Premiere on November 19
VentureBeat is proud to announce the launch of its recent flagship podcast, Beyond the pilot: enterprise artificial intelligence in actionwhich will premiere on November 19 and which will be presented to you by our main sponsor, Shift from Cisco.
Enterprise AI has reached a recent inflection point: workloads are becoming energetic and constraints are becoming real. The challenge for enterprise technical leaders is not understanding the potential of AI – but managing the messy, complicated work of making it work reliably at scale.
Beyond the Pilot steps into this reality through candid conversations with executives who have moved from experimentation to production – scaling artificial intelligence and agent systems that deliver real business value.
“Enterprise tech leaders tell us the same thing: The hype cycle is loud, but what they really need are credible stories about what works in production,” said Matt Marshall, founder and editor-in-chief of VentureBeat. “With Beyond the Pilot, we are amplifying VentureBeat’s mission to serve practitioners — the people actually responsible for delivering AI outcomes. We’re excited to bring a new level of depth, honesty and technical insight to this conversation.”
Through in-depth, technically demanding conversations, Beyond the Pilot explores the decisions, infrastructure, and organizational changes behind real-world AI implementations. The result: a practical look at what it takes to turn ambition into action.
Season 1: True stories from the front lines of enterprise AI
The debut episode features Notionwhere VP of AI Ryan Nystrom discusses how the company built Notion 3.0 for agents and what it means to create an AI-native product on a platform used by millions of people.
The upcoming episodes will feature leaders from LinkedIn, Booking.com, JPMorgan, Mastercard, AND LexisNexiseach sharing a story of scaling production AI systems in complicated global enterprises.
A podcast for enterprise AI contractors
Beyond the Pilot is designed for senior managers, directors, vice presidents and principal engineers responsible for transforming AI strategies into measurable results. These are the decision makers solving the toughest AI problems in the enterprise – model management, infrastructure choices, security constraints, scaling challenges, and real ROI.
“At Outshift, we take new technologies from experimental to production ready,” said Vijoy Pandey, vice president/general manager of Cisco’s emerging Outshift technology incubator. “That’s why we support VentureBeat on Beyond the Pilot. The podcast features technology leaders who share how they built and deployed AI and agent systems in complex enterprises – real decisions, trade-offs, and what actually worked. This is the conversation the industry needs right now.”
Hosted by Matt Marshall and Sam Witteveen, the program delivers original, technically grounded conversations. No noise. No hand waving. Just practical lessons from those who have done it.
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First episode Except for the pilot drops November 19 on VentureBeat.com and your favorite podcast platforms.
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