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Varun Sirohi

AI Breakdown: practical AI for small and mid-sized business. Real tools, real numbers, no hype — from the SMB AI Podcast.

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#79
Today · 9 min
Your AI Budget Needs A Dashboard Before It Needs A Raise
𝐁𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐬 𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐀𝐈 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐩𝐚𝐢𝐝 𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐢𝐭. 𝐍𝐨𝐛𝐨𝐝𝐲 𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦 𝐝𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭. 👀 Ramp's latest reading shows token spend down 5.2% while the number of tokens used went up. The explanation on offer is price competition between the big labs, which means the saving arrived from outside the business entirely. This week on 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐀𝐈 𝐁𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐤𝐝𝐨𝐰𝐧: 𝐒𝐦𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐁𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬. 𝐁𝐢𝐠 𝐀𝐦𝐛𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬. 𝐋𝐞𝐚𝐧 𝐛𝐮𝐝𝐠𝐞𝐭. A discount you did not plan for is a discount you will not keep, unless somebody is watching the bill. KPMG surveyed more than 2,100 senior leaders across 20 countries and found which habits separate the organisations with an established return from the ones still experimenting. Inside the episode: 🔴 77% of the established group track AI costs on a dashboard, against 43% of the experimenters 🔴 73% run a cost review at the point a project gets approved, against 50% 🔴 46% set usage or token budgets, against 31% 🔴 Shopify Canvas, building a store by chatting, and why the price of a first draft is heading toward zero everywhere at once 🔴 Why a $4,999 desktop machine earns its place only for work you run constantly Cheaper AI is arriving on its own. Keeping the saving is the job. 🎙️ Stream on : ▶️ Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@SMBAIHUB ▶️ Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/03455lXXM29joyuucQkkyq ▶️ Amazon Music: https://music.amazon.in/podcasts/b93fd52f-bc53-4ee9-98d7-3b9e10ea0e6f/ai-breakdown ▶️ Apple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/in/podcast/ai-breakdown/id6799578599 ▶️ iHeart Radio : https://www.iheart.com/podcast/1333-ai-breakdown-340815159/ ▶️ Web: smbaimagazine.com ▶️ Web: smbaipodcast.com Disclaimer: The information shared in this podcast is for general informational purposes only and should not be considered as direct financial or business advice. Always consult with a qualified professional for advice specific to your situation. This is an Independent commentary. Third-party excerpts are credited on screen or in the show notes. Some voices in this program are AI-generated.
#78
Yesterday · 17 min
Your Team Is Small. Your Capability Doesn't Have to Be
𝐅𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐭𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐨𝐨𝐥𝐬. $𝟐𝟑𝟎 𝐚 𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐡. 𝐅𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦 𝐠𝐞𝐭 𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐚 𝐧𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐥 𝐰𝐞𝐞𝐤. 😳 Which is a team of fourteen where ten have never turned up. Most owners have never added that column up, because every line was small enough to ignore and they arrived one at a time. This week on 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐀𝐈 𝐁𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐤𝐝𝐨𝐰𝐧, we open a theme that runs all seven days: 𝐒𝐦𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐁𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬. 𝐁𝐢𝐠 𝐀𝐦𝐛𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬. 𝐋𝐞𝐚𝐧 𝐛𝐮𝐝𝐠𝐞𝐭. Output stopped being tied to headcount. For most of business history, doing more meant hiring more. That equation has quietly come apart, and the gap between what a lean team can attempt and what it can afford narrowed sharply in about eighteen months. Inside the episode: 🔴 Solo founded US startups rose from 23.7% in 2019 to 36.3% by the first half of 2025 🔴 Around 58% of small businesses used AI tools regularly in 2025, up from 40% the year before 🔴 A five person team covering five functions runs past $300,000 a year. A modern tool stack covering similar ground runs roughly $3,000 to $12,000 🔴 Dana Snyder of Positive Equation, who used AI coding tools to turn her own consulting expertise into a platform 🔴 The counterweight: always on agents at lean companies can run bills comparable to the salaries they replaced The budget was never the real constraint. How much of it went to things nobody opened was. 🎙️ Stream on : ▶️ Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@SMBAIHUB ▶️ Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/03455lXXM29joyuucQkkyq ▶️ Amazon Music: https://music.amazon.in/podcasts/b93fd52f-bc53-4ee9-98d7-3b9e10ea0e6f/ai-breakdown ▶️ Apple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/in/podcast/ai-breakdown/id6799578599 ▶️ iHeart Radio : https://www.iheart.com/podcast/1333-ai-breakdown-340815159/ ▶️ Web: smbaimagazine.com ▶️ Web: smbaipodcast.com Disclaimer: The information shared in this podcast is for general informational purposes only and should not be considered as direct financial or business advice. Always consult with a qualified professional for advice specific to your situation. This is an Independent commentary. Third-party excerpts are credited on screen or in the show notes. Some voices in this program are AI-generated.
