AI to Go Podcast

Most AI founders try to sell to everyone. Chris Carter said no to more than 90% of the software enterprise market - and built two successful enterprise companies from that single decision. Chris Carter (Chairman & CEO of Approyo, Founder of Mugatu AI) has started 11 companies, sold several, and managed a bankruptcy. In this episode, he breaks down how AI founders should pick their enterprise n...

Most AI demos never reach production. Here's why - and what to do differently. Tim Daines, Dubai-based founder of Synaptix Solutions and a 22-year expert of AI, data, and enterprise transformation, breaks down the hard truths founders and enterprise leaders refuse to hear: the real reason AI ROI keeps vanishing, why your data strategy is the actual bottleneck, and shares the strategic lessons that...

In this conversation, host Johannes Deubener sits down with serial founder Russ Fradin, CEO of Larridin (backed by Andreessen Horowitz and Google Ventures). He shares what 30 years of building enterprise companies teaches you about AI adoption, vendor survival, and long-term customer relationships. We cover the real #1 driver of enterprise churn, why 85% of leaders fear falling behind in the next...

Larissa Schneider, Co-Founder & COO of Unframe AI, is building one of Europe's boldest enterprise AI platforms - and she's doing it with outcome-based pricing. No per-seat fees. No token meters. Just measurable business outcomes. In this episode, host Johannes Deubener sits down with Larissa to unpack why seat-based pricing is killing enterprise AI adoption, how Unframe deploys production-read...

If you’re an enterprise AI founder, you’ve seen the same pattern: pilots everywhere, ROI nowhere, governance used as a brake, and leaders asking for “hard numbers by next quarter.”In this episode, Johannes Deubener sits down with Rajuta Singh , Founder & CEO of Solved Together , to unpack why transformation fails (hint: it’s rarely the tech) and how CEOs can break the “AI anxiety loop” with st...

Why sales playbooks fail and how AI-powered behavioral nudges are doubling win rates at companies like HP, SonicWall, and Versa Networks. Sanchit Garg, CEO and Co-Founder of Zime AI, joins host Johannes Deubener to reveal why traditional sales playbooks have become shelfware - and how combining generative AI with behavioral science is transforming sales enablement. With a background in behavioral...

Ted Shelton has seen the AI wave from every angle - partner at Bain, COO at Inflection AI, now founder of adaptability.com and builder of the Personal Agent aalpi.ai. In this episode, Ted and host Johannes Deubener discuss what happens when AI compute becomes a new form of capital that no longer needs human labor. Ted explains why owners of compute will capture value faster than overall economic g...

Most AI teams are flying blind - they can show you how many people used their AI, but not whether it actually worked .In this conversation, host Johannes Deubener sits down with Julien Roux, CRO and co-founder of Nebuly (the “Google Analytics for AI”) to unpack what relevant AI Analytics look like. They explore why treating AI like traditional software (“build it, ship it, forget it”) is a fundame...

In this episode, host Johannes Deubener meets Reddy Mallidi, a Silicon Valley Expert in Enterprise AI and AI Agents. Reddy discusses the significance of aligning AI initiatives with tangible business outcomes, cautioning against the allure of chasing 'shiny objects' without a clear purpose. Reddy also highlights the role of AI agents in transforming business processes, advocating for a strategic a...

Kwame Ferreira, CEO at Synthetic Users, and host Johannes Deubener discuss the transformative potential of AI in customer research and decision-making processes. Kwame reveals how Synthetic Users surface the unspoken truths that traditional research misses. The result? A competitive advantage that comes from understanding what users actually do versus what they say they do .If you're building prod...

In this episode, Tony Beltramelli, head of AI at Miro, shares his journey from researcher to tech entrepreneur to leading AI initiatives in a major collaboration platform. He discusses the cultural influences that shaped his career, the current state of AI in Europe, and the transformative potential of AI in product development and collaboration. The conversation also touches on the challenges and...

Meet Lauren Kunze, the fascinating co-founder of Celeste—an AI that delivers personalized tarot readings and astrology insights trained by celebrity astrologers. In this captivating episode, Lauren takes us through her extraordinary journey from building chatbots at 15 to publishing books with HarperCollins and founding two groundbreaking AI companies (Pandorabots and ICONIQ) that have redefined h...

if the future of AI runs on living brain cells instead of silicon chips? 🧠⚡ In this mind-bending episode of AI to Go, I sit down with Dr. Ewelina Kurtys, a neuroscientist and strategic advisor at FinalSpark — a Swiss research lab building biocomputers from living human neurons. Yes, you read that right: LIVING neurons! Discover how FinalSpark is creating computers that could be 1 MILLION times m...

