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At the intersection of AI, software development, and the enterprise. www.forwarddeployed.com

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Aaron Dignan joins me to talk about a pattern he recognized while building AI workflows at Plumb: “I’ve just created a newsroom.” Once agents have roles, decision rights, tools, inputs, and handoffs, you are not just designing software. You are desig... more

Justin McCarthy joins me to talk about what happened after he told a team to stop writing code—and then discovered they had to stop reading it too.

Justin is the founder of Diffusion and the former co-founder and CTO of StrongDM. His team at StrongD... more

James Cham joins me for what is basically one of our recurring AI freakout calls, recorded.

James is a partner at Bloomberg Beta and one of my favorite people to talk to when a new model or workflow suddenly makes the world feel slightly miscalibrat... more

Welcome to episode six of Forward Deployed. Noah sits down with Rohit Krishnan, author of Strange Loop Canon, to talk about what happens when we take the word “agent” seriously.

Rohit brings together AI, markets, economics, organizational theory, an... more

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Aaron Dignan
Expert in organizational design and founder focused on adaptive systems
Rocket Money / Formerly Plumb (AI initiatives)
Episode: Forward Deployed, Episode 9: Brave New Work for Agents
Justin McCarthy
Founder/CEO involved in software factories and agentic systems
Episode: Forward Deployed, Episode 8: The Factory Has To Prove It Works
James Cham
Early-stage VC at Bloomberg Beta
Bloomberg Beta
Episode: Forward Deployed, Episode 7: The Diffusion Clock and the Conversion Clock
Rohit Krishnan
Researcher and writer exploring AI agents, economics, and organizational theory
Strange Loop Canon
Episode: Forward Deployed, Episode 6: Market Mechanisms for Agents
Taylor Pearson
Guest with deep background in complexity theory and history of organizations
Episode: Forward Deployed, Episode 5: Aligning Agents
Chris Papasadero
Former Special Forces, screenwriter
Independent
Episode: Forward Deployed, Episode 4: The Special Forces Model

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Noah Brier
Co-host introducing and guiding discussions; hosts Forward Deployed; involvement spans enterprise AI strategy and tooling.
Lance Martin
Co-host focusing on context engineering, LangChain perspectives, and engineering viewpoints in agent systems.

Reviews

5.0 out of 5 stars from 4 ratings
  • Noah and Lance are excellent

    These guys are way ahead of the curve on building AI agents.

    Apple Podcasts
    5
    MarTech4
    United States5 months ago
  • Noah and Lance are excellent

    Really appreciate how clear and straightforward they explain relatively complex things about AI

    Apple Podcasts
    5
    Microfan1
    United States8 months ago
  • Best podcast ever

    Great insights

    Apple Podcasts
    5
    Platter
    United States8 months ago

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Clear, straightforward explanations of complex AI topics.
Noah and Lance are excellent at making AI concepts practical.
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