Craig S. Smith

Eye On A.I.

Eye on A.I. is a biweekly podcast, hosted by longtime New York Times correspondent Craig S. Smith. In each episode, Craig will talk to people making a difference in artificial intelligence. The podcast aims to put incremental advances into a broader context and consider the global implications of the developing technology. AI is about to change your world, so pay attention.

Author

Craig S. Smith

Category

Technology

Podcast website

www.eye-on.ai

Latest episode

Jul 10, 2026

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Episodes

#289 Eiso Kant: How Reinforcement Learning and Coding Could Unlock Human-Level AI 24.09.2025

How do we get from today's AI copilots to true human-level intelligence? In this episode of Eye on AI, Craig Smith sits down with Eiso Kant, Co-Founder of Poolside, to explore why reinforcement learning + software development might be the fastest path to human-level AI. Eiso shares Poolside's mission to build AI that doesn't just autocomplete code — but learns like a real developer. You'll hear ho...

#288 Florian Douetteau: How Enterprises Can Scale and Adopt Agentic AI 21.09.2025

Discover how enterprises can successfully adopt and scale agentic AI to create real business impact in this conversation with Florian Douetteau, CEO and co-founder of Dataiku. Florian shares why democratizing AI across the enterprise is essential, how to prevent agent sprawl, and what it takes to build a governance framework that keeps your data secure while enabling innovation. Learn about Dataik...

#287 Sahil Bansal: Why Developers Are Switching to CodeRabbit's AI Code Reviews 17.09.2025

Try OCI for free at http://oracle.com/eyeonai This episode is sponsored by Oracle. OCI is the next-generation cloud designed for every workload – where you can run any application, including any AI projects, faster and more securely for less. On average, OCI costs 50% less for compute, 70% less for storage, and 80% less for networking. Join Modal, Skydance Animation, and today's innovative AI tech...

#286 Ram Venkatesh: How to Build, Operate & Scale Enterprise AI Agents (Sema4.ai) 14.09.2025

Discover how Sema4.ai is redefining enterprise AI with a platform built to help businesses build, operate, and scale SAFE AI agents. In this conversation, CTO and co-founder Ram Venkatesh explains why simply generating insights isn't enough and why enterprises need AI that can act on those insights reliably, securely, and at scale. If you want to understand the future of agentic AI and how to safe...

#285 Raj Koneru: How Kore.ai is Building No Code Enterprise-Grade Agentic AI 10.09.2025

Enterprise AI Agents for Work, Service and Process: www.kore.ai Kore.ai founder and CEO Raj Koneru breaks down how enterprises are moving beyond chatbots into agentic AI that actually ships. We get into the no-code tooling behind multi-agent workflows, agentic RAG, guardrails that keep outputs in scope, and why a control layer for governance is now essential. Raj shares real scale numbers, the thr...

#284 Pat Utz: Inside Abstract, The AI That Decodes Laws and Regulations 07.09.2025

What if AI could decode government in real time? In this episode of Eye on AI, Craig Smith sits down with Pat Utz, CEO and Co-Founder of Abstract, the AI startup building "regulatory superintelligence" to track and analyze laws, bills, and regulations across 145,000+ government entities. Pat explains how Abstract evolved from university research into a venture-backed company helping law firms, ent...

#283 Andrei Danescu: How Dexory Uses AI & Robotics for Warehouse Management 03.09.2025

What if your warehouse could see everything, all the time? In this episode of Eye on AI, we sit down with Andrei Danescu, CEO & Co-Founder of Dexory, to explore how AI and robotics are transforming logistics. Andrei shares his journey from Formula 1 engineering to building one of the fastest-growing robotics companies in Europe. He explains how Dexory's autonomous robots and real-time digital twin...

#282 Chris O'Neill: How GrowthLoop is Using Agentic AI for Real-Time, Personalized Marketing 02.09.2025

Marketing is changing forever.    In this episode of Eye on AI, host Craig Smith sits down with Chris O'Neill, CEO of GrowthLoop and board member at Gap, to explore how agentic AI and GrowthLoop's Compound Marketing Engine are transforming the way brands connect with their customers.   Chris shares how GrowthLoop applies AI on top of modern data clouds like Snowflake, BigQuery, and Databricks to a...

