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Inside the AI systems that actually work

A podcast for operators, founders, and builders deploying AI that moves the needle. No hype. No theory. Show us what you built.

Real AI. Real Operators. Real Results.

Every week, we sit down with founders, operators, and builders who have deployed AI systems that actually work โ€” automations, agents, and workflows that moved the needle on their business.

No pitch decks. No vaporware. Just practitioners showing exactly what they built and how it changed the game.

Avi Slavin

Co-Host / CRO

Revenue strategist obsessed with the intersection of AI and GTM. Background in enterprise data commercialization, AdTech, and B2B sales infrastructure. Hunts for builders shipping AI that actually matters.

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Alexandra Jacobo

Co-Host / COO

Operations leader and creator of the CALM Method. Spent years scaling teams and building systems. Now exploring how AI is rewriting the operational playbook.

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Topics We Explore

Deep dives into the AI systems, automations, and agents that are changing how businesses operate.

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AI Agents & Assistants

Custom agents handling sales outreach, customer support, scheduling, research, and more โ€” built by operators for their own businesses.

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Workflow Automation

The automations running behind the scenes โ€” from lead processing to onboarding to reporting. Systems that replaced full-time headcount.

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AI for Revenue

How founders and sales leaders are using AI to prospect, qualify, personalize outreach, and close deals faster.

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Building in Production

From prototype to production โ€” what it actually takes to ship AI that works reliably at scale. The hard lessons.

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The AI Stack

Tools, frameworks, and infrastructure. What builders are actually using โ€” and what they wish they'd known earlier.

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ROI & Impact

Show me the numbers. Time saved, revenue generated, costs cut. The real business case for AI implementations.

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From Building 350-Unit Apartments to AI-Powered Estimates

Fernando Degwitz, TruBlue South Miami

An MIT-educated developer who spent 15 years building large-scale real estate projects in Latin America, now running a handyman franchise in Miami โ€” and using AI to cut estimating time in half.

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