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🎙️ Cloud Dialogues #34: Plugging AI Into the Real World — Why MCP Matters

In this episode of Cloud Dialogues, Georgia and Matt go beyond the buzzwords and into the wiring of enterprise AI. From AI agents that write code to cloud strategies that make a lick of sense, we unpack the tools and protocols reshaping modern AI — starting with the week’s wild headlines.

🔥 News Highlights:

• Databricks acquires Neon, strengthening the serverless Postgres story

• OpenAI drops Codex, a multitasking software agent that’s raising a few eyebrows

• Google launches Gemini 2.5 and VO3, stepping further into multimodal territory

• Microsoft open-sources GitHub Copilot, plus introduces a new SRE agent

• Oracle bets big on AI, snapping up $40B in Nvidia chips for U.S. data centers

We also call out the rise of “vibe coding” and the risks of AI-powered startups without adult supervision. Georgia thinks that credentials still matter....

🧠 Deep Dive: What the Heck Is MCP?

MCP (Model Context Protocol) is an answer to a growing problem that we are all hearing about: LLMs are powerful, but kind of clueless. Without fresh data, structured tools, and the ability to reason in real-time, they hallucinate. A lot.

MCP fixes that — by letting AI agents safely plug into real systems (think APIs, dashboards, HR tools) with structure, permissions, and traceability.

💼 Why Execs Should Care:

• ✅ Inject real-time data into AI workflows without retraining models

• ✅ Reduce hallucinations and increase trust, auditability & reliablity

• ✅ Enable secure, role-based access to internal systems (HR, finance, ops)

• ✅ Build agents that do more than chat — they act

🛠️ Real-World Use Cases:

• Pulling support ticket history during a live customer call

• Executing a compliance check via a secure API

• Asking your AI assistant to summarize live KPIs across platforms

🎧 We wrap up with a challenge: what would it really take to let an AI agent run an entire startup? (Spoiler: we’re not there yet — but we’re closer than you think - eyes on this space 👀)

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