Tech Talks Daily

Why do pet owners so often learn the limits of their insurance when an animal is already ill and the veterinary bill is growing? That trust problem sits at the center of my conversation with Hedda Båverud Olsson, co-founder and CEO of Lassie, a pet insurer that combines coverage with preventative health guidance, rewards, activity tracking, and AI-assisted claims. Hedda's reason for starting Lassi...

How much of construction's cost, delay, and waste begins with information that fails to survive the journey from design to delivery? That question runs through my conversation with Julian Geiger, Chief AI Officer at Nemetschek Group, as we look at the practical role of AI across architecture, engineering, construction, and operations. Julian describes what he calls the industry's 90, 40, 20 proble...

Why do businesses replace the AI model when the failure may have started somewhere else entirely? In this episode of Tech Talks Daily, I speak with Richard Shaw, Technology General Manager for Databricks in the UK and Ireland. Richard leads the field engineering organization that works closely with customers on data and AI problems, giving him a practical view of what happens when promising agenti...

How can businesses turn growing investment in AI infrastructure, cloud capacity and devices into outcomes that employees, customers and finance teams can actually measure? In this episode of Tech Talks Daily, I speak with Neil Sawyer, who manages HP's business across Europe, the Middle East and Africa. Neil works with companies across one of HP's largest global regions as they move from AI experim...

What could your team achieve if a document that previously took two hours could be created in eight minutes? In this episode of Tech Talks Daily, I speak with Oskar Konstantyner, Chief Product Officer at Templafy, about the rapid adoption of AI agents across enterprise document workflows and what those productivity gains mean for knowledge workers. According to Templafy's proprietary usage data, A...

What happens when an AI system gives a customer the wrong price, misrepresents a product, or recommends a competitor using outdated information? In this episode of Tech Talks Daily, I speak with Alex Sherman, co-founder and CEO of Bluefish AI, about the growing influence of AI-generated answers on brand reputation, product discovery, and purchasing decisions. Search once gave companies a reasonabl...

What happens when an AI assistant becomes the first place a potential customer learns about your company, but the answer it provides is inaccurate, outdated, or influenced by a competitor? In this episode of Tech Talks Daily, I speak with Justin Seibert, founder and president of DOM, also known as Direct Online Marketing, about generative engine optimization, AI search visibility, and the brand na...

Can electricity grids built for an earlier era support AI data centers, expanding manufacturing, electric vehicles, severe weather, and rising customer expectations at the same time? In this episode of Tech Talks Daily, I speak with Mark Hollis, utility executive advisor at SAP, about the pressures reshaping the utility industry and the practical choices available to leaders today. Mark spent over...

What happens when an AI system moves beyond recommending the next sales action and begins running a connected revenue workflow? In this episode of Tech Talks Daily, I speak with Abhijit Mitra, CEO of Outreach, about the operational work required to turn agentic AI into measurable revenue outcomes. Abhijit argues that adding another AI tool can create extra complexity when customer data remains fra...

What would happen if specialty insurance underwriters and risk capital providers could work from the same timely, detailed information? In this episode of Tech Talks Daily, I speak with Jeff Radke, CEO and cofounder of Accelerant, about the infrastructure behind specialty insurance and why his team chose to rebuild it around a data-driven risk exchange. Jeff has spent decades in reinsurance brokin...

Why can an AI pilot produce an impressive result and still fail to create measurable value for the business? In this episode of Tech Talks Daily, I speak with Jitendra "Jit" Putcha, chief operating officer at Tredence, about what the company calls the last mile of AI. This is the gap between generating an insight and making sure it reaches the person, process, and decision where it can produce a u...

What if the vehicles already traveling through our towns and cities could report road damage before a pothole becomes dangerous and expensive? In this episode of Tech Talks Daily, I speak with Jonathan Selbie, CEO of Stockholm-based Univrses, about using computer vision and vehicle sensor data to give road authorities a much clearer picture of the infrastructure they manage. Jonathan's career has...

What happens when a one-hour conversation with a financial advisor creates an entire day of paperwork behind the scenes? In this episode of Tech Talks Daily, I speak with Hardy Michel, Co-Founder of Marloo, about the administrative load limiting how many clients financial advisors can support. Hardy previously helped build retail investing platforms in New Zealand and the UK, where he saw people g...

