The AI in Business Podcast is for non-technical business leaders who need to find AI opportunities, align AI capabilities with strategy, and deliver ROI. Each week, Emerj AI Research CEO Daniel Faggella and team interview top AI executives from Fortune 2000 firms and unicorn startups - uncovering trends, use-cases, and best practices for practical AI adoption. Visit our advertising page to learn more about reaching our executive audience of Fortune 2000 AI adopters: https://emerj.com/advertise
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What should be the trajectory of intelligence beyond humanity? The Trajectory pull covers realpolitik on artificial general intelligence and the posthuman transition - by asking tech, policy, and AI research leaders the hard questions about what's after man, and how we should define and create a worthy successor (danfaggella.com/worthy). Hosted by Daniel Faggella.
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The AI in Financial Services is for non-technical financial services leaders looking to find AI opportunities, build an AI strategy, and deliver ROI. Each week, Emerj AI Research team (and CEO Daniel Faggella) interview leaders from global financial services firms and unicorn AI startups to get to the heart of AI ROI - uncovering what’s working and what’s not working for FinServ leaders. Visit our advertising page to learn more about reaching our executive audience of AI adopters in the worl ...
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The AI Consulting Podcast helps AI service providers, advisors, and consultants to find more AI opportunities, grow their companies, and deliver more value to clients. Each week, Emerj founder Daniel Faggella interviews AI services and consulting leaders to discover how they started and grew their firm – and the AI skills and best practices that have allowed them to help their clients succeed. Subscribe to Emerj’s weekly AI consulting newsletter by downloading our AI consulting PDF guide: ht ...
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The Evolving Role of Banks in Fraud Detection and AML Compliance - with Nick Lewis of Standard Chartered Bank
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30:15Today’s guest is Nick Lewis, Managing Director for the High Risk Client Unit at Standard Chartered Bank. Nick joins today’s show to discuss the shifting landscape of fraud prevention and AML compliance in financial services. As governments increasingly shift regulatory responsibilities onto the private sector, banks find themselves at the forefront…
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Tackling Retail Crime and Loss Prevention with AI Driven Video Security - with Mike Matta of Solink
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27:33Today’s guest is Mike Matta, Co-founder and CEO of Solink. Solink is a cloud video security and analytics platform that works with your existing cameras, access controls, and operational technologies like POS and labor management, helping you modernize and improve security and operations without costly upgrades. Mike joins today’s show to discuss h…
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Michael Levin - Unfolding New Paradigms of Posthuman Intelligence [Worthy Successor, Episode 7]
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1:16:35This is an interview with Dr. Michael Levin, a pioneering developmental biologist at Tufts University. This is an additional installment of our "Worthy Successor" series - where we explore the kinds of posthuman intelligences that deserve to steer the future beyond humanity. Listen to this episode on The Trajectory Youtube Channel: https://www.yout…
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AI and Agentic Systems in Healthcare Workflow Optimization - with Ylan Kazi of Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Dakota
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21:13Today’s guest is Ylan Kazi, Chief Data and AI Officer at Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Dakota. Ylan returns to the show to discuss the latest developments in AI adoption within healthcare. The conversation explores key obstacles, including cultural resistance, the need for an AI Hippocratic Oath, and the risks of holding AI to unrealistic standar…
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Why Red Teaming is Critical for AI Security - with Tomer Poran of ActiveFence
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28:58Today’s guest is Tomer Poran, Chief Evangelist and VP of Strategy at ActiveFence. ActiveFence is a leader in providing AI safety and security solutions that mitigate the risk of advanced GenAI systems, helping platforms detect and prevent harmful content, malicious activity, and emerging threats online. Tomer joins today’s podcast to explore the cr…
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Enhancing Customer Engagement with AI-Driven Solutions - with Robert Rose of Adobe
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20:05Today’s guest is Robert Rose, Senior Director of North America Customer Support at Adobe. Robert joins our conversation today to discuss the evolution of AI in customer interactions and the challenges organizations face when scaling these solutions across diverse customer bases. He shares insights on how AI-driven bots have progressed from basic tr…
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The Rise of Generative AI-Enabled Financial Crime - with Sophia Qureshi of Provenir
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26:40Today’s guest is Sophia Qureshi, VP of Product Management for Fraud Solutions at Provenir. Provenir is a fintech company whose AI decisioning platform helps clients manage credit risk, prevent fraud, and stay compliant across the customer lifecycle. Sophia joins the podcast to discuss the evolving threat landscape and how AI is changing the balance…
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Accelerate and Mitigate Risk in Clinical Development - with Panos Karelis of Intelligencia AI
