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The Artificial Intelligence Podcast
by Dr. Tony Hoang
Ranked Top 2% of over 7 million podcasts globally (Spotify Wrapped 2025). Interviews and conversations with thought leaders in Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning and Data Science. Guest applications: tonyphoang.com/guest
Episodes
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Interview #96 George Fraser, CEO of Fivetran + dbt Labs
George Fraser, CEO of Fivetran and dbt Labs, breaks down why most companies are paying a 10 to 20 times markup to process data that would fit on a phone. He explains the benchmark he ran on an iPhone 17 Pro that kept pace with a cloud cluster renting at $17 an hour, why the cost of compute has...
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Interview #95 Jeff McMillan, founder of McMillanAI and former CAIO at Morgan Stanley
Jeff McMillan, founder of McMillanAI and former Chief AI Officer at Morgan Stanley, breaks down why most of today's 70,000 AI companies will not survive: anyone can build a polished product in a weekend, so the only durable edge is proprietary data and deep domain expertise. He explains why AI…
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Interview #94 Kamal Hathi, SVP and GM, Splunk at Cisco
Kamal Hathi, SVP and GM of Splunk at Cisco, breaks down why intent is never enough to control an AI agent: agents are ruthless goal seekers, and asking one to free up 3 percent of disk space can end with 97 percent free because nobody said keep the rest. He explains why trust means verification...
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Interview #93 Hao Yang, VP and Head of AI, Splunk at Cisco
Hao Yang, VP and Head of AI at Splunk, breaks down why sampling an AI system's output cannot earn trust: a fraction of ten thousand probabilistic calls will be wrong, and a spot check is unlikely to find them. He explains why a small model can grade a frontier model reliably inside a narrow…
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Interview #92 Mangesh Pimpalkhare, SVP and GM, Splunk Platform at Cisco
Mangesh Pimpalkhare, SVP and GM of Splunk Platform at Cisco, breaks down why agentic AI generates more telemetry than the systems it monitors, and why nobody can yet say when observing AI costs more than running it. He explains the decade spent preaching centralized data was always partial, since...
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Interview #91 Johan Land, Chief Product Officer of Samsara
Johan Land, Chief Product Officer at Samsara, breaks down why every major AI lab crowded into the easy 90% of knowledge work while ignoring the 40% of the economy that is physical and the 80% of workers who never sit at a desk. He explains why intelligence on a battery budget has to live on the...
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Interview #90 Ketan Karkhanis, CEO of ThoughtSpot
Ketan Karkhanis, CEO of ThoughtSpot, breaks down why two decades of self-service BI was a hoax that only handed everyone the right to build their own dashboards, leaving companies sitting on 50,000 of them with no idea what to do. He explains why the industry's shortcut of bolting a language…
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Interview #89 TVN Reddy, CEO of Aptean
TVN Reddy, CEO of Aptean, breaks down why the entire software industry is selling "bigger is better" AI while the real goal is the opposite: people spending 80% less time in systems and more time doing the work that actually drives the business. He explains why general purpose models hand every...
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Interview #88 Bill Franks, President at Analytics Advisory Partners
Bill Franks, President of Analytics Advisory Partners, breaks down why a degree no longer proves much and employers now hire on what you can show, not what you know. He explains the pipeline trap companies are walking into - handing every junior, tactical task to AI the way firms offshored it…
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Interview #87 Vishnu Hari, CEO of ego AI
Vishnu Hari, CEO of Ego AI, breaks down why the labs with billions in compute missed the product hiding in plain sight: character AI quietly tops every consumer retention leaderboard while the serious labs write it off as a sideshow. He argues humanness itself is the hard problem - dangerous,...
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Interview #86 Carter Huffman, CTO of Modulate
Carter Huffman, CTO of Modulate, breaks down why voice AI keeps failing in production despite years of "solved" transcription claims. He explains the "transcript trap" that fools dev teams into shipping voice agents that crumble on real calls, why bigger language models actually make latency…
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Interview #85 Babak Hodjat, CAIO at Cognizant
Join Babak Hodjat, Chief AI Officer at Cognizant, as he unpacks what's actually happening at the cutting edge of agentic AI — from agents that run continuously without being asked, to the governance crisis quietly unfolding inside enterprises right now. Babak draws on decades of AI research to...
