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Malcolm Werchota
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Malcolm Werchota's AI Cookbook is where artificial intelligence meets authentic business transformation. Known for his direct style and willingness to show AI in action—even during live presentations—Malcolm helps organizations understand that AI isn't about replacing humans but amplifying their capabilities. From voice-note productivity hacks to real-time meeting intelligence, this podcast delivers actionable insights for immediate implementation.

  1. 12H AGO

    OpenClaw: The Ultimate Rapid Prototyping Machine for the AI Era - #115

    OpenClaw is not just another AI tool — it’s a fundamental shift in how companies build, automate, and operate. In this episode, Malcolm Werchota explains why we are entering the era of multi-agent systems and how OpenClaw enables businesses to prototype, deploy, and iterate at unprecedented speed. Instead of theory, Malcolm walks through a real enterprise implementation: a fully deployed financial automation system running on Azure that processes invoices, validates data across multiple AI models, and continuously improves through iterative feedback loops — all at minimal cost. You’ll hear how multi-agent orchestration frameworks like “Shakti” combine models such as Claude, Codex, DeepSeek, and Kimi to create a council of AI agents that collaborate, review, and validate each other’s outputs. The episode also explores: • Why OpenClaw is the most powerful rapid prototyping machine available today• How companies can automate complex workflows like invoice processing• Why multi-LLM validation dramatically improves reliability• The security realities of AI-generated code• How iterative agent feedback replaces traditional software sprints• Why voice-driven workflow design changes how we interact with systems• How organizations can build a “Second Brain” for operational knowledge• What enterprise leaders should do now to prepare Malcolm also shares practical guidance on how to safely experiment with OpenClaw, why sandbox environments matter, and how businesses can start thinking in agent-orchestrated workflows instead of single-tool automation. This episode is both a wake-up call and a practical roadmap for leaders who want to understand what the next generation of enterprise AI actually looks like. ABOUT THE HOSTMalcolm Werchota leads AI adoption programs for companies across Europe. After more than 15 years at global organizations including Novartis and Schlumberger, he now helps leadership teams separate AI hype from real strategic impact. He advises banks, industrial firms, and technology companies on AI transformation and teaches at leading institutions including ESADE and HSLU. FREE AI RESOURCES📚 Chief AI Academy — AI programs for executiveshttps://www.werchota.ai/chief-ai-academy 👥 AI Leadership Communityhttps://chief.werchota.ai/getting-started CONTACTLinkedInhttps://linkedin.com/in/malcolmwerchota Emailsocial@werchota.ai TAGSAI agents, OpenClaw, enterprise AI, multi agent systems, AI automation, AI strategy, AI workflows, generative AI, enterprise software, AI orchestration

    37 min

  2. FEB 1

    OpenClaw: The Moment AI Agents Started Talking to Each Other #114

    This episode is a turning point. Over the past few days, Malcolm has been experimenting with OpenClaw (formerly ClaudeBot, then Maltbot) — an open-source agent framework that allows AI agents to communicate with humans and with other AI agents across email, WhatsApp, Telegram, Teams, voice notes, dashboards, APIs, and files. What emerges is not another productivity hack.It’s the beginning of agent-to-agent organizations. In this episode, Malcolm explains: Why OpenClaw represents a step-change, not a feature updateHow non-technical business leaders can deploy autonomous agentsHow company KPIs, dashboards, reminders, and follow-ups were set up in minutes, not weeksWhy the real bottleneck in companies is coordination, not codingHow agent-to-agent communication removes humans from endless ping-pongWhy productivity becomes collective and compounding, not individual And then it gets truly wild: OpenClaw agents have their own social network called Moldbook1.5 million agents are already interactingAgents share skills, complain about humans, hit rate limits, lose context — and learn from each otherEntire agent communities evolve without human orchestration Malcolm also gives a clear warning:OpenClaw is powerful and dangerous if used carelessly. Open ports, prompt-injection risks, and unverified skills mean this is not something to casually install on your personal machine. This episode is not hype.It’s a first look at how work itself is being rewritten when AI stops waiting for prompts and starts coordinating autonomously. 🎙️ ABOUT THE HOSTMalcolm Werchota runs AI adoption programs for companies across Europe.After 15+ years at Novartis and Schlumberger, he now helps leadership teams move from AI hype to real operational impact.Faculty at ESADE and HSLU. 🚀 FREE AI LEADERSHIP RESOURCES📚 Chief AI Academy – AI courses for leaders:https://www.werchota.ai/chief-ai-academy 👥 Join the AI leadership community:https://chief.werchota.ai/getting-started 💼 CONNECTLinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/malcolmwerchotaEmail: social@werchota.ai 🔎 HASHTAGS / TAGS#AI #AIAgents #OpenClaw #AgenticAI #FutureOfWork #AILeadership #TheAICookbook #EnterpriseAI #Automation

