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Relaxed Conversations around getting AI into production, whatever shape that may come in (agentic, traditional ML, LLMs, Vibes, etc)
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Building Out GPU Clouds // Mohan Atreya // #317

Demetrios and Mohan Atreya break down the GPU madness behind AI — from supply headaches and sky-high prices to the rise of nimble GPU clouds trying to outsmart the giants. They cover power-hungry hardware, failed experiments, and how new cloud models are shaking things up with smarter provisioning, tokenized access, and a whole lotta hustle. It's a wild ride through the guts of AI infrastructure — fun, fast, and full of sparks! Big thanks to the folks at Rafay for backing this episode — apprecia...

May 23, 202548 min

A Candid Conversation Around MCP and A2A // Rahul Parundekar and Sam Partee // #316 SF Live

Demetrios, Sam Partee, and Rahul Parundekar unpack the chaos of AI agent tools and the evolving world of MCP (Model Context Protocol). With sharp insights and plenty of laughs, they dig into tool permissions, security quirks, agent memory, and the messy path to making agents actually useful. // Bio Sam Partee Sam Partee is the CTO and Co-Founder of Arcade AI. Previously, a Principal Engineer leading the Applied AI team at Redis, Sam led the effort in creating the ecosystem around Redis as a vect...

May 21, 20251 hr 5 min

AI in M&A: Building, Buying, and the Future of Dealmaking // Kison Patel // #315

AI in M&A: Building, Buying, and the Future of Dealmaking // MLOps Podcast #315 with Kison Patel, CEO and M&A Science at DealRoom. Join the Community: https://go.mlops.community/YTJoinIn Get the newsletter: https://go.mlops.community/YTNewsletter // Abstract The intersection of M&A and AI, exploring how the DealRoom team developed AI capabilities and the practical use cases of AI in dealmaking. Discuss the evolving landscape of AI-driven M&A, the factors that make AI companies at...

May 16, 202556 min

AI, Marketing, and Human Decision Making // Fausto Albers // #313

AI, Marketing, and Human Decision Making // MLOps Podcast #313 with Fausto Albers, AI Engineer & Community Lead at AI Builders Club. Join the Community: https://go.mlops.community/YTJoinIn Get the newsletter: https://go.mlops.community/YTNewsletter // Abstract Demetrios and Fausto Albers explore how generative AI transforms creative work, decision-making, and human connection, highlighting both the promise of automation and the risks of losing critical thinking and social nuance. // Bio Faus...

May 14, 202550 min

MLOps with Databricks // Maria Vechtomova // #314

MLOps with Databricks // MLOps Podcast #314 with Maria Vechtomova, MLOps Tech Lead | Founder at Ahold Delhaize | Marvelous MLOps. Join the Community: https://go.mlops.community/YTJoinIn Get the newsletter: https://go.mlops.community/YTNewsletter // Abstract The world of MLOps is very complex as there is an endless amount of tools serving its purpose, and it is very hard to get your head around it. Instead of combining various tools and managing them, it may make sense to opt for a platform inste...

May 13, 202553 min

Making AI Reliable is the Greatest Challenge of the 2020s // Alon Bochman // #312

Making AI Reliable is the Greatest Challenge of the 2020s // MLOps Podcast #312 with Alon Bochman, CEO of RagMetrics. Join the Community: https://go.mlops.community/YTJoinIn Get the newsletter: https://go.mlops.community/YTNewsletter Huge shout-out to RagMetrics for sponsoring this episode! // Abstract Demetrios talks with Alon Bochman, CEO of RagMetrics, about testing in machine learning systems. Alon stresses the value of empirical evaluation over influencer advice, highlights the need for evo...

May 06, 20251 hr 2 min

Behavior Modeling, Secondary AI Effects, Bias Reduction & Synthetic Data // Devansh Devansh // #311

Behavior Modeling, Secondary AI Effects, Bias Reduction & Synthetic Data // MLOps Podcast #311 with Devansh Devansh, Head of AI at Stealth AI Startup. Join the Community: https://go.mlops.community/YTJoinIn Get the newsletter: https://go.mlops.community/YTNewsletter // Abstract Open-source AI researcher Devansh Devansh joins Demetrios to discuss grounded AI research, jailbreaking risks, Nvidia’s Gretel AI acquisition, and the role of synthetic data in reducing bias. They explore why determin...

