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EP 24 | Why AI Agents Are the Future of Enterprise AI with Cloudera's Abhas Ricky

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 enterprises plan to expand their use of AI agents. But what’s driving this surge, and how can organizations turn hype into results? In this episode of The AI Forecast, host Paul Muller sits down with Abhas Ricky, Chief Strategy Officer at Cloudera, to explore the real momentum behind agentic AI. From healthcare to telecom, Abhas unpacks how AI agents are already transforming operations with speed, intelligence, and autonomy.

EP 23 | From Poker Tables to Boardrooms: AI, Risk, and Business Communication with David Daneshgar

In high-stakes environments like professional poker and startup entrepreneurship, precision, timing, and strategy are everything. And nobody knows that better than David Daneshgar. In this episode of The AI Forecast, we’re joined by David Daneshgar, a World Series of Poker champion and now Co-founder and CEO of Whippy, a company using AI to transform how businesses communicate with their customers.

Ep 22 | Lessons in Tech and the Two-Way Street of Mentorship with AWS's Melissa Dougherty

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 Sales, Financial Services. Each quarter, we’ll take a break from the regularly scheduled AI programming on The AI Forecast to direct our attention to this important topic in tech.

Cloudera and NVIDIA: Accelerating AI Innovation with Trusted Data at Scale

As organizations race to capitalize on AI, the foundation of success lies in trusted data and scalable infrastructure. In this video, we explore how Cloudera AI, powered by NVIDIA, delivers an end-to-end platform that enables organizations to build, test, and deploy high-performance AI solutions. From the Cloudera hybrid data lake to production-ready AI, discover how Cloudera is helping enterprises accelerate their data-driven future.

EP 20 | The Path to Safe AI - Education with Peter Norvig

In this episode of The AI Forecast, host Paul Muller speaks with Peter Norvig, an education fellow at Stanford and the co-author of Artificial Intelligence: A Modern Approach, the leading textbook for AI education. Peter explores the critical role of accessible, up-to-date AI education in building skilled practitioners, guiding policy, and fostering public understanding. Listen in as they explore concepts like "AI literacy" and unpack why continuous learning is essential to keep pace with technological change—and how it can help us build a more informed, ethical, and responsible AI future.

EP 19 | Leading in the Age of AI with Dr. Maya Dillion

As AI becomes a regular topic in boardrooms, many executives face critical blind spots around strategy, governance, and implementation. Few are AI-native, and many struggle to connect high-level goals with practical, accountable systems. In this episode of The AI Forecast, host Paul Muller speaks with Dr. Maya Dillon, an astrophysicist turned AI thought leader and CEO of consultancy XSAIA. Maya emphasizes the need for human-centric leadership in AI and the importance of understanding the holistic impact of AI on businesses.