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The Cloudcast
The Cloudcast (@cloudcastpod) is the industry's #1 Cloud Computing podcast, and the place where Cloud meets AI. Co-hosts Aaron Delp (@aarondelp) & Brian Gracely (@bgracely) speak with technology and business leaders that are shaping the future of business. Topics will include Cloud Computi...
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Agentic AI Coding & Predictive Software Quality
Animesh Koratana - CEO and Founder of PlayerZero discusses how agentic AI is transforming software quality assurance through predictive code simulatio...

The 5-10-85 Reality of Enterprise AI
Three years since the launch of ChatGPT, what does the landscape of Enterprise AI look like today? What’s working, what’s struggling and what’s still...

Using AI Reasoning to Prevent AI Scams
Alan Lefort (CEO, @StrongestLayer) discusses how LLM-powered reasoning is transforming phishing security from reactive pattern-matching to predictive...

Will Cloud Providers start acquiring SaaS?
As cloud matures, could the hyperscale cloud providers start looking to acquire SaaS providers to build out a bundled application portfolio? Or are th...

AI & Cloud Trends for September 2025
Brian Gracely (@bgracely) and Brandon Whichard (@bwhichard, @SoftwareDefTalk) discuss the top stories in Cloud and AI from September 2025.
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The AI Awkward Years
Between the bold predictions, VC economics, and rising usage-patterns are stories of limited ROIs, undefined use-cases and associated job losses. AI i...

AI Agents for Unstructured Data
Stephan Donze (@sdonze CEO @AODocs), discusses the enterprise unstructured data crisis, where 80% of business data remains untapped due to legacy syst...

Two Obseervations about Smart People and AI
How is it possible that smart people both love and hate AI? Does it matter how smart you are, or just how you interact with AI?
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The Return of Bare Metal?
Todd Robinson, Founder and President of OpenMetal.io, discusses the resurgence of bare metal infrastructure driven by AI workloads, digital sovereignt...

Exploring Oracle Cloud's Evolution
How did Oracle Cloud (with OpenAI) suddenly command the news cycle, with a chance to potentially overtake much larger clouds in a few years? Let’s exp...

Kubernetes-native Continuous Testing
Ole Lensmar (@olensmar, Founder/CTO at @TestKube_io) discusses how Kubernetes-native testing platforms are designed to address limitations in traditio...

Where is the Android of AI?
Apple’s iPhone had the Android ecosystem, but where is the Android of AI going to come from to challenge the OpenAI/NVIDIA duopoly? Let’s explore the...

AI & Cloud Trends for August 2025
Brian Gracely (@bgracely) Aaron Delp (@aarondelp) and Brandon Whichard (@bwhichard, @SoftwareDefTalk) discuss the top stories in Cloud and AI from Aug...

Every Week Feels like an AI Gartner Hype Cycle
From extreme ups to startling downs, every week can feel like the peak of expectations and the trough of disillusionment for AI.
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The Modernization of FinOps
Amit Kinha - Field CTO @DoITInt | FinOps Foundation Board Member discusses how the relationship between technology and financial accountability has ev...

Transitioning from the Cloud era to the AI era
As we begin to transition from the Cloud era to the AI era, what types of changes can we expect to see happen in the market, within our businesses, an...

Looking back on Industry Market Leaders
After a very long roadtrip, let’s explore the lessons we can learn from some of the greatest business models in tech and how or if they apply to the A...

Kubernetes in the Era of GPUs
Haseeb Budhani (@haseebbudhani, CEO @rafaysystemsinc) discusses the evolution from traditional DevOps to platform engineering and what "Enterprise Rea...

Enterprise AI Platforms
Shay Levi (@shaylevi2, CEO @UnframeAI) & Larissa Schneider (COO @UnframeAI) discuss the complexities of building an enterprise-grade AI platform. Topi...

