The AI Space Podcast

About The AI Space Podcast

Welcome to The AI Space Podcast with Sanjay Kalluvilayil! Winner of Two Telly Awards 2026! We bring top AI leaders to break down complex topics into clear, actionable insights for founders, innovators, and business leaders. Each episode explores AI’s rapid evolution with real-world strategies in sales, marketing, technology, operations, and value creation. Stonehaas Advisors helps AI founders scale with strategic go-to-market consulting and fractional executive services, delivering 2-10x results. Join us to navigate, innovate, and lead in the AI revolution!

Publisher

Sanjay Kalluvilayil

Category

technology

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

13 Dec 2024

Latest episode

7 Oct 2026

Latest episodes

48 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   7 Oct 2026

   Decoding the Real Risks & ROI of Enterprise AI | Liability Insurance | Russ Fradin | Michael Levine

   Decoding the real risks and ROI of enterprise AI: Russ Fradin, Founder and CEO of Larridin, and Michael Levine, insurance coverage attorney at Hunton Andrews Kurth, join host Sanjay Kalluvilayil to show why most companies cannot prove AI ROI, and why their insurance may not cover AI liability when something goes wrong. They unpack D&O insurance, AI washing lawsuits, AI exclusions, and token spend versus headcount. Winner of 2 Telly and 1 w3 Awards 2026! Human First!, AI Native.💠 Key Insights1. Why Enterprise AI ROI Starts With Measuring Real Usage2. Why Your Insurance May Not Cover AI Risk3. Why Token Spend Is the New AI Budget Line----------------------------------------⚡ The Show Log - The AI Space Podcast - Season 2 | Episode 22🎙️ Guest: Russ Fradin | Founder & CEO | Larridin🎙️ Guest: Michael Levine | Attorney | Hunton Andrews Kurth🎙️ Host: Sanjay Kalluvilayil | Founder & CEO | Stonehaas Advisors | Creator & Host | The AI Space Podcast📍 Dallas, TX🔔 Subscribe - Real world insights for AI Founders & Start-ups!Key Links:🌐 Website: https://theaispacepodcast.ai📅 Calendar: https://calendly.com/sanjay-stonehaasadvisors/ai-advantage-15-min🔗 Platforms: https://theaispacepodcast.ai/platforms📬 Newsletter: https://newsletter.theaispacepodcast.ai📝 Transcript: https://theaispacepodcast.ai/s2-e22-enterprise-ai-risk-roi-fradin-levine👤 Guest BiosRuss Fradin is the Founder and CEO of Larridin, a platform providing AI Execution Intelligence to help organizations discover, govern, and optimize their AI investments. Prior to Larridin, he spent 25 years building measurement and analytics companies, including as a senior executive at Comscore.Michael Levine is a Legal 500 and Chambers USA-ranked attorney at Hunton Andrews Kurth with more than 25 years of experience litigating insurance disputes and advising clients on insurance coverage matters, including AI and emerging technology risks.💠 Company Bio: Larridin provides a complete AI Execution Intelligence platform that helps organizations chart their path from inefficient use of AI to a competitive advantage that drives ROI. It has $17M in seed funding led by Andreessen Horowitz, Bloomberg Beta, Google Ventures, and others.📈 Host Bio: Sanjay Kalluvilayil helps AI businesses win clients, convert sales, and scale operations to maximize cash flow and valuation. As a trusted advisor and fractional CXO, he brings 30+ years of expertise spanning Big 4 consulting, Fortune 500 transformation, and start-up acceleration.🎯 Company Bio: At Stonehaas Advisors, we help AI founders overcome growth and cash flow challenges with GTM strategies that drive organic growth, capital raises, and strategic exits.Chapters0:00 Trailer: The Real Risks and ROI of Enterprise AI2:52 Host Intro3:38 Key AI Trend - Change Management at Scale5:22 The Other Side of the Coin - AI Risk8:53 Guest Intro - Russ Fradin and Michael Levine10:15 D&O Liability and Insurance in an AI World13:00 What Is D&O Insurance? AI Washing Explained14:57 Larridin - The Measurement Company for AI16:41 Do Legacy Insurance Policies Cover AI?18:21 AI Liability in Hiring, Chatbots, and Lawsuits20:24 Measuring 3,000 AI Tools in the Enterprise24:50 Agentic AI Risk - When Automated Systems Fail26:41 Why Enterprises Block Open-Source AI Agents33:13 AI Exclusions - Who Holds the Bag?38:44 Sales and Marketing in the Age of AI Slop41:09 Discoverability - SEO, GEO, and AEO45:15 Protecting Operations While You Scale50:16 Token Spend vs Headcount54:49 AI as the Great Democratizer56:29 Ethical and Responsible AI57:33 Final Thoughts - Never a Better Time to Build58:42 Show Outro - Where to ConnectJoin the AI Revolution - Artificial Intelligence Insights for AI Start-ups & Founders!#EnterpriseAI #AILiability #TheAISpacePodcast #AIROI #AIGovernance #AIRisk #AIPodcast

2. 

