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EPISODE · Apr 29, 2026 · 58 MIN

AI CEO: Why The Software Industry Is Being Disrupted Faster Than Anyone Realizes

from The AI Ventures Podcast: In Person Interviews With Silicon Valley's Leading VC Backed AI Founders · host Adam Knees

Is AI about to automate the entire software development lifecycle? In this episode, Adam Knees sits down in person with Rakesh Kothari, CEO and Co-Founder of Deductive AI and former VP of Engineering at ThoughtSpot, to discuss why the software industry is being disrupted by AI agents faster than anyone realizes and what engineers, startup founders and AI leaders need to do about it before it is too late.From building the checkout pipeline at Amazon Go to leading engineering at ThoughtSpot, Rakesh has spent decades solving the hardest problems in distributed systems, machine learning and enterprise software. Now he is building Deductive AI, an AI agent that autonomously debugs and fixes production systems in real time so engineers never have to carry a pager again.Whether you are a Engineer, AI startup founder or just someone trying to stay ahead of where Silicon Valley AI Technology is heading, this episode is unmissable.In this episode we cover:Why the entire software development lifecycle is getting automated by AI agentsHow AI is replacing on call engineers and transforming site reliability engineeringThe biggest barriers to AI adoption inside enterprise companiesWhy you should hire AI agents like employees, not buy them like softwareHow DoorDash and Foursquare are already using Deductive AI in productionFollow the AI Ventures Podcast: AI Ventures LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/ai-ventures-podcast/ Adam's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/adam-knees/ X: https://x.com/AdamKneesGuest Links: Deductive AI LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/deductive-aiRakesh's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rkots/ Deductive AI Website: https://www.deductive.ai/

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Is AI about to automate the entire software development lifecycle? In this episode, Adam Knees sits down in person with Rakesh Kothari, CEO and Co-Founder of Deductive AI and former VP of Engineering at ThoughtSpot, to discuss why the software industry is being disrupted by AI agents faster than anyone realizes and what engineers, startup founders and AI leaders need to do about it before it is too late. From building the checkout pipeline at Amazon Go to leading engineering at ThoughtSpot, R...

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