Engineer In the Looop

Alec Harrison

Engineer in the Loop is the weekly show for software engineers who ship with models in the mix. Host Alec Harrison chats with practitioners about architecture decisions, failure modes, and the workflows that keep humans firmly “in the loop.” Expect repo round-ups, post-mortems, and listener Q&A—with actionable code examples and zero buzzword fluff!

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Engineer In the Looop

Episodes (91)

Dec 17, 2025 Inside Microsoft’s Secret to Scaling New Ideas W/ Taylor Black
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Engineer In the Looop

Dec 17, 2025
29¼ minutes
27 MB

What does it really take to turn bold ideas into real impact inside one of the world’s largest technology companies? In this episode of Engineering in the Loop, Alec Harrison sits down with Taylor Black, Director of AI & Venture Ecosystems in the Office of the CTO at Microsoft, to unpack how internal incubators actually work — and why most innovation efforts fail before they ever ship. Taylor leads Microsoft’s internal incubation studio, where early-stage, high-risk ideas are tested, validated, and scaled into products capable of generating hundreds of millions — and eventually billions — in revenue. Unlike tra...

Engineer In the Looop

Inside Microsoft’s Secret to Scaling New Ideas W/ Taylor Black

Alec Harrison

00:00 -29:11