AI in Action E563: Building Enterprise AI Agents at Scale with Crafting’s Sumeet Vaidya

Welcome to episode 563 of the AI in Action podcast, the show where we break down the hype and explore the impact that Data Science, Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence are making on our everyday lives.

Powered by Alldus International, our goal is to share with you the insights of technologists and data science enthusiasts to showcase the excellent work that is being done within AI in North America and Europe.

Today’s guest is Sumeet Vaidya, Co-Founder and CEO at Crafting. Founded in 2021, Crafting is an AI infrastructure platform that enables engineering teams to deploy autonomous coding agents in secure, production-like environments. Designed for enterprise organizations, the platform allows AI agents to write, test, validate and ship software using real infrastructure, data and dependencies. Crafting helps businesses accelerate software delivery while maintaining enterprise-grade security, reliability and operational control.

Sumeet is an experienced engineering leader and entrepreneur focused on solving complex challenges that improve productivity. He has built and scaled high-performing teams across developer tools, consumer products, marketplaces and enterprise integrations. As an angel investor and advisor, he helps founders achieve product-market fit, strengthen their technology and business strategies, and build scalable companies. Sumeet is passionate about enabling teams to solve meaningful problems and create lasting impact.

In the episode, Sumeet talks about:

His journey from big tech roles to startup founder

Crafting’s shift from improving developer tooling to now enabling AI agents

Betting on AI agents despite industry skepticism

Building an enterprise-first AI agent infrastructure for scaling globally

Why Agents need real testing capabilities to succeed

Why engineering leaders are caught between AI hype and practical execution pressure

The need for engineers to focus on outcomes and founders to understand motivation

To find out more about all the great work happening at Crafting, check out the website www.crafting.dev and follow them on LinkedIn. You can also connect with Sumeet directly on LinkedIn.

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