphasize that traditional data protection methods like encryption and firewalls are insufficient against modern threats, especially with the advent of quantum computing and generative AI. Their flagship product...

We sit down with Julian LaNeve, Chief Technology Officer at Astronomer. In this episode, Julian provides an in-depth look into Astronomer's journey as a front-runner in data orchestration and engineering. He discusses the innovative strategies and technologies that set Astronomer apart, the evolving landscape of data engineering, and the challenges and achievements that have shaped the company's p...

Join Hagay Lupesko, VP of Engineering at Databricks/MosaicML, in an exclusive backstage access to discuss Databricks AI Summit 2024 GenAI announcements. Hagay discusses the latest generative AI advancements, emphasizing Databricks' shift towards serverless AI services and the importance of leveraging proprietary data for enterprise AI systems. He highlights a new partnership with Shutterstock for...