Martin Brunthaler talks to Jon Krohn about founding Adverity, a data analytics platform for marketing that simplifies integrating data from multiple sources and crunching them into actionable insights. Learn how Adverity became a data analytics powerhouse serving multiple industries, and why Martin thinks AI will strengthen rather than diminish the job market for data scientists, data analysts, and machine learning engineers.  



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In this episode you will learn:

 * (03:52) How Martin co-founded Adverity
 * (14:26) The features of Adverity
 * (39:24) If data analysts, data scientists, and ML engineers should worry about Adverity making their job redundant
 * (48:29) Martin’s predictions for the future for data analysts and data scientists
 * (51:39) Martin’s tips for success as a CTO

891: Conversational AI is Overhauling Data Analytics, with Martin Brunthaler

In this week’s Five-Minute Friday, Jon Krohn reveals highlights from Stanford University’s AI Index Report. Released a few weeks ago by the Institute for Human-Centered AI, this annual report details the incredible technical advances, policies, and investments in artificial intelligence. Hear which models achieve the best performance relative to their size, in what scenarios top AI systems can outperform humans (and when humans still outperform AI), and more in Jon’s five key takeaways.



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890: The “State of AI” Report 2025

Founder of CEEK’s Mary Spio talks to Jon Krohn about how the platform contributes to the emerging community of digital creators with its blockchain-powered virtual experiences. Hear how Mary got her first investors for CEEK and how it is used across industries as diverse as education, entertainment, aviation, and healthcare.



Additional materials: ⁠⁠⁠www.superdatascience.com/889⁠ [https://www.superdatascience.com/podcast/889]



This episode is brought to you by ⁠⁠Adverity, the conversational analytics platform⁠⁠ [https://eu1.hubs.ly/H0jxK210] and by the ⁠⁠Dell AI Factory with NVIDIA⁠⁠ [http://www.dell.com/superdatascience?utm_source=SuperDataScience&utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=DAIFWN].



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In this episode you will learn:

 * (03:42) What CEEK is and the multiple industries it serves
 * (38:47) How Mary developed VR headsets to reduce nausea experienced by women headset users
 * (42:10) The growing potential for immersive experiences
 * (44:36) How to mitigate the risks of immersive-experience misuse
 * (51:56) Mary’s tips for career success

889: AI-Powered Virtual Reality: The Future of Education and Entertainment, with Mary Spio

Mike Pell speaks to Jon Krohn about The Microsoft Garage, a program that drives the culture of innovation at the tech multinational, and how listeners can apply their principles to foster innovation in their workplace. In this Five-Minute Friday, you’ll hear more about Microsoft’s approaches to agentic AI, the future of human-AI collaboration in the workplace, and why experimentation and curiosity are critical skills for the future of work.



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888: Teams of Agents: The Next Frontier in AI Collaboration, with Mike Pell

Jon Krohn speaks to John Roese about the promise of multi-agent teams for business, the benefits of agentic AI systems that can identify and complete tasks independently, and how these systems demand new authentication, authorization, security and knowledge-sharing standards. They also discuss how to use AI to refine project ideas down to a core business need, as well as the new and emerging careers in the tech industry and beyond, all thanks to AI.



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This episode is brought to you by ⁠Adverity, the conversational analytics platform⁠ [https://eu1.hubs.ly/H0jxK210] and by the ⁠Dell AI Factory with NVIDIA⁠ [http://www.dell.com/superdatascience?utm_source=SuperDataScience&utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=DAIFWN].



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In this episode you will learn:

 * (03:54) Why ROI is the most important aspect of an AI-driven project 

 * (14:06) Why high-impact AI projects trigger a flywheel of success

 * (23:32) The future of agentic systems 

 * (30:28) How to manage agentic systems at scale

 * (46:36) The disruptive nature of quantum computing

887: Multi-Agent Teams, Quantum Computing and the Future of Work, with Dell’s Global CTO John Roese

Our In Case You Missed It episode for April has clips on NVIDIA’s and Dell’s product and service offers including an overview of NVIDIA’s GPUs, AI Enterprise, and its microservices. You’ll also hear about AWS’ focus on bringing choice to customers and the incredible power of its Graviton CPU, how Zerve opens access to AI deployment, Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany’s multi-chip integration, and why reliance on the cloud might soon become a practice of times past.



