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Tech Talks Daily

If every company is now a tech company and digital transformation is a journey rather than a destination, how do you keep up with the relentless pace of technological change? Every day, Tech Talks Daily brings you insights from the brightest minds in tech, business, and innovation, breaking down complex ideas into clear, actionable takeaways. Hosted by Neil C. Hughes, Tech Talks Daily explores how emerging technologies such as AI, cybersecurity, cloud computing, fintech, quantum computing,

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30:01

How TinyMCE Is Bringing AI Directly Into The Content...

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2026/05/31

Have you ever stopped to think about the technology powering almost every text box you interact with online? Whether you're applying for a job, drafting a legal contract, publishing content, or updating a website, there's a good chance a rich text editor is quietly working behind the scenes. In this episode of Tech Talks Daily, I caught up with Fredrik Danielsson, Product Manager at TinyMCE, to discuss how one of the internet's most widely used editing platforms is evolving for the AI era. Frédéric

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23:42

Can AI Improve Trust Between Political Campaigns And...

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2026/05/30

Have you ever wondered why political campaigns can send millions of text messages but still struggle to have meaningful conversations with voters? In this episode of Tech Talks Daily, I sit down with Tom Carroll, Co-Founder of Convos, a startup rethinking how political campaigns communicate through SMS. While political texting has become a standard part of modern campaigning, Tom argues that the industry has spent years solving the problem of message delivery while largely ignoring what happens when

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24:59

Adobe Summit: Why Context Is the Missing Ingredient...

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2026/05/29

How do you move beyond AI experimentation and start building systems that can genuinely reason, act, and create value across an enterprise? Recorded at Adobe Summit in Las Vegas, this episode features Daniel Sheinberg, who leads cross-portfolio product initiatives for Adobe's Customer Experience Orchestration business. Daniel is at the center of Adobe's AI and agentic strategy, helping shape how some of the world's largest organizations think about the next generation of customer experiences. During

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22:19

AI, Analytics, And Conservation: The Nature...

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2026/05/28

What does better analytics actually mean when your mission is protecting the planet? At SAS Innovate, I sat down with John Blackwell, Director of Strategic Analytics at The Nature Conservancy, to explore how data, AI, and marketing intelligence are helping one of the world's largest conservation organizations raise more money, operate more efficiently, and ultimately direct more resources toward protecting land, water, and ecosystems across more than 80 countries. In this episode, John explains how

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37:45

How Navan is Simplifying Business Travel & Expense...

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2026/05/27

What happens when one of the world's fastest-growing travel platforms decides the future of business travel will be built around AI from the ground up? In this episode of Tech Talks Daily, I sat down with Navan co-founder and CTO Ilan Twig to discuss how the company is reshaping travel, payments, and expense management through AI-native systems designed for the real world, not just polished demos. What immediately stood out during our conversation was Ilan's mix of technical obsession and relentless

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35:23

Denodo and The AI Trust Gap: The Enterprise Data...

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2026/05/26

What happens when AI systems stop acting like assistants and start acting like autonomous decision-makers inside your business? And if those systems are pulling information from fragmented, inconsistent, and poorly governed data environments, how much trust can organizations really place in the outcomes? In today's episode, I'm joined by Terry Dorsey for a fascinating conversation about the growing gap between AI ambition and enterprise reality. Terry brings decades of experience spanning enterprise

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23:53

Cisco's AI Transformation Journey From Fragmented...

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2026/05/25

What does AI transformation actually look like inside one of the world's largest engineering organizations? At Team '26 in Anaheim, I recently sat down with Jason Andrews to unpack how Cisco transformed decades of fragmented tooling, disconnected workflows, and spreadsheet-driven operations into a unified system of work built around Jira, Confluence, Jira Service Management, automation, and AI-ready workflows. And honestly, this conversation felt refreshingly practical. Jason oversees engineering

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28:45

From Olympic Swimmer To AI Founder, Kaitlyn...

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2026/05/24

What Happens When AI Starts Protecting the Power Grid Before Humans Even Spot the Problem? In this episode of Tech Talks Daily, I speak with Kaitlyn Albertoli, co-founder and CEO of Buzz Solutions, about how AI, drones, and computer vision are changing the way utilities inspect and maintain power infrastructure. As weather events become more frequent and energy demand continues to rise from EV adoption, renewable energy growth, and AI-driven data centers, utilities are under growing pressure to

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28:49

Kiteworks on the AI Security Lessons From RSA 2026

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2026/05/23

What happens when the cybersecurity industry stops debating whether agentic AI is a future problem and starts treating it as a present-day reality? In this episode of Tech Talks Daily, I sit down with Tim Freestone to unpack the biggest shift coming out of this year's RSA Conference. After attending RSA for more than two decades, Tim describes 2026 as the year the energy returned to the cybersecurity world, driven by one unavoidable topic: agentic AI. We explore why the conversation has rapidly

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29:54

How The International Rescue Committee (IRC) Is...

