VentureBeat launches “Beyond the Pilot” — a new podcast series exploring how enterprise AI gets real
Premieres on November 19
VentureBeat is proud to announce the launch of its new flagship podcast, Beyond the pilot: Enterprise AI in actionpremieres on November 19th and is brought to you by our main sponsor, Outshift by Cisco.
Enterprise AI has reached a new inflection point: workloads are going live and the limitations are becoming real. The challenge for enterprise technical leaders is not understanding the potential of AI; it’s navigating the messy, complex work to make it work reliably at scale.
Beyond the Pilot delves into that reality with candid conversations from executives who have moved beyond experimentation into production – scaling AI and agentic systems that deliver measurable business value.
“Company tech leaders keep telling us the same thing: the hype cycle is loud, but what they really need are credible stories about what works in manufacturing,” said Matt Marshall, founder and editor-in-chief of VentureBeat. “With Beyond the Pilot, we are amplifying VentureBeat’s mission to serve the practitioners – the people actually responsible for delivering AI results. We are excited to bring a new level of depth, honesty and technical insight to this conversation.”
Through in-depth, technically rigorous conversations, Beyond the Pilot unfolds the decisions, infrastructure, and organizational changes behind real AI implementations. The result: a practical view of what it takes to translate ambition into action.
Season 1: Real stories from the frontlines of business AI
The debut episode features Notionwhere VP AI Ryan Nystrom discusses how the company built Notion 3.0 for agents – and what it means to create an AI-native product within a platform used by millions.
The coming episodes will feature leaders from LinkedIn, Booking.com, JPMorgan, Mastercard, And LexisNexiseach sharing the inside story of scaling production AI systems within complex global enterprises.
A podcast for business AI executives
Beyond the Pilot is designed for senior managers, directors, VPs and chief engineers responsible for turning AI strategy into tangible results. These are the decision makers tackling the toughest problems in enterprise AI: model management, infrastructure choices, security constraints, scaling challenges, and real ROI.
“At Outshift, we take emerging technologies from experimentation to production readiness,” said Vijoy Pandey, SVP/GM of emerging technology incubator Outshift by Cisco. “That’s why we’re supporting VentureBeat on Beyond the Pilot. The podcast features technology leaders talking about how they built and deployed AI and agentic systems across complex enterprises – the real decisions, the tradeoffs, what really worked. It’s the conversation the industry needs right now.”
The show, hosted by Matt Marshall and Sam Witteveen, delivers authentic, tech-based conversations. No hype. No hand waving. Just useful lessons from those who have done it.
Subscribe and listen
The first episode of Past the pilot drops November 19 on VentureBeat.com and your favorite podcast platforms.
Register now and hear how top companies are turning AI ambition into action.
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