Episodes

  • Building Value-Based Care: AI, Actuarial Science, and Healthcare's Future
    Feb 9 2026

    Robert Stewart, CTO at Arbital Health, on transforming healthcare payments, empowering actuaries to code, and running inclu.sive hackathons

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    1 hr
  • Disrupting the Testing Industry: AI and Infrastructure Moats
    Jan 26 2026

    Anoop Tripathi, CTO at Sauce Labs, discusses how AI is reshaping software development, and why quality, simplicity, and engineering judgment matter more than ever.

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    50 mins
  • Crafting Luxury Experiences: The Human Side of Technology
    Jan 16 2026

    Christopher Penido, CTO at Louis Vuitton, on building trust through tech, elevating brand experiences, and leading with empathy.

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    51 mins
  • The Employee Experience Paradox: Tech's Neglected Topic
    Nov 20 2025

    Lucas sits down with Ro Mohindroo, former CIO/CDO, now advisor to startup CTOs, to talk about what it takes to scale startups beyond the tech: operational maturity, business alignment, and why digital transformation still fails when it starts with tools instead of intent.

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    44 mins
  • The "Lucky" Question: A Cheat Code for Hiring Top Talent
    Oct 31 2025

    Lucas sits down with Gajus Kuizinas, Co-founder and CTO at Contra, to talk about the trade-offs behind early architecture decisions, building high-trust engineering cultures, and why developer autonomy is the foundation of velocity.

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    52 mins
  • GPU Scarcity & The Economic Reality of AI Inference
    Sep 30 2025

    Lucas sits down with Leon Kuperman, CTO at CAST AI, to talk about the future of cloud automation, the changing economics of AI, and why engineering leaders need to rethink productivity, developer happiness, and velocity in the age of LLMs.

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    1 hr and 3 mins
  • The Stigma of AI: Why "Cheating" is the Wrong Word
    Aug 14 2025

    Lucas and Jason Blackman, CIO at CAR Group, talk about how global platforms are adapting to autonomous vehicles, why AI adoption needs to balance speed with pragmatism, and how the CIO role continues to evolve to encompass technology, product, and risk leadership.

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    49 mins
  • Extreme Ownership in Tech: Turning Roadblocks into Result
    Jun 24 2025

    In this episode, Lucas Hendrich sits down with Jeff Miller, VPE at LinenMaster, to talk about what it really takes to modernize legacy systems, implement AI effectively, and lead engineering teams in uncertain times.

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    49 mins