Companies

Red Hat

Mentioned in 17 analyzed podcast episodes across 10 shows

Open-source software and hybrid cloud platform company acquired by IBM in 2018 for $34 billion, representing one of the largest outcomes in open-source software history. Known for enterprise solutions including Podman and SystemD ecosystem tools as alternatives to Docker, and for playing a central role in IBM's multi-cloud and platform-centric strategy. Discussed across tech and business podcasts as a pivotal acquisition that transformed IBM's software capabilities despite initial market skepticism.

Episode Mentions

Tech Brew Ride Home

Tech Brew Ride Home · Jul 28, 2026

Anthropic Doesn't Hate Open Weights, Says Anthropic.

Founding member of NVIDIA's Open Source AI Alliance

Open-Weight AI Model RegulationAI Safety Testing StandardsExport Controls on AI Chips
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张小珺Jùn|商业访谈录

张小珺Jùn|商业访谈录 · Jul 28, 2026

148. 对游凯超3小时访谈:开源Infra、和模型Co-design 、“如果vLLM失败,我们会后悔一辈子”

Software company contributing to vLLM maintenance and governance as part of open-source ecosystem

vLLM architecture and PagedAttention algorithmModel and infrastructure co-design principlesOpen-source project governance and community management
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TBPN

TBPN · Jul 20, 2026

Kimi K3 Reactions, The Odyssey Hits $264M in Debut, Netflix Embraces AI | Diet TBPN

Used as a business model analogy for how open-source AI can generate revenue through hosted services.

Kimi K3 open-source AI model release and benchmarksUS-China AI geopolitical competition and chip export controlsOpen-weight AI models and cybersecurity risk escalation
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TBPN

TBPN · Jul 14, 2026

IBM's AI Rollercoaster, Demis Calls for AI Watchdog, NY Pauses AI Data Centers | Diet TBPN

Acquired by IBM for $34B; its OpenShift Kubernetes platform is IBM's key AI-era asset.

IBM Stock Collapse and AI Era PositioningIBM Business History and Mainframe LegacyRed Hat OpenShift and Enterprise Kubernetes
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TBPN

TBPN · Jul 14, 2026

IBM Nukes, Demis Govt Plan, Paramount WBD Deep Dive | Dylan Byers, Noah Schochet, Saam Motamedi, Ioannis Antonoglou, Jack Dent, Evan Burns & Jamie Seltzer, Tyler Page

Acquired by IBM for $34B in 2019; its OpenShift Kubernetes platform cited as IBM's strongest AI-era asset.

IBM stock collapse and mainframe spending declineDemis Hassabis US Frontier AI Standards Body proposalNew York State AI data center moratorium
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Ship It Weekly - DevOps, SRE, Platform and Cloud Engineering News

Ship It Weekly - DevOps, SRE, Platform and Cloud Engineering News · May 14, 2026

AI Agents Get API Access and Identity: GitHub Copilot Cloud Agents, MCP Auth, Ansible Automation, OpenAI Daybreak, and the New Production Risk

Positioning Ansible Automation Platform as a trusted execution layer for AI agents in enterprise IT operations

AI Agent API Access and REST IntegrationModel Context Protocol (MCP) AuthenticationGitHub Copilot Cloud Agent Tasks
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Dual Boot Diaries

Dual Boot Diaries · May 8, 2026

Episode 36: OpenClaw Breaks, Fedora 44 Release, CopyFail Threat & More

Fedora distribution mentioned as having already patched CopyFail vulnerability

CopyFail Linux privilege escalation vulnerability and mitigation strategiesLinux kernel version management and security patching across distrosDiscord application updates on Linux through self-updater vs package managers
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Security Now (Audio)

Security Now (Audio) · May 6, 2026

SN 1077: A Browser AI API? - End of Bug Bounties?

Initially deferred Linux kernel privilege escalation patch but reversed course to patch promptly with other distros

AI-Driven Vulnerability DiscoveryBug Bounty Program EvolutionBrowser AI API Standardization
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Software Engineering Daily

Software Engineering Daily · Apr 23, 2026

Hype and Reality of the AI Coding Shift

Chris Grams' early career employer where he conducted some of Red Hat's first developer research surveys

AI code generation adoption and daily usage patternsCode quality and security verification for AI-generated codeDeveloper trust and accountability in AI-assisted workflows
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A Beginner's Guide to AI

A Beginner's Guide to AI · Mar 26, 2026

100 Interviews and Still Going Strong

Mentioned as example of large company interview guest with 19,000 employees

AI podcast production and performance metricsAlgorithm-driven content distributionAI-generated vs human-created content effectiveness
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NVIDIA AI Podcast

NVIDIA AI Podcast · Mar 12, 2026

Building AI Factories: How Red Hat and NVIDIA Turn Enterprise Data Into Intelligence - Ep. 293

Co-host company providing enterprise software orchestration and management for AI deployments

AI Factory ArchitectureEnterprise AI TransformationAgentic AI Systems
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Motley Fool Money

Motley Fool Money · Mar 1, 2026

Interview with IBM CFO Jim Kavanaugh

Major IBM acquisition; hybrid cloud platform central to IBM's platform-centric strategy and open-source leadership

AI Book of Business Growth and MetricsAgentic AI and Workforce TransformationHybrid Cloud Strategy and Adoption
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Brad & Will Made a Tech Pod.

Brad & Will Made a Tech Pod. · Feb 8, 2026

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Podman and SystemD ecosystem developer; mentioned as robust alternative to Docker

TrueNAS vs bare Linux NAS comparisonZFS file system configuration and managementPodman containerization and rootless container execution
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The a16z Show

The a16z Show · Jan 22, 2026

Inferact: Building the Infrastructure That Runs Modern AI

AI Inference OptimizationOpen Source AI InfrastructureGPU Memory Management
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AI + a16z

AI + a16z · Jan 22, 2026

Inferact: Building the Infrastructure That Runs Modern AI

AI inference optimizationOpen source AI infrastructureGPU memory management
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Uncapped with Jack Altman

Uncapped with Jack Altman · Dec 16, 2025

Uncapped #37 | Saam Motamedi from Greylock Partners

Largest outcome in open source software; Greylock investment from open source era of firm's evolution

Venture firm organizational structure and partner count optimizationService-oriented investing philosophy and founder support modelsEarly-stage market selection and zero-market-risk thesis
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Smart Talks with IBM

Smart Talks with IBM · Oct 28, 2025

IBM CEO Arvind Krishna: Creating Smarter Business with AI and Quantum

Acquired by IBM in 2018 for $34B; initially caused 15% stock drop but became most successful IBM software acquisition by enabling multi-cloud strategy

Quantum Computing Applications and TimelineEnterprise AI Deployment StrategyHybrid Cloud Architecture
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