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21:50Today’s guest is Panos Karelis, Director of Customer Experience and Insights at Intelligencia AI. Intelligencia AI is a life sciences technology company that uses proprietary data, biomedical expertise, and AI-driven algorithms to assess the probability of technical and regulatory success for drug candidates, helping pharmaceutical companies make i…
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Model Development Best Practices for Insurance - with Mark McLaughlin of IBM
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19:12Today’s guest is Mark McLaughlin, Director of Insurance in IBM’s Global Industries Unit. Mark joins the podcast to discuss the biggest challenges insurers face today and how AI is transforming workflows, risk management, and customer experience. Later, he and Emerj Managing Editor Matthew DeMello explore why insurers are embracing a mix of on-premi…
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AI for Driving Human Reasoning over Reasoning Models in the Enterprise – with Chris Busch and Yancey Sanford of MSTRO
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46:06Today’s guests are Chris Busch, Founder and CEO of MSTRO, and Yancey Sanford, Founder and Chief of Information and Research at MSTRO. MSTRO develops an advanced AI platform that combines data and creativity to optimize human performance. While AI reasoning models promise efficiency, are they the right approach for businesses? In this episode, Chris…
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Understanding AI’s Expanding Role in Drug Discovery and Life Sciences R&D - Liran Belenzon of BenchSci
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19:03Today’s guest is Liran Belenzon, Co-founder and CEO of BenchSci. BenchSci is a global leader in AI solutions for preclinical R&D that helps decipher complex biomedical research using proprietary technology. Liran joins us to discuss how AI is transforming disease biology research, streamlining scientific workflows, and enabling better decision-maki…
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Neurobiological and Cybernetic AI for Manufacturing, Part 1 - with Oleg Savin of Unilever
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17:48Today's guest is Oleg Savin, Enterprise Architect and MES Expert at Unilever. Oleg is a frequent guest speaker at manufacturing conferences worldwide, including this year's Smart Manufacturing Excellence Summit in Munich. He joins us for the first of two episodes on the program today to explain why neurobiological and cybernetic AI capabilities hav…
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The Business Case for AI Beyond Efficiency and Automation - with Deborah Golden of Deloitte
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29:23Today’s guest is Deborah Golden, Chief Innovation Officer for Deloitte US operations. Deborah joins Emerj CEO and Head of Research Daniel Faggella on today’s show to discuss how generative AI is reshaping industries, unlocking creativity, and driving bold innovation. With over 27 years of experience in technology and business transformation, Debora…
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Use Cases in AI-Driven Personal Insurance - with Matt Marolda of Acrisure
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19:06Today’s guest is Matt Marolda, Chief Innovation Officer at Acrisure. Acrisure is a global insurance broker and fintech financial services provider. Matt returns to the program this week to explore the impact of AI on industry practices, from streamlining workflows to automating customer interactions and enhancing decision-making with predictive ana…
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The Advantages of Agentic Process Automation in Financial Services - with Ken Mertzel of Automation Anywhere
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20:07Today’s guest is Ken Mertzel, Global Industry Leader in Financial Services at Automation Anywhere. Automation Anywhere is a global software company that develops various automation software for major industries. Before joining Automation Anywhere six years ago, Ken spent his career in the financial sector, including 15 years at Bank of America. The…
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Tackling Chargeback Challenges at Scale with Machine Learning and Dynamic Arguments - with Roenen Ben-Ami at Justt
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24:32Today’s guest is Roenen Ben-Ami, Co-founder and Chief Risk Officer of Justt. Justt is an AI-driven tech company whose platform helps retail leaders and merchants reduce loss from chargebacks with automation and friendly fraud prevention. Roenen joins us on today's podcast to break down the complexities of chargebacks and how AI-driven automation ca…
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New Use Cases for GenAI and Beyond in Healthcare Patient Support - with Kimberly Powell of NVIDIA
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20:07Today’s guest is Kimberly Powell, Vice President of Healthcare and Life Sciences at NVIDIA. Kimberly joins us to discuss how AI is reshaping the healthcare landscape. As generative AI adoption accelerates, Kimberly shares her insights on the major challenges the healthcare industry faces, particularly in terms of technology infrastructure. Together…
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Essential Infrastructure Solutions for Life Sciences Manufacturing and Supply Chain Workflows - with Kartik Pant and Shreyas Becker of Sanofi
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21:43Today’s guests are two senior executives from Sanofi’s manufacturing division, Head of Data & AI for Manufacturing & Supply Chain Kartik Pant and Head of AI & Data Products, Manufacturing & Supply Shreyas Becker, respectively. Together they return to the podcast to cover the challenges and opportunities in adopting data infrastructure and AI soluti…
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The Role of AI in Insurance Efficiency and Customer Engagement - with Matt Marolda of Acrisure
