Orchestrating Smarter AI Systems with Yoav Shoham | AI Basics with Google Cloud
About this episode
In this episode of AI Basics, Jason sits down with Yoav Shoham — Stanford professor emeritus and co-founder of AI21 Labs, creators of Jurassic-2, Wordtune, and the new orchestration system Maestro. They unpack: • Why enterprise AI struggles with reliability • What orchestration really means (and why LLMs alone aren't enough) • The pitfalls of “agent-washing” • Small vs large models, agent-to-agent protocols, and where real opportunities lie This one is for founders building with AI — if you're navigating hallucinations, chasing automation, or exploring multi-agent workflows, this episode is …