Think AI Podcast

Dave Goyal

Whether you’re curious about how AI might impact you, an AI enthusiast looking for the next big thing, or an AI skeptic trying to implement AI for your personal or organizational growth, there’s something for everyone! Please join me !

  1. 3d ago

    Speed Is No Longer a Moat | Ep. 16 with Alex Galert (BRNZ/DUDE.AI)

    🎙️ Speed Is No Longer a Moat | Alex Galert, BRNZ Everyone in AI is racing to ship faster. Alex Galert, CEO of BRNZ, says that race is already over, and speed was never the real advantage. In this conversation he breaks down why accountability, not velocity, is the new moat, and how his studio builds complete AI-powered companies for equity, with a 67% founder floor in writing and zero investors. In this episode: 00:00 The thesis: why speed stopped being a moat 01:31 The Hero Founder and 10,000 hours in one industry 08:55 Business for equity: how BRNZ actually works 14:14 The anti-VC model: no fees, equity only by shipping 18:54 Inside DUDE.AI and the five levels of AI autonomy 26:08 The dirty secret of AI-generated code, and a real data hole 31:48 The failure that changed how Alex builds 45:31 Can a company run with no humans? 55:02 Five moves you can make Monday morning If you build with AI, this one will change how you think about shipping. Like, subscribe, and drop a comment with the one move you are taking into Monday. 🔗 Links & Resources Website: [brnz.com] | [DUDE.AI] Guest LinkedIn: [Alex Galert] (comment BUILD on the pinned post for the BRNZ Playbook) WhatsApp: message DIAGNOSIS to [wa.me/491711254074] for a Startup Loop Diagnosis ▶️ #ThinkAIPodcast #DaveGoyal #AI #AgenticAI #Startups

  2. Jul 28

    There Is No Magic Wand: What AI Can (And Cannot) Actually Do | Ep. 15 with Dilip Bagrecha (Wishtree)

    🎙️ There Is No Magic Wand: What AI Can (And Cannot) Actually Do Dilip Bagrecha built mission-critical financial systems at RBS and UBS where failure wasn't an option. Now, as founder and CEO of Wishtree Technologies, he's watching enterprises treat AI like it can solve everything—and it's not working. In this episode, we unpack why only 5% of enterprises have truly adopted AI, the reliability discipline that separates real engineering from hype, and the uncomfortable truth most AI consultants won't say out loud: there is no magic wand. In this episode: (00:00) The reliability standard that built global banking systems—and why AI ignores it (02:30) Why 99.9% uptime is a death sentence for enterprise deployment (06:15) The shift from "AI tools" to "AI teams"—what actually changes for leaders (14:00) How to spot which AI use cases will actually work (and which are technical debt waiting to happen) (20:45) The fixed-pricing trap: why outcome-based contracts don't work yet (28:15) The CFO mindset killing AI ROI: cost obsession vs. value obsession (36:00) Advice for the nervous mid-market CEO: think transformation, not tools (42:45) Why honesty is rare in AI consulting—and why Dilip refuses to play along If you're leading enterprise AI initiatives, skeptical of the hype, or about to invest in AI and want straight talk instead of magic-wand promises, this conversation cuts through the noise. Subscribe to Think AI Podcast wherever you listen and send this to a leader in your life who's buying AI or building their first autonomous system. You'll get answers differently. Links and Resources: Dilip Bagrecha on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dilipbagrecha/ Wishtree Technologies: https://wishtreetech.com/ Think AI: https://thinkaicorp.com/ #EnterpriseAI #AIAdoption #FinTech #AIConsulting #ProductEngineering #AINative

  3. Jul 21

    The Myth of Too Small to Hack | Ep. 14 with Tom Kirkham (Kirkham IronTech)

    🎙️ The Myth of Too Small to Hack Tom Kirkham, founder and CEO of Kirkham IronTech and two-time Amazon bestselling author of Hack the Rich, sits down with Dave to break down how AI has turned phishing and ransomware into a high-volume numbers game, and why he says over 90% of breaches still come down to one thing: human failure. In this episode: 00:00 Tom's ISIS kill list story and why "why would a hacker want me" is the wrong question 03:37 How AI personalizes phishing emails at scale 08:41 The Colonial Pipeline attack and why small businesses are the real targets 12:43 Why 90%+ of breaches are human failure, not a tech failure 17:51 The three things every business needs: awareness training, EDR, and MFA 27:01 Why your CFO should never run IT 36:35 Shadow AI and why privacy is security 49:02 Is a global cyber pandemic already here? 59:49 Hacking's GDP is bigger than most countries If you run a business of any size, this episode will change how you think about risk. Like, subscribe, and drop a comment on the one thing you're going to fix this week. 🔗 Links & Resources Books by Tom Kirkham: Purchase on Amazon Kirkham IronTech: kirkhamirontech.com Follow Tom Kirkham on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tomkirkham/ #CyberSecurity #AI #Ransomware #ThinkAIPodcast #Leadership

  4. Jul 7

    Data First, AI Second, People Always | Ep. 13 with Scot Burdette (ABB)

