High Performance Computing is here for the masses!

Enterprises are bleeding budget in the public cloud, shackled to legacy on-prem systems, and wrestling with HPC workflows so complex they require armies of admins just to keep them running. In this episode, I talk to Matthew Shaxted, Founder & CEO of Parallel Works, about how their ACTIVATE platform is breaking that lock-in, unifying HPC, AI, and hybrid cloud computing into one seamless control plane.

Think democratized supercomputing — where scientists, researchers, engineers, and AI teams get instant, intuitive access to powerful compute resources without becoming system admins. ACTIVATE abstracts away the messy plumbing of schedulers, chipsets, and hybrid environments, enabling workloads to run seamlessly across on-prem, multi-cloud, and GPU clusters. From high-security IL5/CUI/ITAR deployments to real-time cost control and AI-driven physics model replacement, Parallel Works is lowering the complexity barrier and unlocking HPC for the AI era.

Parallel Works was founded in 2014 in Chicago, Illinois

Technology & Topics Mentioned:

HPC, AI Orchestration, Hybrid Cloud, OpenStack, Kubernetes, GPU Clusters, Multi-GPU Nodes, IL5 Security, CUI/ITAR Compliance, Workflow Automation, Cost Governance, Scientific Computing, Predictive Modelling, Scheduler Abstraction, HPCwire Top Cloud Platform, Cloud Repatriation, NOAA, Biomedical Research, Space Weather Modelling, ML-based Physics Replacement

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Your data platform is broken — and here’s the fix!

90% of enterprise storage systems collapse under ransomware and buckle at petabyte scale. In this episode, guide & CTO Jason Lohrey reveals how Mediaflux — built from first principles — rewrote the rules. Think hundreds of PB, real-time rollback, built-in malware defense, and unified management of both structured and unstructured data. This conversation blends cold physics with creative flair — and hits the frontier of data engineering.

In this episode, I talk to Jason Lohrey, Founder & CTO of Arcitecta, and the quantum physicist behind Mediaflux — a first-principles data platform that manages structured + unstructured data, scales to hundreds of PBs, and delivers real-time ransomware rollback.

We dive into:

• The story of deleting 80,000 words — and what it sparked

• Why backup can't keep up with scale

• Data as energy, and the physical limits of storage

• Why Mediaflux was built from scratch — database, protocols, and all

• • Where quantum computing might take us (and what it threatens)

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APIs power the modern internet—but they're still a pain to work with. In this episode, I sit down with Simon Yu, Co-founder of Speakeasy, to explore how they're transforming API development. From automated SDKs and Terraform providers to agent-ready MCP servers, Speakeasy is redefining how APIs are built, shared, and consumed. We also delve into how AI fits into the future of developer tooling and agentic workflows.

🔍 In This Episode:

• The persistent challenges in API development
• Simon Yu's journey from consulting to co-founding Speakeasy
• The evolution of Speakeasy's vision and mission
• How Speakeasy automates SDKs and infrastructure provisioning
• The role of AI in modern API ecosystems
• Preparing APIs for agentic workflows and MCP servers
• Real-world examples and lessons from industry leaders like Stripe and Flexport
• Speakeasy's roadmap and what's next for the platform

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