The AI Forecast: Data and AI in the Cloud Era
Episodes
The “Wobbly” Nature of AI: Governing an Unpredictable Technology
01 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
AI governance is the Achilles heel of most enterprises. As organizations accelerate AI adoption, boardrooms face urgent questions about cybersecurity,...
Women Leaders in Technology: AI Agents Are Your New Team– Now What?
25 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
In this special Women Leaders In Technology episode of The AI Forecast, Wayfound.ai CEO Tatyana Mamut, PhD, makes a bold claim: AI is already acting l...
The Vibecoding Liability: How Unchecked AI Can Kill Cloud ROI
18 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Cloud computing promised efficiency, scalability, and reliability. But as AI workloads grow more complex, many enterprises are learning the hard way t...
AI Managed Services: A Smarter Path for SMEs
10 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
AI adoption is accelerating across small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), but many businesses lack the in-house expertise to build and manage AI...
Open Lakehouse Architecture: How to Scale AI to Production
04 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Open lakehouse architecture is becoming the foundation for production AI and enterprise AI at scale. In this episode of The AI Forecast, Dipank...
How Billy Beane Changed Baseball Forever with Data Analytics
25 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
For decades, success in baseball was built on instinct. Scouts trusted their guts and managers leaned on tradition, meaning experience and unwritten r...
The AI Shake-Up Telecom Can’t Ignore with Mike O’Sullivan
18 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
As telecom operators invest billions in next-generation networks, many are racing to deploy AI to cut costs and unlock new revenue. But beneath the pu...
How AI FOMO and Lost Focus on Culture Harm ROI with Jen Stirrup
11 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
As AI and BI projects race to deliver quick wins, many organizations overlook what truly determines long-term success: the people behind the data. In...
The Secret to Creating the Cloud-Like Experience Anywhere with Adam Skotnicky
04 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Data complexity is the enemy of innovation. Adam Skotnicky, VP of Engineering at Cloudera and founder of Taikun (acquired by Cloudera), joins host Pau...
Mobilize AI or Lose: Why the Salesperson with the Most Information Always Wins with Frank O’Dowd
28 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
AI is reshaping how sales teams find prospects, build relationships, and close deals. Frank O’Dowd, Cloudera’s Chief Revenue Officer, joins to dis...
Compute with Conscience: Using AI to Supercharge ESG with Qlik’s Julie Kae
21 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
One common cause of concern around AI is how its computing may negatively impact the environment. In this episode of The AI Forecast, Julie Kae, VP of...
When AI Moves Fast, Security Can’t Lag Behind with Jessica Hammond
14 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
As AI adoption accelerates, so do the risks. In this episode of The AI Forecast, Jessica Hammond—Senior Director Product Management of GenAI at Prot...
A Crystal Ball into 2026 with John Santaferraro: AI Literacy, Agent Chaos, and the Road to Unification
07 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
The AI Forecast welcomes back John Santaferraro, host of The Digital Analyst Podcast and CEO of Ferraro Consulting, for a candid look at what’s re...
Why Data Needs a Digital Birth Certificate with Anu Jain
29 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of The AI Forecast, Anu Jain, founder and CEO of Nexus Cognitive, joins host Paul Muller to introduce a transformative idea: AI doesn’...
Women Leaders in Technology: Cloudera’s Mary Wells on Building Confidence and Community in Tech
17 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Cloudera Chief Marketing Officer Mary Wells helped spearhead the launch of Cloudera’s Women Leaders in Technology initiative, which recently celebra...
Why LLMs Aren’t Enough and How AI Fabrics Will Change Everything with Jake Trippel
10 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
GenAI may have captured the spotlight. But according to Dr. Jake Trippel, co-founder and CTO of Codename 37, the real disruption is still ahead. Jake ...
Unlocking Healthcare’s Data Potential With MDClone’s Luz Erez
03 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Turning complex, siloed medical data into accessible, actionable insight isn’t just a technical challenge; it’s a human one. In this episode of ...
The AI Readiness Gap: Is Your Data an Asset or a Liability with IBM’s Marcela Vairo
26 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Enterprise leaders are racing to deploy generative AI, but most overlook a critical foundation: data readiness. Despite bold ambitions, less than one-...
Designing an “AI-Anywhere” Culture with Teddra Burgess
19 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
AI is transforming not only the way we work, but what we value as work. Success in this new era won’t come from chasing efficiency alone, but from c...
Why Most Enterprise AI Projects Fail and How to Fix Them with Tom Harshbarger
12 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of The AI Forecast, Tom Harshbarger, Director of Cloud and AI Strategy at Arrow Electronics, joins host Paul Muller to unpack what it ...
What AI Is Teaching Us About the Next Great Companies with Alex Kantrowitz
05 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The AI era is redefining what it takes to stay on top. Success won’t come from protecting the status quo, but from embracing the “always day one”...
Keeping Humanity in the Age of AI with Jess Von Bank
29 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
What does it mean to design AI with humanity at its core? Jess Von Bank—futurist, HR transformation leader, and president of Diverse Daisies—joins...
