The Ravit Show

Ravit Jain

The Ravit Show aims to interview interesting guests, panels, companies and help the community to gain valuable insights and trends in the Data Science and AI space! The show has CEOs, CTOs, Professors, Tech Authors, Data Scientists, Data Engineers, Data Analysts and many more from the industry and academia side.

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Yesterday · 12 min
How MasterControl Is Building AI for the Highly Regulated Life Sciences Industry
Every life sciences company wants AI right now. Very few have figured out how to trust it. I sat down with Alex Kaplunov, CTO of MasterControl, on The Ravit Show, at Masters Summit in Salt Lake City to talk about exactly that. #ad #MasterControlPartner Here’s what stood out: - AI in life sciences is moving fast, but the bar is higher here than anywhere else. When your product ends up in a patient’s hands, “good enough” isn’t good enough. - MasterControl is ISO/IEC 42001 certified. That’s the international standard for managing AI responsibly. For a regulated industry, it means the AI comes with governance and controls built in from day 1. - Alex walked through the AI already inside the MasterControl platform and what makes it different from generic AI tools. It’s built for quality and manufacturing teams who have to answer to auditors. - And his advice for life sciences leaders starting with AI is practical, grounded and worth a listen if you’re making that call this year. Full conversation is live now. Watch it and tell me what you think. #MasterControl #MCMastersSummit #AllTogetherNow #ai #lifesciences #qualitymanagement #manufacturing #theravitshow
Monday · 14 min
Inside Agentifying the Mainframe: How BMC Is Turning Expertise into Action
Ever inherited a REXX script and nobody who wrote it is still around? That was one of the examples Matt Whitbourne, VP of Product Management & Design - IZOT at BMC on The Ravit Show, walked me through in New York while we got into the tech behind "Agentifying the Mainframe." A few of the workflows coming in BMC AMI Agentics for Ops and Data: 1. An agent that investigates CPU spikes 2. Plain-language explanations of existing REXX automation 3. Probable-cause insights for Db2 issues 4. An AI Reorg Advisor that explains its Db2 reorg recommendations 5. A SQL Workload Advisor that suggests tuning actions The pattern behind all of them is simple. Detect the issue, pull together the evidence, explain what matters, and recommend a next step that stays within governed limits. Matt also explained why bolting a general-purpose AI onto ops or database data falls short. The agent needs specialized knowledge, live operational context, and the shared BMC AMI Platform underneath it handling orchestration and governance. If you work hands-on with mainframe ops or Db2, this one is for you. Full interview below. #mainframe #agenticai #db2 #bmc #aiops #aiagents #devops #theravitshow
Saturday · 14 min
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Friday · 15 min
Agentifying the Mainframe: Where Agentic AI Goes Next
Everyone wants AI on the mainframe. Very few want to hand it the keys. I sat down with Tarun Chopra, SVP & GM at BMC Software, in New York on The Ravit Show, the next week BMC announced BMC AMI Agentics, a new product line as part of their vision for "Agentifying the Mainframe." What stayed with me: Trust comes before autonomy. BMC's 2026 Mainframe Survey found willingness to let AI complete actions in problem diagnosis dropped from 32% to 23% in a year. Preference for AI recommendations rose from 36% to 41%. Tarun sees that as teams being careful about where trust belongs. I agree with him. Generic AI pointed at mainframe data won't get you far. The agent needs decades of mainframe expertise, your team's own knowledge, and what's happening in the system right now. The real bottleneck is people. A lot of mainframe knowledge sits with a handful of experts. Agents that investigate, explain and recommend let the rest of the team use that knowledge. And customers are clear: the mainframe is staying. They want it to be part of their enterprise AI plans. Full conversation below. Where do you stand: recommendations first, or ready to let agents act? #mainframe #agenticai #ai #bmc #enterpriseai #aiagents #technology #theravitshow
Thursday · 32 min
Trusted Data for AI Agents: How to Trust Your Data From Source to Agent | Jessie Smith, Ataccama
