Modern CTO

This theory explains how AI agents can make promises and build trust… with other agents.

Today, we're talking to Doctor Mark Burgess, the originator of Promise Theory, and Tony Davis, Senior Director of Agentic Strategy at A&I Solutions. We discuss why command-and-control fails with autonomous AI agents, how agents respond to peer rejection instead of human disapproval, and why Promise Theory is the backbone of governing agentic workforces.

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Thank you to A&I Solutions for sponsoring this episode. To learn more, check out their website her

Why did he set off the code-red alarm at his company?

Today, we're talking to Wade Foster, co-founder and CEO of Zapier and host of the Agents of Scale podcast. We discuss how Zapier scaled to $5 billion with only one funding round, why 100% of new hires must be AI fluent, and how top companies are using hackathons to transform their organizations in the age of AI.

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To learn more about Zapier, check out their website here.

The man behind NVIDIA is unlike any other leader today.

Today, we're talking to Stephen Witt, author of The Thinking Machine. We discuss how he lied his way into six interviews with Jensen Huang, why NVIDIA operates like a company that's thirty days from bankruptcy despite being worth trillions, and how Jensen's decade-long bet on the $0 market created the backbone of the AI revolution.

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To learn more about Stephen Witt and to buy his book, check out his website here.

He’s seeing AI unfold at one of the oldest financial firms in the world.

Today, we're talking to Kevin Adams, CIO at Edward Jones. We discuss how AI is disrupting traditional organizational structures, why humans need to move up the stack while AI handles execution, and how to implement AI at the right speed in highly regulated industries.

All of this right here, right now, on the Modern CTO Podcast! 

To learn more about Edward Jones, check out their website here.

How is a travel giant like Booking.com leveraging AI?

Today, we're talking to Vipul Hingne, interim CTO at Booking.com. We discuss how AI is transforming the entire travel experience beyond just planning trips, why Booking.com launched their AI trip planner in just 14 weeks with OpenAI, and how two-thirds of their organization is already using GenAI to solve real customer problems.

All of this right here, right now, on the Modern CTO Podcast! 

To learn more about Booking.com, check out their website here.