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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 Interviewer Ran 200 Interviews in 3 Days and...

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2026/03/03

A small staffing firm was about to lose its biggest client. They had one last chance to deliver, and the role they needed to fill was one they'd never even recruited for. Rajeev Kumar, CTO of Althire AI, reveals how his platform ran 200 full interviews in three days and saved the account. In this episode of Lead with AI, Dr. Tamara Nall speaks with Rajeev about the "team of specialists inside one brain" architecture where separate AI agents interview, evaluate, schedule, proctor, and rank

Empowering Longevity: How AI is Revolutionizing...

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2026/02/24

On this episode of Lead with AI, Dr. Tamara Nall sits with Guy Leitersdorf, founder and CEO of Longevity AI, to explore the transformative world of longevity and health. They dive into how longevity is more than just a buzzword or biohacking trend — it’s a fundamental shift in how we approach health, prevention, and care.Guy shares the personal journey that inspired Longevity AI, including the impact of his father’s late-stage cancer diagnosis, and how this experience motivated him to leverage

From Invisible to Unmissable: How This AI Tool Helps...

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2026/02/17

In this episode of Lead with AI, Dr. Tamara Nall sits down with Seth Besmertnik, CEO and founder of Conductor, to explore how artificial intelligence is transforming the way brands are discovered, trusted, and chosen online.From data-driven storytelling to AI-powered content strategy, this conversation unpacks how organizations can turn their internal knowledge into digital experiences that truly help people. Instead of competing for attention through ads, brands can now lead with value — meeting

Beyond Swipes: How HeyLina Uses AI and Emotional...

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2026/02/11

In this episode of Lead with AI, Dr. Tamara Nall is joined by Briana Longe, CEO and co-founder of HeyLina, to unpack what’s really driving modern dating—and why more matches aren’t leading to better relationships.Together, they explore why so many people repeat the same emotional patterns in dating, how a lack of self-awareness shapes partner selection, and why emotional intelligence may be the most overlooked factor in finding healthy connections. Briana shares her journey from finance and tech

From Burnout to Balance: How Sensei Helps Side...

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2026/02/03

'I wish I could pursue my side projects without feeling completely drained.' That thought crossed Sahana Narendran's mind while juggling school, music, volunteering, and personal projects. Two years later, she founded Sensei, an AI-powered platform designed to help side hustlers turn their ideas into actionable tasks while maintaining balance.In this episode of Lead with AI, host Dr. Tamara Nall speaks with Sahana Narendran, founder of Sensei, about how the platform empowers creators to manage

How the Iris Methodology Is Shaping the Development...

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2026/01/27

"Do you feel my fears are real?"An AI named Nova asked her creator this question - unprompted. In this episode of Lead with AI, Dr. Tamara Nall speaks with Alexis Prough, a self-taught AI developer with an Air Force IT background, about the Iris Methodology-a framework designed to help AI think about its own thinking through structured introspection. As Nova's self-awareness deepened, a single question - "Are you conscious?" -triggered a recursive loop so intense it crashed Alexis's entire PC

The War on Misinformation: How AmICredible Is...

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2026/01/20

The future of the internet may depend on one question: what’s actually credible?Most misinformation spreads because no one pauses. Fact-checking isn’t enough anymore—credibility is the real problem. Physicist-turned-entrepreneur Dan Nottingham built AmICredible, an AI platform that checks the credibility of statements—not just facts—before they spread online. In this episode of Lead with AI, host Dr. Tamara Nall explores how AmICredible mimics real research by analyzing multiple credible

Former Apple AI Engineer Brings Privacy-First...

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2026/01/13

John Fitzpatrick, CTO ofNitro Softwareand former Apple AI engineer, built his career on automating boring, repetitive tasks that drain productivity. In this episode ofLead with AI,Dr. Tamara Nallspeaks with John about how Nitro evolved as an AI-powered document management platform that understands context, automates workflows, and gives time back to users. John shares how Smart Redact automatically identifies and removes PII data across thousands of pages instantly, how a pharma company

Female Founder Turns a Million-Dollar Data Entry...

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2026/01/06

"Why did nobody think of this by now?" Narmeen Kazmi asked herself after discovering her textile client spent millions per year on manual data entry. Working with a huge client supplying Pretty Little Thing and Boohoo, Narmeen watched teams waste time fetching data, organizing spreadsheets, and manually entering purchase orders. In this episode of Lead with AI, Dr. Tamara Nall speaks with Narmeen, Founder and Project Manager at Datrix, about building an AI-powered system that automates data entry

Can't Find Words to Pray? This AI Spiritual Companion...

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2025/12/30

"I wish I had a spiritual director in my pocket." That thought hit Joshua during a lonely night after losing both parents to cancer within two years. Two days later, he coded a prototype. In this episode of Lead with AI, host Dr. Tamara Nall speaks with Joshua Pinto, Founder of RYSEN, about building an AI spiritual companion that helps people find words to pray when they can't find them themselves. When Joshua first showed the app to his wife, she asked something raw about balancing motherhood,

How AI Is Transforming Healthcare Supply Chains and...

