Inside the Advanced AI Lab: Agentic AI, Robots, and Levitating Trees

In CXOTalk Episode 854, Michael Krigsman interviews Babak Hodjat, Cognizant's CTO of AI, on agentic AI, multi-agent systems, robotics, and how to prepare for the future of work.

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Nov 21, 2025 |

AI-First: Rewiring a 150-Year-Old Industrial Manufacturer

In CXOTalk #901, Hexion President and CEO Michael Lefenfeld explains how a 150‑year‑old industrial manufacturer is working to become an AI‑first company. He discusses the real-world opportunities and constraints of applying AI to manufacturing, supply chain, and product development to transform a traditional industrial business at scale.

Nov 21, 2025
58:47

Nov 14, 2025 |

Why AI Works, But Your Strategy Doesn't

Every AI efficiency gain creates new coordination costs. Discover how to build systems that scale across fragmented teams, in a conversation with prominent author Sangeet Paul Choudary on CXOTalk episode 900.

Nov 14, 2025
59:26

Oct 31, 2025 |

House of Lords Members on AI: Does Big Tech Own You?

When the companies that dominated the internet era now control AI foundation models and infrastructure, what happens to competition and innovation? On CXOTalk episode 899, two UK House of Lords members who shaped AI policy discuss big tech concentration, platform dependencies, and what business leaders should know about navigating the AI era.

Oct 31, 2025
52:34

Oct 17, 2025 |

The CIO's New Mandate: Enterprise AI

Learn why so many CIOs are stuck in AI pilot purgatory and how to break through on CXOTalk episode 898. Discover a practical playbook for scaling AI strategy and delivering real results.

Oct 17, 2025
50:26

Oct 10, 2025 |

Inside AI Strategy with Google Cloud's CTO

Will Grannis, CTO of Google Cloud, shares Google's AI strategy and explains what enterprise leaders must know about autonomous agents, multimodal models, and the next inflection point in artificial intelligence in CXOTalk episode 897.

Oct 10, 2025
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Oct 03, 2025 |

Escape AI Quicksand: Data Misuse, Misadventures, and Bad Intent

Discover how poisoned data, deepfakes, and naive AI deployment can threaten your systems, and learn practical strategies for building trustworthy AI with data provenance on CXOTalk episode 896.

Oct 03, 2025
43:05

Sep 19, 2025 |

AI Reality Check: What Works and What’s New

Paul Daugherty, Chief AI Advisor at private equity giant TPG, shares a reality check on enterprise and consumer AI in CXOTalk episode 895: what’s working, where companies stall, and the new developments leaders must track.

Sep 19, 2025
27:06

Sep 10, 2025 |

Driven by Data: Transforming Transportation with Qlik and Penske

Penske prevented 95,000 truck breakdowns using AI and empowered 170 citizen developers to build data apps. Learn their strategies for scaling AI adoption, building data trust, and transforming business operations with Sarvant Singh and Qlik's Chris Powell, on CXOTalk episode 894.

Sep 10, 2025

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Friday, 5 December
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Interview and Conversation with Dr. Joe Alexander, Jr. Director, NTT Research

Dr. Joe Alexander, Jr.

Director, Medical and Health Informatics

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Friday, 19 December
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Interview with Christian Kleinerman, Executive Vice President of Product, Snowflake

Christian Kleinerman

Executive Vice President of Product

Snowflake

Friday, 16 January
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Interview and Conversation with Prashant Mehrotra, Chief AI Officer, U.S. Bank

Prashant Mehrotra

Chief AI Officer

U.S. Bank

Friday, 30 January
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Interview with Raj Sharma, Global Managing Partner, Growth and Innovation, EY

Raj Sharma

Global Managing Partner, Growth and Innovation

EY

Friday, 6 February
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Interview with Alex "Sandy" Pentland, Center Fellow, Human-Centered AI, Stanford University

Alex "Sandy" Pentland

Center Fellow, Human-Centered AI

Stanford University

Friday, 13 February
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Interview and Conversation with Dr. Tom Frieden, President and CEO, Resolve to Save Lives

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