Accelerating AI

Episode 6: MP Eisen, VP of Partnerships at Glean

john@investiture.ai (John L. Connell) — Mon, 1 Apr 2024 16:44:27 +0000

In this episode, John L. Connell and MP Eisen discuss Glean's go-to-market strategy, how business leaders are thinking about implementing AI tools, AI centricity vs human centricity, and more! MP is VP of Partnerships at Glean. Previously, she served as VP of Channel Sales at Asana, tripling ARR for three consecutive years and saw the business grow from 250 to 2K employees. Before Asana and Glean, MP supported strategy and operations at Nerdwallet, and picked up degrees from Wharton as well as Georgetown. Glean is a Series D company valued at $2.2B, solving knowledge search and discovery with AI.

Episode 5: Craig Wiley, Senior Director of Product for AI at Databricks

john@investiture.ai (Craig Wiley, John L. Connell, Luis Gonzalez) — Mon, 12 Feb 2024 16:00:00 +0000

In this episode, John L. Connell, Luis Gonzalez and Craig Wiley discuss the evolution of AI infrastructure, considerations when deploying AI, and the significance of generative AI experimentation.

Episode 4: Zeno Mercer, AI and Robotics Investor

john@investiture.ai (Zeno Mercer, John L. Connell, Luis Gonzalez) — Wed, 10 Jan 2024 20:02:13 +0000

In this episode, John L. Connell, Luis Gonzalez and Zeno Mercer discuss and ideate on AI’s impact across mobility (specifically autonomous vehicles), healthcare, public sector, consumer/commercial productivity, and more.

Episode 3: EJ Cho, CEO of Tofu

john@investiture.ai (EJ Cho, Luis Gonzalez, John L. Connell) — Wed, 13 Dec 2023 18:27:14 +0000

In this episode, John L. Connell, Luis Gonzalez and Eunjoon (EJ) Cho talk about the inspiration for Tofu, how Generative AI unlocks omni-channel personalization for marketing teams, and what it means to build a new product category alongside customers.

Episode 2: Jacky Koh, CEO of Relevance AI

john@investiture.ai (Jacky Koh, Luis Gonzalez, John L. Connell) — Fri, 3 Nov 2023 13:00:00 +0000

Jacky, John, and Luis talk about the potential for agents/bots to automate work, and the implications increased productivity will have on enabling everyone to spend their time on higher-value activities.

Episode 1: Michael Daehne, CEO of FlexPoint Consulting

john@investiture.ai (Michael Daehne, John L. Connell) — Thu, 28 Sep 2023 21:00:00 +0000

This Episode's Guest

Michael Daehne is CEO of FlexPoint Consulting, where he specializes in business transformation and technology modernization. He previously served as a Partner and Transformation Practice Director at Sense Corp. Prior to that, Michael spent time at Deloitte Consulting, and graduated from the University of Texas at Austin.

Sections

00:00 - podcast and Michael intro

01:30 - why should business leaders pay attention to AI?

04:00 - where to start deploying AI in your company?

08:09 - motivating AI adoption in your company and challenges around responsible use

12:58 - planning for AI adoption in your company

16:28 - automating workflows and understanding your data

24:12 - generating actionable insights

26:08 - navigating data privacy and compliance

Episode 0: Welcome to the Accelerating AI Podcast!

john@investiture.ai (Luis Gonzalez, John L. Connell) — Thu, 28 Sep 2023 20:00:00 +0000

This Episode's Co-Host

Luis Gonzalez is a Senior Solutions Consultant at ServiceNow and co-Host of the Accelerating AI podcast. Previously, he served as a Solution Engineer at Oracle, Medallia, and Senior Consultant at Capgemini.

Sections

00:00 - podcast intro

00:38 - why are we starting this podcast?

01:28 - John intro

03:20 - Luis intro

04:05 - terminology: AI, ML, LLMs

06:00 - examples of AI improving productivity in businesses

07:34 - who will be featured on our podcast?

08:25 - content release cadence (at least 1 episode/month) and how to get in touch