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Craig S. Smith
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  • #273 Benjamin Encz: How Ashby is Building the Future of Hiring with AI
    This episode is brought to you by Extreme Networks, the company radically improving customer experiences with AI-powered automation for networking.Extreme is driving the convergence of AI, networking, and security to transform the way businesses connect and protect their networks, delivering faster performance, stronger security, and a seamless user experience. Visit https://www.extremenetworks.com/ to learn more. In this episode, Craig Smith sits down with Benjamin Encz, co-founder and CEO of Ashby, the AI-powered recruiting platform that is transforming how companies hire.  Ashby is disrupting the $650B recruiting industry by combining automation, data, and large language models to streamline the entire hiring process, from job postings to resume screening and interview scheduling. With clients like OpenAI and Shopify, Ashby is setting a new standard for modern recruiting.  Benji shares how AI is boosting efficiency while keeping human judgment at the center, and what the future of hiring could look like as these tools continue to evolve.   Stay Updated: Craig Smith on X:https://x.com/craigss Eye on A.I. on X: https://x.com/EyeOn_AI
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  • #272 Andrew Blum: Inside The Most Important AI Event Of The Year (HumanX)
    AGNTCY - Unlock agents at scale with an open Internet of Agents. Visit https://agntcy.org/ and add your support. What if the most important AI conference in the world wasn’t built by academics or hype merchants, but by operators who actually understand what businesses need? In this episode, Craig sits down with Andrew Blum, Co-Founder and COO of HumanX, the breakout AI conference that has quickly become the go-to gathering for enterprise leaders, AI builders, and government policymakers. Andrew shares the inside story of how HumanX went from an idea born in a VC incubator to hosting 3,300+ attendees, 350 speakers, and leaders from OpenAI, Anthropic, Mistral, Snowflake, and more, all within 18 months. You’ll hear how HumanX is different from other conferences, why face-to-face connection matters more than ever, and how HumanX is creating the bridge between AI innovation and real-world business transformation. This is a behind-the-scenes look you won’t want to miss. Like and subscribe for more! Stay Updated: Craig Smith on X: https://x.com/craigss Eye on A.I. on X: https://x.com/EyeOn_AI
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  • #271 Steve Lucas: Why AI Agents Will Automate 75% of Business Operations by 2026
    This episode is sponsored by Oracle. OCI is the next-generation cloud designed for every workload – where you can run any application, including any AI projects, faster and more securely for less. On average, OCI costs 50% less for compute, 70% less for storage, and 80% less for networking. Join Modal, Skydance Animation, and today’s innovative AI tech companies who upgraded to OCI…and saved.    Try OCI for free at http://oracle.com/eyeonai   What if the future of enterprise wasn’t human-driven, but agent-driven? In this groundbreaking episode, Steve Lucas, CEO of Boomi, unveils a radical vision for the next era of business: one where AI agents will power 75% of enterprise operations by 2026. From eliminating traditional user interfaces to transforming legacy systems with no-code automation, Steve walks us through how Boomi is building the infrastructure for a self-driving enterprise, and why businesses that fail to prepare will be left behind.   This episode will shift your perspective on where the enterprise is headed and who (or what) will be running it. Stay Updated: Craig Smith on X:https://x.com/craigss Eye on A.I. on X: https://x.com/EyeOn_AI
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  • #270 Thomas Dohmke: GitHub CEO Reveals How AI Will Change Coding Forever
    AGNTCY - Unlock agents at scale with an open Internet of Agents. Visit https://agntcy.org/ and add your support.   In this episode, GitHub CEO Thomas Dohmke joins us for a deep dive into the evolution of software development — from decentralized version control to the rise of AI coding agents. With over 150 million developers on GitHub and tools like Copilot rewriting the rules of software engineering, we explore what it really means to build in an AI-native future.   Thomas shares the origin story of Copilot, how GitHub is shifting from human-to-human to human-to-agent collaboration, and why he believes natural language is becoming the universal programming language. We also cover the technical architecture behind Coding Agents, the feedback loop between developers and AI, and what it takes to scale multi-agent systems in the real world.   Like and subscribe for more!     Stay Updated: Craig Smith on X:https://x.com/craigss Eye on A.I. on X: https://x.com/EyeOn_AI     (00:00) The Future of AI-Powered Coding (02:04) Thomas Dohmke’s Journey (05:16) GitHub’s Origin Story & Evolution (08:45) Life Before GitHub: Early Version Control Systems (10:40) What is Git? And Why GitHub Matters (12:36) The Birth of GitHub Copilot (16:17) The Rise of AI Agents (17:52) How Kids Are Learning to Code with Copilot (22:38) Can Non-Coders Use Copilot Agents Effectively? (26:01) What the Coding Agent Actually Does Behind the Scenes (31:30) The Models Behind GitHub Copilot & Developer Choice (35:22) How Much Code Is Now Written by AI? (38:51) GitHub’s Innovation Strategy (41:54) What’s Next for GitHub (45:24) From 150M to 1B Developers: Empowering the World to Build (47:51) GitHub Universe & Galaxy Events (49:53) GitHub’s Innovation Graph and the Power of Open Collaboration
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  • #269 Jason Hardy: How Hitachi Vantara Is Powering the Future of Enterprise AI
    AGNTCY - Unlock agents at scale with an open Internet of Agents. Visit https://agntcy.org/ and add your support.   In this episode of Eye on AI, Craig Smith sits down with Jason Hardy, Chief Technology Officer for AI at Hitachi Vantara, to explore what it really takes to deploy AI at scale in the enterprise, beyond the hype.   Jason shares how Hitachi is building a pragmatic, outcomes-driven AI platform through Hitachi iQ. From working with NVIDIA to integrating agentic AI into operations, this conversation unpacks the infrastructure, mindset, and strategies needed to move AI projects from experimentation to production.   Whether you're navigating AI adoption, battling with data readiness, or looking to build your own LLM-powered applications, this episode offers invaluable insights from a company that's actually doing it globally, sustainably, and at scale.   Stay Updated: Craig Smith on X: https://x.com/craigss Eye on A.I. on X: https://x.com/EyeOn_AI     (00:00) Preview (02:10) The Role of CTO for AI at Hitachi Vantara (05:38) Applying AI Across Manufacturing, Energy & Transport (09:54) What Is Pragmatic AI? (13:21) Infrastructure Demands of Generative AI (14:47) Why Most AI Projects Fail (20:25) Inside the Hitachi iQ Platform & NVIDIA Partnership (25:42) Building a Model-Agnostic, Hybrid AI Stack (32:08) Beyond Selling GPUs: Delivering Real AI Outcomes (38:09) Supporting Hybrid Deployments Across Cloud and On-Prem (42:02) Rethinking ROI: Failure as a Strategic Advantage (47:44) Agentic AI and the Future of Autonomous IT Workflows (49:37) Five Core Domains of Agentic AI at Hitachi (53:02) Making AI Infrastructure Sustainable (56:48) Hitachi's Vision for the Future of Enterprise AI
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Eye on A.I. is a biweekly podcast, hosted by longtime New York Times correspondent Craig S. Smith. In each episode, Craig will talk to people making a difference in artificial intelligence. The podcast aims to put incremental advances into a broader context and consider the global implications of the developing technology. AI is about to change your world, so pay attention.
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