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About ZERO SHOT - AI & Business. Anti-Hype.
ZERO SHOT gives leaders clarity on AI without the hype. Hosts James (The Technical Realist) and Llew (The Boardroom Proxy) unpack what truly matters at the intersection of AI, business and strategy in Australia. From sovereign capability to agentic workflows, we break down the decisions shaping the country’s technological future and why they matter for Boards and executives. No noise, no jargon, just grounded insight. James: Chief AI Officer at Cadent | AI Governance & Strategy Executive (Ethical AI) Llew: Managing Director at Advancer | AI Strategy & Digital Produced by Yennia La Rotta.
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- 12 Oct 2026
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12 Oct 2026
EP 37: AI Sovereignty | Are You Locked In and Don’t Know It?
Shape the show (https://zeroshot.com.au/shape)Two businesses run the exact same AI with the exact same results. The difference only shows up the day one of them tries to leave. Which one are you? In Episode 37 of Zero Shot (https://zeroshot.com.au/) , James Gauci (https://www.linkedin.com/in/jamesrgauci/) and Llew Jury (https://www.linkedin.com/in/llewjury/) go underneath the postcode of where your data sits and into what AI sovereignty actually means. Once you connect AI to your email, files, and customer records, the hard questions begin: who can reach your data, who controls the environment it lives in, and could you ever walk away. This is a grounded, no-hype breakdown of why “stored in Australia” is the shallowest layer of sovereignty, and it closes with a practical six-step exit plan you can act on. Key Highlights Location tells you where data sits, sovereignty tells you who controls it Even Anthropic doesn’t own its chips or compute, dependencies run deep Security, privacy, and sovereignty are three different problems, not one The connector question: who else in the business can see what you hook up You don’t need the same control everywhere, match the workload to the risk Treat your AI stack like an investment portfolio, cloud, device, and sovereign Local models on owned hardware are coming as the chip market resets Your data must be genuinely exportable, that is most of the battle The Sovereignty Test (ask before any important AI workload) Where is your data stored and processed? Who can reach it, technically, contractually, and legally? Who controls the infrastructure, the model, and your critical dependencies? Choice, could you move the workload, model, or data somewhere else? Continuity, could you keep operating if the provider vanished tomorrow? Tools and Frameworks Mentioned GEV Decision Model - (https://www.anthropic.com) A fast, low-cost classifier-style model now going into real agent proposals as the AI brain for routing and data classification. Microsoft 365 Connectors for Claude (https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365-copilot)- The integration that raises the practical access question of who else in a business can see connected inboxes and files. On-Premise and Self-Hosted Models (https://cadent.au) - Locally deployed AI on owned hardware for regulated, high-stakes workloads, expected to grow as the RAM and NAND markets settle. LinkedIn Data Export (https://www.linkedin.com) - A real-world test of how hard providers make it to retrieve your own data, forced only by regulation. Connect with the Hosts James Gauci: (https://www.linkedin.com/in/jamesrgauci/) CEO of Cadent. Llew Jury: (https://www.linkedin.com/in/llewjury/) Managing Director of Advancer at the AI Agency. Zero Shot: (https://zeroshot.com.au/) Follow us on LinkedIn for clarity in a complex landscape. Sponsor Cadent (https://cadent.au/)This episode is brought to you by Cadent. When AI starts influencing decisions and recommendations that affect real people in regulated settings, someone has to make sure that AI is trustworthy, accountable, and defensible. Cadent plans, builds, operates, and governs full stack AI for high stakes industries, hosted onshore in Australia and measured against real business outcomes. Book a discovery call at cadent.au. Produced by Yennia La Rotta (https://www.linkedin.com/in/zarich-la-rotta/).⚡
5 Oct 2026
EP 36: AI vs Brokers - What Still Makes a Middleman Worth Choosing?
