It’s that time of the year again. Brian and Aaron wrap of the year in Cloud and AI, and make predictions for 2025. SHOW: 884 SHOW TRANSCRIPT: <a href='https://docs.google.com/document/d/1P1sKpmCp98qWK-IYbzF8TiX3J2BID7tPI_mCfVfFQBg/edit?usp=sharing'>The Cloudcast #884 Transcript</a> SHOW VIDEO: <a href='https://youtube.com/@TheCloudcastNET'>https://youtube.com/@TheCloudcastNET</a> CLOUD NEWS OF THE WEEK: <a href='http://bit.ly/cloudcast-cnotw'>http://bit.ly/cloudcast-cnotw</a> NEW TO CLOUD? CHECK OUT OUR OTHER PODCAST: <a href='https://cloudcastbasics.net/'>&quot;CLOUDCAST BASICS&quot;</a> SHOW NOTES:<ul><li><a href='http://bit.ly/cloudcast-cnotw'>Cloud + AI News of the Year 2024</a> (shows, summaries, links)</li></ul> <a href='https://docs.google.com/document/d/1WSMPUT4QWpi55lywEf8OqoQupT8rR3mTII4mbXAx7Q0/edit?usp=sharing'>LINK TO TOPIC DETAILS</a> Predictions, or 2025 areas of focus?Aaron<ul><li>2025 will be the year of AI ROI, and Agentic AI will make this worse</li><li>There will be at least one “SkyNet scare” of Agentic AI</li><li>2025 will also be the year of inference (see ROI)</li></ul>Brian:<ul><li>Gov’t vs. AI (US Trump, EU, China)</li><li>Emergence of an AI Agent stack or standard?</li><li>Useful or killer AI apps? (new focus of Weekend Perspective)</li><li>AI pricing evolves based on usage patterns or just need for revenues?</li></ul> FEEDBACK?<ul><li>Email: show at the cloudcast dot net</li><li>Bluesky: <a href='https://bsky.app/profile/cloudcastpod.bsky.social'>@cloudcastpod.bsky.social</a></li><li>Twitter/X: <a href='https://twitter.com/cloudcastpod'>@cloudcastpod</a></li><li>Instagram: <a href='https://www.instagram.com/cloudcastpod/'>@cloudcastpod</a></li><li>TikTok: <a href='https://www.tiktok.com/@cloudcastpod'>@cloudcastpod</a></li></ul>

<description>&lt;p&gt;It’s that time of the year again. Brian and Aaron wrap of the year in Cloud and AI, and make predictions for 2025.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;b&gt;SHOW: 884&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;b&gt;SHOW TRANSCRIPT:&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href='https://docs.google.com/document/d/1P1sKpmCp98qWK-IYbzF8TiX3J2BID7tPI_mCfVfFQBg/edit?usp=sharing'&gt;The Cloudcast #884 Transcript&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;b&gt;SHOW VIDEO: &lt;/b&gt;&lt;a href='https://youtube.com/@TheCloudcastNET'&gt;https://youtube.com/@TheCloudcastNET&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;b&gt;CLOUD NEWS OF THE WEEK: &lt;/b&gt;&lt;a href='http://bit.ly/cloudcast-cnotw'&gt;http://bit.ly/cloudcast-cnotw&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;b&gt;NEW TO CLOUD? CHECK OUT OUR OTHER PODCAST:&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href='https://cloudcastbasics.net/'&gt;&amp;quot;CLOUDCAST BASICS&amp;quot;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;b&gt;SHOW NOTES:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href='http://bit.ly/cloudcast-cnotw'&gt;Cloud + AI News of the Year 2024&lt;/a&gt; (shows, summaries, links)&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;a href='https://docs.google.com/document/d/1WSMPUT4QWpi55lywEf8OqoQupT8rR3mTII4mbXAx7Q0/edit?usp=sharing'&gt;&lt;b&gt;LINK TO TOPIC DETAILS&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/b&gt;Predictions, or 2025 areas of focus?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Aaron&lt;/p&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;2025 will be the year of AI ROI, and Agentic AI will make this worse&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;There will be at least one “SkyNet scare” of Agentic AI&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;2025 will also be the year of inference (see ROI)&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;p&gt;Brian:&lt;/p&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;Gov’t vs. AI (US Trump, EU, China)&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Emergence of an AI Agent stack or standard?&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Useful or killer AI apps? (new focus of Weekend Perspective)&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;AI pricing evolves based on usage patterns or just need for revenues?&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;b&gt;FEEDBACK?&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;Email: show at the cloudcast dot net&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Bluesky: &lt;a href='https://bsky.app/profile/cloudcastpod.bsky.social'&gt;@cloudcastpod.bsky.social&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Twitter/X: &lt;a href='https://twitter.com/cloudcastpod'&gt;@cloudcastpod&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Instagram: &lt;a href='https://www.instagram.com/cloudcastpod/'&gt;@cloudcastpod&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;TikTok: &lt;a href='https://www.tiktok.com/@cloudcastpod'&gt;@cloudcastpod&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;</description>

