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AI Cloud Essentials

Objective insights for AI leaders accelerating enterprise AI

Is your AI deployment delivering real value? Join host Ritu Jyoti and other visionaries as they explore AI’s impact on strategic industries and business functions—uncovering essential, actionable insights.

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6

Future-proofing enterprise AI

Hosted by Ritu Jyoti
Guests: Jean English (CoreWeave, CMO)

This hard-hitting C-suite conversation confronts the single decisive strategic choice facing every executive—is their cloud infrastructure driving profit margins or is it an escalating cost center? We will explore why running AI on general-purpose hyperscalers guarantees sub-optimal ROI and a hidden drag for enterprise P&L.

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5

Reducing migration cost/risk

Hosted by Ritu Jyoti
Guests: Corey Sanders (CoreWeave, Senior Vice President)

Enterprise leaders have to confront a primal fear—the perceived complexity, high cost, and risk of downtime associated with moving to a specialized AI-native cloud. We debunk this "Migration Myth" by advocating for parallel adoption and an incremental, zero-downtime strategy over the risky “big bang” method.

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4

Mitigating AI risk

Hosted by Ritu Jyoti
Guests: James Higgins (CoreWeave, CISO)

Existing cloud security protocols create a dangerous “AI Risk Blind Spot,” since traditional security protects the container but not the algorithmic integrity of the AI model itself. The solution is an AI-native cloud that is purpose-built to embed specialized security, governance, and compliance throughout the AI lifecycle.

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3

The AIOPs black hole

Hosted by Ritu Jyoti
Guests: Lavanya Shukla (Weights and Biases, Director of AI)

The general-purpose cloud’s complexity can turn Artificial Intelligence for IT Operations (AIOps) into a high-cost, low-return project: the “AIOps Black Hole.”

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2

Beyond GPUs

Hosted by Ritu Jyoti
Guest: Jacob Feldman, Lead Solution Architect, CoreWeave

Why is an AI-native cloud the smart choice for enterprise AI? Maximum compute performance is a start. But an infrastructure optimized for speed and efficiency is essential to escape pilot purgatory—and scale.

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1

The Hyperscaler Tax

Hosted by Ritu Jyoti

The most significant threat to enterprise AI? Spiraling costs. Find out how an AI-native cloud addresses the costly shortcomings of general-purpose clouds, stops budget bleed-out—and avoids the Hyperscaler Tax.

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Episode
8
Releasing
May 4, 2026

Getting Physical with AI

Hosted by Ritu Jyoti

Guest: Richard Ahlfeld, SVP for Physical and Scientific AI, CoreWeave

Physical AI is enabling advanced engineering teams and manufacturing organizations to streamline simulations and other complex, time-consuming processes. Get insights on the current status of this exciting, vital area of AI deployment—and explore the possibilities on the horizon.

Podcast host

Ritu Jyoti

AI Value Strategist | CEO, Stealth AI Startup

Ritu Jyoti is an award-winning AI thought leader and value strategist who has spent more than 25 years at the crossroads of technological innovations and strategic business outcomes. She draws from this deep experience to help organizations integrate disruptive innovation and unlock new efficiency. Ritu gained her deep AI experience during her time as GM/GVP of AI and Data at IDC, where she guided global vendors, end-users, and investors with actionable research. She is also an expert contributor to CIO Online’s popular blog series “Leading the Agentic Age.”

Podcast guests

Mac MooreMac Moore

Mac Moore

Head of Media & Entertainment, CoreWeave

Mac Moore brings a deep knowledge of this exciting industry and the technology that fuels it. As CEO of Conductor Technologies (acquired by CoreWeave in 2023), Mac developed Conductor, a platform that enables visual storytellers to render and create at massive scale.

Jean EnglishJean English

Jean English

Chief Marketing Officer, CoreWeave

Jane English leads CoreWeave’s global marketing and communications strategy, accelerating the company’s brand, market presence, and business growth.

Corey SandersCorey Sanders

Corey Sanders

Senior Vice President of Product, CoreWeave

Corey Sanders leads the development and execution of CoreWeave's strategic initiatives, focusing on scaling innovation and driving sustainable growth in the rapidly evolving AI ecosystem.

James HigginsJames Higgins

James Higgins

Chief Information Security Officer, CoreWeave

A seasoned technology and business leader with 30+ years of experience in advanced technology, James Higgins specializes in information security and public-private collaboration.

Lavanya ShuklaLavanya Shukla

Lavanya Shukla

Director of AI, Weights & Biases

Lavanya Shukla is on a mission to put powerful developer tools in the hands of every machine learning engineer and researcher on the planet.

Jacob FeldmanJacob Feldman

Jacob Feldman

Lead Solution Architect, CoreWeave

A long-time member of the CoreWeave team, Jacob Feldman works closely with customers across industries and use cases to design and engineer solutions that achieve incredible feats in the cloud.