AI Episodes

High performance computing used to be locked inside supercomputer labs and billion-dollar enterprises. Not anymore. In this episode of Great Things with Great Tech, I sit down with Matthew Sacks, Co-founder & CEO of Parallel Works, to explore how their Activate platform is democratizing HPC—making it accessible to scientists, engineers, AI teams, and enterprises without requiring deep infrastructure expertise.

APIs power the modern internet—but they’re still a pain to work with. In this episode, I sit down with Simon Yu, Co-founder of Speakeasy, to explore how they’re transforming API development. From automated SDKs and Terraform providers to agent-ready MCP servers, Speakeasy is redefining how APIs are built, shared, and consumed. We also delve into how AI fits into the future of developer tooling and agentic workflows.

In Episode 99 of Great Things with Great Tech, Anthony speaks with Deepti Srivastava, founder of Snow Leopard AI and former founding PM of Google Spanner. Deepti explores how enterprise AI is often built on stale, siloed data and introduces a bold solution: real-time, federated access to live business data—no ETL, no pipelines, just direct answers. Snow Leopard AI enables structured data retrieval across SQL and APIs with AI-powered query generation, placing AI directly in the critical decision path.

In this episode of Great Things with Great Tech, we explore the rise of Agentic AI with Anton Antich, Co-founder and Chief Product Officer of Integrail. Integrail has secured $10 million in seed funding from Ratmir Timashev (co-founder of Veeam) to expand its no-code AI Studio platform, empowering businesses to deploy AI-driven automation workflows in minutes without engineering expertise.

James White of CalypsoAI discusses AI security, enabling businesses to adopt AI responsibly, securely, and efficiently. Topics include protecting against AI threats like data leaks and adversarial attacks, regulatory compliance, and the benefits of using CalypsoAI’s enterprise-grade AI security platform.

Justin Borgman, Co-Founder and CEO of Starburst, explores the cutting-edge world of data management and analytics. Justin shares insights into Starburst's innovative use of Trino and Apache Iceberg, revolutionizing data warehousing and analytics. Learn about the company's journey, the evolution of data lakes, and the role of data science in modern enterprises.

This episode features a discussion with Amar Goel, co-founder and CEO of Bito, a company revolutionizing the software development process through AI-driven tools. Focusing on increasing developer productivity and code quality, Bito integrates ChatGPT into IDEs and CLIs, streamlining the coding process. Amar and I discuss Bito's role in enhancing software development, its key features, and the future trajectory of AI in coding. The conversation also touches on job security in the evolving landscape of AI and software development.

In this episode, I'm speaking with Alex Babin, Co-Founder & CEO of Zero Systems, a groundbreaking company at the forefront of utilizing generative AI to significantly enhance enterprise productivity. Zero Systems' cutting-edge platform integrates generative AI apps that augment knowledge workers in various enterprises. We delve into the capabilities of their innovative solutions, how cognitive automation is transforming the workplace, and the endless possibilities that generative AI holds for the future.

"Game On! Everything is going to change in the next three years!" - Deep Dhillon - Xyonix Co-Found and CEO In this episode I talk with Deep Dhillon, CEO and co-founder at Xyonix. Xyonix is an #AI and machine learning company that specializes in providing solutions for data-driven industries such as healthcare, life sciences, and financial services. They leverage cutting-edge #machinelearning and AI techniques to extract insights from data and apply those insights to improve their clients' pro...

CAST AI brings resource and cost optimization and security to Kubernetes using an AI In this episode I talk with Leon Kuperman. CTO and Co-Founder at CAST AI. CAST AI specializes in cloud optimization through an intelligent platform that reduces costs, optimizes devops, and automates disaster recovery. The platform uses an intelligent optimization engine to deliver cost efficient, high performing, and resilient infrastructure for every Kubernetes workload. Leon and I talk about how he started t...