AI Moves Off the Cloud, Google Breaks the Internet, Google-Wiz Deal Under Fire

This week on Cloud Unplugged: AI goes local, Google Cloud breaks the internet, and the DOJ turns up the heat on Google’s $32B Wiz acquisition.

We’re breaking down the biggest stories in cloud and AI:

Context & Qualcomm are teaming up to move AI agents off the cloud and onto your device. What does this mean for the future of local-first AI?A major Google Cloud outage caused chaos across Cloudflare, Shopify, and Discord. We explain what went wrong and what it tells us about the risks of centralised cloud infrastructure.The DOJ is investigating Google’s acquisition of Wiz, raising questions about cloud security competition and antitrust concerns.Plus: Andrej Karpathy’s Software 3.0 vision, is natural language the new programming interface?

Hosted by Lewis and Jon, two cloud-native veterans covering the real stories behind the hype in cloud, AI, and dev infrastructure.

Each week, Jon Shanks, CEO of cloud-native consultancy and product business Appvia, and tech evangelist Lewis Marshall, senior developer and AI enthusiast, analyse the biggest news stories that week, that are shaping Cloud, Data and AI.

Alongside their insight, they invite frontline leaders, Chief Technology Officers and engineering heads from established, cloud-powered organisations to share candid lessons from running real-world workloads at scale.

Together, they take the headlines and get to the facts, helping you keep track of the fast-paced Cloud market.

Expect straight-talking conversation, sharp analysis as they explore how emerging technology reshapes business and society.

Tune in each week to stay a step ahead of the future of tech.

• No. of episodes: 49
• Latest episode: 2025-06-27
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