Forward Deployed
Episodes
Conversations with builders, operators, and founders turning AI demos into production systems.
LangChain
Vince Signori: Inside LangChain's Growth Strategy from $200M to $1.25B
A practical conversation on how infrastructure companies cross from open source adoption into enterprise value, and what that pattern teaches AI engineering teams shipping agents in production.
Abnormal AI
Shrivu Shankar - How a $5B Cybersecurity Company Runs on AI Agents
An operator-level look at agent deployment in cybersecurity, including workflow design, ownership, evaluation, and the organizational patterns behind production AI.
Meta and Intuit Credit Karma
Supriya Gupta - Meta Exec Explains How AI is Reshaping Advertising
A product strategy conversation on where AI changes advertising workflows, where it does not, and how leaders should evaluate applied AI opportunities.
Cognition, Semgrep, Factory and Composio
The Future of Agentic Engineering | Cognition, Semgrep, Factory and Composio
A multi-company view of agentic engineering, from coding assistants to autonomous workflows and the practices teams need before trusting agents in real repositories.
Vercel
Lindsey Simon - The Future of Software Engineering
A software engineering leadership conversation about how AI changes developer workflows, review loops, tooling, and the shape of high-performing teams.
ThoughtSpot
He Built a $200M AI Agent 10 Years Before ChatGPT
A look at enterprise AI agents before and after ChatGPT, centered on analytics workflows, user trust, and the product lessons behind ThoughtSpot.
Angry Birds and AI-native gaming
He Led AI Transformation for Angry Birds. Then He Quit.
A practical look at AI transformation in gaming, from faster prototyping and T-shaped teams to the economics of building entertainment products with AI-native workflows.