Episodes 20
Avg. Duration 42m
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Apple Rating 5.0 (7)
Since Aug 2025
Latest Episode May 2026

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Tired of the AI hype? So are we. Welcome to AI, Actually: the podcast that cuts through the noise and gets real about how artificial intelligence can work for your business. In each episode, our resident AI and business transformation experts–along with occasional industry guests–hold a candid, jargon-free conversation on what it takes to get actual value from AI. Join us as we tackle topics like: the real difference between the latest LLM models, why generic AI can't make sense of your messy company data, how to get your GenAI use case off the ground, and what the rise of AI agents means for your business. This is your practical playbook for putting AI to work. No PhD required. AI, Actually is produced by AnswerRocket. Since 2013, our enterprise AI solutions have helped Fortune 500 companies achieve measurable results through their AI transformations. This podcast is where we share what we’ve learned.

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S1E20 Is Your Data AI-Ready? The Semantic Layer and the Last Mile Problem

May 12, 2026 30m Transcript

Most enterprise AI projects don't fail because of the model. They fail because of data, specifically, the gap between having data and having data an AI can actually understand and act on. This is the…

S1E19 The Forward Deployed Engineer: What the Role Really Means (And What We Should Actually Call It)

Apr 21, 2026 40m Transcript

Popularized by Palantir, the term "Forward Deployed Engineer" is everywhere right now.But what does it actually mean, and is it even the right label? In Episode 19, the AI, Actually crew digs into…

How to 10x Your Individual Productivity with AI

Apr 07, 2026 49m Transcript

Most companies are announcing AI strategies and running pilots that go nowhere. Meanwhile, individuals using AI every day are quietly getting 10x leverage on their work, and the gap is widening.The…

S1E17 AI Consulting Isn't Dead, The Hourly Rate Is & And Why POCs Aren't Enough

Mar 24, 2026 39m Transcript

Every week, someone declares that AI will make consultants obsolete. What we actually see is AI breathing new life into consulting, with practically every model maker teaming up with consulting firms…

S1E16 Will Vibe Coding Kill Software Engineering?

Mar 10, 2026 44m Transcript

Every week, someone declares that vibe coding will kill software development. Every week, they're wrong — but not for the reasons most people think.The real story isn't about job loss. It's about an…

How Businesses Can Actually Get Started with AI

Feb 24, 2026 45m

Enterprise AI adoption is accelerating — but most organizations are still stuck debating tools like ChatGPT while a smaller group is deploying AI agents that operate like digital colleagues.The gap…

Autonomous Agents in the Enterprise and How AI is Disrupting SaaS

Feb 10, 2026 51m

Artificial intelligence has crossed a major threshold. AI is no longer confined to answering questions in a chat window. It's sending emails, scheduling meetings, moving data between systems, and…

Building Software 10x Faster with AI: A Real-World Walkthrough

Jan 27, 2026 45m

What happens when AI coding agents enter the development process? AnswerRocket's team built a production-ready CRM in just four weeks, showing what's possible with next-generation software…

AgentOps: Why Keeping AI Agents Running Is Harder Than Building Them

Jan 13, 2026 39m

As enterprises deploy AI agents into production, a new operational challenge emerges: how do you monitor and maintain systems that don't fail with error codes, but instead drift subtly away from…

Open AI’s Playbook for Scaling AI, Why Generalists Are Winning, and Revenue-Driven ROI

Dec 16, 2025 35m

The old IT playbook is officially dead. Quarterly release cycles, endless approval committees, and throwing requirements over the wall? None of that works when AI models evolve every few weeks. In…

Google's Gemini 3 Breakthrough and Bold AI Predictions for 2026

Dec 02, 2025 36m

The race for AI dominance just shifted. Google's Gemini 3 launch was a coordinated ecosystem play that could reshape how enterprises think about AI infrastructure. In this episode, Pete Reilly sits…

What’s Actually Working in Enterprise AI: Business Value, Success Predictors, and Agent Ops

Nov 18, 2025 36m

Are most AI projects really failing, or are we just too early to judge? In this episode, we cut through the headlines to talk about what's actually happening with enterprise AI adoption. Our team…

The Decade of the Agent, Enterprise AI Reality, and Why Waiting Will Cost You

Nov 04, 2025 37m

Andrej Karpathy just dropped a reality check: 2025 isn't the "year of the agent,” it's the decade of the agent. But does that mean enterprises should hit pause on their AI initiatives? Not even…

OpenAI Dev Day Reactions and What It Takes to Get Agents in Production

Oct 21, 2025 33m

OpenAI's Dev Day dropped some major announcements this month, but is AgentKit really revolutionary or just another "me too!" moment? The AI, Actually crew shares their reactions to the latest OpenAI…

Breaking Down Nate B. Jones' 6 Engineering Principles for AI Agents

Oct 07, 2025 43m

Tired of AI agents that forget context mid-conversation or drift subtly off course in production? You're not alone. In this episode, the AI, Actually crew unpacks six critical engineering principles…

The $10T AI Opportunity, Forward Deployed Engineers, Year of the Agent Check-In, and Replit Agent 3

Sep 23, 2025 38m

Sequoia says AI is a $10 trillion opportunity. But how do you actually capture it? In this episode, the AI, Actually crew tackles the gap between AI's promise and its practical deployment in the…

Kimi, Shadow AI, Machine Learning vs. LLMs, Prompt vs. Context Engineering, and Local Models

Sep 16, 2025 55m

The AI Actually crew tackles the pressing concerns keeping enterprise leaders up at night: shadow AI infiltrating organizations, the crucial distinction between machine learning and LLMs, and why…

AI Pilot Failures, Agent Disruption, and the AI Talent War

Sep 09, 2025 47m

The MIT study claiming 95% of AI pilots fail has everyone talking—but what's really behind these failures? In this episode, the AI, Actually crew tackles the hard truths about why enterprises…

Why 95% of AI Pilots Fail, Building Effective Agents, Computer Use, and MCP

Sep 02, 2025 50m

Is your enterprise AI pilot part of the 95% that's failing? MIT's latest research just confirmed what many suspected: almost all enterprise AI initiatives are floundering. In this episode, we dig…

Vibe Coding, Enterprise AI Struggles, and GPT-5

Aug 25, 2025 50m

Is your company's AI strategy stuck in the sandbox?  You're not alone. Despite the endless hype, many large companies are finding their AI projects are stuck in the experimental stage. In this…

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