Nov 11, 2025

The GPU Uptime Battle

Andy Pernsteiner, Field CTO of VAST Data, discusses the immense challenges of transitioning AI projects from prototype to production. He highlights the critical role of data infrastructure, the high cost of GPU downtime, and the necessity of building resilient, scalable platforms that can withstand real-world failures like power outages in massive data centers. The conversation emphasizes a shift in mindset towards empathy, better requirement gathering, and closer collaboration between data scientists and platform engineers to bridge the gap between development and operations.

Nov 10, 2025

Michael Truell: How Cursor Builds at the Speed of AI

Michael Truell, CEO of Cursor, discusses the company's rapid growth, emphasizing a strategy of deliberate focus on power users over broad democratization. He shares insights into their unique two-day work trials that test for agency, the technical and relational challenges of out-scaling cloud and API providers, and a talent-first approach to M&A, all while navigating a market poised for its next 'iPhone moment'.

Nov 10, 2025

Prompt Engineering for LLMs, PDL, & LangChain in Action

Martin Keen explains the evolution of prompt engineering from an art to a software engineering discipline. He introduces LangChain and Prompt Declaration Language (PDL) as tools to manage the probabilistic nature of LLMs, ensuring reliable, structured JSON output through concepts like contracts, control loops, and observability.

Nov 07, 2025

Big updates to mlflow 3.0

Databricks’ Eric Peter and Corey Zumar introduce MLflow 3.0, focusing on its new "Agentic Insights" capabilities. They demonstrate how MLflow is evolving from providing tools for manual quality assurance in Generative AI to using intelligent agents to automatically find, diagnose, and prioritize issues, significantly speeding up the development lifecycle.

Nov 07, 2025

Amjad Masad & Adam D’Angelo: How Far Are We From AGI?

Adam D’Angelo (Quora/Poe) and Amjad Masad (Replit) debate the future of AI. They clash on whether LLMs are hitting limits, the timeline to AGI, and the societal impact of automating entry-level jobs while expert roles remain, potentially creating a "missing middle" in the workforce.

Nov 07, 2025

1X NEO humanoid robot enters the home

Experts analyze the 1X NEO humanoid robot's real-world viability and data challenges, delve into the complex copyright dispute between Japan's IP holders and OpenAI's Sora 2, and dissect the strategic implications of the new OpenAI and AWS partnership for AI infrastructure and multi-cloud strategies.