In The Arena by TechArena

In this episode of The AI Hedge, host Marc Austin, Founder & CEO of Hedgehog, is joined by Jonmichael (JM) Hands, Founder & CEO of FarmGPU, for a deep dive into the emergence of neoclouds—AI-first cloud providers purpose-built for modern training and inference workloads.

The AI infrastructure buildout could generate up to 5 million additional tons of e-waste by 2030. In this episode, sponsored by AMI, host Allyson Klein sits down with Patrick Bliemer, Global Sales Manager at RackRenew, to explore how remanufactured OCP hardware and open-source firmware are offering a sustainable, enterprise-ready alternative to new equipment.

In this episode of The AI Hedge, Hedgehog Founder & CEO Marc Austin sits down with Dan Mihai Dumitriu, Founder & CTO of Midokura, to talk about sovereign AI infrastructure, data privacy, AI inference costs, open weights models, AI networking, SONiC, RoCEv2, Ultra Ethernet, and the future of AI infrastructure in Japan.

In this episode of The AI Hedge, host Marc Austin (Founder and CEO of Hedgehog) interviews James Kelly, VP of Market Intelligence and Innovation at the Open Compute Project (OCP) to explore how OCP evolved from Meta's open-source server initiative and discuss AI infrastructure trends, including disaggregated inference, specialized AI accelerators, heterogeneous AI clusters, open networking, and OCP's Open Cluster Design initiative.

In this episode of The AI Hedge, host Marc Austin (Founder & CEO of Hedgehog) sits down with Ashmeet Sidana, Chief Engineer at Engineering Capital (an investor in Hedgehog) and former VMware executive, to discuss the future of AI infrastructure, networking, and enterprise adoption.

In this episode of Data Insights, Allyson Klein and Jeniece Wnorowski speak with A.J. Camber about how AI is evolving from specialized tools into more accessible systems that can be used by a broader range of professionals.

Recorded live at the 2026 OCP EMEA Summit in Barcelona, Allyson Klein sits down with Munir Ahmad, Chief Architect at Lattice Semiconductor, to explore how programmable FPGA technology is helping data center operators adapt to the next generation of AI infrastructure.

In this episode of Data Insights, hosts Allyson Klein and Solidigm’s Jeniece Wnorowski sit down with Pranav Gokhale, CTO of Infleqtion, to explore where quantum computing is already delivering value and how hybrid CPU, GPU, and QPU systems will shape what comes next.

In this episode of In the Arena, David Aronchick, CEO of Expanso, breaks down the architectural philosophy behind Expanso, why data gravity changes everything Kubernetes got right about distributed compute, and what it actually looks like when teams treat raw data like a toxic waste dump (the good kind of discipline).

Kanav Setia, Co-Founder and CEO of qBraid, joins Allyson Klein and Jeniece Wnorowski on Data Insights to break down why interoperability sits at the center of the quantum software challenge, what it actually takes to give developers seamless access across hardware providers and frameworks, and where the field stands on the long road from research curiosity to production-ready compute.

In this Data Insights episode, recorded live at OCP EMEA Summit in Barcelona, host Allyson Klein and Solidigm co-host Ace Stryker sit down with Gabriel Lazar, Head of Sustainability at Submer, for a thoughtful discussion on what real sustainability looks like inside companies building data center infrastructure at scale.

In this episode of Data Insights, Allyson Klein and Jeniece Wnorowski speak with Krishna Subramanian about the growing impact of unstructured data on enterprise infrastructure and AI strategy.

Allyson Klein and Solidigm's Ace Stryker sit down with Albane Bruyas, CCO & COO of Scaleway, for a thoughtful conversation on what it takes to build a sovereign European cloud designed for the AI era.

In this episode of Data Insights, Allyson Klein and Jeniece Wnorowski sit down with Adity Dokania to explore how enterprise AI is evolving from experimentation into production. The conversation focuses on the operational challenges that emerge at scale, including data trust, governance, infrastructure constraints, and cross-functional ownership.

In this Data Insights episode, co-hosts Allyson Klein and Jeniece Wnorowski sit down with Isayah Young-Burke from IONOS to explore how AI is evolving from experimentation to enterprise-scale deployment.

In this Data Insights episode, co-hosts Allyson Klein and Jeniece Wnorowski chat with guest Raymond Huang of MiTAC to explore how AI infrastructure is rapidly evolving to meet the demands of modern workloads.

AMI CEO Sanjoy Maity breaks down what he calls the “five-headed Hydra” of AI data center management. Sanjoy explains why the explosion of custom accelerators from dozens of vendors has created a fragmentation crisis across firmware, security, power, thermal management, and fleet operations.

In this episode of In the Arena, Allyson Klein sits down with Gary Smerdon, CEO and founder of MEXT (Memory Extension), to unpack a brewing crisis in data center memory and the AI-powered software that could fix it.

This episode of Data Insights features Allyson Klein and Jeniece Wnorowski in conversation with Maya Kalyan, Staff Algorithms & AI Engineer. The discussion examines how AI is being operationalized in biomedical engineering—specifically in diagnostics, where improvements in accuracy, speed, cost, and scalability have direct clinical implications.

In this episode of Data Insights from Xcelerated Compute 2026, hosts Allyson Klein and Solidigm’s Jeniece Wnorowski are joined by Burns Healy, Quantum Infrastructure Lead at Dell, to explore how classical computing infrastructure is evolving to support the rise of quantum computing.

