At the Edge
In conversation with leaders and experts, McKinsey's At the Edge podcast demystifies cutting-edge technologies and shares strategies on how companies can capture big opportunities.
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To effectively compete, companies must take a hard look at what they can do to support an AI infrastructure. On this episode of the At the Edge podcast, SambaNova Systems cofounder and CEO Rodrigo Liang joins host and McKinsey Senior Partner Lareina Yee to discuss agentic AI, the S-curve of AI value, and why businesses must adopt a hybrid AI model.
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Renowned business leader John Chambers says AI disruption is this generation’s internet revolution. John Chambers, founder and CEO of JC2 Ventures and the former CEO and chairman of Cisco Systems for more than 20 years, grew Cisco to nearly $50 billion in annual revenues, helping companies around the world transform by leveraging the internet. On this episode of the At the Edge podcast, he joins host and McKinsey Senior Partn...
Will generative AI live up to its hype? On this episode of At the Edge, tech visionaries Naveen Chaddha, Managing Partner at Mayfield Fund, Kiran Prasad, CEO and Cofounder of Big Basin Labs, and Naba Banerjee, McKinsey senior advisor and former director of trust and operations at Airbnb join guest host and McKinsey Senior Partner Brian Gregg. They talk about the inevitability of an AI-supported world and ways business can leverage ...
What happens when art meets technology, AI, and data? You get the trailblazing digital artist and University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), lecturer Refik Anadol. For this episode of At the Edge, Anadol sat down with McKinsey senior partner Lareina Yee at the recent World Economic Forum (WEF) meeting in Davos. They discussed his multisensory installation about the melting glaciers and the joy that comes from...
Nearly one hundred years of McKinsey’s insights and knowledge serve as the source material for the firm’s AI platform, “Lilli.” In this episode of the At the Edge podcast, Erik Roth, a McKinsey senior partner and global leader of growth and innovation, joins senior partner Lareina Yee to discuss how Lilli was developed and thoughtfully executed—and why immediate access to the firm’s intellectual property has transformed the way McK...
Maximizing generative AI’s promise while minimizing its misuse requires an inclusive approach that puts humans first. Which is why the design of these formidable
systems must include experts from diverse backgrounds, says James Landay, a professor of computer science at Stanford University and today’s guest on this episode of the At the Edge. Hear his conversation with host and McKinsey senior par...
Vint Cerf codesigned the foundational architecture of the internet. He’s a renowned computer scientist, Google’s chief internet evangelist, and today’s guest on this episode of the At the Edge podcast. Cerf speaks with McKinsey senior partner Lareina Yee about the genesis of the internet, the need to improve online accessibility, and the importance of accountability.
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On this episode of the At the Edge podcast, OpenAI CFO Sarah Friar joins McKinsey senior partner Lareina Yee to talk about how to lead through this era of intense technological adaptation and what it means for the future of the finance function and business leadership.
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Companies are entering a new phase with generative AI (gen AI), as they realistically ponder how to deploy the potent technology responsibly and profitably. The answer, says Navrina Singh, founder and CEO of Credo AI and today’s guest on this episode of the At the Edge podcast, is proper governance in the form of continuous human oversight. Singh speaks with McKinsey senior partner Lareina Yee about the importance of monitoring, me...
Technology continues to change how we work, and gen AI is the latest, greatest disruptor. But real productivity happens only when companies holistically rethink how they do business. In this episode of the At the Edge podcast, economist and Stanford professor Erik Brynjolfsson speaks with McKinsey’s Lareina Yee about how gen AI differs from previous technological innovations, why it will likely augment more jobs than it replaces, a...
Applying a growth mindset is the best way for businesses to approach the rapid changes born of generative AI (gen AI), says Clara Shih, CEO of Salesforce AI and today’s guest on this episode of the At the Edge podcast. Shih speaks with McKinsey senior partner Lareina Yee about the transformative power of gen AI to help accelerate workflows, the importance of change management, and the top questions business leaders are asking about...
Although the relentless rise of generative AI (gen AI) has many fearing for the loss of their livelihoods to machines, former Fortune CEO Alan Murray argues that it may actually end up benefiting management and workers alike. In this episode of the At the Edge podcast, former Fortune CEO and editor Alan Murray speaks with McKinsey’s Lareina Yee about why gen AI marks a turning point in human history, one that must be carefully mana...
The advent of steam power in the late 18th century utterly transformed manufacturing, transportation, and construction. A new kind of upheaval is already underway, one that will energize all language-based capabilities including communication, reasoning, analysis, sales, and marketing. In this episode of the At the Edge podcast, venture capitalist Reid Hofman, cofounder of LinkedIn and Inflection AI, and founding investor in OpenAI...
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Listen to the podcast (duration: 31:27) > The volume of information available from space is unprecedented. McKinsey experts Ryan Brukardt and Jesse Klempner join host and McKinsey partner, Mina Alaghband to share the incredible ways in which the space-for-earth economy has evolved and how it needs to scale.
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Listen to the podcast (duration: 15:33) > GPS. Weather reports. Lightning-fast communication. Over the past two-ish decades, these kinds of unprecedented innovations are commonplace to millions of humans – and all of them are bolstered by space technology. Lisa Callahan, vice president and general manager of Commercial Civil Space at Lockheed Martin joi...
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Listen to the podcast (duration: 21:44) > Over ten thousand satellites have launched since the beginning of the space age in 1957. It’s expected that tens of thousands will blast off in just the next few years. Space technology is growing fast, and one of the most prolific investors in the vast region above the sky is Mark Boggett, managing director of ...
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