Chain of Thought

AI isn't just changing healthcare; it's providing the essential help needed to unlock a trillion-dollar opportunity for better care.

Andreas Cleve, CEO & Co-founder of Corti, steps in to shed light on AI's immense, yet often misunderstood, transformative potential in this high-stakes environment. Andreas refutes the narrative of healthcare being slow adopters, emphasizing its high bar for trustworthy technology and i...

AI agents offer unprecedented power, but mastering agent reliability is the ultimate challenge for agentic systems to actually work in production.

Mikiko Chandrashekar, Staff Developer Advocate at MongoDB, whose background spans the entire data-to-AI pipeline, unveils MongoDB's vision as the memory store for agents, supporting complex multi-agent systems from data storage and vector search to debugging chat logs. She highlights how ...

The age of ubiquitous AI agents is here, bringing immense potential - and unprecedented risk.

Hosts Conor Bronsdon and Vikram Chatterji open the episode by discussing the urgent need for building trust and reliability into next-generation AI agents. Vikram unveils Galileo's free AI reliability platform for agents, featuring Luna 2 SLMs for real-time guardrails and its Insights Engine for automatic failure mode analysis. This platfor...

The Internet of Agents is rapidly taking shape, necessitating innovative foundational standards, protocols, and evaluation methods for its success.

Recorded at Cisco's office in San Jose, we welcome Giovanna Carofiglio, Distinguished Engineer and Senior Director at Outshift by Cisco. As a leader of the AGNTCY Collective (an open-source initiative by Cisco, Galileo, LangChain, and many other participating companies), Giovanna outline...

When AI makes creating content and code nearly free, how do you stand out? Differentiation now hinges on two things: unique taste and effective distribution.

This week, Bharat Vasan, founder & CEO at Intangible and a "recovering VC," explains why the AI landscape compelled him to return to founding. He sees AI sparking a new creative revolution, similar to the early internet, that makes it easier than ever to bring ideas to life...

Unlocking AI agents for knowledge work automation and scaling intelligent, multi-agent systems within enterprises fundamentally requires measurability, reliability, and trust.

João Moura, founder & CEO of CrewAI, joins Galileo’s Conor Bronsdon and Vikram Chatterji to unpack and define the emerging AI agent stack. They explore how enterprises are moving beyond initial curiosity to tackle critical questions around provisioning, au...

How is an open ecosystem powering the next generation of AI for developers and leaders?

Broadcasting live from the heart of the action at AMD's Advancing AI 2025, Chain of Thought host Conor Bronsdon welcomes AMD’s Anush Elangovan, VP of AI Software, and Sharon Zhou, VP of AI. They unpack AMD's groundbreaking transformation from a hardware giant to a leader in full-stack AI, committed to an open ecosystem. Discover how new M...

What if the most valuable data in your enterprise—the key to your AI future—is sitting dormant in your backups, treated like an insurance policy you hope to never use?

Join Conor Bronsdon with Greg Statton, VP of AI Solutions at Cohesity, for an inside look at how they are turning this passive data into an active asset to power generative AI applications. Greg details Cohesity’s evolution from an infinitely scalable file system buil...

What if the pixels and polygons of your favorite video games were the secret architects of today's AI revolution?

Carly Taylor, Field CTO for Gaming at Databricks and founder of ggAI, joins host Conor Bronsdon to illuminate the direct line from video game innovation to the current AI landscape. She explains how the gaming industry's relentless pursuit of better graphics and performance not only drove pivotal GPU advancements...

AI in 2025 promises intelligent action, not just smarter chat. But are enterprises prepared for the agentic shift and the complex reliability hurdles it brings?

Join Conor Bronsdon on Chain of Thought with fellow co-hosts and Galileo co-founders, Vikram Chatterji (CEO) and Atindriyo Sanyal (CTO), as they explore this pivotal transformation. They discuss how generative AI is evolving from a simple tool into a powerful engine for ente...

As AI redefines how products are built and customers are understood, what are the core strategies engineering leaders use to drive innovation and create lasting value?

Join Conor Bronsdon as he welcomes Wade Chambers, Chief Engineering Officer at Amplitude, to explore these critical questions. Wade shares how Amplitude is leveraging AI to deepen customer understanding and enhance product experiences, transforming raw data into actio...

Is the prevailing approach to Artificial General Intelligence (AGI) missing a crucial step – deep, focused specialization? 

For the first time since co-founding Poolside, CEO Jason Warner & CTO Eiso Kant reunite on a podcast articulating their distinct vision for AI's future with our host, Conor Bronsdon. Poolside has intentionally diverged from general-purpose models, developing highly specialized AI meticulously designed for t...

The AI landscape often pulls us between the allure of cutting-edge models and the quiet necessity of foundational work—yet how do these extremes actually connect to deliver value?

Join Conor Bronsdon as he welcomes Denny Lee, a self-proclaimed "data nerd" and Product Management Director, Developer Relations at Dataricks, to unpack this very spectrum, from AI's core infrastructure to its most advanced applications. Denny explains why...

Agentic AI exploded in 2025, but how do businesses move beyond prototypes to deploy reliable, valuable agents at scale?

Join host Conor Bronsdon and Lyzr AI CEO Siva Surendira as they discuss the complexities of building and managing AI agents for enterprises. Siva shares his journey creating Lyzr, focusing on making powerful agent frameworks accessible and trustworthy for enterprise developers. They discuss the critical hurdles bus...

Are we on the verge of removing all language barriers with AI?

Olga Beregovaya, VP of AI at Smartling, joins host Conor Bronsdon to tackle this question, discussing the evolution from rule-based NLP to today's powerful LLMs. Together, they confront the persistent challenges that stand in the way, like the English-centric nature of AI, domain-specific inaccuracies, and the unpredictability of model hallucinations. Olga unpacks th...

What if you could turn a requirement document into a full enterprise application in just minutes?

Rodrigo Coutinho, co-founder and AI Product Manager at OutSystems, joins hosts Conor Bronsdon and Atin Sanyal to explore this new reality of AI-driven development. Rodrigo shares insights from OutSystems' nearly 25-year journey, detailing their early adoption of AI and the development of their AI platform, Mentor. Discover how the p...

Generative AI dominates the conversation, but does it actually make it easier to build, lead, and sustain high-performing engineering teams?

Host Conor Bronsdon sits down with Charity Majors, co-founder and CTO of Honeycomb (.io), and the mind behind charity.wtf. Known for her sharp insights and unfiltered opinions, Charity kicks off the discussion by expanding on her popular article: 'Generative AI is not going to build your engine...

Building trustworthy, scalable AI isn't just about models; it's about navigating a complex ecosystem of tools and regulations. 

Join hosts Conor Bronsdon and Atindriyo Sanyal as they explore these challenges with Dr. Maryam Ashoori, Head of Product for watsonx AI at IBM. To meet these challenges, Maryam explains how watsonx simplifies the AI stack, automates pipelines, and empowers enterprises to scale their AI operations while opti...

What if everyone in your organization had equal information at all times? Would meetings even exist? 

This week, we dive into the concept of information symmetry with Manoj Agarwal, co-founder and president of DevRev. Manoj, along with hosts Conor Bronsdon and Yash Sheth, explores how DevRev is connecting data, personalizing schemas, and automating complex tasks, offering a glimpse into the next generation of AI-driven workflows. Th...