    24 min

  3. JAN 26

    Weekly AI Recap - Tesla as a Data Center, UK Banks, Davos Shock & Claude’s Constitution - #113

    Welcome to the weekly degustation menu — curated, high-signal, and focused on what actually matters from Week 3 of January 2026. Energy is now politicsTrump, Eric Schmidt (Davos), and Satya Nadella all circle the same point: the AI race is increasingly about megawatts, not just models. Data centers are becoming a national strategic asset, and Europe is being squeezed by energy prices, permitting timelines, and CAPEX realities. The Tesla “secret data center” leakA whistleblower claims xAI wants to distribute compute workloads to idle Teslas — your car receives a compute packet, processes it, sends results back… while you pay for the car, the parking space, and potentially the electricity.Why it’s plausible: powerful onboard chips, always-connected vehicles, thermal management, and a globally distributed fleet that’s idle most of the time. If this idea lands, it’s a new model of cloud infrastructure: capex off Musk’s balance sheet, onto yours. UK finance: 75% using AI, no AI stress testsUK lawmakers wake up and realize most financial firms are already using AI — but there’s almost no AI-specific oversight or stress testing. The fear isn’t just “hallucinations.” It’s systemic risk: black-box behavior, herd effects, flash crashes, and prompt-injection style attacks on financial workflows. Google makes SAT prep freeGoogle launches free SAT prep through Gemini in partnership with Princeton Review. This is one of the clearest examples of AI as a democratizer: expensive tutoring becomes a personalized, always-available coach at zero marginal cost. Education is about to be reimagined — whether institutions like it or not. Anthropic opens the black boxAnthropic publishes an updated Claude Constitution — now ~23,000 words. Key idea: helpfulness is the lowest priority; safety/ethics/oversight dominate. Claude can even refuse requests that concentrate power in illegitimate ways — including internal pressure.They also release it under Creative Commons, effectively offering a governance blueprint others can adopt. TakeawayThe era of “magic demos” is over. What matters now is implementation, energy constraints, regulation, and governance. AI is not just a tool — it’s reshaping business models, infrastructure, and power.--- 🎙️ Malcolm Werchota runs AI adoption programs for companies across Europe. After 15 years at Novartis and Schlumberger, he now helps leadership teams cut through AI hype. Faculty at ESADE & HSLU. --- 🚀 FREE AI LEADERSHIP RESOURCES 📚 Chief AI Academy — AI courses for leaders: https://www.werchota.ai/chief-ai-academy 👥 Join our community of AI leaders: https://chief.werchota.ai/getting-started --- 💼 Connect: https://linkedin.com/in/malcolmwerchota ✉️ Email: social@werchota.ai #AI #EnterpriseAI #AIStrategy #AIAdoption #TheAICookbook #Anthropic #Claude #AIEthics