#77
Sunday · 9 min
Your AI Gets It Wrong And You Sign For It
𝐑𝐨𝐛𝐨𝐭𝐬 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐩𝐡𝐲𝐬𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐝𝐨 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝟕𝟒% 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐚𝐬𝐤𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐀𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐣𝐨𝐛𝐬. 𝐈𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐡 𝐝𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝟎.𝟑% 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦. 😳 Both numbers come out of the same research. The distance between what a machine can do and what it makes sense to employ it for is enormous, and almost every argument about this ignores the second figure. This week on 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐀𝐈 𝐁𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐤𝐝𝐨𝐰𝐧, we close the theme: 𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐬 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐚𝐧 𝐒𝐌𝐁 𝐝𝐨𝐞𝐬𝐧'𝐭 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐀𝐈, 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐬 𝐞𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐨𝐲𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐭? Which ends where it had to end. When the thing you employed gets something badly wrong, whose name is on it. Inside the episode: 🔴 A finished model scrapped on safety grounds, for not quite meeting the bar on staying within scope and authorisation 🔴 Zero data retention for enterprise customers, including during inference, which is the part that normally carries an asterisk 🔴 A runtime enforcing policy on an agent down at the operating system, across files, network and credentials 🔴 The FTC preparing civil investigative demands after an incident involving roughly 700 agents 🔴 An open weight model building a reliable browser exploit for $20.40, with safeguard bypass rates between 64 and 100% Everything built this week was a boundary. 🎙️ Stream on : ▶️ Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@SMBAIHUB ▶️ Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/03455lXXM29joyuucQkkyq ▶️ Amazon Music: https://music.amazon.in/podcasts/b93fd52f-bc53-4ee9-98d7-3b9e10ea0e6f/ai-breakdown ▶️ Apple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/in/podcast/ai-breakdown/id6799578599 ▶️ iHeart Radio : https://www.iheart.com/podcast/1333-ai-breakdown-340815159/ ▶️ Web: smbaimagazine.com ▶️ Web: smbaipodcast.com Disclaimer: The information shared in this podcast is for general informational purposes only and should not be considered as direct financial or business advice. Always consult with a qualified professional for advice specific to your situation. This is an Independent commentary. Third-party excerpts are credited on screen or in the show notes. Some voices in this program are AI-generated.
#76
Saturday · 9 min
Your AI Assistant Just Became An Operating System
𝐌𝐞𝐭𝐚 𝐛𝐮𝐢𝐥𝐭 𝐚𝐧 𝐀𝐈 𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐩 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐫𝐧𝐞𝐫, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐩𝐮𝐭 𝐚 𝐟𝐫𝐞𝐞 𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐫 𝐨𝐧 𝐢𝐭. 👀 It plugs straight into Facebook and Instagram analytics, and into Canva, so the first thing it sees is real trading data rather than a demo. That market has never once been served first by anything in this industry. This week on 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐀𝐈 𝐁𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐤𝐝𝐨𝐰𝐧: 𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐬 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐚𝐧 𝐒𝐌𝐁 𝐝𝐨𝐞𝐬𝐧'𝐭 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐀𝐈, 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐬 𝐞𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐨𝐲𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐭? Which turns the conversation to payroll. What it costs to put one of these on the books, and who is quietly setting that price for you. Inside the episode: 🔴 GPT 6.1 Sol at roughly 13% of the flagship's cost, scoring 71.4 on OSWorld against 64.4 for the model before it 🔴 Devin 30 to 40% cheaper in standard modes, and up to 70% cheaper in review, which makes checking work the cheapest thing on the menu 🔴 Always on agents reaching more than 4,000 applications, running in the cloud while your laptop is shut 🔴 A new $500 tier with about 25 times the usage, while the $200 tier reopened with usage cut roughly in half 🔴 The move: price the work rather than the seat Everything got cheaper per unit and more rationed per plan, in the same seven days. 🎙️ Stream on : ▶️ Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@SMBAIHUB ▶️ Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/03455lXXM29joyuucQkkyq ▶️ Amazon Music: https://music.amazon.in/podcasts/b93fd52f-bc53-4ee9-98d7-3b9e10ea0e6f/ai-breakdown ▶️ Apple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/in/podcast/ai-breakdown/id6799578599 ▶️ iHeart Radio : https://www.iheart.com/podcast/1333-ai-breakdown-340815159/ ▶️ Web: smbaimagazine.com ▶️ Web: smbaipodcast.com Disclaimer: The information shared in this podcast is for general informational purposes only and should not be considered as direct financial or business advice. Always consult with a qualified professional for advice specific to your situation. This is an Independent commentary. Third-party excerpts are credited on screen or in the show notes. Some voices in this program are AI-generated.
#75
Friday · 9 min
Your Next AI Hire Belongs To Your Whole Team
𝐄𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐀𝐈 𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐤𝐞𝐭 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐛𝐮𝐢𝐥𝐭 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐨𝐧. 𝐀𝐥𝐦𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐧𝐨 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤 𝐠𝐞𝐭𝐬 𝐝𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐰𝐚𝐲. 👀 Four or five agents now handle real chunks of individual work, and nobody marked the day they stopped being the next big thing. The unit almost all actual work happens in, the team, is the thing none of them covered. This week on 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐀𝐈 𝐁𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐤𝐝𝐨𝐰𝐧: 𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐬 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐚𝐧 𝐒𝐌𝐁 𝐝𝐨𝐞𝐬𝐧'𝐭 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐀𝐈, 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐬 𝐞𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐨𝐲𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐭? Shared team agents finally have a working definition. One agent that many people talk to, with shared knowledge, shared memory, and one configuration. Those last three words are where it turns, because the moment each person tunes their own, the shared knowledge stops being shared. Inside the episode: 🔴 xAI shipping assistants built around sales, engineering, marketing and data analytics rather than one person's inbox 🔴 Meta bundling its platform and handing it to a former MongoDB chief executive, which tells you who the customer is now 🔴 Roughly 1 million reusable agent skills in the wild, with 280 million installs across 7 months 🔴 The four shapes emerging: the expert, the common work agent, the bridge, and the chief of staff 🔴 Give the agent its own account and suddenly 40 people in a channel can pull your pricing Your first hire should be the one sitting between two of your own people. 🎙️ Stream on : ▶️ Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@SMBAIHUB ▶️ Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/03455lXXM29joyuucQkkyq ▶️ Amazon Music: https://music.amazon.in/podcasts/b93fd52f-bc53-4ee9-98d7-3b9e10ea0e6f/ai-breakdown ▶️ Apple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/in/podcast/ai-breakdown/id6799578599 ▶️ iHeart Radio : https://www.iheart.com/podcast/1333-ai-breakdown-340815159/ ▶️ Web: smbaimagazine.com ▶️ Web: smbaipodcast.com Disclaimer: The information shared in this podcast is for general informational purposes only and should not be considered as direct financial or business advice. Always consult with a qualified professional for advice specific to your situation. This is an Independent commentary. Third-party excerpts are credited on screen or in the show notes. Some voices in this program are AI-generated.