It’s that time of the year again. Brian and Aaron wrap of the year in Cloud and AI, and make predictions for 2025.SHOW: 884SHOW TRANSCRIPT: The Cloudcast #884 TranscriptSHOW VIDEO: https://youtube.com/@TheCloudcastNET CLOUD NEWS OF THE WEEK: http://bit.ly/cloudcast-cnotwNEW TO CLOUD? CHECK OUT OUR OTHER PODCAST: "CLOUDCAST BASICS"SHOW NOTES:Cloud + AI News of the Year 2024 (shows, summaries, links)LINK TO TOPIC DETAILSPredictions, or 2025 areas of focus?Aaron2025 will be the year of AI ROI, a...

2024 Year-End Review and 2025 Predictions

If AI is going to be the next big trend in tech and impact every aspect of society, how do you go about trying to evaluate where it is today and where it might be in a few years or a decade? SHOW: 883SHOW TRANSCRIPT: <a href='https://docs.google.com/document/d/1fXbejOmNsXrZHkH3f5FwJimr-0dcIzJxenmEjw1Rdrk/edit?usp=sharing'>The Cloudcast #883 Transcript</a>SHOW VIDEO: <a href='https://youtube.com/@TheCloudcastNET'>https://youtube.com/@TheCloudcastNET</a> CLOUD NEWS OF THE WEEK: <a href='http://bit.ly/cloudcast-cnotw'>http://bit.ly/cloudcast-cnotw</a>CHECK OUT OUR NEW PODCAST: <a href='https://cloudcastbasics.net/'>&quot;CLOUDCAST BASICS&quot;</a>SHOW NOTES: HOW MIGHT YOU CONSIDER THE BEGINNING OF A TECHNOLOGY MARKET SHIFT?<ul><li>What’s the landscape of players in the game?</li><li>What are the potential moats? (technology, economics, people, political policies, geographic)</li><li>What are the economics of the technology shift? Where will big changes happen? </li><li>What are the usage patterns? Are they well defined? </li><li>How long behind the consumer shifts will the enterprise shifts happen? </li><li>What behaviors will need to change (significantly) for this to have wide adoption?</li><li>How might this impact my work, my family, my company, etc.?</li></ul> FEEDBACK?<ul><li>Email: show at the cloudcast dot net</li><li>Twitter/X: <a href='https://twitter.com/cloudcastpod'>@cloudcastpod</a></li><li>BlueSky: <a href='https://bsky.app/profile/cloudcastpod.bsky.social'>@cloudcastpod.bsky.social</a></li><li>Instagram: <a href='https://www.instagram.com/cloudcastpod/'>@cloudcastpod</a></li><li>TikTok: <a href='https://www.tiktok.com/@cloudcastpod'>@cloudcastpod</a></li></ul>

