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Learn about how artificial intelligence solves real business problems and provides companies with a competitive edge or adaptation to a more data-fueled world. Get into the minds of creators of AI and business leaders who aim to democratize the next generation of technology solutions for businesses worldwide.

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April 14, 2026Episode 7912 min

AIP Podcast EP 79 - Accelerating MVP Development with AI-Augmented Engineering by Codalio

This episode’s guest, Ehsan Mirdamadi, Co-Founder and CEO of Codalio, joins host Anne to explore the realities behind the rise of agentic AI and “vibe coding.” Ehsan shares his journey from early cloud computing pioneer to startup advisor, and how those experiences led him to build Codalio—an AI-augmented platform designed to help founders move from idea to enterprise-ready product faster and more efficiently.He dives into the challenges non-engineers face when building software without strong architectural foundations, and why systems thinking, product clarity, and structured development still matter in an AI-driven world. Ehsan also discusses how Codalio helps startups reduce MVP development costs, accelerate time-to-market, and shift focus toward commercialization and customer validation. Tune in to learn how Codalio is bridging the gap between innovation and execution, empowering startups to build smarter, scale faster, and succeed in today’s rapidly evolving AI landscape.Follow AIP Affiliate, CodalioWebsite: https://www.codalio.com/LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/codalio/Send us Feedback or Partnership InquiriesFollow AI PartnershipsWebsite: https://www.aipartnershipscorp.com/LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/aipartnershipscorp/X: https://twitter.com/AIPartnershipsThe AIP Podcast is hosted by Anne Cheng, on behalf of the AI Partnerships, a Railtown company

March 18, 2026Episode 7816 min

AIP Podcast EP 78 - AI-Powered Manufacturing Quality with Acerta’s Real-Time Root Cause Detection

This episode’s guest, Greta Cutulenco, Co-Founder and CEO of Acerta, joins host Anne to explore how AI is transforming quality and decision-making in manufacturing. Greta shares her journey from automotive engineer to AI founder, and how firsthand experience with slow, manual quality processes inspired her to build Acerta’s LinePulse platform. She explains how combining machine learning with production, process, and quality data creates a “digital fingerprint” for every part, enabling manufacturers to detect issues in real time, reduce rework, and prevent costly defects. Greta also dives into real-world results, including major improvements in scrap, throughput, and root cause analysis for global manufacturers. Plus, she offers a practical perspective on the future of AI in manufacturing—why human expertise remains essential, and how AI is augmenting, not replacing, the workforce. Tune in to learn how Acerta is helping manufacturers unlock faster insights, better quality, and smarter operations at scale.Find out more here: https://acerta.ai/case-study/solving-multi-plant-quality-issues-at-dana/Follow AIP Affiliate, AcertaWebsite: https://acerta.ai/LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/acerta-systems-analytics/Send us Feedback or Partnership InquiriesFollow AI PartnershipsWebsite: https://www.aipartnershipscorp.com/LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/aipartnershipscorp/X: https://twitter.com/AIPartnershipsThe AIP Podcast is hosted by Anne Cheng, on behalf of the AI Partnerships, a Railtown company

February 23, 2026Episode 7717 min

AIP Podcast EP 77 - Reverse RAG and Deterministic AI Infrastructure by Formic AI

This episode’s guest, Daniel Escott, CEO of Formic AI, joins host Anne to tackle one of the most urgent challenges in artificial intelligence: hallucinations and the trust gap in enterprise AI. Daniel shares his unexpected journey from federal court law clerk to CEO of an AI Company, where drafting AI guidelines for Canada’s Federal Court sparked a deeper mission to solve the reliability crisis facing generative AI across law, finance, government, and other high-stakes industries.Daniel explains how Formic AI’s groundbreaking deterministic and observable architecture flips traditional retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) on its head. By identifying and validating source material before passing information to a language model, Formic’s reverse RAG framework eliminates fabricated citations, increases explainability, and delivers verifiable, trustworthy outputs that professionals can rely on.The conversation also explores Formic’s innovative Explainable Language Model (XLM) architecture — a neurosymbolic, graph-based system that dramatically reduces GPU dependence and cuts energy consumption by orders of magnitude. Daniel makes the case that the future of AI must not only be safe and reliable, but also clean, ethical, and energy-efficient.Follow AIP Affiliate, Formic AIWebsite: https://www.formic.ai/LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/formic-ai/Send us Feedback or Partnership InquiriesFollow AI PartnershipsWebsite: https://www.aipartnershipscorp.com/LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/aipartnershipscorp/X: https://twitter.com/AIPartnershipsThe AIP Podcast is hosted by Anne Cheng, on behalf of the AI Partnerships, a Railtown company

January 22, 2026Episode 7610 min

AIP Podcast EP 76 – Deploying Agentic AI Applications Across Any Cloud with Defang