   26 Sept 2026

   How Founders Scale Operations With AI, Not Slop and Inefficiency | Creator's Cut | 4K

   Streamline and scale operations with AI, not inefficiency and slop. AI agents do not fix a broken process, they just make the slop go faster. Map the customer journey and fix the process first. 💠 Key Insights1. Why Map the Customer Journey Before You Deploy AI? AI deployed without a mapped customer experience leaves customers stuck in loops yelling "representative!" Map the journey first . 2. Why Does AI Make Inefficiency Worse? AI accelerates whatever process it touches, including the waste. Clean your data first, optimize, then automate. 3. How Should You Measure and Budget an AI Agent? Measure every agent by outcome, not usage: set the KPI up front, and if an agent still doesn't do its job after training, fire it. Compare token cost to FTE cost and cap usage to protect your margins. ⚡ The Show Log | Season 2 | Episode 21 | Live Event 🎙️ Host & Moderator: Sanjay Kalluvilayil | Founder & CEO | Stonehaas Advisors | Creator & Host | The AI Space Podcast 🎤 Guest MC: Wendi R. Wilburn | CEO | Tech Titans 🎙️ Guests: - Shuchi Agrawal | CAIO | Global Banking and Financial Group - Alex Siskos | SVP, Strategy | Everseen- Rahul Bhavsar | Founder & CEO | AI Xccelerate - Tye Threats | Founder & CEO | WTV Consulting Group 📍 𝗟𝗼𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻: Dallas, TX 📅 Recording: Thursday, June 25, 2026 🔔 Subscribe: https://www.youtube.com/@TheAISpacePodcast?sub_confirmation=1Key Links: 🌐 Website: https://theaispacepodcast.ai 📅 Calendar: https://calendly.com/sanjay-stonehaasadvisors/ai-advantage-15-min 🔗 Platforms: https://theaispacepodcast.ai/platforms 📬 Newsletter: https://newsletter.theaispacepodcast.a i📅 Events: https://luma.com/theaispacepodcast 📝 Transcript: https://theaispacepodcast.ai/s2-e21-how-founders-scale-operations-with-ai 👤 Guest Bios - Shuchi Agrawal leads AI execution for a global banking group. - Alex Siskos leads growth strategy at Everseen, a Cork, Ireland computer vision company. - Rahul Bhavsar is a former CTO building AI employees at AI Xccelerate. - Tye Threats led operations and IT implementations for two decades before founding WTV Consulting Group. 📈 Host Bio: Sanjay Kalluvilayil helps AI businesses win clients, convert sales, and scale operations to maximize cash flow and valuation. As a trusted advisor and fractional CXO, he brings 30+ years of expertise spanning Big 4 consulting, Fortune 500 transformation, and start-up acceleration. 🎯 Company Bio: At Stonehaas Advisors, we help AI founders overcome growth and cash flow challenges with GTM strategies that drive organic growth, capital raises, and strategic exits. Chapters 00:00 Trailer: If It Doesn't Do a Job, Fire It 02:27 Intro: Streamlining Operations With AI 03:01 Meet the Panel: 2026 Goals 09:00 Buying AI Before Defining the Problem 10:39 The VA No-Show and the Case for AI Agents 11:33 Build Your Own AI Assistant With Claude Code 13:08 Computer Vision at Self-Checkout 20:47 Bank AI Stack: Databricks and Garbage In 27:58 AI Employees: Text, Voice, and Vision 33:39 AI in the Call Center: Assist and Containment 37:16 Agent, Human Please: Map the Customer Journey 40:27 Drive-Thru Voice AI and Declaring AI as AI 43:35 Autonomous Agents: OpenClaw, Mythos, Hermes 47:13 Building AI Ethically and Responsibly 52:04 Closing Advice: Design Smartly 54:05 Token Cost vs FTE Cost: The $500K AI Bill 54:51 Audience Q&A: Staying Ahead of Your Agent 56:32 93 % AI vs 82 %Doctors 1:00:31 Token Leaderboards vs Real Outcomes 1:04:12 When to Switch From Humans to AI Agents ❓ Questions This Episode Answers How do you streamline and scale operations with AI? Why map the customer journey before deploying AI agents? How much does an AI agent cost compared to an employee? Should AI approve a loan without a human in the loop? Join the AI Revolution - Artificial Intelligence Insights for AI Start-ups & Founders! #AIOperations #AIAgents #TheAISpacePodcast #CustomerJourney #ProcessAutomation

3. 