Private AI: Big Data’s Third Era with Sergio Gago
22 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
We’re entering a new era of Big Data defined by convergence—where on-premises and cloud systems come together to power trusted, private AI. By int...
Fueling the AI Future: Data, Deployment, and Tangible Outcomes with Patrick Moorhead
15 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The future will not be decided by who experiments with AI first, but by who can operationalize it at scale - turning messy, fragmented data into trust...
Mike Walsh Returns: Are AI Agents the New Workforce?
08 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Fresh off his keynote at Cloudera’s EVOLVE NYC, futurist and author Mike Walsh returns to The AI Forecast to share bold insights on the rise of AI a...
AI as a New Class of Risk with Ojas Rege
01 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
AI is changing the way businesses operate. But without trust, governance, and accountability, progress stalls. Ojas Rege, SVP and GM of Privacy and ...
Where GenAI ROI Hides: Unlocking Value in Overlooked Workflows with Christian Lund
24 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
AI can’t transform businesses if organizations aren’t prepared to embrace it. Christian Lund, Co-Founder of Templafy, joins The AI Forecast to exp...
Accepting Vulnerability as a Leadership Differentiator not Deterrent with Avani Desai
17 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
As part of our Women Leaders in Technology (WLIT) series on The AI Forecast, we’re joined by Avani Desai, CEO of Schellman, a leading cybersecurity ...
Enabling the Future of AI with Donna Beasley
10 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
AI can’t transform businesses if organizations aren’t prepared to embrace it. Donna Beasley, Chief AI Enablement Officer, joins The AI Forecast ...
Building AI-Driven Cities That Think—and Care—with Ayesha Khanna
03 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
A city can’t be smart if its systems don’t serve its citizens. Ayesha Khanna, AI advisor, entrepreneur, and CEO of Addo, joins The AI Forecast to ...
Rebuilding AI from the Ground Up with Val Cook
27 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
When AI needs to think faster, the architecture beneath it matters more than ever. Val Cook, Chief Software Architect at Blaize, joins The AI Forecast...
Securing the Evolving Frontier of Digital Trust with Jim Brennan
20 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
When trust collapses, everything else goes with it. Jim Brennan, Chief Product and Technical Officer at GetReal Security, joins The AI Forecast to b...
The AI Ownership Crisis with Sean Ren
13 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
As AI systems grow more powerful, so does a more profound structural concern: ownership. A handful of players now control the data, infrastructure, an...
If You’re Not Managing Your Data, You’re Not Managing Your AI with Jim Liddle
06 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Jim Liddle, Chief Innovation Officer of Data Intelligence and AI at Nasuni, joins The AI Forecast to spotlight a critical obstacle to enterprise AI: m...
AI Means Nothing If You Don’t Know Why You’re Using It with Cassie Kozyrkov
30 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In the race of not being left behind in adopting new technology—like AI—enterprises often overlook the most straightforward, strategic question: w...
From Fear to Function: AI Isn’t Taking Your Job, It’s Redefining It with Derek Osgood
23 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
As the conversation around job loss vs. job evolution heats up, how can we look at the glass half full? Derek Osgood, Founder and CEO of DoubleO and I...
Reimagining Business Intelligence: From Dashboards to Decision Engines with John Santaferraro
16 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The next era of business intelligence is here. Traditional dashboards and static reports give way to AI-driven systems built for faster, more informed...
Redefining Learning: The Future of K-12 Education and AI with Marlee Strawn
09 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
It’s official. AI has reached the classrooms, but not without pushback and hesitancy. Marlee Strawn, co-founder of Scholar Education, joins The AI F...
From Concept to Capability: Making AI Actually Useful with Whippy’s Jack Kennedy
25 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of The AI Forecast, we’re joined by Jack Kennedy, CTO and co-founder of Whippy. From SMS to email to voice, Whippy helps unify fragm...
Engineering for GenAI: Lessons from Past Hype Cycles with Ryan Ries of Mission Cloud
18 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Generative AI is entering the enterprise at scale, following patterns set by the rise of cloud computing. As organizations shift from buying tools to ...
Leading with Joy in the Age of AI with Kevin Surace
11 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of The AI Forecast, host Paul Muller is joined by Kevin Surace—Chair & CEO of Appvance.ai, Chair of Token Ring, and a pioneering...
Artificial Useful Intelligence: A More Impactful Future for AI with Dr. Ruchir Puri
04 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of The AI Forecast, host Paul Muller welcomes Dr. Ruchir Puri, Chief Scientist at IBM Research, to cut through the noise surrounding A...
Keeping AI “In” and Risk “Out” with Vineet Jain
28 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of The AI Forecast, host Paul Muller sits down with Vineet Jain, CEO and co-founder of Egnyte, for a conversation on one of the bigges...
