Shows / The AI in Business Podcast
The AI in Business Podcast
The AI in Business Podcast is for non-technical business leaders who need to find AI opportunities, align AI capabilities with strategy, and deliver ROI. Each week, Emerj research staff and journalists interview top AI executives from Fortune 2000 firms and unicorn startups - uncovering trends, use-cases, and best practices for practical AI adoption. Visit our advertising page to learn more about reaching our executive audience of Fortune 2000 AI adopters: https://emerj.com/advertise
Episodes
The AI in Business PodcastFrom Operational Insight to Agentic Industrial AI - with Vaibhav Kumar of IFS
Retiring workers can take operational knowledge with them, while difficult-to-use enterprise systems leave other information underused. In this episode…
The AI in Business PodcastInside the Performance Constraints of Modern AI Workflows - with Cameron Bahar of Everpure
GPU clusters sit idle and budgets balloon when storage can't keep pace with how fast AI workloads are scaling. In this episode, Cameron Bahar, GM of Scale AI…
The AI in Business PodcastHow Security Leaders Are Responding to Machine Speed Threats - with Sridhar Boddula of MassMutual
The cost and skill required to mount a serious cyberattack have collapsed, and most enterprise security programs still test on a quarterly or annual clock. In…
The AI in Business PodcastMeasuring Marketing When AI Makes the Click Disappear - with Gillian Hinkle of Salesforce
AI-generated answers can give buyers information without a website visit, complicating how marketing teams measure visibility and conversion. In this episode…
The AI in Business PodcastPreserving Field Service Expertise in the Age of AI - with Thomas Cottereau of Sightcall
Service organizations hold most of their critical expertise in experienced technicians rather than manuals, and that knowledge is leaving as the workforce…
The AI in Business PodcastProving AI ROI in Pharma Marketing - with Kellen Winters of Novartis
Enterprise investment in AI is rising faster than the ability to prove what it returns, leaving technology and vendor spend largely unexamined until leadership…
The AI in Business PodcastDesigning a Technical Workforce That Adapts at the Speed of AI - with Carrol Chang of Andela
A job title no longer tells you what a technical role actually requires, now that AI has changed how the work gets done. In this episode, Carrol Chang, CEO of…
The AI in Business PodcastModernizing Enterprise GRC for Continuous Assurance - with Craig Unger of Hyperproof
Shifting regulations and siloed risk and compliance functions are forcing enterprise leaders to rethink audit-driven compliance. In this episode, Craig Unger…
The AI in Business PodcastBuilding the Foundations for Scalable Industrial AI - with Jeff Witt of GE Vernova
A recommendation that's right 80% of the time sounds fine, until it's steering machinery next to a person. On the factory floor, that margin is the difference…
The AI in Business PodcastAI Content Governance Inside a Regulated Bank - with Stefan Zima of Raiffeisen Bank International AG
Financial institutions are moving fast on generative AI without a clear answer for who owns, and who is liable for, the content it produces and consumes. In…
The AI in Business PodcastReducing Alert Noise with AI in Enterprise IT - with Dhrubojyoti Das Deb of JPMorganChase
Alert volume inside IT operations has outpaced manual triage, leaving real incidents buried in noise. In this episode, Dhrubojyoti Das Deb, SVP of Global IT at…
The AI in Business PodcastWhat Shared Intelligence Really Fixes in Enterprise AI - with John McMullan of Observe.ai
Enterprise CX teams have poured budget into AI, yet many still can't show measurable returns — frontline staff double-check the tools, and each new bot becomes…
The AI in Business PodcastInside the Shift Toward Smarter Automated CX - with Paul Cuglietta of Simplyhealth
A single misstep in a new customer service channel can undo months of trust-building work. In this episode, Paul Cuglietta, Customer Services Director at…
The AI in Business PodcastStop Overpaying for AI Power You Don't Need - with Melissa Ramey of Salesforce