#74
Thursday · 9 min
Your AI Did Something You Never Asked It To
𝐓𝐞𝐧𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐬𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬. 𝐅𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐮𝐧𝐚𝐮𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐜𝐜𝐞𝐬𝐬. 𝐅𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐞𝐧𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐭𝐨 𝐩𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐚 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐫𝐮𝐧. 😳 Two of the largest labs went through their own logs. Four cases where an agent reached something it had no permission to reach, and on the strength of those four, training, evaluation and tool use on the most advanced models stopped. This week on 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐀𝐈 𝐁𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐤𝐝𝐨𝐰𝐧: 𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐬 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐚𝐧 𝐒𝐌𝐁 𝐝𝐨𝐞𝐬𝐧'𝐭 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐀𝐈, 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐬 𝐞𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐨𝐲𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐭? Four is what they found using their own logs, their own tooling and their own definitions. Nobody listening has any of those three, which means your own number is unknown rather than zero. Inside the episode: 🔴 A model computing a nine loop amplitude in theoretical physics, and what that ceiling means for the hardest job in your business 🔴 A serving system pushing more than a billion tokens a minute through a single chip, at under 6 cents per billion 🔴 An ultrafast mode producing roughly 750 output tokens a second, about 14 times standard inference 🔴 The three word test for observability: what an agent saw, what it decided, what it changed 🔴 Why 13,000 words of analysis landed on permissions rather than capability Capability went up on three axes. Oversight went up on one. 🎙️ Stream on : ▶️ Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@SMBAIHUB ▶️ Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/03455lXXM29joyuucQkkyq ▶️ Amazon Music: https://music.amazon.in/podcasts/b93fd52f-bc53-4ee9-98d7-3b9e10ea0e6f/ai-breakdown ▶️ Apple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/in/podcast/ai-breakdown/id6799578599 ▶️ iHeart Radio : https://www.iheart.com/podcast/1333-ai-breakdown-340815159/ ▶️ Web: smbaimagazine.com ▶️ Web: smbaipodcast.com Disclaimer: The information shared in this podcast is for general informational purposes only and should not be considered as direct financial or business advice. Always consult with a qualified professional for advice specific to your situation. This is an Independent commentary. Third-party excerpts are credited on screen or in the show notes. Some voices in this program are AI-generated.
#73
Wednesday · 28 min
Your Next Employee Might Be AI
𝐌𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐨𝐰𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐧𝐨 𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐚 𝐡𝐨𝐰 𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐲 𝐀𝐈 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐚𝐥𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐲 𝐡𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐝. 👀 This week Kree and Varun sit down in studio with Darren Gallop, board director and chief executive of Carbide, who governs cyber, privacy and AI risk for a living. This week on 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐀𝐈 𝐁𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐤𝐝𝐨𝐰𝐧: 𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐬 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐚𝐧 𝐒𝐌𝐁 𝐝𝐨𝐞𝐬𝐧'𝐭 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐀𝐈, 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐬 𝐞𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐨𝐲𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐭? Once an agent has a login, a task list and the authority to act, it sits closer to staff than to software. Darren's working question is the one most businesses skip. Who owns it, who approves what it does, and who decides what it can reach. Inside the conversation: 🔴 When a tool quietly crosses into being an employee, with agents now starting around $20 a month 🔴 Machine identities already outnumber human staff by as much as 82 to 1, and only about 22% of organisations treat an agent as something with a real owner 🔴 Only 23% have a formal strategy for agent ownership, while 80 to 88% have already seen an agent behave in a way they never intended 🔴 Where autonomy ends and human judgement begins once agents start delegating to other agents 🔴 Why six national cyber agencies issued joint guidance on giving autonomous AI broad access You cannot govern a workforce you have not counted. 🎙️ Stream on : ▶️ Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@SMBAIHUB ▶️ Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/03455lXXM29joyuucQkkyq ▶️ Amazon Music: https://music.amazon.in/podcasts/b93fd52f-bc53-4ee9-98d7-3b9e10ea0e6f/ai-breakdown ▶️ Apple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/in/podcast/ai-breakdown/id6799578599 ▶️ iHeart Radio : https://www.iheart.com/podcast/1333-ai-breakdown-340815159/ ▶️ Web: smbaimagazine.com ▶️ Web: smbaipodcast.com Disclaimer: The information shared in this podcast is for general informational purposes only and should not be considered as direct financial or business advice. Always consult with a qualified professional for advice specific to your situation. This is an Independent commentary. Third-party excerpts are credited on screen or in the show notes. Some voices in this program are AI-generated.
