ZERO SHOT - AI & Business. Anti-Hype.

What actually changed between the automations businesses built ten years ago and the AI agents being built today? In Episode 24 of Zero Shot ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ , ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ James Gauci ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Llew Jury go back to first principles on process automation. They trace the shift from rigid, rules-based workflows to AI agents that reason over messy, unstructured data, a...

What if the way most people are using AI is actually the lowest value thing it can do? In Episode 23 of ⁠ Zero Shot ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ , ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ James Gauci ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Llew Jury sit down with their second-ever guest, Ben Cooper, Global Executive Director of AI Products at R/GA and one of Australia's most original applied AI builders. From the world's first AI...

What are the questions worth asking before you trust AI with anything important in your business? In Episode 22 of Zero Shot ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ , ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ James Gauci ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Llew Jury lay out the practical frameworks they wish someone had handed them when they started: the questions to ask before you choose a tool, before you trust an output, and before you scale AI ac...

How many times did you actually use AI yesterday, and did any of it save you real time? In Episode 21 of ⁠ Zero Shot ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ , ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ James Gauci ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Llew Jury ⁠ pull back the curtain on their own daily AI workflows: the boring, unglamorous, hour-saving habits that rarely make it into the headlines. From doing email entirely by voice to automated morning cl...

What is your AI actually storing about you, and where does that information live? In Episode 20 of Zero Shot ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ , ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ James Gauci ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Llew Jury go under the hood of one of the most misunderstood features in AI today: memory. From why AI systems seem to forget things mid-conversation to the difference between context windows, persistent memory, and proje...

Which AI model is actually worth your time and money in 2026, and how do you decide? In Episode 19 of Zero Shot ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ , ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ James Gauci ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Llew Jury ⁠ do the episode the audience has been asking for: a real, no-benchmarks, no-lab-scores breakdown of the four major frontier AI models. This is not a comparison of leaderboard scores or press releases. It is a pr...

What is it actually costing an organisation to keep having conversations about AI without acting on them? In Episode 18 of Zero Shot ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ , ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ James Gauci ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Llew Jury go after one of the most uncomfortable topics in business right now: the anatomy of AI inaction. From Japan losing the equivalent of $78 billion a year due to stalled modernisation to Australian...

What does it actually look like to build an AI business from the inside out? In Episode 17 of Zero Shot ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ , ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ James Gauci ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Llew Jury do something they have never done before on this show: they turn the lens on themselves. After 16 episodes covering the tools, the models, the governance debates, and the industry shifts, this is the honest, unscripted account o...

What happens when the tools that generate synthetic media become available to anyone with an internet connection? In Episode 16 of Zero Shot ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ , ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ James Gauci ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Llew Jury cut through the noise around AI image and video generation to deliver an honest, grounded assessment of what is actually production ready in 2026 and what is still closer to a compelling demo. Fr...

AGI is the most talked about idea in AI. Agentic AI is the one actually changing businesses right now. What is the difference, and why does it matter for where you invest, what you build, and how you lead? In Episode 15 of ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Zero Shot ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ , ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ James Gauci ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Llew Jury cut through the AGI hype and get into what is actually happening on the ground in 2026. From...

What does AI governance actually look like when it is not just a document filed somewhere? In Episode 14 of ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Zero Shot ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ , ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ James Gauci ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Llew Jury get into the pointy end of AI risk. From deepfake boardroom scams to prompt injection attacks, from compliance theater to the liability shuffle — this is the honest, no-hype breakdown of what AI security a...

If your AI strategy is failing, it has nothing to do with the technology. In Episode 13 of ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Zero Shot ⁠⁠⁠⁠ , ⁠⁠⁠⁠ James Gauci ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Llew Jury tackle the conversation that most AI consultants avoid — the human side of AI adoption. While everyone's debating which model to use or which tool to licence, the real reason AI projects stall, fail, or go nowhere inside or...

Stop Hiring for the Job. Start Hiring for the Redesign. In Episode 12 of ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Zero Shot ⁠⁠⁠ , ⁠⁠⁠ James Gauci ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Llew Jury welcome their very first guest — Brett Wiskar , National Manager of Digital Innovation and Change at Australian Catholic University and one of Australia's sharpest innovation strategists. This is not a polished corporate take on AI in education. It'...

