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The Real ROI of Enterprise AI | A conversation with HP, ServiceNow & Accenture
The “ROI of AI” has been marketed as a panacea, a near-magical solution to all business problems.
Following that promise, many companies have invested heavily in AI over the past year and are now asking themselves, “What is the return on my AI investment?”
This week on Chain of Thought, Galileo’s CEO, Vikram Chatterji joins Conor Bronsdon to discuss AI's value proposition, from the initial hype to the current search for tangible returns, offering insights into how businesses can identify the right AI use cases to maximize their investment.
Next, we’re joined by a panel of AI experts to discuss the ROI of Enterprise AI, featuring Alex Klug, Head of Product, Data Science & AI at HP; Sriram Palapudi, Sr. Dir, ML Platform Engineering at ServiceNow; and Jay Subrahmonia, Global MD for AI Research & Products at Accenture.
Together, they explore effective implementation strategies, how to measure the returns of AI adoption in the enterprise, and why AI's ROI isn't always just about the bottom line.
Chapters:
00:00 Introduction
01:50 Current State of AI Investments
03:59 Challenges and Solutions in AI Implementation
08:30 Identifying and Prioritizing AI Use Cases
10:53 Ensuring Trust and Explainability in AI
15:29 Measuring ROI and Efficiency Gains
21:10 Panel Discussion Begins
21:54 Trust and Risk Management at HP
23:27 Accenture's Approach to Operationalizing AI
26:06 ServiceNow's Trade-offs and Prioritization
31:17 Measuring the success of AI for customers
36:29 Frameworks and Best Practices
40:57 Conclusion and Final Thoughts
Show Notes:
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GenAI Predictions for 2025 | ft. Databricks & Cohere
Will 2025 be the year open-source LLMs catch up with their closed-source rivals? Will an established set of best practices for evaluating AI emerge?
This week on Chain of Thought, we break out the crystal ball and give our biggest AI predictions for 2025. Listen as Sara Hooker, VP of Research at Cohere and Head of Cohere for AI predicts a trend towards smaller, more optimized AI models; Craig Wiley, Senior Director of Product, Mosaic AI at Databricks, dives into the future of multimodal AI; and Galileo’s CEO, Vikram Chatterji, shares his predictions, including the rise of open-source LLMs.
Chapters:
00:00 Introduction
02:01 Vikram's top 3 predictions
06:19 AI and nuclear energy
08:30 Giving power back to the people
13:46 Craig's predictions
20:46 The "era of toolification"
30:38 Sara's predictions
35:07 AI safety
Show Notes:
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Got Agents? | A conversation with Weaviate, Unstructured & crewAI
AI agents have quickly emerged as the next ‘hot thing’ in AI, but what constitutes an AI agent and do they live up to the hype?
Join Brian Raymond, founder & CEO at Unstructured.io, Bob van Luijt, co-founder & CEO at Weaviate, and João Moura, founder at crewAI as they discuss the shift to agentic workflows, dissect their architecture, and tackle real-world challenges in agent deployment.
From data management tips to generative feedback loops, this episode is your essential guide to operationalizing agents effectively.
Chapters:
00:00 Defining AI Agents
01:16 Components of Agentic Architecture
02:16 Challenges and Solutions in Agent Deployment
03:58 Data Management and Quality Issues
05:23 Operationalizing Agents in Production
06:56 API and Security Considerations
09:04 Multimodal Information and Agentic Workflows
12:42 Future of Agentic Workflows
20:20 Best Practices for Agentic Strategies
22:42 Final Thoughts and Conclusion
Show Notes:
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State of Enterprise AI: Trust, Regulation & the Road Ahead | ft. May Habib, CEO Writer
From ChatGPT's search engine to Google's AI-powered code generation, artificial intelligence is transforming how we build and deploy technology.
In this inaugural episode of Chain of Thought, the co-founders of Galileo explore the state of AI, from open-source models to establishing trust in enterprise applications. Plus, tune in for a segment on the impact of the Presidential election on AI regulation. The episode culminates with an interview of May Habib, CEO of Writer, who shares practical insights on implementing generative AI at scale.
Chapters:
00:00 Introduction to Chain of Thought Podcast
01:27 Big News in AI: ChatGPT and Anthropic
06:34 Open Source vs Proprietary AI
12:17 The Importance of Trust in AI
20:12 Challenges in AI Development and Deployment
22:07 The Role of Human Input in AI Development
28:45 The Future of AI Regulation
34:41 Interview with May Habib co-founder & CEO at Writer
40:01 What’s Writer’s secret sauce?
43:31 Challenges in productionizing GenAI
48:08 Conclusion
Show Notes:
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Follow May
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Welcome to Chain of Thought
We are living in the age of AI. It's transforming everything around us, from the way we work and communicate, to how we solve global challenges.
But for many, AI still feels like a black box.
Introducing Chain of Thought, the podcast for software engineers and leaders that demystifies artificial intelligence.
We’ll be joined by AI innovators, tech founders, and expert researchers such as Cohere’s Sara Hooker.
Join us as we unravel actionable strategies and practical techniques for building effective GenerativeAI applications.
Discover how AI is being productionized at companies like HP, Twilio and Databricks, as each week we’ll discuss the rapid-evolving AI industry, exploring its potential to create a more productive world, and build a better, trustworthy future.
Subscribe now to Chain of Thought wherever you get your podcasts.
Chain of Thought. Trace the logic of innovation.
Introducing Chain of Thought, the podcast for software engineers and leaders that demystifies artificial intelligence.
Join us each week as we tell the stories of the people building the AI revolution, unravel actionable strategies and share practical techniques for building effective GenerativeAI applications.
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