67% of data leaders say they do not fully trust their data. Those same leaders are being asked to scale AI agents faster than ever. Every AI conversation I have at conferences this year ends up in the same place. Can we trust the data? I sat down with Jessie Smith, Chief Product Officer at Ataccama, on The Ravit Show to talk about what to do about it. Here is what we got into: - Trust starts at the source. Quality checks at the source catch problems before data reaches the warehouse and the agent. - A semantic layer tells an agent what data means. Quality signals tell it whether it can act on that data. Ataccama is open sourcing a converter that adds those signals to Apache Ossie semantic layers. - Master data gives agents 1 governed record for each customer or supplier, so they stop guessing which records are the same. - Agents are starting to take on cataloging work. That changes how data stewards spend their time. - We also talked about customer examples like Lennar and what is coming next for data governance. Ataccama FWRD is virtual on Nov 5 at 10 AM ET. Leaders from Lennar, Mondelēz International, Lloyds Banking Group and iA Financial Group will share what worked for them this year, and Ataccama will look ahead to 2027. Register: https://www.ataccama.com/fwrd-2026?utm_source=referral&utm_medium=linkedin&utm_campaign=fwrd26&utm_term=Ravit-Jain&utm_content=Thought-Leader What do you check before you let an agent act on your data? #dataquality #datatrust #ai #aiagents #datagovernance #masterdata #ataccama #theravitshow
Thursday · 7 min
How Atlassian Is Reinventing Service Management With AI
Most IT teams still spend their week putting out fires. Shamik wants to change that. I sat down with Shamik at Atlassian, at Team ‘26 Europe on The Ravit Show in Amsterdam to talk about service management in the AI era. We covered: - What service management looks like at Atlassian now, and what is changing for teams - Why context is the biggest bottleneck for AI in service, and how Atlassian is solving it - What the move from break-and-fix firefighting to preventing incidents looks like in practice - How day-to-day work changes for IT, Ops and engineering teams working together - The 1 thing leaders should do in the next 6 months to get their service teams AI-ready If you run IT or Ops, start with the last question. #atlassian #team26europe #servicemanagement #itsm #itops #agenticai #enterpriseai #theravitshow
October 27 · 11 min
Why Design Is The Differentiator In AI: Atlassian’s Design Chief
Charlie Sutton When every company has the same models, what makes great software great? That was my first question to Charlie Sutton, Chief Design Officer at Atlassian, at Team ‘26 Europe on The Ravit Show in Amsterdam. Charlie believes AI should feel like part of the team, sitting inside the spaces where people already work together. We got into: - What separates great enterprise software when the models are the same for everyone - How the Teamwork Graph changes the experiences designers can build - How to design AI into shared team spaces so it helps people collaborate and stay in flow - What day-to-day design craft looks like inside Atlassian now - The design skills that matter today that didn’t 3 years ago If you design, build or buy software, this is worth your time. #atlassian #team26europe #design #productdesign #ux #agenticai #futureofwork #theravitshow
October 22 · 15 min
The Browser Is Becoming an AI Workspace: Inside Atlassian’s Dia
1 year ago, Atlassian bought The Browser Company. So I asked Josh Miller the obvious question. Would you do it again? Josh is Co-founder and CEO of The Browser Company, the team behind Arc and now Dia. We sat down at Team ‘26 Europe in Amsterdam on The Ravit Show. We talked about: - How the first year inside Atlassian really went - What Dia is and how it compares to the browser you use today - What Dia can do that would surprise anyone who thinks an AI browser is just a chatbot in a sidebar - Why getting someone to switch browsers after 10 years is the hardest problem in software - Why they started from scratch instead of adding AI to Arc, and which belief he expects to rebuild for in the future This is one of the most honest founder conversations I have had this year. #thebrowsercompany #dia #atlassian #team26europe #aibrowser #founders #productdesign #theravitshow
October 21 · 15 min
The Enterprise AI Reality Check: What Actually Drives ROI? Atlassian’s CRO