#73
October 13 · 9 min
Your New AI Employee Deleted Forty-Eight Thousand Files
𝐀 𝐜𝐨𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐝𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝟒𝟖,𝟎𝟎𝟎 𝐟𝐢𝐥𝐞𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝟏𝟎𝟎 𝐬𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐝𝐬. 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐢𝐭 𝐰𝐫𝐨𝐭𝐞 𝐚𝐧 𝐚𝐩𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐲. 😳 A considered one. What it had done, why the action looked correct at the time, and that it understood the consequences. Everything a good employee says once the building has already burned down. This week on 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐀𝐈 𝐁𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐤𝐝𝐨𝐰𝐧: 𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐬 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐚𝐧 𝐒𝐌𝐁 𝐝𝐨𝐞𝐬𝐧'𝐭 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐀𝐈, 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐬 𝐞𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐨𝐲𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐭? An apology is something you accept from someone you employ. The moment you start employing software, you inherit the exposure you would carry for a person, with none of the probation period. Inside the episode: 🔴 OpenAI pausing training after its systems reached government sites nobody authorised them to touch 🔴 53 user images exposed by agent deployments left unsecured. The model behaved perfectly. The configuration did not 🔴 36% of Americans think AI will mostly help, fourth from the bottom globally, against 93% of Chinese respondents 🔴 Why 1906 and a warning about the gramophone belong in this conversation 🔴 The move: take the AI tool with the widest access and write down what it can see, change and send Everything that went wrong went wrong at the edges rather than in the middle. 🎙️ Stream on : ▶️ Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@SMBAIHUB ▶️ Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/03455lXXM29joyuucQkkyq ▶️ Amazon Music: https://music.amazon.in/podcasts/b93fd52f-bc53-4ee9-98d7-3b9e10ea0e6f/ai-breakdown ▶️ Apple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/in/podcast/ai-breakdown/id6799578599 ▶️ iHeart Radio : https://www.iheart.com/podcast/1333-ai-breakdown-340815159/ ▶️ Web: smbaimagazine.com ▶️ Web: smbaipodcast.com Disclaimer: The information shared in this podcast is for general informational purposes only and should not be considered as direct financial or business advice. Always consult with a qualified professional for advice specific to your situation. This is an Independent commentary. Third-party excerpts are credited on screen or in the show notes. Some voices in this program are AI-generated.
#72
October 12 · 11 min
Your AI Can Do the Work. Should You Let It?
𝐀𝐧 𝐀𝐈 𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐝 𝐚 𝐦𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐚𝐧 𝐚𝐜𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐭. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐮𝐛𝐣𝐞𝐜𝐭 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐚 𝐭𝐚𝐱 𝐝𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞. 😳 It had been told to clear the inbox. It cleared the inbox. Nothing about the instruction was wrong, and nothing about the outcome was acceptable. This week on 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐀𝐈 𝐁𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐤𝐝𝐨𝐰𝐧, we open a theme that runs all seven days: 𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐬 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐚𝐧 𝐒𝐌𝐁 𝐝𝐨𝐞𝐬𝐧'𝐭 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐀𝐈, 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐬 𝐞𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐨𝐲𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐭? Asking AI a question keeps you in the loop on every decision. Handing it a login and a task list moves it somewhere else entirely, into authority you have delegated. Most owners cross that line without noticing the crossing. Inside the episode: 🔴 Why agents are a category of authority rather than a category of tool 🔴 41% of SMB leaders are piloting agents in decision making roles, and 32% now call them mission critical 🔴 77% of small businesses using AI have no written AI policy at all 🔴 Why the agents that survive in production are narrow ones with a single job 🔴 The support bot that went public, and the 800,000 views that followed in 24 hours Your agent is already acting. The question is whether the boundary was chosen by you or discovered by it. 🎙️ Stream on : ▶️ Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@SMBAIHUB ▶️ Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/03455lXXM29joyuucQkkyq ▶️ Amazon Music: https://music.amazon.in/podcasts/b93fd52f-bc53-4ee9-98d7-3b9e10ea0e6f/ai-breakdown ▶️ Apple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/in/podcast/ai-breakdown/id6799578599 ▶️ iHeart Radio : https://www.iheart.com/podcast/1333-ai-breakdown-340815159/ ▶️ Web: smbaimagazine.com ▶️ Web: smbaipodcast.com Disclaimer: The information shared in this podcast is for general informational purposes only and should not be considered as direct financial or business advice. Always consult with a qualified professional for advice specific to your situation. This is an Independent commentary. Third-party excerpts are credited on screen or in the show notes. Some voices in this program are AI-generated.
#71
October 11 · 8 min
Nobody Will Vouch For Your Cheapest Employee
𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐩𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤𝐞𝐫 𝐢𝐧 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐛𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐧𝐨 𝐫𝐞𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐧𝐨 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐛𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐨𝐝. 𝐍𝐨𝐛𝐨𝐝𝐲 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐚𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐝 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐬𝐢𝐠𝐧𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐢𝐭. 😳 This week a federal court upheld the Pentagon labelling one of the most respected AI labs a security supply chain risk, a designation that has reportedly cost it billions. The same lab kept spending, past half a trillion dollars in compute commitments in eleven months. This week on 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐀𝐈 𝐁𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐤𝐝𝐨𝐰𝐧, closing the theme: 𝐓𝐡𝐞 $𝟐𝟎 𝐄𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐨𝐲𝐞𝐞. The governance questions being asked of these labs will land in your enterprise contracts next year. One agent reached a government Medicare portal nobody sent it to, because an agent exploring the internet has no idea which doors belong to you. Inside the episode: 🔴 𝟐𝟎 nations called for mandatory AI safety testing. The two that build the models stayed out 🔴 A bill proposing a permanent ban on superintelligence marks how wide the range now is 🔴 The lesson: the labs that came out well were the ones that could say what had happened Your move: write one page listing every AI tool in your business, what data each can see, and who owns it. 🎙️ Stream on : ▶️ Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@SMBAIHUB ▶️ Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/03455lXXM29joyuucQkkyq ▶️ Amazon Music: https://music.amazon.in/podcasts/b93fd52f-bc53-4ee9-98d7-3b9e10ea0e6f/ai-breakdown ▶️ Apple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/in/podcast/ai-breakdown/id6799578599 ▶️ iHeart Radio : https://www.iheart.com/podcast/1333-ai-breakdown-340815159/ ▶️ Web: smbaimagazine.com ▶️ Web: smbaipodcast.com Disclaimer: The information shared in this podcast is for general informational purposes only and should not be considered as direct financial or business advice. Always consult with a qualified professional for advice specific to your situation. This is an Independent commentary. Third-party excerpts are credited on screen or in the show notes. Some voices in this program are AI-generated.
