On this episode of the Shared Everything podcast, Nicole Hemsoth sits down with Sven Breuner, Field CTO at VAST Data and one of the pioneers of modern parallel file systems, to discuss how AI is reshaping data infrastructure. Drawing on two decades of experience in HPC storage, Sven explains why the industry is moving beyond a singular focus on performance toward making data easier to access, automate, and extract value from. They explore the convergence of AI and traditional scientific computing, the growing importance of intelligent data platforms, workflow automation, and why the future belongs to organizations that can turn ever-growing volumes of data into meaningful insight.