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What it actually takes to reindustrialize America, from data and AI to the factory floor.
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In this episode
- The real levers behind bringing American industry back
- Why human-centric software will reshape or replace ERPs
- How AI is changing operations and manufacturing right now
- What reskilling operators looks like when AI enters the shop floor
About this episode
CodeStrap's "Code and Connor" Episode 16 features our friends from Sigma·IQ: Duane Massie, CEO, and Ryan Mead, Head of Sales. Sigma·IQ is an official Palantir Technologies partner firm that delivers a unique, outcome-driven approach to digital transformation to help organizations, particularly in industrials, turn data and AI into real operational advantage.
On this episode we discuss the reindustrialization of America and the levers to pull to get that done, human-centric software and the likely future for ERPs, AI in operations and manufacturing, reskilling operators, where AI coding and AI FDE fit into the aforementioned motions, and learning lessons from the past
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Code & Connor is where Connor Deeks and Dorian Smiley ask the questions most AI podcasts won't. Two founders — one strategist, one engineer — in honest conversations with executives, builders, and practitioners about what's actually happening at the intersection of AI and the enterprise.
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