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GraphGeeks Podcast
by Amy Hodler
Graphs are the data model for connected data. Graph technology enables us to capture and compute over interdependent relationships. Join us to hear from experts and practitioners as we chat about the latest innovations and research. Visit GraphGeeks.org to learn more about our community.
Episodes
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From Vitamins to Painkillers: The Business of Graphs & AI | Brad Bebee | GraphCon 2026
Setting the tone for GraphCon Seattle 2026, Brad Bebee (Director at AWS, Amazon Neptune) shares his perspective on the shifting landscape of graph technology. He explores why the rise of Generative AI and autonomous agents has transformed graphs from a "vitamin" (a nice-to-have clean data model)...
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Graph AI Meets Construction Risk: Stamati Liapis (Enlaye) at ODSC
At ODSC, Amy Hodler (GraphGeeks) chats with Stamati Liapis, cofounder of Enlay, about using graph AI and network modeling to transform risk management in the construction industry. Stamati explains how he applied his PhD in computational neuroscience (studying brain networks) to solving complex...
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Why AI Agents Need Knowledge Graphs: A Chat with Glasswing Ventures’ James Massaquoi
In this Graph Chat, Amy Hodler catches up with James Massaquoi at the Glasswing Ventures offices for a candid conversation on where knowledge graphs, AI agents, and enterprise data architectures are heading. Key Topics Covered: Context for Autonomous AI: Why reliable enterprise AI workflows…
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Data Vis & Graphs in the Age of AI with Dr. Janet Six
In this interview live from the Open Data Science Conference (ODSC) in Boston, Amy Hodler (GraphGeeks) sits down with Dr. Janet Six, Senior Product Manager at Tom Sawyer Software, to discuss the evolving role of data visualization and graph technology in the age of AI. Dr. Six highlights why data...
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Defeating AI Anxiety & Reclaiming Your Tech Career with Kat Erickson
Are you feeling anxious about the future of AI and your job? In this GraphGeeks chat, Amy Hodler catches up with Kathryn (Kat) Erickson, co-author of Tech Confidential, live from the Open Data Science Conference (ODSC). Kat shares how the tech industry shifted from excitement to fear, why…
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Chat: The Business Pivot in Graph Tech with Paco Nathan
Amy Hodler takes a moment with Paco Nathan (Senzing) at the Open Data Science Conference (ODSC) to chat about the shift happening in Graphs and AI. From packed tutorial rooms to hallway conversations, graphs are no longer just for academics—they are driving real-world business cases. Paco breaks...
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Graph Chat: Graphs & GenAI with Clair Sullivan
In this Graph Chat, Amy Hodler catches up with graph expert and consultant Clair Sullivan at the Open Data Science Conference to talk about Entity Resolution, GraphRAG, and catching fraud. Learn how concepts that used to be highly niche—like ontologies, semantics, and context graphs—are now...
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Graph Chat: Graphs, LLMs, and Data Science with Dan Stevens (Adobe)
Listen to a quick hallway at the Open Data Science Conference (ODSC) with Amy Hodler and Daniell Stevens, Product Analytics at Adobe. In this impromptu conversation, Dan shares his takeaways from the conference, including a trick for using SQL to bridge the definition gap between data science and...
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Graph Chat with Golven Leroy on Predicting Graph Costs & Moving Past "It Depends"
How do we move past the ultimate graph answer: "It depends"? Live from the Open Data Science Conference (ODSC), Amy Hodler sat down with Golven Leroy, graph researcher and data science lead at Graphable, to discuss groundbreaking core mathematics that could change how we calculate the compute…
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Geometry vs. Topology in AI: Roie Schwaber-Cohen (Pinecone) & Amy Hodler
Is the future of AI fluid and semantic, or rigid and structured? In this episode of Graph Geeks in Discussion, host Amy Hodler sits down with Roie Schwaber-Cohen, Head of DevRel at Pinecone. Together, they explore a fascinating philosophical and operational debate: the intersection of vector...
