Episode 17 - The Lion of Value

Welcome to episode #17 of Agents of AI, Capto’s podcast for leaders who want to understand how humans + AI agents are reshaping the future.
The "Lion of Value" joins us to share:
-Their career focused consistently on turning complex business problems into measurable value, initially in finance and banking, with global banks and hedge fund administration before becoming an entrepreneur in technology. 

-The motivation of seeing companies' business problems and helping them transform from fuzzy ideas into a solid business case that cannot be refused by leadership. 

-How as a founder, what's underappreciated is acting as a bridge between different teams and translating complex technical concepts into understandable value. This requires the leader to fluidly switch between different "languages," such as speaking to a developer in the morning, a salesperson during the day, and a marketer in the evening.

-Early on the use of Python to reconcile spreadsheets and even automating their prior job search process, so much so that it impressed an interviewer to hire them on the spot.

-An example use case from a food manufacturing company that created a custom app to summarize CRM data for salespeople driving to a client site.

-Another use case from an HR department using AI as a co-pilot to summarize polices and information, saving the team significant time to answer simple questions.

-Cool future AI use cases in the digital disability space, for example giving a voice to people who don't have one and unlocking productivity for large segments of the workforce.

-Advice to stop thinking about AI and instead focus on a business problem, pick something painful, repetitive, and low-value - then measure the impact of removing it.

...and finally their identity is revealed as Alex Leonida; Founder and CEO of SilkFlo: https://www.linkedin.com/in/acleonida/
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