Amelia's Weekly Fish Fry

To celebrate the 700th episode of Amelia’s Weekly Fish Fry, we’re diving big into the world of microscopic tech! Tune in to discover light-powered microbots capable of hunting down bacteria, innovative memristors combining synthetic DNA and semiconductor technology for ultra-low-power computing, and breakthrough nanolasers that promise to halve energy consumption in next-generation processors.

My podcast guest this week is VectorWave CTO and Founder, Dr. Ron Davis. Ron and I discuss the details of VectorWave’s neuromorphic analog compute platform, how it differs from traditional digital processing, and what it really means to build AI-native connectivity rather than simply adding AI features onto existing wireless systems. We also talk about the challenge of getting more bandwidth out...

My podcast guest this week is a powerhouse of the semiconductor industry: Ramune Nagisetty. Ramune, best known for developing the chiplet-based system-in-package architecture concept, joins me this week to discuss her foundational work on chiplet-based system-in-package architectures, the current reality of chiplet interoperability, and the role of artificial intelligence in semiconductor design...

My podcast guest this week Alex Ksendzovsky, co-founder of The Biological Computing Co. Alex and his team are doing something that sounds straight out of science fiction: they’re extracting computational principles from living neurons and translating them into software that runs on standard silicon. Alex and I chat about The Biological Computing Co. is bridging the gap between biological tissue...

My podcast guest this week is David Jedynak, Vice President of Strategic Planning at Curtiss-Wright Defense Solutions. David and I chat about the complexities of "New Defense" innovation and what founders must understand about translating tech to the tactical environment. We also examine the similarities and differences between the defense sector and the tech industry at large and what investors...

This week we’re diving into a challenge that’s becoming increasingly important: how do we make sure our engineering workflows, software, data, and AI can all work together reliably? My guest is Jonathan Wright, Chief Technologist at Keysight. Jonathan and I chat about the industry’s shift toward multi-physics and application-specific workflows and how that evolution is changing the way...

In this week's podcast, we're talking about a problem that is increasingly difficult to ignore: wildfires and extreme weather. My guest is Indran "Indy" Ratnathicam, Chief Growth Officer from Technosylva, a company whose tagline says it all: “We fight fire and extreme weather with science.” Indy and I chat about about Technosylva's dedicated wildfire supercomputing system, how AI fits into the...

My podcast guest this week is Jason Ghidella, Sr. Principal Technologist at MathWorks. Jason and I discuss what breaks when you try to use agentic AI in complex engineering systems, where today’s agentic AI tools tend to fall short for engineering teams, and why AI must integrate with simulation, verification, and deterministic tools to produce repeatable, traceable evidence.

My podcast guest this week is Dr. Maha Achour, CEO and Founder of Kodamai. Maha and I chat about the shifting landscape of AI and how we can move beyond cloud and centralized data centers to a more distributed, agentic future. We discuss why governance must 'travel' with AI agents, what it means for trust to be architectural rather than procedural, and how Kodamai’s 'math-first' approach is...

In this week's podcast, we're diving into the future of autonomous aerial infrastructure Doug Muhlbauer from Birdstop. Doug and I chat about the challenges of building 'drone-in-a-box' systems, check out what real-world industry adoption looks like, and explore the critical roles that reliability and regulation play in this space and what the future looks like for this innovative drone company....