Welcome to DataFramed, a weekly podcast exploring how artificial intelligence and data are changing the world around us. On this show, we invite data & AI leaders at the forefront of the data revolution to share their insights and experiences into how they lead the charge in this era of AI. Whether you're a beginner looking to gain insights into a career in data & AI, a practitioner needing to stay up-to-date on the latest tools and trends, or a leader looking to transform how your organization uses data & AI, there's something here for everyone. Join host Richie Cotton as he delves into the stories and ideas that are shaping the future of data. Subscribe to the show and tune in to the latest episode on the feed below.

Latest episodes

#379 The Secrets of Deploying AI in Production | Sumti Jairath, Chief Architect at SambaNova

September 28, 2026 · 48 min

AI agents are moving from demos into production, but many teams run into the same wall: responses that take too long and cost too much. As models grow bigger and reason through more steps before answering, every chained agent adds delay…
#378 The Data Engine for AI with Ledion Bitincka, CTO at Cribl & Nikhil Mungel, Head of AI R&D at Cribl

September 21, 2026 · 51 min

As agents take over more of the actual coding, the nature of technical work is shifting from producing software to judging it. Engineers increasingly spend their time specifying what should be built and then checking whether an agent's…
#377 The Algorithm for Hypergrowth with Jon McNeill, CEO at DVx Ventures & Former President at Tesla

September 14, 2026 · 38 min

Hypergrowth companies rarely scale on strategy alone — they scale on how fast decisions get made and how much risk employees feel safe taking. A recurring idea in high-growth environments is treating decisions differently depending on…
#376 Rethinking the Data Stack in the age of AI with Tristan Handy, President of Fivetran + dbt Labs

September 7, 2026 · 42 min

Across the data and AI industry, infrastructure that once served dashboards and human analysts is being rebuilt to serve autonomous agents instead. That shift changes what "AI-ready data" actually means, pushing teams to rethink…
#375 Is Math The Key to Better Coding AI? With Tudor Achim, CEO at Harmonic

August 31, 2026 · 47 min

AI capability in mathematics jumped before most people noticed, tackling Olympiad-level problems and unsolved research questions that had resisted attack for years. But the pattern of where AI succeeds and where it stalls is uneven and…
#374 How to Thrive in a World of Continuous Transformation | Phil Le Brun and Jana Werner, Executives in Residence at AWS

August 24, 2026 · 46 min

Technology is now moving faster than the organizations trying to adopt it. A model can be tested in an afternoon, but the approval to test it can take half a year, and that gap is where most transformation budgets quietly disappear. The…
#373 What Do Your Colleagues Do All Day? (The Value of Institutional Knowledge & AI for Process Reengineering) | Jennifer Smith, CEO at Scribe

August 17, 2026 · 52 min

Four years into the AI boom, headlines still promise agents that will run entire departments, yet most companies can't point to the transformation they were sold. The gap isn't intelligence — today's models are remarkably capable — it's…
#372 Bulletproof Large Scale Data Science with Srini Raghavan, Chief Product Officer at Freshworks

August 10, 2026 · 49 min

Software buying decisions used to be made once, by someone far removed from the people actually using the tool. That model is breaking down. Teams now expect software to work out of the box, without weeks of setup, integration, and…