MindMakers is a podcast about the architects of artificial intelligence.
Hosted by Sendbird CEO John Kim, it features conversations with the founders and executives turning ambitious visions into transformative technologies. These are the leaders reimagining how we communicate, create, and connect in an age of intelligent machines.
From startup ideas to tech revolutions, MindMakers offers a clear lens into the minds behind AI—and the choices that define the future.
Storage used to be an afterthought. In the era of trillion-parameter models and agent swarms consuming millions of tokens per session, it has become one of the most strategically critical layers in the AI stack. On this episode of MindMakers, John Kim is joined by Val Bercovici, Chief AI Officer at WEKA, the AI storage and memory systems company.
14 Apr 2026
How Fireworks AI is Powering the Inference Layer of the AI Economy
As the bottleneck for AI innovation shifts away from the training layer, what will power the next wave of widespread enterprise implementation? On this episode of MindMakers, John Kim is joined by Fireworks AI’s Co-Founder, Benny Yufei Chen, to explore why inference has become the most critical layer in the AI stack.
16 Dec 2025
How TwelveLabs Helps Enterprises Transform Video Content Into Competitive Edge
What will unlock real-world AI beyond chatbots and copilots? On this episode of MindMakers, host John Kim speaks with Jae Lee, CEO and Co-Founder of TwelveLabs, to explore how video is defining the next wave of artificial intelligence.
2 Dec 2025
How the Founder of Coactive AI Is Bridging the Gap Between Human and Machine
What if your most valuable data isn’t in text, but in images, video, and audio you can’t yet search? On this episode of MindMakers, host John Kim is joined by Cody Coleman, CEO and Co-Founder of Coactive AI, to explore how enterprises can finally make sense of their image, video, and audio content.
11 Nov 2025
How Augment Code is Redefining Developer Velocity with AI
What’s really driving the next leap in AI for software development? On this episode of MindMakers, host John Kim sits down with Guy Gur-Ari, the Co-Founder of Augment Code, to unpack why the future of enterprise engineering isn’t just AI-generated code, it’s agentic systems that understand context at scale.
28 Oct 2025
Reltio’s CEO & Founder on Turning Data Chaos Into AI Advantage
What’s holding back widespread, successful AI adoption? Today on MindMakers, host John Kim is joined by the CEO, Founder and Chairman of Reltio, Manish Sood, to explore how the real unlock isn’t just better models, but better data.
14 Oct 2025
Moveworks’ Founder & CEO Bhavin Shah on Speed, Scale, & Surviving the Hype Cycle
With every new startup announcement containing “AI” somewhere in the headline, how do you build a differentiated product that stands the test of time? In this episode of MindMakers, host John Kim sits down with Bhavin Shah, CEO & Founder of Moveworks, for a thought provoking discussion on what it really takes to move beyond hype and into real business transformation.
30 Sept 2025
Inside the Next Era of Healthcare AI with Ferrum Health’s Co-Founder Pelu Tran
Hospitals are flooded with AI pilots, but very few ever become real, scalable solutions. In this episode of MindMakers, host John Kim sits down with Pelu Tran, Co-Founder & CEO of Ferrum Health, to unpack why AI in healthcare so often fails to move beyond the demo phase, and what it really takes to deploy with impact.
16 Sept 2025
What WRITER’s CSO Kevin Chung Has Learned from Hundreds of Enterprise AI Deployments
Is it possible to drive real businesses transformation with AI amidst reports that 95% of enterprise projects have been failing? On the debut episode of MindMakers, host John Kim is joined by Kevin Chung, Chief Strategy Officer of WRITER, to unpack what it really takes to scale enterprise AI efforts successfully.
12 Sept 2025
Introducing MindMakers with John Kim
MindMakers is a podcast about the architects of artificial intelligence.
Hosted by Sendbird CEO John Kim, it features conversations with the founders and executives turning ambitious visions into transformative technologies. These are the leaders reimagining how we communicate, create, and connect in an age of intelligent machines.
From startup ideas to tech revolutions, MindMakers offers a clear lens into the minds behind AI—and the choices that define the future.
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