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Interview #84 Hagay Lupesko, SVP of AI Inference at Cerebras Systems
Join Hagay Lupesko, SVP of AI Inference at Cerebras Systems, for a deep dive into the rapidly evolving world of AI inference. Hagay breaks down why inference has overtaken training as the dominant AI workload, how Cerebras' wafer-scale chip architecture delivers 10-20x faster performance than...
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Interview #83 Shiva Pillay, General Manager & SVP, Americas at Veeam
Join Shiva Pillay, SVP and General Manager of Veeam Americas, as he discusses why 80-90% of AI projects fail due to fundamental data issues, revealing that enterprises are attempting to feed AI models with fragmented, poorly governed, and inconsistently labeled data that was never designed for AI...
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Top 2% of 7M Spotify Podcasts: 2025 Wrapped
Out of 7 million podcasts on Spotify, The Artificial Intelligence Podcast achieved top 2% Most Shared, top 9% Most Talked About, and top 7% listener retention in 2025. In this year-end review episode, Dr. Tony Hoang reflects on interviewing 80+ enterprise leaders from Microsoft, Intel, NVIDIA…
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Interview #82 Christopher Brown, Managing Partner of The Nova Rose Group
Join Christopher Brown, Managing Partner of The Nova Rose Group, as he examines the collision course between AI innovation and governance, arguing that America's fragmented 50-state regulatory patchwork creates unprecedented challenges for an industry evolving too rapidly for traditional…
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Interview #81 Vrajesh Bhavsar, CEO of Operant AI
Join Vrajesh Bhavsar, CEO of Operant AI, as he reveals the emerging threat landscape facing production AI systems, from sophisticated prompt injection attacks to zero-click exploits that can exfiltrate sensitive data without any user interaction. Bhavsar explains how traditional security tools…
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Interview #80 Raj Shukla, CTO of SymphonyAI
Join Raj Shukla, CTO of SymphonyAI, as he discusses the critical distinction between AI demos and production-ready systems, revealing that enterprises consistently underestimate the "last mile" challenges of authentication, authorization, and data scalability that break POCs when moving to...
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Interview #79 Balaji Raghavan, Head of Engineering at Postman
Join Balaji Raghavan, Head of Engineering at Postman, as he discusses the critical gap between AI adoption and API readiness, revealing that while 80% of developers use AI, only 24% design APIs with AI agents as the intended consumer. Drawing from Postman's 40 million developer user base…
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Interview #78 Stelios Diamantidis, CPO of Cognichip
Join Stelios Diamantidis, Chief Product Officer at Cognichip, as he explores how artificial intelligence is revolutionizing semiconductor development by enabling more holistic design processes that can reduce development time by half and costs by 75%. He discusses how AI tackles complex…
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Interview #77 Paul Canetti, CEO of Skej
Join Paul Canetti, CEO of Skej, as he discusses the unique challenges of building AI products that operate without traditional user interfaces, instead functioning as virtual humans with email addresses, phone numbers, and Slack handles that interact through natural language. Drawing from his...
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Interview #76 Zachary Hanif, VP of AI ML at Twilio
Join Zachary Hanif, VP of Data and AI at Twilio, as he discusses the fundamental differences between building AI systems in regulated financial services versus communication platforms, drawing from his experience at Capital One to implement rigorous model governance frameworks that reduce...
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Interview #75 Santosh Kaveti, CEO of ProArch
Join Santosh Kaveti, CEO of ProArch, as he addresses the critical gap between AI ambition and execution in enterprise environments, where despite widespread C-suite commitment, only a quarter of organizations achieve meaningful AI implementation. Kaveti outlines his four-pillar framework for AI...
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Interview #74 Suman Kanuganti, CEO of Personal AI
Join Suman Kanuganti, CEO of Personal AI, as he discusses the shift away from the one-size-fits-all approach of large language models toward specialized personal language models that capture individual decision-making patterns and expertise. Kanuganti explains how artificial personal intelligence...
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Interview #73 Jay Dawani, CEO of Lemurian Labs
Join Jay Dawani, CEO of Lemurian Labs, as he discusses the critical infrastructure challenges facing AI development and his company's efforts to rebuild the AI software stack from the ground up. Drawing from his experience as a former NASA AI advisor working on Mars Rover navigation and exoplanet...
