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Ep 47 | What AI Is Teaching Us About the Next Great Companies with Alex Kantrowitz

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” mindset—where reinvention, adaptability, and bold experimentation drive progress. Drawing on Big Tech’s playbook, Alex Kantrowitz, former journalist and now founder of Big Technology, joins host Paul Muller on The AI Forecast to discuss why continuous reinvention is the key to thriving in this new landscape, and how leaders can navigate AI’s impact on business, culture, and society.

How Lenses MCP Brings AI to Kafka | Talk to Your Data with Claude & MCP

In this video, Tun Shwe (@DataSurfer), Head of AI at Lenses.io, takes you on a journey through the Lenses MCP Server - the bridge between AI models and Apache Kafka. Discover how engineers, analysts, and compliance teams can now interact with Kafka using natural language.

Bitrise wins big at DevOps Awards 2025

‍Bitrise, the leading mobile DevOps platform, took home two prestigious honors at the National DevOps Awards 2025, winning both Best DevOps Tool/Product of the Year and the top award of the night, Overall DevOps Winner. The judges recognised Bitrise for redefining developer experience through its mobile-first approach and for delivering measurable impact across speed, reliability, and developer productivity.

From APIs to AI Ecosystems: The Evolution of Enterprise Integration

Enterprise integration has shifted from simple data connections to AI-driven ecosystems that manage, analyze, and optimize workflows in real time. Here's what you need to know: APIs are the backbone of modern businesses, linking systems like CRMs, ERPs, and analytics tools. They eliminate manual data entry, reduce errors, and support microservices architectures. AI systems are the next step, addressing the complexity of managing hundreds of APIs.

When Navan Chose to Build, Not Buy: The AI Decision That Changed Everything

In this must-listen episode of The Data Chief, Ilan Twig, co-founder and CTO of Navan, shares why large language models (LLMs) will revolutionize our relationship with technology, comparing the shift to the mouse replacing the keyboard. Ilan provides insight into the critical "Build vs. Buy" decision every company must face and reveals the intense process Navan undertook to launch Navan Cognition, built to ensure zero critical hallucination through supervisor agents.

Modified Condition Decision Coverage (MC/DC) Explained

What if a single, untriggered logical flaw could compromise an autonomous vehicle’s braking system or ground a commercial airliner? The stakes are unbelievably high with safety-critical software. Traditional code coverage metrics, however, often fail to test the subtle, complex dependencies within a single decision. Knowing that a line of code executed isn’t the same as knowing the logic works.