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Lead With AI

Join Dr. Tamara Nall for coffee-shop-style conversations that explore how AI is transforming our world today. With 25 years in data analytics and a doctorate in AI and machine learning, Dr. Nall creates a welcoming space where the doers, the builders, and the innovators share their stories. Each episode cuts through technical jargon to showcase AI-powered solutions that are solving real problems across industries. You"ll hear from the people who are actually creating these technologies—no fluff,

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This AI Gives Your Business Immortal Life by...

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2025/09/09

What if your business could outlive you? Femi Bejide, CEO of Statisense, has built Immortal AI to make that vision reality. In this episode of Lead with AI, Dr. Tamara Nall explores how this trailblazing platform connects to over 100 different business applications, from social media and HR systems to stock exchanges, pulling scattered data into one unified dashboard. Femi reveals how 9 out of 10 businesses are completely data-blind, operating without insights from the very apps they use daily

This AI Prevents Murders While Protecting Privacy at...

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2025/09/02

This isn't sci-fi. 145,000 surveillance cameras across North America are now monitored by AI, one that doesn't know your name but can predict what happens next. In this episode of Lead with AI, Dr. Tamara Nall speaks with Alex Vourkoutiotis, CTO of ECAM, whose AI security systems have literally prevented murders and assaults while maintaining complete anonymity for everyone they monitor. Alex shares how their patented Blackout technology uses advanced computer vision to focus only on specific

Undergrad Founder's AI Personalizes Learning for 3...

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2025/08/26

What if education finally worked the way your brain actually learns? In this episode of Lead with AI, Dr. Tamara Nall interviews Affan Shaikhsurab, an undergraduate founder who's tackling the biggest problem in education: the gap between memorizing for tests and actually understanding concepts. His platform JourneyNext uses AI to create personalized learning experiences that adapt to whether you're a visual learner, need hands-on examples, or prefer audio content. Shaikhsurab reveals how 90% of

This CEO’s AI Saves $10K Per Course and Builds...

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2025/08/19

In this episode of Lead with AI, the conversation explores how traditional training methods are failing the 2.6 billion deskless workers who keep industries running daily. So-Young Kang, founder and CEO of GnowbeAI, reveals how her platform transforms the painful 3-6 month training creation process into a 3-6 minute mobile experience. Kang shares how her vision to "humanize the world through technology" led to building an AI agent trained in micro-learning, instructional design, and gamification

Norton Neo: The AI Browser That Thinks Before You Do

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2025/08/12

In this episode of Lead with AI, Dr. Tamara Nall speaks with Howie Xu, Chief AI and Innovation Officer at Gen Digital, who reveals Norton Neo just 24 hours after its launch. Xu shares how their new AI-powered browser aims to disrupt the 30-year-old browsing paradigm by learning user behavior and staying ahead of their needs, like having "Superman sitting next to you" while you browse. With Gen Digital's 500 million users and world-class cybersecurity intelligence behind Norton and LifeLock, Xu

PhD Student Builds AI That Turns Months of Research...

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2025/08/05

In this episode of Lead with AI, Dr. Tamara Nall speaks with Damon Burrow, co-founder of Scholar AI and Duke PhD student, whose research assistant is transforming how scientists access knowledge. Scholar AI ranks among the top 5 GPTs in ChatGPT's store by solving a problem every researcher faces: drowning in data while starving for actionable insights. Burrow shares how his tool goes beyond simple keyword searches, extracting semantic meaning from papers, graphs, and tables to deliver

Tech Marketer's Wife Sparks AI Hair App That Could...

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2025/07/29

What started as a husband's joke about alerting his wife to "hair night" just became the solution millions have been waiting for. In this episode of Lead with AI, Dr. Tamara Nall interviews Tori Elstrom, founder of SmartHair, who built an AI app that analyzes your hair's health, porosity, and density from a single selfie in under 60 seconds. After his wife followed an AI-generated routine for just one month, her hair had never looked healthier, sparking friends to beg for access and pushing

The Compliance Lawyer Who Built an AI That Does Risk...

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2025/07/22

In this episode of Lead with AI, Dr. Tamara Nall interviews Samuel Solberg, Co-founder & CEO of Hoggo, who reveals how his AI platform is transforming the tedious world of vendor compliance from a business blocker into a competitive advantage. Solberg shares the "holy smokes" moment when a seasoned lawyer's face lit up seeing Hoggo instantly generate detailed risk profiles that would typically require days of manual document collection, contract reviews, and back-and-forth vendor emails. The

The AI That's Already Taking Your Drive-Thru Order...

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2025/07/15

In this episode of Lead with AI, Dr. Tamara Nall interviews Krishna Gupta, co-founder of Presto, who reveals how AI is already serving millions of customers at drive-thrus across America - and most people can't even tell the difference. Gupta explains his "neuro-symbolic" approach that combines large language models with human oversight to prevent the kind of hallucinations that could turn "burger without onions" into "burger with only onions." The conversation takes a fascinating turn when Gupta

"I Predicted 15 Movies Within $20,000 Each": How AI...

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2025/07/08

In this episode of Lead with AI, Dr. Tamara Nall sits down with Nicholas Capone, owner of Mixed Slate Productions, who built an AI system that predicts movie revenues with stunning accuracy across all distribution channels and territories. Capone shares the moment when his AI correctly forecasted box office numbers, streaming revenues, and international sales for 15 different films within $20,000 of their actual performance, transforming what used to be a $10,000, three-week process into a

SEO Content That Ranks Before You Even Hit Publish...