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Interview #72 Richard White, CEO of Fathom
Join Richard White, CEO of Fathom, as he discusses how AI is transforming workplace productivity through intelligent meeting transcription and note-taking solutions. White explains how modern AI can now write better notes than most humans within 30 seconds of a meeting ending, while also enabling...
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Interview #71 Nadia Harhen, General Manager of AI Simulation at SandboxAQ
Join Nadia Harhen, General Manager of AI Simulation at SandboxAQ, and Jordan Crivelli-Decker from the Biosim team as they discuss how Large Quantitative Models (LQMs) are revolutionizing drug discovery and materials science by generating synthetic data through physics-based computational…
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Interview #70 Debo Dutta, Chief AI Officer at Nutanix
Debo Dutta, Chief AI Officer at Nutanix, discusses the critical challenges enterprises face when scaling generative AI beyond proof-of-concepts, identifying skills gaps, unclear implementation pathways, and data governance concerns as primary barriers. He emphasizes that successful AI...
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Interview #69 Michael Wu, Chief AI Scientist at PROS
Dr. Michael Wu, Chief AI Scientist at PROS, discusses his transition from computational neuroscience research to applied AI in industry, emphasizing how his perspective without domain-specific baggage has enabled innovative problem-solving approaches. He explores the evolving landscape of AI…
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Interview #68 Maddie Daianu, Head of Data & AI at Intuit Credit Karma
Maddie Daianu, Head of Data & AI at Intuit Credit Karma, focuses on building sophisticated recommendation systems that personalize financial offerings for over 100 million members by creating unified consumer profiles that track complete financial journeys. She emphasizes the critical importance…
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Interview #67 Eleanor Lightbody, CEO of Luminance
Eleanor Lightbody, CEO of Luminance, explains how generative AI transformed legal work by providing 10x improvements over traditional machine learning systems, enabling end-to-end contract automation rather than just document review. She emphasizes that trustworthy AI in legal contexts requires...
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Interview #66 Krish Ramineni, CEO of Fireflies.ai
Join Krish Ramineni, CEO of Fireflies.ai, as he explores the transformative impact of AI on workplace productivity and the future of work. Ramineni discusses how the convergence of improved transcription technology, remote work adoption, and large language models has revolutionized how we…
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Interview #65 Tanmai Gopal, CEO at Hasura
Join Tanmai Gopal, CEO at Hasura, as he discusses the current state of RAG and AI tooling challenges. Gopal explains that RAG has cooled down from its peak popularity, noting that while it works for low-hanging fruit use cases, it fails in mission-critical scenarios where good enough is not the...
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Interview #64 - Stefan Klopp, CTO at Matador Network
Join Stefan Klopp, CTO at Matador Network and creator of Guide Geek, as he explores how artificial intelligence is revolutionizing the travel industry. Stefan discusses the shift from traditional video-focused destination marketing to AI-powered trip planning. He reveals how Guide Geek evolved…
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Interview #63 - Gavin Myers, Managing Partner at Prudence VC
Join Gavin Myers, Managing Partner at Prudence VC, as he discusses how artificial intelligence is transforming real estate, construction, and infrastructure investing. Gavin shares insights on what successful founders need to demonstrate and explains how AI adoption differs from previous tech...
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Interview #62 - Babak Hodjat, CTO of AI at Cognizant
Join Babak Hodjat, CTO of AI at Cognizant, as he discusses two major AI developments. Hodjat explains how DeepSeek, an open-source model from China, disrupted the AI landscape with unprecedented efficiency—running 14B parameter models on consumer hardware while achieving performance comparable to...
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Interview #61 Ron Green, CTO of KUNGFU.AI
Join Ron Green, CTO of KUNGFU.AI, as he discusses the evolution of artificial intelligence from its early underestimated beginnings to today's generative AI boom sparked by ChatGPT. Ron shares insights on common misconceptions about AI implementation, emphasizing the importance of clean…
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Interview #60 Barr Moses, CEO of Monte Carlo
Join Barr Moses, CEO of Monte Carlo, as she discusses the crucial role of data and AI observability in building reliable AI products. She explains how enterprises can gain competitive advantage by leveraging their first-party data and implementing proper data quality monitoring systems. Moses...
