Code and Connor

CodeStrap's "Code and Connor" Episode 19 features our friend August Chen, Co-Founder and CEO of Hazel. Hazel is an AI-powered procurement platform that helps federal, state, and local partners compress procurement cycles from months to minutes and save millions on what they purchase. Hazel launched out of Y Combinator in 2024 and is backed by the investors behind Palantir and Anduril. Before found...

CodeStrap's "Code and Connor" Episode 18 features our friend Nicolas Renkamp. Nicolas Renkamp is the Global Head of Platform Product Portfolio at Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany. One of the most important voices in the Palantir ecosystem, he was deeply involved in the development of Foundry DevTools, allowing us to interact with the Foundry APIs and develop transforms locally, and in 2025 he worked...

CodeStrap's "Code and Connor" Episode 17 comes to you live from FuturOps in Dallas, TX on October 23, 2025. This episode features live interviews with Fred Abood, Lead Solutions Architect, at Databricks and Nicholas Lee, CEO, at Fujitsu Intelligence. Connor’s presentation covers IIntelligence Augmentation, overcoming LLM’s 3 limitations, we introduced CodeStrap’s Larry - AI-assisted programming th...

CodeStrap's "Code and Connor" Episode 16 features our friends from Sigma·IQ: Duane Massie, CEO, and Ryan Mead, Head of Sales. Sigma·IQ is an official Palantir Technologies partner firm that delivers a unique, outcome-driven approach to digital transformation to help organizations, particularly in industrials, turn data and AI into real operational advantage. On this episode we discuss the reindust...

CodeStrap's "Code and Connor" Episode 15 features our friend Zoë Nengite. Zoë is a Forward Deployed Engineer at Palantir and has spent the last few years supporting the developer community, composed of  the independent builders in their platforms.  On this episode we discuss, how Palantir is attracting developers to the platform (including FREE developer tier licenses), current state of the develo...

CodeStrap's "Code and Connor" Episode 14 features our friend Antoine Allard. Antoine is a former Tech Lead at Palantir and the CEO of 10x Partners, a senior-only consultancy and an official Palantir Partner.  On this episode we discuss, the current state of AI advancement and investment in Europe, Palantir sentiment and growth in Europe, Palantir vs Databricks, large tech investing in startups, th...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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/

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...

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....

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.