Techstrong Gang
Techstrong Gang is your go-to weekday show on Techstrong TV and your favorite podcast platform, bringing together a rotating lineup of top thought leaders and technologists to break down the biggest stories and trends shaping the tech world. Hosted by industry veterans Alan Shimel, Mike Vizard, Mitchell Ashley, Jon Swartz, Lisa Martin, Tracy Ragan, Sulagna Saha, Anne Ahola Ward, Bonnie Schneider, and more, the show dives deep into everything from DevOps and cybersecurity to AI and cloud innovation. Tune in Monday through Friday for insightful discussions, expert analysis, and lively debates on the issues that matter most to today’s tech professionals.
Episodes
Alan Shimel, Mike Vizard, Mitch Ashley, Chris Blask, Kate Scarcella and Sid Nag dive into the politics of artificial intelligence (AI) following a pledge to promote innovation that 88 countries have signed, before delving into the identity management issues that will arise as more AI agents are deployed.
Then the gang pays a visit to Gastown, a new approach to building software in Kubernetes environments that relies on an ability t...
Are technology providers responsible for reporting potential criminal activity on their platforms?
On today’s Techstrong Gang, Alan Shimel, Mike Vizard, Stephen Foskett, and Garima Bajpai examine whether companies such as Apple and OpenAI are culpable for failing to alert authorities about potential crimes, including child exploitation material or violent intent.
The conversation explores the legal and ethical boundaries of platfor...
On today’s Techstrong Gang, Mike Vizard, Jon Swartz, Tracy Ragan and Jack Poller examine what this challenge means for executive power, global trade policy and digital sovereignty.
The conversation then shifts to artificial intelligence and a growing debate over governance. Does AI pose a meaningful threat to democracy, or is the real issue who controls its development and deployment?
The gang also explores GitHub’s initiative enab...
Alan Shimel, Jon Swartz, Fred Wilmot, Anne Ahola Ward and Gina Rosenthal dive into the impact artificial intelligence (AI) is having on how we work and the kinds of jobs that will be created and eliminated, before delving into the degree to which AI agents might be intelligent.
Then the gang takes a look at an application the Supreme Court plans to deploy that surfaces potential conflicts of interest.
Artificial intelligence is colliding with media power, surveillance technology, and platform governance in ways that are reshaping the digital landscape.
In this episode, Alan Shimel, Mike Vizard, Jon Swartz, Teri Robinson and Andi Mann break down three developments that signal broader structural change across the AI ecosystem.
Hollywood Backlash
ByteDance pledges safeguards after criticism of AI driven “smash and grab” content pra...
Alan, Mike, Chris Blask, Kate Scarcella, Dan O'Brien and Sid Nag return to the controversy surrounding the open source OpenClaw agent following the hiring of its creator by Open AI.
Then the gang dives into the drone controversy that has emerged among various branches of government before wishing the Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF) a happy 10th birthday.
Artificial intelligence is reshaping software development, media production, and even competitive sports in ways that are testing operational models across industries.
In this episode, Alan Shimel, Mike Vizard, JP Morgenthal and Stephen Foskett, president of the Tech Field Day arm of the Futurum Group, examine what some are calling an “Eternal September” moment for open source software. Project maintainers are increasingly overwhel...
Mike Vizard, Tracy Ragan, Jack Poller, and Jon Swartz delve into the FBI recovering deleted Nest Cam footage and what that signals about cloud data retention, before turning to Anthropic’s $20 million pledge to a political group backing AI safety rules.
Then the gang explores how AI-powered deepfakes and bots are accelerating romance scams, highlighting the growing industrialization of social engineering and its implications for di...
Co-Founder & CEO of Safe Security, Don Murray, argues that the debate between AI agents and traditional applications is largely misplaced, as both models are rapidly converging. He warns that the rise of “vibe coding” could create long-term maintenance risks while predicting that thin SaaS layers will struggle to survive as enterprises shift toward AI-generated, visually governed workflows and integrated automation platforms.
