Harness AI Governance
In this episode, we continue our discussion of governed execution for agentic AI and how to prevent agents from taking actions they should not take. We use a maintenance example to examine access, app...
25 Sep 48min
Harnesses Pt 1
This week we discuss the role of a harness in AI systems and why it matters for infrastructure, tool use, rules, and operational constraints when an AI acts on behalf of a person or organization. We a...
18 Sep 37min
Token Cost Optimization
In this episode, we focus on token cost and token optimization in generative AI, and we discuss why token use needs budgets and controls rather than being treated as unlimited. We also talk about how ...
4 Sep 39min
Vibing vs Buying
In this episode, we get into current market news, including pending IPOs, hardware investment, and IBM’s AI-related announcement with Red Hat, and what this may mean for open weights models and hybrid...
28 Aug 55min
AI Harnesses and Hosting
This week we have an exciting conversation about harnesses, neoclouds, open weights models, and the current AI infrastructure landscape. We discuss bare metal automation, agent-friendly APIs, CPU comp...
14 Aug 57min
Innovations in Agentic Pipelines
In this episode, we discuss Red Hat’s enterprise AI work, including OpenShift AI, safety guardrails, and router-based model selection. We also talk about smaller AI systems, long-term memory, and the ...
14 Aug 52min
Mirantis IREN Acquisition
We discuss the acquisition of Mirantis by the neocloud company IREN, and use it to examine the current market for infrastructure and AI deployment. We look at Mirantis’ consulting business, Kubernetes...
7 Aug 1h 4min
