{"podcast":{"title":"Chain of Thought | AI Agents, Infrastructure & Engineering","slug":"chain-of-thought-ai-agents","podcast_index_feed_id":7074333,"rss_url":"https://feeds.transistor.fm/chain-of-thought","website_url":"https://newsletter.chainofthought.show/","image_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/Yf0B0akhfAtC-Ahrn6UylfgdusLiIKiLKXlMy29dfwI/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:1400/h:1400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS81YjBh/ODMzMTY3ZjQ0MjBj/YTE1ODMwYTZlNDgx/Mjc2Mi5qcGc.jpg","author":"Conor Bronsdon","episode_count":63,"summary":"AI is reshaping infrastructure, strategy, and entire industries. Host Conor Bronsdon talks to the engineers, founders, and researchers building breakthrough AI systems about what it actually takes to ship AI in production, where the opportunities lie, and how leaders should think about the strategic bets ahead. Chain of Thought translates technical depth into actionable insights for builders and decision-makers. New episodes weekly. Conor Bronsdon is an angel investor in AI and dev tools, Technical Ecosystem Lead at Modular, and previously led growth at AI startups Galileo and LinearB. Disclaimer: All views, opinions and statements expressed on this account are solely my own and are made in my personal capacity. They do not reflect, and should not be construed as reflecting, the views, positions, or policies of Modular. This account is not affiliated with, authorized by, or endorsed by Modular in any way.","last_synced_at":"2026-06-12T00:17:44.387836+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/chain-of-thought-ai-agents"},"episode":{"title":"We Built Agents, Nobody Built HR | Tyler Akidau, Redpanda","slug":"we-built-agents-nobody-built-hr-tyler-akidau-redpanda","published_at":"2026-05-27T11:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/chain-of-thought-ai-agents/we-built-agents-nobody-built-hr-tyler-akidau-redpanda","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/chain-of-thought-ai-agents","url":"https://share.transistor.fm/s/594a8a88","audio_url":"https://media.transistor.fm/594a8a88/3c935fe8.mp3","summary":"Tyler Akidau, CTO of Redpanda and author of the O'Reilly Streaming Systems book, makes the case that enterprises are shipping AI agents into production without the governance layer they need. He lays out the four pillars of agent HR (identity, authorization, observability, accountability) and why inline enforcement via CLAUDE.md fails the moment the stakes get real.","meta_description":"Tyler Akidau, CTO of Redpanda and author of the O'Reilly Streaming Systems book, makes the case that enterprises are shipping AI agents into production wi…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3050,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/chain-of-thought-ai-agents/episodes/we-built-agents-nobody-built-hr-tyler-akidau-redpanda/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/chain-of-thought-ai-agents/we-built-agents-nobody-built-hr-tyler-akidau-redpanda.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}