Shape the show (https://zeroshot.com.au/shape)When AI can search, compare, and negotiate for you, which of the businesses built to do that for you still deserve to exist? In Episode 36 of Zero Shot (https://zeroshot.com.au/) , James Gauci (https://www.linkedin.com/in/jamesrgauci/) and Llew Jury (https://www.linkedin.com/in/llewjury/) turn their attention to the intermediaries, the brokers, comparison sites, aggregators, and advisors whose entire model was being the layer between you and the market. After an AI insurance app launch wiped billions off broker stocks before lunch, the question is urgent. This is a grounded look at why these middlemen won in the first place, the tension that was always inside the model, and whether AI replaces them entirely or simply becomes their next channel. Key Highlights Why comparison sites and brokers won big over the last fifteen years The pay-to-play tension hiding inside impartial recommendations Does AI replace the middleman or just become its next channel First-party data and MCP servers as the intermediary's lifeline AI companies want the picks and shovels, not the regulated liability Relationship-driven industries like finance may actually grow The hand or the robot test applied to brokers versus advisors We are not rational actors, and trust still wins the big decisions Tools and Frameworks Mentioned Claude by Anthropic - Positioned as a likely partnership player for regulated intermediaries, drawing a parallel to Google's early don't-be-evil positioning. Meta Muse (https://ai.meta.com) - Meta's consumer AI assistant, the most downloaded free app in the US, recently blocked by Amazon over unauthorised agent browsing. Model Context Protocol (MCP) (https://modelcontextprotocol.io) - The standard intermediaries will need to adopt to feed verified price, live availability, and real relationships into AI systems. Connect with the Hosts: James Gauci: (https://www.linkedin.com/in/jamesrgauci/) CEO of Cadent. Llew Jury: (https://www.linkedin.com/in/llewjury/) Managing Director of Advancer at the AI Agency. Zero Shot: (https://zeroshot.com.au/) Follow us on LinkedIn for clarity in a complex landscape. 🤠 Sponsor: This episode is brought to you by Advancer (https://www.advancer.com.au/), the AI agency that cuts through the hype to deliver real, measurable results. They help Australian businesses identify where AI can genuinely create value, then design and build the agents, automations, and custom AI solutions that make those workflows work in practice. With over a hundred clients across Australia, visit advancer.com.au to move from ideas to implementation. Produced by Yennia La Rotta (https://www.linkedin.com/in/zarich-la-rotta/).⚡
27 Sept 2026
EP35: What Happens When AI Becomes the Customer?
Shape the show (https://zeroshot.com.au/shape)For decades you competed for human attention. So what happens when an AI is the one searching, comparing, and choosing on your customer's behalf? In Episode 35 of Zero Shot (https://zeroshot.com.au/) , James Gauci (https://www.linkedin.com/in/jamesrgauci/) and Llew Jury (https://www.linkedin.com/in/llewjury/)explore one of the biggest shifts coming for every business that sells anything: the arrival of a new layer between you and your customer. When a buyer tells an AI to find the option that fits their budget, values, and long-term needs, you are no longer trying to win the person. You are trying to be understood, trusted, and shortlisted by the AI that represents them. This is a grounded look at what happens to competition, pricing power, brand, and customer relationships when comparison becomes effortless. Key Highlights A new intermediary now sits between your business and the buyer The conversion moment has moved into a window you no longer control Being found is no longer enough, you have to be picked What protects your margin when customers compare everything instantly Weak differentiators fade, real ones get amplified by AI Reviews, reputation, and verifiable trust become defensible value Google and Meta hold the data advantage as AI becomes the buyer The takeaway framework: machine chosen or human owned Tools and Frameworks Mentioned Claude Commerce Agents: (https://claude.ai)Anthropic's blueprint for e-commerce, handling product search, comparison, and recommendations on the retailer side and inventory and pricing on the merchant side. Meta Muse: (https://ai.meta.com)Meta's consumer AI assistant that leverages deep personal data to compare options and complete tasks like restaurant bookings, not yet available in Australia. GEV Decision Model: (https://www.anthropic.com)A very fast classifier-style LLM that returns machine-readable JSON rather than prose, useful for rapid data classification in pipelines and data lakehouses. Answer Engine Optimisation (AEO / GEO): (https://advancer.com.au)The discipline of making a business legible, credible, and verifiable to AI so it surfaces inside AI-generated answers rather than traditional search. Machine Chosen or Human Owned: (https://zeroshot.com.au)Zero Shot's framework for leaders to classify which parts of the customer relationship AI will decide and which must stay human led. Connect with the Hosts James Gauci: (https://www.linkedin.com/in/jamesrgauci/) CEO of Cadent. Llew Jury: (https://www.linkedin.com/in/llewjury/) Managing Director of Advancer at the AI Agency. Zero Shot: (https://zeroshot.com.au/) Follow us on LinkedIn for clarity in a complex landscape.Sponsors Cadent (https://cadent.au/) This episode is brought to you by Cadent. When AI starts influencing decisions and recommendations that affect real people in regulated settings, someone has to make sure that AI is trustworthy, accountable, and defensible. Cadent plans, builds, operates, and governs full stack AI for high stakes industries, hosted onshore in Australia and measured against real business outcomes. Book a discovery call at cadent.au. Produced by Yennia La Rotta (https://www.linkedin.com/in/zarich-la-rotta/).⚡
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