Chain of Thought | AI Agents, Infrastructure & Engineering

This week, hosts Conor Bronsdon and Atindriyo Sanyal discuss the fallout from DeepSeek's groundbreaking R1 model, its impact on the open-source AI landscape, and how its release will impact model development moving forward. They also discuss what effect (if any) export controls have had on AI innovation and whether we’re witnessing the rise of “Agents as a Service”. To tackle the increasing complexity of agentic systems, Conor and Atin highlight the need for robust evaluation frameworks, discussing the challenges of measuring agent performance, and how the recent launch of Galileo's agentic evaluations are empowering developers to build safer and more effective AI agents.Chapters:00:00 Introduction02:09 DeepSeek's Impact and Innovations03:43 Open Source AI and Industry Implications13:44 Export Controls and Global AI Competition18:55 Software as a Service19:29 Agentic Evaluations 25:14 Metrics for Success31:34 Conclusion and FarewellFollow the hostsFollow ⁠⁠Atin⁠⁠Follow ⁠⁠Conor⁠Follow VikramFollow ⁠⁠Yash⁠⁠Check out GalileoTry GalileoShow NotesOn DeepSeek and Export ControlsIntroducing Agentic Evaluations

Show Notes

This week, hosts Conor Bronsdon and Atindriyo Sanyal discuss the fallout from DeepSeek's groundbreaking R1 model, its impact on the open-source AI landscape, and how its release will impact model development moving forward. They also discuss what effect (if any) export controls have had on AI innovation and whether we’re witnessing the rise of “Agents as a Service”. 

To tackle the increasing complexity of agentic systems, Conor and Atin highlight the need for robust evaluation frameworks, discussing the challenges of measuring agent performance, and how the recent launch of Galileo's agentic evaluations are empowering developers to build safer and more effective AI agents.


Chapters:00:00 Introduction

02:09 DeepSeek's Impact and Innovations

03:43 Open Source AI and Industry Implications

13:44 Export Controls and Global AI Competition

18:55 Software as a Service

19:29 Agentic Evaluations

25:14 Metrics for Success

31:34 Conclusion and FarewellFollow the hostsFollow ⁠⁠Atin⁠⁠Follow ⁠⁠Conor⁠

Follow VikramFollow ⁠⁠Yash⁠⁠


Check out Galileo

Try Galileo


Show Notes

On DeepSeek and Export Controls

Introducing Agentic Evaluations

What is Chain of Thought | AI Agents, Infrastructure & Engineering?

AI is reshaping infrastructure, strategy, and entire industries. Host Conor Bronsdon talks to the engineers, founders, and researchers building breakthrough AI systems about what it actually takes to ship AI in production, where the opportunities lie, and how leaders should think about the strategic bets ahead.

Chain of Thought translates technical depth into actionable insights for builders and decision-makers. New episodes bi-weekly.

Conor Bronsdon is an angel investor in AI and dev tools, Head of Technical Ecosystem at Modular, and previously led growth at AI startups Galileo and LinearB.