Rokas Stankevičius is the co-founder of WhyAI a training company empowering hundreds of individuals and companies with practical AI knowledge. Rokas teaching philosophy is 99% practice, 1% theory and he lived up to this philosophy in this episode. 00:04 Intros 00:53 Rapid-fire questions for Rokas 01:30 What's special about Lithuania 03:56 How Rokas started his AI journey 06:20 How his work in PR a...

Marc Zao-Sanders is a guest author at the Harvard Business Review and the co-founder of Filtered, a learning tech company helping organizations upskill intelligently. Marc is also the author of the bestselling book Timeboxing – The Power of Doing One Thing at a Time, now translated into 33 languages. His recent article in HBR, "How People Are Really Using GenAI in 2025", went viral for mapping out...

Mariano Kostelec is a serial entrepreneur who lived in 10 different countries and raised over EUR 75M in funding across his many ventures. Among which Uniplaces one of the leading housing platforms in Europe and StudentFinance and Mydra - an AI powered career mobility platform, facilitating the reskilling of the global workforce, mainly focusing on the digital and green transitions. With Mariano w...

Adam Silverman is the Co-Founder and COO of Agency and AgentOps.ai , where he’s building tools that help enterprises deploy reliable, explainable AI agents at scale. Adam is a serial entrepreneur who sold his first company at 22, created a tool acquired by ByteDance and is now at the forefront of the Agentic AI revolution, helping startups and Fortune 500 companies automate repetitive work and unl...

Meet Christian Byza, CEO at the AI-powered learning platform Learn.xyz . Discover why San Francisco's AI scene is so unique, how crazy the "talent war" currently is, and tap into the incredible hustle mindset that all founders in Christian's "House of AI" community (and beyond) share. Moreover, we talk about Learn.xyz where Christian reimagines micro learnings with AI and Duolingo like gamificatio...

Meet Carles Reina — a seasoned startup builder, investor, and GTM lead at ElevenLabs. He’s helped grow companies like Uber, Sonantic (acquired by Spotify), and JobandTalent. With 60+ angel investments in deep tech, his impact spans across the startup ecosystem. Tune in for insights on AI, scaling companies, and frontier tech. 00:04 Intros 01:16 Carles's passion for exotic plants 02:47 Baobab Ventu...

Nestor Maslej is a Research Manager at Stanford’s Institute for Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence (HAI) and the editor-in-chief for the Stanford AI Index Report. The AI Index has been widely cited by global media outlets like the New York Times, The Guardian, and Bloomberg, and has been published in various academic papers. We talked about Nestor's journey becoming a researcher in AI, discuss...

Andreas Zimmermann is the founder of MySupply. And he's on a mission: Making the world of procurement fun (and more efficient) using AI! With Andreas, we talked about procurement, AI, and how something seemingly boring can become a playground for innovation. 00:00 Intros 00:39 Andreas's entrepreneurial journey 07:17 Can you convince us that procurement is not boring? 09:40 Explain game theory to u...

Agathe Balayn is a Postdoctoral Researcher at Microsoft Research in the FATE group, that’s Fairness, Accountability, Transparency, and Ethics in AI, based in New York City. Agathe’s work examines the interactions between machine learning systems and the real world, highlighting instances where these systems can cause unintended harm. She looks beyond the algorithms to examine the social, organizat...

Pär Edin, who leads AI transformation at KPMG, and host Johannes Deubener discuss the evolution of human intelligence and its implications for AI adoption. They explore the psychological barriers that hinder organizations from embracing AI, the importance of creating a culture of psychological safety, and the role of behavioral science in driving change. Pär also provides insights into overcoming...

Oleg Bolotnov is the founder of Gradual and PitchMonster. Two AI-powered sales training platforms that help managers coach their teams while saving time and money. With Oleg, we talked about sales, AI, and what's in store for the future. 00:00 Intros 00:21 Oleg's first job 03:52 Oleg's career progression 08:59 Tips for people starting their career in sales 14:08 Kitty invasion 🐱 15:22 What are Gr...

🚀How AI Created a Billion-User Marketing Channel - and CMOs Miss ItIn this conversation, Alex Sherman, CEO at Bluefish AI, and host Johannes Deubener explore the seismic shift happening in marketing right now, and why 2026 is make-or-break for every CMO and marketer. Chapters 00:00 Introduction: AI Marketing Channel Revolution 00:59 Welcome and Introduction of Alex Sherman 01:23 Alex's Origin Sto...