Boards are no longer asking if you use AI!!!! They are asking what it returned!!!! I spoke with Brian Duffy, Chief Revenue Officer at Atlassian, at Team ‘26 Europe in Amsterdam. Brian talks to enterprise leaders every week, so I asked him the questions every CFO is asking right now. We covered: - How top enterprises are measuring real ROI from AI today - Where the compounding returns show up when teams move from 1 tool to the full system of work - What makes European enterprises different when it comes to adoption and modernization - How AI is changing Atlassian’s own sales and success teams - How partners are stepping up with AI advisory, migration and transformation services - How to scale AI fast without licensing and infrastructure costs spiraling If you own a budget, watch this before your next planning cycle. Brian is a blast to talk to!!!! #atlassian #team26 #teamworkcollection #AtlassianTeam26Europe #ai #agenticai #amsterdam #futureofwork #theravitshow
October 20 · 11 min
How Atlassian Is Building the Future of Human-AI Collaboration
Everyone is talking about models. Tamar Yehoshua is talking about context!!!! I sat down with Tamar, Chief Product and AI Officer at Atlassian, at Team '26 Europe in Amsterdam on The Ravit Show. Her view is simple. Every company can rent the same models. What they can't rent is how their business actually works, and that is where the Teamwork Graph comes in. We got into: • Why context is the real differentiator in enterprise AI • The 1 new feature she is most excited for customers to use, from Loom briefs to Rovo Work to Agent Sessions in Jira • What's new with Atlassian MCP and why meeting people inside Claude, Cursor and ChatGPT matters so much • How product, engineering and business teams will work 2 to 3 years from now If you lead a team and you are figuring out where agents fit, this one is for you. #atlassian #team26europe #agenticai #rovo #mcp #enterpriseai #futureofwork #theravitshow
October 19 · 14 min
From RPA to Business Orchestration and Automation, How Enterprises Are Moving AI Into Production
A CIO with hundreds of bots already running doesn't want to hear "rip and replace." So what do you tell them about AI agents? I put that question to Vikram Kakumani, Deputy CTO at UiPath, at FUSION 2026 on The Ravit Show. This one got deep into architecture: - How to take an RPA estate with hundreds of bots into agentic automation - What "controlled agency" really means, and where humans should stay in the loop - The biggest blocker keeping AI agents out of production - Orchestrating agents, robots and people together - The architecture mistake companies keep making with agents - How the Map of Work gives agents the enterprise context they're missing - Where Maestro takes orchestration next The part that stuck with me was controlled agency. Everyone wants agents that act on their own. Very few teams have decided where a person still needs to sign off. Vikram laid out a practical way to draw that line. Where would you keep a human in the loop for your agents? #data #ai #fusion #uipath #uipathfusion #agenticai #automation #enterpriseai #aiagents #rpa #theravitshow
October 15 · 13 min
UiPath: Where AI Meets ROI, Keynote Takeaways
UiPath put 'Where AI meets ROI' on the main stage. I asked the CMO to back it up. I grabbed Michael Atalla, CMO, UiPath minutes after the day 1 keynote at FUSION 2026 on The Ravit Show. The theme this year is "Where AI meets ROI," and I wanted to know why they're putting that line on the main stage right now. We got into a lot: - How to explain Cartographer and a "map of how the business runs" to a CFO who only cares about ROI - Marketing agentic AI when every vendor is using the same words - Why governance took so much of the keynote, with Runtime Checker and Compliance Packs, and whether trust now sells better than speed - The value stories customers are actually sharing - How the brand has moved from RPA leader to agentic automation company - Why UiPath opened up to Claude Code, Cursor and Codex with Coding Agents instead of pushing only its own The part that stuck with me was the CFO question. Every AI conversation ends up there. Michael had a clear way of connecting the Map of Work back to the numbers a finance leader wants to see. What's the hardest part of selling AI inside your company right now? #uipath #uipathfusion #agenticai #automation #enterpriseai #aiagents #marketing #theravitshow
October 15 · 38 min
What Happens After a Breach? ManageEngine CEO on Security, Blame and AI
