220: India’s Secret Advantage in AI: The FDE Revolution
70% of enterprise AI projects never reach production. The solution: Forward Deployed Engineers (FDEs).
In this episode, Vikram Vaidyanathan and Rocketlane CEO, Srikrishnan Ganesan unpack the rise of the FDE model, from Palantir’s origins to how AI companies use it today to bridge the gap between prototypes and production.
They discuss why traditional SaaS orgs break in AI, the governance needed to scale FDE teams, and why India is emerging as the global engine room for AI deployment.
A crisp breakdown of the role shaping the future of enterprise AI.
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00:01:29 - Introduction to the Z47…
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