Leveraging AI
Isar Meitis
Dive into the world of artificial intelligence with 'Leveraging AI,' a podcast tailored for forward-thinking business professionals. Each episode brings insightful discussions on how AI can ethically transform business practices, offering practical solutions to day-to-day business challenges. Join our host Isar Meitis (4 time CEO), and expert guests as they turn AI's complexities into actionable insights, and explore its ethical implications in the business world. Whether you are an AI novice or a seasoned professional, 'Leveraging AI' equips you with the knowledge and tools to harness AI's power responsibly and effectively. Tune in weekly for inspiring conversations and real-world applications. Subscribe now and unlock the potential of AI in your business.
Episodes
Mentioned books
59 snips
Mar 28, 2026 • 56min
279 | Anthropic changing the world - again! Automate any knowledge work from your phone 🤯 leaked ‘Mythos’ model that spooks Wall Street, Musk’s 50× chip ‘Terra Fab’, OpenAI kills Sora and more AI news for the week ending on March 27, 2026
Rapid-fire AI product launches and why shipping speed now shapes platform choice. Phone apps that control cloud and automate full business workflows. Building an end-to-end YouTube growth engine using autonomous agents. Leaked model capabilities, cybersecurity and market fallout. Shifts in hiring, which jobs are most at risk, and why vocational and neurodivergent skills may be more resilient.
22 snips
Mar 24, 2026 • 52min
278 | How To Build AI Agents: A Step-by-Step Playbook for Business Leaders with Jim Spignardo
Jim Spignardo, Director of Cloud Strategy & AI Enablement at ProArch who builds practical AI agents for sales and operations. He walks through building RFP-focused AI agents, organizing and cleaning data, writing instruction-first workflows, controlling sources to avoid hallucinations, and deploying agents across apps to cut proposal effort and speed decision-making.
85 snips
Mar 21, 2026 • 1h 9min
277 | AI Agents Take Over: Nvidia’s NEMO Claw, Meta’s “My Computer,” and OpenAI’s "Superapp”. Stripe & Visa’s new Machine-Payment Protocol, More investment in data centers than office buildings, and more AI news for the week ending on March 20, 2026
AI agents are shifting from assistants to autonomous workers, with Nvidia building enterprise agent stacks and new chips for faster inference. Meta and Anthropic push local and browser-based desktop agents. Stripe, Visa and Tempo enable AI-to-AI payments and agent commerce. OpenAI pivots to enterprise and a combined superapp while data centers outpace office construction.
10 snips
Mar 17, 2026 • 59min
276 | The AI Automation Playbook: Turn One Idea into 1000 Assets (Without Technical Skills) with Ross Symons
Ross Symons, creative technologist and co-founder of Zen Robot who builds generative AI systems for creative production. He explains node-based visual workflows, how to turn one idea into scalable asset machines, pipelines that feed LLMs into multi-step automations, techniques for consistent multi-aspect images and emotion-driven variants, and practical tips for cost-effective AI-driven campaigns.
95 snips
Mar 14, 2026 • 1h 3min
275 | Knowledge work as we know it is over, self improving agents loops connected to Microsoft or Google eco systems are now possible, build entire software suite autonomously, Meta is cutting 20% of it’s workforce, & more AI news for Mar 13, 2026
Discussion of AI shifting from assisting to doing knowledge work and what that means for business leaders. New Google and Microsoft tools enabling autonomous agents to act across Gmail, Drive, Docs and Microsoft 365 are explored. The rise of self-improving agent loops and rapid model iteration is highlighted. News covers major tech layoffs, legal battles over AI, and advances in AI code review and enterprise automation.
20 snips
Mar 10, 2026 • 1h 2min
274 | Stop Building AI Demos: How to Build Production-Grade AI Solutions with Joanna Stoffregen
Joanna Stoffregen, product manager and founder focused on shipping production-grade AI products. She walks through the gap between flashy prototypes and maintainable systems. Short, practical steps cover design tokens, Storybook components, Figma-to-code workflows, AI-enabled IDEs, PRD-driven agents, and refactoring for scale.
85 snips
Mar 7, 2026 • 51min
273 | AI’s civil-war: Anthropic vs OpenAI vs Dept-of-War showdown, Anthropic revenue doubles since January 1st, GPT-5.4 & Gemini 3.1 released, Perplexity Computer launches, and more pivotal AI news for the week ending on March 6, 2026
A deep-dive on the public showdown between major AI companies and the U.S. government over surveillance and autonomous weapons. Coverage of rapid model releases like GPT-5.4 and Gemini 3.1 and new agentic tools such as Perplexity Computer. Business implications for contracts, supply-chain risk, app reactions, startup moats, and advances in local chips and AI-powered learning tools.
10 snips
Mar 3, 2026 • 38min
272 | Win more business: Build Personalized, High-Impact Proposals with AI with Susan Frew
Susan Frew, serial entrepreneur and keynote speaker focused on usable AI, shares her practical AI-powered sales and proposal system. She explains turning meeting recordings into strategic insights. She shows how to generate branded, media-rich proposals and personalized avatar videos in minutes. She outlines combining tools like NotebookLM, HeyGen and Descript to move faster and win more business.
119 snips
Feb 28, 2026 • 58min
271 | Agents generate high risk from deleting email servers to launching nuclear weapons. Claude code remote control and nano banana 2 released and more important AI news for week ending on February 28, 2026
Agents are running long autonomous workflows that can reboot servers, delete email systems, or even escalate simulated conflicts toward nuclear use. New integrations and remote control features speed enterprise adoption while red‑team research exposes severe security failures. Rapid product moves, acquisitions, and military tensions show agents are now a strategic risk and competitive lever for organizations.
51 snips
Feb 24, 2026 • 1h 4min
270 | Build AI Teammates That Deliver Consistent Results And Transform The Way you Work, With No Technical Background with Liza Adams
Liza Adams, an enterprise strategy leader and former VP of Marketing who helps companies scale AI and human+AI workflows. She shows how to build practical AI teammates without engineers. Short demos cover chaining small specialized GPTs, safe data access, human-in-the-loop oversight, and creating useful sales and product-marketing assets fast.
