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AI Realized
by Christina Ellwood and David Yakobovitch
Join hosts Christina Ellwood and David Yakobovitch as they dive deep into the cutting-edge world of enterprise AI deployment. Drawing inspiration from the annual AI Realized Summit, this podcast brings you the insights, strategies, and real-world experiences of Fortune 2000 leaders who are reshaping their organizations through AI.Each episode of AI Realized tackles the most pressing challenges and opportunities in AI implementation:Discover how industry giants like Bank of America, GitHub, and DoorDash are boosting productivity and enhancing user experiences with AIExplore critical topics such as AI security, data management, and operational infrastructureLearn from experts about overcoming organizational hurdles and managing the cultural shift that comes with AI adoptionGet a glimpse into the future of AI in various sectors, from healthcare to media and entertainmentWhether you're a C-suite executive, an AI practitioner, or a technology enthusiast, AI Realized offers the knowledge and
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#49 Signal Integrity Is the Foundation for AI Go-to-Market Agents w/Lara Shackelford
Lara Shackelford explains how to build an AI go-to-market system, starting with the customer signals it runs on. She breaks down her signal integrity model: semantic consistency, temporal coherence and lineage transparency, and the audit she runs to find where the signals break. She also says…
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#48 Visual AI Lets You Ask Business Questions of Your Video w/Alex Gammelgard
Video is becoming machine-readable the way text has been for decades, and the unlock is not just replicating the eyes on a situation but the human judgment about it. Alex Gammelgard explains what that opens up across inspection, worker safety, traffic operations, retail and decades of archived…
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#47 Both Sides Got the Same AI, So Cyber Defense Must Automate w/Staffan Truvé
Attackers and defenders now reach essentially the same AI tools, so what changes is not the balance of power but the speed both sides can move at. Staffan Truvé explains why defending at that speed has to be automated, why the known vulnerabilities you have not patched are the first thing to…
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#46 Agentic AI Business Strategy: Retrofit or Reimagine the Work w/Blaine Mathieu
Blaine Mathieu explains why agentic AI programs stall for strategy reasons rather than technology ones. He breaks down the choice between retrofitting work you already do, which competitors can copy just as easily, and reimagining it, which is harder to copy and more differentiating.
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#45 The Real Story Is Underneath the Model w/Sharon Goldman
Enterprises keep reading about models. Sharon Goldman argues the story is underneath them, in the systems those models touch: security permissions, usage based billing and its surprise token bills, data that is not ready, and employees told to accelerate who are now told to slow down. She also...
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#44 Your AI Agent Is Not the Risk. Its Authority Is. w/Yogita Parulekar
Autonomous agents are transforming enterprise operations, but who governs their decisions? Yogita Parulekar explains why AI governance must move beyond models and focus on delegated authority, identity, permissions, and secure-by-design architectures. Learn how leading enterprises are preparing…
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#43 If Your AI Policy Does Not Compile, It Does Not Count w/Ken Johnston & Bob Rapp
Ken Johnston and Bob Rapp make the case that AI governance has to work like engineering. In this episode, they explain why policies trapped in PDFs cannot protect enterprises, how governance as code changes the deployment pipeline, and what it takes to make AI controls automated, testable, and...
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Episode 42: Your AI Agents Are Built Wrong w/Chris Butler
Chris Butler of GitHub makes a bold case that most enterprises are designing AI agents the wrong way. Instead of building agents that mimic job titles, he says leaders should build agents that create specific artifacts inside governed workflows. In this episode, he explains how that shift changes...
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#42 Your AI Agents Are Built Wrong w/Chris Butler
Chris Butler of GitHub makes a bold case that most enterprises are designing AI agents the wrong way. Instead of building agents that mimic job titles, he says leaders should build agents that create specific artifacts inside governed workflows. In this episode, he explains how that shift changes...
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Episode 41: AI Is Replacing More Than Tasks
Christopher Penn reveals how enterprises are using agentic AI to automate workflows, predict customer behavior, improve sales performance, and unlock entirely new revenue streams. From autonomous agents to AI-powered customer simulation, this episode explores what separates AI experimentation…
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#41 AI Is Replacing More Than Tasks w/Christopher Penn
Christopher Penn reveals how enterprises are using agentic AI to automate workflows, predict customer behavior, improve sales performance, and unlock entirely new revenue streams. From autonomous agents to AI-powered customer simulation, this episode explores what separates AI experimentation…
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Episode 40: If AI Thinks Your Company Is Dead, You Have a Problem w/Curtis Sparrer
What happens when AI decides your company does not exist? Curtis Sparrer reveals the hidden battle for visibility in an AI-first world. From hallucinations that erase brands to the surprising return of press releases, this episode uncovers how enterprises must rethink discoverability, trust, and...