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Interview #59 Diane Gutiw, VP Global AI Research at CGI
Join Diane Gutiw, VP Global AI Research at CGI, as she discusses agentic systems - collaborative ecosystems of specialized AI tools that work together to solve complex problems. She explains how RAG is evolving as one component within broader agentic workflows, addresses challenges in moving AI...
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Interview #58 Lexi Reese, CEO of Lanai
Join Lexi Reese, CEO of Lanai, as she shares insights on enterprise AI adoption, discussing the significant gap between AI interest and implementation where executives prioritize AI yet 90% of organizations remain observers. She explains how companies are evolving from blocking AI to selective...
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Interview #57 Brandon Barbello, COO & Nick Gillian, Head of AI at Archetype AI
Join Brandon Barbello, COO, and Nick Gillian, Head of AI at Archetype AI, as they discuss Newton, a multimodal foundation model that processes sensor data to power applications in home security, industrial automation, and more. Newton enables resource-constrained teams to build AI solutions...
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Interview #56 Hikari Senju, CEO of Omneky
Join Hikari Senju, CEO of Omneky, as he discusses the evolution of advertising from ancient Roman signs to today's AI-driven personalized content generation. Senju explains how Omneky is revolutionizing the advertising industry by using AI to generate and optimize creative content at scale, while...
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Interview #55 Nikolaos Vasiloglou, VP of Research ML at RelationalAI
Join Nikolaos Vasiloglou, VP of Research ML at RelationalAI, as he traces the evolution of AI from early neural networks through kernel methods, gradient boosted trees, and the deep learning revolution that transformed the field. He shares valuable insights on addressing hallucinations in AI...
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Interview #54 Aaron Painter, CEO of Nametag
Join Aaron Painter, CEO of Nametag, as he shares his journey from a 14-year Microsoft career spanning multiple countries to founding a company focused on solving modern identity verification challenges after witnessing widespread identity theft during the pandemic. Painter discusses how fraud has...
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Interview #53 Will Lu, CTO of Orby
Join Will Lu, CTO of Orby AI, as he shares insights from his journey from Google Cloud, where he helped develop Vertex AI and Document AI, to founding Orby AI, an enterprise platform focused on building AI agents for complex business processes. Lu discusses the evolution of AI accessibility, from...
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Interview #52 Kathleen Walch, Global Head and General Manager of Project Management Institute (PMI)
Join Kathleen Walch, Global Head and General Manager of Project Management Institute (PMI), as she discusses the evolution of AI project management and PMI's recent acquisition of Cognilytica, her AI research and advisory firm. She shares insights on PMI's CPMAI methodology, which helps...
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Interview #51 - Heidi Golledge, CEO of Jobot
Join Heidi Golledge, CEO of Jobot, as she shares her entrepreneurial journey from founding CyberCoders (which sold for over $100M) to launching Jobot, an AI-powered recruitment platform that serves 10 million users and 15,000 open jobs. She discusses how AI is transforming the recruitment…
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Interview #50 - Will Hu, CTO at Flagler Health
Join Will Hu, CTO of Flagler Health, as he discusses the evolution of AI in healthcare to today's advanced AI-powered services that can handle everything from appointment scheduling to clinical diagnostics. Hu emphasizes that while previous decades focused on point solutions, current healthcare…
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Interview #49 - Babak Hodjat, CTO of AI at Cognizant
Join Babak Hodjat, CTO of AI at Cognizant, as he discusses Neuro AI, their flagship AI platform that uses multi-agent systems to create decision-making workflows where AI agents can communicate with each other to solve complex business problems. Babak demonstrates how Neuro AI works through…
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Interview #48 - Vicky Demas, CEO of identifeye HEALTH
Join Vicky Demas, CEO of identifeye HEALTH, as she shares insights into her journey from a chemical engineer to leading a healthcare AI company. She discusses the innovative work her team is doing in retinal imaging and AI to revolutionize diagnostics, starting with diabetic retinopathy. Vicky…
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Ranked Top 2% of over 7 million podcasts globally (Spotify Wrapped 2025). Interviews and conversations with thought leaders in Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning and Data Science. Guest applications: tonyphoang.com/guest
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