#281 Leon Song: The Research Driving Next-Gen Open-Source Models (Together AI) 25.08.2025

AGNTCY - Unlock agents at scale with an open Internet of Agents. Visit  https://agntcy.org/ and add your support. In this episode of Eye on AI, we sit down with Leon Song, VP of Research at Together AI, to explore how open-source models and cutting-edge infrastructure are reshaping the AI landscape.    From speculative decoding to FlashAttention and RedPajama, Leon shares how Together AI is buildi...

#280 Aytekin Tank: How to Fully Automate Your Customer Service with AI Agents 17.08.2025

This episode is brought to you by Extreme Networks, the company radically improving customer experiences with AI-powered automation for networking. Extreme is driving the convergence of AI, networking, and security to transform the way businesses connect and protect their networks, delivering faster performance, stronger security, and a seamless user experience. Visit https://www.extremenetworks.c...

#279 Matthew Carroll: Immuta's Approach to Secure, Scalable Data Access in the Age of AI 14.08.2025

Try OCI for free at http://oracle.com/eyeonai This episode is sponsored by Oracle. OCI is the next-generation cloud designed for every workload – where you can run any application, including any AI projects, faster and more securely for less. On average, OCI costs 50% less for compute, 70% less for storage, and 80% less for networking. Join Modal, Skydance Animation, and today's innovative AI tech...

#278 Julia Peyre: How Schneider Electric is Pioneering Enterprise AI at Scale 10.08.2025

AGNTCY - Unlock agents at scale with an open Internet of Agents. Visit https://agntcy.org/ and add your support. How does a 150,000-employee global leader make AI work at scale? In this episode of Eye on AI, host Craig Smith sits down with Julia Peyre, Head of AI Strategy & Innovation at Schneider Electric, to explore how the company is pioneering enterprise AI adoption through its AI Hub, hybrid...

#277 Alex Salazar: Arcade's Vision to Make AI Agents Secure and Scalable 06.08.2025

In this episode of Eye on AI, host Craig Smith sits down with Alex Salazar, co-founder and CEO of Arcade.dev, to explore what it really takes to build secure, scalable AI agents that can take real-world actions. While everyone's talking about the future of autonomous agents, most never make it past the demo stage. Why? Because agents today lack secure infrastructure to connect with real tools like...

#276 Ryan Wang: How Assembled is Building the Future of AI-Powered Customer Support 03.08.2025

AGNTCY - Unlock agents at scale with an open Internet of Agents. Visit https://agntcy.org/ and add your support. What happens when AI meets the chaos of real-world customer support? In this episode of Eye on AI, we sit down with Ryan Wang, co-founder and CEO of Assembled, to unpack how AI is transforming the future of customer service, without replacing humans. Ryan reveals how Assembled went from...

#275 Nandan Nayampally: How Baya Systems is Fixing the Biggest Bottleneck in AI Chips (Data Flow) 31.07.2025

What if the biggest challenge in AI isn't how fast chips can compute, but how quickly data can move? In this episode of Eye on AI, Nandan Nayampally, Chief Commercial Officer at Baya Systems, shares how the next era of computing is being shaped by smarter architecture, not just raw processing power. With experience leading teams at ARM, Amazon Alexa, and BrainChip, Nandan brings a rare perspective...

#274 Luke Behnke: Why Grammarly Is Going All In on AI Agents 28.07.2025

AGNTCY - Unlock agents at scale with an open Internet of Agents. Visit https://agntcy.org/ and add your support.   Grammarly is no longer just a writing assistant. It's building an AI productivity platform that could rival Microsoft Copilot. In this episode, Luke Behnke, VP of Enterprise Product at Grammarly, shares how the company is moving beyond grammar correction into intelligent agents, enter...