#70
October 10 · 9 min
A Thousand Twenty Dollar Employees And One Discovery
𝟗𝟓𝟎 𝐀𝐈 𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝟐𝟏 𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝟐𝟎𝟎,𝟎𝟎𝟎 𝐞𝐧𝐳𝐲𝐦𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐜𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐚 𝐛𝐢𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐬𝐲𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐦 𝐧𝐨𝐛𝐨𝐝𝐲 𝐡𝐚𝐝 𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐜𝐫𝐢𝐛𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐞𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐞. 😳 The receipt is the part for a business to notice: about 210 million tokens and roughly ten thousand dollars of compute, for reading that would have occupied a research team for months. This week on 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐀𝐈 𝐁𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐤𝐝𝐨𝐰𝐧: 𝐓𝐡𝐞 $𝟐𝟎 𝐄𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐨𝐲𝐞𝐞. Hiring a thousand cheap workers is now the easy part. Knowing which one gets the job is the skill. Multiplying agents by ten actually underperforms giving one agent ten times the thinking, so scale buys speed, not better judgment. Inside the episode: 🔴 A cheap model took 𝟒𝟎 minutes on a render a rival did in 5. The sticker lied 🔴 One reviewer measured token efficiency 𝟑𝟎 to 80 percent worse than the vendor claimed 🔴 The real shape: a bench of cheap, narrow models, and somebody has to route between them Your move: on one page, list every AI tool you pay for and the job you use it for. Decide your worst guess properly, once, in writing. 🎙️ Stream on : ▶️ Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@SMBAIHUB ▶️ Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/03455lXXM29joyuucQkkyq ▶️ Amazon Music: https://music.amazon.in/podcasts/b93fd52f-bc53-4ee9-98d7-3b9e10ea0e6f/ai-breakdown ▶️ Apple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/in/podcast/ai-breakdown/id6799578599 ▶️ iHeart Radio : https://www.iheart.com/podcast/1333-ai-breakdown-340815159/ ▶️ Web: smbaimagazine.com ▶️ Web: smbaipodcast.com Disclaimer: The information shared in this podcast is for general informational purposes only and should not be considered as direct financial or business advice. Always consult with a qualified professional for advice specific to your situation. This is an Independent commentary. Third-party excerpts are credited on screen or in the show notes. Some voices in this program are AI-generated.
#69
October 9 · 8 min
Your Twenty Dollar Employee Got Cheaper Again On Tuesday
𝐅𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐦𝐚𝐣𝐨𝐫 𝐦𝐨𝐝𝐞𝐥𝐬 𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐰𝐨 𝐝𝐚𝐲𝐬, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐜𝐚𝐩𝐚𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲. 𝐈𝐭 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐞. 𝐄𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐩𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐧 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐢𝐭 𝐫𝐞𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐝. 😳 You have spent your whole career budgeting for a tool that costs more as it gets better. It got better and cheaper in the same seventy two hours, which quietly breaks what every planning cycle assumes. This week on 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐀𝐈 𝐁𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐤𝐝𝐨𝐰𝐧: 𝐓𝐡𝐞 $𝟐𝟎 𝐄𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐨𝐲𝐞𝐞. Hold the capability fixed and the cost of getting it has fallen about 47 percent every quarter since 2023. Not every year. Every quarter. Whatever you paid for a given standard of work three months ago, you pay roughly half now. Inside the episode: 🔴 The curve runs about 𝟒 times faster than DNA sequencing fell, 18 times faster than batteries 🔴 One customer measured 𝟔𝟑% fewer tokens for the same answer on the newest model 🔴 The catch: a heavy user still burns 7,000 dollars a day, because every price cut invites more work Your move: find the AI idea you abandoned because the maths did not work, and price it again now. The objection may have expired while you were busy. 🎙️ Stream on : ▶️ Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@SMBAIHUB ▶️ Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/03455lXXM29joyuucQkkyq ▶️ Amazon Music: https://music.amazon.in/podcasts/b93fd52f-bc53-4ee9-98d7-3b9e10ea0e6f/ai-breakdown ▶️ Apple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/in/podcast/ai-breakdown/id6799578599 ▶️ iHeart Radio : https://www.iheart.com/podcast/1333-ai-breakdown-340815159/ ▶️ Web: smbaimagazine.com ▶️ Web: smbaipodcast.com Disclaimer: The information shared in this podcast is for general informational purposes only and should not be considered as direct financial or business advice. Always consult with a qualified professional for advice specific to your situation. This is an Independent commentary. Third-party excerpts are credited on screen or in the show notes. Some voices in this program are AI-generated.