<description>&lt;p&gt;If AI is going to be the next big trend in tech and impact every aspect of society, how do you go about trying to evaluate where it is today and where it might be in a few years or a decade?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;SHOW: 883&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;SHOW TRANSCRIPT: &lt;/b&gt;&lt;a href='https://docs.google.com/document/d/1fXbejOmNsXrZHkH3f5FwJimr-0dcIzJxenmEjw1Rdrk/edit?usp=sharing'&gt;The Cloudcast #883 Transcript&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;SHOW VIDEO: &lt;/b&gt;&lt;a href='https://youtube.com/@TheCloudcastNET'&gt;https://youtube.com/@TheCloudcastNET&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;CLOUD NEWS OF THE WEEK: &lt;/b&gt;&lt;a href='http://bit.ly/cloudcast-cnotw'&gt;http://bit.ly/cloudcast-cnotw&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;CHECK OUT OUR NEW PODCAST: &lt;/b&gt;&lt;a href='https://cloudcastbasics.net/'&gt;&amp;quot;CLOUDCAST BASICS&amp;quot;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;SHOW NOTES:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;HOW MIGHT YOU CONSIDER THE BEGINNING OF A TECHNOLOGY MARKET SHIFT?&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;What’s the landscape of players in the game?&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;What are the potential moats? (technology, economics, people, political policies, geographic)&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;What are the economics of the technology shift? Where will big changes happen? &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;What are the usage patterns? Are they well defined? &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;How long behind the consumer shifts will the enterprise shifts happen? &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;What behaviors will need to change (significantly) for this to have wide adoption?&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;How might this impact my work, my family, my company, etc.?&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;FEEDBACK?&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;Email: show at the cloudcast dot net&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Twitter/X: &lt;a href='https://twitter.com/cloudcastpod'&gt;@cloudcastpod&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;BlueSky: &lt;a href='https://bsky.app/profile/cloudcastpod.bsky.social'&gt;@cloudcastpod.bsky.social&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Instagram: &lt;a href='https://www.instagram.com/cloudcastpod/'&gt;@cloudcastpod&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;TikTok: &lt;a href='https://www.tiktok.com/@cloudcastpod'&gt;@cloudcastpod&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;</description>

If AI is going to be the next big trend in tech and impact every aspect of society, how do you go about trying to evaluate where it is today and where it might be in a few years or a decade?SHOW: 883SHOW TRANSCRIPT: The Cloudcast #883 TranscriptSHOW VIDEO: https://youtube.com/@TheCloudcastNET CLOUD NEWS OF THE WEEK: http://bit.ly/cloudcast-cnotwCHECK OUT OUR NEW PODCAST: "CLOUDCAST BASICS"SHOW NOTES:HOW MIGHT YOU CONSIDER THE BEGINNING OF A TECHNOLOGY MARKET SHIFT?What’s the landscape of...

Evaluating Market Changing Trends

It’s that time of the year… Aaron and Brian answer emails and questions for the second half of the year.SHOW: 882 SHOW TRANSCRIPT: <a href='https://docs.google.com/document/d/1IbKdRELMN33cG6buJT7TBoztAVEFewZPnRa3gft1FTE/edit?usp=sharing'>The Cloudcast #882 Transcript</a> SHOW VIDEO: <a href='https://youtube.com/@TheCloudcastNET'>https://youtube.com/@TheCloudcastNET</a> CLOUD NEWS OF THE WEEK: <a href='http://bit.ly/cloudcast-cnotw'>http://bit.ly/cloudcast-cnotw</a> NEW TO CLOUD? CHECK OUT OUR OTHER PODCAST: <a href='https://cloudcastbasics.net/'>&quot;CLOUDCAST BASICS&quot;</a> SHOW NOTES:Question 1 - There was a lot of talk about Broadcom’s changes to VMware at the beginning of the year, but not as much since then. What’s going on in the world of virtualization? Question 2 - Both of you have talked about working remotely for quite a while. What’s your take on RTO mandates? Any suggestions for remote workers? Question 3 - Have either of you found any valuable uses of AI in your day-to-day job? Question 4 - Now that the US elections are over, how do you expect the US Gov’t to be involved with the tech industry (anti-trust, CHIPS ACT, AI regulation, etc..) Question 5 - AI models and GPUs  seem to get all the attention in the news. Are there other areas of AI that you think are really important but aren’t getting much attention right now? Question 6 - Are cloud skills still considered valuable? Do certifications matter anymore? Question 7 - What’s going on in the open source communities like the CNCF? Question 8 - What surprised you the most this year? FEEDBACK?<ul><li>Email: show at the cloudcast dot net</li><li>Bluesky: <a href='https://bsky.app/profile/cloudcastpod.bsky.social'>@cloudcastpod.bsky.social</a></li><li>Twitter/X: <a href='https://twitter.com/cloudcastpod'>@cloudcastpod</a></li><li>Instagram: <a href='https://www.instagram.com/cloudcastpod/'>@cloudcastpod</a></li><li>TikTok: <a href='https://www.tiktok.com/@cloudcastpod'>@cloudcastpod</a></li></ul>