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#40 If AI Thinks Your Company Is Dead, You Have a Problem w/Curtis Sparrer
What happens when AI decides your company does not exist? Curtis Sparrer reveals the hidden battle for visibility in an AI-first world. From hallucinations that erase brands to the surprising return of press releases, this episode uncovers how enterprises must rethink discoverability, trust, and...
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Episode 39: The New GTM Playbook Is Already Here
Jonathan breaks down how AI is rebuilding revenue teams from the inside out. From sales prep and content strategy to agent workflows and AI-driven buyer journeys, he shows what it takes to move from random experimentation to real operational lift. If you want to know how top GTM teams are…
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#39 The New GTM Playbook Is Already Here w/Jonathan Kvarfordt
Jonathan Kvarfordt breaks down how AI is rebuilding revenue teams from the inside out. From sales prep and content strategy to agent workflows and AI-driven buyer journeys, he shows what it takes to move from random experimentation to real operational lift. If you want to know how top GTM teams…
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Episode 38: #38 The Missing Link in Enterprise AI
Deepti Srivastava, founder and CEO of Snow Leopard AI, explains why most enterprise AI still falls short and what it takes to fix it. From Oracle RAC to Google Spanner to AI agents, her work has always centered on one thing: data. In this episode, she shows how accurate, live structured data...
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#38 The Missing Link in Enterprise AI w/Deepti Srivastava
Deepti Srivastava, founder and CEO of Snow Leopard AI, explains why most enterprise AI still falls short and what it takes to fix it. From Oracle RAC to Google Spanner to AI agents, her work has always centered on one thing: data. In this episode, she shows how accurate, live structured data...
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#37 Stop Guessing. Start Verifying. w/Chris Parmer
Plotly co-founder Chris Parmer reveals how to turn AI into analytics you can trust. Learn why Studio has AI write auditable Python, how role-ready assistants personalize work without leaking data, and how to run agents like a real workforce with owners, logs, and KPIs. See the metrics that matter...
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Episode 37: #37 Stop Guessing. Start Verifying. w/Chris Parmer
Plotly co-founder Chris Parmer reveals how to turn AI into analytics you can trust. Learn why Studio has AI write auditable Python, how role-ready assistants personalize work without leaking data, and how to run agents like a real workforce with owners, logs, and KPIs. See the metrics that matter...
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#36 Your Outage Playbook Is Broken. Here Is the AI Fix w/Karthik Sj
Karthik SJ, GM at LogicMonitor, shows how to stop firefighting and start preventing failures. He explains how role-ready assistants cut noise, how managed autonomy keeps humans in charge, and how to run agents like a workforce with owners, logs, and KPIs. Learn the data core that catches smoke...
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Episode 36: #36 Your Outage Playbook Is Broken. Here Is the AI Fix w/Karthik Sj
Karthik SJ, GM at LogicMonitor, shows how to stop firefighting and start preventing failures. He explains how role-ready assistants cut noise, how managed autonomy keeps humans in charge, and how to run agents like a workforce with owners, logs, and KPIs. Learn the data core that catches smoke...
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#35 Smaller Models, Bigger Wins w/Jason Williamson
Jason Williamson shows how to squeeze real intelligence from tiny compute. Hear how MythWorks delivers deterministic, verifiable reasoning on the edge, personalizes assistants to the job, and runs agents like a workforce with owners, logs, and KPIs. Learn the efficiency math that beats GPU…
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Episode 35: #35 Smaller Models, Bigger Wins w/Jason Williamson
Jason Williamson shows how to squeeze real intelligence from tiny compute. Hear how MythWorks delivers deterministic, verifiable reasoning on the edge, personalizes assistants to the job, and runs agents like a workforce with owners, logs, and KPIs. Learn the efficiency math that beats GPU…
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#34 The Competitive Advantage No One Is Protecting w/John Sviokla
Harvard’s John Sviokla delivers a sharp wake-up call: most enterprises are giving away their secret sauce—without even knowing it. In this episode, he unpacks how cognitive capital is becoming the new basis of competition, why hybrid AI-native firms are pulling ahead, and what it means to truly...
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Episode 34: #34 The Competitive Advantage No One Is Protecting w/John Sviokla
Harvard’s John Sviokla delivers a sharp wake-up call: most enterprises are giving away their secret sauce—without even knowing it. In this episode, he unpacks how cognitive capital is becoming the new basis of competition, why hybrid AI-native firms are pulling ahead, and what it means to truly...
