Braintrust by Cortex

How do you balance speed and quality when your customers are counting on you? What does it actually take to build a culture of reliability? And how should engineering leaders think about AI when it's changing everything about how we ship software?

On Braintrust, Ganesh Datta, CTO and Co-founder of Cortex, sits down with CTOs, VPs of Engineering, and technical leaders who've been in the trenches—the ones who've made the hard calls, shipped through the chaos, and built teams that actually work.

They talk about the real stuff: the architectural decisions that come back to haunt you, the cultural rituals that keep teams aligned, and the practices that separate high-performing teams from everyone else.

Whether you're leading a team of ten or a thousand, if you're trying to ship faster without breaking things, this podcast is for you.

What is Braintrust by Cortex?

Candid conversations with the builders shaping the future of engineering.

Braintrust dives into the operational realities of running high-performing engineering organizations, from production readiness and migrations to AI adoption and operational excellence.

Hosted by Ganesh Datta, CTO & Co-founder of Cortex

Ganesh Datta:

How do you balance speed and quality when your customers are counting on you? What does it actually take to build a culture of reliability? And how should engineering leaders think about AI when it's changing everything about how we ship software? I'm Ganesh Datta, CTO and cofounder of Cortex, and these are the questions that keep injuring leaders up at night. On Braintrust, I sit down with CTOs, VPs of engineering, and technical leaders who've been in the trenches, the one who've made the hard calls, shipped through the chaos, and built teams that actually work.

Ganesh Datta:

We talked about the real stuff. The architectural decisions that come back to haunt you, the cultural rituals that keep teams aligned, and the practices that separate high performing teams from everyone else. Whether you're leading a team of 10 or a thousand, if you're trying to ship faster without breaking things, this podcast is for you. Subscribe to Braintrust by Cortex, wherever you get your podcasts, and let's figure this out together.