What are businesses actually doing with AI right now — beyond the hype?
In this episode of Real AI Use Cases: Business Owners Roundtable, entrepreneurs, marketers, engineers, podcasters, and innovators share real-world ways they’re using AI to increase productivity, improve operations, create content faster, scale businesses, and drive measurable growth.
Hosts Elizabeth Gearhart and Richard Gearhart lead a lively discussion featuring:
The conversation explores seven practical AI use cases businesses can apply today, including:
You’ll hear candid discussions about the benefits and risks of AI, including concerns about authenticity, automation, over-engineering content, and the future of creative work.
Some standout moments include:
This episode was recorded at the iHeart Studios in Manhattan as part of the Passage to Profit broadcast.
Businesses are using AI for research, customer service, software development, marketing, podcast production, health tracking, surveillance systems, SEO, automation, and content generation.
Entrepreneurs in this episode discuss using AI to automate repetitive work, speed up coding, monitor health metrics, optimize content, and generate marketing assets faster.
Yes. Elizabeth Gearhart discusses using AI tools like Google Gemini and ChatGPT to improve viewer retention, optimize videos, and structure content for better YouTube performance.
Not entirely. The guests explain that AI is making engineers significantly more productive by helping write and improve code, but human oversight is still critical.
James McCormick explains how AI-powered video surveillance systems can identify threatening activities in real time and help deter incidents before they happen.
AI avatars are digital versions of people created using artificial intelligence. Businesses and creators are increasingly using them to generate scalable video and social media content.
The episode explores both sides of this debate. While AI-generated content is becoming more advanced, several guests argue that authentic human-created content still resonates more strongly with audiences.
Absolutely. Podcasters are using AI for scripting, editing, show notes, SEO optimization, repurposing content, social clips, and audience retention strategies.
Some guests discuss concerns around authenticity, privacy, creative jobs, and over-reliance on automation. Others see AI as a powerful assistant that helps small teams scale faster.
