The PRQL: From Programming Tic Tac Toe to Building an Operating System for Natural Language Programs With Binny Gill of Kognitos
The PRQL—from programming Tic-Tac-Toe to building an operating system for natural-language programs with Binny Gill of Kognitos — explore how coding evolves to power AI-driven business logic.
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Common questions about this episode
What is this episode about?
Binny Gill, founder and CEO of Kognitos, on The PRQL — a long-form interview tracing his journey from programming Tic-Tac-Toe on a Casio calculator as a kid to building an operating system for programs written in natural language.
Who is Binny Gill?
Binny Gill is the founder and CEO of Kognitos. He previously served as CTO for Cloud Services at Nutanix and now leads Kognitos's mission to democratize programming through natural language and deterministic agentic AI.
What does this episode cover about programming and AI?
Binny's origin story as a programmer, the evolution of how humans communicate with computers, the design choices behind an operating system for natural-language programs, and why this architecture matters for enterprise automation.
How does this episode relate to Agentic AI and enterprise automation?
This is the deepest origin-story articulation of Kognitos's thesis: business logic written in English, executed by a deterministic agentic runtime. That architecture is what powers Kognitos's enterprise customers in finance, supply chain, and IT today.
Where can I listen to this episode?
The original episode is on The Data Stack Show — link is at the top of this page. For Kognitos's current podcast, The Logic of AI Magic, see /podcast/.