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S2E3 AI-Native Engineering at Scale with Rittika Jindal
In this episode, Yoni sits down with Rittika Jindal, Principal Engineer at Thomson Reuters, to explore what software engineering looks like in an AI-native world. From planning and code generation to…
Scaling AI Beyond the Pilot Phase with Todd James - Part 2
In the second half of the conversation, Todd James joins Yoni to dive deeper into the practical realities of scaling AI inside organizations. They explore how leaders should think about governance,…
S2E1 Building AI Strategy That Actually Works with Todd James
In this episode, host Yoni Leitersdorf sits down with Todd James, CEO at Aurora Insights, to explore what it really takes to move from AI experimentation to meaningful execution. Drawing on years of…
S1E12 Building a Chatbot Your Company Actually Trusts with Almog Shunim
In this episode, host Yoni Leitersdorf sits down with Almog Shunim, VP of Data and Research at AtBay, to unpack how his team built an internal AI assistant that employees actually trust and use.…
S1E12 Building AI That Actually Gets Used with Leena Chanvirach
In this episode, host Yoni Leitersdorf sits down with Leena Chanvirach, Regional Head of Data & Analytics at A-Commerce, to unpack the real story behind building an AI analytics product for…
S1E10 Rebuilding Data for the AI Era with Reut Einav of HiBob
In this episode, host Yoni Leitersdorf talks with Reut Einav, VP of Data at HiBob, about what it takes to rebuild a company’s entire data foundation for the age of AI. Reut shares how her team…
S1E9 Cutting Through the AI Noise with Glen McCracken
In this episode, host Yoni Leitersdorf talks with Glen McCracken, Chief Product and Technology Officer at Lantum, about separating AI hype from reality. With nearly 30 years in data, technology, and…
S1E8 Teaching Data Teams to Work with AI with Nimrod Fisher
In this episode, host Yoni Leitersdorf talks with Nimrod Fisher, longtime data leader turned independent consultant, about how analysts can stay relevant—and even thrive—as AI reshapes their work.…
S1E7 How Thomson Reuters Is Reinventing Knowledge Work with AI with Joel Hron
In this episode, host Yoni Leitersdorf talks with Joel Hron, CTO of Thomson Reuters, about what it really takes to build trustworthy AI for some of the world’s most demanding professionals. Joel…
S1E6 When VCs Become Builders: Tomasz Tunguz on Experimenting with AI and the Future of Work
Venture capitalist and builder Tomasz Tunguz joins Yoni to share how hands-on experiments with AI are shaping his view of the future. From failed email agents to breakthroughs in tool orchestration,…
S1E5 Building AI That Matters with Ilan Frank
In this episode, host Yoni Leitersdorf talks with Ilan Frank, Chief Product Officer at Checkr and former product leader at Slack and Airtable, about what it really takes to build AI that works in the…
S1E4 Building AI at Scale: Inside SurveyMonkey’s Data Transformation with Meenal Iyer
Meenal Iyer, VP of Data at SurveyMonkey and one of the top 100 AI influencers of 2025, joins Yoni to share how she turned experimentation into execution. From using ChatGPT to jump-start her own…
S1E3 Structuring Data Teams for the AI Era with Miles Garvey
Miles Garvey joins Yoni to discuss what it really takes to get data teams ready for AI. From bottom-up model building to federated team structures, Miles unpacks the promise and pitfalls of semantic…
Semantic Layers, AI, and the Future of BI with Benn Stancil
In this episode, host Yoni Leitersdorf talks with Benn Stancil, co-founder of Mode and prolific writer on data and technology, about how AI is reshaping the way we think about analytics. From the…
S1E1 Memes, Community, and the Human Side of Data with Zack Martin
Zack Martin went from Best Buy’s supply chain to building one of the most vibrant new communities in analytics: Data GOATs. In this episode, Zack and Yoni talk about what worked (memes, events,…
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Building with AI: Promises and Heartbreaks has published 15 episodes since September 2025, covering topics in Business, Technology.
Building with AI: Promises and Heartbreaks is currently highly active with new episodes every 2 weeks. Average episode length is 47m.
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