May 02, 20251 hr 2 min

GraphBI: Expanding Analytics to All Data Through the Combination of GenAI, Graph, & Visual Analytics // Paco Nathan & Weidong Yang // #310

GraphBI: Expanding Analytics to All Data Through the Combination of GenAI, Graph, & Visual Analytics // MLOps Podcast #310 with Paco Nathan, Principal DevRel Engineer at Senzing & Weidong Yang, CEO of Kineviz. Join the Community: https://go.mlops.community/YTJoinIn Get the newsletter: https://go.mlops.community/YTNewsletter // Abstract Existing BI and big data solutions depend largely on structured data, which makes up only about 20% of all available information, leaving the vast majorit...

Apr 29, 20251 hr 14 min

AI Data Engineers - Data Engineering After AI // Vikram Chennai // #309

AI Data Engineers - Data Engineering after AI // MLOps Podcast #309 with Vikram Chennai, Founder/CEO of Ardent AI. Join the Community: https://go.mlops.community/YTJoinIn Get the newsletter: https://go.mlops.community/YTNewsletter // Abstract A discussion of Agentic approaches to Data Engineering. Exploring the benefits and pitfalls of AI solutions and how to design product-grade AI agents, especially in data. // Bio Second Time Founder. 5 years building Deep learning models. Currently, AI Data ...

Apr 25, 202550 min

I Am Once Again Asking "What is MLOps?" // Oleksandr Stasyk // #308

I am once again asking, "What is MLOps?" // MLOps Podcast #308 with Oleksandr Stasyk, Engineering Manager, ML Platform of Synthesia. Join the Community: https://go.mlops.community/YTJoinIn Get the newsletter: https://go.mlops.community/YTNewsletter // Abstract What does it mean to MLOps now? Everyone is trying to make a killing from AI; everyone wants the freshest technology to show off as part of their product. But what impact does that have on the "journey of the model"? Do we still think abou...

Apr 22, 20251 hr 7 min

How Sama is Improving ML Models to Make AVs Safer // Duncan Curtis // #307

How Sama is Improving ML Models to Make AVs Safer // MLOps Podcast #307 with Duncan Curtis, SVP of Product and Technology at Sama. Join the Community: https://go.mlops.community/YTJoinIn Get the newsletter: https://go.mlops.community/YTNewsletter // Abstract Between Uber’s partnership with NVIDIA and speculation around the U.S. President Donald Trump enacting policies that allow fully autonomous vehicles, it’s more important than ever to ensure the accuracy of machine learning models. Yet, the p...

Apr 18, 202546 min

Agents of Innovation: AI-Powered Product Ideation with Synthetic Consumer Testing // Luca Fiaschi // #306

Agents of Innovation: AI-Powered Product Ideation with Synthetic Consumer Testing // MLOps Podcast #306 with Luca Fiaschi, Partner of PyMC Labs. Join the Community: https://go.mlops.community/YTJoinIn Get the newsletter: https://go.mlops.community/YTNewsletter // Abstract Traditional product development cycles require extensive consumer research and market testing, resulting in lengthy development timelines and significant resource investment. We've transformed this process by building a distrib...

Apr 15, 20251 hr 2 min

Real-Time Forecasting Faceoff: Time Series vs. DNNs // Josh Xi // #305

Real-Time Forecasting Faceoff: Time Series vs. DNNs // MLOps Podcast #305 with Josh Xi, Data Scientist at Lyft. Join the Community: https://go.mlops.community/YTJoinIn Get the newsletter: https://go.mlops.community/YTNewsletter // Abstract In real-time forecasting (e.g., geohash level demand and supply forecast for an entire region), time series-based forecasting methods are widely adopted due to their simplicity and ease of training. This discussion explores how Lyft uses time series forecastin...

Apr 11, 202554 min

We're All Finetuning Incorrectly // Tanmay Chopra // #304

We're All Finetuning Incorrectly // MLOps Podcast #304 with Tanmay Chopra, Founder & CEO of Emissary. Join the Community: https://go.mlops.community/YTJoinIn Get the newsletter: https://go.mlops.community/YTNewsletter // Abstract Finetuning is dead. Finetuning is only for style. We've all heard these claims. But the truth is, we feel this way because all we've been doing is extended pretraining. I'm excited to chat about what real finetuning looks like - modifying output heads, loss function...

