AI adoption is outpacing governance at every level, and the cost of waiting is getting higher by the day. Guru Sethupathy, General Manager of AI Governance at Optro and former Founder of FairNow, breaks down what it really takes to build trust in AI systems before things go sideways.

Guru lays out a simple but powerful 3 P’s Framework: policies, process, and people, connecting it to what teams are actually dealing with right now, from shadow AI to security threats that don’t look like anything we’ve seen before.

If 2026 is the year AI moves from experiments to real operations, this conversation is your blueprint for keeping it under control.

Impactful Moments
00:00 - Introduction
02:25 - What does Optro do? Helping companies with the AI governance journey.
03:10 - Why AI governance is really about trust, not control
05:15 - The moment AI went mainstream, and why that changed everything
05:50 - The three real business risks: performance, security, and transparency
07:30 - Human accountability in an AI-driven world
08:48 - What’s actually happening with AI regulation, EU, US, and standards
10:28 - Where Optro fits, orchestration vs monitoring in AI governance
13:05 - The 3 Ps framework: policies, process, and people
14:47 - Governance 101, why AI inventory is the first move every team misses
16:12 - The reality check, AI adoption is outpacing governance everywhere
17:45 - Shadow AI explained, what your team is doing that you can’t see
19:45 - Optro’s top use cases: visibility, compliance, and operationalizing governance
20:43 - Who owns AI governance, and why it’s becoming a team sport
22:20 - Final advice, start now or play catch-up later

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Connect with our guest, Guru Sethupathy, on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/guru-sethupathy/

Learn more about Optro: https://optro.ai/

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