In this episode of Data Insights, co-hosts Allyson Klein and Jeniece Wnorowski sit down with Nobel Prize winner John Martinis and ZeroPoint’s Nilesh Shah to unpack where quantum computing stands today and where it is headed next.

VC David Moehring of Cambium Capital discusses AI infrastructure investment, quantum computing's future, and the path to practical quantum applications.

Microblink VP Radu Tudoran explores how AI-driven deepfakes are reshaping identity fraud, why enterprises must rethink security, and how AI fights back.

ZeroPoint’s Nilesh Shah explores why data movement, compression, and memory bandwidth now shape AI inference performance, and where heterogeneous systems and quantum may fit next.

AI architect Tapan Shah joins the Data Insights podcast to discuss scaling AI in healthcare, governance, AI agents, and how technology can improve patient outcomes and reduce provider burnout.

Maher Hanafi of Betterworks joins TechArena Data Insights to discuss AI in enterprise SaaS, why many AI proof-of-concepts fail, and how engineering leaders can successfully move AI into production.

Cloud expert Venkata Gopi Kolla joins Allyson Klein to discuss the CDN "single point of failure" and a new IETF protocol for sub-second edge recovery and AI correctness. A must-listen for infrastructure leads.

Ishween Kaur, Generative AI Lead at Salesforce, shares practical lessons on building multilingual AI systems, closing language gaps, and scaling with trust and real-world feedback.

Fermilab’s Silvia Zorzetti explains how quantum computing and sensing are evolving, where they outperform classical systems, and what’s next for the field.

Hedgehog CEO Marc Austin joins Data Insights to break down open-source, automated networking for AI clusters—cutting cost, avoiding lock-in, and keeping GPUs fed from training to inference.

Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology shares how Azure Local, AVD, and GPU-powered infrastructure are transforming IT operations and enabling device-agnostic access to high-performance engineering software.

From SC25 in St. Louis, Nebius shares how its neocloud, Token Factory PaaS, and supercomputer-class infrastructure are reshaping AI workloads, enterprise adoption, and efficiency at hyperscale.

Runpod head of engineering Brennen Smith joins a Data Insights episode to unpack GPU-dense clouds, hidden storage bottlenecks, and a “universal orchestrator” for long-running AI agents at scale.

Allyson Klein talks with author and Google/Intel alum Wanjiku Kamau on moving past AI skepticism, learning fast, and using new tools with intention—so readers start where they are and explore AI with hope.

Recorded at #OCPSummit25, Allyson Klein and Jeniece Wnorowski sit down with Giga Computing’s Chen Lee to unpack GIGAPOD and GPM, DLC/immersion cooling, regional assembly, and the pivot to inference.

From #OCPSummit25, this Data Insights episode unpacks how RackRenew remanufactures OCP-compliant racks, servers, networking, power, and storage—turning hyperscaler discards into ready-to-deploy capacity.

From CPU orchestration to scaling efficiency in networks, leaders reveal how to assess your use case, leverage existing infrastructure, and productize AI instead of just experimenting.

DataraAI CTO and co-founder Durgesh Srivastava unpacks a data-loop approach that powers reliable edge inference, captures anomalies, and encodes technician know-how so robots weld, inspect, and recover like seasoned operators.

From the OCP Global Summit, hear why 50% GPU utilization is a “civilization-level” problem, and why open standards are key to unlocking underutilized compute capacity.

Allyson Klein and co-host Jeniece Wnorowski sit down with Arm’s Eddie Ramirez to unpack Arm Total Design’s growth, the FCSA chiplet spec contribution to OCP, a new board seat, and how storage fits AI’s surge.

Midas Immersion Cooling CEO Scott Sickmiller joins a Data Insights episode at OCP 2025 to demystify single-phase immersion, natural vs. forced convection, and what it takes to do liquid cooling at AI scale.

From hyperscale direct-to-chip to micron-level realities: Darren Burgess (Castrol) explains dielectric fluids, additive packs, particle risks, and how OCP standards keep large deployments on track.

From OCP in San Jose, PEAK:AIO’s Roger Cummings explains how workload-aware file systems, richer memory tiers, and capturing intelligence at the edge reduce cost and complexity.

Recorded live at OCP in San Jose, Allyson Klein talks with CESQ’s Lesya Dymyd about hybrid quantum-classical computing, the new Maison du Quantique, and how real-world use cases may emerge over the next 5–7 years.

CEO Carl Schlachte joins TechArena at OCP Summit to share how Ventiva’s solid-state cooling—proven in dense laptops—scales to servers, cutting noise, complexity and power while speeding deployment.

From OCP Summit San Jose, Allyson Klein and co-host Jeniece Wnorowski interview Dr. Andrew Chien (UChicago & Argonne) on grid interconnects, rack-scale standards, and how openness speeds innovation.

From OCP Summit, Metrum AI CEO Steen Graham unpacks multi-agent infrastructure, SSD-accelerated RAG, and the memory-to-storage shift—plus a 2026 roadmap to boost GPU utilization, uptime, and time-to-value.

From OCP Summit 2025, Kelley Mullick joins Allyson Klein and co-host Jeniece Wnorowski for a Data Insights episode on rack-scale design, hybrid cooling (incl. immersion heat recapture), and open standards.

At OCP’s 2025 global summit, Momenthesis founder Matty Bakkeren joins Allyson Klein to explore why open standards and interoperability are vital to sustaining AI innovation at datacenter scale.

AMI CEO Sanjoy Maity joins In the Arena to unpack the company's shift to open source firmware, OCP contributions, OpenBMC hardening, and the rack-scale future—cooling, power, telemetry, and RAS built for AI.