The Data Exchange with Ben Lorica
A series of informal conversations with thought leaders, researchers, practitioners, and writers on a wide range of topics in technology, science, and of course big data, data science, artificial intelligence, and related applications. Anchored by Ben Lorica (@BigData), the Data Exchange also features a roundup of the most important stories from the worlds of data, machine learning and AI. Detailed show notes for each episode can be found on https://thedataexchange.media/ The Data Exchange podcast is a production of Gradient Flow [https://gradientflow.com/].
Episodes
317 episodes
Building the Knowledge Layer Your Agents Need
This episode features Philip Rathle, CTO of Neo4j, discussing the real-world state of Graph RAG and its journey from prototype to production in en...
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47:40
How Language Models Actually Think
Emmanuel Ameisen, an interpretability researcher at Anthropic, joins the podcast to demystify how large language models work.Subscribe to the Gradient Flow Newsletter 📩<...
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26:20
How AI Is Reshaping Jobs, Budgets, and Data Centers
Ben Lorica and Evangelos Simoudis of Synapse Partners explore the complex reality behind AI-driven layoffs, from automat...
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32:38
Making Data Engineering Safe for Automation and Agents
Ciro Greco, Co-founder & CEO at Bauplan, joins the podcast to discuss a new paradigm for data engineering rooted in software engin...
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49:41
Is Your Database Ready for an Army of AI Agents?
Mike Freedman and Ajay Kulkarni, founders of Tiger Data, join the podcast to unveil
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55:36
Beyond the Dashboard: Collaborative Analytics in Slack
Nick Schrock, CTO of Dagster, discusses the critical role of data orchestration in the AI era, framing “context pipelines” as the new data pipel...
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45:56
Stop Piloting, Start Shipping: A Playbook for Measurable AI
Ben Lorica and Evangelos Simoudis discuss AI-bubble signals (runaway revenue multiples, circular financing), why many enterprise pilots stall, and what separates leaders (use-c...
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29:41
Databases for Machines, Not People
Luke Wroblewski of Sutter Hill Ventures joins the podcast to discuss the paradigm shift in building AI applications. He explains how the traditional model o...
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27:42
When AI Agents Need to Talk: Inside the A2A Protocol
Heiko Hotz and Sokratis Kartakis of Google Cloud discuss the Ag...
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29:23
The Infrastructure for Production AI
Zhen Lu, CEO of Runpod, joins the podcast to discuss what it means to build an “AI-first” cloud...
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47:32
How to Make Your Data Truly AI-Ready
Yoni Leitersdorf, CEO of Solid, joins the podcast to demystify why simply pointing...
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45:49
Beyond the Agent Hype
Ben Lorica and Evangelos Simoudis discuss some takeaways for AI practitioners from the recent AI Conference. They cover the disconnect between the hype and reality of AI agents...
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29:35
How to Build and Optimize AI Research Agents
Jakub Zavrel, CEO of Zeta Alpha, joins the podcast to discuss the practical evolution from traditional enterprise search to powerful ...
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38:41
Why Digital Work is the Perfect Training Ground for AI Agents
Andrew Rabinovich, CTO and Head of AI at Upwork, discusses how digital work marketplaces serve as ideal testing ground...
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42:16
Beyond the Chatbot: What Actually Works in Enterprise AI
Jay Alammar is Director and Engineering Fellow at Cohere and co-author of the O’Reilly book
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38:24
Why China's Engineering Culture Gives Them an AI Advantage
Ben Lorica and Evangelos Simoudis discuss three critical topics for AI practitioners: the complexities of AI regulation, with debates over foundation model oversig...
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52:45
Predictability Beats Accuracy in Enterprise AI
In this episode, Anant Bhardwaj, CEO of Instabase, provides a pragmatic guide for AI practitioners building enterprise solutions. Subscribe t...
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44:11
2025 AI Governance Survey
Ben Lorica and David Talby present findings from the 2025 AI Govern...
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39:23
The Fenic Approach to Production-Ready Data Processing
Kostas Paralis, co-founder of Typedef , discusses Fenic, an open-source data frame f...
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46:45
When AI Eats the Bottom Rung of the Career Ladder
Ben Lorica and Evangelos Simoudis discuss three critical trends shaping the AI industry: the “Great Hollowing Out” where AI automation is eliminating entry-level positio...
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27:57
From NotebookLM to Audio Companions: Why Google’s AI Team Went Startup
Raiza Martin, co-founder of Huxe and former leader of Google’s NotebookLM team, discusses leaving Google at the height of NotebookLM’s success to build a...
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32:33
The AI-Native Notebook That Thinks Like a Spreadsheet
The discussion with CEO Akshay Agrawal covers how Marimo’s AI integration provides runtime context to LLMs for superior code generation, its adoption across industries from cybersecurity to De...
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42:26
How Agentic AI is Transforming Wall Street
Josh Pantony, CEO of Boosted AI, discusses Alfa, an agentic AI platform that creates persistent AI workers for finance professionals, movin...
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