AI Automations for Business

Katie Tovey-Grindlay and Noel Tovey-Grindlay
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AI Automations for Business is about making AI Simple, Fun & Accessible AI automation is transforming the way we run businesses but staying up to date and knowing how to use it effectively can feel overwhelming. That’s where we come in. Join hosts Katie and Noel every week for a relaxed, no-jargon conversation about AI and automation for business.  We break down the latest updates, debunk myths, and make AI accessible, even if you're not tech-savvy. If you’re a business owner looking to save time, streamline workflows, and stay ahead of the curve with AI, this podcast is for you. You can also check out our Skool community, where we help you on your automation journey and show you the automations we talk about in action. You can check this out at: https://skool.com/ai-business-club

  1. S2. Ep18 - 3 Steps to Start Using AI in Your Business (Without the Overwhelm)

    1D AGO

    S2. Ep18 - 3 Steps to Start Using AI in Your Business (Without the Overwhelm)

    Where do you actually start when AI feels overwhelming? In this episode, Katie and Noel break down the three things every solopreneur should focus on when getting started with AI. They cover why the first step has nothing to do with AI tools at all, why committing to one platform beats dabbling in five, and how even a basic no-code automation can change how your business runs plus the shiny object trap, Katie's switch from ChatGPT to Claude, and why OpenAI's GPT-5 has a goblin problem. How to find us: Join our membership over on Skool, where we support you on your AI and automation journey. We share exclusive content in the membership that shows you the automations we talks about in action how to build them. Find out more about the AI Business Club here. We have a free LinkedIn group (AI Automations For Business), the group is open to all. New for 2026, you can also find us on Substack, click here to subscribe and get all the latest news and updates from us. If you would like dedicated help with your automations or would like us to build them for you then you can find our agency at makeautomations.ai Or you can contact us via email at hello@makeautomations.ai. Send us Fan Mail

    32 min
  2. S2. Ep17 - 5 Things AI Should Never Do in Your Business

    APR 30

    S2. Ep17 - 5 Things AI Should Never Do in Your Business

    What if the smartest AI move you can make is knowing when not to use it? In this episode, Katie and Noel go through five things AI should never do in your business. They cover refunds and customer complaints, sales conversations, community management, hiring, and client and supplier relationships breaking down exactly where AI can help with the setup but where humans need to take over. They also discuss OpenAI's GPT-5.5 release and how it compares to Opus 4.7, the generational leap in Images 2.0, ChatGPT agents with Stripe integration for Business and Enterprise accounts, and why 43% of retailers are already piloting AI shopping agents. Plus Katie shares her experience managing a 10,000-person community and Noel tells the story of being rescued from a hiring reject pile. Want to learn more about Clyde, head to projectclyde.app, if you would like to join the free community you can find this on Skool (Project Clyde). Here are the links to Lucy Legals resources that we discussed in this episode. Refunds and Rights AI Legal Tool Kit How to find us: Join our membership over on Skool, where we support you on your AI and automation journey. We share exclusive content in the membership that shows you the automations we talks about in action how to build them. Find out more about the AI Business Club here. We have a free LinkedIn group (AI Automations For Business), the group is open to all. New for 2026, you can also find us on Substack, click here to subscribe and get all the latest news and updates from us. If you would like dedicated help with your automations or would like us to build them for you then you can find our agency at makeautomations.ai Or you can contact us via email at hello@makeautomations.ai. Send us Fan Mail

    40 min
  3. S2. Ep16 - Meet Clyde: The AI Business Partner You Can Actually Trust