   16 Sept 2026

   AI Tech Stack | The Founders and Builders Architecting Product Market Fit | Creator's Cut | 2026

   Dashboards are dead, and your AI tech stack is not your moat. If nobody pays for what you built on a repeated basis, you have a science fair project, not a company.In this Creator's Cut of The AI Space Podcast, recorded live at the Founders and Builders Forum in Dallas, TX, host Sanjay Kalluvilayil explores how a panel of CIOs and CTOs actually stack AI in 2026: multi-model APIs, Claude Code, autonomous agents like OpenClaw, and the human in the loop governance that earns you the license to go fast.Winner of Two Telly Awards 2026! - Human First!, AI Native.💠 Key Insights1. Why Are Dashboards Going to Be Dead? (14:07)2. Why Is Governance the License to Go Fast? (43:46 and 1:01:25)3. What Is the One Thing a Model Cannot Replace? (23:49)⚡ The Show Log | Season 2 | Episode 20 | Live Event🎙️ Host & Moderator: Sanjay Kalluvilayil | Founder & CEO | Stonehaas Advisors | Creator | The AI Space Podcast🎤 Guest MC: Valerie Freeman | CEO | BravoTECH🎙️ Guests:- Dalia Powers | CIO | Humana- Sameer Ranjan | CTO & Data Scientist | Catenate- Ben Bergeron | VP, Revenue | In-Telecom- Derrick Bozkurt | Founder | Spacer AI | Community Leader | Plano Prompt Engineers📍 𝗟𝗼𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻: Dallas, TX📅 Recording: Thursday, May 28, 2026🔔 Subscribe: https://www.youtube.com/@TheAISpacePodcast?sub_confirmation=1Key Links:🌐 Website: https://theaispacepodcast.ai📅 Calendar: https://calendly.com/sanjay-stonehaasadvisors/ai-advantage-15-min🔗 Platforms: https://theaispacepodcast.ai/platforms📬 Newsletter: https://newsletter.theaispacepodcast.ai📅 Events: https://luma.com/theaispacepodcast📝 Transcript: https://theaispacepodcast.ai/s2-e20-ai-tech-stack-product-market-fit👤 Guest BiosDalia Powers was named one of the AI 75 Innovators and Top 50 CIOs Nationwide.Sameer Ranjan builds Catenate, an AI platform for career and soft skill decisions.Ben Bergeron leads sales, marketing, and client success for a managed IT company across the South.Derrick Bozkurt is co-developer of Spacer, an AI-native real estate platform.📈 Host Bio: Sanjay Kalluvilayil helps AI businesses win clients, convert sales, and scale operations to maximize cash flow and valuation. As a trusted advisor and fractional CXO, he brings 30+ years of expertise spanning Big 4 consulting, Fortune 500 transformation, and start-up acceleration.🎯 Company Bio: At Stonehaas Advisors, we help AI founders overcome growth and cash flow challenges with GTM strategies that drive organic growth, capital raises, and strategic exits.Chapters00:00 Trailer: Dashboards Are Dead02:47 Intro: AI Is Rewriting the Rules03:08 Meet the Panel: 2026 Goals08:59 Product Market Fit or Science Fair Project11:22 AI Washing: Telecom, IT, and Healthcare14:07 Dashboards Are Dead, Culture Is the Hard Part18:38 Domain Expertise Plus AI at 5020:20 Critical Skills: Curiosity, People, Domain26:24 Find a Pain Point and Build With Claude Code28:11 AI Tech Stack Primer: Chatbots to Agents29:55 Claude Code Setup: Rules, Skills, Memory32:37 Multi-Model API Stack: OpenAI, Claude, Gemini36:26 CRM Forecasting, Dragonfruit, Roost39:59 Ambient Listening and the Call Center Story42:20 Google: 75 Percent of Code Generated by AI43:46 Ethical AI: Does AI Deny Healthcare Claims?45:22 GEO and AEO: Building an Article With Claude47:29 Closing Advice: Skills and Sub Agents49:39 Every LLM Is Biased to Pamper You51:24 OpenClaw, Hermes, and Securing Autonomous Agents54:58 Get Comfortable Being Uncomfortable57:40 Audience Q&A: AI and the Next Generation1:01:25 When to Put a Human in the Loop❓ Questions This Episode AnswersWhat belongs in an AI tech stack for a start-up in 2026? When do you move from human in the loop to human on the loop? Does AI deny healthcare claims? How do you secure autonomous agents like OpenClaw?Join the AI Revolution - Artificial Intelligence Insights for AI Start-ups & Founders!#AITechStack #ProductMarketFit #ClaudeCode #TheAISpacePodcast

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• Kellye Kamp
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