Modern CTO
Modern CTO is the #1 place where technology leaders and CTOs hang out. We live to bring tech leaders value. Listen in on our fun, intelligent and engaging podcast. We hang out with interesting and popular CTOs in Aerospace, Artificial Intelligence, Robotics + Many more industries. All of this, right here, right now, on the Modern CTO Podcast. What do you think of the show? Let us know here!
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December 18, 2025 • 55 mins
Peacock has become a streaming giant. How did they scale it to millions of users?
Today, we're talking to António Vieira, Director of Global Apps Engineering at Sky. We discuss how Peacock handles 30% of internet traffic during major NFL games, why live streaming is exponentially harder than video on demand, and how AI is being used to create personalized content experiences with synthetic voices.
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December 15, 2025 • 54 mins
All tech is witchcraft…until it isn’t.
Today, we're talking to Sam Ransbotham, AI editor at MIT Sloan Management Review and host of the Me, Myself, and AI podcast. We discuss why 76% of executives now view AI as a coworker rather than a tool, how healthcare privacy laws from 1996 can't handle modern AI capabilities, and why cheaper coding will create more programming jobs instead of eliminating them.
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December 11, 2025 • 36 mins
They’ve created a “Google Translate” for the cloud, and it’s changing everything.
Today, we're talking to Brad Parks, CloudOps and Private Cloud Leader at HPE. We discuss how Morpheus is bringing cloud operating models to on-premises infrastructure, why hybrid cloud is an inevitability rather than a strategy for most enterprises, and how HPE is helping IT teams eliminate vendor lock-in while maintaining workload portability across...
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December 8, 2025 • 51 mins
How is the biggest newspaper in the United States using GenAI?
Today, we're talking to Jason Sobel, CTO at The New York Times. We discuss how technology is transforming journalism for the digital age, why 70% of journalism jobs have disappeared in the last 25 years, and how The New York Times uses AI to enhance reporting without replacing human journalists.
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Gartner placed them in the highest corner of their Magic Quadrant. Why is HPE leading their industry?
Today, we're talking to Brian Gruttadauria, CTO of Hybrid Cloud at Hewlett Packard Enterprise. We discuss how agentic AI is transforming hybrid cloud infrastructure, why human-in-the-loop will remain critical for enterprise AI adoption, and how HPE went from 20% to 92% GitHub Copilot adoption in just over a year.
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December 1, 2025 • 59 mins
When will customer service be run entirely by bots?
Today, we're talking to Adrian McDermott, CTO at Zendesk, about how AI agents are transforming customer experience. We discuss why automation drives escalation instead of elimination, how Zendesk is moving from seat-based to outcome-based pricing with their resolution platform, and why the future of leadership requires being more like a slot machine than a vending machine.
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November 27, 2025 • 25 mins
This is some of the best advice we’ve ever heard on managing teams.
Today, we're talking to Mark Porter, CTO at dbt Labs. We discuss why knowing your audience is the foundation of effective communication, how to create psychological safety for escalation without surprises, and why hiring remarkable talent requires unconventional tactics like asking for negative references and spending six hours with final candidates.
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November 24, 2025 • 56 mins
When he went to investors, nobody believed that the internet would be a big deal.
Today, we're talking to Rouzbeh Yassini-Fard, the Father of the Cable Modem. We discuss how he invented broadband when no one believed home internet would succeed, why letting your product do the talking beats PowerPoint presentations, and how to distinguish between technology hype and delivery reality in the age of AI.
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November 20, 2025 • 55 mins
THIS is how you can actually leverage AI to transform your business in a realistic timeframe.
Today, we're talking to Rebecca Carr, CEO at SmartRecruiters, about how she led a complete AI transformation of her company in eighteen months without asking the board for permission. We discuss why 58% of job applications are now completed by AI agents, how she threw out her entire product roadmap to build an AI-native recruiting platfor...