This episode’s guest, Prakash Sundaresan, Co-Founder and CEO of Defang, joins host Anne to unpack the growing complexity of cloud deployment in the era of agentic AI. Drawing on nearly three decades of experience across Microsoft, AWS, and multiple startups, Prakash shares what inspired him to build Defang and tackle one of the most overlooked challenges in modern AI adoption: deploying applications securely and efficiently inside customer cloud environments. He explains why agentic applications fundamentally change traditional SaaS deployment models, how data sovereignty and compliance are reshaping cloud strategies worldwide, and how Defang enables developers to deploy agentic apps across clouds using a simple, standardized approach. Tune in to learn how Defang is helping startups and enterprises deploy faster, scale globally, and focus on building great AI applications—without getting lost in cloud complexity.Follow AIP Affiliate, DefangWebsite: https://defang.io/LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/defanglabs/Send us Feedback or Partnership InquiriesFollow AI PartnershipsWebsite: https://www.aipartnershipscorp.com/LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/aipartnershipscorp/X: https://twitter.com/AIPartnershipsThe AIP Podcast is hosted by Anne Cheng, on behalf of the AI Partnerships, a Railtown company

November 24, 2025Episode 7513 min

AIP Podcast EP 75 - Smarter Faster More Collaborative RFPs that Win with Trampoline

This episode’s guest, Edouard Reinach, Founder and CEO of Trampoline, joins host Anne to explore one of the most overlooked yet mission-critical challenges in enterprise operations, which is the chaos of RFP responses. Edouard shares his unexpected journey from teenage coder and global communicator to AI founder, shaped by curiosity, diverse international experiences, and a drive to solve real operational bottlenecks. He breaks down why RFPs are the ultimate stress test for AI and explains how Trampoline transforms a messy high high-stakes, and highly collaborative process into a streamlined workspace powered by advanced AI that reads complex RFPs, extracts requirements, engages subject matter experts, and drafts high-accuracy responses so teams can focus on strategy instead of manual effort. Edouard also addresses common concerns about generative AI by explaining how Trampoline eliminates inaccuracies through expert validation, continual knowledge capture, and a workflow that augments teams rather than replacing them while also creating structured data that can reveal capability gaps and market opportunities. Follow AIP Affiliate, TrampolineWebsite: https://www.trampoline.ai/LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/trampolineai/Send us Feedback or Partnership InquiriesFollow AI PartnershipsWebsite: https://www.aipartnershipscorp.com/LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/aipartnershipscorp/X: https://twitter.com/AIPartnershipsThe AIP Podcast is hosted by Anne Cheng, on behalf of the AI Partnerships, a Railtown company

November 18, 2025Episode 7414 min

AIP Podcast EP 74 - Smarter Clinical Outcomes through Odesso's AI-Powered Interoperability

This episode’s guest, Zameer Rizvi, Founder and CEO of Odesso, joins host Anne to explore one of the most urgent challenges in modern healthcare: the widespread fragmentation caused by disconnected and siloed systems. Zameer shares how his global upbringing and engineering background shaped his mission-driven, first principles approach to fixing healthcare’s lack of continuity, an issue that drives up costs, contributes to clinician burnout, and directly affects patient lives. He explains why interoperability has remained so difficult despite the availability of advanced technology and how Odesso is applying machine learning, agentic AI, and generative AI to extract insights, reduce administrative workload, and dramatically improve outcomes. Zameer also discusses how he builds trust in a highly regulated environment, reframes ROI in a sector driven by patient impact rather than transactions, and reveals how health systems are already seeing substantial returns from AI-powered clinical data review and automation. He closes with valuable advice for innovators aiming to make healthcare more accessible by viewing compliance, privacy, and safety requirements not as barriers but as opportunities to create safer and more connected care. Tune in to learn how Odesso is redefining interoperability and helping healthcare organizations deliver faster, fairer, and more effective care, supported by intelligent, integrated technology. Follow AIP Affiliate, OdessoWebsite: https://www.odesso.com/LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/odessohealth/Send us Feedback or Partnership InquiriesFollow AI PartnershipsWebsite: https://www.aipartnershipscorp.com/LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/aipartnershipscorp/X: https://twitter.com/AIPartnershipsThe AIP Podcast is hosted by Anne Cheng, on behalf of the AI Partnerships, a Railtown company

October 22, 2025Episode 7313 min

AIP Podcast EP 73 – Transforming Corporate Learning Through LearnOps Innovation by Cognota