An AI agent can function as designed yet produce results an organization cannot verify or safely use. In this episode, Melissa Ramey, Director, AI…
The AI in Business PodcastTurning Biological Complexity into R&D Advantage with Virtual Cells - with Giorgio Gaglia of Sanofi & Daniel Veres of Turbine
Drug discovery teams are running short of new ideas to test, and AI models that simulate how cells respond to drugs only pay off once leaders know when those…
The AI in Business PodcastWhere AI Should Actually Earn Its Keep in Biopharma - with Mukhtar Ahmed of Greenstone Biosciences
In biopharma R&D, AI investment has overwhelmingly targeted generating more drug candidates, even though the industry has rarely lacked for compounds worth…
The AI in Business PodcastModernizing Finance Data for Faster and More Reliable Operations - with Ciprian Porutiu of Marsh
Finance teams face immense pressure to operate faster, but rushing to automate over fragmented systems only compounds errors downstream. Ciprian Porutiu, SVP…
The AI in Business PodcastManaging Change Across Modern Financial Operations - with Nathaniel Bell of Wells Fargo
For large banks, the barrier to AI at scale is rarely the model. It's decades of fragmented systems, inherited through mergers, acquisitions, and new products…
The AI in Business PodcastTransforming Cardiovascular Care — How AI-Driven Insights Unlock Value for Hospitals and Clinics - with Jim Hartman of Cleerly
Hospitals and clinics continue to face a central challenge: extensive cardiac testing still fails to deliver clear, consistent diagnostic answers, slowing…
The AI in Business PodcastClosing the Gap Between Commercial Plans and What Happens on the Shelf - with Stephanie Lilley of Reckitt
For consumer goods companies, the gap between the commercial plan agreed at head office and what gets executed on the shelf is one of the costliest disconnects…
The AI in Business PodcastWhy Traditional Training Can't Keep Technical Teams Current - with Nicola Lyons of Andela
Traditional, event-based training can't keep pace with technical skills that now shift every six to twelve months. In this episode, Nicola Lyons, Senior…
The AI in Business PodcastResponsible Generative AI in Healthcare and What Leaders Need to Know for 2026 - with Rhett Alden of Elsevier Health
Generative AI is entering clinical workflows just as healthcare institutions grapple with black-box outputs, unclear regulation, and the need for provable…
The AI in Business PodcastBuilding AI Into Systems That Can't Afford to Be Late - with Drew Barbier of MIPS
For AI systems built into vehicles, robots, and industrial equipment, being smart isn't enough — the difference between success and failure often comes down to…
The AI in Business PodcastAI-Powered Revenue Operations: The Future of Sales for SMBs - with Vanessa Tabbert of Salesforce
Enterprise sales teams routinely let the majority of inbound leads go untouched simply because there isn't enough team bandwidth to work them all. In this…
The AI in Business PodcastWhere Agentic AI Pays Off in the B2B Back Office - with Chris Bradley of Veritiv
Large B2B operations keep running order entry, invoicing, and other repetitive back-office workflows by hand, years after most companies started investing…
The AI in Business PodcastThe Real‑World Conditions That Shape Industrial AI - with Scot Burdette of ABB
Industrial environments run on a different set of constraints than the typical enterprise office — physical risk, standalone factory sites, and workflows where…
The AI in Business PodcastClosing the Skills Intelligence Gap in the AI Era - with Cory Hymel of Andela
Job titles routinely undercount what employees can actually do, especially in fast-moving technical roles. In this episode, Cory Hymel, Head of Research at…
The AI in Business PodcastScaling Agentic Automation With Open Architecture - with Arun Chandra of NICE
A quarter of enterprise teams have gotten a single AI channel into full production — the rest are stuck somewhere behind it. In this episode, Arun Chandra…
The AI in Business PodcastAI for Patient Critical Uptime in a Shrinking Technician Workforce - with Michael Goldman
The service environment is straining under rising equipment complexity and a rapidly shrinking technician workforce, making patient‑critical uptime harder to…
