The AI Software Report with RJ Lumba

In this episode, we speak with Matt Kunkel and Jon Siegler, the Co-Founders of LogicGate, a global market-leading SaaS company enabling cybersecurity, governance, risk and compliance teams to easily and effectively accelerate their GRC program maturity.  The organization's platform has received numerous praise from industry experts and analysts, noting the user experience is second to none. Based...

In this episode, we speak with Chris Crosby, the CEO of Compass Datacenters, a company that designs and constructs data centers for some of the world’s largest hyperscalers and cloud providers on campuses across the globe. The company has taken in over $4 billion of capital and is backed by Ontario Teachers and Brookfield, among others. In 2011, Chris’ vision was to focus on greenfield projects an...

In this episode, we speak with Chris Bach, the Co-Founder of Netlify, a platform for developers to build highly-performant and dynamic websites, e-commerce stores and applications. In 2015, Chris and his team saw that the web would be endlessly more performant, secure and scalable if it would move off the traditional monoliths to a new decoupled architecture. By uniting an extensive ecosystem of t...

In this episode, we speak with Vijay Tella, the Co-founder and CEO of Workato, a platform for intelligent integration and workflow automation. In 2013, Workato was founded by Vijay Tella, Gautham Viswanathan, and Harish Shetty. Their intention was automating workflows through a no-code platform. Prior to Workato, Vijay was CEO of Qik, a consumer video communications company acquired by Skype.  Wor...

In this episode, we speak with Scott Voigt, the Founder and CEO of FullStory, a behavioral data platform that helps technology leaders make better, more informed decisions. In 2014, Scott teamed up with two former Innuvo colleagues to develop the earliest iterations of Fullstory. Scott’s mission is for organizations to understand their customers like never before. FullStory’s platform allows busin...

In this episode, we speak with Brian Beutler, the Founder and CEO of Alianza, which delivers the only true cloud-native, carrier-grade communications platform built for service providers. In 2009, after previous years of helping businesses embrace cloud communications, Brian decided to take that same model and help service providers with their next-generation infrastructure. Service Providers that...

In this episode, we speak with David Flynn, the CEO and Co-Founder of Hammerspace, which delivers a global data environment which spans across data centers, AWS, Azure, and Google cloud infrastructure. David is a recognized leader in IT innovation and has been architecting disruptive computing platforms since his early work in supercomputing and Linux systems. Early on, David had a fascination wit...

In this episode, we speak with the Co-Founder and CEO of Armada, Dan Wright. Armada is the world’s first full-stack edge computing platform, revolutionizing connectivity, compute, and AI solutions. Armada enables companies to rapidly deploy, operate and monitor a complete modular data center to the remote corners of the world. Before Armada, Dan was the CEO of DataRobot and COO of AppDynamics. He...

In this episode, we speak with David Lazovsky, the Co-Founder and CEO of Celestial AI.  Founded in 2020, Celestial AI is the creator of the Photonic Fabric™ technology platform, a pioneering optical compute and memory fabric solution for supercharging AI infrastructure.  David leads the company in using his in-depth knowledge of semiconductors, data/telecommunications, photonics, clean energy indu...

In this episode, we speak with Taylor Brown, the Co-Founder and COO of Fivetran, a platform that helps customers use their data to power everything from AI applications and ML models, to predictive analytics and operational workloads. In 2012, Fivetran was founded by Taylor Brown and George Fraser.  They participated in startup accelerator Y Combinator in 2013.  By responding to the needs of custo...

In this episode, we speak with Felipe Capella, the Co-Founder and CEO of Loadsmart, which leverages cutting-edge technology and industry expertise to deliver optimized, reliable, and transparent freight services and solutions. Loadsmart was founded in 2014 and went on to gain capital backing from investors like Maersk, Ports America, TFI, CSX, BlackRock and Softbank. From day one, Felipe has been...

In this episode, we speak with Florian Douetteau, the Co-founder and CEO of Dataiku, the platform for Everyday AI, enabling data experts and domain experts to work together to build data into their daily operations, from advanced analytics to Generative AI. Florian co-founded Dataiku in 2013 - he envisioned a future for businesses with AI to become mainstream through the collaborative effort of ev...

In this episode, we speak with Tianyi Jiang (TJ), CEO and Co-Founder of AvePoint, an independent software vendor of SaaS solutions to migrate, manage and protect data. More than 17,000 customers trust AvePoint’s Confidence Platform to optimize their SaaS operations and secure collaboration. AvePoint’s SaaS solutions are also available to managed service providers via more than 100 cloud marketplac...

