AI Sprawl Is Real | Ep. 4 with Priya Udeshi

AI Sprawl Is Real | Ep. 4 with Priya Udeshi

From Think AI Podcast by Dave Goyal

April 8, 2026 · 58 min

About this episode

Priya Udeshi discusses her insights on AI strategy and governance within a global tech enterprise.

What happens when someone with 17 years of IT strategy experience gets a front-row seat to the AI transformation inside a global tech enterprise? Priya Udeshi is Chief of Staff to the CIO and Head of IT PMO, sitting at the intersection of AI strategy, governance, and execution. She shares how she balances enterprise-scale agent deployments with democratized AI for every employee, why old governance frameworks are breaking, and what CIOs need to do right now to stop falling behind. In this episode: 00:00 Meet Priya Udeshi: From PMO leader to Chief of Staff 05:25 AI curious vs. AI enthusiast vs. AI skeptic: Where do you fall? 08:24 Enterprise search as the real solution to meeting overload 11:59 Why PPM tools fail and what actually works 18:55 AI is in the passenger seat, I’m driving 22:31 AI doubles capability every 3.3 months. What that means by 2030 24:00 Agent sprawl is real and governance has to evolve 31:16 Hallucinations: What’s working to contain them 41:05 What CIOs should be doing RIGHT NOW 44:33 Measuring AI-assisted engineering with real KPIs 47:06 Priya’s 7-year-old built a children’s book with AI 52:04 Trust your gut: Advice to her younger self If this conversation…

People in this episode

Host: Dave Goyal

Guest: Priya Udeshi

Topics covered

  • AI strategy
  • governance
  • enterprise-scale deployments
  • CIO responsibilities
  • AI transformation
  • agent sprawl

Keywords

  • AI transformation
  • enterprise governance
  • CIO
  • agent sprawl
  • PPM tools
  • AI capabilities
  • democratized AI

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: global tech enterprise, CIO, PPM tools

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