<description>&lt;p&gt;It’s that time of the year… Aaron and Brian answer emails and questions for the second half of the year.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;SHOW: 882&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;SHOW TRANSCRIPT: &lt;/b&gt;&lt;a href='https://docs.google.com/document/d/1IbKdRELMN33cG6buJT7TBoztAVEFewZPnRa3gft1FTE/edit?usp=sharing'&gt;The Cloudcast #882 Transcript&lt;/a&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;SHOW VIDEO: &lt;/b&gt;&lt;a href='https://youtube.com/@TheCloudcastNET'&gt;https://youtube.com/@TheCloudcastNET&lt;/a&gt;&lt;b&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;CLOUD NEWS OF THE WEEK: &lt;/b&gt;&lt;a href='http://bit.ly/cloudcast-cnotw'&gt;http://bit.ly/cloudcast-cnotw&lt;/a&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;NEW TO CLOUD? CHECK OUT OUR OTHER PODCAST:&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href='https://cloudcastbasics.net/'&gt;&amp;quot;CLOUDCAST BASICS&amp;quot;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;SHOW NOTES:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Question 1 - &lt;/b&gt;There was a lot of talk about Broadcom’s changes to VMware at the beginning of the year, but not as much since then. What’s going on in the world of virtualization?&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;b&gt;Question 2 - &lt;/b&gt;Both of you have talked about working remotely for quite a while. What’s your take on RTO mandates? Any suggestions for remote workers? &lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;b&gt;Question 3 - &lt;/b&gt;Have either of you found any valuable uses of AI in your day-to-day job? &lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;b&gt;Question 4 - &lt;/b&gt;Now that the US elections are over, how do you expect the US Gov’t to be involved with the tech industry (anti-trust, CHIPS ACT, AI regulation, etc..)&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;b&gt;Question 5 - &lt;/b&gt;AI models and GPUs  seem to get all the attention in the news. Are there other areas of AI that you think are really important but aren’t getting much attention right now?&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;b&gt;Question 6 - &lt;/b&gt;Are cloud skills still considered valuable? Do certifications matter anymore? &lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;b&gt;Question 7 - &lt;/b&gt;What’s going on in the open source communities like the CNCF? &lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;b&gt;Question 8 - &lt;/b&gt;What surprised you the most this year?&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;b&gt;FEEDBACK?&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;Email: show at the cloudcast dot net&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Bluesky: &lt;a href='https://bsky.app/profile/cloudcastpod.bsky.social'&gt;@cloudcastpod.bsky.social&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Twitter/X: &lt;a href='https://twitter.com/cloudcastpod'&gt;@cloudcastpod&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Instagram: &lt;a href='https://www.instagram.com/cloudcastpod/'&gt;@cloudcastpod&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;TikTok: &lt;a href='https://www.tiktok.com/@cloudcastpod'&gt;@cloudcastpod&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;</description>

It’s that time of the year… Aaron and Brian answer emails and questions for the second half of the year.SHOW: 882SHOW TRANSCRIPT: The Cloudcast #882 TranscriptSHOW VIDEO: https://youtube.com/@TheCloudcastNET CLOUD NEWS OF THE WEEK: http://bit.ly/cloudcast-cnotwNEW TO CLOUD? CHECK OUT OUR OTHER PODCAST: "CLOUDCAST BASICS"SHOW NOTES:Question 1 - There was a lot of talk about Broadcom’s changes to VMware at the beginning of the year, but not as much since then. What’s going on in the world of vi...