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2026/05/22

What if some of the most important applications of AI today have nothing to do with productivity, marketing, or enterprise automation, and everything to do with helping people survive crisis, displacement, and uncertainty? In this episode, recorded at, I sit down with André Heller Pérache to explore how technology originally designed for customer service has evolved into humanitarian infrastructure supporting refugees and displaced communities around the world. André shares the story behind

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28:52

Zendesk Relate 2026: The Shift From AI Assistants To...

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2026/05/21

What if the future of AI is not one all-knowing assistant, but an entire workforce of specialized agents working together behind the scenes? Recorded st Zendesk Relate, this episode features a fascinating conversation with Shashi Upadhyay about where enterprise AI is really heading, and why many businesses are still underestimating the scale of operational change required to make agentic AI work. Shashi explains why Zendesk views AI agents as a new form of digital labor rather than simply another

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39:29

Cybersecurity Upside Down With Benny Czarny, founder...

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2026/05/20

What if the cybersecurity industry has spent decades fighting the wrong battle? In this episode of Tech Talks Daily, I sat down with Benny Czarny, founder and CEO of OPSWAT, to discuss why he believes the traditional "detect and respond" model is no longer enough in a world where AI is accelerating cyber threats faster than security teams can react. Benny joined me to discuss his new book, Cybersecurity Upside Down, which combines personal stories from building OPSWAT with a bold argument for

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26:33

Zendesk CEO Tom Eggemeier On Building The Autonomous...

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2026/05/19

What happens when customer service stops being a department and starts becoming an autonomous operational system? Recorded live at, this conversation with Tom Eggemeier goes far beyond chatbots, copilots, and AI hype cycles. Instead, we explore why Zendesk believes the future of enterprise service will be built around what it calls an "autonomous service workforce," where AI agents, human experts, workflows, analytics, governance, and orchestration layers all work together as one continuously

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35:00

Atlassian's Sherif Mansour On Why Context Will Define...

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2026/05/18

What happens when AI intelligence becomes commoditized? That is the question sitting at the heart of this episode recorded live at Team '26 in Anaheim, where I sat down with Sherif Mansour to unpack one of the biggest shifts happening in enterprise technology right now. For years, the AI conversation has focused on models, prompts, and raw capability. But according to Sherif, the real competitive advantage may no longer come from the intelligence itself. It comes from context. The workflows,

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20:37

Why AI Is Still Blind to the Physical World and How...

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2026/05/17

What if the biggest limitation holding AI back isn't the model, the data center, or the algorithm, but the fact that most physical objects in the world still cannot communicate digitally? In this episode of Tech Talks Daily, I sat down with Richard Price, CTO and co-founder of Pragmatic Semiconductor, to explore why AI systems remain "half blind" to the physical world and what happens when everyday objects finally become intelligent, connected, and verifiable data sources. Richard shared how

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31:15

How Quantum-Inspired Computing Is Solving Aerospace's...

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2026/05/16

What happens when an Air Force engineer with experience in intelligence, venture capital, and deep tech startups starts applying quantum-inspired computing to some of the hardest problems in aerospace and defense? In this episode of Tech Talks Daily, I sat down with Nathan Mason, VP of Strategic Growth at BQP, to unpack how quantum-inspired software is already helping organizations solve massive computational challenges without waiting years for fully mature quantum hardware. Nathan shared his

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29:53

Atlassian's Chief Design Officer on AI, Creativity,...

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2026/05/15

What happens when AI stops being a feature and starts reshaping the very craft of design itself? Live from, I sat down with Charlie Sutton for a conversation that went far beyond product interfaces and pixels. As Atlassian unveiled its latest AI ambitions around agents, context, and the Teamwork Graph, Charlie offered a fascinating look at the human side of that transformation and why design may become even more important as AI becomes embedded into the way we work. Charlie shared how Atlassian

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28:31

AI, Engineering, And Formula One: The Tech Driving...

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2026/05/14

What happens when one of the most iconic teams in Formula One decides to rethink how work gets done behind the scenes completely? Last year, Atlassian Williams Racing made headlines when Atlassian entered Formula One as both title partner and technology partner. At the time, many people saw the partnership as another high-profile sponsorship deal. But over the last twelve months, something much bigger has been unfolding inside the Williams organization. At Team '26 in Anaheim, I sat down with Andrew

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38:05

Ohana's Human-First Approach To AI In Flexible...

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2026/05/13

What happens when the biggest innovation in housing isn't a luxury tower or another short-term rental app, but a platform built specifically for everyone caught in between? In this episode of Tech Talks Daily, I sat down with Ezra Gershanok, co-founder of Ohana, to unpack how his team is quietly reshaping the overlooked middle-term housing market. For years, people relocating for internships, new jobs, temporary projects, or extended travel have faced two bad choices. Either pay eye-watering hotel

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23:54

Google Cloud Next 2026: Why AI Orchestration Changes...

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2026/05/12

At Google Cloud Next in Las Vegas, I sat down with Granville Valentine to talk about one of the biggest shifts happening in business technology right now, the move from isolated AI experiments to orchestrated, production-scale agentic systems. Granville leads Google Cloud's AI Go-to-Market organization across North America, working directly with major enterprises on adopting Gemini, customer experience AI, and multi-agent workflows. That puts him right at the center of how businesses are actually

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