ChaiNet: The Agentic Commerce Podcast

What if you could stop trading time for money and start building systems that scale without you? In our latest ChaiNet Live episode, Erik Fiala explains how he went from a six-figure fractional design leader to the founder of Contentbase, an AI-driven content automation platform. We delve into his own development from bringing visual ideas to life to guiding product direction, the art of subtle tr...

🚀 Ever wondered how Google engineers actually work with AI every day? We're going behind the scenes with Priyank Bhadja to uncover: * ✅ Specific AI tools Google engineers use daily * ✅ Real workflows from morning standup calls to production software * ✅ Quality processes for AI-assisted code * ✅ Team collaboration in AI-first engineering As always, we'll stick to our ChaiNet philosophy of *...

🎙️ New ChaiNet Episode: "What Happens When AI Agents Can Log In Like Humans?" with Subhakar Tikkireddy Founder & CEO of TheMoonDevs and the Founder of Microfox. While OpenAI releases it's Agents and breaks the internet yet again, we'll talk to Subhakar to explore how authentication & identity will work with agents in the near future. Subhakar has spent a decade helping 30...

🎙️ In this podcast, on ChaiNet, we are going to have an unfiltered episode with Jemin Patel & has watched our profession transform in real-time with the advent of AI coding assistants. Jemin Patel has been coding since 2016 and has himself witnessed the shift from "we need more engineers" to "we need fewer, but better engineers who can work with AI". Join the live today and listen to Jemin's p...

Prateek Jain is a BCom graduate turned Data Engineering Architect at S&P Global, and in this podcast we'll be asking him How to Break Into Data Engineering Without a Computer Science Degree. This will not be your typical career advice session that we can find in thousands of videos across social media. This won't have any feel-good platitudes. No "you can do anything" motivat...

What if I told you that the most successful entrepreneurs aren't chasing the next shiny AI App, but instead building what they call "boring businesses". The real money is being made by those who perfect the unsexy fundamentals. In this ChaiNet episode we explore the counterintuitive strategies that actually build lasting wealth with Saurabh Gupta, who embodies this philosophy perfect...

🎙️ Our next guest on ChaiNet is Tanya Svitsunova, Chief Operating Officer at Buddyhub Tanya has a PhD in Theology, ran museums and media companies, and now leads a global habit-formation platform from the UAE. Her unconventional background reveals blind spots most tech founders never see. We'll talk about the $38B Habit App Market, that is projected to reach $80B by 2033. We'll also talk a...

Ankit Sood, member of technical staff 3, gives us an inside scoop on how AI is completely reshaping distributed systems, and why this creates massive opportunities for engineers who understand what's really happening. While everyone's focused on prompt engineering and using AI tools, the real money and career security lies in building the infrastructure that makes AI actually work. Someone...

While most engineers are panicking about AI replacing them, Aniket took a completely different approach over his 8 year journey from Amazon intern to staff engineer. In this episode, we will dive deep into: 💻 Aniket's career strategy and journey from an intern to a staff software engineer 🧑‍💻 Why understanding business context matters more than just coding skills 🌪️ His take on the AI revol...

In this episode we break down what it means to test agents before they go rogue, and how Parth is building a reliability layer for AI workflows at Styx. If you’re building with LLMs, scaling a tech startup or both, this one’s for you. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit chainet.substack.com

"How do I future-proof my career?" was a question I kept hearing from other engineers as AI changed our industry. "What skills should I focus on?" "How do others handle this quickly evolving terrain?" I therefore made the decision to strike up discussions with engineers who are creating distinctive, robust career pathways. 🚀 I'm happy to welcome Agam Mishra , Sen...

Chirag Bansal is AVP of Product Engineering at Sprinklr, where he's spent almost a decade growing from Product Engineer to executive level. He leads teams building AI-powered customer experience platforms that serve global brands across multiple industries. In this episode of ChaiNet, Rachit Magon dives deep into the world of unified customer experience with Chirag Bansal. Discover how AI is r...