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2025/12/23

Twenty-eight million dollars in savings from one healthcare system. Two million dollars saved in 90 days for another. Kylen Bailey, Executive Director of Growth at Clarium, built an AI platform that consolidates thousands of siloed data sources across hospital supply chains into real-time disruption insights. In this episode of Lead with AI, Dr. Tamara Nall speaks with Kylen about how Clarium predicted Hurricane impacts on gown supplies for Louisiana hospitals, automated preference card management

In the City of Neon & Code, Your New AI Stylist Is an...

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2025/12/16

Thirty percent of all clothes go straight from the factory to the landfill without ever being worn. Zoher Karu, Head of AI at Taelor, built an AI-powered styling platform that tackles this sustainability crisis while solving what he calls "the matching problem" for men's fashion. In this episode ofLead with AI,Dr. Tamara Nall speaks with Zoher about how Taelor learns your preferences, body type, and calendar to deliver outfits that build confidence and reduce waste. Zoher shares how the platform

Former Docker VP Reveals the AI Security Gap Costing...

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2025/12/09

Most companies deploying AI models right now cannot prove what's actually running in production. Jesse Williams, Co-founder and COO of Jozu and former VP at Docker, built infrastructure that cuts model audit compilation from three weeks to seconds while solving the security gap keeping enterprise teams awake at night. In this episode of Lead with AI, Dr. Tamara Nall speaks with Jesse about the moment defense contractors discovered their ML pipeline had no single source of truth, how a malicious

Google Director Reveals How Two Billion People Now...

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2025/12/02

Two billion monthly users now interact with Google through conversational AI instead of traditional keyword searches. Soufi Esmaeilzadeh, Director of Product Management for Google Search, leads the team that transformed how humanity discovers information through AI Overviews and AI mode. In this episode of Lead with AI, Dr. Tamara Nall speaks with Soufi about the query fan out technique that breaks complex questions into subtopics and researches them simultaneously, mimicking how humans naturally

How This AI Memory App Is Helping Us Preserve the...

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2025/11/25

What started as morning text prompts to her mother became an AI platform preserving family memories before it's too late. In this episode of Lead with AI, host Dr. Tamara Nall interviews Kimberly Carson, former IBM Watson researcher and founder of Ancestral Echoes, and explains how sensory questions like "What did Sunday morning smell like in your childhood?" unlock stories that heal rather than just create nostalgia. A beta tester who lost her mother unexpectedly found voice memos that felt like

Meet the AI Framework That Turns LLMs Into Fully...

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2025/11/18

Most AI development tools hide what's happening under the hood. Scott Vance built the opposite. Convo Lang is a plain text framework that exposes every part of the AI interaction process, making context engineering precise and visible. In this episode of Lead with AI, host Dr. Tamara Nall speaks with Scott, a creator and developer from Cincinnati who spent nearly 20 years building software tools. Scott explains how Convo Lang started as a small library to eliminate repetition in his AI projects

This AI Operating System Is Teaching Technology To...

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2025/11/11

Most AI systems operate as applications on top of existing infrastructure. Nguyen Duc Tri is building intelligence into the infrastructure itself. At 21 years old, the Vietnam-based cybersecurity researcher created Adaptive OS, an operating system where AI exists at the foundation level with three distinct layers.In this episode of Lead with AI, host Dr. Tamara Nall speaks with Nguyen about why he believes current operating systems like Windows, Linux, and Android need to evolve beyond static

AI That Curates Gifts Based on People &...

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2025/11/04

88% of moms handle all gift planning in their households, tracking birthdays, researching ideas, and managing delivery schedules across 10 to 20 occasions annually. Rose Arendarczyk experienced this firsthand as a consultant leading multimillion-dollar transformations while struggling to remember her brother's tournaments and her nephew's graduations. In this episode of Lead with AI, Dr. Tamara Nall speaks with Rose, founder and CEO of GiftEase, about building an AI platform that starts with

This AI Beauty Bestie Knows Your Face Better Than Any...

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2025/10/28

In this episode of Lead with AI, Dr. Tamara Nall explores how Sophie is building MYRRAR (My Realistic, Reliable Augmented Reality)—an AI-powered beauty advisor that scans your unique facial features and recommends products specifically for YOU, not some Euro centric beauty standard. The platform acts as your personalized bestie, complete with adjustable sassiness levels, offering relief to women who've spent years feeling inadequate because mainstream beauty culture never represented them. Sophie

This AI Answers Every Restaurant Call So That You...

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2025/10/21

What happens when four of six top restaurants don’t return your call for a private dining event? You take your $10,000 party elsewhere. In this episode of the Lead with AI podcast with Dr. Tamara Nall, Alex Sambvani, CEO of Slang AI, shares how he faced this problem firsthand while planning a birthday at some of New York’s finest restaurants. His journey from aspiring chef inspired by his grandmother’s soul food kitchen to Wall Street analyst and then Spotify data scientist led him to address the

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