The AI Software Report with RJ Lumba

Cloud Communications Maestro: Alianza’s Brian Beutler

In this episode, we speak with Brian Beutler, the Founder and CEO of Alianza, which delivers the only true cloud-native, carrier-grade communications platform built for service providers.
In 2009, after previous years of helping businesses embrace cloud communications, Brian decided to take that same model and help service providers with their next-generation infrastructure. Service Providers that are powered by Alianza are growing faster, drastically simplifying their operations, and delivering better customer experiences.
Before Alianza, Brian founded GetFon, which was sold to AT&T/Alestra in 2008. 
Brian supports Water for South Sudan. To learn more about this organization click here.
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Data Pioneer: Hammerspace’s David Flynn

In this episode, we speak with David Flynn, the CEO and Co-Founder of Hammerspace, which delivers a global data environment which spans across data centers, AWS, Azure, and Google cloud infrastructure.
David is a recognized leader in IT innovation and has been architecting disruptive computing platforms since his early work in supercomputing and Linux systems. Early on, David had a fascination with understanding how things work, a passion for technology, and the potential to make significant contributions to society through innovation.
Before Hammerspace, David pioneered the use of flash for enterprise application acceleration as founder and former CEO of Fusion-io, which was acquired by SanDisk in 2014.  He also served as Chief-Architect at Linux Networx where he was instrumental in the creation of the OpenFabrics stack and designed several of the world’s largest supercomputers leveraging Linux clustering, InfiniBand, and RDMA-based technologies.
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Indestructible Data Centers: Armada’s Dan Wright

In this episode, we speak with the Co-Founder and CEO of Armada, Dan Wright. Armada is the world’s first full-stack edge computing platform, revolutionizing connectivity, compute, and AI solutions.
Armada enables companies to rapidly deploy, operate and monitor a complete modular data center to the remote corners of the world.
Before Armada, Dan was the CEO of DataRobot and COO of AppDynamics. He is invested in the future of technology as an investor, advisor, and board member for various visionary startups, including Abnormal Security, Avi Networks (acquired by VMware), and Embrace.
Dan is a Board Member of JDRF. To learn more about this organization click here.
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Supercharging AI infrastructure: Celestial AI’s David Lazovsky

In this episode, we speak with David Lazovsky, the Co-Founder and CEO of Celestial AI.  Founded in 2020, Celestial AI is the creator of the Photonic Fabric™ technology platform, a pioneering optical compute and memory fabric solution for supercharging AI infrastructure. 
David leads the company in using his in-depth knowledge of semiconductors, data/telecommunications, photonics, clean energy industries, and extensive international business experience. 
His impressive career background includes being an Executive Chairman of POET Technologies, Venture Partner at Khosla Ventures, and founder of Intermolecular.
David supports the Canary Foundation. To learn more about this organization click here.
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Global Leader in Data Movement: Fivetran’s Taylor Brown

In this episode, we speak with Taylor Brown, the Co-Founder and COO of Fivetran, a platform that helps customers use their data to power everything from AI applications and ML models, to predictive analytics and operational workloads.
In 2012, Fivetran was founded by Taylor Brown and George Fraser.  They participated in startup accelerator Y Combinator in 2013.  By responding to the needs of customers, Brown and Fraser found their product market fit in 2014 and continued to grow from there. 
Today, thousands of global brands, including Autodesk, Condé Nast, JetBlue and Morgan Stanley, trust Fivetran to move their most valuable data assets to fuel analytics, drive operational efficiencies and power innovation.
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Freight Management Simplified: Loadsmart’s Felipe Capella

In this episode, we speak with Felipe Capella, the Co-Founder and CEO of Loadsmart, which leverages cutting-edge technology and industry expertise to deliver optimized, reliable, and transparent freight services and solutions.
Loadsmart was founded in 2014 and went on to gain capital backing from investors like Maersk, Ports America, TFI, CSX, BlackRock and Softbank. From day one, Felipe has been responsible for all product strategy and development. 
Previously, Felipe was an attorney at Inter-American Development Bank in Washington DC and before that an associate with Sullivan & Cromwell in New York. 
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The Future of Mainstream AI: Dataiku’s Florian Douetteau

In this episode, we speak with Florian Douetteau, the Co-founder and CEO of Dataiku, the platform for Everyday AI, enabling data experts and domain experts to work together to build data into their daily operations, from advanced analytics to Generative AI.
Florian co-founded Dataiku in 2013 - he envisioned a future for businesses with AI to become mainstream through the collaborative effort of everyone in the company, not just data scientists or technical experts. Today, more than 500 companies worldwide use Dataiku across industries including life sciences, logistics, retail, manufacturing, energy, financial services, software, and technology.
Florian began his technology career at Exalead, a search engine startup, and has held multiple positions in product management, engineering, and data analytics in various fast-growing tech companies. 
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Digital Workplace Transformation: AvePoint’s TJ Jiang

In this episode, we speak with Tianyi Jiang (TJ), CEO and Co-Founder of AvePoint, an independent software vendor of SaaS solutions to migrate, manage and protect data.
More than 17,000 customers trust AvePoint’s Confidence Platform to optimize their SaaS operations and secure collaboration. AvePoint’s SaaS solutions are also available to managed service providers via more than 100 cloud marketplaces.
TJ co-founded AvePoint in 2001 and has served as the company’s CEO since 2005. TJ was recently named a Top 50 SaaS CEO of 2023 by The Software Report.
TJ launched MaivenPoint, an edtech company that enables educators, students and organizations to create engaging learning experiences to meet their unique, evolving needs.
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Revolutionizing Code Intelligence: Sourcegraph’s Quinn Slack

In this episode, we speak with Quinn Slack, the Co-founder and CEO of Sourcegraph, a leading code intelligence platform revolutionizing how developers understand, fix, and automate their code.
Founded in 2013,  Sourcegraph uses the power of AI with Cody, their AI coding assistant, to help developers better understand their code. Over one million engineers use Sourcegraph to improve code security, efficiently onboard developers, promote code reuse, resolve incidents, and boost code health.
Before Sourcegraph, Quinn was the Co-founder of Blend Labs, which created a platform to transform consumer banking experiences and streamline workflows for their teams. Currently, he is a Board Member of Hack Club, a national nonprofit that brings coding clubs to high schools nationwide.
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Elevating The Software Experience: Pendo’s Todd Olson

In this episode, we speak with the Founder and CEO of Pendo, Todd Olson. Pendo’s software product experience platform allows companies to make product intelligence actionable with speed and scale, giving rise to a new generation of companies that put product at the center of everything.
A three-time entrepreneur, Olson teamed up with fellow product leaders and technologists from Red Hat, Cisco, and Google to launch Pendo in October 2013. Its customers include the world’s leading companies, including Verizon, Morgan Stanley, LabCorp, OpenTable, Okta, Salesforce, and Zendesk.
Todd’s passion for helping digital teams build great products led him to write his first book: “The Product-Led Organization: Drive Growth By Putting Product at the Center of Your Customer Experience”.
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