In this episode, Alan Shimel, Mike Vizard, Jon Swartz, Andi Mann, and Teri Robinson break down three major developments shaping the next phase of enterprise technology.
The conversation begins with NVIDIA’s DreamDojo initiative, a training approach that enables robots to learn by watching humans — accelerating robotics development and redefining how AI systems acquire real-world skills.
The panel then examines Google’s warning arou...
In this episode, Alan Shimel, Mike Vizard, Chris Blask, and Kate Scarcella examine how AI and “vibecoding” tools are reshaping the open source software community — and whether traditional OSS models can remain sustainable in an AI-driven world.
The conversation then turns to the growing debate around the “enshittification” of the internet, taking a hard look at who is actually responsible for platform decay. Is it the technology it...
Join Alan Shimel, Mike Vizard, Chris Blask, and Garima Bajpai live as they break down how artificial intelligence is reshaping multiple corners of the technology landscape — from silicon to security to space.
The conversation begins with the semiconductor surge, examining what will enable the chip market to cross the $1 trillion sales threshold for the first time in 2026, driven by AI workloads, data center expansion, and advanced ...
Alan, Mike, Mitch, Fred Wilmot, Jon Swartz and Jack Poller dive into why artificial intelligence (AI) is now becoming a mainstay of the Super Bowl advertising before debating the inherent cybersecurity risks associated with adopting agents such as MoltBolt/OpenClaw.
Then the gang takes a look at the future of DevOps in the age of AI.
Alan Shimel, Mike Vizard, Jon Swartz, Anne Ahola Ward and Gina Rosenthal dive into a Gartner forecast that sees IT spending driven by artificial intelligence (AI) investments topping $6 trillion.
Then the gang looks at the military's growing interest in AI, before diving into why it's really important to understand how AI works following a new report shared by Anthropic.
Alan Shimel, Mike Vizard, Jon Swartz, Teri Robinson and Barbara Roos dive into Elon Musk's latest moves to create an innovation engine by merging SpaceX and xAI.
Then the gang takes a look at whether AI will lead to the death of software-as-a-service (SaaS) applications, as many on Wall Street seem to now think, before delving into a deliberate disclosure of the identities of thousands of alleged cybercriminals.
Alan Shimel, Mike Vizard, Chris Blask, Kate Scarcella, and Futurum Group president Dan O'Brien dive into the future of artificial intelligence (AI) in the "Twilight Zone" before debating the chances an AI rebel alliance might usurp the status quo.
Then the gang takes a look at how IT professionals are evolving into data shepherds in the age of AI.
Alan Shimel, JP Morgenthal, Hope Lynch and Stephen Foskett, president of the Tech Field Day arm of the Futurum Group, dive into Moltbot, a general purpose artificial intelligence (AI) agent that, while gaining a significant level of adopton, is also raising cybersecurity alarms.
Then the gang celebrates the 10th birthday of WebAssembly, otherwise known as Wasm, before taking a look at the state of IT infrastructure in the age of AI...
Alan Shimel, Mike Vizard, Fred Wilmot, Anne Ahola Ward, and Gina Rosenthal dive into the issues artificial intelligence (AI) is creating in the workplace—also known as AI Workslop—before previewing how AI will be applied at the Super Bowl to improve player safety and enhance the fan experience.
The gang then examines why cybersecurity representatives from the federal government appear to be boycotting the RSAC Conference this year.
...Alan, Mike, Jon, Teri Robinson and Wickey Wang dive into the next-generation of an artificial intelligence (AI) chip developed by Microsoft before debating the degree to which music generated by AI is real. Then the gang dives into how Alan found himself being impersonated on Instagram.
Alan Shimel, Mike Vizard, Chris Blask, Kate Scarcella and Sid Nag dive into the security flaws in Model Context Protocol (MCP) servers and clients that are being used to give AI agents access to data, before taking a look at an effort to port the NVIDIA CUDA framework to AI accelerators from AMD.Then the gang dives into the state of Kubernetes adoption following a survey from the Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF) that sees 8...
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