The AI Chopping Block

About The AI Chopping Block

Learn what works in AI right now and future-proof your business or your career so you don't end up on the AI chopping block. Right now, AI is used for less than 1% of the problems it can solve. We're here to change that. Every week, we interview industry insiders & the builders behind game-changing AI-powered companies to uncover practical insights you can implement in your business or career to get ahead. Hosted by David Stepania with tech veterans Ben Smokovic & Derek Skinnell, these conversations cut through the hype to show how real businesses are leveraging AI's untapped potential.

Publisher

David Stepania

Category

business · education · society & culture

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

7 May 2025

Latest episode

12 Feb 2026

Latest episodes

32 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   12 Feb 2026

   Scaling 3000 Sites With 1 AI Agent

   In this episode, Mark Michael, founder of DevHub, breaks down what it really looks like to scale a non–AI-native company in the age of AI agents. DevHub powers thousands of franchise and multi-location websites, and instead of chasing hype, Mark explains how his team is using AI where it actually works from internal knowledge agents and developer copilots to agent-driven website updates across hundreds or thousands of locations. We dive into: - How DevHub manages 300–3000 websites with mini...

2. 

   22 Jan 2026

   Nonprofits Are Saving 12 Hours a Week With AI — But That’s Not the Real Breakthrough

   Nonprofits are uniquely positioned to benefit from AI — yet most are still struggling to adopt it. In this episode, Remy Reya, Director of AI and Thought Leadership at Compass Pro Bono, breaks down how nonprofits are actually using AI today, what’s holding them back, and why AI adoption in mission-driven organizations looks very different from the for-profit world. Remy shares how Compass Pro Bono rolled out enterprise AI tools internally and helped their team save 10–12 hours per week, not b...

3. 

   15 Jan 2026

   AI Hiring From 60 days to 2 Hours

   Hiring shouldn’t take 60 days. In this episode, Alex an AI recruiter designed to interview everyone, summarise every conversation, and help employers and staffing firms move from “endless screening” to “fast, skills-based hiring.” Alex isn’t just a chatbot. It has its own interview link, calendar, email, and phone number, can run interviews over phone or video (Zoom-style), and plugs into your ATS to write back notes, ping hiring managers, and keep workflows moving. The wild part: Fro...

Who has been a guest on The AI Chopping Block

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• Fedor Zhdanov
• Justin Coats
• Alex Levin
• Mounir
• Ómar Thor Ómarsson

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YouTube views

284,213

Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025

Spotify

5.0 / 5

1 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 67 / 100

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Quality

88

Social presence

0

YouTube

82

Engagement

32

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