In this episode, Manav sits down with Mihai Criveti — IBM Distinguished Engineer and the creator of Context Forge, IBM's open-source agentic middleware — for a candid, technical conversation about what it actually takes to ship AI in the enterprise.
00:58 Navigating AI for Students
05:41 Context Forge and Scaling AI Agents
13:24 Understanding Context Forge
18:30 The Role of Middleware in AI
19:47 Evaluating AI Agents
24:10 Scaling AI in Enterprises
29:59 The Evolution of MCP Protocol
33:31 The Future of AI Agents and Workforce Dynamics
39:16 Lessons from Cloud Native to AI Agents
45:35 The State of AI and Future Predictions
Mar 10 202655 mins