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0271 - Agentic Transformation with Killian and Albena
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- Design Talk (dot IE)
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- Apr 24, 2026
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Summary
Welcome to Design Talk. In this episode Killian O'Connor and Albena Krasteva from Zartis were in to talk to Masters students at the UCD Michael Smurfit Graduate School of Business. Killian and Albena presented a candid behind-the-scenes analysis of Zartis' initial struggles adopting AI within their own organisation. They went on to explain how their experience has led to insights that shape Zartis's AI deployment strategies and use cases for clients. Zartis is a technology services company headquartered in Cork, Ireland and is an official Anthropic partner, supporting organisations that are building with Claude and Claude Code. Notes: Zartis – https://www.zartis.com Anthropic – https://www.anthropic.com UCD Michael Smurfit Graduate School of Business – https://www.smurfitschool.ie Acknowledgements Music Title: Calculated Awakening - "Genetic Algorithms Evolution," in the style of a Bytebeat, anchored by a base guitar. Artist: Allen Higgins Source: https://bit.ly/2QkBzvI License: CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 Includes samples by KORG Inc. and Lyria 3 via Gemini. Cover Art Title: Smurfit-Zartis Artist: Allen Higgins. Photo credits: Yu Su, Denis Buleiko and Allen Higgins. Used with permission. Source: Zartis-seminar.pptx License: CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 Podcast License Design Talk (dot IE) CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 The license can be viewed at https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0 By taking part, you give permission for your voice to be recorded, for the recording to be edited, and for it to be posted and published as a podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.