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Code and ConnorCxC Ep23: Scaling OntologiesCodeStrap's "Code and Connor" Episode 23 features our friend Francisco Ferreira, Founder and CEO of Datalinks, a company that is laser-focused on bringing human understanding to the core of the data and AI value chains.
Prior to founding Datalinks, Francisco spent 9 years at Palantir. At Palantir, he architected and created the product and infrastructure group for Skywise, the world’s biggest aviation platform, growing it from 3 airlines to 100+. He went on to create the Developer Relations groups and co-led Channel partners. Before Palantir, he had a multi-year stint at eBay.
This episode focuses on:
→ Fran...
2026-02-191h 08Code and ConnorCxC Ep22: AI Shifted Minds, New Business Models Will Move MarketsCodeStrap's "Code and Connor" Episode 22 features our friend Robert Fidler, General Manager of Valinor Streamline. Prior to joining Valinor, Rob spent five years as a Forward Deployed Engineer at Palantir Technologies, working on projects with a variety of civilian agencies such as the FDA. He also spent 2 years as a Software Engineer at Chapter building their core technology layer.
Our 22nd episode focuses on Valinor, unpacking "a constellation of mission-aligned products", and the new business models that are the true disruptive forces moving economies. We also discuss the problem with government procurement around national security, how Valinor u...
2026-01-261h 09Code and ConnorCxC Ep21: Will AI and Edtech restore America's Education System?CodeStrap's "Code and Connor" Episode 21 features friend Bill Salak, CTO and CTO of Brainly. At Brainly, he’s helped scale one of the world’s largest AI-powered learning platforms, serving 15 million learners daily. Bill has over two decades of leadership driving transformative technology at Age of Learning, AOL, HBO, ETS, Hasbro, NBC-Universal, and even the U.S. Army.
Our 21st episode focuses on, the state of AI and its current limitations, AI in education, the state of education in the U.S. K-12 and above, how can we use AI to improve student outcomes in light of the r...
2026-01-151h 23
Code and ConnorCxC Ep20:Winning the AI Software RaceCodeStrap's "Code and Connor" Episode 20 features our friend Chad Wahlquist. Chad is a Forward Deployed Architect at Palantir and serves customers and the developer audience with business-focused solutions and product exposure that the developer and customer community yearn for.
On this episode we discuss Chad’s journey from Tyson to Palantir, solving business problems during crises, the AIP launch and compounding features, MMDP and unlocking interoperability, the Palantir product roadmap and filling in gaps in enterprise architecture, pairing with Akshay and ensure the product is refined and understandable, NVIDIA partnership and setting the technical standard for optimization, sof...
2026-01-051h 12Code and ConnorCxC Ep19: Can AI Save Government Procurement From Itself?CodeStrap's "Code and Connor" Episode 19 features our friend August Chen, Co-Founder and CEO of Hazel. Hazel is an AI-powered procurement platform that helps federal, state, and local partners compress procurement cycles from months to minutes and save millions on what they purchase. Hazel launched out of Y Combinator in 2024 and is backed by the investors behind Palantir and Anduril. Before founding Hazel, August led mission-critical deployments at Palantir, including working with Connor and Dorian at their former employer.
Our 19th episode examines government inefficiency through the lens of procurement, and why competitive pricing often breaks down in...
2025-12-161h 03Code and ConnorCxC Ep19: Can AI Save Government Procurement From Itself?CodeStrap's "Code and Connor" Episode 19 features our friend August Chen, Co-Founder and CEO of Hazel. Hazel is an AI-powered procurement platform that helps federal, state, and local partners compress procurement cycles from months to minutes and save millions on what they purchase. Hazel launched out of Y Combinator in 2024 and is backed by the investors behind Palantir and Anduril. Before founding Hazel, August led mission-critical deployments at Palantir, including working with Connor and Dorian at their former employer.
Our 19th episode examines government inefficiency through the lens of procurement, and why competitive pricing often breaks down in...
2025-12-161h 03Code and ConnorCxC Ep18: What Scaled Foundry Looks LikeCodeStrap's "Code and Connor" Episode 18 features our friend Nicolas Renkamp. Nicolas Renkamp is the Global Head of Platform Product Portfolio at Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany. One of the most important voices in the Palantir ecosystem, he was deeply involved in the development of Foundry DevTools, allowing us to interact with the Foundry APIs and develop transforms locally, and in 2025 he worked with Palantir to bring lightweight transforms to the next level and to everyone in platform.
He joined the company in 2019 and began working within the Palantir platform. He is also deeply involved with Merck’s deployment of AWS, Sn...
2025-12-011h 13Code and ConnorCxC Ep17: Live from FuturOps! Interviews with Databricks and Fujitsu IntelligenceCodeStrap'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 Snowfl...
