AI at Scale
The Schneider Electric AI at Scale podcast invites all AI practitioners and AI experts to share their experiences, challenges, and AI success stories. Conversations maintained during the show provide answers to questions such as: How do I implement AI successfully and sustainably? How do I make a real impact with AI? The AI at Scale podcast features real AI solutions and innovations – all of them ready for businesses to harness and offers a sneak peek into the future.
Episodes

4 days ago
Ania Kaci: AI governance decoded
4 days ago
4 days ago
Where Does AI Governance Stop? Guess what? It doesn’t. AI governance extends far beyond setting policies and frameworks. In this episode we meet with Ania Kaci, Senior Principal, Responsible AI Leader at Schneider Electric. Ania shares her journey from AI research to leading responsible AI practices, explaining our comprehensive AI governance structure and multidimensional risk assessment framework. Moreover, she talks about the importance of involving diverse teams, including business, legal, and compliance experts, to fully address potential AI risks.

Monday Apr 07, 2025
Peter Weckesser: Making an IMPACT with AI
Monday Apr 07, 2025
Monday Apr 07, 2025
"AI is today where the Internet was about 30 years ago," says Peter Weckesser, Chief Digital Officer of Schneider Electric, in this episode of the "AI at Scale" podcast. Just as the Internet revolutionized every aspect of business and personal life, AI has the potential to do the same, and it has already become a catalyst for transformation and innovation for many companies.
Peter shares his views on building AI competitiveness through smart, balanced regulation. He highlights AI's current influence and future potential, providing practical advice for businesses navigating the digital landscape.

Monday Mar 24, 2025
Taimur Rashid: GenAI and the art of the possible
Monday Mar 24, 2025
Monday Mar 24, 2025
The most value for businesses will come from domain-specific models, pre-trained on proprietary data, says Taimur Rashid, Managing Director of GenAI Innovation and Delivery at AWS.
In this episode, you can learn how Taimur advices cutomers on identifying successful GenAI use cases, what's key in the design phase, and how his teams are monitoring the models in the production, maintaining their accuracy over time.
Taimur also shares about a GenAI use case with Schneider Electric, that resulted in considerable productivity gains.

Monday Mar 10, 2025
Audrey Hazak: The future of customer experience with AI
Monday Mar 10, 2025
Monday Mar 10, 2025
How is AI enhancing customer experiences and what’s next in this field? In this episode of the AI at Scale Podcast, Audrey Hazak, the SVP of Digital Customer Relationship at Schneider Electric, unveils how her teams are applying AI to drive digital transformation and what she thinks is the next frontier of digital customer experience.

Monday Feb 24, 2025
Dominik Wee: AI and intelligent manufacturing
Monday Feb 24, 2025
Monday Feb 24, 2025
"The combination of human expertise and the right technology has always been the key to success in manufacturing," says Dominik Wee, Corporate Vice President of Industry Solutions Engineering at Microsoft who is today's guest of AI at Scale podcast hosted by Gosia Gorska.
Dominik discusses transforming organizations with hardware and software integration, highlighting AI's impact on industries and technology democratization. Furthermore, he explains how AI can augment human capabilities and he highlights the importance of human-machine collaboration.

Monday Feb 10, 2025
Jeff Willert: Navigating sustainability data with GenAI Copilot
Monday Feb 10, 2025
Monday Feb 10, 2025
How to properly use AI in data systems? In this episode, host Gosia Gorska talks to Jeff Willert, the Director of Data Science at Schneider Electric, about the effective application of AI in data systems. He shares insights about the groundbreaking Resource Advisor solution and its newly integrated Copilot feature, designed to assist users in understanding and managing their energy consumption as well as carbon footprint.

Monday Jan 27, 2025
Rumman Chowdhury: AI red teaming and right to repair
Monday Jan 27, 2025
Monday Jan 27, 2025
How to identify risks in AI models? Red teaming is one of the options, says the guest of AI at Scale podcast - Dr. Rumman Chowdhury, CEO of Humane Intelligence, US Science Envoy for Artificial Intelligence.
Rumman guides us through her approach to detecting risks, ensuring transparency and accountability in AI systems.
She emphasizes the importance of responsible AI practices and shares her perspective on the role of regulation in fostering innovation. Recognized as one of Time's 100 most Influential People in AI, she offers valuable insights on navigating ethical challenges in AI development.

Monday Jan 13, 2025
Julia Peyre: AI innovation inside out
Monday Jan 13, 2025
Monday Jan 13, 2025
How exactly do we innovate with AI? In this episode of the AI at Scale podcast, Gosia Gorska is joined by an expert from the Schneider Electric AI Strategy and Innovation team – Julia Peyre. Julia unveils the strategic decision-making process between developing AI solutions in-house versus finding ready-to-use, suitable AI products. What's more, we examine the key criteria to consider when evaluating new AI solutions and the methods that Julia uses to test new AI technologies.As we publish this episode, Julia has been appointed as the Head of AI Strategy and Innovation of Schneider Electric.

Monday Dec 09, 2024
Alexander Chia: Going underground with AI
Monday Dec 09, 2024
Monday Dec 09, 2024
What's happening underground in New York City? Gosia Gorska meets Alexander Chia, Engineer from Con Edison, to explore the challenge of detecting faults in underground power system across the area of 700 km². What’s at stake? The risk of not finding the fault and not repairing it on time, can put the low voltage grid in a very stressed state, and it can sustain damage that takes weeks or months to repair. Can AI help to find faults more accurately? Listen now to discover the AI project where Alexander joined forces with Schneider Electric’s AI experts.

Monday Nov 25, 2024
Manu Sharma: How AI models learn with data labeling
Monday Nov 25, 2024
Monday Nov 25, 2024
What does it take to create a well-operating AI model? In this episode of the AI at Scale podcast, Gosia Gorska welcomes Manu Sharma, the Founder and CEO of Labelbox, the leading data factory for building next-generation AI. Manu starts with explaining what data labeling is. He highlights the critical role of data labeling in AI development, the evolution of data annotation techniques, and the future of AI technologies. He shares his extensive experience in aerospace engineering, AI research, and entrepreneurship, highlighting how his company supports businesses in aligning and training their AI models through high-quality data labeling.