Quantum, Agentic AI & More... Ask Me Anything w/ Alex Karim & Richard Conway, Group CTO of Acora

This episode is a bit different — instead of me interviewing a guest, I'm the one in the hot seat. Richard Conway, Group CTO of Acora takes the interviewer seat for a live recording at a recent UK Azure User Group event. We cover a lot of ground: how to actually listen to a customer instead of jumping straight to the solution, the evolution of Microsoft Fabric, whether reporting as we know it is dead, why vibe coding can be dangerous without engineering fundamentals, where MCP and agent-to-agent protocols are really headed, Microsoft's own MAI foundation models, and — because we couldn't resist — the Majorana quantum chip and what it could mean for drug discovery and encryption. Follow Alex using the below links: LinkedIn:   / alex-karim   Instagram:   / alexkarim404   YouTube:    / @alexkarim404