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Lightwave Logic’s Robert Blum on Polymer Optics for AI
Allyson Klein and Robert Blum of Lightwave Logic unpack how electro-optic polymers, paired with silicon photonics, lower power and boost density on the road to 400G-per-lane optics— with a 2027 volume ramp in sight.
Privacy-First AI in Healthcare: Optum’s Dr. Rohith Vangalla
From federated learning and zero-trust to confidential computing, Dr. Rohith Vangalla shares a practitioner’s playbook for explainable, scalable AI that moves healthcare from reactive to proactive.
Permission Debuts a Digital Mini-Me for the Agentic Era
Permission Agent turns user-approved signals into auditable datasets—paying contributors in $ASK—so teams can train and personalize AI with verifiable consent and enforceable revocation.
Ai4 2025: Agents, RAG, and the Enterprise AI Reality Check
From arena keynotes on education and RAG to 50 tracks and 250+ exhibitors, Ai4 2025 leans into agentic systems, governance, and real-world deployments for buyers who need proof, not promises.
Verizon Business’ Nikhil Tyagi on Edge AI Innovation
Nikhil Tyagi of Verizon Business discusses scaling AI at the edge, from small language models and multimodal experiences to infrastructure challenges and adaptive inference.
Storage Is the Catalyst Revolutionizing Enterprise AI
Learn how Solidigm SSDs are delivering 10x-20x performance gains and 40% cost savings for enterprise AI during Supermicro’s Open Storage Summit this August.
Europe Enters the AI Race with €200 Billion InvestAI Initiative
The EU’s massive investment in AI gigafactories positions Europe as a global AI contender, amid rising competition from China's DeepSeek and the U.S.'s Stargate projects.
DeepSeek’s AI Breakthrough: Cheaper, Faster, but at What Cost?
DeepSeek claims its open-source AI model rivals top LLMs at a fraction of the cost—but is the hype justified? Here’s what you need to know about its tech, impact, and potential risks.
5 Top Takeaways from Day 2 of the Oregon AI Conference
During day two of the Oregon AI conference, attendees focused on the ethical implications of AI and how small-to-medium-sized businesses (SMBs) can integrate AI into their operations.
3 Day-One Trends from the Oregon AI Conference
The first day of the inaugural Oregon AI Conference showcased how quickly AI can unite small-to-medium-sized businesses, spotlighted DeepSeek’s evolution, and championed responsible innovation.
The Great Debate: Navigating AI Ethics
Our own Allyson Klein moderates a powerhouse panel on AI ethics, with panelists representing Loyola University Chicago, Google, MLCommons, VAST Data and Momethesis.
Synopsys’ Multi-Die Technology Enhances Chiplet Capabilities
In this video from Chiplet Summit, Shekhar Kapoor discusses how Synopsys’ transition to a multi-die approach to chiplet development has allowed them to innovate beyond the limitations of traditional monolithic chips.
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Podcasts
AI, Flash, and Data Protection: Scality’s Vision with Paul Speciale
Scality CMO Paul Speciale joins Data Insights to discuss the future of storage—AI-driven resilience, the rise of all-flash deployments, and why object storage is becoming central to enterprise strategy.
Valvoline Brings Liquid Cooling Power to AI Data Centers
From racing oils to data center immersion cooling, Valvoline is reimagining thermal management for AI-scale workloads. Learn how they’re driving density, efficiency, and sustainability forward.
Reinventing RAID for AI: Xinnor and Solidigm on Storage’s Future
This Data Insights episode unpacks how Xinnor’s software-defined RAID for NVMe and Solidigm’s QLC SSDs tackle AI infrastructure challenges—reducing rebuild times, improving reliability, and maximizing GPU efficiency.
WEKA on AI Data Centers: A New Infrastructure Playbook
In this episode, Allyson Klein, Scott Shadley, and Jeneice Wnorowski (Solidigm) talk with Val Bercovici (WEKA) about aligning hardware and software, scaling AI productivity, and building next-gen data centers.
Hybrid AI at Scale: Celestica’s Playbook
From AI Infra Summit, Celestica’s Matt Roman unpacks the shift to hybrid and on-prem AI, why sovereignty/security matter, and how silicon, power, cooling, and racks come together to deliver scalable AI infrastructure.
AI-Driven Chip Design with Synopsys
Allyson Klein talks with Synopsys’ Anand Thiruvengadam on how agentic AI is reshaping chip design to meet extreme performance, time-to-market, and workforce challenges.
Cornelis and OCP Examine Why AI Infrastructure Must Evolve
From the OCP Global Summit, hear why 50% GPU utilization is a “civilization-level” problem, and why open standards are key to unlocking underutilized compute capacity.
How Axelera Scales Inference From Edge to Data Center
In the Arena: Allyson Klein with Axelera CMO Alexis Crowell on inference-first AI silicon, a customer-driven SDK, and what recent tapeouts reveal about the roadmap.
Data Insights: AI in Healthcare with Dr. Rohith Vangalla
In this episode of Data Insights, host Allyson Klein and co-host Jeniece Wnorowski sit down with Dr. Rohith Vangalla of Optum to discuss the future of AI in healthcare.
Metrum AI’s Steen Graham on Multi-Agent AI and Smarter Storage
From OCP Summit, Metrum AI CEO Steen Graham unpacks multi-agent infrastructure, SSD-accelerated RAG, and the memory-to-storage shift—plus a 2026 roadmap to boost GPU utilization, uptime, and time-to-value.
AI in Finance: Governance, Compliance, and Innovation
Anusha Nerella joins hosts Allyson Klein and Jeniece Wnorowski to explore responsible AI in financial services, emphasizing compliance, collaboration, and ROI-driven adoption strategies.
Cerebras Scales Real-Time AI with Wafer-Scale Innovation
At AI Infra Summit, CTO Sean Lie shares how Cerebras is delivering instant inference, scaling cloud and on-prem systems, and pushing reasoning models into the open-source community.
