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Welcome to the Innovantage podcast, where technology, business, and innovation converge. Join host Max Golikov as we explore the transformative power of artificial intelligence and digital advancements across various industries. Each episode features in-depth conversations with industry leaders and offers practical insights on integrating technology into your business. Subscribe to stay ahead in today’s rapidly evolving tech landscape and discover how AI drives change and inspires new business strategies. Tune in to unlock your competitive edge in the world of technology!
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AI is changing more than how software gets written. It's changing what engineers do, how companies build products, and which skills will remain valuable.
Meet Ákos Maróy, a Zurich-based fractional CTO/CDO, innovation expert, startup mentor, and deep tech strategist. His career spans entrepreneurship, building machine learning startups, working at Google and Meta, and evaluating European innovation funding proposals.
As AI agents take over more of the coding process, technical expertise isn't disappearing, but the way we use it is changing. And with smaller teams gaining the ability to build their own tools, the future may depend less on how much we can create and more on knowing what's actually worth building.
0:00 Introduction
0:29 Ákos Maróy's career across entrepreneurship, Google and Meta
4:30 The biggest challenges of switching between corporate and entrepreneurial careers
6:54 Why Ákos left corporate life to build his own company
10:51 Inside the European Commission's startup funding decisions
12:36 When EU funding makes more sense than venture capital
18:49 From bootstrapped service business to launching product startups
24:25 Building a machine learning startup back in 2009
27:14 The personal decision that brought Ákos into big tech
36:35 How mass layoffs changed the culture of big tech
42:12 “My profession is gone” as AI transforms software engineering
47:38 The future of software and the rise of disposable tools
55:07 Will AI make our lives better or worse?
57:29 Why technical fundamentals still matter in the AI era
1:03:11 Where to find Ákos Maróy
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Ákos Maróy – https://www.linkedin.com/in/akosmaroy/
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