The Cloudcast
The Cloudcast (@cloudcastpod) is the industry's #1 Cloud Computing podcast, and the place where Cloud meets AI. Co-hosts Aaron Delp (@aarondelp) & Brian Gracely (@bgracely) speak with technology and business leaders that are shaping the future of business. Topics will include Cloud Computing | AI | AGI | ChatGPT | Open Source | AWS | Azure | GCP | Platform Engineering | DevOps | Big Data | ML | Security | Kubernetes | AppDev | SaaS | PaaS .
Episodes
927 episodes
What would an AI-First CIO do?
In the 2010s, many CIOs adopted a Cloud-First strategy for building their digital services and skills. So how would a CIO build an AI-First strategy in today’s world?SHOW: 890SHOW TRANSCRIPT:
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The Ethics of Using AI Tools at Work
Brian and Michael Cote (@cote, Co-Host @SoftwareDefinedTalk) talk about the ethics of using AI at for internal and external facing work.SHOW: 889SHOW TRANSCRIPT:
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Does your CEO know what your group does?
Does your boss’ boss know what your group does? How far up the org chart is it before your group is unknown? Let’s look at ways that your group can make sure it has visibility up the ranks of your management team. SHOW: 888
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Career Advice in 2025
As we start in 2025, we wanted to offer advice on job searching and evaluating roles. The market and the interviewing process have shifted; what do you need to know in 2025 if you seek a new opportunity?SHOW: 887SHOW T...
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The Cloudcast #886 - Reflections, Resolutions and Beginning 2025
As a new year is upon us, let's make a checklist of the most important areas to focus upon to make Q1 successful and set up the rest of 2025 for success. SHOW: 886SHOW TRANSCRIPT:
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Auth in the Age of AI Agents
Jake Moshenko (@jacobmoshenko, CEO of @AuthZed) talks about the challenges of securing AI interactions, as well as authentication best-practices for AI Agents and RAG patterns. SHOW: 885SHOW TRANSCRIPT:
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2024 Year-End Review and 2025 Predictions
It’s that time of the year again. Brian and Aaron wrap of the year in Cloud and AI, and make predictions for 2025.SHOW: 884SHOW TRANSCRIPT:
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Evaluating Market Changing Trends
If AI is going to be the next big trend in tech and impact every aspect of society, how do you go about trying to evaluate where it is today and where it might be in a few years or a decade?SHOW: 883SHOW TRANS...
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2024 Year End Mailbag
It’s that time of the year… Aaron and Brian answer emails and questions for the second half of the year.SHOW: 882SHOW TRANSCRIPT:
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Does the AI startup ecosystem need Yacht Rock infrastructure?
In the late 70s and early 80s, a music revolution started because a bunch of talented musicians played on 100s of albums, behind the scenes. Would the AI startup community benefit from a similar infrastructure of experts?SH...
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Reacting to the AWS re:Invent Keynote
The 2024 AWS re:Invent happened, with a new CEO, and an appearance by a previous CEO. What were the big announcements, trends and stories coming out of the keynote?SHOW: 880SHOW TRANSCRIPT:
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Reviewing "AI Eats the World"
How are the largest VCs viewing the early stages of the AI Era, from the perspective of investment, technology moats, economics, early adoption and future use-cases. SHOW: 879SHOW TRANSCRIPT:
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Cloud News of the Month - November 2024
Brian Gracely, Aaron Delp, and Brandon Whichard discuss the top stories in Cloud and AI from November 2024 including the breaking news of Pat Gelsinger's Thanksquitting departure from Intel.SHOW: 878SHOW TRANSCRIPT:
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The Pros and Cons of Living in Silicon Valley during the AI Boom
As the AI era emerges, the debate about the best place to live to take advantage of it for your career has started up again. Is Silicon Valley still the best place to live when a new trend starts?SHOW: 877SHOW TRANSCRIPT...
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Using GenAI for DevSecOps
Andrew Manoske (@a2d2, VP Products @Kindo) talks about the intersection of GenAI and DevSecOps, the WhiteRabbitNeo model, and learning adversary behavior.SHOW: 876SHOW TRANSCRIPT:
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Searching for the Netflix of the AI Era
In the Cloud Era, Netflix was held up as the lighthouse for what was possible with cloud. So who is the Netflix of the AI era, and are we learning enough about AI yet?SHOW: 875SHOW TRANSCRIPT:
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Building AI Models for IT Operations
Sunil Mallya (@sunilmallya, Co-Founder & CTO @_FlipAI) talks about building AI models to help IT Operations teams simplify troubleshooting, incident response and pattern detection. SHOW: ...
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Times of Uncertainty lead to eras of Creativity
It’s not a reach to say that we’re currently in a time of uncertainty, across technology, economic and political spectrums. But historically, times of uncertainty have often led to unexpected creativity. SHOW: 873SH...
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Multi-Cloud Network Observability
Rosalind Whitley (Dir. Product @Kentikinc) and Ethan Smith (Staff SRE @ An Enterprise Security Company) talk about network observability, the evolution of SRE for networking, flow analysis, and the complexity and tradeoffs or network design and...
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13 Tech Communication Tips after the Election
While there will be plenty of evaluation of how the 2024 US elections played out, we take a look at 13 tips that we can learn from the campaigns that can be used for tech communications.SHOW: 871SHOW TRANSCRIPT:
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Cloud News of the Month - October 2024
Brian Gracely (@bgracely) and Brandon Whichard (@bwhichard) discuss the top stories in Cloud and AI from October 2024.SHOW: 870SHOW TRANSCRIPT:
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Improving Developer Productivity with AI Coding Assistants
Keri Olson (@ksolson20, VP AI for Code at @IBM) talks about coding assistants across the software development lifecycle, the future of agents, and domain-specific assistants.SHOW: 869SHOW TRANSCRIPT:
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The Most Audacious Sales Pitch Ever
When you’re asking VCs for $6B+, you probably need to promise more than normal returns. So let’s just change all of humankind over the next 5-10 years. Seems simple enough. SHOW: 868SHOW TRANSCRIPT:
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