Disrupt or Defend
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How AI is automating Commercial Real Estate deals | Ep. 30
Real estate moves slowly. AI moves fast. Daniel Kazani sits down with Frederik Raspé, founder and CEO of Acquirepad, to figure out what happens when you point fast technology at a slow, trust-heavy…
How AI is impacting M&A activity in Saas | Ep. 29
What separates a SaaS business worth a real exit from one that buyers quietly walk away from in 2026?ㅤDaniel Kazani, co-founder of Softup, sits down with Dirk Sahlmer, partner at FE International, to…
How AI is disrupting the restaurant experience | Ep. 28
Spotify and Netflix both know what you like. The one place that exists for your literal taste, the restaurant, hands every guest the same printed card.ㅤDaniel Kazani sits down with Amir Khoshbakht,…
How Fractional CTOs use AI to help Startups | Ep. 26
The hype says AI is coming for your engineers. John McKinney, a fractional CTO who has run engineering at AOL and a string of CTO seats since, says it is closer to "super Google."ㅤDaniel Kazani,…
How AI is impacting Wealth Management | Ep. 25
Most people think of AI as a productivity tool. Dr. Adam Link sees it as something else entirely: a wealth transfer mechanism, one that's quietly shifting money from people who don't understand AI…
AI Adoption among German SMEs and Enterprises | Ep. 24
Less than 20% of Germany's "hidden champions" use AI systematically. That single stat sets the tone for this conversation. Daniel Kazani of Softup sits down with Dr. Annette Doms - EU AI Act…
Building internal tools with AI | Ep. 23
Most internal tools are outdated before they ever ship. That's the problem at the heart of this conversation - and it's one that almost every technical founder has felt personally. Daniel Kazani sits…
Investing in AI and Underrepresented Founders with Blerina Sanocki | Ep. 22
The hype surrounding artificial intelligence forces investors to separate true innovation from mere noise. Daniel Kazani, co-founder of Softup, sits down with Blerina Sanocki to explore her exact…
AI in Fintech: Investor Explains Trends, Defensibility and How to Stand Out | Ep. 21
The bottleneck in software is no longer building the product: it is getting it into the hands of users. As artificial intelligence compresses development timelines, distribution and go-to-market…
From Copilots to Culprits: The Legal Reality of AI | Ep. 20
Autonomous AI agents promise massive productivity gains, but with autonomy comes severe financial and legal risk. If an AI system deployed in banking falls victim to a prompt injection attack, it…
Protecting authors rights in the age of AI | Ep. 19
Artificial intelligence models are hungry for high-quality human knowledge. For years, developers scraped this data without asking permission or compensating the creators. Now, massive lawsuits are…
AI-Powered Smart Home Search | Ep. 18
Traditional real estate systems often come with rules, limitations, and legacy baggage that can stifle creativity. Host Daniel Kazani speaks with Bobby Bryant, M.Ed.x2 about building a solution that…
Optimize Manufacturing with AI | Ep. 17
Manufacturing generates massive amounts of data, yet many factories still run expensive machinery on settings that have not changed in a decade. Daniel Kazani sits down with Dr. Jonathan Spitz,…
GenAI In Real Estate | Ep. 16
Real estate runs on data, but most of it is trapped in PDFs, lease agreements, and siloed legacy systems. In this episode, host Daniel Kazani sits down with Dr. Nino Paulus, Co-Founder and CPO of…
How AI Is Rewriting Brand Visibility | Ep. 15
Brands are losing visibility because they rely on click-based attribution in a world moving toward answer engines. Daniel Kazani speaks with Malte Landwehr, CPO and CMO of Peec AI, about the reality…
How AI is impacting Health Tech | Ep. 14
Learn more about facial vital sign detection: shen.ai & caire.aiㅤHealthcare has historically lagged in digitalization, creating a significant opportunity for artificial intelligence to jump-start…
AI Trends in Germany | Ep. 13
AI Trends in Germany - Presentation (PDF) — Follow along with the data discussed in this episodeㅤGermany currently faces a distinct tension between its technical potential and actual financial…
How AI is impacting the Industrial Tech Space? | Ep. 12
Manufacturing is no longer just about moving atoms. It is shifting toward software-defined automation and fully autonomous systems. Daniel Kazani sits down with Miroslav Kriz, Principal Partner at…
From Automation to Autonomy with Agentic AI (with Pascal Faerber) | Ep. 11
This episode was recorded on Dec 10, 2025.ㅤAutomation and digitalization were huge topics for decades, but “it’s no longer enough.” Host Daniel Kazani talks with Pascal Faerber, Managing Director,…
How does Google Engineer leverage AI for her daily work? | Ep. 10
AI has shifted from a buzzword to a genuine, intelligent assistant. Host Daniel Kazani talks with Dajana Stojchevska, a senior software engineer at Google in Munich, about how AI is embedded in…
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