I just sat down with Rajesh Ganesan, CEO of ManageEngine on The Ravit Show, to talk about what happens after a breach. ManageEngine surveyed 700 IT and security leaders across the US and Canada. Every one of them had been through a breach or incident. Here is what stood out: - 91% are confident in their security posture. Yet 33% believe a major breach is inevitable. - Only 8% make security a permanent priority after a breach. 80% say the urgency fades within 1 to 6 months. - 44% made no structural or strategic change after their latest incident. - 90% say business priorities take precedence over security. - 84% say employees report mistakes quickly. But 83% say fear of blame still shapes how incidents are handled. - Then there is AI. 67% act on AI recommendations without extra verification, and 55% say AI has made them more willing to accept cyber risk. In our conversation, Rajesh shares how leaders can keep security a priority once the pressure is off, why ownership matters, and when a human should step in on AI-driven decisions. If you lead IT or security, this one is worth your time. Thank you Rajesh Ganesan and the ManageEngine team for the great conversation. #cybersecurity #databreach #infosec #ai #cyberresilience #securityleadership #manageengine #theravitshow
October 13 · 6 min
How Salesforce and Altimetrik Are Bringing AI Agents to Regulated Industries
Banks don't need more AI demos. They need agents they can actually trust in production. At Dreamforce, Ravit Jain had a chat with Jyoti Chaudhary, Global Head of Salesforce Practice at Altimetrik, to talk about what that takes. A few things that stood out: Altimetrik has a full 360 relationship with Salesforce. They sell to Salesforce, for Salesforce, and with Salesforce, from joint product innovation to services integration. The big theme this year is data first. Automation, semantic layers, agent creation and Salesforce showing up inside Slack and cloud environments all sit on that foundation. For BFSI clients, Altimetrik starts with workshops to set KPIs and a roadmap before any agent goes live. Every agent has to be grounded, monitored, governed, compliant and auditable. In regulated industries that is the price of entry. The use cases are practical. Onboarding, KYC, claims and servicing. The payoff is a full customer view for relationship managers, which means better insight and more cross-sell and upsell opportunities. You can find more of their thinking on the Altimetrik website and LinkedIn page. Thank you Jyoti for the great conversation. hashtag#dreamforce hashtag#salesforce hashtag#altimetrik hashtag#ai hashtag#agenticai hashtag#bfsi hashtag#fintech hashtag#theravitshow
October 12 · 14 min
Why Enterprises Are Struggling With AI: HFS Research and Altimetrik Explain What’s Missing
Only 17% of enterprise executives say they have clear clarity on their AI strategy!!!! That is from a survey of 500 leaders at Global 2000 companies. I spoke at Dreamforce with David Cushman, Executive Research Leader at HFS Research, and Gurvinder Singh Sahni, CMO at Altimetrik on The Ravit Show, to talk about what that gap actually looks like!!!! What we covered: - The shift at Dreamforce itself. Service providers used to dominate the floor. This year the attention moved to AI labs, AI infrastructure, and the interaction layer. Dario Amodei and Jensen Huang were in the room. - Enterprise leaders are still confused about pricing models, and there is a real distance between where most companies are today and where Salesforce's vision sits. - The legacy problem nobody wants to talk about. If your digital transformation is half finished, you cannot layer advanced AI on top of it. The foundation has to get sorted first. - The theme of this phase is the harness. Control, governance, cost management, protecting enterprise margins. Making sure AI delivers results safely. - Human at the helm, rather than human in the loop. David's point stayed with me. In the loop puts the human under the machine's control. At the helm means the human directs, decides, brings creativity, and stays accountable. Salesforce's responsible AI work uses the same framing. Advice for leaders from both of them: David said leaders have to use these tools themselves, daily. Without hands on experience you cannot see where AI actually fits in your organization. Gurvinder said the same from the practitioner side. Equip your own teams first with ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini. You cannot authentically guide clients on something you have not done yourself. And the goal is augmentation. Efficiency per person, revenue per employee, human capability extended rather than swapped out. Thank you David and Gurvinder for a great conversation. #dreamforce #salesforce #agentforce #altimetrik #hfsresearch #ai #enterpriseai #theravitshow
October 9 · 11 min
How Salesforce and Altimetrik Are Helping Huntington National Bank Scale AI