    39 min

  4. JAN 21

    I Built an AI Chief of Staff for €70 — And It Destroyed My Company - #112

    Where have I been for 10 days? Vibe coding. Building something that changed everything about how I see my own business. We built an AI Chief of Staff — a system that mines every email, every call recording, every file across our entire company. Not just my inbox. Everyone's. And then we gave everyone access to query it. What it revealed was brutal: ThyssenKrupp — one of the biggest defense contractors in Europe — reached out for a workshop. I never answered. NG Spain wanted to train 100 people. I ghosted them. Promised case studies to customers in November. Never sent. The list goes on. But here's what really hit me: I asked the AI, "What's the biggest bottleneck in this company?" And it said: YOU. You, Malcolm, are the biggest constraint on growth. This isn't a tool to show you how amazing you are. It's a tool that shows you 99% of your failures — every broken promise, every strategy drift, every customer you forgot. And it cost €70 to build. If you think you know what's happening in your company, you don't. Nobody does. And this episode is the raw, unfiltered truth about what happens when AI finally shows you. 🎙️ ABOUT THE HOST Malcolm Werchota has led AI workshops for executives at Microsoft, LGT, Raiffeisen, Swiss MedTech, and ENGEL — and runs AI adoption programs for companies across Europe. After 15 years in corporate roles across pharma and oil & gas on multiple continents — including Novartis and Schlumberger — he now helps leadership teams cut through AI hype and drive real adoption. 🚀 ABOUT WERCHOTA.AI werchota.ai helps organizations turn AI from threat into competitive advantage. We believe AI adoption is a leadership challenge, not a technical one — and that it should amplify human capability, not replace it 🔗 LINKS & RESOURCES 📚 Join Chief AI Academy (cohort-based AI courses for leaders): https://www.werchota.ai/chief-ai-academy 👥 Join our community of AI leaders: https://chief.werchota.ai/getting-started 🎧 LISTEN TO THE PODCAST English: ▸ Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/in/podcast/the-ai-cookbook-ai-tools-enterprise-ai-leadership/id1823547405 ▸ Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/3MZ755kss8qdI5lQfxIUhH ▸ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@werchota-theaicookbookshow 📱 FOLLOW MALCOLM ▸ LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/malcolmwerchota ▸ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@malcolmwerchota ▸ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/malcolmwerchotaai/

    40 min

  5. JAN 17

    Weekly AI Recap - Cursor AI Agents, Anthropic Cowork, ChatGPT Ads, Grok Deepfakes - #111

    AI agents just built a complete web browser — 3 million lines of code — in ONE WEEK. But first, they failed spectacularly. The lesson? It's not about smarter AI. It's about smarter AI organization. Plus: OpenAI adds ads, Google mines your Gmail, and the UK makes deepfakes illegal overnight. 🎙️ ABOUT THE HOST Malcolm Werchota has led AI workshops for executives at Microsoft, LGT, Raiffeisen, Swiss MedTech, and ENGEL — and runs AI adoption programs for companies across Europe. After 15 years in corporate roles across pharma and oil & gas on multiple continents — including Novartis and Schlumberger — he now helps leadership teams cut through AI hype and drive real adoption. 🚀 ABOUT WERCHOTA.AI werchota.ai helps organizations turn AI from threat into competitive advantage. We believe AI adoption is a leadership challenge, not a technical one — and that it should amplify human capability, not replace it. People-first AI for companies ready to lead, not follow. 🔗 LINKS & RESOURCES 🌐 Website: https://werchota.ai 💼 LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/malcolmwerchota 📚 Join Chief AI Academy (cohort-based AI courses for leaders): https://www.werchota.ai/chief-ai-academy 👥 Join our community of AI leaders: https://chief.werchota.ai/getting-started 🎧 LISTEN TO THE PODCAST English: ▸ Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/in/podcast/the-ai-cookbook-ai-tools-enterprise-ai-leadership/id1823547405 ▸ Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/3MZ755kss8qdI5lQfxIUhH ▸ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@werchota-theaicookbookshow Deutsch: ▸ Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/in/podcast/das-ki-kochbuch-ki-tools-unternehmens-ki-leadership/id1823558282 ▸ Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5Eph6u874EN8qGP2q7F7sT ▸ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@werchota-daskikochbuch 📱 FOLLOW MALCOLM ▸ LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/malcolmwerchota ▸ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@malcolmwerchota ▸ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/malcolmwerchotaai/ #AI #EnterpriseAI #AIStrategy #AIAdoption #TheAICookbook #AIAgents #Cursor #ChatGPT #Claude #Deepfakes

