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Code and Connor

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Code & Connor is where Connor Deeks and Dorian Smiley ask the questions most AI podcasts won't. Two founders — one strategist, one engineer — in honest conversations with executives, builders, and practitioners about what's actually happening at the intersection of AI and the enterprise. Learn from collaborations with customers and partners, see Codestrap's technology in action, and get perspective on the hottest issues within the AI industry. No hype. Just real, unvarnished discussion with the industry's smartest people.

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Latest episode

Jul 8, 2026

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Episodes

CxC Ep13: Why Trust and Security Define AI Success 30.09.2025

CodeStrap's "Code and Connor" Episode 13 features our friends at Foxtrot Services: co-CEOs Christine Williams and Nicole Sanders and CTO Martin Seebach. Foxtrot Services are field-proven Palantir Foundry & AIP engineers with 40+ secure, large-scale deployments under their belt and growing. On this episode we discuss how AI procurement is driven and owned by the business, AI adoption hinging on gov...

CxC Ep12: Business Leads, Tech Follow. The Ambition Playbook from AIPCon8 23.09.2025

CodeStrap's "Code and Connor" Episode 12 features our friend Ryan Goodwin, Sr. Director Advanced Supply Chain at Trinity Industries, Inc. An ardent innovator racking up over a decade at Trinity, Ryan is helping his company chart the path forward with Palantir Technologies's Foundry and AIP.  Our twelfth episode focuses on the ambition needed to achieve high value, AIPCon 8 recap, AIP and automated...

CxC Ep11: AI Bubble or AI Battlefield? The fight for asymmetric advantage 16.09.2025

CodeStrap's "Code and Connor" Episode 11 features our friend Pat Mack, Founder and CEO of PVM, Inc. After retiring from his position as a Naval Officer, Pat launched PVM in 2010 and for more than a decade, PVM has partnered with Palantir on government deployments across the public sector. On this episode we discuss the AI bubble, failed pilots and the structural issues plaguing enterprises from ge...

CxC Ep10: Data Strategy and Engineering with Seattle Data Guy! 08.09.2025

CodeStrap's "Code and Connor" Episode 10 features our friend Ben Rogojan, better known as The Seattle Data Guy. In this episode, we discuss balancing velocity and quality in data engineering, ownership, centralization, cost transparency from data platforms, and the need for outcomes-focused strategy that keeps pace with operations and leverages AI in the face of growing complexity. The Seattle Day...

CxC Ep9: How Ontologize is Helping Accelerate Palantir’s Growth 28.08.2025

CodeStrap's "Code and Connor" Episode 9 features our friend Taylor Gregoire-Wright, Founder of Ontologize. In this episode we discuss decentralized vs. centralized approaches to Foundry, the journey to owning the Palantir stack, maximizing resources and aligning incentives, engaging developers and handling objections, extending IT investments rather than lift-and-shift, Ontologize’s roadmap, the p...

Code X Connor Ep8: Building a Coalition 22.08.2025

CodeStrap's "Code and Connor" Episode 8 features our friends from i4C/ForgeSight out of Canada: Chris Atack, COO, and Brett Adams, Lead FDE. In this episode we discuss the fierce competition for Palantir-trained talent, US and Canadian politics around AI and our advantage over Europe, building a coalition to win in enterprises, lessons from the field, and Palantir's potential impact on SaaS and si...

Code X Connor Ep7: From Pilot to Production 14.08.2025

CodeStrap's "Code and Connor" Episode 7 features our friend Kevin Dean Pettit, CEO of Creative Glu. Our seventh episode focuses on the three pillars of applied, scalable AI, software 3.0, scoping an AI pilot, the distraction of the last-mile shiny object, the importance of subject matter experts in the AI Revolution, Palantir Q2 2025 earnings recap, and how Palantir can grow into its valuation. Am...

Code X Connor Ep 6: Software that Dominates! 07.08.2025

CodeStrap's "Code and Connor" Episode 6 features our friends Joe Patrois, C.E.T., from Thomas Cavanagh Construction Limited, and Jesse Velay-Vitow, Ph. D., from Palantir Technologies, the duo proving that the best software in the world can mold to the most physical commercial industry--construction--and drive industry-defining outcomes. Jesse Velay-Vitow: https://www.linkedin.com/in/velayvitow/ Jo...

Code X Connor Ep5: Evolution of Consulting in the Age of AI 01.08.2025

CodeStrap's "Code and Connor" Episode 5 is live! This episode features our friends Usman Sheikh and James O'Dowd, two business leaders with incredibly strong and accurate perspectives on the ongoing evolution of consulting. Our fifth episode focuses on: → LegacyCo vs. NewCo - The markets will decide the timeline → Reinvention requires structural change, which may need to be drastic to escape organ...

Code X Connor Ep 4: Amit Kukreja and the Palantir Retail Investor Community! 23.07.2025

We are very excited to be joined by Amit Kukreja, Finance Media Content Creator and host of Palantir Weekly. Join us as we explore the rise of retail investing, the community surrounding Palantir, the decade ahead, the growth trajectory of Palantir, and its potential "Tesla" moment, among other topics. Follow Amit at    / @amitinvesting   Book a meeting with us at https://www.codestrap.com/

Code X Connor Ep3: Palantir Partnerships and Competition 17.07.2025

CodeStrap's "Code and Connor" Episode 02 features the CodeStrap Team - Dorian and Connor. In this episode we break down some notable Palantir partnerships, including those with Bain, Accenture, and SAP. We also talk about the competition and DevEx. CodeStrap Dorian: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dorian-smiley-97a72a14/ Connor: https://www.linkedin.com/in/connordeeks/ CodeStrap (X): https://x.com/Cod...

Code x Connor Ep2: The growing Palantir ecosystem featuring RANGR data 10.07.2025

CodeStrap's "Code and Connor" Episode 2 features our friends John Boehm, CEO, and Paul Burns, CTO, of RANGR Data. Our second episode focuses on Palantir's partner ecosystem and its evolution, the demand wave and push back, growing the community of developers, language as the interface of technology, and AI being a disruptive force for smaller companies to grow and compete against large incumbents....

Code X Connor Ep1: Palantir's Next Decade 27.06.2025

Welcome to the inaugural episode of Code X Connor! In this episode, we discuss Palantir's next decade and the challenges related to becoming the next AWS. You can learn more about our software services at codestrap.com.

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