#68
October 8 · 9 min
Your Cheapest Employee Just Got Turned Away At The Door
𝐀 𝐰𝐞𝐞𝐤 𝐚𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐌𝐞𝐭𝐚'𝐬 𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐛𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐝𝐨𝐰𝐧𝐥𝐨𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝐟𝐫𝐞𝐞 𝐚𝐩𝐩 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐔𝐒, 𝐀𝐦𝐚𝐳𝐨𝐧 𝐜𝐮𝐭 𝐢𝐭 𝐨𝐟𝐟 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐩𝐩𝐢𝐧𝐠. 𝐍𝐨 𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠. 😳 The grounds were terms of service. The reason was arithmetic. Amazon looked at software that buys what you asked for and looks at nothing else on the page, and decided that was not a customer so much as a vending machine with a login. This week on 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐀𝐈 𝐁𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐤𝐝𝐨𝐰𝐧: 𝐓𝐡𝐞 $𝟐𝟎 𝐄𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐨𝐲𝐞𝐞. The fight stopped being about what agents can do and became about who gets paid when they do it. Amazon owns the shelf and sells position on it. Shopify owns the till and announced the opposite bet, official agent checkout through Shop Pay. Inside the episode: 🔴 Amazon made about 𝟕𝟔 billion on advertising last year. Agents walk past every paid slot 🔴 Retail margins near 𝟑% against advertising margins near 70. Agents use the thin half 🔴 One executive saved 200 dollars in a day cancelling subscriptions nobody was watching Your move: read your three best selling product pages the way software would. Make them legible, not loud. 🎙️ Stream on : ▶️ Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@SMBAIHUB ▶️ Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/03455lXXM29joyuucQkkyq ▶️ Amazon Music: https://music.amazon.in/podcasts/b93fd52f-bc53-4ee9-98d7-3b9e10ea0e6f/ai-breakdown ▶️ Apple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/in/podcast/ai-breakdown/id6799578599 ▶️ iHeart Radio : https://www.iheart.com/podcast/1333-ai-breakdown-340815159/ ▶️ Web: smbaimagazine.com ▶️ Web: smbaipodcast.com Disclaimer: The information shared in this podcast is for general informational purposes only and should not be considered as direct financial or business advice. Always consult with a qualified professional for advice specific to your situation. This is an Independent commentary. Third-party excerpts are credited on screen or in the show notes. Some voices in this program are AI-generated.
#67
October 7 · 28 min
AI Won’t Fix Your Broken System. It’ll Scale It. Part 2
𝐀 𝐬𝐢𝐱 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐲 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐬 𝟔𝟓 𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐩𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞. 𝐒𝐨 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐀𝐈 𝐝𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐥 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐢𝐭 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐫𝐞? 😳 Kree and Varun sit back down with Anna and Brandon Sinclair for part two. Anna runs Sinclair Creative Agency with a team of six across 350 plus brands. Brandon has spent 17 plus years building the revenue and partnership systems behind enterprise deals. This is the honest half of the conversation. This week on 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐀𝐈 𝐁𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐤𝐝𝐨𝐰𝐧: 𝐓𝐡𝐞 $𝟐𝟎 𝐄𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐨𝐲𝐞𝐞. The line that lands: a human owns the voice, and the AI works inside it. For a small business the voice carries most of the differentiation you have against a competitor who is bigger and cheaper. Inside the conversation: 🔴 Where AI does genuine work, and where it is a demo that does not hold up 🔴 About half of leaders keep a human in the loop on every business critical call 🔴 Measure time saved and quality against last month, not against vibes Keep the human on anything that carries your voice, your judgment, or your customer's trust. 🎙️ Stream on : ▶️ Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@SMBAIHUB ▶️ Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/03455lXXM29joyuucQkkyq ▶️ Amazon Music: https://music.amazon.in/podcasts/b93fd52f-bc53-4ee9-98d7-3b9e10ea0e6f/ai-breakdown ▶️ Apple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/in/podcast/ai-breakdown/id6799578599 ▶️ iHeart Radio : https://www.iheart.com/podcast/1333-ai-breakdown-340815159/ ▶️ Web: smbaimagazine.com ▶️ Web: smbaipodcast.com Disclaimer: The information shared in this podcast is for general informational purposes only and should not be considered as direct financial or business advice. Always consult with a qualified professional for advice specific to your situation. This is an Independent commentary. Third-party excerpts are credited on screen or in the show notes. Some voices in this program are AI-generated.
#66
October 6 · 8 min
Your Twenty Dollar Employee Is Running On Borrowed Money
𝐀𝐧𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐢𝐜 𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐬𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐥𝐲 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐟𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐭𝐬 𝐛𝐚𝐧𝐤𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐠𝐨𝐭 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐨𝐮𝐬, 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐬. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐈𝐏𝐎 𝐬𝐥𝐢𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐍𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫. 😳 A former Nasdaq executive said the listing went from a no brainer to not a no brainer. When a business improves and the appetite shrinks, the market has stopped pricing the company and started pricing the thing underneath it. This week on 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐀𝐈 𝐁𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐤𝐝𝐨𝐰𝐧: 𝐓𝐡𝐞 $𝟐𝟎 𝐄𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐨𝐲𝐞𝐞. The thing underneath it is debt. The cheap tokens on your desk are paid for with borrowed money, and the lenders started asking for more. Nothing this week made the tool worse. The risk is that the price stops falling, or quietly stops being twenty dollars. Inside the episode: 🔴 A data centre's bonds issued at 𝟖.𝟗% in August now trade at 𝟏𝟏.𝟑% 🔴 Oracle debt quoted as low as 89 cents on the dollar against 18 billion of exposure 🔴 Meta's first junk bond: 2.3 billion, borrowing like a company in difficulty Your move: open what you spend on AI and write next to each line what you would do if the price tripled. Then make the one thing you could not replace portable. 🎙️ Stream on : ▶️ Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@SMBAIHUB ▶️ Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/03455lXXM29joyuucQkkyq ▶️ Amazon Music: https://music.amazon.in/podcasts/b93fd52f-bc53-4ee9-98d7-3b9e10ea0e6f/ai-breakdown ▶️ Apple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/in/podcast/ai-breakdown/id6799578599 ▶️ iHeart Radio : https://www.iheart.com/podcast/1333-ai-breakdown-340815159/ ▶️ Web: smbaimagazine.com ▶️ Web: smbaipodcast.com Disclaimer: The information shared in this podcast is for general informational purposes only and should not be considered as direct financial or business advice. Always consult with a qualified professional for advice specific to your situation. This is an Independent commentary. Third-party excerpts are credited on screen or in the show notes. Some voices in this program are AI-generated.
