At Nvidia GTC, Union.ai CEO and co-founder Ketan Umare makes the case that AI is forcing a fundamental rethink of how software is built, deployed, and maintained. He argues that traditional software stacks were designed for deterministic systems, while AI introduces non-deterministic behavior, rapid experimentation, and infrastructure instability that can easily derail production.

Against that backdrop, Umare positions Union.ai’s open-source Flyte platform as an orchestration system purpose-built for the AI era, one that helps organizations manage multi-step workflows, recover from infrastructure failures, and reduce the operational burden that slows engineers down.

Across the interview, his broader message is that the companies moving fastest in AI are the ones that combine clear problem focus, production-grade tooling, and control over their own data.