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Memgraph Zero & Federated GQL with Marko Budiselić
Is data copying dead? In this episode of the GraphGeeks Podcast, host Amy Hodler sits down with Marko Budiselić ("Buda"), Co-founder & CTO at Memgraph, to discuss their major new releases: Memgraph Zero and MemGQL. Discover how Memgraph is tackling the massive pain point of ETL pipelines by...
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Graph Chat with William Lyon on AI Agents, Graph Memory, and the Return to Neo4j
In this chat, Amy Hodler catches up with William Lyon to discuss his recent return to the Neo4j Product Team and his deep dive into the world of AI agent frameworks and memory. Wil discusses his hands-on workshop exploring a fascinating frontier: Graphs as the Memory for AI Agents. Moving beyond...
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Graph Chat with Paco Nathan on AI as a Practice, Not a Product
Bryce Merkl Sasaki (Head of Marketing at gdotv) sits down with the "Gandalf of Graph Technology" himself, Paco Nathan (Senior DevRel at Senzing), at the Open Data Science Conference. Paco is a pioneer in neural networks and NLP since the 1980s, and a leading voice in the MLOps and Graph...
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Graph Chat with Michelle Yi on AI Evals, Causal Graphs and Community
What happens when two community-builders sit down at the Open Data Science Conference (ODSC)? They talk about the future of AI infrastructure and the importance of supporting the next generation of founders! In this episode, Amy Hodler of GraphGeeks is joined by Michelle Yi, co-founder of...
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Graph Chat with Sony Green on the Evolution of Graph Intelligence
In this Graph Chat from ODSC, Sony Green (COO of Kineviz) joins Bryce Merkl Sasaki to discuss how graph technology is moving from a niche tool to a mainstream enterprise powerhouse. Highlights: The Spanner Graph Impact: Why Google’s entry into the graph space is a watershed moment for big data…
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Graph Chat with Denise Gosnell on ROI, AI, and the Power of Connections
In this episode of Graph Geeks, recorded live at the Open Data Science Conference (ODSC) in San Francisco, Bryce Merkl-Sasaki sits down with graph pioneer Denise Gosnell, PhD. Drawing from her experience at DataStax and AWS Neptune, Denise shares why graph technology is the secret engine behind...
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Graph Chat: Automating Data Discovery with Wes Madrigal
Live from ODSC West (Open Data Science Conference), Amy Hodler of GraphGeeks chats with Wes Madrigal, Co-Founder and CEO of Kurve, to discuss the intersection of graph technology, metadata, and the future of AutoML. Key Points: Solving the 80% Problem: Despite AI advancements, most effort still...
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Graph Chat: Can graphs give AI better memory? 🧠
In this in-person chat at ODSC, Amy Hodler (GraphGeeks) and Bryce Merkl-Sasaki (gdotv) discuss how the graph space has evolved from simple nodes to the "new horizon" of multimodal GraphRAG and AI procedural memory. In this video: Moving beyond text to model audio and video in graphs. How graphs...
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Graph Chat: Stitch Fix & Meg Paulosky on Redefining Style with Knowledge Graphs
In this Graph Chat, GraphGeeks founder Amy Hodler sits down with Meg Paulosky, Director of Data and Analytics at Stitch Fix, live from the Open Data Science Conference (ODSC). For over a decade, Stitch Fix has pioneered the blend of human styling and data science. Now, Meg explains how her team…
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Graph Chat: Neo4j’s Philip Rathle on Neuro-symbolic AI and Infinigraph
Is the AI moment actually a Graph moment? In this chat, Amy Hodler (Founder of GraphGeeks) sits down with Philip Rathle, CTO of Neo4j, to discuss the massive shift in how enterprises are building AI. In this interview, they dive into: Graph RAG vs. Vector Search: Why similarity search isn't…
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Graph Chat: 10 Years of ODSC with Founder Sheamus McGovern
In this episode, Amy Hodler catches up with Sheamus McGovern, the founder of the Open Data Science & AI Conference (ODSC), to celebrate the event's 10th anniversary. They track the evolution of the industry from the "data-centric" roots of 2015 to the current frontier of Agentic AI and GraphRAG.…
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Graph Chat: Multimodal GraphRAG and Agentic Observability with David Hughes
Bryce Merkl Sasaki of G.V() sits down with David Hughes, Solutions Architect for Graph and AI at Enterprise Knowledge, during the Open Data Science Conference (ODSC) in San Francisco. The conversation dives into the cutting edge of connected data, moving beyond the initial hype of...
