# Inside AsembleAI: DeepTech, AI & Science A podcast by Mac & Sam. AsembleAI brings you thought-provoking conversations at the nexus of artificial intelligence, innovation, and leadership. In each episode, hosts Mac and Sam, veterans in data and tech world, sit down with AI researchers, fast‑scaling founders, Fortune 500 executives, and pioneering technologists to reveal how AI is reshaping business strategy, sparking breakthrough product development, and guiding executive decisions. Tune in for actionable insights, compelling case studies, and forward‑looking perspectives on the promises and pitfalls of AI‑driven innovation.RSSVERIFY Feed: https://media.rss.com/asemble-mac-and-sam/feed.xml ## Latest episodes - [EP 79: The “Why Now” Test for AI Startups | Vanessa Larco, VC & Formerly NEA Partner](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1827749077/368b8f7e20db) (2026-10-17, 43 min): audio https://content.rss.com/episodes/400962/3241574/asemble-mac-and-sam/2026_10_17_03_51_39_a09f9334-d4bf-4244-b8f8-f09ae173b14d.mp3 - [EP 78: Do You Know What Agents You Have Running? Transcend's Rowan Stewart on AI Agent Governance](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1827749077/48da4e123cec) (2026-10-08, 32 min): audio https://content.rss.com/episodes/400962/3216586/asemble-mac-and-sam/2026_10_08_00_13_48_476ce276-0c19-4224-a5d4-ec72964bef83.mp3 - [EP 77: They Transferred $25M to a Deepfake — Why Your AI Isn't as Governed as You Think | Dr. Latha Karthigaa](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1827749077/811ec60c1c38) (2026-10-05, 34 min): audio https://content.rss.com/episodes/400962/3209084/asemble-mac-and-sam/2026_10_05_16_01_43_789dc296-bbdd-42de-a7b8-f4342cb155e6.mp3 - [EP 76: Dashboards Are Wrong in the Background. AI Is Wrong in Your Face | Barr Moses, Monte Carlo](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1827749077/ab0af8bc7495) (2026-09-16, 28 min): audio https://content.rss.com/episodes/400962/3158995/asemble-mac-and-sam/2026_09_16_17_31_42_21302ea0-45da-4253-9ba3-824a2b5bdd39.mp3 - [EP 75: Inside the AI Control Plane: Governance, Guardrails, and Model Routing | Sean Lynch, ActualyzeAI](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1827749077/8b2fdc8f6701) (2026-09-15, 22 min): audio https://content.rss.com/episodes/400962/3153719/asemble-mac-and-sam/2026_09_15_04_26_24_92e25147-e2cd-45fd-88fd-b594513b77d9.mp3 - [EP 74: The AI Agent That Actually Fixes IT Tickets — Not Just Chats About Them | Oshri Moyal, Atera](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1827749077/43a34223a613) (2026-09-14, 14 min): audio https://content.rss.com/episodes/400962/3152992/asemble-mac-and-sam/2026_09_14_22_45_18_1aab8fd2-c4b2-41cf-a07b-ae8a197d0951.mp3 - [EP 73: A Teenager Could Now Run a Nation-State Attack — Insider Risk in the AI Era | Rajan Koo, DTEX](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1827749077/717c18e8a521) (2026-09-14, 26 min): audio https://content.rss.com/episodes/400962/3148526/asemble-mac-and-sam/2026_09_14_01_04_14_ef67b35c-8dc3-410e-a069-230f3bf2b8ac.mp3 - [EP 72: Social Robotics 101: Building Robots That Understand You | Chris Kudla, Mind Children](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1827749077/3849a2aefd02) (2026-09-13, 17 min): audio https://content.rss.com/episodes/400962/3147811/asemble-mac-and-sam/2026_09_13_20_18_54_dc39bcb2-3acc-46ad-99d2-23253b1a1c61.mp3 - [EP 71: The PRD Is Dead — What AI Just Did to Product Management & Cyber Defense | Ed Martin, Sophos](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1827749077/2dbe85649bce) (2026-09-12, 21 min): audio https://content.rss.com/episodes/400962/3145311/asemble-mac-and-sam/2026_09_12_16_47_17_8b274864-e9fc-4c9e-ac74-c70db67cd9f0.mp3 - [EP 70: The Man Who Coined "AGI" - on Why Scaling LLMs Won't Get Us There | Ben Goertzel, SingualarityNET](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1827749077/bae3d5579a3f) (2026-09-12, 26 min): audio https://content.rss.com/episodes/400962/3145298/asemble-mac-and-sam/2026_09_12_16_40_18_aaf8516b-b2fb-4c2d-8646-6acc7eebbeec.mp3 - [EP 69: "You Don't Build a Power Plant to Charge Phones" — Why Enterprise AI Should Start Big | Nikunj Bajaj, TrueFoundry](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1827749077/197e0b8e3385) (2026-09-10, 13 min): audio https://content.rss.com/episodes/400962/3141047/asemble-mac-and-sam/2026_09_10_22_42_32_5706d142-7cf8-4f67-ac5e-ef45aee9f994.mp3 - [EP 68: Filling Europe's Labor Gap with Humanoids | Olle Bergstedt, CEO, Kalk Robotics](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1827749077/509417717721) (2026-09-10, 14 min): audio https://content.rss.com/episodes/400962/3141244/asemble-mac-and-sam/2026_09_11_00_28_41_52ee93bf-d578-4516-968a-28ac8b0dabfc.mp3 - [EP 67: "Humanity Was Dead. 36 Survivors Remained." — A Sci-Fi Author on AI, War & Our Future | Douglas Swatski](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1827749077/c0de8516c86f) (2026-09-08, 16 min): audio https://content.rss.com/episodes/400962/3135352/asemble-mac-and-sam/2026_09_08_20_21_30_33a006a5-437e-40fc-86b6-097f0d3f559e.mp3 - [EP 66: The Intelligence Dividend - Rethinking AI as Market Creation, Not Cost-Cutting | Rohit, LotusPetal AI](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1827749077/04ed73034aca) (2026-09-08, 14 min): audio https://content.rss.com/episodes/400962/3141218/asemble-mac-and-sam/2026_09_11_00_10_49_ea28b394-f1c6-4a87-b882-039850f66542.mp3 - [EP 65: The AI Bottleneck Nobody's Watching | Troy Liljedahl, Backblaze](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1827749077/b70714749940) (2026-09-04, 27 min): audio https://content.rss.com/episodes/400962/3132197/asemble-mac-and-sam/2026_09_07_23_40_06_bea6e120-7dc1-41af-8bdd-6282e798e620.mp3 - [EP 64: Lack of ROI Is Actually Lack of Trust — Fixing Enterprise AI for Finance | Binny Gill, Kognitos](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1827749077/154c8cfe2390) (2026-09-02, 23 min): audio https://content.rss.com/episodes/400962/3123242/asemble-mac-and-sam/2026_09_04_11_14_05_322a6a7b-03d4-4c7b-8250-4a5c91956032.mp3 - [EP 63: From Intel to Mars: The 26-Year Story Behind OpenCV](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1827749077/968c6bd36965) (2026-09-02, 18 min): audio https://content.rss.com/episodes/400962/3123243/asemble-mac-and-sam/2026_09_04_11_14_08_cfc741e8-13dc-4046-a6bb-8034b1072720.mp3 - [EP 62: 95% of AI Pilots Fail. Here's Why | Mohamed Battisha, VP of Engineering at WEX](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1827749077/7dadc5aa69a0) (2026-08-31, 18 min): audio https://content.rss.com/episodes/400962/3123244/asemble-mac-and-sam/2026_09_04_11_14_12_7a415f92-5ee0-4260-9190-13a74d5551ff.mp3 - [EP 61: "Shadow AI" — And No