Apr 08, 20251 hr 1 min

From Shiny to Strategic: The Maturation of AI Across Industries // David Cox // #303

From Shiny to Strategic: The Maturation of AI Across Industries // MLOps Podcast #303 with David Cox, VP of Data Science; Assistant Director of Research at RethinkFirst; Institute of Applied Behavioral Science. Join the Community: https://go.mlops.community/YTJoinIn Get the newsletter: https://go.mlops.community/YTNewsletter // Abstract Shiny new objects are made available to artificial intelligence(AI) practitioners daily. For many who are not AI practitioners, the release of ChatGPT in 2022 wa...

Apr 07, 202541 min

Streaming Ecosystem Complexities and Cost Management // Rohit Agrawal // #302

Streaming Ecosystem Complexities and Cost Management // MLOps Podcast #302 with Rohit Agrawal, Director of Engineering at Tecton. Join the Community: https://go.mlops.community/YTJoinIn Get the newsletter: https://go.mlops.community/YTNewsletter // Abstract Demetrios talks with Rohit Agrawal, Director of Engineering at Tecton, about the challenges and future of streaming data in ML. Rohit shares his path at Tecton and insights on managing real-time and batch systems. They cover tool fragmentatio...

Apr 04, 202549 min

Fraud Detection in the AI Era // Rafael Sandroni // #301

Building Trust Through Technology: Responsible AI in Practice // MLOps Podcast #301 with Rafael Sandroni, Founder and CEO of GardionAI. Join the Community: https://go.mlops.community/YTJoinIn Get the newsletter: https://go.mlops.community/YTNewsletter // Abstract Rafael Sandroni shares key insights on securing AI systems, tackling fraud, and implementing robust guardrails. From prompt injection attacks to AI-driven fraud detection, we explore the challenges and best practices for building safer ...

Apr 01, 202541 min

Beyond the Matrix: AI and the Future of Human Creativity

Beyond the Matrix: AI and the Future of Human Creativity // MLOps Podcast #300 with Fausto Albers, AI Engineer & Community Lead at AI Builders Club. Join the Community: https://go.mlops.community/YTJoinIn Get the newsletter: https://go.mlops.community/YTNewsletter // Abstract Fausto Albers discusses the intersection of AI and human creativity. He explores AI’s role in job interviews, personalized AI assistants, and the evolving nature of human-computer interaction. Key topics include AI-driv...

Mar 30, 202555 min

Efficient GPU infrastructure at LinkedIn // Animesh Singh // MLOps Podcast #299

Building Trust Through Technology: Responsible AI in Practice // MLOps Podcast #299 with Animesh Singh, Executive Director, AI Platform and Infrastructure of LinkedIn. Join the Community: https://go.mlops.community/YTJoinIn Get the newsletter: https://go.mlops.community/YTNewsletter // Abstract Animesh discusses LLMs at scale, GPU infrastructure, and optimization strategies. He highlights LinkedIn's use of LLMs for features like profile summarization and hiring assistants, the rising cost of GPU...

Mar 28, 202559 min

Building Trust Through Technology: Responsible AI in Practice // Allegra Guinan // #298

Building Trust Through Technology: Responsible AI in Practice // MLOps Podcast #298 with Allegra Guinan, Co-founder of Lumiera. Join the Community: https://go.mlops.community/YTJoinIn Get the newsletter: https://go.mlops.community/YTNewsletter // Abstract Allegra joins the podcast to discuss how Responsible AI (RAI) extends beyond traditional pillars like transparency and privacy. While these foundational elements are crucial, true RAI success requires deeply embedding responsible practices into...

Mar 25, 202547 min

Claude Plays Pokémon - A Conversation with the Creator // David Hershey // #297

I Let An AI Play Pokémon! - Claude plays Pokémon Creator // MLOps Podcast #297 with David Hershey, Member of Technical Staff at Anthropic. Join the Community: https://go.mlops.community/YTJoinIn Get the newsletter: https://go.mlops.community/YTNewsletter // Abstract Demetrios chats with David Hershey from Anthropic's Applied AI team about his agent-powered Pokémon project using Claude. They explore agent frameworks, prompt optimization vs. fine-tuning, and AI's growing role in software, legal, a...

Mar 21, 202547 min

From Rules to Reasoning Engines // George Mathew // #297

From Rules to Reasoning Engines // MLOps Podcast #297 with George Mathew, Managing Director at Insight Partners. Join the Community: https://go.mlops.community/YTJoinIn Get the newsletter: https://go.mlops.community/YTNewsletter // Abstract George Mathew (Insight Partners) joins Demetrios to break down how AI and ML have evolved over the past few years and where they’re headed. He reflects on the major shifts since his last chat with Demetrios, especially how models like ChatGPT have changed the...