2025-11-181h 08Code and ConnorCxC Ep16:Reindustrialize America
CodeStrap's "Code and Connor" Episode 16 features our friends from Sigma·IQ: Duane Massie, CEO, and Ryan Mead, Head of Sales. Sigma·IQ is an official Palantir Technologies partner firm that delivers a unique, outcome-driven approach to digital transformation to help organizations, particularly in industrials, turn data and AI into real operational advantage.
On this episode we discuss the reindustrialization of America and the levers to pull to get that done, human-centric software and the likely future for ERPs, AI in operations and manufacturing, reskilling operators, where AI coding and AI FDE fit into the aforementioned mo...
2025-11-041h 12Code and ConnorCxC Ep15:A Generational Opportunity to Build What’s NextCodeStrap's "Code and Connor" Episode 15 features our friend Zoë Nengite. Zoë is a Forward Deployed Engineer at Palantir and has spent the last few years supporting the developer community, composed of the independent builders in their platforms.
On this episode we discuss, how Palantir is attracting developers to the platform (including FREE developer tier licenses), current state of the developer community and ideas to improve it, DevCon and other community-led events (i.e., FuturOps), the American Tech Fellowship, user adoption in enterprises of Foundry and AIP and the Palantir product roadmap and insights into MMDP, Marketplace, and AI F...
2025-10-211h 06Code and ConnorCxC Ep14:Winning the European MarketCodeStrap's "Code and Connor" Episode 14 features our friend Antoine Allard. Antoine is a former Tech Lead at Palantir and the CEO of 10x Partners, a senior-only consultancy and an official Palantir Partner.
On this episode we discuss, the current state of AI advancement and investment in Europe, Palantir sentiment and growth in Europe, Palantir vs Databricks, large tech investing in startups, the new “circular AI economy” and how AI companies are optimized for more use, not outcomes.
10x Partners
Website: https://10x-partners.com/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/10x-partners/
Ant...
2025-10-081h 21Code and ConnorCxC Ep13: Why Trust and Security Define AI SuccessCodeStrap's "Code and Connor" Episode 13 features our friends at Foxtrot Services: co-CEOs Christine Williams and Nicole Sanders and CTO Martin Seebach. Foxtrot Services are field-proven Palantir Foundry & AIP engineers with 40+ secure, large-scale deployments under their belt and growing. On this episode we discuss how AI procurement is driven and owned by the business, AI adoption hinging on governance, security, observability and trust, ontology as a product, and the explosion of AI coding tools and the risks associated with them and the blindness to security.
Foxtrot Services
Website: https://www.foxtrot-services.com/
LinkedIn: https...
2025-09-301h 17Code and ConnorCxC Ep12: Business Leads, Tech Follow. The Ambition Playbook from AIPCon8CodeStrap's "Code and Connor" Episode 12 features our friend Ryan Goodwin, Sr. Director Advanced Supply Chain at Trinity Industries, Inc. An ardent innovator racking up over a decade at Trinity, Ryan is helping his company chart the path forward with Palantir Technologies's Foundry and AIP.
Our twelfth episode focuses on the ambition needed to achieve high value, AIPCon 8 recap, AIP and automated reasoning to win the battle in medical claims/denials, developers with AI tools vs. clickops in Foundry and AI FDE, Reducing the cognitive load of software killing us, the cost concern around Palantir, extreme programming and e...
2025-09-231h 18Code and ConnorCxC Ep11: AI Bubble or AI Battlefield? The fight for asymmetric advantageCodeStrap's "Code and Connor" Episode 11 features our friend Pat Mack, Founder and CEO of PVM, Inc. After retiring from his position as a Naval Officer, Pat launched PVM in 2010 and for more than a decade, PVM has partnered with Palantir on government deployments across the public sector. On this episode we discuss the AI bubble, failed pilots and the structural issues plaguing enterprises from getting value from AI. We also unpack AI in the public sector and the West’s requirement to have an asymmetric advantage through AI, the promise/lie of AGI and Palantir’s integration capability being it’s...
2025-09-161h 23Code and ConnorCxC Ep10: Data Strategy and Engineering with Seattle Data Guy!CodeStrap's "Code and Connor" Episode 10 features our friend Ben Rogojan, better known as The Seattle Data Guy. In this episode, we discuss balancing velocity and quality in data engineering, ownership, centralization, cost transparency from data platforms, and the need for outcomes-focused strategy that keeps pace with operations and leverages AI in the face of growing complexity.
The Seattle Day Guy
Website: https://www.theseattledataguy.com/
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@SeattleDataGuy
Substack: seattledataguy.substack.com
Ben: https://www.linkedin.com/in/benjaminrogojan/
CodeStrap
Dorian: https://w...
2025-09-0856 minCode and ConnorCxC Ep9: How Ontologize is Helping Accelerate Palantir’s GrowthCodeStrap's "Code and Connor" Episode 9 features our friend Taylor Gregoire-Wright, Founder of Ontologize. In this episode we discuss decentralized vs. centralized approaches to Foundry, the journey to owning the Palantir stack, maximizing resources and aligning incentives, engaging developers and handling objections, extending IT investments rather than lift-and-shift, Ontologize’s roadmap, the potential of Foundry Marketplace, and the technical approach to connecting public registration systems to Foundry
Ontologize: https://ontologize.com/
Taylor: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tgregoirewright/
Dorian: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dorian-smiley-97a72a14/
Connor: https://www.linkedin.com/in...