One's Watching | Rafi Khardalian, Actualyze AI](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1827749077/687eacdf90f4) (2026-08-31, 19 min): audio https://content.rss.com/episodes/400962/3123245/asemble-mac-and-sam/2026_09_04_11_14_15_286acfb0-8cc6-4dee-b07a-54fcea200eaa.mp3 - [EP 60: Feeding the World with AI: Inside Syngenta's Data Playbook](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1827749077/d695093eb3f7) (2026-08-30, 19 min): audio https://content.rss.com/episodes/400962/3123246/asemble-mac-and-sam/2026_09_04_11_14_19_deb0932d-7c01-453c-a254-a61935e27031.mp3 - [EP 59: "The Attackers Have the Advantage" — AI's SATAN Moment in Cybersecurity | Fred Rica, BDO](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1827749077/7b2762768000) (2026-08-30, 18 min): audio https://content.rss.com/episodes/400962/3123247/asemble-mac-and-sam/2026_09_04_11_14_22_e09f6ca3-7f00-46d1-b40c-5a4de167b265.mp3 - [EP 58: Every Millisecond Matters: Diffusion LLMs and the Future of Voice AI | Aditya Grover, Inception](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1827749077/2f5f234373a0) (2026-08-23, 16 min): audio https://content.rss.com/episodes/400962/3123248/asemble-mac-and-sam/2026_09_04_11_14_25_f87b2eef-13a4-4265-9f78-2dba24b3daae.mp3 - [EP 57: Ai4 Podcast - Why "The Context Layer" Is What Enterprise AI Is Actually Missing | Andrei Manolache, Designverse](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1827749077/f628695ac47d) (2026-08-23, 23 min): audio https://content.rss.com/episodes/400962/3123249/asemble-mac-and-sam/2026_09_04_11_14_28_91bc2400-5671-410e-be71-1b2f231a4caa.mp3 - [EP 56: Ai4 Podcast - Why AI-Generated Code Needs Its Own Kind of Security | Anand Revashetti, Lineaje](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1827749077/47f8a43ef262) (2026-08-22, 26 min): audio https://content.rss.com/episodes/400962/3123251/asemble-mac-and-sam/2026_09_04_11_14_32_1d199b14-0afa-4bf0-849b-e90c024ba6b5.mp3 - [Ep 55: Ai4 Podcast - Turning 35 Years of Paper Archives into AI Training Data | Dilo Wijesuriya, ARC](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1827749077/26574a58c3a3) (2026-08-17, 9 min): audio https://content.rss.com/episodes/400962/3123252/asemble-mac-and-sam/2026_09_04_11_14_35_2bcb2a11-17c8-40cc-b0ce-d43f3bcf9187.mp3 - [EP 54: Ai4 Podcast - Enterprise AI's "Pilot Purgatory" — and the Deepfake Threat | Kathryn Harrison, Concentrix](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1827749077/b1b16a611ed8) (2026-08-17, 32 min): audio https://content.rss.com/episodes/400962/3123253/asemble-mac-and-sam/2026_09_04_11_14_39_b5346436-89e0-429f-b073-001bba2b938f.mp3 - [EP 53: Ai4 Podcast - Revolutionizing Healthcare: AI in Drug Discovery | Alex Zhavoronkov, Insilico Medicine](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1827749077/43526cc14279) (2026-08-17, 41 min): audio https://content.rss.com/episodes/400962/3123254/asemble-mac-and-sam/2026_09_04_11_14_42_f3870fff-8449-4d2e-8a0a-595b97e8928e.mp3 - [EP 52: Shadow AI: Why $10.3M is Costing Your Organization More Than You Know](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1827749077/1607b143fd2e) (2026-07-14, 48 min): audio https://content.rss.com/episodes/400962/3123255/asemble-mac-and-sam/2026_09_04_11_14_47_56068512-b675-4670-bc80-5751d2f17a05.mp3 - [EP 51: AI-Native Software Development: Building Production Systems with