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Graph Chat with Weimo Liu: Querying Petabytes without the ETL Headache
Amy Hodler of GraphGeeks sits down with Weimo Liu, CEO of PuppyGraph, to discuss how they are changing the graph landscape. Unlike traditional databases, PuppyGraph is a graph engine that queries data directly where it lives—no data movement required. Key Highlights: Zero ETL: Query data lakes…
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Graph Chat: The End of Graph Friction with Max Latey
For years, Enterprise Architects viewed graph databases with a mix of curiosity and dread. Between specialist silos, complex ETL pipelines, and infrastructure friction, many chose to stay in the safety of relational tables. Amy Hodler (Founder of GraphGeeks) chats with Max Latey (CEO of Pinboard...
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Graph Chat: Semantic Systems & The Power of Librarians with Jessica Talisman
Why is modern AI so "unruly"? According to information architect Jessica Talisman, it’s because we’ve over-indexed on data storage and ignored the art of description. In this Graph Chat, Bryce Merkel Sasaki sits down with Jessica (Founder of The Ontology Pipeline) to discuss the bridge between...
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Graph Chat with Chang She, CEO of LanceDB
Join David Hughes (GraphGeeks community) for a Graph Chat with Chang She, CEO and Co-founder of LanceDB, filmed at the ODSC conference. Chang shares groundbreaking insights on how agentic retrieval systems are challenging traditional RAG approaches, requiring much higher throughput and iterative...
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LDBC becomes the Graph Data Council with Henry Gabb
Join Amy Hodler of GraphGeeks and Henry Gabb, Chair of the newly renamed Graph Data Council (GDC) (formerly the Linked Data Benchmark Council - LDBC), for a deep dive into the world of vendor-neutral graph benchmarks, standards, and innovation. Hear how the GDC is expanding its focus beyond...
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Emerging AI Memory and Graphs with Dave Bechberger
Amy Hodler and Dave Bechberger dive into the crucial role of memory in advanced AI systems, especially at the intersection of graphs, knowledge graphs, and generative AI. Dave Bechberger, currently focusing on MCP servers, agentic memory, and semantic data layers, explains that memory is...
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The Future of Graph, GQL, and AI with Ultipa CEO Ricky Sun
Join Amy Hodler and Ricky Sun, CEO and founder of the high-performance graph platform Ultipa, as they explore the current state and future direction of graph technology. The discussion highlights the significance of the new ISO standard GQL (Graph Query Language), which Ricky believes will…
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Practical Trends in Graphs and AI with Paco Nathan
In this episode of the Graph Geeks in Discussion podcast, join host Amy Hodler and special guest Paco Nathan as they unpack the latest trends in AI and graph technology. They dive into insights from recent conferences, highlighting a shift toward practical, programmatic uses of generative AI…
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Real-Life Lessons for Tech Leaders with Denise Gosnell
In this discussion with Dr. Denise Gosnell, an entrepreneur, business strategist, and author. Denise shares insights from her impressive career—from a college athlete to a PhD, to leading graph teams at AWS and Datastax—and discusses the inspiration behind her new book, Tech Confidential: An...
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AI Readiness with Sumit Pal former Gartner research VP
Join host Amy Hodler and guest Sumit Pal, a former Gartner research VP and current Strategic Technology Director at Graphwise, as they dive into the power of graph technology and its impact on AI. They discuss how graph-based data gives AI the crucial context it needs to deliver better results.…
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Exploring GraphRAG with Neo4j's Tomaz Bratanic
Join us for an insightful discussion with Tomaz Bratanic, Graph ML and GenAI Research expert at Neo4j, as we dive deep into the world of GraphRAG and his newly released book "Essential GraphRAG – a practical guide to combining Knowledge Graphs with Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG)" (Manning...