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23:25Today’s guest is Matt Marolda, Chief Innovation Officer at Acrisure. Acrisure is a global insurance broker and fintech financial services provider. Matt joins us on today’s program to explore how AI is revolutionizing personal insurance and home refinancing. In the process, Matt shares insights into the current trends and challenges facing insuranc…
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AI Assistants for Agents to Enhance Support and Satisfaction - with Venk Korla of HGS
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23:49Today’s guest is Venkatesh Korla, President and CEO of HGS Americas. Venkatesh joins Daniel Faggella, CEO and Head of Research at Emerj AI Research, to explore how enterprises can leverage generative AI to enhance customer experience (CX). Their discussion delves into the balance between automation and human empathy, focusing on strategies to minim…
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Reducing Costs and Improving CX with Hyperautomation - with Paul Cuglietta of Simplyhealth
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18:43Today’s guest is Paul Cuglietta, Head of Contact and Claims at Simplyhealth. Simplyhealth is a health insurance provider based in the UK whose history goes back to the late 1800s. Paul joins today’s discussion to unpack the challenges organizations face when driving digital transformation. With nearly two years of AI integration experience, Paul pr…
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Managing End Point Storage in Hybrid Data Strategies for Financial Services - with Yonas Yohannes of Oracle
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22:21Today’s guest is Yonas Yohannes, CTO of FinTech and FIS at Oracle. An accomplished executive and author, Yonas joins us on today’s podcast to explain the evolving role of endpoint storage for driving new AI capabilities at the edge. He breaks down AI’s true value beyond the marketing hype, and its broader impact on infrastructure across industries,…
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AI Risk Management and Governance Strategies for the Future - with Duncan Cass-Beggs of Center for International Governance Innovation
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1:17:40Today’s guest is Duncan Cass-Beggs, Executive Director of the Global AI Risks Initiative at the Center for International Governance Innovation (CIGI). He joins Emerj CEO and Head of Research Daniel Faggella to explore the pressing challenges and opportunities surrounding Artificial General Intelligence (AGI) governance on a global scale. This is a …
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A Blueprint for AI-Driven Process Optimization for Regulated Industries - with Vrinda Khurjekar and Paul Pallath at Searce
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29:04Today’s guests are Vrinda Khurjekar and Paul Pallath, VP of North Americas and Applied AI Lead, respectively, at Searce. Searce is a cloud computing solutions and technology services provider globally that specializes in Cloud, AI, and Analytics. Vrinda and Paul join us today to explore how regulated industries such as financial services and health…
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Driving Automated Workflows & Accelerating Drug Development with AI-Powered Trials - with Michelle Longmire of Medable
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22:23Today’s guest is Michelle Longmire, Co-founder and CEO of Medable. Medable is a platform technology company that accelerates drug development by improving evidence generation in clinical trials. Michelle joins us on the show today to explore how AI is transforming the clinical trial experience for patients, sites, and sponsors from start to finish.…
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Fraud Risk Solutions for Retail Experiences in Grocery, Banking, and Beyond - with Vivek Khindria of Loblaw
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21:07Today’s guest is Vivek Khindria, Former SVP Cyber Security, Network and Technology Risk at Loblaw Companies Ltd., Canada’s largest food retailer. With its operations spanning grocery, pharmacy, banking, and apparel, Loblaw faces unique and multifaceted fraud challenges across diverse verticals. Vivek offers expert insights into the evolving fraud l…
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Use Cases Driving Personal Banking Transformation with AI - with Edward Maslaveckas of Bud Financial
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16:26Today’s guest is Edward Maslaveckas, CEO and Co-founder of Bud Financial. Bud provides transactional lending analysis and advanced AI solutions for power affordability and credit lifecycle management. Edward returns to the program to talk about use cases across financial services that are going to transform the personal banking space, from back-off…
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Overcoming Barriers to AI Adoption in Telecom and Beyond - with Moutie Wali of TELUS
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19:47Today’s guest is Moutie Wali, Director of Integrated Planning & Digital Transformation at TELUS. As a leading Canadian telecommunications company, TELUS offers a wide range of products and services, including internet access, voice, entertainment, healthcare, video, smart home automation, and IPTV television. Moutie joins us on today’s show to delv…
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Understanding AGI Alignment Challenges and Solutions - with Eliezer Yudkowsky of the Machine Intelligence Research Institute
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43:03Today’s episode is a special addition to our AI Futures series, featuring a special sneak peek at an upcoming episode of our Trajectory podcast with guest Eliezer Yudkowsky, AI researcher, founder, and research fellow at the Machine Intelligence Research Institute. Eliezer joins Emerj CEO and Head of Research Daniel Faggella to discuss the governan…
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