TechUnhinged features Rich Tehrani, CEO of TMC and IT Expo founder, sharing bold insights on the rise of autonomous cybersecurity. With insights from his roles as both a tech leader and investment banker, he delves into the impact of AI agents on network security and explains why a future dominated by 99% automation could be closer than many realize.

What Happens When AI Agents Control the Network?

In this episode, Eric Vaughan, CEO of Ignite Tech and ultramarathon legend, cuts through the AI hype to reveal what's actually working in enterprise. Drawing from his battle-tested experience leading real AI transformations across three companies, he exposes the shocking gap between AI marketing promises and ground-truth reality, and shares explosive insights on which enterprise AI applications deliver ROI, and which are just expensive tech theater.

AI Hype vs. AI Reality

In this episode, Arturas, Engineering Manager & Data Platform Lead at KAYAK, cuts through the hype on data engineering. From early PHP days to leading petabyte-scale platforms, he shares the hard-earned lessons behind building real data systems in the age of AI. We dig into the biggest misconceptions, the data quality crisis, why tools are just “opinions,” and what the future holds for data engineers when AI starts writing pipelines.

The Data Infrastructure Behind AI

In this episode, the CIO at what3words, says the hardest part of tech leadership isn’t shiny tools or big budgets; it’s making complex systems actually work for people. He shares lessons from automating the boring stuff, scaling a scrappy startup, and knowing when to keep things manual before going digital. We also dive into the startup vs corporate mindset, the risks of rushing into AI, and why good tech should serve people, not the other way around.

How to Make Complex Tech Work for Humans

In this episode, Jason Kaufman (CISSP, CISM, CCSP) joins the podcast host Rabia Javeed to explore how AI is disrupting cybersecurity. Be it from AI-powered phishing scams and data breaches to machine-driven defense and real-time response automation, Jason breaks down the dual-sided role of AI in today's digital threat landscape.

How AI is Reshaping Cybersecurity

In this episode of TechUnhinged, we sit down with Anand Rao, Chair of the Department of Communication and Digital Studies at the University of Mary Washington. With decades of experience in communication, debate, and education, Anand shares the groundbreaking concept of AI Pluralism—an emerging framework that calls for diverse, dialectical AI systems rather than monolithic, one-size-fits-all models.

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AI Pluralism: Why Diverse AI is Better AI

Join Ashar Samdani as he chats with Costanza Balboni Cestelli, Head of Data & Innovation at Generali Real Estate, about how AI and data are shaking up the world of real estate. From rethinking investment strategies to building the City Forward platform, they dig into what it really takes to modernize a traditional industry and where PropTech is heading next.

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The Future of PropTech Driven by AI and Data Science

Farah Ali, Head of AI Transformation & Technology at Electronic Arts, reveals why innovation fails without allies, what she learned as a startup CTO, and how to move ideas from proof-of-concept to real revenue.

How to Move Innovation From Lab to Market

In this episode, a Cloud Infrastructure & Product Management leader at Microsoft, with nearly a decade shaping AI solutions at Azure Databricks reveals why the build-versus-buy decision isn’t really about control or cost. It’s about knowing when to invest in in-house expertise versus leveraging existing platforms to move faster. She shares how honesty in a job interview led to an unexpected career managing billions in cloud infrastructure, why most companies underestimate the true cost of data preparation & governance in AI implementation, and the critical difference between getting a proof of concept working versus actually scaling it to production. 

Build vs Buy AI Infrastructure?

In this episode, Alexander Carlson, founder of Digital Pop and host of the AI Marketing Navigator podcast, breaks down how AI is redefining what scale means for solo entrepreneurs and small businesses. He shares his exact AI tool stack that replaced an entire team's worth of work, explains why the traditional marketing pyramid is evolving into a "diamond model" with AI agents at the bottom, and reveals the uncomfortable truth about automation: we still need to master the fundamentals. We discuss why being human will become the ultimate differentiator in marketing, why "agent" is the most overused buzzword in AI, and how to balance automation without losing your humanity.

Solo to Scale with AI Tools

Where Tech Gets Human

This podcast cuts through the noise, revealing the real human stories behind technology. We expose the raw, unfiltered truth of innovation - the struggles, failures, and breakthroughs that never make the headlines.