Episode 578: War for Talent

This week, we discuss Fable follow-up, Gartner's AI Governance MQ, and the war for AI talent. Plus, Matt and Brandon review *Disclosure Day*. Watch the YouTube Live Recording of Episode 578 ## Runner-up Titles - Ready to podcast from a sailboat - It’s just people fighting - Calculator budget - Ask Siri to do your homework - Software Defined Consulting: SDC - The Magic Platform - AI Curious - I watched ALLLLL the keynotes. - I don’t know that, but I know that - You gotta stay to vest - Brandon, remember Cursor? - Educated Hater ## Rundown - Gartner Magic Quadrant for AI Governance Platforms - IBM recognized as a Leader in the Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for AI Governance Platforms - What is an "AI Governance Platform? - AI Consolidates Talent - Alphabet paces for worst day in a year on AI concerns after high-profile exits - OpenAI co-founder Andrej Karpathy joins Anthropic's pre-training team - Supercharge your cloud operations with the Kiro power for AWS DevOps Agent ## Relevant to your Interests - Intel ex-CEO Pat Gelsinger joins faith-focused tech firm Gloo - Explore more than a decade of survey data across markets - Did Slate Accidentally Reveal Its Electric Truck Price? Shocking MSRP - Apparently The Real Reason Anthropic’s Models Are Offline: A Six-Year-Old Trump Grudge - Introducing Enterprise NAS, Built on ZFS - 'Fix this code.' The three words that led the U.S. government to ban … - Hyundai takes full control of Boston Dynamics as SoftBank exits for $325 million - Opinion | The Secret Reason Bosses Want Everyone Back in the Office, Every Day of the Week - Meta Exposed Data Internally From Its Controversial Employee-Tracking Program - Chevron to fuel massive Microsoft data center in Texas using natural gas - Getty Images Soars 200% in Early Trading After OpenAI Deal - U.S.-Backed Chipmaking Startup Chaired by Former Intel CEO Is Raising $350 Million - OpenAI unveils its first custom chip, built by Broadcom - Run isolated sandboxes with full lifecycle control: AWS Lambda introduces MicroVMs - Anthropic’s Claude Tag is learning your company, one Slack message at a time ## Sponsors - Sentry - Quit Buggin': use code *sdt26* for $100 in credit for new customers ## Nonsense - Wiz Ice Cream for CISOs - IN THE WEIGHTS ## Conferences - WeAreDevelopers Europe, July 8-10, 2026 Berlin, Coté speaking. - DevOpsDays Graz, Sept 4-5, 2026 - Cloud Foundry Summit, Sept. 21st to 22nd, Heidelberg, Coté speaking. - DevOpsDays Rockies, Sept. 22 – 23, 2026, Discount Code: **26DODSWEDEFTALK** - WeAreDevelopers NA, Sept 23-25, 2026, Discount Code: **DEVPOD26** - 25 Free Tickets - DevOpsDays Dallas, Sept 28-29, 2026 - DevOpsDays Vilnius, Sep 30 - Oct 1, 2006 - DevOpsDays Istanbul, Oct 24th, 2026, Coté keynoting. - VMware User Group, Orlando, Oct 20-22, 2026 - Cloud Native Denmark, Nov 19th, 2026, Copenhagen, Coté keynoting. ## SDT News & Community - Join our Slack community - Email the show: [questions@softwaredefinedtalk.com](mailto:questions@softwaredefinedtalk.com) - Free stickers: Email your address to [stickers@softwaredefinedtalk.com](mailto:stickers@softwaredefinedtalk.com) - Follow us on social media: Twitter, Threads, Mastodon, LinkedIn, BlueSky - Watch us on: Twitch, YouTube, Instagram, TikTok - Book offer: Use code SDT for $20 off "Digital WTF" by Coté - Sponsor the show - Sponsor more podcasts with Failover Media ## Recommendations - Brandon: Disclosure Day - Matt: Izzard: The Tragedy of Hamlet - Coté: - The Millennial Aesthetic - Coté’s CFP acceptance rate chart - Coté’s newsletter Sponsored By: - Sentry: Use the code: sdt26 for $100 in Sentry credits for new users