Multi-Agent AI](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1827749077/b0898fd9674c) (2026-06-21, 41 min): audio https://content.rss.com/episodes/400962/3123256/asemble-mac-and-sam/2026_09_04_11_14_51_62b5d8ea-c336-4c30-a0db-6826880738d9.mp3 - [EP 50: AI & Cybersecurity: Building Agentic AI for Real-World Threat Detection](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1827749077/1b0e148919b0) (2026-06-10, 48 min): audio https://content.rss.com/episodes/400962/3123257/asemble-mac-and-sam/2026_09_04_11_14_55_2281dbdf-9b1a-4ffe-bbd1-025351d5b18c.mp3 - [EP 49: How to Spot the Next Healthcare AI Fraud Before It Happens](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1827749077/63e71f5e0b00) (2026-05-25, 59 min): audio https://content.rss.com/episodes/400962/3123258/asemble-mac-and-sam/2026_09_04_11_14_59_41d34c92-0eba-4b8f-b4ad-1a0d29210cc9.mp3 - [EP 48: AI Transforms Soccer: Premier League Analytics Revolution](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1827749077/aeb7643ebd12) (2026-04-30, 16 min): audio https://content.rss.com/episodes/400962/3123259/asemble-mac-and-sam/2026_09_04_11_15_02_95fb2b5f-c7b8-435f-a141-f5c2e4637d0f.mp3 - [EP 47: AI Revolutionizes Basketball: NBA Analytics 2020-2025](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1827749077/e9b06b76efee) (2026-04-29, 18 min): audio https://content.rss.com/episodes/400962/3123260/asemble-mac-and-sam/2026_09_04_11_15_06_209f70f2-6af1-4dd2-9c78-6453ebca3fde.mp3 - [EP 46: New Collar Jobs: Emerging Roles That Only Exist Because of AI](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1827749077/c670b92585c4) (2026-04-28, 21 min): audio https://content.rss.com/episodes/400962/3123261/asemble-mac-and-sam/2026_09_04_11_15_09_b4c16a8c-059e-424a-9f8d-277fca7109b2.mp3 - [EP 45: Reskill or Perish? How to Future-Proof Your Career Against AI | Inside AsembleAI](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1827749077/a712309b0b0f) (2026-04-22, 22 min): audio https://content.rss.com/episodes/400962/3123262/asemble-mac-and-sam/2026_09_04_11_15_13_5a02e11f-18a1-493c-a535-cf58d928d9c1.mp3 - [EP 44: How AI Is Transforming Filmmaking - From Fear to Creative Amplification](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1827749077/5e3d1a725209) (2026-04-12, 49 min): audio https://content.rss.com/episodes/400962/3123263/asemble-mac-and-sam/2026_09_04_11_15_17_27109a8b-0f95-41fa-a45c-d5bd1613088e.mp3 - [EP 43: On the Chopping Block - Roles Most Vulnerable to AI Automation Right Now](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1827749077/b318ef604b79) (2026-04-04, 19 min): audio https://content.rss.com/episodes/400962/3123264/asemble-mac-and-sam/2026_09_04_11_15_20_ad2cc176-1e1d-40ac-824c-884eb2896f65.mp3 - [EP 42: Safe Zones - Jobs AI Will Augment, Not Replace (And Why)](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1827749077/d75112eab025) (2026-04-04, 17 min): audio https://content.rss.com/episodes/400962/3123265/asemble-mac-and-sam/2026_09_04_11_15_24_f07a407e-0d84-4420-8762-bf22fc478e04.mp3 - [EP 41: The AI Job Apocalypse - Myth vs Reality | What the Data Actually Shows](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1827749077/4b25768bd20b) (2026-04-04, 15 min): audio https://content.rss.com/episodes/400962/3123266/asemble-mac-and-sam/2026_09_04_11_15_27_e73054e9-05bd-4b3e-9be6-1cbb6238d7a4.mp3 - [EP 40: AI Analytics: From