2024 Year End Mailbag

In the late 70s and early 80s, a music revolution started because a bunch of talented musicians played on 100s of albums, behind the scenes. Would the AI startup community benefit from a similar infrastructure of experts? SHOW: 881SHOW TRANSCRIPT: <a href='https://docs.google.com/document/d/1YYJGaBLGBVCYZAR-DQgs_UQoXKCePVsgwKIplhC-p-A/edit?usp=sharing'>The Cloudcast #881 Transcript</a>SHOW VIDEO: <a href='https://youtube.com/@TheCloudcastNET'>https://youtube.com/@TheCloudcastNET</a> CLOUD NEWS OF THE WEEK: <a href='http://bit.ly/cloudcast-cnotw'>http://bit.ly/cloudcast-cnotw</a>CHECK OUT OUR NEW PODCAST: <a href='https://cloudcastbasics.net/'>&quot;CLOUDCAST BASICS&quot;</a>SHOW NOTES:<ul><li><a href='https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a55pyQsI3GQ'>Yacht Rock Documentary</a> (HBO Max - Trailer)</li></ul> WHY DON’T WE HAVE EXPERTS BEHIND THE SCENES OF EVERY STARTUP?<ul><li>History of the interactions between bands like Steely Dan, The Doobie Brothers, Kenny Loggins, Toto, Christopher Cross, Michael McDonald, etc..</li><li>Why do VCs allow startups to hire their own back-office people? </li><li>Why aren’t there services that offer startup backend services, not just one off SaaS services?</li><li>AI could be used to scale those services. </li></ul> FEEDBACK?<ul><li>Email: show at the cloudcast dot net</li><li>Twitter/X: <a href='https://twitter.com/cloudcastpod'>@cloudcastpod</a></li><li>BlueSky: <a href='https://bsky.app/profile/cloudcastpod.bsky.social'>@cloudcastpod.bsky.social</a></li><li>Instagram: <a href='https://www.instagram.com/cloudcastpod/'>@cloudcastpod</a></li><li>TikTok: <a href='https://www.tiktok.com/@cloudcastpod'>@cloudcastpod</a></li></ul>

<description>&lt;p&gt;In the late 70s and early 80s, a music revolution started because a bunch of talented musicians played on 100s of albums, behind the scenes. Would the AI startup community benefit from a similar infrastructure of experts?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;SHOW: 881&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;SHOW TRANSCRIPT: &lt;/b&gt;&lt;a href='https://docs.google.com/document/d/1YYJGaBLGBVCYZAR-DQgs_UQoXKCePVsgwKIplhC-p-A/edit?usp=sharing'&gt;The Cloudcast #881 Transcript&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;SHOW VIDEO: &lt;/b&gt;&lt;a href='https://youtube.com/@TheCloudcastNET'&gt;https://youtube.com/@TheCloudcastNET&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;CLOUD NEWS OF THE WEEK: &lt;/b&gt;&lt;a href='http://bit.ly/cloudcast-cnotw'&gt;http://bit.ly/cloudcast-cnotw&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;CHECK OUT OUR NEW PODCAST: &lt;/b&gt;&lt;a href='https://cloudcastbasics.net/'&gt;&amp;quot;CLOUDCAST BASICS&amp;quot;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;SHOW NOTES:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href='https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a55pyQsI3GQ'&gt;Yacht Rock Documentary&lt;/a&gt; (HBO Max - Trailer)&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;WHY DON’T WE HAVE EXPERTS BEHIND THE SCENES OF EVERY STARTUP?&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;History of the interactions between bands like Steely Dan, The Doobie Brothers, Kenny Loggins, Toto, Christopher Cross, Michael McDonald, etc..&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Why do VCs allow startups to hire their own back-office people? &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Why aren’t there services that offer startup backend services, not just one off SaaS services?&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;AI could be used to scale those services. &lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;FEEDBACK?&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;Email: show at the cloudcast dot net&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Twitter/X: &lt;a href='https://twitter.com/cloudcastpod'&gt;@cloudcastpod&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;BlueSky: &lt;a href='https://bsky.app/profile/cloudcastpod.bsky.social'&gt;@cloudcastpod.bsky.social&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Instagram: &lt;a href='https://www.instagram.com/cloudcastpod/'&gt;@cloudcastpod&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;TikTok: &lt;a href='https://www.tiktok.com/@cloudcastpod'&gt;@cloudcastpod&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;</description>

