AI Adoption Trends

Analysis of how organizations and individuals embrace or resist artificial intelligence technologies over time, including adoption patterns and resistance factors.

9 episodes

Ep 48 Kumar Ampapathini: What Builders Get Wrong About Capital—From Someone Who's Lived Both Sides

Ep 48 Kumar Ampapathini: What Builders Get Wrong About Capital—From Someone Who's Lived Both Sides

Kumar Ampapathini, a fractional CFO with Wall Street experience and a computer science background, discusses the intersection of technology and finance in startup investing. He explains how AI is transforming business operations, why institutional investors prioritize profitability pathways over pure growth, and how the fractional executive model delivers high-level expertise to early-stage companies at accessible costs.

Ep41 Bryan Dennstedt of AIWithBry—2026 Trends: Trust in AI, Healthcare, College, AGI & more

Ep41 Bryan Dennstedt of AIWithBry—2026 Trends: Trust in AI, Healthcare, College, AGI & more

Todd and Bryan Dennstedt review their 2025 AI predictions and discuss 2026 trends including agentic AI workflows, SaaS pricing disruption, trust verification systems, and the transformation of software development through AI-powered rapid prototyping. They explore how AI is enabling low-capital entrepreneurship, challenging traditional venture models, and requiring fundamental shifts in business planning and execution.

Welcome to our live show!

Welcome to our live show!

Todd and Brian review their 2025 predictions about AI adoption, venture capital, and technology trends, then discuss 2026 forecasts. They explore how AI agents are transforming software development, the shift from SaaS models to custom automation, and emerging opportunities in local manufacturing and rapid business creation enabled by AI tools.

SpeedRun Ep19 Marketing Plans with Virginie Glaenzer - Tales from the Sky Lounge

SpeedRun Ep19 Marketing Plans with Virginie Glaenzer - Tales from the Sky Lounge

Todd and Virginie demonstrate live how to build a complete marketing plan using AI tools like ChatGPT and Claude. They identify lack of clarity as the biggest barrier to AI adoption among executives, design a five-step 'AI Value Blueprint' service offering targeting CMOs, CROs, and COOs in B2B SaaS, and develop persona-specific messaging and automation workflows—all within one hour using conversational AI.

Ep29 Teja Yenamandra—Beyond Resumes-The Case for Talent-First, Human-Centered Hiring

Ep29 Teja Yenamandra—Beyond Resumes-The Case for Talent-First, Human-Centered Hiring

Teja Yenamandra, founder of Gun.io, discusses building a venture-backed labor marketplace that connects senior freelance engineers with companies based on merit rather than price. He shares insights on remote-first company building, the impact of AI on software development, maintaining work-life balance as an entrepreneur, and navigating venture capital relationships while staying focused on sustainable growth and human impact.

Ep24 Alan Gold—Sales, Marketing, and AI: How to Survive, Scale, and Avoid Stagnation

Ep24 Alan Gold—Sales, Marketing, and AI: How to Survive, Scale, and Avoid Stagnation

Alan Gold, a fractional CMO and sales consultant with 30+ years in technology marketing, discusses the evolving landscape of sales and marketing in the AI era. He covers M&A market dynamics, hiring and developing sales talent, the critical importance of strategy over tactics in marketing, and how companies can break through growth plateaus by finding adjacent markets and refining their differentiation.

Ep22 Antonio Pagano—Phishing, AI Scams, and the Ever-Intensifying Cybersecurity War

Ep22 Antonio Pagano—Phishing, AI Scams, and the Ever-Intensifying Cybersecurity War

Antonio Pagano, CTO and co-founder of Symbol Security and founder of Wano, discusses the evolving cybersecurity landscape with a focus on phishing attacks enhanced by AI. He shares how AI enables more sophisticated social engineering, domain spoofing, and grammatically perfect phishing emails that bypass traditional detection methods. Pagano also covers his journey building two companies—a Colombian software consultancy and a cybersecurity SaaS platform—while maintaining work-life balance and learning from sports and continuous education.

Ep22 Bryan Dennstedt—2025 Trends: AI, Venture Capital, and the Future of Work!

Ep22 Bryan Dennstedt—2025 Trends: AI, Venture Capital, and the Future of Work!

Bryan Dennstedt, fractional CTO at Tech CXO and sustainable investing advocate, discusses 2025 technology and business trends with host Todd. They explore venture capital's post-SVB recovery, AI's practical applications and limitations, the evolution of marketing through influencer content and podcasts, and emerging shifts in crypto regulation, intellectual property, and remote work culture.

Ep 14 - AI Roundtable— Where Do We Stand and What’s Next?

Ep 14 - AI Roundtable— Where Do We Stand and What’s Next?

A panel discussion featuring AI and machine learning experts Joel Foreman (Airworks), Nick Vasilioglou (Relational AI), and Kevin (TechCXO) exploring the current state and future of AI technology. They discuss the distinction between AI and machine learning, practical applications of LLMs, concerns about AI hype versus reality, ethical considerations around training data, and emerging innovations in computer vision, semantic layers, and enterprise AI implementation.

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