Is Your Business Invisible to AI? The Search Revolution Nobody Told You About The way customers find your business has fundamentally changed, and most organisations haven't caught up. In Episode 11 of ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Zero Shot ⁠⁠ , ⁠⁠ James Gauci ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Llew Jury ⁠ break down the seismic shift from traditional SEO to Generative Engine Optimisation (GEO), and what it means for every business...

Robots Among Us: From Innovation Theatre to Business Reality In this milestone 10th episode of ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Zero Shot ⁠ , ⁠ James Gauci ⁠⁠⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Llew Jury cut through the "innovation theatre" of viral robot dances to explore the genuine integration of Spatial AI and Physical AI in 2026. As the worlds of generative AI and mechatronics collide, the duo discusses whether we are truly ready...

This episode of ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Zero Shot tackles one of the most provocative shifts in the modern workforce: the rise of Vibe Coding. Hosts James Gauci ⁠⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Llew Jury ⁠⁠ dive deep into whether we are witnessing the "end of programming" as we know it or simply the ultimate evolution of software engineering. From the origins of the term coined by Andrej Karpathy to the practical business r...

In this episode of ⁠⁠⁠⁠ Zero Shot ⁠⁠ , ⁠ James Gauci ⁠ and ⁠⁠⁠ Llew Jury explore the next frontier of digital autonomy: the transition from AI that simply "chats" to AI that "acts." If Large Language Models (LLMs) are the brain, then agents are the hands—enabling businesses to automate complex, multi-step workflows without constant human intervention. We break down the technica...

We’ve moved past the era of simply typing into a chat box. AI now has a voice, and it’s becoming almost imperceptible from human interaction. In this episode ⁠⁠ , ⁠ James Gauci ⁠ and ⁠⁠⁠ Llew Jury ⁠ dive deep into the "Holy Trinity" of Voice AI: Cloning, Orchestration, and Connectivity. From the strategic decision of using open-weight models like Qwen to the real-world risks of voice dee...

Stop building on borrowed ground. In Episode 6 of ⁠⁠⁠ Zero Shot ⁠ , James Gauci and ⁠⁠ Llew Jury pull back the curtain on the "Big Three" (AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud) to reveal how your choice of infrastructure defines your company’s future in the AI era. Is your cloud provider a partner or just a "golden cage"? We move beyond the hype of free credits to discuss Data Sovereig...

Is your AI strategy driving real ROI or just draining your budget? 💸 In this episode of ⁠⁠ Zero Shot , James Gauci (CEO, Cadence) and Llew Jury (MD, Advancer) cut through the noise of 2026’s crowded software market. We move past the "dabbling" phase and reveal the exact toolstack that is delivering measurable financial returns for businesses today. In this episode, we dive into: The $20...

In 2026, trust is currency." 🎙️ In this episode of Zero Shot , James Gauci and Llew Jury move beyond the theory to explain the tangible business impact of data sovereignty. From the shifting world order discussed at Davos to the strategic importance of building a "data moat," we explore how to position your business for the reality of 2026 . What we cover in this session: The Sovereign AI Confusio...

Is OpenAI still the king of AI, or have they lost their technical vision? In this episode of Zero Shot , James Gauci and Llew Jury pull no punches as they rank the world’s leading AI studios into a definitive Tier List—from the elite S Tier to the failing F Tier. Whether you are a CEO looking for stability or a developer seeking the best agentic tools, this breakdown reveals who has the strategic...

In this episode of ZERO SHOT, James Gauci and Llew Jury take a hard look at a question many leaders are quietly asking: Did AI actually work for businesses in 2025? After a year of experimentation, hype, and heavy spending, the hosts reflect on where AI genuinely delivered value, and where it became a costly distraction. From real ROI examples in customer service, voice AI and workflow automation,...

ZERO SHOT is an Australian podcast about AI and business — without the hype. Hosted by James Gauci (Chief AI Officer at Cadent ) and Llew Jury (Managing Director at Advancer ), ZERO SHOT cuts through the noise to explore how AI is actually impacting businesses, boards and decision-makers across Australia. Each week, we unpack real use cases, government signals, adoption failures, ethical trade-off...