What does it take to move from giving employees AI tools to rebuilding how an organization gets work done? In this episode of Tech Talks Daily, I speak with Oren Levitzky, VP of R&D at Fiverr. Oren has spent ten years at the company, progressing from backend engineer through a series of leadership roles before taking responsibility for Fiverr's AI program. That experience gives him a valuable view...

How much control would you hand to an AI agent when the result is a real flight, a real hotel, and a meeting you cannot afford to miss? In this episode of Tech Talks Daily, I speak with Evan Konwiser, Chief Product and Strategy Officer at American Express Global Business Travel, about the role AI can play across search, booking, disruption support, expense management, and the wider managed travel...

How can data center developers meet soaring demand for AI capacity without locking billions of dollars into buildings that may no longer fit tomorrow's workloads? In this episode of Tech Talks Daily, I speak with Steve Conner, president of EdgeCore Digital Infrastructure, about the decisions sitting beneath the rapid expansion of AI infrastructure. Steve has worked in and around the data center se...

What does an AI agent need before it can carry out useful work across the systems that actually run a business? In this episode of Tech Talks Daily, I speak with Daniel Chilcott, Managing Director and co-founder of Flowgear, about the integration infrastructure behind agentic AI, product-led growth, and enterprise automation. Daniel's career began with a ZX Spectrum and a job as the first software...

Would employees use AI differently if a practical project could earn them a 2 to 4 percent salary increase? In this episode of Tech Talks Daily, I welcome back Rytis Lauris, CEO and co-founder of Omnisend. We last spoke in December 2022, before generative AI became part of almost every technology and workplace conversation. This time, we examine why so many company AI projects attract attention du...

How do you give sports fans deeper insight into a live match without covering the action with statistics they never asked for? Two years ago, I spoke with Patrick Mostboeck in episode 2788, How Sportradar Are Revolutionizing Sports with AI. Patrick returns to Tech Talks Daily as Senior Vice President of Fan Engagement at Sportradar for a timely conversation during the U.S. Open about how AI and re...

What if your website already supports post-quantum cryptography, but nobody inside your organization knows how, why, or which provider controls it? I speak with David Warburton, Director of F5 Labs Threat Research, about new F5 research examining post-quantum cryptography across the world's top one million websites. According to the research discussed in our conversation, 54% now support PQC. It i...

How can governments and public-service organizations adopt AI quickly while protecting the people affected by their decisions? In this episode of Tech Talks Daily, I speak with Holly Ellis, AWS Director for UK, International Organizations and Germany Public Sector Technology. Holly has worked on both sides of public-sector technology, with previous roles in local and central government before join...

What happens when an AI system moves beyond generating answers and begins influencing machinery, maintenance schedules, technician dispatch, and safety? In this episode of Tech Talks Daily, I speak with Bob De Caux, Chief AI Officer at IFS, about moving industrial AI from promising pilots into dependable production deployments. Bob explains why access to advanced models is no longer the main obsta...

Could your organization produce a complete record of everything its AI systems accessed, sent, or shared within one business day? In this episode of Tech Talks Daily, I welcome Tim Freestone, Chief Strategy Officer at Kiteworks, back to the podcast for his third appearance. Our conversation centers on the company's 2026 Data Security and Compliance Risk Annual Survey and the difference between buy...

What happens when an AI agent follows your documented process perfectly, but that process bears little resemblance to how decisions are actually made? In this episode, I speak with Bill Wilson, Executive Head of Data and AI Solutions at NTT DATA UK&I. Bill oversees AI globally for NTT DATA's public sector work, giving him a close view of how governments are using AI while trying to manage risk, ac...

Who carries responsibility when an AI agent begins reviewing contracts, applying regulatory rules or making commercial decisions on behalf of an organization? In this episode of Tech Talks Daily, I speak with John Nay, founder and CEO of Norm Ai, about Agentic Law and the attempt to redesign legal work around AI agents, legal engineers and experienced attorneys. John has worked across AI, law and...