2025-08-281h 30Code and ConnorCode X Connor Ep8: Building a CoalitionCodeStrap's "Code and Connor" Episode 8 features our friends from i4C/ForgeSight out of Canada: Chris Atack, COO, and Brett Adams, Lead FDE. In this episode we discuss the fierce competition for Palantir-trained talent, US and Canadian politics around AI and our advantage over Europe, building a coalition to win in enterprises, lessons from the field, and Palantir's potential impact on SaaS and siloed AI solutions.
i4C ForgeSight: https://www.i4c.com/forgesight-palantir-solutions/
Brett: https://www.linkedin.com/in/brett20adams/
Chris: https://www.linkedin.com/in/chrisatack/
Dorian...
2025-08-221h 25Code and ConnorCode X Connor Ep7: From Pilot to ProductionCodeStrap's "Code and Connor" Episode 7 features our friend Kevin Dean Pettit, CEO of Creative Glu. Our seventh episode focuses on the three pillars of applied, scalable AI, software 3.0, scoping an AI pilot, the distraction of the last-mile shiny object, the importance of subject matter experts in the AI Revolution, Palantir Q2 2025 earnings recap, and how Palantir can grow into its valuation.
Amit
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjZnbgPb08NFg7MHyPQRZ3Q
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/amit-kukreja/
CodeStrap
Dorian: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dorian-smiley-97a72a14/
2025-08-141h 31Code and ConnorCode X Connor Ep 6: Software that Dominates!CodeStrap's "Code and Connor" Episode 6 features our friends Joe Patrois, C.E.T., from Thomas Cavanagh Construction Limited, and Jesse Velay-Vitow, Ph.D., from Palantir Technologies, the duo proving that the best software in the world can mold to the most physical commercial industry--construction--and drive industry-defining outcomes.
Jesse Velay-Vitow: https://www.linkedin.com/in/velayvitow/
Joe Patrois: https://www.linkedin.com/in/joe-patrois-c-e-t-95a3211a4/
CodeStrap
Dorian: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dorian-smiley-97a72a14/
Connor: https://www.linkedin.com/in/connordeeks/
CodeStrap (X): https://x.com...
2025-08-071h 16Code and ConnorCode X Connor Ep5: Evolution of Consulting in the Age of AICodeStrap's "Code and Connor" Episode 5 is live! This episode features our friends Usman Sheikh and James O'Dowd, two business leaders with incredibly strong and accurate perspectives on the ongoing evolution of consulting.
Our fifth episode focuses on:
→ LegacyCo vs. NewCo - The markets will decide the timeline
→ Reinvention requires structural change, which may need to be drastic to escape organizational gravity
→ From headcount to compute - transitioning from staffing armies to services-as-software
→ Shift from effort to outcomes - incentivization is changing, reducing the hidden drag on innovation
→ The outcom...
2025-08-011h 41Code and ConnorCode X Connor Ep 4: Amit Kukreja and the Palantir Retail Investor Community!
We are very excited to be joined by Amit Kukreja, Finance Media Content Creator and host of Palantir Weekly. Join us as we explore the rise of retail investing, the community surrounding Palantir, the decade ahead, the growth trajectory of Palantir, and its potential "Tesla" moment, among other topics.
Follow Amit at / @amitinvesting
Book a meeting with us at https://www.codestrap.com/
2025-07-241h 20Code and ConnorCode X Connor Ep3: Palantir Partnerships and CompetitionCodeStrap's "Code and Connor" Episode 02 features the CodeStrap Team - Dorian and Connor. In this episode we break down some notable Palantir partnerships, including those with Bain, Accenture, and SAP. We also talk about the competition and DevEx.
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
RANGR Data
Website: https://rangrdata.com/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com...
2025-07-171h 21
Code and ConnorCode x Connor Ep2: The growing Palantir ecosystem featuring RANGR dataCodeStrap's "Code and Connor" Episode 2 features our friends John Boehm, CEO, and Paul Burns, CTO, of RANGR Data. Our second episode focuses on Palantir's partner ecosystem and its evolution, the demand wave and push back, growing the community of developers, language as the interface of technology, and AI being a disruptive force for smaller companies to grow and compete against large incumbents.
RANGR Data
Website: https://rangrdata.com/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/rangr-data/
John: https://www.linkedin.com/in/john-boehm-a408a386/
Paul: https://www.linkedin.com/in...
2025-07-101h 14Code and ConnorCode X Connor Ep1: Palantir's Next Decade
Welcome to the inaugural episode of Code X Connor! In this episode, we discuss Palantir's next decade and the challenges related to becoming the next AWS.
You can learn more about our software services at codestrap.com.
2025-06-271h 14