In this episode of The AI Forecast, host Paul Muller is joined by Kevin Surace—Chair & CEO of AI-Driven Autonomous Software Testing Tools | Appvance , Chair of Token Ring, and a pioneering force behind the first human-like AI virtual assistant—for a deeply human conversation about what it means to lead through disruption.

See how Fivetran Managed Data Lake Service simplifies data movement into Google's Cloud Storage. In this demo, learn how to automatically land high volumes of data quickly and reliably, so your team can power analytics and AI.

Imagine an AI agent that can handle patient appointment scheduling from start to finish. That’s exactly what our AI Product Strategist Ayesha Amjad built using Astera AI Agent Builder. With Astera’s low-code and drag and drag-and-drop interface, she created an intelligent agent that can: Ask for symptoms and recommend the right doctor Verify insurance and calculate co-pay details Show available appointment slots Schedule appointments and send confirmation Manage the entire experience without human involvement.

Ethan Chan, CEO of Allium, reveals the hidden costs of self-managing data streaming and why Confluent Cloud saved him and his team from late-night pager duty.#datastreaming.

Blockchain may be decentralized, but reliable access to its data is anything but simple. In this episode, Ethan Chan, Co-Founder & CEO of Allium, shares how his team transforms blockchain firehoses into clean, queryable, real-time data feeds. From the pitfalls of hosting your own data streaming infrastructure to the business advantages of Confluent Cloud, Ethan reveals the strategic decisions that helped Allium scale from 3 to nearly 100 blockchains, without burning out their engineering team.