In this episode, we speak with Quinn Slack, the Co-founder and CEO of Sourcegraph, a leading code intelligence platform revolutionizing how developers understand, fix, and automate their code. Founded in 2013,  Sourcegraph uses the power of AI with Cody, their AI coding assistant, to help developers better understand their code. Over one million engineers use Sourcegraph to improve code security,...

In this episode, we speak with the Founder and CEO of Pendo, Todd Olson. Pendo’s software product experience platform allows companies to make product intelligence actionable with speed and scale, giving rise to a new generation of companies that put product at the center of everything. A three-time entrepreneur, Olson teamed up with fellow product leaders and technologists from Red Hat, Cisco, an...

In this episode, we speak with Raj De Datta, the Co-Founder and CEO of Bloomreach, a leading software platform for digital commerce experiences that powers brands representing 25% of retail E-Commerce in the US and the UK. He is also the best-selling author of "The Digital Seeker" - a playbook for digital teams to win big. Founded in 2009 by Raj De Datta and Ashutosh Garg, Bloomreach was primarily...

In this episode, we speak with Krishna Depura, the Co-Founder and CEO of MindTickle, a sales-readiness platform that helps fast-growing companies prepare their sales and customer success teams effectively, through building seller knowledge, skill sets, and winning behaviors.  Created in 2011, MindTickle’s goal was to create frameworks and solutions to help influence revenue leaders who want to cre...

In this episode, we speak with Palmetto’s Founder and CEO, Christopher Kemper. Palmetto offers a Clean Energy Operating Platform, which makes it easier and more affordable for homeowners to source their energy from renewables like solar power. Chris sees Palmetto as the ultimate platform to make the most significant impact on mitigating climate change and he is constantly seeking ways to compound...

In this episode, we speak with Raghu Ravinutala, Co-Founder and CEO of Yellow.ai, a global leader in Conversational AI that delivers autonomous, human-like experiences for customers and employees to accelerate enterprise growth. Raghu co-founded the company with a vision to make customer and enterprise interactions more effective and effortless. Since its inception, Raghu and his team have success...

In this episode, we speak with Hari Ravichandran, the Founder and CEO of Aura, a mission-driven technology company dedicated to creating a safer internet for everyone.  In 2014, after Hari’s credit card information was stolen, he was inspired to start Aura and today, the company offers an easy-to-use, integrated suite of services trusted by more than one million customers. Previously, Hari founded...

In this episode, we speak with Anton Katz, Co-Founder and CEO of Talos. Founded with Ethan Feldman in 2018, Talos provides an institutional-grade technology infrastructure that supports the full lifecycle of digital assets trading, from price discovery to execution through to settlement.  The original vision of Talos was to build an intuitive system from the ground up, leveraging the latest techno...

In this episode, we speak with Jack Mardack, the Co-Founder and Chief Impact Officer of Oyster, a human resources platform for globally distributed companies. Oyster automates cross-border employment and makes it easy for growing companies of all sizes to tap the global talent pool and provide a great employment experience to remote hires around the world. Jack Mardack’s mission was to redress the...

In this episode, we speak with Rodrigo Liang, the Co-Founder and CEO of SambaNova Systems. Customers turn to SambaNova to quickly deploy state-of-the-art generative AI capabilities within the enterprise. Its purpose-built enterprise-scale AI platform is the technology backbone for the next generation of AI computing. Headquartered in Palo Alto, California, the company was founded in 2017 by indust...

In this episode, we speak with Jerome Ternynck, the Founder and CEO of SmartRecruiters, a next-generation platform that serves as the hiring operating system for 4,000 customers like Bosch, LinkedIn, Skechers, and Visa. The company is backed by Mayfield, Salesforce and Insight. Jerome is an entrepreneur with a strong interest in recruiting and technology. His overall goal is to bring the economy t...

In this episode, we chat with Steven Bartel, the Co-Founder and CEO of Gem , a leading recruiting platform that combines ATS, CRM, AI Sourcing, scheduling, and talent marketing. With nearly 100 integrations, Gem works alongside LinkedIn and other well-known job sources. Co-founders Steven Bartel and Nick Bushak were previously engineering managers at Dropbox and Facebook, both companies that at th...