AI Proving Ground Podcast

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AI Proving Ground Podcast

Hear from top IT leaders and AI innovators on how to navigate the future of enterprise AI, cybersecurity and digital transformation. New episodes dropped weekly here on wwt.com or on your favorite streaming platform.

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Enterprise AI. Unlocked.

Welcome to the AI Proving Ground Podcast, your front-row seat to how enterprise leaders, technologists and innovators are turning AI strategy into execution and execution into ROI. Hosted by WWT, each episode dives deep into the real-world challenges, lessons and breakthroughs shaping the future of AI in business.

Real-World Lessons

Learn from actual case studies detailing how organizations are deploying AI across industries, from pilots to full-scale rollouts.

Expert Insights

Hear from visionary leaders across the WWT ecosystem, from partners and clients to WWT executives and experts, about navigating AI transformation.

Actionable Takeaways

Discover practical strategies for implementing AI, optimizing infrastructure and driving measurable impact.

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The CEO's Playbook to AI

WWT Co-Founder and CEO Jim Kavanaugh explains why executive leadership is critical for moving beyond pilots, how companies should build the right foundations for AI and why waiting on the sidelines may be the biggest risk of all.

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Where AI Meets Real-World Impact

Dive into the conversations shaping the future of artificial intelligence. Every episode spotlights industry leaders, innovators and technologists — from both inside and out of WWT — as they explore how AI is transforming business, technology and everyday life.

Cloud, FinOps and AI

AI has pushed cloud into overdrive. In this episode of the AI Proving Ground Podcast, two of our top cloud experts — Jack French and Todd Barron — reset the approach and detail why cloud is the launchpad but portability is the strategy

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AI's Trust Problem

Artificial intelligence investment is exploding, but adoption often stalls. Great Place to Work CEO Michael Bush and WWT CTO Mike Taylor unpack the real reason why: trust.

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Building AI-Native Nations

AI isn't a hype cycle anymore — it's an infrastructure project. Core42's Edmondo Orlatti and WWT's Mike Trojecki break down what's actually happening inside the world's fastest-moving AI orgs.

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Enterprise AI: What Actually Works in 2026

Enterprise AI adoption is accelerating, but scaling it is still hard. In this episode of the AI Proving Ground Podcast, we break down what organizations actually learned in 2025 and what leaders must get right in 2026 to turn AI experimentation into real, measurable impact.

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Jan 20, 2026

NightDragon's Dave DeWalt and WWT's Kate Kuehn on Who Owns AI When It Breaks

NightDragon Founder and CEO Dave DeWalt and WWT's Kate Kuehn join the AI Proving Ground Podcast to unpack why 2026 marks a shift from AI experimentation to accountability — and what that means for cybersecurity, boards and enterprise leaders navigating a faster, more volatile global threat landscape powered by AI.

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Jan 14, 2026

Former NSA Cyber Director on the Emerging AI Threat Landscape

AI-powered nation-state cyber threats have entered a new phase. In this episode of the AI Proving Ground Podcast, WWT's Head of National Security and Critical Infrastructure Madison Horn joins former NSA Director Rob Joyce to break down what's changed and why business leaders should be paying close attention.

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Jan 13, 2026

Google Cloud COO Francis deSouza on the New Math of Enterprise AI

In this episode of the AI Proving Ground Podcast, Google Cloud COO Francis deSouza explains why enterprises are shifting from experimentation to intentional, top-down AI deployment. and why a strong data strategy now determines who captures real value.

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Jan 6, 2026

AI Is Moving Fast—Can Legal Keep Up?

As AI adoption accelerates inside global enterprises, chief legal officers and compliance teams are emerging as essential architects of governance, trust and responsible innovation — not as roadblocks, but as strategic enablers.

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Dec 30, 2025

Security Chiefs Sound Alarm Over 'Naked AI'

F5's Shawn Wormke and WWT's Chris Konrad say the rapid operationalization of AI is creating a widening gap between innovation and protection—leaving most organizations unprepared for real-world threats, governance failures and the coming quantum era.

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Dec 23, 2025

Inside the AI Factory: NVIDIA's Playbook for Building AI at Scale

NVIDIA's John Gentry and WWT's Derek Elbert outline how AI factories are evolving from isolated GPU clusters into flexible, multi-tiered, distributed systems — and why data strategy, security and ecosystem partnerships now determine whether enterprises can keep pace.

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Dec 16, 2025

Inside the AI Factory: Why Cisco Believes Security Will Define Our AI Future

Cisco's Nicolas Sagnes and World Wide Technology's Bob Watson outline why the next generation of AI infrastructure must be engineered as a secure, observable, full-stack system — and why enterprises relying on pilots risk falling behind.

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Dec 15, 2025

Choosing the Right AI Coding Assistant: What Every Enterprise Leader Must Know

AI coding assistants have become the fastest-adopted tools in the history of software development—and the enterprise world is racing to keep up. In this episode of the AI Proving Ground Podcast, WWT's Nate McKie and Andrew Brydon discuss the fast-moving world of AI-powered software development, what tools matter, what risks leaders are overlooking and how agentic AI will transform engineering in 2026 and beyond.

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Dec 9, 2025

Google Cloud's Francis deSouza and WWT's Jim Kavanaugh on Building Durable, Scalable AI

In this episode of the AI Proving Ground Podcast, Google Cloud COO Francis deSouza and WWT Co-Founder and CEO Jim Kavanaugh talk about how executives are turning AI into a true competitive multiplier by building intelligent operations that run faster, cheaper and smarter; create predictive customer experiences that earn real loyalty; and accelerate innovation by embedding AI into every workflow.

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Dec 3, 2025

How AI Is Rewriting the Future of Software Development with Microsoft AI Futurist Marco Casalaina

As software and data take center stage in the modern enterprise, the combination of purposeful AI adoption, skilled teams and disciplined processes is becoming a catalyst for transformation. In this episode of the AI Proving Ground Podcast, WWT CTO Mike Taylor and Microsoft AI Futurist Marco Casalaina provide real-world examples of how organizations are rethinking data foundations and embedding AI into development and operations to unlock new levels of speed, agility and innovation.

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Dec 2, 2025

A New AI Operating System with Cisco's Jeetu Patel and WWT's Jim Kavanaugh

In this episode of the AI Proving Ground Podcast, WWT Co-founder and CEO Jim Kavanaugh and Cisco President Jeetu Patel break down the real constraints shaping the AI era and explore why platforms will define the next decade of enterprise innovation. They'll also talk about how secure, scalable architectures enable organizations to innovate confidently and compete at AI speed.

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Dec 1, 2025

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