How A Semiconductor Veteran Is Betting On AI

How A Semiconductor Veteran Is Betting On AI

How does a legacy tech veteran pivot to AI? Sid Sheth joins to share how Claude Code changed everything at d-Matrix almost overnight, what happens when your engineers are generating more code than they can validate, and why Sid appointed his co-founder as company AI czar. Plus: why Sid tells every new grad to ditch the generalist playbook, and how he's using AI in his personal life. Links: Sid's LinkedIn [https://www.linkedin.com/in/sheth] d-Matrix [https://www.d-matrix.ai]

The Million-Dollar Head of AI with Michael Domanic

After just five days on the job as Head of AI at Section, Michael Domanic joins Greg for their first one-on-one together. He shares about his experience as VP of Generative Business strategy at User Testing, and how they measured the ROI on AI adoption in the office. Plus, how many agents per employee are we likely to have in the future? Do you have questions about AI or adoption challenges at work? Drop us a line at podcast at sectionai dot com. Supercompanies is on YouTube too: youtube.com/@supercompaniespod. Michael's website [https://www.michaeljdomanic.com/main] Michael's LinkedIn [https://www.linkedin.com/in/michaeldomanic/]

Eric Porres wants to make you chief of staff

How does a 45-year-old hardware company like Logitech go all-in on AI? Eric Porres, Chief AI Officer at Logitech, has been inside that transformation from the start. After his company was acquired, he personally trained over 800 employees and built the playbook that's now scaling across a 7,000-person global organization. Greg and Eric go deep on what it actually takes to move a large incumbent from AI-curious to AI-fluent: why AI labs and centers of excellence are a trap, why you can't outsource transformation to consultants, and how AI champions — not headcount — are the real force multiplier. Eric says the most valuable employees will build the best team of AI primes to work for them. Hear how he approaches codifying your mental models and deploying them as agents. Links: Eric's Website [Eric's Website] Eric's LinkedIn [https://www.linkedin.com/in/ericporres/] Logitech [https://www.logitech.com]

Code Red: How Zapier hit 50% AI adoption in one week, with Wade Foster

Latent Supercompanies are among us. In this conversation with Greg Shove, Wade Foster, co-founder and CEO of Zapier, shares how he’s found massive success integrating AI internally and with customers. Zapier was already a success story. Three friends co-founded the automation company in college and built it into a $5B company by working nimbly and embracing remote work early on. Now, Wade is fully embracing wide AI adoption. Learn how Zapier was able to drive 50% employee adoption in just a week, and the strategies that have been key to Zapier’s continued success. Links: Zapier.com [https://zapier.com] Wade's website [https://wadefoster.net/about/]

Greg at SXSW with Dr. Sahar Yousef

AI can be your most powerful productivity tool… or a shortcut to cognitive decline. Neuroscientist Dr. Sahar Yousef joins Greg on stage at SXSW to debate whether AI allows us to borrow 30 IQ points, or ultimately makes us dumber?” Dr. Yousef shares new, unpublished UC Berkeley data about cognitive offloading, and outlines how to leverage AI without losing your mind.