    APR 23

    S2. Ep16 - Meet Clyde: The AI Business Partner You Can Actually Trust

    What if you could have an AI business partner that actually keeps your data safe? In this episode, Katie and Noel properly introduce Project Clyde an AI agent platform Noel built from scratch after losing trust in the alternatives. They walk through how Clyde builds and manages teams of sub-agents through simple conversation, why it sandboxes file access and encrypts everything via Supabase, and how the security-first approach compares to Open Claw's plain text storage.  They also cover Anthropic's Opus 4.7 release and its trade-offs versus 4.6, the new Claude Designs tool (and how Noel burned 67% of his weekly allowance in 20 minutes), the Mythos model gatekeeping, and the podcast hitting 10,000 downloads. Want to learn more about Clyde, head to projectclyde.app, if you would like to join the free community you can find this on Skool (Project Clyde). How to find us: Join our membership over on Skool, where we support you on your AI and automation journey. We share exclusive content in the membership that shows you the automations we talks about in action how to build them. Find out more about the AI Business Club here. We have a free LinkedIn group (AI Automations For Business), the group is open to all. New for 2026, you can also find us on Substack, click here to subscribe and get all the latest news and updates from us. If you would like dedicated help with your automations or would like us to build them for you then you can find our agency at makeautomations.ai Or you can contact us via email at hello@makeautomations.ai. Send us Fan Mail

    28 min
  4. S2. Ep15 - How to Build an AI Agent (Without Writing a Single Line of Code)

    APR 16

    S2. Ep15 - How to Build an AI Agent (Without Writing a Single Line of Code)

    Think you need to be a developer to build an AI agent? Think again. In this episode, Katie and Noel walk through exactly how to build a working AI agent from scratch using Make.com — no code, no JSON, no command line. They cover choosing the right no-code platform, planning your agent on paper first, structuring system prompts with clear roles and goals, and connecting business tools via MCP servers so you don't have to add 200 individual modules. They also dig into Anthropic's latest Opus 4.7 leak, the Make.com Grid update, managed agents for Claude Code, and why Katie might be introducing a buzzer for future episodes to keep Noel from going too technical. Plus the golden rule: if you need a conversation, build an agent — if you need a repeatable output, build an automation. Previous Episodes Mentioned: S1. Ep 14 - AI Agents vs Automations: What Does Your Business Really Need? S1. Ep42 - Why Only 6% of Businesses Trust AI Agents (And How to Fix That) How to find us: Join our membership over on Skool, where we support you on your AI and automation journey. We share exclusive content in the membership that shows you the automations we talks about in action how to build them. Find out more about the AI Business Club here. We have a free LinkedIn group (AI Automations For Business), the group is open to all. New for 2026, you can also find us on Substack, click here to subscribe and get all the latest news and updates from us. If you would like dedicated help with your automations or would like us to build them for you then you can find our agency at makeautomations.ai Or you can contact us via email at hello@makeautomations.ai. Send us Fan Mail

    35 min
  5. S2. Ep14 - How to Qualify Leads Automatically (Without Losing the Personal Touch)

    APR 9

    S2. Ep14 - How to Qualify Leads Automatically (Without Losing the Personal Touch)

    How do you qualify leads without spending 20 minutes Googling every single one? In this episode, Katie and Noel break down how to automate the entire lead qualification process using AI and no-code tools. They walk through website scraping, Instagram profile checks via Apify, LinkedIn company data, and even Companies House lookups for UK business revenue all running automatically in the background before you've even opened the email They also talk about why draft folders beat auto-send every time, Katie's hilariously bad cold email collection, the Perplexity API as a secret weapon for lead research, and Anthropic's accidental Claude Code source code leak. Plus why keeping a human in the loop is still the smartest move you can make. How to find us: Join our membership over on Skool, where we support you on your AI and automation journey. We share exclusive content in the membership that shows you the automations we talks about in action how to build them. Find out more about the AI Business Club here. We have a free LinkedIn group (AI Automations For Business), the group is open to all. New for 2026, you can also find us on Substack, click here to subscribe and get all the latest news and updates from us. If you would like dedicated help with your automations or would like us to build them for you then you can find our agency at makeautomations.ai Or you can contact us via email at hello@makeautomations.ai. Send us Fan Mail

    26 min
  6. S2. Ep13 - How to Get Started With Automations (A Beginner's Guide)

    APR 2

    S2. Ep13 - How to Get Started With Automations (A Beginner's Guide)