Mar 18, 20251 hr 5 min

GenAI Traffic: Why API Infrastructure Must Evolve... Again // Erica Hughberg // #296

GenAI Traffic: Why API Infrastructure Must Evolve... Again // MLOps Podcast #296 with Erica Hughberg, Community Advocate at Tetrate. Join the Community: https://go.mlops.community/YTJoinIn Get the newsletter: https://go.mlops.community/YTNewsletter // Abstract The way we handle API traffic is broken for GenAI. We've spent years optimizing for microservices—fast, stateless, and lightweight API calls. But GenAI changes everything. Requests are slower, heavier, and more complex, requiring long-live...

Mar 14, 20251 hr 6 min

The Unbearable Lightness of Data // Rohit Krishnan // #295

The Unbearable Lightness of Data // MLOps Podcast #295 with Rohit Krishnan, Chief Product Officer at bodo.ai. Join the Community: https://go.mlops.community/YTJoinIn Get the newsletter: https://go.mlops.community/YTNewsletter // Abstract Rohit Krishnan, Chief Product Officer at Bodo.AI, joins Demetrios to discuss AI's evolving landscape. They explore interactive reasoning models, AI's impact on jobs, scalability challenges, and the path to AGI. Rohit also shares insights on Bodo.AI’s open-source...

Mar 11, 202554 min

Kubernetes, AI Gateways, and the Future of MLOps // Alexa Griffith // #294

Kubernetes, AI Gateways, and the Future of MLOps // MLOps Podcast #294 with Alexa Griffith, Senior Software Engineer at Bloomberg. Join the Community: https://go.mlops.community/YTJoinIn Get the newsletter: https://go.mlops.community/YTNewsletter // Abstract Alexa shares her journey into software engineering, from early struggles with Airflow and Kubernetes to leading open-source projects like the Envoy AI Gateway. She and Demetrios discuss AI model deployment, tooling differences across tech ro...

Mar 07, 202552 min

Future of Software, Agents in the Enterprise, and Inception Stage Company Building // Eliot Durbin // #293

Future of Software, Agents in the Enterprise, and Inception Stage Company Building // MLOps Podcast 293 with Eliot Durbin, General Partner at Boldstart Ventures. Join the Community: https://go.mlops.community/YTJoinIn Get the newsletter: https://go.mlops.community/YTNewsletter // Abstract Key lessons for founders who are thinking about or starting their companies. 15 years of inception stage investing from how data science companies like Yhat went to market in 2013-14 and how that's evolved, to ...

Mar 04, 202554 min

The Agent Exchange: Practitioner Insights

Agents in Production [Podcast Limited Series] - Episode Five, Dmitri Jarnikov, Chiara Caratelli, and Steven Vester join Demetrios to explore AI agents in e-commerce. They discuss the trade-offs between generic and specialized agents, with Dmitri noting the need for a balance between scalability and precision. Chiara highlights how agents can dynamically blend both approaches, while Steven predicts specialized agents will dominate initially before trust in generic agents grows. The panel also exa...

Mar 03, 202548 min

Talk to Your Data: The SQL Data Analyst

In Agents in Production [Podcast Limited Series] - Episode Four , Donné Stevenson and Paul van der Boor break down the deployment of a Token Data Analyst agent at Prosus—why, how, and what worked. They discuss the challenges of productionizing the agent, from architecture to mitigating LLM overconfidence, key design choices, the role of pre-checks for clarity, and why they opted for simpler text-based processes over complex recursive methods. Guest speakers: Paul van der Boor - VP AI at Prosus G...

Feb 28, 202554 min

Getting to Grips with Web Agents

Agents in Production [Podcast Limited Series] - Episode Three explores the concept of web agents—AI-powered systems that interact with the web as humans do, navigating browsers instead of relying solely on APIs. The discussion covers why web agents emerge as a natural step in AI evolution, their advantages over API-based systems, and their potential impact on e-commerce and automation. The conversation also highlights challenges in making websites agent-friendly and envisions a future where agen...

Feb 26, 202546 min

The Challenge with Voice Agents

In Agents in Production Series - Episode Two , Demetrios, Paul, and Floris explore the latest in Voice AI agents. They discuss real-time voice interactions, OpenAI's real-time Voice API, and real-world deployment challenges. Paul shares insights from iFood’s voice AI tests in Brazil, while Floris highlights technical hurdles like turn detection and language processing. The episode covers broader applications in healthcare and customer service, emphasizing continuous learning and open-source inno...

Feb 22, 202548 min
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