#273 Benjamin Encz: How Ashby is Building the Future of Hiring with AI 24.07.2025

This episode is brought to you by Extreme Networks, the company radically improving customer experiences with AI-powered automation for networking. Extreme is driving the convergence of AI, networking, and security to transform the way businesses connect and protect their networks, delivering faster performance, stronger security, and a seamless user experience. Visit https://www.extremenetworks.c...

#272 Andrew Blum: Inside The Most Important AI Event Of The Year (HumanX) 20.07.2025

AGNTCY - Unlock agents at scale with an open Internet of Agents. Visit https://agntcy.org/ and add your support. What if the most important AI conference in the world wasn't built by academics or hype merchants, but by operators who actually understand what businesses need? In this episode, Craig sits down with Andrew Blum, Co-Founder and COO of HumanX, the breakout AI conference that has quickly...

#271 Steve Lucas: Why AI Agents Will Automate 75% of Business Operations by 2026 17.07.2025

This episode is sponsored by Oracle. OCI is the next-generation cloud designed for every workload – where you can run any application, including any AI projects, faster and more securely for less. On average, OCI costs 50% less for compute, 70% less for storage, and 80% less for networking. Join Modal, Skydance Animation, and today's innovative AI tech companies who upgraded to OCI…and saved.    T...

#270 Thomas Dohmke: GitHub CEO Reveals How AI Will Change Coding Forever 15.07.2025

AGNTCY - Unlock agents at scale with an open Internet of Agents. Visit  https://agntcy.org/ and add your support.   In this episode, GitHub CEO Thomas Dohmke joins us for a deep dive into the evolution of software development — from decentralized version control to the rise of AI coding agents. With over 150 million developers on GitHub and tools like Copilot rewriting the rules of software engine...

#269 Jason Hardy: How Hitachi Vantara Is Powering the Future of Enterprise AI 11.07.2025

AGNTCY - Unlock agents at scale with an open Internet of Agents. Visit https://agntcy.org/ and add your support.   In this episode of Eye on AI, Craig Smith sits down with Jason Hardy, Chief Technology Officer for AI at Hitachi Vantara, to explore what it really takes to deploy AI at scale in the enterprise, beyond the hype.   Jason shares how Hitachi is building a pragmatic, outcomes-driven AI pl...

#268 Kiren Sekar: The Future of Physical Operations Is AI-Powered (Here's Why) 06.07.2025

AGNTCY - Unlock agents at scale with an open Internet of Agents. Visit https://agntcy.org/ and add your support.     How AI Is Transforming the Physical World | Samsara's Vision for the Future of Operations   In this episode of Eye on AI, Craig Smith sits down with Kiren Sekar, Chief Product Officer at Samsara, to explore how AI, edge computing, and IoT are revolutionizing the world of physical op...

#267 Nabil Bukhari: Exploring the Future of AI-Powered Enterprise Networking with Extreme Networks 02.07.2025

What does the future of enterprise networking really look like?   In this episode, Extreme Networks' Chief Product & Technology Officer Nabil Bukhari joins Craig to explore how AI, autonomous agents, and platform thinking are transforming the core infrastructure of modern businesses.   From managing mission-critical networks to building agentic systems that collaborate, troubleshoot, and scale aut...

#266 Andy Kurtzig: How Pearl Uses AI + Human Experts In Professional Services 29.06.2025

AGNTCY - Unlock agents at scale with an open Internet of Agents. Visit https://agntcy.org/ and add your support. What if AI could actually be trusted in healthcare, law, or even car repair? In this episode, Andy Kurtzig, founder and CEO of Pearl (formerly JustAnswer), reveals how his platform is solving the biggest problems in AI: hallucinations, liability, and monetization. Pearl blends large lan...

#265 Jeff Lu: How Akool Uses Gen AI to Make Live AI Avatars & Voices 27.06.2025

What if you could translate any video into any language—instantly—and make it look like the speaker was really speaking it?   In this episode of Eye on AI, host Craig Smith sits down with Jeff Liu, founder and CEO of Akool, to explore how AI avatars and real-time video translation are eliminating global language barriers. With a background at Apple, Google, and Stanford, Jeff is leading Akool to t...

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