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The 2024 AWS re:Invent happened, with a new CEO, and an appearance by a previous CEO. What were the big announcements, trends and stories coming out of the keynote?SHOW: 880SHOW TRANSCRIPT: <a href='https://docs.google.com/document/d/1P5vZHt3AfIa1UwUQV1lrX18aiwDX2h0p8qQcUIi_3v8/edit?usp=sharing'>The Cloudcast #880 Transcript</a>SHOW VIDEO: <a href='https://youtube.com/@TheCloudcastNET'>https://youtube.com/@TheCloudcastNET</a> CLOUD NEWS OF THE WEEK: <a href='http://bit.ly/cloudcast-cnotw'>http://bit.ly/cloudcast-cnotw</a>NEW TO CLOUD? CHECK OUT OUR OTHER PODCAST: <a href='https://cloudcastbasics.net/'>&quot;CLOUDCAST BASICS&quot;</a> SHOW SPONSOR:<ul><li>While data may be shaping our world, <a href='https://www.collibra.com/us/en/podcasts'>Data Citizens Dialogues</a> is shaping the conversation</li><li>Follow Data Citizens Dialogues on <a href='https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/data-citizens-dialogues/id1627082052'>Apple</a>, <a href='https://open.spotify.com/show/7tcoDYqH3Fo1QXeDi8nBMo'>Spotify</a>, <a href='https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLD2xg51w57tMgiG-yvbLwrSPJdwyc9CvE'>YouTube</a>, or <a href='https://feeds.captivate.fm/data-citizens-dialogues/'>wherever you get your podcasts</a></li></ul>SHOW NOTES:<ul><li><a href='https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LY7m5LQliAo'>AWS re:Invent 2024 - CEO Keynote with Matt Garman</a></li><li><a href='https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/top-announcements-of-aws-reinvent-2024/'>Top Announcements of 2024 AWS re:Invent</a></li><li><a href='https://newsletter.goodtechthings.com/p/what-hath-aws-wrought?utm_source=post-email-title&amp;publication_id=17671&amp;post_id=152916449&amp;utm_campaign=email-post-title&amp;isFreemail=false&amp;r=wlbj7&amp;triedRedirect=true&amp;utm_medium=email'>What hath AWS wrought?</a> (Forrest Brazzeal newsletter)</li><li><a href='https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uWc4wMyL1oI'>Prince guitar solo during George Harrison tribute</a></li></ul>Overall Takeaways:<ul><li>The new CEO</li><li>The overall themes</li><li>Andy Jassy’s appearance</li></ul>Brian’s Top 5 Takeaways:<ul><li>The focus is now all ARM and GPUs/AI Accelerators (goodbye Intel)</li><li>AWS is getting back to basics on Cloud - a focus on primitives</li><li>AWS is trying to get ahead of startup and enterprise usage of GenAI with a focus on Inferencing costs (trying to make it a game of compute costs vs. model capabilities)</li><li>What are the 1000 GenAI apps that Amazon has built? (Rufus, Robot package loading? NFL Blitz predictor?</li></ul>Brandon’s Top 5 Takeaways:<ul><li>Amazon is the “Everything Store,” AWS is the “Every Service Store”</li><li>Garmon is the legacy AWS CEO, Jassy is the AWS AI CEO</li><li>AWS wants everyone to build a chatbot and/or call center app using AWS Bedrock </li><li>The NOVA foundation models are the AWS answer to OpenAI and Anthroptic. </li><li>AWS is attempting to build both the models and the AI Chips to run them. Tenuous partnerships with Nvidia and Anthropic. Neither was on stage. </li><li>AWS will never stop telling us about “Working Backwards”</li><li>AWS marketing still wants talk about the how rather than the benefit. A long lecture on Nitro and Amazon Aurora DSQL with a lot of discussion about synchronizing clocks.</li></ul>FEEDBACK?<ul><li>Email: show at the cloudcast dot net</li><li>Bluesky: <a href='https://bsky.app/profile/cloudcastpod.bsky.social'>@cloudcastpod.bsky.social</a></li><li>Twitter/X: <a href='https://twitter.com/cloudcastpod'>@cloudcastpod</a></li><li>Instagram: <a href='https://www.instagram.com/cloudcastpod/'>@cloudcastpod</a></li><li>TikTok: <a href='https://www.tiktok.com/@cloudcastpod'>@cloudcastpod</a></li></ul>

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