Uploaded April 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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Welcome to the very first episode of The Data + AI Exchange Podcast: Unfiltered conversations with the leaders shaping AI.

In this debut episode, host Viktoria Semaan, Principal Technical Evangelist at Databricks, sits down with Kimberly Powell, NVIDIA’s VP of Healthcare, to explore the profound impact of Agentic AI and open-source technology on healthcare. Learn how a robust data foundation is the key to moving from simple insights to life-saving action at scale.

Resources to get started:
Pixels Medical Imaging Processing: bit.ly/pixels-dbx1
Genesis Workbench to Accelerate Drug Discovery: bit.ly/genesis-workbench2

00:00 - AI in Healthcare: The Future of Saving Lives
01:12 - How Agentic AI is Transforming Clinical Workflows
05:02 - NVIDIA & Databricks Genesis Workbench for Drug Discovery
06:51 - Unlocking Medical Image Reasoning with Pixels
09:02 - Why Open Source is Critical for Healthcare AI
10:54 - Hospitals of the Future: The Rise of Medical Robotics
12:09 - Can AI Crack the Complexity of Cancer?
14:49 - Getting Started with NVIDIA and Databricks