Apr 21
Industrial AI for the Physical World: Siemens’s Peter Koerte
In this episode, Sam talks with Peter Koerte, member of the managing board and chief strategy and technology officer of Siemens, about how industrial AI is quietly transforming the infrastructure that powers everyday life. While consumer AI grabs headlines, Peter explains how art ... Show More
31m 21s
Apr 7
Disintegrating the Org Chart: ServiceNow’s Jacqui Canney
In this episode, Sam is joined by Jacqui Canney, chief people and AI enablement officer at ServiceNow. Jacqui outlines how the software company has embedded AI agents into processes like employee onboarding to automate tasks, personalize experiences, and free up people’s time to ... Show More
34m 34s
Mar 24
Shifting AI From Fear to Optimism: U.S. Department of Labor’s Taylor Stockton
In this episode, Sam speaks with Taylor Stockton, chief innovation officer at the U.S. Department of Labor, about how artificial intelligence is reshaping the workforce. Taylor emphasizes that AI is having an economywide impact, transforming tasks within nearly every job rather t ... Show More
30m 20s
Nov 2024
#262 Self-Service Business Intelligence with Sameer Al-Sakran, CEO at Metabase
We’re improving DataFramed, and we need your help! We want to hear what you have to say about the show, and how we can make it more enjoyable for you—find out more here.We’re often caught chasing the dream of “self-serve” data—a place where data empowers stakeholders to answer th ... Show More
51m 33s
Sep 2024
Grand Challenges in Healthcare AI
<p>Vijay Pande, founding general partner, and Julie Yoo, general partner at a16z Bio + Health, come together to discuss the grand challenges facing healthcare AI today.</p><p>The talk through the implications of AI integration in healthcare workflows, AI as a potential catalyst f ... Show More
37m 40s
Jul 2024
Building a world-class data org | Jessica Lachs (VP of Analytics and Data Science at DoorDash)
<p><strong>Jessica Lachs</strong> is the global head of analytics and data science at DoorDash, where she’s built one of the largest and most respected data organizations in tech. In her more than 10 years at DoorDash, she has served as the first general manager, responsible for ... Show More
1h 19m
Sep 2025
Value-Based Oncology at Scale: Inside Thyme Care
<p>Cancer care in the U.S. costs over $250 billion each year, and nearly 2 million Americans receive a new diagnosis annually, yet too often the journey begins with silence: no call, no plan, no guide.</p><p>In this episode, a16z’s Vineeta Agarwala and Jay Rughani talk with Thyme ... Show More
41m 16s
Mar 2022
Russ Altman (Stanford University) & Kim Branson (GSK) - Principled Engineering: AI and Drug Development
<p>Russ Altman is the Kenneth Fong Professor of Bioengineering, Genetics, Medicine, Biomedical Data Science and (by courtesy) Computer Science at Stanford University. His primary research interests are in the application of computing to problems relevant to medicine. Kim Branson ... Show More
58m 25s
Sep 2024
#244 Using Data to Optimize Costs in Healthcare with Travis Dalton and Jocelyn Jiang President/CEO & VP of Data & Decision Science at MultiPlan
In healthcare, data is becoming one of the most valuable tools for improving patient care and reducing costs. But with massive amounts of information and complex systems, how do organizations turn that data into actionable insights? How can AI and machine learning be used to crea ... Show More
39m 43s
Sep 2025
From managing people to managing AI: The leadership skills everyone needs now | Julie Zhuo (Facebook VP, Sundial CEO, The Making of a Manager author)
Julie Zhuo is the former VP and Head of Design at Facebook (now Meta), author of the bestselling book The Making of a Manager, and co-founder of Sundial, an AI-powered data analysis company. Also, my first-ever podcast guest over 3 years ago!In our conversation, we discuss:1. The ... Show More
1h 36m
Jul 2025
What are LLMs? What is AGI? - Dr. Joe Tekli, Professor in Computer Engineering and AI #LLM #AI #AGI
In this powerful episode, we sit down with Dr. Joe Tekli, ranked among the Top 2% of researchers worldwide. Dr. Tekli is one of the MENA region’s most influential figures in Artificial Intelligence, with a PhD in Semantic Web and a global footprint in AI research, teaching, and r ... Show More
1h 13m
Feb 2025
The Man Who Invented Prompt Engineering on AI, AGI & The Future of Humanoids w/ Richard Socher & Salim Ismail | EP #152
In this episode of WTF is Happening in Tech, Richard, Salim, and Peter discuss the latest news in tech and AI, including the LLM war, Grok’s update, and more.
Recorded on Feb 24th, 2025
Views are my own thoughts, not Financial, Medical, or Legal Advice.
Richard Socher is the f ... Show More
1h 15m
Aug 2025
S8E8: Luis von Ahn Is Making Screen Time Count
<p>Luis von Ahn was a tenured professor of computer science at Carnegie Mellon University who had sold a company to Google. “You were pretty set, a lot of us would say, so why were you so hungry to build something new with Duolingo?” asks Ayesha Karnik, MBA ’25. </p><p>“For ... Show More
57m 51s
Josh Weiner, senior vice president of consumer engagement and analytics at CVS Health, is passionate about making health care more personalized, connected, preventative, and accessible. On today’s episode, Josh joins Sam and Shervin to explain how the integrated health care company is structured and how it is using AI to achieve those goals. Read the episode ... Show More