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886: In Case You Missed it In April 2025

Jeroen Janssens and Thijs Nieuwdorp are data frame library Polars’ greatest advocates in this episode with Jon Krohn, where they discuss their book, Python Polars: The Definitive Guide, best practice for using Polars, why Pandas users are switching to Polars for data frame operations in Python, and how the library reduces memory usage and compute time up to 10x more than Pandas. Listen to the episode to be a part of an O’Reilly giveaway!



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This episode is brought to you by Trainium2, the latest AI chip from AWS [https://aws.amazon.com/ai/machine-learning/trainium/], by Adverity, the conversational analytics platform [https://eu1.hubs.ly/H0jxK210] and by the Dell AI Factory with NVIDIA [http://www.dell.com/superdatascience?utm_source=SuperDataScience&utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=DAIFWN].



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In this episode you will learn:

 * (07:44) Why Jeroen and Thijs wrote Python Polars: The Definitive Guide  

 * (21:54) Best practices in Polars 

 * (25:55) Why Polars has so many users

 * (34:32) The benefits of the Great Tables package

 * (51:06) Jeroen and Thijs’ partnership with NVIDIA and Dell for Python Polars: The Definitive Guide

885: Python Polars: The Definitive Guide, with Jeroen Janssens and Thijs Nieuwdorp

Model Context Protocol (MCP) is Anthropic’s hottest tool, with over 1,000 community-built MCP servers in operation by February alone. In this Five-Minute Friday, Jon Krohn explains what took so long for users to catch on: Anthropic released MCP in November 2024. Hear more about the buzz behind MCP, its applications, and how easy it is to get started.



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884: Model Context Protocol (MCP) and Why Everyone’s Talking About It

Returning after the “Super Bowl of AI”, NVIDIA GTC, Sama Bali and Logan Lawler talk to Jon Krohn about their respective work at tech giants NVIDIA and Dell. Sama and Logan discuss the next-gen Blackwell GPUs to their collaboration with Dell in launching Pro-Max PCs specially designed to take on heavy computational workloads as well as the incredible performance of GB 10 and GB 300 workstations, and the widening accessibility of AI developer tools and models. 



Additional materials: www.superdatascience.com/883 [https://www.superdatascience.com/podcast/883]



This episode is brought to you by ODSC, the Open Data Science Conference [https://odsc.com/boston/], by Adverity, the conversational analytics platform [https://eu1.hubs.ly/H0jxK210] and by the Dell AI Factory with NVIDIA [http://www.dell.com/superdatascience?utm_source=SuperDataScience&utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=DAIFWN].



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In this episode you will learn:

 * (07:29) About Dell’s Pro Max PCs
 * (14:01) Why having a Blackwell GPU from Nvidia is a great option for those new to training and deploying AI models  
 * (36:47) When it makes sense for a data scientist to switch from a Unix to a Windows based system 
 * (46:33) Logan’s and Sama’s predictions for AI

883: Blackwell GPUs Are Now Available at Your Desk, with Sama Bali and Logan Lawler

This week’s five-minute Friday heads to the Netherlands to find out more about Dutch company ASML, the brains behind the lithography machines that build AI chips.  Jon Krohn walks through how ASML came to dominate the market, where they’re headed next, and how ASML’s complex machines shape AI chips as well as the very future of AI.  



Additional materials: www.superdatascience.com/882 [https://www.superdatascience.com/882]



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882: 40x Hotter Than the Sun: The ASML Machines That Make AI Chips

The Super Data Science podcast with Jon Krohn brings you the latest and most
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in a data career or you're a deep technical expert, whether you'd like to
understand what A.I. is or you'd like to integrate more data-driven processes
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