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The Tech Trek is a podcast about building and leading technology companies. Each episode features founders, CTOs, engineering leaders, and operators sharing how they make decisions around product, engineering, AI, data, teams, hiring, and growth.

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AI adoption is no longer just a policy conversation. For many organizations, the bigger question is how to move faster without creating avoidable risk.

In this episode of The Tech Trek, Amir Bormand sits down with Aimee Cardwell, CIO and CISO in res... more

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AI agents are easy to demo. They are much harder to trust, maintain, govern, and put into production.

In this episode of The Tech Trek, Amir Bormand talks with Lucas Thelosen, CEO and cofounder at Gravity, about the agent economy, AI analytics, and ... more

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Yahoo is not just adding AI on top of existing products. It is using AI across product experiences, internal tools, engineering workflows, and modernization efforts.

In this episode of The Tech Trek, Lee Zen, CTO at Yahoo, joins Amir Bormand to talk... more

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Mike Choi wanted to work at Apple for years. Then he got there and had the moment many ambitious builders eventually hit.

Is this the thing I was sprinting toward?

In this episode of The Tech Trek, Mike Choi, co founder at Koah, shares his path fro... more

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Shaun Modi
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Deepak Bapat
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Karthik Ranganathan
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Scott Weller
CTO and founder at EnFi
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Vijay Gandra
Global Chief Data Officer at Acrisure
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Episode: Data Teams Are Moving Beyond Dashboards
Leonid Belkind
Co-founder and CTO at Torc
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Episode: AI Is Changing Coding, Not Engineering
Scott Breitenother
CEO and co-founder at Kilo
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Episode: AI Is Changing How Engineers Actually Work
David Kang
Founder and CEO of Keeper
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Episode: AI Can Handle the Tax Code. What Still Needs a Human?

Host

Amir Bormand
Host of The Tech Trek (Technology leadership and product strategy)

Reviews

5.0 out of 5 stars from 88 ratings
  • Great host and great guests

    The host brings on some really interesting guests and asks great questions. It’s one of the podcasts you just melt into because the discussion is so good.

    Apple Podcasts
    5
    Soph Tav
    United States6 months ago
  • Very insightful

    I love how Amir goes deeper into the stories that most other podcasters miss out on and teases out the nuances and unfiltered conversations that really matter

    Apple Podcasts
    5
    Tankots
    United States8 months ago
  • Authentic conversations on great relevant topics

    Really enjoy the authentic conversations about topics in a short and easily digestible way! Great topics

    Apple Podcasts
    5
    Podcast Viewer 82
    United States10 months ago
  • Interesting guests

    Really enjoy this podcast. The guests are always high quality, and the host does a great job bringing on interesting people. The questions aren’t cookie-cutter — you can tell they’re not pre-planned, which makes the conversations feel super natural and way more engaging. It’s always a fun listen, time well spent.

    Apple Podcasts
    5
    SaraUniqueandSmall
    United Statesa year ago
  • Always informative

    Great source for daily tech updates, really fingers the pulse of this fast paced sector.

    Apple Podcasts
    5
    tablawabla
    United Statesa year ago

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Concise, insightful discussions that stay on topic.
Guests consistently praised for practical, actionable takeaways.
The format is appreciated for being accessible to both engineers and business leaders.
High-quality guests and strong host performance are widely noted.
Listeners appreciate deep, non-cookie-cutter questions.

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Why Sovereign AI Matters Now
Q: What safeguards can organizations put in place to protect themselves when adopting AI at scale?
Key safeguards include zero data retention agreements, model-independence to avoid vendor lock-in, and robust evaluation suites that govern accuracy, data governance, and cost per outcome.
Why Sovereign AI Matters Now
Q: What are the challenges and risks of governmental usage of AI, particularly around sovereignty and control over outcomes?
Governments need control over outcomes and cannot simply rent intelligence from AI labs; they must configure powerful technologies to produce efficient artifacts that serve taxpayers, with appropriate evaluation criteria to meet regulatory and public service goals.
Why Sovereign AI Matters Now
Q: Before we dive in Capitol AI, tell us what you guys do.
Capitol AI provides a sovereign operating system for intelligence, connecting a company's proprietary data to a broad array of AI models to produce high-quality, regulatory-compliant artifacts such as due diligence reports, regulatory filings, or government-ready assessments.
AI Coding Agents Are Changing Engineering Teams
Q: Do you think the junior engineer role will diminish, or will it transform?
The junior role will transform rather than disappear; as tools democratize coding, problem-solving and systems thinking will become the differentiators, and juniors can contribute more at earlier stages with appropriate guidance.
AI Coding Agents Are Changing Engineering Teams
Q: How do you foresee the role of PMs evolving in an AI-enabled development environment?
PMs will increasingly act as translation and design signal coordinators, able to propose near-term feature sets that AI-assisted engineers can rapidly implement and iterate on with high responsiveness.

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Frequently Asked Questions About The Tech Trek

What is The Tech Trek about and what kind of topics does it cover?

The show curates conversations with startup founders, CTOs, and engineering leaders focused on how technology organizations make decisions around product, engineering, AI, data, hiring, and growth. Episodes highlight real-world optimization of engineering velocity, AI-enabled workflows, and the evolving roles within tech teams, from governance to design, with practical lessons on building scalable platforms and responsible AI adoption. Notable angles include multi-disciplinary collaboration between product, design, and engineering, licensing and regulatory considerations in fintech, and security or reliability as fundamental constraints when modernizing tech stacks. Overall, it's a practical resource for leaders seeking actionable insights ... more

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1. Shaun Modi
2. Edmund Jackson
3. Deepak Bapat
4. Karthik Ranganathan
5. Scott Weller
6. Vijay Gandra
7. Leonid Belkind
8. Scott Breitenother

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