Hindsight to Foresight](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1827749077/bf9095e7b44e) (2026-02-25, 18 min): audio https://content.rss.com/episodes/400962/3123267/asemble-mac-and-sam/2026_09_04_11_15_31_62625155-4db5-40fd-95f4-a5d1771c8c39.mp3 - [EP 39: AI Chatbots: 95% of Interactions by 2025](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1827749077/246e1384e90e) (2026-02-25, 16 min): audio https://content.rss.com/episodes/400962/3123268/asemble-mac-and-sam/2026_09_04_11_15_34_143c202c-3789-4087-ad42-abed45314278.mp3 - [EP 38: AI-Powered Advertising: Programmatic’s Next Evolution](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1827749077/522aee0e5363) (2026-02-25, 14 min): audio https://content.rss.com/episodes/400962/3123269/asemble-mac-and-sam/2026_09_04_11_15_37_077bfdae-37ba-4cd8-9ecc-930199224bc9.mp3 - [EP 37: AI Content Creation: 3x Output, Half the Cost](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1827749077/ac8df6032573) (2026-02-25, 21 min): audio https://content.rss.com/episodes/400962/3123270/asemble-mac-and-sam/2026_09_04_11_15_41_e3718890-4c4d-4ffd-a128-e75b515dcab7.mp3 - [EP 36: AI Personalization: From Segments to Individuals](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1827749077/f1a1e36cfe98) (2026-02-25, 14 min): audio https://content.rss.com/episodes/400962/3123271/asemble-mac-and-sam/2026_09_04_11_15_44_b6740aba-f19b-4786-9688-b489fc093ad0.mp3 - [EP 35: AI Algorithmic Trading: The New Market Makers](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1827749077/4f4b25bd2100) (2026-02-22, 18 min): audio https://content.rss.com/episodes/400962/3123272/asemble-mac-and-sam/2026_09_04_11_15_48_dd606d8d-636f-41f7-aa08-82e5121f3542.mp3 - [EP 34: AI in Credit and Lending: Democratizing Access or Amplifying Bias?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1827749077/81a6534bc7ea) (2026-02-22, 17 min): audio https://content.rss.com/episodes/400962/3123273/asemble-mac-and-sam/2026_09_04_11_15_52_1104a5f5-bfad-4e16-bf5f-0f2172ee3317.mp3 - [EP 33: AI in Compliance: Turning Regulation into Competitive Advantage](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1827749077/d6abcb51c2e9) (2026-02-22, 17 min): audio https://content.rss.com/episodes/400962/3123274/asemble-mac-and-sam/2026_09_04_11_15_55_16b4bbd1-14ea-449f-a317-721b7bb27d89.mp3 - [EP 32: AI Fraud Detection - Fighting Fire with Fire](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1827749077/0e63a6a0db15) (2026-02-22, 20 min): audio https://content.rss.com/episodes/400962/3123275/asemble-mac-and-sam/2026_09_04_11_15_59_3a987789-5141-41ac-b28f-a15a87c2e870.mp3 - [EP 31: AI in Stock Prediction: The Stanford Study that outperformed 93% of Fund Managers](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1827749077/68b25efa528d) (2026-02-22, 19 min): audio https://content.rss.com/episodes/400962/3123276/asemble-mac-and-sam/2026_09_04_11_16_02_ec802a26-da27-4578-b2b8-bc6a0dc2e07d.mp3 - [EP 30: Healthcare Data Security in The AI Era](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1827749077/2494660a6cd1) (2026-02-22, 21 min): audio https://content.rss.com/episodes/400962/3123277/asemble-mac-and-sam/2026_09_04_11_16_06_5dcb6ea7-3d0b-420f-a39f-4bc230b604da.mp3 Shows are listed from Apple Podcasts' charts and directory, and Podcast Index where it is used. 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