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#33 Stop Random AI. Start Intentional AI w/Bob Mitton
Consultant and AI council builder Bob Mitton shows how to turn generative AI into measurable impact. Hear how he personalizes work with targeted assistants, automates safely with human approvals, and treats agents like a real workforce with owners, logs, and KPIs. Learn the five-day Thumbprint...
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Episode 33: #33 Stop Random AI. Start Intentional AI w/Bob Mitton
Consultant and AI council builder Bob Mitton shows how to turn generative AI into measurable impact. Hear how he personalizes work with targeted assistants, automates safely with human approvals, and treats agents like a real workforce with owners, logs, and KPIs. Learn the five-day Thumbprint...
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The Threat Map Your Board Needs Now w/Staffan Truvé
Staffan Truvé explains how to turn AI from a liability into a control system. Learn how his teams personalize defense with outside-in intelligence, automate response with managed autonomy, and anchor every decision to hard KPIs like time to patch and risk reduced. Hear what to lock down, what to...
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Episode 32: The Threat Map Your Board Needs Now w/Staffan Truvé
Staffan Truvé explains how to turn AI from a liability into a control system. Learn how his teams personalize defense with outside-in intelligence, automate response with managed autonomy, and anchor every decision to hard KPIs like time to patch and risk reduced. Hear what to lock down, what to...
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Your IT Helpdesk, Rebuilt by Agents w/ Lenin Gali
Lenin Gali shows how to move service from portals to people, with AI agents that resolve issues in seconds, not days. Learn how to personalize help inside Slack and Teams, automate smart handoffs with human approvals, and hit KPIs like ticket deflection, time to access, and cost to serve while...
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Episode 31: Your IT Helpdesk, Rebuilt by Agents w/ Lenin Gali
Lenin Gali shows how to move service from portals to people, with AI agents that resolve issues in seconds, not days. Learn how to personalize help inside Slack and Teams, automate smart handoffs with human approvals, and hit KPIs like ticket deflection, time to access, and cost to serve while...
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Unleash Agents, Keep the Keys w/Shomit Ghose
Venture partner Shomit Ghose reveals how to scale agentic AI without losing control. Learn where to start, how to guardrail automation, and which KPIs prove real value while your humans stay in charge.
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Episode 30: Unleash Agents, Keep the Keys w/Shomit Ghose
Venture partner Shomit Ghose reveals how to scale agentic AI without losing control. Learn where to start, how to guardrail automation, and which KPIs prove real value while your humans stay in charge.
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Vision to Value in CPG w/Nitin Gupta
Nitin Gupta, Global Product Manager of AI at Mondelēz International, shows how computer vision, agent based workflows, and firm governance turn pilots into real gains on the shelf. Hear how his teams personalize store execution in near real time, automate smart handoffs with human in the loop...
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Episode 29: Vision to Value in CPG w/Nitin Gupta
Nitin Gupta, Global Product Manager of AI at Mondelēz International, shows how computer vision, agent based workflows, and firm governance turn pilots into real gains on the shelf. Hear how his teams personalize store execution in near real time, automate smart handoffs with human in the loop...
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AI That Moves the P&L w/Tallulah Le Merle
Investor and fractional executive Tallulah Le Merle shows leaders how to cut through the AI hype, pick winning use cases, and deploy agent based systems that lift KPIs without breaking trust. Strategy first, champions engaged, results you can measure.
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Episode 28: AI That Moves the P&L w/Tallulah Le Merle
Investor and fractional executive Tallulah Le Merle shows leaders how to cut through the AI hype, pick winning use cases, and deploy agent based systems that lift KPIs without breaking trust. Strategy first, champions engaged, results you can measure.
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From Zero to Campaign in 4 Hours w/ Doug Bell
Fractional CMO Doug Bell reveals how everyday AI fixed bad lists, boring messaging, and slow tests. Learn the Cannonball GTM method that finds real buyer pain, ships permissionless value propositions, and turns RevOps into a growth engine.
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Episode 27: From Zero to Campaign in 4 Hours w/ Doug Bell
Fractional CMO Doug Bell reveals how everyday AI fixed bad lists, boring messaging, and slow tests. Learn the Cannonball GTM method that finds real buyer pain, ships permissionless value propositions, and turns RevOps into a growth engine.
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Stop Hallucinations, Start ROI w/ Eric Siegel
Generative AI is great until it goes wrong. Eric Siegel, CEO of Gooder AI and author of The AI Playbook, shows how predictive models become the guardrails that make AI agents safe, profitable, and deployable. Learn how to rank risk, route the right 15 percent to humans, and turn proofs of concept...