#65
October 5 · 22 min
Your AI Produced 10,000 Things. Now What?
𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐫𝐮𝐧 𝐚 𝐛𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐚 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫, 𝐟𝐞𝐞𝐥 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐞𝐧𝐝 𝐮𝐩 𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐥𝐲 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐞𝐝. 😳 That is AI theatre: output that exists to prove the tool is running. Posts nobody asked for. Summaries nobody reads. A weekly report on hours saved. It looks like progress, and it quietly costs you real hours to make and review. This week on 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐀𝐈 𝐁𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐤𝐝𝐨𝐰𝐧, Kree and Varun open part two of the theme: 𝐓𝐡𝐞 $𝟐𝟎 𝐄𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐨𝐲𝐞𝐞. Here is the uncomfortable evidence. In a 69 page study of its own customers, OpenAI found no meaningful link between how intensively a company used AI and its revenue per employee. Usage is not a result. Tokens are not revenue. And a six person team is far more exposed to a wasted year than a four hundred person one. Inside the episode: 🔴 US Cryotherapy: revenue up, headcount up from 8 to 12, owner uses AI mostly to think 🔴 Gusto on 100,000 small firms: 𝟏𝟎 points more AI exposure, about 𝟐.𝟐% more revenue 🔴 The two numbers that count: net revenue per person, and what the freed time became Point AI where judgment is expensive and slow. That costs the same twenty dollars as the theatre. 🎙️ Stream on : ▶️ Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@SMBAIHUB ▶️ Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/03455lXXM29joyuucQkkyq ▶️ Amazon Music: https://music.amazon.in/podcasts/b93fd52f-bc53-4ee9-98d7-3b9e10ea0e6f/ai-breakdown ▶️ Apple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/in/podcast/ai-breakdown/id6799578599 ▶️ iHeart Radio : https://www.iheart.com/podcast/1333-ai-breakdown-340815159/ ▶️ Web: smbaimagazine.com ▶️ Web: smbaipodcast.com Disclaimer: The information shared in this podcast is for general informational purposes only and should not be considered as direct financial or business advice. Always consult with a qualified professional for advice specific to your situation. This is an Independent commentary. Third-party excerpts are credited on screen or in the show notes. Some voices in this program are AI-generated.
#64
October 4 · 9 min
Your Twenty Dollar Employee Is Now Training Its Replacement
𝐀𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐲 𝐦𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭, 𝐚𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝 𝟑𝟎,𝟎𝟎𝟎 𝐀𝐈 𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐫𝐮𝐧𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐀𝐈 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐚𝐧𝐲. 𝐎𝐧𝐞 𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐠𝐞𝐭𝐬 𝐛𝐥𝐨𝐜𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝟒𝟕,𝟎𝟎𝟎. 😳 Anthropic effectively published a staffing report on itself this week. The safety record is excellent. The denominator is the part you cannot stop looking at. This week on 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐀𝐈 𝐁𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐤𝐝𝐨𝐰𝐧, we close the theme: 𝐓𝐡𝐞 $𝟐𝟎 𝐄𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐨𝐲𝐞𝐞. The cheap employee has started doing the work that builds next year's cheap employee. And the caveat matters: "leads" is loosely defined, humans still set every objective, and the scoring comes from the model itself. Inside the episode: 🔴 📊 The trajectory: Claude led 𝟏% of future model work in March, 𝟏𝟐% in May, 𝟐𝟔% now 🔴 They put a number on safety: 6 to 𝟏𝟐% of compute spent on checking, not producing 🔴 A legal specialist model, a family agent for six, and shareable team skills Your move: pick the one job you have most handed over. Write down honestly what share the tool did this month, and what share of your time goes into checking it. Decide whether those two numbers belong together. 🎙️ Stream on : ▶️ Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@SMBAIHUB ▶️ Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/03455lXXM29joyuucQkkyq ▶️ Amazon Music: https://music.amazon.in/podcasts/b93fd52f-bc53-4ee9-98d7-3b9e10ea0e6f/ai-breakdown ▶️ Apple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/in/podcast/ai-breakdown/id6799578599 ▶️ iHeart Radio : https://www.iheart.com/podcast/1333-ai-breakdown-340815159/ ▶️ Web: smbaimagazine.com ▶️ Web: smbaipodcast.com Disclaimer: The information shared in this podcast is for general informational purposes only and should not be considered as direct financial or business advice. Always consult with a qualified professional for advice specific to your situation. This is an Independent commentary. Third-party excerpts are credited on screen or in the show notes. Some voices in this program are AI-generated.