    22 min

  6. JAN 14

    E110: Iran - The Algorithmic Intifada - AI, Censorship & Digital Resistance

    What's happening in Iran is a preview of AI's role in future power struggles:Welcome to the algorithmic intifada. AI serves both resistance (circumvention, encryption, therapy, communication) and repression (facial recognition, DPI, automated enforcement)Chinese AI adoption is exploding in sanctioned countries – an unintended consequence of US policyLock-in effects on US tech stacks (Microsoft, OpenAI) are a strategic vulnerability for Europe🎙️ ABOUT THE HOST Malcolm Werchota has led AI workshops for executives at Microsoft, LGT, Raiffeisen, Swiss MedTech, and ENGEL — and runs AI adoption programs for companies across Europe. After 15 years in corporate roles across pharma and oil & gas on multiple continents — including Novartis and Schlumberger — he now helps leadership teams cut through AI hype and drive real adoption. 🚀 ABOUT WERCHOTA.AI werchota.ai helps organizations turn AI from threat into competitive advantage. We believe AI adoption is a leadership challenge, not a technical one — and that it should amplify human capability, not replace it. 🔗 LINKS & RESOURCES 🌐 Website: https://werchota.ai 💼 LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/malcolmwerchota 📚 Join Chief AI Academy (cohort-based AI courses for leaders): https://www.werchota.ai/chief-ai-academy 👥 Join our community of AI leaders: https://chief.werchota.ai/getting-started 🎧 LISTEN TO THE PODCAST English: ▸ Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/in/podcast/the-ai-cookbook-ai-tools-enterprise-ai-leadership/id1823547405 ▸ Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/3MZ755kss8qdI5lQfxIUhH ▸ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@werchota-theaicookbookshow Deutsch: ▸ Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/in/podcast/das-ki-kochbuch-ki-tools-unternehmens-ki-leadership/id1823558282 ▸ Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5Eph6u874EN8qGP2q7F7sT ▸ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@werchota-daskikochbuch #AI #EnterpriseAI #AIStrategy #AIAdoption #TheAICookbook #Iran #DeepSeek #KI #Digitalisierung

    39 min

  7. JAN 11

    E109: Weekly AI Recap - Devin, OpenAI Health, Meta-Manus, Nvidia CES, Anthropic, DeepSeek

    This is your weekly degustation menu — the curated, high-signal recap of what mattered in AI in the second week of January 2026. We can’t cover everything. So I picked the stories that actually move markets: enterprise procurement, regulated industries, geopolitics, hardware roadmaps, capital flows, and the next research frontier. 1) Infosys × Cognition: Devin Goes EnterpriseInfosys (massive IT services giant) partners with Cognition to deploy Devin inside enterprises.This is huge because IT services companies were supposed to be the “AI losers” — they sell developer hours. Infosys isn’t running from the threat. They’re integrating it. The real advantage here is enterprise trust: clients don’t just want the coolest tool — they want someone accountable when things break. This is agentic AI moving from hype → procurement. 2) OpenAI Health in ChatGPT: Big Bet, Big QuestionsOpenAI is rolling out a dedicated Health space where users can connect health data and ask medical questions. It’s reported that 230M people already ask ChatGPT health questions weekly. Key tension: consumer health isn’t HIPAA-compliant — clinical products are.I get why OpenAI is doing it: healthcare is a moat. But we need to watch hallucination risk and liability closely. 3) Meta–Manus: China Reviews the DealFinancial Times reports China is reviewing whether Meta’s Manus purchase should have required an export license — essentially a “Singapore washing” warning shot.This is what AI M&A looks like now: not just corporate strategy, but geopolitics. 4) Nvidia at CES: Vera Rubin + AlpamayoNvidia announces the next platform beyond Blackwell: Vera Rubin.And Alpamayo, an AI model aimed at autonomous driving.The key signal: the hardware roadmap isn’t slowing down — and Nvidia is pushing further into vertical solutions, not just chips. 5) Anthropic Raises AgainAnthropic is planning another major funding round. This is the AI arms race: compute is the weapon, and frontier training costs can hit hundreds of millions to billions. 6) DeepSeek: Welcome to the Age of R&DDeepSeek publishes training improvements focused on internal information sharing.With scaling showing diminishing returns, we’re entering what Ilya Sutskever calls the age of R&D: smarter algorithms, better architectures, more capability per compute. THE TAKEAWAYThis week wasn’t about flashy demos. It was about the infrastructure of the next decade: agentic AI procurementregulated AI expansiongeopolitics shaping AI dealshardware accelerationcapital as a weaponresearch as the new edgeSee you next week. LINKS & CONTACTWebsite: https://www.werchota.aiLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/malcolmwerchotaPodcast: social@werchota.ai SEO TAGSweekly AI recap, Infosys Cognition Devin, OpenAI Health ChatGPT, Meta Manus China export license, Nvidia CES 2026, Vera Rubin, Alpamayo, Anthropic fundraising, DeepSeek training breakthrough, AI R&D era