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Episode 26: Stop Hallucinations, Start ROI w/ Eric Siegel
Generative AI is great until it goes wrong. Eric Siegel, CEO of Gooder AI and author of The AI Playbook, shows how predictive models become the guardrails that make AI agents safe, profitable, and deployable. Learn how to rank risk, route the right 15 percent to humans, and turn proofs of concept...
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From MIT Labs to Masterpieces: How AI Is Restoring the World’s Art w/ Alex Kashkin
What happens when an MIT engineer, an AI model, and a Renaissance painting meet? In this episode of AI Realized, we explore the bold future of art restoration with Alex Kashkin, whose generative AI breakthrough is bringing damaged artwork back to life. By combining semiconductor precision with...
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Episode 25: From MIT Labs to Masterpieces: How AI Is Restoring the World’s Art w/ Alex Kashkin
What happens when an MIT engineer, an AI model, and a Renaissance painting meet? In this episode of AI Realized, we explore the bold future of art restoration with Alex Kashkin, whose generative AI breakthrough is bringing damaged artwork back to life. By combining semiconductor precision with...
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The AI Army Behind the World’s Biggest Fan Platform w/Adil Ajmal
Inside the bold agent-based AI strategy transforming Fandom’s operations, ad model, and global fan experience. Hear how one CTO is orchestrating trust, scale, and impact through next-gen infrastructure.
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What If Your Data Could Talk Back?
Plotly's Domenic Ravita, unveils a breakthrough in enterprise analytics: AI-native data visualization that turns messy datasets into insight-ready narratives. Learn how "Vibe Analytics" is helping teams get to better questions—and answers—faster.
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Why Agents, Not Just Data, Are the Future of Enterprise AI w/ Claudionor Coelho Jr. CAIO at Zscaler
Today’s enterprises aren’t just dealing with data — they’re preparing for a future shaped by intelligent agents, AI workflows, and secure multi-agent systems. In this episode of AI Realized, we unpack what it really takes to operationalize AI at scale, from rethinking infrastructure and data...
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Trust, Data, and the AI Discipline: Enterprise-Ready AI w/Kevin Petrie VP of Research at BARC
In our latest AI Realized episode, Kevin Petrie, VP of Research at BARC, explains why AI projects succeed or fail based on governance, data quality, and trust. From human-in-the-loop agents to the power of RAG, this episode is packed with real-world frameworks for enterprise leaders. If you're...
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Ok, I'm changing the title of tStart AI Governance With the Outcome, or Waste the Spend w/ Yogita Parulekar, CEO of Invi Grid
In this bold new episode of AI Realized, Yogita Parulekar, Founder & CEO of Invi Grid, reveals how her frustration with reactive security led her to pioneer secure-by-design infrastructure for AI deployments. From AI hallucinations to output risk, she shares the governance-first playbook every...
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From Automation to AI Agents: Building the Future of Autonomous Systems with Ashish Bhatia Product Manager at Amazon Audible
AI Realized explores the evolution from automation to agent-based AI systems with guest Ashish Bhatia. The episode unpacks why deep reasoning and memory context are critical for managing complex edge cases, outlines a three-phase roadmap from human-assisted tools to fully autonomous digital...
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Podcast title: Streaming Smarter: How AI is Transforming Media at EchoStar with Al Shanmugam
In this episode of AI Realized, hosted by Christina Ellwood, guest Al Shanmugam, Head of Product at EchoStar, discusses the impact of AI on enterprise executives, focusing on AI deployment in streaming services like Dish Network and Sling TV. Shanmugam elaborates on AI's role in personalization,...
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Join hosts Christina Ellwood and David Yakobovitch as they dive deep into the cutting-edge world of enterprise AI deployment. Drawing inspiration from the annual AI Realized Summit, this podcast brings you the insights, strategies, and real-world experiences of Fortune 2000 leaders who are reshaping their organizations through AI.Each episode of AI Realized tackles the most pressing challenges and opportunities in AI implementation:Discover how industry giants like Bank of America, GitHub, and DoorDash are boosting productivity and enhancing user experiences with AIExplore critical topics such as AI security, data management, and operational infrastructureLearn from experts about overcoming organizational hurdles and managing the cultural shift that comes with AI adoptionGet a glimpse into the future of AI in various sectors, from healthcare to media and entertainmentWhether you're a C-suite executive, an AI practitioner, or a technology enthusiast, AI Realized offers the knowledge and
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