Oct 26, 202647 minS1
<p>An AI agent can turn out a pull request in 15 minutes. So why does it still wait three days for review? In Episode 3 of Ready, Set, Runtime (Season 1: The New SDLC), AHEAD Field CTO Priyanka Karan takes the host...
About this Podcast:
Ready, Set, Runtime is an AHEAD podcast series featuring technology leaders who are actively shaping the industry. Each episode explores emerging innovations across key technology domains and examines their impact on enterprise practices, strategies, and operations, as seen through the eyes of those doing the work. Join us for Series 1 of Ready, Set, Runtime, with Michael “MK” Kolbrener, AHEAD's Field CTO for Financial Services and Capital Markets, as we deep dive into how AI is not just changing what software does, it is changing how software gets built, secured, shipped, and funded. Trace the full impact of AI across the software development lifecycle: from accelerated development and agentic engineering to security, executive decision-making, enterprise deployment, developer tooling, and the infrastructure layer beneath it all. No vendor pitch. No hype. Just practitioner-level conversation about one of the most consequential shifts in enterprise technology.
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What is Ready, Set, Runtime about?
Ready, Set, Runtime is an AHEAD podcast series featuring technology leaders who are actively shaping the industry. Each episode explores emerging innovations across key technology domains and examines their impact on enterprise practices, strategies, and operations, as seen through the eyes of those doing the work.
What has Ready, Set, Runtime covered recently?
Recent episodes include "Built for Developers, Ready for the Enterprise?" (26 October 2026, 47 minutes), "The Gap Between the Demo and The Deploy" (12 October 2026, 45 minutes), and "What Is Accelerated Dev, and Why Does It Change Everything?" (30 September 2026, 48 minutes).
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Booking probability for Ready, Set, Runtime is 36%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. Ready, Set, Runtime requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. Ready, Set, Runtime's contact route on record: public web form.
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The strongest fits for Ready, Set, Runtime are IT Services & Software Development. Ready, Set, Runtime has a news audience.
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The Gap Between the Demo and The Deploy
Oct 12, 202645 minS1<p>A convincing AI demo is easier to build than ever. So what makes enterprise AI deployment still so hard? In Episode 2 of Ready, Set, Runtime (Season 1: The New SDLC), AHEAD Field CTO Michael "MK" Kolbrener talks with...
Sep 30, 202648 minS1<p>Is AI-accelerated development just faster code, or a whole new way of delivering technology across the enterprise? In the debut episode of Ready, Set, Runtime (Season 1: The New SDLC), AHEAD Field CTO Michael "MK"...
Ready, Set, Runtime
Welcome to Ready, Set, Runtime
Sep 24, 20261 minS1<p>Ready, Set, Runtime is a podcast from AHEAD about how AI is changing the way software gets built, secured, shipped, and paid for.</p><p>The questions go well beyond code generation. What happens to Agile when...
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