Inside Runpod’s GPU Cloud for Long-Running AI Agents
From In The Arena by TechArena by Allyson Klein
January 23, 2026 · 20 min · Season 3 · Episode 66
About this episode
Brennen Smith discusses GPU-dense clouds and orchestration for AI agents.
Runpod head of engineering Brennen Smith joins a Data Insights episode to unpack GPU-dense clouds, hidden storage bottlenecks, and a “universal orchestrator” for long-running AI agents at scale.
People in this episode
Host: Allyson Klein
Guest: Brennen Smith
Topics covered
- GPU Cloud
- AI Agents
- Data Insights
- Engineering
- Storage Bottlenecks
- Orchestration
Keywords
- Runpod
- GPU
- AI
- cloud computing
- orchestrator
- engineering
- data insights
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Organizations: Runpod, TechArena
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