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In this episode of the Unriveted Podcast, we engage with Judah Taub, managing partner at Hetz Ventures and author of How to Move Up When the Only Way is Down. The conversation explores the concept of local maximums in personal and professional growth, drawing parallels with techniques from artificial intelligence to navigate these challenges. Judah emphasizes the importance of agility over muscle in technology and business and discusses the balance between research and development in driving innovation. The episode also touches on recognizing local maximums in startups and the need for constant adaptation in a rapidly changing landscape.

Key Takeaways

• Local maximums can trap individuals in their careers.
• AI techniques can help humans avoid local maximums.
• Agility is more important than sheer strength in business.
• Startups must be aware of their local maximums for growth.
• Research and development serve different but complementary roles.
• Decision-making can be improved by learning from AI.
• Adaptability is key to thriving in unpredictable environments.
• Understanding the difference between local and global maximums is crucial.
  
  

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In this episode of Unriveted, we welcome Dr. Mark van Rijmenam, a strategic futurist specializing in AI, quantum computing, and digital transformation. They explore the future of AI, the rise of AI agents, and how enterprises must adapt.

Dr. van Rijmenam highlights AI's convergence with quantum computing, robotics, and spatial intelligence, emphasizing the need for education, experimentation, and execution in AI adoption. He warns of misinformation risks and stresses the importance of synthetic data in reducing bias.

The discussion wraps up with practical advice for companies starting their AI journey and insights into AI’s accelerating impact on industries.

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Observability 2025: A Conversation with Mehdi Daoudi, CEO of Catchpoint Systems

In this episode, Mehdi Daoudi, CEO of Catchpoint Systems, shares insights on the future of observability, AI-driven automation, and Self-Healing IT (SHIT).
Key Takeaways:
🔹 The Birth of Observability: Mehdi’s DoubleClick outage fueled his passion for performance monitoring, leading to Catchpoint’s creation in 2008.
🔹 The Future: AI-Driven, Self-Healing IT (SHIT):
In 2025, IT leaders will wake up to reports of incidents detected, mitigated, and resolved overnight—without human intervention.
🔹 Automated Resilience & Multi-Cloud Strategies:
CDN Switching: Companies like LinkedIn & eBay already automate real-time CDN optimizations for seamless performance.
Cloud Failover: Businesses are leveraging multi-cloud strategies to dynamically reroute workloads, ensuring zero downtime.
🔹 Lessons in Leadership:
Hiring Right is key—bad hires cost time and resources.
Stoicism for CEOs: Focus on what you can control and stop stressing over what you can’t.
🔹 Embrace AI, Don’t Fear It: AI won’t replace humans. Ai is here to augment IT teams and accelerate mean-time-to-resolution (MTTR).
Mehdi’s vision for Observability 2025? AI-powered SHIT (Self-Healing IT), AI-SHIT, where monitoring tools detect, diagnose, and fix issues mitigating user impact.

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