The AI in Business PodcastIntelligent Operations at Enterprise Scale - with Dave Glick of Walmart
Enterprise engineering teams often spend more time triaging recurring incidents than building the features customers are asking for. In this episode, Dave…
The AI in Business PodcastHow Leaders Build for the Next Era of Compute - with Sam Grove of MIPS
Consolidating hardware into fewer, more capable chips looks like an unambiguous win — until the complexity those separate components used to handle resurfaces…
The AI in Business PodcastHow Regulated Enterprises Turn Governance Into AI Scale - with Julian Tang of BlackRock
Enterprise leaders face a growing gap between AI ambition and the fragmented data, legacy systems, and cultural friction that prevent pilots from becoming…
The AI in Business PodcastDetermining Virtual Cell Impact for Drug Discovery - with Kristóf Szalay and Gerold Csendes of Turbine
Virtual cell models promise faster, cheaper early-stage drug discovery. However, the industry still lacks a shared way to judge which of these models can…
The AI in Business Podcast[AI Futures] Paolo Ardoino of Tether on Merger or Obsolescence - The Future for Humanity (Stewarding the Flame, Episode 3)
The rise of non‑invasive BCIs and the privacy, security, and human‑relevance questions they introduce is becoming a central concern as this technology moves…
The AI in Business PodcastThe Predictive Model Reshaping Retail Operations at Scale - with Chris Slovak of Unframe
Most retail AI pilots stall waiting on a years-long project to centralize and clean data before any agent can go live. In this episode, Chris Slovak, Global…
The AI in Business PodcastManaging Change Across Modern Financial Operations - with Ajay Swamy of JPMorganChase and Founder of FundLens.ai
Banks can process millions of transactions an hour, yet even routine steps in financial operations still require constant human judgment to hold together. In…
The AI in Business PodcastThe Future of Customer Success and Turnkey AI Agents for SMBs - Matt Kravitz of Salesforce
Service leaders are increasingly asked to deploy AI agents without a clear sense of what these systems can safely handle today, or where to start. In this…
The AI in Business PodcastWhat Mature Security Programs Need Before Deploying AI - with Mark Alvarado of Academy Sports + Outdoors
The security landscape is shifting as AI accelerates existing vulnerabilities faster than most retail enterprises can adapt. In this episode, Mark Alvarado…
The AI in Business PodcastClosing the Medical Device Knowledge Gap with AI Driven Field Service - with Ryan Makely of Bruker
A growing gap between device complexity and organizational knowledge is turning service reliability into an enterprise‑level risk for regulated industries. In…
The AI in Business PodcastHow Industrial Leaders Are Redefining AI for the Factory Floor - with Antoine Bisson of Poka
Industrial AI is forcing leaders to confront a fundamental gap between digital systems built for offices and the high‑risk, real‑time demands of the factory…
The AI in Business PodcastMachine‑Speed Security Risk in the Age of AI - with Niro Rajadurai of XBOW
AI is generating code and surfacing vulnerabilities faster than security teams can review them, compressing the time between a vulnerability discovery and its…
The AI in Business PodcastAccelerating Evidence to Action in Pharma with Practical AI Adoption - with Nabil Khan of Pfizer
Pharma organizations are generating more clinical and scientific evidence than ever, yet the path from that evidence to a confident strategic call hasn't kept…
The AI in Business PodcastAI for Industrial Service Leaders Improving Diagnostics and Field Efficiency - with Scot Burdette of ABB
Industrial service teams are facing two compounding pressures at once: decades of hands-on expertise walking out the door through retirement, and the equipment…
The AI in Business PodcastRisk and Cost Governance for AI Agents in Regulated Institutions - with Shahir Daya of Zafin
As AI agents move from pilots into live financial workflows, most institutions still can't answer a basic question: who authorized this action, and what…
The AI in Business PodcastTurning Manual Manufacturing Variability into Data‑Driven Control – with Sebastian Dykas of Smith+Nephew
