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True North podcast #7 with Robert Feldmann (Microsoft)

On True North 🧭, I sat down with Robert Feldmann, Director of Manufacturing Industry at Microsoft, for a sharp conversation about industrial transformation, AI, and operational excellence. Robert brings a rare perspective: deep roots in engineering and operations, combined with a front-row seat to how global manufacturers are rethinking their technology stacks in the age of AI. What made this conversation special is where our worlds meet: the shop floor and the cloud. OT reality and enterprise AI. Data quality is a prerequisite, not an afterthought. The point where AI ambition collides with energy constraints, fragmented workflows, and the hard limits of industrial reality. We talked about: 🧠 Why AI is fundamentally a processing engine, not intelligence by itself 🧱 Why data quality is the “food” AI runs on 🏭 How operational excellence is evolving beyond classical optimization 🔌 Energy as a first-class design constraint for future AI systems 🧩 Fragmented industrial knowledge and how AI can reconnect it ☁️ How Microsoft thinks about the modern industrial technology stack 🚀 Why the next 10 years will bring more change than the last 30 combined This episode is for builders who want to understand what actually needs to be true for AI to work in industrial environments — beyond demos and hype.