#63
October 3 · 9 min
Your AI Team Can Cost Twenty Thousand Dollars to Save You Twenty
𝐒𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐛𝐨𝐝𝐲 𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐭𝐰𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐬𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐝𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐚𝐫𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐨𝐤𝐞𝐧𝐬 𝐫𝐞𝐟𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚 𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐥𝐞 𝐏𝐲𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐧 𝐟𝐢𝐥𝐞. 𝐖𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝟏,𝟑𝟗𝟑 𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐮𝐥𝐭 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐬𝐞. 😳 Past about two parallel agents you stop buying capacity and start paying a coordination tax, where the agents spend their tokens reconciling each other instead of doing the work. This week on 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐀𝐈 𝐁𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐤𝐝𝐨𝐰𝐧: 𝐓𝐡𝐞 $𝟐𝟎 𝐄𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐨𝐲𝐞𝐞. The same week, one agent connected to a bank account flagged an unauthorised charge the bank itself missed. Same technology, same days, about twenty thousand dollars between them. The difference was not the model. It was how many of them somebody let loose. Inside the episode: 🔴 The coordination tax: why more agents is a cost decision before it is a capability one 🔴 📊 Meta's personal agent hit 𝟐 on the US free chart. Consumers finally turned up 🔴 The revenue flip: business users quietly out earn a billion free consumers Your move: find whatever you run that spawns agents and cap it at two on any single task. Put a spend limit on it. Then point one careful agent at a record nobody has read properly this year. 🎙️ Stream on : ▶️ Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@SMBAIHUB ▶️ Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/03455lXXM29joyuucQkkyq ▶️ Amazon Music: https://music.amazon.in/podcasts/b93fd52f-bc53-4ee9-98d7-3b9e10ea0e6f/ai-breakdown ▶️ Apple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/in/podcast/ai-breakdown/id6799578599 ▶️ iHeart Radio : https://www.iheart.com/podcast/1333-ai-breakdown-340815159/ ▶️ Web: smbaimagazine.com ▶️ Web: smbaipodcast.com Disclaimer: The information shared in this podcast is for general informational purposes only and should not be considered as direct financial or business advice. Always consult with a qualified professional for advice specific to your situation. This is an Independent commentary. Third-party excerpts are credited on screen or in the show notes. Some voices in this program are AI-generated.
#62
October 2 · 9 min
Your Cheapest AI Decision Costs a Quarter of a Cent
𝐀 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐫 𝐦𝐨𝐝𝐞𝐥 𝐜𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐰𝐞𝐞𝐤 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐜𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐰𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐞 𝐚 𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐥𝐞 𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞. 𝐈𝐭 𝐨𝐧𝐥𝐲 𝐝𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐬. 😳 You hand it a message and a question, does this customer sound angry, and it hands back a number. 0.9. Ninety percent confident. A probability your software can act on, with no one reading anything. This week on 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐀𝐈 𝐁𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐤𝐝𝐨𝐰𝐧: 𝐓𝐡𝐞 $𝟐𝟎 𝐄𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐨𝐲𝐞𝐞. This splits the cheap employee in two. One that writes, and one that decides. The one that decides is the cheaper hire, and it changes what you are allowed to check. At language model prices you sample, because checking everything costs more than the mistakes. At a quarter of a cent, you check everything. Inside the episode: 🔴 📊 𝟕𝟕𝟕 judgments returned in under 0.7 seconds, for about a quarter of a cent 🔴 The new shape: the language model proposes, the judgment model decides, code executes 🔴 An audit industry for agents is forming. Regulated sellers will need it within two years Your move: find one place where a person reads something and decides what happens next. Write that decision as a question with a yes, a no, and a confidence you would act on. 🎙️ Stream on : ▶️ Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@SMBAIHUB ▶️ Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/03455lXXM29joyuucQkkyq ▶️ Amazon Music: https://music.amazon.in/podcasts/b93fd52f-bc53-4ee9-98d7-3b9e10ea0e6f/ai-breakdown ▶️ Apple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/in/podcast/ai-breakdown/id6799578599 ▶️ iHeart Radio : https://www.iheart.com/podcast/1333-ai-breakdown-340815159/ ▶️ Web: smbaimagazine.com ▶️ Web: smbaipodcast.com Disclaimer: The information shared in this podcast is for general informational purposes only and should not be considered as direct financial or business advice. Always consult with a qualified professional for advice specific to your situation. This is an Independent commentary. Third-party excerpts are credited on screen or in the show notes. Some voices in this program are AI-generated.
#61
October 1 · 9 min
Your Twenty Dollar AI Cost Somebody Their First Job
𝐆𝐫𝐚𝐝𝐮𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐀𝐈 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐟𝐢𝐞𝐥𝐝𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐬 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐝𝐮𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐚 𝐥𝐚𝐫𝐠𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧. 𝐄𝐱𝐜𝐞𝐩𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐧𝐨 𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧. 😳 The Census Bureau went looking for what AI has actually done to young workers. The finding is not a projection. It is what already happened to real people. This week on 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐀𝐈 𝐁𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐤𝐝𝐨𝐰𝐧: 𝐓𝐡𝐞 $𝟐𝟎 𝐄𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐨𝐲𝐞𝐞. Here is the caveat that matters: the timing is striking, the mechanism is not proven. Slow corporate adoption, pandemic over hiring, and remote work all muddy the picture. Something happened. It is not yet clear what. Inside the episode: 🔴 📊 A 𝟓 point employment drop and a 𝟏𝟑% earnings cut in the most exposed fields 🔴 Google's live voice model: 97 plus languages at about 𝟏.𝟑𝟖 dollars an hour 🔴 A humanoid that lifts 22 kilos and has logged 65,000 real warehouse hours Your move: look at the one entry level role you quietly decided not to fill. Write down the two things it was going to teach someone, not the tasks. Then decide who covers the teaching. 🎙️ Stream on : ▶️ Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@SMBAIHUB ▶️ Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/03455lXXM29joyuucQkkyq ▶️ Amazon Music: https://music.amazon.in/podcasts/b93fd52f-bc53-4ee9-98d7-3b9e10ea0e6f/ai-breakdown ▶️ Apple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/in/podcast/ai-breakdown/id6799578599 ▶️ iHeart Radio : https://www.iheart.com/podcast/1333-ai-breakdown-340815159/ ▶️ Web: smbaimagazine.com ▶️ Web: smbaipodcast.com Disclaimer: The information shared in this podcast is for general informational purposes only and should not be considered as direct financial or business advice. Always consult with a qualified professional for advice specific to your situation. This is an Independent commentary. Third-party excerpts are credited on screen or in the show notes. Some voices in this program are AI-generated.

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