    Where do you even start with automations? In this episode, Katie and Noel go right back to basics and walk through three specific automations that every service-based business owner can set up from scratch no coding, no tech skills, no experience needed. They cover booking management with AI-powered lead qualification, CRM automations that bypass expensive platform tiers, and a content scheduling setup that posts to multiple social media platforms from a simple Google Sheet. They also chat about the leaked Claude Mythos (version five), why Make.com, Zapier, and n8n are the three platforms worth looking at, Katie's Meet Edgar content bucket saga, and why Noel built his first ever automation on a dog holiday. Priorities. Check out our review of all no code automations on Season 1 Episode 34. How to find us: Join our membership over on Skool, where we support you on your AI and automation journey. We share exclusive content in the membership that shows you the automations we talks about in action how to build them. Find out more about the AI Business Club here. We have a free LinkedIn group (AI Automations For Business), the group is open to all. New for 2026, you can also find us on Substack, click here to subscribe and get all the latest news and updates from us. If you would like dedicated help with your automations or would like us to build them for you then you can find our agency at makeautomations.ai Or you can contact us via email at hello@makeautomations.ai. Send us Fan Mail

    34 min

  7. MAR 26

    S2. Ep12 - You Don't Need Tech Skills to Use AI (Here's What You Actually Need)

    Think you need to be techy to use AI? Think again. In this episode, Katie and Noel break down why AI is really a communication skill, not a tech skill and why most business owners already have everything they need to get started. They walk through what good AI communication actually looks like, where people go wrong (being too vague, giving up after the first response, not giving enough context), and share real examples of what you can create using nothing but a clear brief and a bit of back and forth They also cover a bunch of new Claude updates including Dispatch (Cowork from your phone), scheduled tasks, Channels for Telegram and Discord, and a new visualisation feature that Noel tested by mapping the night sky. Plus there's a specific action step for anyone who's never used AI before involving your website URL and a framework every business owner should know. How to find us: Join our membership over on Skool, where we support you on your AI and automation journey. We share exclusive content in the membership that shows you the automations we talks about in action how to build them. Find out more about the AI Business Club here. We have a free LinkedIn group (AI Automations For Business), the group is open to all. New for 2026, you can also find us on Substack, click here to subscribe and get all the latest news and updates from us. If you would like dedicated help with your automations or would like us to build them for you then you can find our agency at makeautomations.ai Or you can contact us via email at hello@makeautomations.ai. Send us Fan Mail

    36 min

  8. MAR 19

    S2. Ep11 - How to Build Your Entire Business Using Claude

    Can you really build an entire business using just Claude? In this episode, Katie and Noel walk through the full process step by step — from validating your business idea (and why you should always tell Claude not to just agree with you), to creating your brand identity with colour palettes and font pairings in artifacts, to building a full production website with Claude Code and deploying it via GitHub and Vercel. They also cover marketing and content plans using Claude Skills, and how Claude Cowork can automate the operational side with scheduled tasks, proposals, SOPs, and client research running in the background. They also chat about how long all of this would actually take (spoiler: about a day), why you don't need any technical skills to do it, and the one area where the human touch still matters. Plus there's a quick update on Clyde, OpenClaw, NemoClaw from Nvidia, and the AI Business Club. If you want to check out Clyde, here is the link to the website: https://projectclyde.app How to find us: Join our membership over on Skool, where we support you on your AI and automation journey. We share exclusive content in the membership that shows you the automations we talks about in action how to build them. Find out more about the AI Business Club here. We have a free LinkedIn group (AI Automations For Business), the group is open to all. New for 2026, you can also find us on Substack, click here to subscribe and get all the latest news and updates from us. If you would like dedicated help with your automations or would like us to build them for you then you can find our agency at makeautomations.ai Or you can contact us via email at hello@makeautomations.ai. Send us Fan Mail

    36 min
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AI Automations for Business is about making AI Simple, Fun & Accessible AI automation is transforming the way we run businesses but staying up to date and knowing how to use it effectively can feel overwhelming. That’s where we come in. Join hosts Katie and Noel every week for a relaxed, no-jargon conversation about AI and automation for business.  We break down the latest updates, debunk myths, and make AI accessible, even if you're not tech-savvy. If you’re a business owner looking to save time, streamline workflows, and stay ahead of the curve with AI, this podcast is for you. You can also check out our Skool community, where we help you on your automation journey and show you the automations we talk about in action. You can check this out at: https://skool.com/ai-business-club

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  • Creator
    Katie Tovey-Grindlay and Noel Tovey-Grindlay
  • Years Active
    2025 - 2026
  • Episodes
    60
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © 2026 AI Automations for Business
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    AI Automations for Business

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