About this episode

Jack Cochran and Manisha Raisinghani discuss the evolving role of solutions engineers in the context of AI advancements.

In this episode, Jack Cochran welcomes back Manisha Raisinghani, Founder and CEO of SiftHub, exactly one year after her first appearance on the show. Together they explore the dramatic shift in how AI is being used by solutions engineers. Manisha shares what it means for SEs to become Forward Deployed Engineers, how vibe coding is changing live customer interactions, and what enterprise leaders are getting wrong about AI adoption. She also offers concrete first steps for SEs and SE leaders who feel like they're behind. Thank you to SiftHub for sponsoring this episode! Visit sifthub.io to learn more. Follow Us Connect with Jack Cochran: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jackcochran/ Connect with Manisha Raisinghani: https://www.linkedin.com/in/manisha-raisinghani/ Links and Resources Mentioned Join Presales Collective Slack: https://www.presalescollective.com/slack SiftHub: https://sifthub.io/ Sol/Con (PSC Annual Conference, Chicago): https://www.presalescollective.com/solcon-2026 Paytm (referenced in board discussion): https://paytm.com Key Topics Covered How AI Shifted from Co-Pilot to Workflow Orchestrator Vibe Coding and the Forward Deployed Engineer Democratizing Institutional…

People in this episode

Host: Jack Cochran

Guest: Manisha Raisinghani

Topics covered

• AI in solutions engineering
• Forward Deployed Engineers
• Vibe coding
• AI adoption challenges
• SE value visibility
• AI transformation

Keywords

• AI
• solutions engineering
• Forward Deployed Engineers
• vibe coding
• AI adoption
• enterprise leaders
• SE workflows

Sponsors

SiftHub

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Paytm

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