How real AI infrastructure gets built, scaled, and secured.
Building AI is the podcast for leaders navigating the security and governance challenges of modern AI infrastructure.
Host David Yacov talks with CISOs, security engineers, AI researchers, policy experts, privacy lawyers, and technical leaders building and protecting AI systems at scale, from secure LLM deployments to regulatory compliance and infrastructure risk management.
Recent Episodes
Nov. 26, 2025
EP07 - No Model is Safe: How to Validate AI Security at Scale
What happens when defense-grade testing rigor meets the Wild West of commercial AI deployment? Alex Brooker, Founder of Airside Labs and IET Fellow, spent over a decade building software for defense and aviation systems, and he's now testing enterprise AI for compliance with OWASP, NIST, and the EU…
Nov. 12, 2025
EP06 - Transparency & Compliance: How to Secure AI Supply Chains
What happens when a decade of software supply chain security expertise meets AI's unprecedented challenges? Steve Springett, 𝗩𝗶𝗰𝗲 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗶𝗿 of the 𝗢𝗪𝗔𝗦𝗣 𝗙𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 and 𝗗𝗶𝗿𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗿 𝗼𝗳 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗱𝘂𝗰𝘁 𝗦𝗲𝗰𝘂𝗿𝗶𝘁𝘆 at 𝗦𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗶𝗰𝗲𝗡𝗼𝘄, reveals why tradi...
Oct. 29, 2025
EP05 - Craft Over Magic: How to Deploy AI Systems That Work
What happens when strategy consulting meets the trenches of enterprise AI deployment? Dr. Jasper Schwenzow , AI Lead for Defense at deepset , reveals why 70-80% of AI work is unglamorous data cleaning, not magic. From McKinse...
Oct. 15, 2025
EP04 - Europe vs Big Tech: Inside the AI Privacy War
How do you build AI systems when European regulators are actively challenging every move you make? Kleanthi Sardeli , Data Protection Lawyer at noyb , reveals how enterprises are navigating the legal minefield of AI complianc...
Oct. 1, 2025
EP03 - Beyond the AI Hype: How Investors Pick Tomorrow's Winners
How do investors separate billion-dollar opportunities from expensive research projects when AI technology changes every six months? Andreas Goeldi , Partner at b2venture , reveals how European VCs evaluate AI infrastructure ...
Sept. 17, 2025
EP02 – Now Anyone can Hack: Securing the Internet of Agents
How do you secure AI systems when every prompt could be a potential attack? Sam Watts , Product Lead at Lakera , reveals how enterprises are defending against AI security threats that traditional cybersecurity can't catch. Fr...