The beginning of Cloud 2.0 is here
Are we beginning to see the dawn of a 2nd phase of Cloud Computing, as AI begins to become a workload that impacts every aspect of the previous era of...

AI & Cloud Trends for July 2025
Brian Gracely (@bgracely) Aaron Delp (@aarondelpt) and Brandon Whichard (@bwhichard, @SoftwareDefTalk) discuss the top stories in Cloud and AI from Ju...

Is AWS entering their Hybrid phase?
The hardest thing for any growing company to do is manage the transition from hypergrowth to the dual tracks of growth and stability. AWS is entering...

Improving AI Through Data Quality
Elliot Shmukler (@eshmu, Co-Founder/CEO @anomalo_hq) talks about the impact of data quality on AI, how unstructured data can be improved, and how moni...

How will Businesses react to AI Agent success?
If the AI Agent hype ends up being real, how will businesses manage AI Agents from the perspective of people vs. non-people?
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Building Private GenAI stacks
Luke Marsden (@lmarsden, CEO @HelixML) talks about Private GenAI. What is it? Why do you need it? We also discuss integration into CI/CD pipelines, th...

Should you join an AI Startup?
If the rewards of a startup are only going to the founders and AI researchers, then what incentives are there for all the other roles? Has AI broken t...

Is Cursor having their Docker moment?
Brian Gracely (@bgracely) and Brandon Whichard (@bwhichard) discuss the big changes happening around AI developer-assistants, across Cursor, Windsurf,...

The Importance of Early AI Adoption
In the Enterprise, there is a spectrum forming of aggressive adopters and passive resistors to AI usage. While there are no best practices yet, C-suit...

Data Pipelines with Apache Airflow
Julian LaNeve (@JulianLaneve, CTO @astronomerio) discusses data pipelines, Apache Airflow, Astronomer’s managed offering, and the benefits of data pip...

A Mid-Year Cloud Check-In
As we get to the mid-point of 2025, let’s take a look at where the cloud is - what’s doing well, what’s going through some changes, and what might be...

AI & Cloud Trends for June 2025
Brian Gracely (@bgracely) and Brandon Whichard (@bwhichard, @SoftwareDefTalk) discuss the top stories in Cloud and AI from June 2025.
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AI-Native Applications vs. AI Add-On Applications
As AI evolves into the Enterprise, will we see greater uptake of AI-native applications or AI add-on applications? Briandon Whichard (@bwhichard) and...

Trustworthy AI Agents
Tanmai Gopal (@tanmaigo, CEO/Founder @HasuraQL) discusses the importance of reliability and trustworthiness for both generative and agentic AI. We dis...

The Rapid Change of Cloud Dynamics
Are the dynamics of the hyperscale cloud providers changing? Will the leaders of the last decade continue for the next 3-5 years, or the next decade?...

Expanding AI Agents with MCP Servers & API Platforms
Simon Yu (Co-Founder @SpeakeasyDev) discusses the rise of MCP servers, API integration into AI systems, including SDK generation, and the emergence of...

Father's Day and First Jobs
As Father's Day rolls around, we explore some tales from people taking on their first professional jobs, and how those lessons can relate to managers...

The State of Cloud Native for 2025
Tobi Knaup (@superguenter, VP/GM of Cloud Native @Nutanix) talks about the evolution of the cloud-native ecosystem, the intersection of AI and Kuberne...

There Ain't Gonna Be Any Middle Anymore
As we try and predict the future, we explore the possibilities of technology augmenting or replacing the middle of the bell curve. What has history ta...

AI & Cloud Trends for May 2025
Brian Gracely (@bgracely) and Brandon Whichard (@bwhichard, @SoftwareDefTalk) discuss the top stories in Cloud and AI from May 2025, including Google...

Sam, Jony, McGuffin and Vaporware
Is it ever a good time for a company to announce vaporware? Let’s discuss the pros and cons of pre-announcements, vaporware, and the strategy of produ...