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Graph-Wide Scanning for Cybersecurity
Join Amy Hodler, David Haglin (Rocketgraph), and David Hughes (Enterprise Knowledge) as they explore graph-wide scanning and its role in revolutionizing cybersecurity. Discover how graphs are eliminating blind spots, detecting advanced persistent threats, and transforming how analysts find…
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Building a Word Game with Graph Pathfinding
Founder and game designer Michael Douma discusses "In Other Words," a daily word puzzle that uses pathfinding through connected concepts instead of the typical spelling approaches. Players navigate from one word to another through semantic relationships, with millions of possible solutions that…
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Moving from Academia to Commercial Graphs
In this GraphGeeks podcast, Amy Hodler chats with Janet Six, a product manager at Tom Sawyer Software who made the leap from academia to industry in the graph world. Janet relates how she fell in love with what she calls the "beautiful combination of mathematics and art" in laying out graph...
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Simplifying Graph Database Adoption with G.V()
In this episode of Graph Geeks in Discussion, host Amy Hodler sits down with Arthur Bigeard, founder of G.V(), to explore how his quest for a user-friendly graph database client led to creating a more universal graph experience tool. Arthur shares his journey from graph database novice to tool...
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Graphs & GPUs: RAPIDS and cuGraph with NVIDIA's Joe Eaton
This podcast episode features host Amy Hodler in conversation with Joe Eaton, NVIDIA Distinguished System Engineer, discussing graph analytics acceleration technologies. This discussion covered: How RAPIDS and cuGraph are changing graph analytics through GPU acceleration Their innovative approach...
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A Journey from Neo4j to Dgraph
In this fun episode of GraphGeeks in Discussion, host Amy Hodler sits down with William Lyon, who is currently heading developer experience at Hypermode and a respected figure in the graph database community. Drawing from his rich experience at Neo4j and Dgraph, Will offers unique insights into…
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Capturing Elusive Customer Knowledge
Today's conversation with Claudia Natasia, CEO of Riley, takes us into the fascinating intersection of graph technology and customer behavior. As a data scientist turned product leader, Claudia discovered that the key to unlocking revenue growth was hidden in the complex web of customer data.…
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Graph and AI Powered Search for Earth Data
Listen to Amy Hodler interview Jesse Kallman, Founder & CEO at Danti, and Anthony Hylick, their Head of Machine Learning. Learn why Earth-Data is increasingly important today and how Danti uses graphs and AI to power its search engine. https://danti.ai/ Hear how this context-rich search goes…
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Streaming Graphs for Cybersecurity
Listen to this GraphGeeks podcast to learn about Streaming Graphs for Cybersecurity. Our graph practitioners will appreciate hearing about graph event stream processing, and our cybersecurity listeners will learn how graphs are used to detect complex patterns and advanced persistent threats. Our...
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Quick History of Graph Databases
Listen to Amy Hodler interview Semih Salihoğlu, CEO of Kuzu and professor at the University of Waterloo, to learn about the fascinating history of graphs through the lens of database management systems. In this podcast, Semih walks us through the evolution of systems: from the first database...
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Knowledge Graph Trends with François Scharffe
In this podcast, we discuss current trends in knowledge graphs with François Scharffe, the CEO of The Data Chefs and co-founder of The Knowledge Graph Conference (KGC). First, François gives us insights into the evolution of KGC and the popularity of using knowledge graphs for RAG...
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RDF vs LPG: Jesús Barrasa and Dave Bechberger
Graphs are changing how we model, store, and query complex data. But when it comes to choosing the right type of graph model, the decision often boils down to two major contenders: Resource Description Framework (RDF) and Labelled Property Graphs (LPG). Each has its own unique strengths, use…
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Maya Natarajan thoughts on the Graph Market
Sneak peek of Maya Natarajan's talk at KGC on graph market.
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Industry Trends: Data, Analytics and Graphs
Discussion with Sanjeev Moham who has been in the data and analytic space for decades. Until recently, he was a Gartner research vice president and has recently returned from several conferences including Google Cloud Next. Sanjeev provides an overview of market trends including some surprise...
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Graphs are the data model for connected data. Graph technology enables us to capture and compute over interdependent relationships. Join us to hear from experts and practitioners as we chat about the latest innovations and research. Visit GraphGeeks.org to learn more about our community.
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