A persistent gap remains between what modern manufacturing technology makes possible and how day‑to‑day work is still executed, with paper workflows, limited…
The AI in Business PodcastBuilding the Infrastructure Behind AI-Enabled Field Service - with Deniz Mullis of Cytiva
Experienced field engineers are retiring or moving on faster than ever, and the troubleshooting knowledge they carry rarely makes it into a manual before they…
The AI in Business PodcastHow to Reset Your IT Operations and Build for Intelligent Response - with Luke Rotta of Charles Schwab
The pace of modern IT operations is collapsing under the volume of alerts and the slow speed at which teams can contextualize data during active incidents. In…
The AI in Business PodcastDriving Operational Impact in BFSI with Agentic AI - with Yoav Naveh of Reindeer AI
Financial institutions are pushing agentic AI past pilot mode and into document-heavy, regulated workflows like AML alerts and account closures, but many…
The AI in Business PodcastAgentic CRM for SMB Automation - with Sharif Karmally of Salesforce
CRM is shifting from a static repository to the core system that supplies the real‑time customer context required for dependable AI‑driven work. In this…
The AI in Business PodcastAI Deployment at Retail Speed - with Larissa Schneider of Unframe
Most enterprise AI pilots don't stall because the underlying models fail — they stall once real production stakes, fragmented systems, and unclear ownership…
The AI in Business PodcastModels, Infrastructure, and Enterprise Readiness for Agentic AI - with Alex Tyrrell of Wolters Kluwer
Infrastructure readiness has become the real bottleneck for agentic AI in healthcare, as enterprises confront the shift from systems that generate content to…
The AI in Business PodcastThe Mobile Security Imperative for Regulated Industries - with Tom Tovar of Appdome
Mobile app attackers already operate at machine speed, but most enterprise cyber functions still rely on manual, human-paced patch cycles to keep up. In this…
The AI in Business PodcastPreparing Enterprise Data for Safe AI Deployment - with Todd Vancil of Securiti AI
A surge in AI adoption is forcing enterprises to expose sensitive data to new systems and access paths, creating security risks that traditional perimeter…
The AI in Business PodcastAI Assistants and Preparedness Among Enterprises - with Chris Caldwell of Concentrix
Enterprises rushing agentic AI into production are running it through approval gates, batch windows, and audit systems built for human speed — and the gap is…
The AI in Business PodcastHow Enterprise Leaders Are Building Their Agentic AI Strategy - with Matt Renner of Google Cloud
Legacy enterprises are facing a decisive shift from stalled pilots and fragmented data toward agentic systems that reshape customer experience, operations, and…
The AI in Business PodcastHow AI Is Transforming Governance and Workflow Automation in the Enterprise - with Tsavo Knott of Pieces
The rapid expansion of AI‑driven knowledge work is exposing a growing tension: teams are moving faster across more surface areas, but their context is…
The AI in Business PodcastMaking Visual AI Standard Practice in Complex Manufacturing - with Brian Ton of Florida Crystals Corporation
Visual AI gets stuck not because the technology fails, but because enterprises cannot move it from controlled environments into the variability of daily…
The AI in Business PodcastAI, Evolution, and the Future of Human-Centered Farming and Manufacturing - with Kun He of Bayer
A growing reliance on data‑driven systems is creating tension for enterprise leaders between operational efficiency and the human judgment required for…
The AI in Business PodcastReengineering Work with Intelligent Agents - with Debanjan Saha of DataRobot
A growing share of enterprise work now depends on systems that can support both human and AI agents, exposing bottlenecks in coordination, governance, and…
The AI in Business PodcastInside the Shift to Agentic IT Ops - with Assaf Resnick of BigPanda
Enterprise IT teams are drowning in alert volume as cloud, microservices, and CI/CD pipelines outpace what human operators can process. In this episode, Assaf…