Dr. Rohith Reddy - Founder & Host
FOUNDER & HOST

Dr. Rohith Reddy

DeCodingTalks Podcast|Tech & Startup Stories

Conversations that decode what’s next.

Where the best technology & founder stories land first.

In-depth conversations with the founders, engineers, and investors building the companies that shape our future. Hosted by Dr. Rohith Reddy.

LATEST RELEASE

Featured Conversation

A deep technical unpack into autonomous reasoning engines, LLM stack bottlenecks, and enterprise realties.

EP. 04Artificial Intelligence
August 14, 2026•58 min

“Where AI Goes After the Hype”

We unpack the shift from decorative chatbots to autonomous reasoning engines, production stack bottlenecks, and what true enterprise value actually looks like in 2026.

KEY TAKEAWAYS IN THIS EPISODE

  • Why context window size is no longer the sole bottleneck for LLM deployment.
  • The economics of hosting custom fine-tuned open weights vs proprietary API calls.
  • How agentic feedback loops are redefining modern developer tooling and CI/CD.
  • Navigating model safety without compromising speed and execution bandwidth.
Rahul Sharma
GUEST PROFILE

FEATURED GUEST

Rahul Sharma

Founder & CEO, NeuralCraft AI

Pioneering next-generation agentic workflows and localized LLM architectures. Previously senior staff scientist at OpenAI and Google Research.

ARCHIVE

The conversations

Long-form conversations with the people building what comes next.

Rahul Sharma
EP. 04Artificial Intelligence
August 14, 2026•58 min

“Where AI Goes After the Hype”

We unpack the shift from decorative chatbots to autonomous reasoning engines, production stack bottlenecks, and what true enterprise value actually looks like in 2026.

Rahul Sharma— Founder & CEO, NeuralCraft AI
Ananya Rao
EP. 03Product
August 02, 2026•46 min

“Building Products People Actually Need”

Why standard UX patterns fail in complex data environments, how to craft micro-interactions that feel invisible, and designing for developer tools in an AI-native world.

Ananya Rao— Head of Product Design, Looming Systems
Vikram Mehta
EP. 02Startups
July 20, 2026•64 min

“The Hard Parts of Starting a Company”

A candid breakdown of early founder loneliness, hiring when you have zero brand awareness, fundraising during market contraction, and knowing when to pivot.

Vikram Mehta— General Partner, Apex Ventures
Marcus Vance
EP. 01Technology
July 05, 2026•52 min

“Why We Started DeCodingTalks”

Host Dr. Rohith Reddy sits down with Marcus Vance to lay out the founding ethos of DeCodingTalks: deep technical curiosity over superficial tech commentary.

Marcus Vance— VP of Engineering, HyperScale Data
THE GUESTS

The people behind the ideas.

Founders, engineers, designers, investors, and builders with something worth decoding.

Rahul Sharma
EP. 04

Rahul Sharma

Founder & CEO at NeuralCraft AI

Pioneering next-generation agentic workflows and localized LLM architectures. Previously senior staff scientist at OpenAI and Google Research.

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Ananya Rao
EP. 03

Ananya Rao

Head of Product Design at Looming Systems

Refining human-computer interactions for spatial and conversational interfaces. Obsessed with micro-interactions, dark interfaces, and typography.

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Vikram Mehta
EP. 02

Vikram Mehta

General Partner at Apex Ventures

Early investor in developer tooling, AI infrastructure, and cloud platforms. Serial entrepreneur with two successful software exits.

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Marcus Vance
EP. 01

Marcus Vance

VP of Engineering at HyperScale Data

Building zero-latency distributed databases and real-time streaming architectures capable of handling petabyte-scale machine intelligence workloads.

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TOPICS COVERED

What we decode

Every conversation explores core domains of modern technology with depth and clarity.

14 EPISODES

AI

18 EPISODES

Software

12 EPISODES

Startups

10 EPISODES

Product

9 EPISODES

Design

15 EPISODES

Engineering

8 EPISODES

Leadership

11 EPISODES

Entrepreneurship

16 EPISODES

Future of Tech

FOCUS DOMAIN

AI

Models, Agents & Reasoning

Deep dives into LLMs, agentic orchestration, fine-tuning, vector search, and edge intelligence.

AVAILABLE CONVERSATIONS

14 Detailed Sessions

Browse Topics
OUR ETHOS

Technology is changing fast. The stories behind it deserve time.

DeCodingTalks goes beyond headlines and hot takes. We sit down with the people building the products, companies, and ideas shaping the future — and unpack how they think, build, fail, and move forward.

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Independent Media

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Depth Over Hype

We reject surface-level soundbites. Every conversation is a 60+ minute technical and strategic deep dive.

Builder Perspective

Interviews conducted with people in the arena—founders, engineers, and product leaders doing the hard work.

Unfiltered Truth

Honest discussions about scaling failures, architectural trade-offs, and true startup survival economics.

FOUNDER & HOST

Meet the host

Behind every great conversation is a curious voice dedicated to unpacking technical complexity.

Dr. Rohith Reddy - Host of DeCodingTalks
FOUNDER & PODCAST HOST

Dr. Rohith Reddy

FOUNDER & HOST• DeCodingTalks Studio

Dr. Rohith Reddy

Technology Entrepreneur / Researcher / Podcast Host

Dr. Rohith Reddy created DeCodingTalks out of a deep passion for unvarnished, high-signal conversations in technology. Having led breakthrough technical initiatives across artificial intelligence, cloud systems, and modern digital platforms, Dr. Rohith Reddy hosts long-form dialogues with industry founders, lead engineers, and researchers to unpack what it truly takes to shape the future.

“My goal with DeCodingTalks is simple: build an authentic platform where visionaries and engineers can share real architectural lessons, raw founder truths, and actionable technical wisdom without corporate script filters.”

— Dr. Rohith Reddy

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Mission

Make complex technology easier to understand through honest conversations

CORE MISSION

“Make complex technology easier to understand through honest conversations.”

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