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Why You Can’t Ignore AI Moving to the Edge | Joel Polanco, Senior Hardware Product Manager (Intel)

Why You Can’t Ignore AI Moving to the Edge | Joel Polanco, Senior Hardware Product Manager (Intel)

Update: 2025-08-28
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On today’s episode of LaunchPod AI, we’re talking with Joel Polanco, Senior Hardware Product Manager at Intel’s Edge Computing Group. He’s led dozens of enterprise AI edge deployments and knows exactly what it takes to run AI models locally at scale.



In this episode, we discuss:




  • Why AI at the edge will cause a whole new wave of disruption across multiple industries

  • Why moving AI to the edge slashes costs and levels up customer experience

  • And real-world examples of edge AI deployments Joel has seen - from IT assistants to agents that restock store shelves from a single photo



Links



LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jpolanco/

Intel: https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/homepage.html

Joel's PM articles on the LogRocket blog: https://blog.logrocket.com/author/joelpolanco/



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00:00 Introduction

03:32 Retail Applications of Edge AI

04:57 Cost and Implementation Considerations

06:18 Real-World Use Cases and Challenges

12:00 Future of AI and Edge Computing

30:42 Practical Advice for Product Executives

33:46 Conclusion



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Special Guest: Joel Polanco.

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Why You Can’t Ignore AI Moving to the Edge | Joel Polanco, Senior Hardware Product Manager (Intel)

Why You Can’t Ignore AI Moving to the Edge | Joel Polanco, Senior Hardware Product Manager (Intel)

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