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AI in Manufacturing is an Industry40.tv podcast hosted by Kudzai Manditereza, bringing together industry leaders, technologists and practitioners to explore how AI is being built and applied across industrial operations. The podcast covers the architectures and real-world implementations shaping industrial AI, including connectivity, industrial data infrastructure, semantic technologies, data platforms, AI agents and operational applications. For manufacturing engineers, architects and technology leaders working to turn industrial data and AI into measurable operational impact.
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Signup to Generate a PitchAI in Manufacturing is an podcast hosted by Kudzai Manditereza, bringing together industry leaders, technologists and practitioners to explore how AI is being built and applied across industrial operations. The podcast covers the architectures and real-world implementations shaping industrial AI, including connectivity, industrial data infrastructure, semantic technologies, data platforms, AI agents and operational applications.
AI in Manufacturing is hosted by Kudzai Manditereza. The show has published 98 episodes to date.
Recent episodes include "Designing Multi-Agent Systems for Industrial Operations: Kence Anderson - Founder & CEO, AMESA" (7 May 2026, 55 minutes), "Scaling Industrial Intelligence with I3X Common API: Matthew Parris - Director of Advanced Manufacturing, GE Appliances" (30 April 2026, 65 minutes), and "Optimizing AI Inferencing for Agentic Operations in Manufacturing: Calvin Cooper - Co-Founder & Coo, Neurometric AI" (22 April 2026, 40 minutes).
AI in Manufacturing publishes roughly weekly, with episodes averaging 55 minutes across 98 episodes.
Booking probability for AI in Manufacturing is 34%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. AI in Manufacturing requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. AI in Manufacturing's contact route on record: verified email.
The strongest fits for AI in Manufacturing are Industrial Machinery and IT Services & Software Development. AI in Manufacturing has a technology audience.
Kudzai Manditereza hosts AI in Manufacturing, a technology podcast with 98 episodes published.
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Episode #72
# AI in Manufacturing Podcast ## Episode: Designing Autonomous AI Agents for Industrial Operations **Podcast Name:** AI in Manufacturing Podcast (Industry 40.tv) **Episode Title:** Designing Autonomous AI Agents for...
# AI in Manufacturing Podcast — Show Notes ## Episode: Scaling Industrial Intelligence with the I3X Common API **Podcast Name:** AI in Manufacturing Podcast (Industry40.tv) **Episode Title:** Scaling Industrial...
# AI in Manufacturing Podcast: Episode Show Notes ## Episode: Optimizing AI Inference for Agentic Operations in Manufacturing **Podcast Name:** AI in Manufacturing Podcast (Industry40.tv) **Episode Title:** Optimizing...
**Podcast Name:** AI in Manufacturing Podcast **Episode Title:** How to Build AI Solutions That Actually Work on the Factory Floor **Guest:** Renan De Villiers, Founder & CEO, OSS Ventures **Host:** Kudzai Manditereza...
## Episode: Building and Scaling Agentic AI Workflows in Manufacturing **Podcast Name:** AI in Manufacturing Podcast **Episode Title:** How to Build and Scale Agentic AI Workflows in Manufacturing **Guest:** Bernard...
## Episode: The State of Industrial AI, Unified Namespace, and Knowledge Graphs After PROVE IT 2025 **Podcast Name:** AI in Manufacturing Podcast **Guest:** Walker Reynolds, President & Solutions Architect at 4.0...
# AI in Manufacturing Podcast — Episode Show Notes ## Episode Details - **Podcast Name:** AI in Manufacturing Podcast (Industry40.tv) - **Episode Title:** Unlocking Productivity With Casual Models and Agentic AI in...
Podcast Name: AI in Manufacturing Podcast (Industry40.tv) Episode Title: Context Engineering Techniques for Building Reliable Industrial AI Agents Guest: Zach Etier, VP of Architecture at Flow Software Host: Kudzai...
# AI in Manufacturing Podcast — Show Notes ## Episode: How to Reduce Waste and Improve Efficiency with AI-Powered Quality Control **Podcast Name:** AI in Manufacturing Podcast (Industry 4.0 TV) **Episode Title:** How to...
Episode #63
Episode Title:** Practical Guidance for Implementing Industrial AI Agents in Manufacturing Guest:** James Zheng, Co-Founder & Chief Product Officer, Optimate AI Host:** Kudzai Manditereza --- ## 1. Episode Summary This...
Episode #62
1. EPISODE SUMMARY This episode explores why most manufacturing AI initiatives fail and what companies must do to build a foundation for AI-native industrial intelligence. Craig Scott, Founder and CEO of Fuuz, an...
Traditional MES platforms were built for a manufacturing world that no longer exists. They assume stable product lines. They assume you have time for lengthy implementations, tolerance for complexity, and operators who...
Agentic AI Framework for Manufacturing Operations AI in Manufacturing Podcast Show Notes Episode Guest: Gilad Langer, Head of Digital Transformation Practice at Tulip Interfaces Host: Kudzai Manditereza Publication...
Episode #59
Context isn't static. It's a living layer of knowledge built through problem-solving, conversation, and understanding the complex relationships on the factory floor. This simple truth is often overlooked in industrial...
Episode #58
SA-95 is a standard that’s often misunderstood, but incredibly powerful. While many think ISA-95 is rigid or overly complex, it actually enables flexibility by: ⇨ 𝐃𝐞𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚 𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐯𝐨𝐜𝐚𝐛𝐮𝐥𝐚𝐫𝐲...
Episode #57
Is the Timebase free historian getting an AI-Native DataOps component with Knowledge Graphs capability? You’ll hear it here first. In the latest episode of the AI in Manufacturing podcast, I sit down with Jeff Knepper...
Most data-quality initiatives focus on things like freshness or schema. That works for IT data, but not for sensor data. Sensor data is different. It reflects physics. To trust it, you need contextual, physics-aware...
What really makes data and AI innovation teams succeed in manufacturing? In this episode of the AI in Manufacturing Podcast, I speak with Van Tucker , VP of Harbor Lockers by Luxer One , a company that develops and...
Most industrial processes still run on the same foundation: - Hard-coded logic in PLCs that follows predefined rules. - The intuition of process and plant engineers, built from years of experience. This combination has...
Can AI agents really make decisions in high-stakes industrial environments? Generative AI agents, on their own, do not have a robust understanding of cause-and-effect for real-world decision-making. However, when...
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Strategic Advisor & Fellow COO Council at LNS Research; Chief Strategy Officer at Trek AI, American University Washington College of Law
Head of Exhibitions and Creative Services at Otago Museum, United Ink Tattoos and Body Piercings
VP of Technology Partnerships, Harbor Lockers by Luxer One
Director of Industrial AI, Rova-Sys
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