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November 17, 2025 • 52 mins
It’s lonely at the top. But being lonely is actually a choice.
Today, we're talking to Jay Owen, CEO at Business Builders. We discuss how leading in ministry has changed his approach to business leadership, why loneliness at the top is actually a choice, and how AI tools like vibe coding are enabling agencies to build $50,000 solutions in just one week for a few hundred dollars.
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November 13, 2025 • 49 mins
Web3 crashed and burned when it first rolled out. But now, it’s picking up steam in gaming.
Today, we're talking to Chris Hewish, President at Xsolla. We discuss why the first wave of Web3 gaming collapsed into pyramid schemes, how blockchain technology is being reimagined to enhance gameplay instead of replace it, and why creator economies and decentralized ownership could finally solve the cold start problem that's been holding ...
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November 10, 2025 • 52 mins
He walked away from a cushy job to build products in his garage. Here’s how he made it work.
Today, we're talking to Scott Henderson, CTO and Co-founder at Celigo. We discuss why AI needs minimal autonomy instead of maximum freedom, how the future of SaaS is chat-to-validate rather than click-to-execute, and why the most expensive AI mistake is adopting it too slowly rather than spending too much.
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November 6, 2025 • 50 mins
Everyone is rushing to master AI, but what does that mean for software security?
Today, we're talking to Henrik Plate and Amod Gupta from Endor Labs about their State of Dependency Management report. We discuss how AI coding assistants are introducing new security vulnerabilities, why 90% of security issues exist in code you're not even using, and how malware is now hijacking local AI agents to steal credentials.
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November 3, 2025 • 42 mins
Is journalism being threatened or enhanced by modern technology?
Today, we're talking to Dylan Jacques, Chief Product and Technology Officer at The Telegraph. We discuss how AI is transforming news consumption patterns, why maintaining journalistic standards is critical in the age of LLMs, and how publishers can adapt by shipping features faster while preserving the human element of journalism.
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October 30, 2025 • 55 mins
AI is more powerful than ever, but companies are way overhyping this one feature.
Today, we're talking to Bryan McCann, CTO and co-founder at You.com. We discuss why CTOs need to start asking deeper questions about meaning, how AI is forcing us to rethink consciousness and intelligence, and why treating AI with respect might actually help you become a better person.
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October 27, 2025 • 39 mins
AI is more powerful than ever, but companies are way overhyping this one feature.
Today, we're talking to Yotam Yemini, CEO of Causely. We discuss why AI SREs are getting so much hype right now, how companies can make the benefits of AI in operations tangible, and why understanding the limitations of language models is crucial for effective implementation in SRE work.
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October 23, 2025 • 52 mins
Lenovo has been a global leader in computing for decades. Where are they heading next?
Today, we're talking to Art Hu, SVP and CTO at Lenovo. We discuss Lenovo's transformation into a services-led company, the future of personal computing and AI twins, and how CTOs can prepare their organizations for the AI revolution.
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October 20, 2025 • 51 mins
Yahoo was there in the earliest days of the internet, but what are they up to now?
Today, we're talking to Lee Zen, CTO at Yahoo. We discuss Yahoo's continued relevance in the digital age, how they're leveraging AI and cloud technology to navigate the expanding digital wilderness, and why authenticity and transparency are crucial in tech leadership.
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October 16, 2025 • 70 mins
ChatGPT is the single fastest growing product of all-time, and he was there to launch it.
Today, we're talking to Zach Kass, former head of go-to-market at OpenAI. We discuss the story behind launching ChatGPT, how society can responsibly adopt AI, and why societal thresholds are crucial for the integration of new technologies.
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October 13, 2025 • 48 mins
AI-generated code is inescapable, and you can’t always trust it. So what do you do?
Today, we're talking to Varun Badhwar, CEO of Endor Labs. We discuss how they're solving the developer productivity tax by making code more secure, why 90% of code comes from open source and the risks that entails, and how AI coding agents are introducing new security challenges in software development.
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