Why AI Agents Are the Future of Enterprise AI with Cloudera’s Abhas Ricky
21 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
AI agents are quickly becoming one of the most powerful tools in the enterprise AI toolkit. According to Cloudera’s latest Agentic AI Survey, 96% of...
From Poker Tables to Boardrooms: AI, Risk, and Business Communication with David Daneshgar
14 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In high-stakes environments like professional poker and startup entrepreneurship, precision, timing, and strategy are everything. And nobody knows tha...
Lessons in Tech and the Two-Way Street of Mentorship with AWS’s Melissa Dougherty
07 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
As part of our Women Leaders in Technology (WLIT) series on The AI Forecast, we’re joined by Melissa Dougherty, Global Managing Director of Partner ...
AI’s Growing Appetite: Can Data Centers Keep Up feat. Scott Jarnagin
30 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
As AI booms and workloads skyrocket, data centers are being pushed to their physical and operational limits. Meanwhile, massive growth has sparked con...
The Path to Safe AI – Education with Peter Norvig
23 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In a world where AI is rapidly reshaping everything from how we work to how we live, one truth stands out: education is the cornerstone of both innova...
Leading in the Age of AI with Dr. Maya Dillion
16 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
As AI becomes a regular topic in boardrooms, many executives face critical blind spots around strategy, governance, and implementation. Few are AI-nat...
Boring AI is Safe AI with Cal Al-Dhubaib
09 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In highly regulated industries like healthcare and energy, a lot is at stake if an AI system “fails” – therefore leading to a higher risk of uni...
How to Win in the Data Economy with Jan-Willem Middleburg
02 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Data is more complex than ever before, and the big data market is growing rapidly with advancements in digital technology such as AI and cloud computi...
AI in America: The Regulation Debate with Patrick E. Murphy
26 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
There’s no question that AI is revolutionizing industries, but now, technology and policy experts worldwide are tackling how to ensure that the tech...
Why Marketers Struggle with Data with Zontee Hou
19 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Today’s digital environment is noisier than ever. For brands to stand out, they need to be hyper-relevant to their customers. That’s where the pow...
Technology Is Only As Good As the People Using It with Kamales Lardi
12 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The emergence of AI has undeniably changed the business landscape, with leaders across the globe racing to implement the technology for fear of fallin...
What Ethical AI Really Means with Olivia Gambelin
05 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
As AI continues to advance, the ethical use of the tool has been widely (and hotly) debated. Often described as a double-edged sword, AI offers both t...
Welcome to the Fifth Industrial Revolution with Mike Walsh
26 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of The AI Forecast, Mike Walsh talks us through what he calls the fifth and latest industrial revolution – and that’s AI. Mike is ...
Turning Adversity into Advantage with Chad Foster
19 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
After going legally blind at 21, Chad Foster’s life flipped on its head. He had to re-learn how to be an active participant in society, starting wit...
What’s the Forecast? A look at data and AI in 2025
12 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
2025 is set to be a year of growth and change, particularly in the AI space. Over the last couple of years, AI has evolved from a niche technology to ...
Bigger, Faster, Stronger: Data Architectures to Support Big Data with Imtiaz Ali
05 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Businesses must be prepared to transform their data architecture to keep up with the pace of the industry as long-standing ideas about operational eff...
Data leakage: The missed opportunity of lost data with Simon Asplen-Taylor
29 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Data has so much promise, but organizations struggle to use it effectively, especially with the increasing complexity of managing large projects and t...
Women Leaders in Technology: The Art of Getting Stuff Done with NVIDIA’s Kari Briski
22 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
For the inaugural episode of Women Leaders in Technology on The AI Forecast, we’re joined by one of the top female leaders in the technology industr...
To Prevent the Artificial Charlatan, Data Management Has to be Fun with Andrew Brust
15 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The AI explosion has led to non-stop hype cycles as the technology continues to develop. But AI is only as good as the data behind it. The threat of l...
Data Doesn’t Have To Be So Complicated with Jordan Morrow
08 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
More data exists than ever before – in fact, IDC predicts worldwide data will grow 61% by 2025. However, simply having data is not enough; business ...
Bridging the Gap: Data Professionals, AI, and Real Business Outcomes with Jonas Christensen
18 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Data professionals are at the forefront of today’s digital economy, driving organizational transformation through AI. Yet, despite the vast opportun...
Data, AI, and the Hybrid Hustle: Connecting the Dots in a Fast-Paced World with Sanjeev Mohan
11 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Technology in the enterprise is evolving at a record pace, making it increasingly difficult to keep up with the latest "tech du jour." AI has only acc...
Just Data Alone Isn’t Enough: How Halifax International Airport Authority Rebuilt Data Systems Around Trust with Ryan Garnett
04 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Airports are an interconnected system where one unforeseen event can tip the scale into chaos. For a smaller airport in Canada, data has grown to be...
Exploring the Dark Ages of Data with R ”Ray” Wang
19 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Companies have access to more data than ever before – according to IDC, worldwide data will grow 61% by 2025. However, when it comes to adopting AI...