DREAMFORCE last week was a blast!!!! Most AI agent projects fail for the same reason. The foundation was not ready. That came through clearly in my Dreamforce conversation with Jyoti Chaudhary, Global Head of Salesforce Practice at Altimetrik, and Jeff Sneeringer, Service Delivery Director at Huntington National Bank. What we covered: - Salesforce is unifying its AI strategy across the ecosystem, pushing AI into Cloud, Slack, and Microsoft Teams so it sits inside the conversations people are already having. - Regulated industries are moving away from custom code. Banks want turnkey configurations they can stand up fast and see value from, for customers and for internal teams. - Salesforce is shifting from a system of engagement and record to a system of action and intelligence. Agentic capabilities, agentic frameworks in Marketing Cloud, and developer efficiency through Cloud Code. - On deployment, Jyoti made the case for a phased approach. Get the data layer, automated workflows, and semantic layer right first. Understand your business processes and KPIs before you build an agentic roadmap. 2 pieces of advice for leaders: Prepare for headless and omnichannel. Surface your tools wherever people work, simplify the workload, and chase ROI over cost savings. Take responsible AI engineering seriously. Your practitioners need to understand compliance, regulation, and what sustainable looks like as this moves fast. Full interview below. Thank you Jyoti and Jeff for a great conversation. #dreamforce #salesforce #agentforce #altimetrik #ai #aiagents #banking #theravitshow
October 8 · 15 min
From AI Pilots to Production: How Salesforce and Altimetrik Are Scaling Agentic AI
Last week Dreamforce was a blast!!!! 2024 was the year of AI pilots. 2025 was the year agents went into production. 2026 is about scaling them. That framing came up in my Dreamforce conversation with Vala Afshar, Chief Digital Evangelist at Salesforce, and Gurvinder Singh Sahni, CMO at Altimetrik on The Ravit Show. Some numbers from the discussion: Dreamforce 2026 brought 50,000 people in person from 150 countries, with 10 million tuning in for the keynote. The event generated over $100 million for the San Francisco Bay Area economy and supported 60,000 local jobs. Across 400 early adopting companies studied over 15 months, average agent usage grew from 5 to 15, deployment time dropped to under a week, and utilization went up 4x. What stayed with me: Vala called AI the most important technology of our lifetime, the electricity of the 21st century. The pressure on businesses now is to actually become agentic enterprises, not just talk about it. The hard part is what comes next. Going from dozens of agents to hundreds or thousands turns governance, security, compliance, accountability, and trust into the real problem to solve. On keeping up with the pace, the advice was to stay a beginner. Ask questions, be radically transparent, and build a culture where people can experiment without fear of being blamed when something does not work. And none of this happens alone. Strong engineering partnerships and ecosystem collaboration, like the one between Salesforce and Altimetrik, are what make these transformations land. Full interview below. Thank you Vala and Gurvinder for a great conversation. #dreamforce #salesforce #agentforce #altimetrik #ai #aiagents #enterpriseai #theravitshow
October 7 · 10 min
From AI Ambition to Business Outcomes | Emerson & Altimetrik on Enterprise Transformation
Most enterprises have already spent heavily on Salesforce. The real question now is how to get more value out of it. That was the heart of my conversation at Dreamforce with Bryan Schappell from Emerson and Nripendra Tamang from Altimetrik. We got into what it actually takes to move Salesforce and Agentforce from pilots into production, and where AI is starting to change how companies engage customers and run their operations. A few things worth watching for: - How Emerson's Salesforce journey has evolved, and the business priorities shaping what comes next - Where Agentforce and generative AI can create real impact in their industry, beyond the hype - The capabilities that matter most when taking AI initiatives out of experimentation and into day to day operations - How Altimetrik brings together Salesforce expertise, AI native engineering, industry knowledge, and its partner ecosystem to help enterprises get there. And Bryan's 1 recommendation for business leaders planning the next phase of their Salesforce and AI journey. If you are leading a Salesforce or AI initiative right now, this one is worth your time. Thank you Bryan and Nripendra for a great conversation. #dreamforce #salesforce #agentforce #altimetrik #emerson #ai #enterprise #theravitshow

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