This episode explores the critical intersection of innovation and AI risk management. Alec Crawford, Founder and CEO of Artificial Intelligence Risk, Inc., shares his journey from managing Wall Street risk during the 2008 financial crisis to securing the modern AI frontier. He debunks the myth that data governance is a “roadblock,” explaining how automated frameworks actually accelerate adoption by preventing “rogue AI’ failures. The conversation provides a warning about the shifting regulatory landscape, the dangers of “poisoned” databases, and why maintaining ownership of your proprietary data is the only sustainable competitive advantage in the AI arms race.

Join us as we discuss:

• [1:43] How a company’s personality affects their risk management profile

• [15:37] Why AI and data governance is an accelerant, not a drag

• [23:14] What people should look forward to from a regulatory perspective

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