CxC Ep17: Live from FuturOps! Interviews with Databricks and Fujitsu Intelligence

About this episode

CodeStrap's "Code and Connor" Episode 17 comes to you live from FuturOps in Dallas, TX on October 23, 2025. This episode features live interviews with Fred Abood, Lead Solutions Architect, at Databricks and Nicholas Lee, CEO, at Fujitsu Intelligence.

Connor’s presentation covers IIntelligence Augmentation, overcoming LLM’s 3 limitations, we introduced CodeStrap’s Larry - AI-assisted programming that scales, AI as an amplifier, Engineering as Ontology and the the Natural Language Interface for the Web

Our interview with Fred at Databrick covered the Databricks platform, their culture, history, developer community, partnership with Palantir Technologies, AI Coding, rivalry with Snowflake, and more!

Our interview with Nicholas  at Fujitsu Intelligence covered their partnership with Palantir Technologies, everything they've accomplished with Foundry and AIP, and other ML & AI capabilities and offerings.

• Databricks

• Website: https://www.databricks.com/

• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/databricks/

• Fred: https://www.linkedin.com/in/fredabood/

• Fujitsu Intelligence

• Website: https://global.fujitsu/en-global

• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/fujitsu/

• Nicholas: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nicholasjlee/

• CodeStrap

• Dorian: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dorian-smiley-97a72a14/

• Connor: https://www.linkedin.com/in/connordeeks/

• CodeStrap (X): https://x.com/CodeStrap411

• CodeStrap (LI): https://www.linkedin.com/company/codestrap

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