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AI: Voice or Victim?How to Build an AI-First Business with Alec CoughlinIf you’re feeling behind on AI — this episode will get you caught up and give you a plan. Whether you lead a team, a business, or just your own workload, Alec Coughlin shares a clear and energizing roadmap for what it actually takes to adopt AI at scale — ethically, practically, and strategically.You’ll learn:The 3 things every AI rollout needs to succeedHow to build psychological safety so teams lean in, not fear changeWhy generative AI is less about replacing jobs and more about unlocking potentialWe also dig into Alec’s “aha moment” with robotic p...2025-07-1657 min
Inside CVC by u-pathEpisode 9: AI Operating Systems, Digital Labor & the End of Pilot Purgatory with Alec CoughlinEnterprise AI strategist Alec Coughlin joins Inside CVC to share hard-earned insights on scaling AI beyond the memo. Alec challenges common misconceptions about “AI-first” strategies and explains why so few companies are truly AI-mature. We explore how leading enterprises like McKinsey, Blue Yonder, and Union Square Ventures are operationalizing intelligent systems—and what corporate innovators and venture investors can learn from them. From automation vs. augmentation to stitching AI agents into workflows, Alec unpacks the risks, opportunities, and mindsets needed to thrive in the age of digital labor.Support the showCatch up on all episod...2025-07-0742 min
AI with Alec. Get smarter on AI. The easy way.Did Apple Just Prove AI Isn't Actually Thinking? According To Their Research...Is AI thinking or just imitating our thinking? A new Apple research paper, "The Illusion of Thinking," suggests these reasoning models are doing the latter. Sophisticated mimicry at a previously unimaginable scale.In an AI with Alec fireside chat, I spoke to Henry Saba to gather his perspective on the paper and get his take on what this really means for businesses and builders in the near-term. As a leader in the space of building data infrastructure, automation and intelligent systems for Citadel and...2025-07-0322 minAI with Alec. Get smarter on AI. The easy way.Your Team Toggles 1,200x Daily Between Apps - HERE's AI Browser Ends This MadnessIf I told you the average employee toggles 1,200 times per day between applications, would you believe me?In my latest AI with Alec podcast, Chuck Doerr, co-Founder + CIO of HERE, not only confirmed this staggering reality but laid out a number of practical ways to operationalize enterprise AI aka translate the AI-first memo movement into results.An origin story that has resulted in deep and wide adoption across the Financial Services industry, Chuck’s perspective on enterprise AI hype vs results, especially within Financial Services is nuanced and refreshing to hear.1️⃣ Harvard research shows the “Toggle Tax” includes knowledge workers to...2025-06-3028 minAI with Alec. Get smarter on AI. The easy way.Creating "Carbon Copies" Of Employees In Regulated Industries: Athena Intelligence CEO Brendan GeilsAfter meeting the client in real life, the first job for an Athena Intelligence client-facing leader is to “build a carbon copy of themselves in the product for the customer”...If that doesn’t capture your undivided attention, go to the 19 min and 12 second mark and listen to Brendon unpack this concept in 175 seconds. For laughs, watch my reaction...AI with Alec Episode #16 is with Brendon Geils, founder + CEO of Athena Intelligence.While everyone is now talking about enterprise AI Agents, my man has been doing it in highly regulated environments because “we want our brand to reflect the security...2025-05-0927 minAI with Alec. Get smarter on AI. The easy way.Beyond Moneyball: The Trillion-Dollar Sports Data Secret | Josh Walker CEO of Sports Innovation LabWhat if the data opportunity on the business side of Sports is bigger than what was profiled in Moneyball on the team / athlete side? I had a fascinating conversation with Josh Walker, co-founder and CEO of Sports Innovation Lab during an AI with Alec podcast episode who revealed the answer to that question and more.1️⃣ Data Fragmentation + Silos: Teams sell rights to business partners handling concessions, merchandise, media and ticketing, creating massive blind spots and fragmented data that prevents unified fan understanding.2️⃣ AI Enabled Hyper-Pe...2025-04-2421 minAI with Alec. Get smarter on AI. The easy way.Space-Based Data Centers: How Starcloud is Solving AI's Energy Crisis | CEO Philip JohnstonWhat’s the first thing you think when you hear about a start-up launching data centers into outer space?For me, it went like this: “Wait, what? Why outer space…ohhhh wow, the AI energy issue. That’s a massive idea…”Watch this AI with Alec episode with Philip Johnston, co-founder + CEO of Starcloud who is doing exactly that and has “the best space engineers in the world working on it.”1: A bunch of “firsts” coming up“By the end of August we'll have an announcement out about the demonstrator satellite that's going up. So that will have the first terrestrial data...2025-04-1620 minAI with Alec. Get smarter on AI. The easy way.Enterprise AI Playbook? There isn't one: How Wendy's AI Leader Will Croushorn Drives InnovationThe enterprise AI playbook doesn’t exist. We’re all just trying to figure it out as we go. But thanks to AI leaders like Will Croushorn of Wendy’s, we get to hear insights from those doing the work.Will joined me again on an AI with Alec podcast and just like last time, he delivers with a refreshing amount of clarity. The kind that comes from hands in the dirt, enterprise AI experience.1: “There's no playbook for this. I think that every company, every organization, every, every employee, every person is trying to figure out how do I operat...2025-04-0132 minAI with Alec. Get smarter on AI. The easy way.AI with Alec - Igor Jablokov: There’s Only One “Igor” In AI. This Is Him.In AI, there’s only one “Igor” and I am SO STOKED to share that he joined me for an AI with Alec interview.