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2025/07/01

In this episode of Lead with AI, Dr. Tamara Nall sits down with Tom Winter, co-founder and CGO at SEOwind, who's cracked the code on AI-driven content that dominates search rankings. Winter reveals how his platform goes beyond basic AI writing by conducting the research humans typically spend 4-5 hours on, pulling competitor data, case studies, and trending topics to create content that reads like it was written by someone who lived the experience. One travel agency client was stunned when SEOwind

Former Child Star's AI Breaks 3-Year Career Sabotage...

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2025/06/24

What if Hollywood-level storytelling could rewrite the script of your life? In this episode of Lead with AI, Dr. Tamara Nall sits down with Caryn Ward Ross, founder of RE:FRAME Studios AI, who transforms personal identity using the same cinematic techniques that create blockbusters. A former child actor from Fame and The Bernie Mac Show, Ward Ross discovered that playing other people's roles left her unable to play herself authentically. Now she's developed an AI platform that helps people "spot

3 Days, 2 Winners, 1 AI: How Machine Learning Cracked...

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2025/06/17

On this episode of Lead with AI, host Dr. Tamara Nall sits down with Mike Skura, whose AI model picked the top two Kentucky Derby finishers after just three days of learning. The Polish immigrant turned sports tech entrepreneur reveals how RaceOracle AI analyzes 600,000 historical races and updates odds every 10 minutes to help newcomers navigate the intimidating world of horse betting. Mike shares the $400,000 moment that sparked his vision, explains why a complete novice walked away with $1,700

AI Predicts Dumpster Fires Before They Happen: The...

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2025/06/10

In this episode of Lead with AI, Dr. Tamara Nall speaks with Sandeep Sankarankutty, VP of Operations at Recycle Track Systems, who reveals how AI-powered sensors are transforming the $75 billion waste management industry. Sankarankutty shares how their "Pello smart Bin sensors" can detect contamination in real-time, predict literal dumpster fires, and turn reactive waste management into a proactive operation that prevents problems before customers even notice them. Employee number one at the

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2025/06/03

In this episode of Lead with AI, Dr. Tamara Nall sits down with Lexi Reese, CEO and co-founder of Lanai Software, who exposes a startling reality: 80% of AI use in companies happens completely off the radar. Reese shares a jaw-dropping story from an insurance company where sales teams unknowingly uploaded customer zip codes into AI tools - creating potential legal issues as zip codes can serve as proxies for race in insurance decisions. Lanai's platform acts as a "sixth sense" for organizations,

"40% of Your Ad Budget Goes to Products Nobody Buys":...

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2025/05/27

In this episode of Lead with AI, Dr. Tamara Nall uncovers a shocking truth with Nathan Werst, founder of Shoptimized AI: major retailers waste millions advertising products that never drive purchases. Werst reveals the shocking moment when clients first see their wasted ad spend, sometimes discovering 40% of their budget goes to products that generate zero sales. Using neural networks that can predict with 92.3% accuracy which products will sell in specific timeframes, Shoptimized is transforming

How Showtime AI Plans to Reinvent Moviegoing by...

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2025/05/20

In this episode of Lead with AI, Dr. Tamara Nall sits down with Ben Arnon, co-founder of Color Farm Media, and creator of Showtime AI, to unpack the quiet crisis facing movie theaters and delves into the transformative potential of artificial intelligence in revitalizing the movie theater industry. With decades-old infrastructure and seats sitting empty outside blockbuster weekends, theaters are operating at just 15–25% capacity. Arnon shares how Showtime AI is uses a community driven data,

AI-Powered Cushions That Heal: How Kalogon Is...

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2025/05/13

In this episode of Lead with AI, Dr. Tamara Nall sits down with Tim Balz-mechanical engineer, high-school hero who once traded his moped to motorize a classmate’s wheelchair, and now CEO/co-founder of Kalogon-to explore the future of adaptive seating. Discover how Kalogon’s smart cushions, infused with pressure sensors and machine-learning algorithms, auto-customize each air cell to your unique body shape-ending decades of pain, healing multi-year pressure wounds, and empowering pilots,

AI Unlocks $5 Billion in Hidden Green Funding Your...

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2025/05/06

In this episode of Lead with AI, Dr. Tamara Nall speaks with Dr. Anand Verma, founder and CEO of Expect AI, whose platform Una is solving a hidden crisis: 330 million small businesses contribute half of global emissions yet lack access to climate resources. Verma reveals how Una creates instant carbon profiles from public data alone, connecting businesses to billions in untapped green subsidies and turning a six-month application process into just six minutes. A machine learning pioneer before AI

Jarvis in Your Laptop: The Decompute Revolution...

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2025/04/29

In this episode of Lead with AI, Dr. Tamara Nall interviews Hina Dixit, CEO and co-founder of Decompute, who walked away from a successful career at Apple to tackle a fundamental problem - AI compute access. Dixit reveals how her "LaserTune" technology fine-tunes AI models in just 10 seconds, allowing users to analyze 200-page financial documents on their laptops without ever touching the cloud. The conversation takes a surprising turn when Dixit introduces the concept of "right to forget" -

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