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AI Is Becoming a Regional Race

From Cloud to Edge: AI Gets Personal

Bringing Space Data Down to Earth

Virtual Worlds Mean Real Business: How Games Power the Future

This podcast discusses the burgeoning use of interactive 3D and gaming technologies in enterprise applications. The speaker traces the evolution of internet technology from text in the 90s to images in the 2000s, video in the 2010s, and predicts interactive 3D as the dominant force of the 2020s. Three key tailwinds d...

AI-Powered Acquisitions: A New Playbook

This podcast explores an innovative method in private equity that utilizes AI to streamline operations in small, service-oriented businesses. The speaker highlights that integrating AI can lead to much higher profit margins, fostering a more efficient acquisition strategy. This is a shift away from traditional private ...

RIP to RPA: How AI Makes Operations Work

This podcast discusses the evolution of automation from Robotic Process Automation (RPA) to intelligent AI agents powered by Large Language Models (LLMs). It highlights the limitations of RPA, which struggles with unstructured data and unexpected variations in tasks, leading to unreliable automation. The discussion c...

AI: The Ultimate Healthcare Hire

This podcast discusses the significant shortage of healthcare clinicians in the US, estimated at 60-100,000 doctors and 75-150,000 nurses. The shortage stems from factors like an aging workforce, burnout, and regulatory constraints on the number of medical professionals trained and licensed. This shortage leads to lo...

How AI Will Transform Accounting: A $100B Opportunity Explained

This podcast discusses the disruption of the accounting profession by AI. The conversation highlights a significant shortage of accountants due to a high retirement rate and low number of new graduates, coupled with increasing demand for accounting services. This creates a "why now" moment for AI-driven solutions, as ...

When Regulation Becomes Code

Building a $20B+ Open Source Business with MongoDB's Eliot Horowitz

Mastering Your Data with Sajith Wickramasekara

Jobs of the Future: Where Hardware Meets Software

How Zapier Became Profitable in 3 Years and Scaled to $5B with Wade Foster

The 2025 AI Search Race

This podcast explores how AI-driven alternatives like ChatGPT and Perplexity are challenging Google’s search engine reign. It examines the legal pressures facing Google due to accusations of anti-competitive behavior and highlights how AI search engines provide quick, direct answers rather than long lists of links. Key...

How Gusto Used Customer Input to Scale Growth with Tomer London

Big Ideas in Tech 2025

Disrupt Yourself

Say Hello to My New AI Marketer: How Gen AI-Based Software Is Advancing Marketing and Sales

"Death of a Salesforce”: Why AI Will Transform the Next Generation of Sales Tech

Las Vegas is Becoming the SAFEST City in America

In this episode of the Marc and Ben Show, the hosts sit down with the Chief of Staff and Sheriff of the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department (LVMPD) to tackle recent criticisms regarding donations to the department. They delve into LVMPD's distinctive structure and its commitment to community policing, showcasing h...