Please find time to hear legendary AI pioneer Igor Jablokov, founder + CEO of Pryon, move through all sorts of fascinating topics.
Chapters:
00:00 - Introduction to Igor Jablokov
00:53 - Igor's Journey: From IBM to Siri and Alexa
02:24 - Understanding Pryon and Enterprise AI
04:47 - Working with JD Vance and Rise of the Rest
07:18 - The Three Acts P...2025-02-0630 minAI with Alec. Get smarter on AI. The easy way.Is Josh Mohrer (founder of Wave) going to be the first solopreneur to become a unicorn?Since ChatGPT launched 2 years ago, a lot of sophisticated AI investors, entrepreneurs etc have suggested it’s not an “if” but a “when” a solopreneur will build a unicorn.
Could Josh Mohrer, founder of Wave: AI Note Taker for iOS and Android, become that unicorn?
What Josh has built by bootstrapping is incredible and a massive inspiration.
Wave records 6,000+ hours per day for 22,000 subscribers…
Josh always knew the engineers were the real rockstars aka he always had “engineer envy” and for Josh, “this just to scratch my own itch”...
2024-12-3112 minAI with Alec. Get smarter on AI. The easy way.Raiza Martin, the Google AI Product Manager building NotebookLM. Experience the AI magic.If you don't know about NotebookLM, now you know. It has ben described as "the next ChatGPT" and once you give it a shot, you'll experience the AI magic and know why.
During the episode, we cover:
1: Re: AI, we're past "why" and all in on "how," especially within the Enterprise.
2: This isn't a promise to change the way you work, it's a tangible reality available to anyone. Right. Now.
3: The discipline to build a great product is what...2024-12-3014 minAI with Alec. Get smarter on AI. The easy way.Wall Street's first AI Analyst is being built by Rogo and their co-founder + CTO Tumas RackaitisThe 12 minute conversation was fascinating as we covered a lot including the following questions:
1: Why do bankers need more than just a chatbot?
2: How can AI enhance the combination of public and private data sets to create a valuable, accessible and Wall Street specific Knowledge Graph that ultimately enhances the art of storytelling around asset valuations?
3: What are the four parts of the Rogo tech stack?
4: One thing in AI that Tumas believes that most others don’t?
s / o Julia Lauer2024-12-3012 min
The Trojan Venture PodcastJake Schuster & Alec Coughlin (Gemini Sports Analytics)On today's episode, Eric sits down with the CEO and COO of Gemini Sports Analytics, Jake Schuster and Alec Coughlin. Founded in 2021, Gemini Sports Analytics is a data management platform leveraging artificial intelligence and machine learning to help sports organizations better identify talent, build their teams and drive results. During the episode, Jake and Alec discuss how their previous experiences complement each other, Gemini's unique value proposition and goals for the rest of 2024! 2024-03-2628 min
PWTorch DailycastPWTorch Dailycast – Wrestling Coast to Coast - Maitland & McClelland review Beyond Wrestling Mills of the Gods including Price vs. CoughlinIn this Dailycast episode of Wrestling Coast to Coast, Chris Maitland and Justin McClelland review Beyond Wrestling’s Mills of the Gods, a strange title for a strange show. There’s a jaw-dropping technical battle between Beyond’s Ace Alec Price and Alex Coughlin, a savvy submission-filled match between Alex Shelley and Beyond perennial Dan Berry, Megan Bayne vs. B3cca, a weird wedding angle, and more. For VIP listeners, they go to the pseudo-shoot matches of Future Stars of Wrestling with Tom Lawlor vs. Bad Dude Tito and Bret the Threat vs. Royce Isaacs.This show is part o...2023-06-021h 15
Beyond MoneyballAlec Coughlin on AI's Competitive EdgeAlec Coughlin is a Client Partner for LivePerson, a customer engagement organization that was named by Fast Company as the #1 most innovative AI company in the world. A proponent of the phrase “humans + machines,” he believes that humans and machines should work together to create value in the spaces they are best suited for. Alec has previously held roles including executive positions at William Morris Endeavor, Publicis.Sapient, and Vice President of Sales & Marketing at the St Louis Rams. A founder as well as a visionary, he created Ludlow Grow in 2019 and ATC Capital in 2010, two businesses focu...2023-05-0523 min
Beyond MoneyballEva Murray & Alec Coughlin: Empowered By DataEva Murray is the Lead Evangelist for EMEA (Europe, Middle East, and Africa) at Snowflake Data Cloud (close partners of GSA) and Coaching Director at Stride Career Coaching. Previously Head of Business Intelligence at Exasol. Eva was Co-Leader of social data project #MakeoverMonday from 2017-2021, author of #MakeoverMonday (with Andy Kriebel) Empowered by Data, and Football Intelligence, and has been a keynote speaker at the Opta Forum. She is generally considered a global expert in both data visualization and AI applications for organizational maturation.Alec Coughlin is a Client Partner for LivePerson, a...2023-03-3036 min