Premiere November 19
VentureBeat is proud to announce the launch of its new flagship podcast, Beyond the Pilot: Enterprise AI in ActionPremiering on November 19th and brought to you by our anchor sponsor, Outshift by Cisco.
Enterprise AI has reached a new inflection point: workloads are going live, and disruptions are becoming real. The challenge for enterprise technology leaders isn’t understanding AI’s potential — it’s navigating the messy, complex work of running it reliably at scale.
Beyond the Pilot gets inside that reality with candid conversations from executives who have driven past experiments and into production – scaling AI and agentic systems that deliver measurable business value.
“Enterprise tech leaders keep telling us the same thing: The hype cycle is vigorous, but they need credible stories about what actually works in production,” said Matt Marshall, founder and editor-in-chief of VentureBeat. “With Beyond the Pilot, we are doubling down on VentureBeat’s mission to serve practitioners – the people who are 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 rigorous conversations, Beyond the Pilot exposes the decisions, infrastructure, and organizational changes behind AI deployment in the real world. The result: a practical look at what’s needed to turn ambition into action.
Season 1: Real stories from the front lines of enterprise AI
Notion is shown in the first episodeWhere VP AI Ryan Nystrom discusses how the company built Notion 3.0 for agents — and what it means to build an AI-native product inside a platform used by millions of people.
Leaders to join in upcoming episodes LinkedIn, Booking.com, JP Morgan, Mastercard, And LexisNexisEach sharing the inside story of scaling production AI systems inside complex global enterprises.
A podcast for enterprise AI executors
Beyond the Pilot is designed for senior managers, directors, vice presidents, and lead engineers responsible for translating AI strategy into tangible results. These are the decision-makers who are solving the toughest problems in enterprise AI – model governance, infrastructure choices, security barriers, scaling challenges, and real ROI.
"At Outshift, we take emerging technologies from experimentation to production readiness," said Vijay Pandey, SVP/GM of Outshift, an emerging technology incubator by Cisco. "That’s why we’re supporting VentureBeat on Beyond the Pilot. The podcast features tech leaders sharing how they built and deployed AI and agentic systems inside complex enterprises – the real decisions, the tradeoffs, what really worked. This is the conversation the industry needs right now."
Hosted by Matt Marshall and Sam Witteveen, the show features authentic, technically based conversations. No promotion. No hand waving. Just actionable lessons from those who have done it.
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first episode of beyond the pilot He goes away 19 November On VentureBeat.com and your favorite podcast platforms.
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