This episode’s guest, Ryan Austin, Founder and CEO of Cognota, joins host Anne to explore how organizations can finally measure and maximize the impact of corporate learning. Ryan shares his unconventional journey from “bad student” to tech founder, revealing how his hands-on approach to entrepreneurship led to the creation of Cognota—the world’s first LearnOps platform built to optimize enterprise learning operations.He explains why most large companies fail to track the ROI of their learning programs and how Cognota empowers teams to connect their learning strategy directly to business outcomes. Ryan also discusses the evolution of LearnOps into a broader vision that unites learning, talent, and HR operations under one system—helping organizations overcome silos, improve capacity, and unleash their people’s full potential.Check out Cognota's recent research, made in collaboration with Deloitte, Cornerstone OnDemand, and Endeavor Intelligence, which reveals how AI Operators are transforming enterprise learning from reactive support to a strategic powerhouse. Click here to access the free white paper.Follow AIP Affiliate, CognotaWebsite: https://cognota.com/LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/cognotahq/about/X: https://x.com/CognotaHQSend us Feedback or Partnership InquiriesFollow AI PartnershipsWebsite: https://www.aipartnershipscorp.com/LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/aipartnershipscorp/X: https://twitter.com/AIPartnershipsThe AIP Podcast is hosted by Anne Cheng, on behalf of the AI Partnerships, a Railtown company

September 24, 2025Episode 728 min

AIP Podcast EP 72 – Smarter Bookkeeping and Month-End Close with AutoAccru’s AI

This episode’s guest, Kulan Kahadugoda, Founder and CEO of AutoAccru, joins host Anne to uncover how AI is transforming one of the world’s oldest professions—accounting. Kulan shares how a frustration with bookkeeping led him to build AutoAccru, now recognized as one of Canada’s Top 100 AI Startups, and how their agentic AI doesn’t just process data but understands businesses, learns nuances, and makes real decisions. He dives into the idea of “usable AI,” tackling the trust gap by showing how accounting firms can confidently rely on automation without losing oversight. Additionally, Kulan highlights how AutoAccru complements existing platforms like QuickBooks, addresses the accounting talent shortage, and enables firms to save time while serving small businesses more effectively. Tune in to learn how AutoAccru is reimagining accounting with intelligent, practical AI that drives efficiency, trust, and growth. Follow AIP Affiliate, AutoAccruWebsite: https://www.autoaccru.com/Send us Feedback or Partnership InquiriesFollow AI PartnershipsWebsite: https://www.aipartnershipscorp.com/LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/aipartnershipscorp/X: https://twitter.com/AIPartnershipsThe AIP Podcast is hosted by Anne Cheng, on behalf of the AI Partnerships, a Railtown company

September 16, 2025Episode 7110 min

AIP Podcast EP 71 - Productivity Without Behavior Change with Triyo’s Approach to Compliance

In this episode, Rajiv Chatterjee, Co-Founder and CEO of Triyo, joins host Anne to share how his company is reinventing compliance and reporting for the financial industry. Rajiv discusses his journey from building enterprise tech in San Francisco to founding Triyo in Toronto, and how a project helping U.S. veterans reintegrate into their communities inspired Triyo’s mission: driving transparency and adoption without forcing behavioral change.Rajiv explains how Triyo transitioned from “nice-to-have” workflow tools to becoming essential for regulatory reporting, enabling institutions to reduce manual work, enhance accuracy, and establish trust with regulators. He also discusses why simplicity at the surface—paired with complexity under the hood—is key for adoption in compliance-heavy industries.Follow AIP Affiliate, TriyoWebsite: https://triyo.io/LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/triyosoft/YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@triyo6182Send us Feedback or Partnership InquiriesFollow AI PartnershipsWebsite: https://www.aipartnershipscorp.com/LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/aipartnershipscorp/X: https://twitter.com/AIPartnershipsThe AIP Podcast is hosted by Anne Cheng, on behalf of the AI Partnerships, a Railtown company

August 21, 2025Episode 7014 min

AIP Podcast EP 70 – Industrial AI Knowledge Engine in Action by Canvass AI

This episode’s guest, Humera Malik, Co-Founder and CEO of Canvass AI, joins host Anne to explore how AI is reshaping the future of industrial operations. Humera shares her journey of pioneering AI in conservative sectors like oil & gas, manufacturing, and food production—long before AI became a buzzword. She discusses the biggest challenges facing industrial transformation, from change management to overcoming skepticism about AI’s role in augmenting rather than replacing the workforce. Humera also explains how Canvass helps operators cut energy and material costs, navigate data overload, and empower engineers to achieve “10x” productivity through actionable insights. Backed by global leaders such as Alphabet and Yamaha Motor Ventures, Canvass AI is driving sustainable impact across industries while preparing the next generation of operators for the AI-powered future. Follow AIP Affiliate, Canvass AIWebsite: https://www.canvass.io/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/canvassai/YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/@canvassai1708Send us Feedback or Partnership InquiriesFollow AI PartnershipsWebsite: https://www.aipartnershipscorp.com/LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/aipartnershipscorp/X: https://twitter.com/AIPartnershipsThe AIP Podcast is hosted by Anne Cheng, on behalf of the AI Partnerships, a Railtown company