In The Arena by TechArena

In The Arena by TechArena

In The Arena by TechArena is your source for authentic conversations with the leading innovators in technology. The show is hosted by long time industry insider Allyson Klein

Episodes

December 15, 2025 11 mins

From OCP Summit 2025, Kelley Mullick joins Allyson Klein and co-host Jeniece Wnorowski for a Data Insights episode on rack-scale design, hybrid cooling (incl. immersion heat recapture), and open standards.

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At OCP’s 2025 global summit, Momenthesis founder Matty Bakkeren joins Allyson Klein to explore why open standards and interoperability are vital to sustaining AI innovation at datacenter scale.

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AMI CEO Sanjoy Maity joins In the Arena to unpack the company's shift to open source firmware, OCP contributions, OpenBMC hardening, and the rack-scale future—cooling, power, telemetry, and RAS built for AI.

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Graid Technology takes on Intel VROC licensing for data center and workstation customers, extending its RAID portfolio to offer both CPU-integrated and GPU-accelerated solutions.

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Scality CMO Paul Speciale joins Data Insights to discuss the future of storage—AI-driven resilience, the rise of all-flash deployments, and why object storage is becoming central to enterprise strategy.

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Ventiva CEO Carl Schlachte joins Allyson Klein to share how the company’s Ionic Cooling Engine (ICE) is transforming laptops, servers, and beyond with silent, modular airflow.

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From racing oils to data center immersion cooling, Valvoline is reimagining thermal management for AI-scale workloads. Learn how they’re driving density, efficiency, and sustainability forward.

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This Data Insights episode unpacks how Xinnor’s software-defined RAID for NVMe and Solidigm’s QLC SSDs tackle AI infrastructure challenges—reducing rebuild times, improving reliability, and maximizing GPU efficiency.

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Discover how JetCool’s proprietary liquid cooling is solving AI’s toughest heat challenges—keeping data centers efficient as workloads and power densities skyrocket.

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In this episode, Allyson Klein, Scott Shadley, and Jeneice Wnorowski (Solidigm) talk with Val Bercovici (WEKA) about aligning hardware and software, scaling AI productivity, and building next-gen data centers.

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November 10, 2025 10 mins

From AI Infra Summit, Celestica’s Matt Roman unpacks the shift to hybrid and on-prem AI, why sovereignty/security matter, and how silicon, power, cooling, and racks come together to deliver scalable AI infrastructure.

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November 7, 2025 9 mins

Allyson Klein talks with Synopsys’ Anand Thiruvengadam on how agentic AI is reshaping chip design to meet extreme performance, time-to-market, and workforce challenges.

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From storage to automotive, MLPerf is evolving with industry needs. Hear David Kanter explain how community-driven benchmarking is enabling reliable and scalable AI deployment.

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Solidigm’s Ace Stryker joins Allyson Klein and Jeniece Wnorowski on Data Insights to explore how partnerships and innovation are reshaping storage for the AI era.

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With sustainability at the core, Iceotope is pioneering liquid cooling solutions that reduce environmental impact while meeting the demands of AI workloads at scale.

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In this episode of In the Arena, David Glick, SVP at Walmart, shares how one of the world’s largest enterprises is fostering rapid AI innovation and empowering engineers to transform retail.

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Haseeb Budhani, Co-Founder of Rafay, shares how his team is helping enterprises scale AI infrastructure across the globe, and why he believes we’re still in the early innings of adoption.

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Direct from AI Infra 2025, AI Expert & Author Daniel Wu shares how organizations build trustworthy systems—bridging academia and industry with governance and security for lasting impact.

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Recorded at AI Infra Summit 2025 in Santa Clara: Carrier Chief Data & AI Officer Arun Nandi on infra as AI’s backbone, how early adopters win on ROI and speed, and what changed in the last 12–24 months.

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As AI fuels a $7 trillion-dollar infrastructure boom, Arm’s Mohamed Awad reveals how efficiency, custom silicon, and ecosystem-first design are reshaping hyperscalers and powering the gigawatt era.

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