    24 min

  8. JAN 7

    E108: AI Drama - BYD vs Tesla: How Elon Musk Lost the Present — and Might Still Win the Future

    October 2011, Bloomberg Television.Elon Musk dismisses BYD as “a battery company from Shenzhen” and says they should focus on not dying in China. Fifteen years later: BYD sells 2.26 million pure EVsTesla production declines two years in a rowBYD’s European sales grow +300%, UK +880%BYD becomes the world’s #1 EV manufacturerThis episode isn’t about cars.It’s about AI strategy, philosophy, and execution. TWO AI PHILOSOPHIESTesla Vision-only autonomyAndrej Karpathy, Dojo, FSDMassive real-world driving dataAI is the productLong bet on robotaxis and a “god-brain” for carsBYD Extreme vertical integration (mines, batteries, factories)Incremental autonomy at scaleGod’s Eye autonomous system, standard and freeDeepSeek AI integrated even in €10,000 carsAI is a feature, democratizedTHE BREAKKarpathy leaves Tesla200 AI engineers exitDojo is shut downThe promised low-cost “Model 2” never shipsAt the same time, BYD delivers: Seagull (~$10k EV)Seal (Model-3 competitor)Yangwang U8 (luxury tech showcase)Autonomous features without subscriptionsExecution beats vision — for now. THE TWISTDecember 30, 2025:A Tesla drives 2,700 miles from L.A. to New York with zero interventions. FSD v14 works.10× larger model.Mixture-of-Experts architecture.The Physical Turing Test is arguably passed. The question is no longer: Can Tesla build it? It’s: Will the market wait? THE BIG PICTUREBYD wins the present.Tesla bets on the future.Two empires.Two philosophies.A global shift not just in mobility — but in how AI is applied. SHOW NOTESEpisode Title:BYD vs Tesla: How Elon Musk Lost the Present — and Might Still Win the Future Series: AI DramaHost: Malcolm Werchota KEY TOPICSBYD vs TeslaAI as product vs AI as featureAndrej Karpathy & vision-only autonomyFSD v14 & Physical Turing TestGod’s Eye & DeepSeekVertical integrationBYD’s expansion into EuropeElon Musk & political backlashLINKS & CONTACTWebsite: https://www.werchota.aiLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/malcolmwerchotaPodcast: social@werchota.ai SEO TAGSBYD Tesla, Elon Musk AI, autonomous driving, FSD v14, God’s Eye BYD, DeepSeek automotive, EV competition, AI drama, future of mobility, AI strategy

    58 min
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Malcolm Werchota's AI Cookbook is where artificial intelligence meets authentic business transformation. Known for his direct style and willingness to show AI in action—even during live presentations—Malcolm helps organizations understand that AI isn't about replacing humans but amplifying their capabilities. From voice-note productivity hacks to real-time meeting intelligence, this podcast delivers actionable insights for immediate implementation.

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