    🎙️ Data First, AI Second, People Always | Scot Burdette, ABB CIO "𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝘁𝗲𝗰𝗵𝗻𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗴𝘆 𝗶𝘀 𝗮 𝘁𝗼𝗼𝗹, 𝗯𝘂𝘁 𝗶𝘁'𝘀 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘀𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻." - Scot Burdette Scot Burdette runs digital transformation at ABB across 3 business lines, 60+ countries, and 17 factories. 40 years in technology, from HP and EDS to global division CIO, and a 2025 Ohio ORBIE Awards global finalist. In this conversation with Dave Goyal, he lays out a simple order of operations: 𝗗𝗮𝘁𝗮 𝗳𝗶𝗿𝘀𝘁. 𝗔𝗜 𝘀𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗱. 𝗣𝗲𝗼𝗽𝗹𝗲 𝗮𝗹𝘄𝗮𝘆𝘀. We get into the unglamorous data plumbing nobody celebrates, why a demo is the easy part, what good data means across 60 countries, capturing hard-won knowledge before people retire, and how the CIO role moved from the basement to the boardroom. If you lead data, AI, or a team through change, this one is for you. ⏱️ Chapters: 00:00 Meet Scot Burdette: 40 years, 60+ countries, 17 factories 01:01 A day when one decision touches 60 countries 03:34 Using AI to run his own calendar and time 05:30 Why expecting AI to be perfect on day one backfires 06:54 The multi-year build for end to end order automation 09:33 What good data actually means across 60 countries 13:49 Why the data plumbing has to come first 14:56 Building a demo is easy, the foundation is hard 17:12 Capturing tribal knowledge before the retirement wave 21:13 Why the team, not the tech, are the rock stars 23:40 Right people, wrong seat 25:44 From the basement to the boardroom 27:54 Will AI take jobs? AI as a tool 29:38 Teach kids to use AI, not just build it 32:30 Data and AI: transformation and adoption 🎧 Watch or listen: YouTube: https://youtube.com/davegoyal Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/7z6mVpTBjbqwuAgLtxgoSq?si=1171658bc9e944af Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/think-ai-podcast/id1884395529 About the Think AI Podcast: Dave Goyal sits down with the operators and leaders putting AI and data to work in the real world, minus the hype. New episodes weekly. #ThinkAIPodcast #DataStrategy #AILeadership #CIO #DaveGoyal

  5. Jun 30

    Prescription Before Diagnosis is Malpractice | Ep. 12 with Sung Paik (Data QI)

    🎙️ Prescription Before Diagnosis is Malpractice | Sung Paik, Data QI "Prescription before diagnosis is malpractice." Most AI is sold backwards, and Sung Paik came with the autopsy. In this episode, Dave Goyal sits down with Sung Paik, VP of AI Go-To-Market for North America and Field CTO at Data QI, to break down why most manufacturing AI projects die in pilot purgatory, and what the 5 percent that actually work do differently. They get into the data foundation nobody wants to fix, the 6 percent output jump that added $3.6 million to one production line, the silver tsunami retiring out of factories, and why the operator on the floor, not the executive who signs the check, is the real buyer of AI. In this episode: 00:00 Meet Sung Paik: finance, code, startup, and the sales number 01:13 Prescription before diagnosis and the AI chasm of confusion 03:22 Data before AI, and why data is never garbage 05:43 The 6 percent output jump worth $3.6 million 08:09 Walking away when the ROI isn't there 11:31 How to say no to a client and still keep them 15:08 Why the operator is the single most important person 18:41 The silver tsunami and capturing institutional knowledge 24:50 Assistant vs agent, explained simply 34:52 Innovation sprints and escaping pilot purgatory 53:40 What actually separates one AI vendor from another If you build, sell, or buy AI for the factory floor, this one is a blueprint. Subscribe for more, drop your biggest AI-in-manufacturing question in the comments, and hit like if "prescription before diagnosis" just reframed how you think about AI. --- 🔗 Links & Resources Data QI: https://dataqi.ai/ Sung Paik LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sungpaik/ Grow Without Sacrifice: https://growwithoutsacrifice.com/ #AIinManufacturing #ManufacturingAI #IndustrialAI #AIStrategy #ThinkAIPodcast

  6. Jun 23

    Meet My AI Crew | Ep. 11

    🎙️ Meet My AI Crew I opened the garage door on the system that runs my company. Not a chatbot. A real crew of AI employees with names, jobs, and shifts that show up on my calendar every morning. I will not hand you the secret wiring, but by the end you will know exactly what is possible and have the shape to build your own. **In this episode:** 00:00 The handbike and the garage door 01:11 The real bottleneck was me 03:24 What an AI employee actually is (not a chatbot) 05:29 Meet the crew: Maya, Morgan, Sasha, Owen, Felix, Harper, FIO 07:39 MCP vs API in plain English 10:05 Inside Felix, my CFO financial cockpit 16:41 Watching my AI employees clock in on my calendar 24:25 A Fortune 500 back office for the cost of a coffee a day If you have ever felt like your business only moves as fast as you do, this one is for you. Subscribe for more, drop a comment with the first role you would hand to an AI employee, and if you want the step by step build, come join me. 👉 Learn to build your own AI crew inside Grow Without Sacrifice: https://growwithoutsacrifice.com --- #AIcrew #AIemployees #GrowWithoutSacrifice #SmallBusinessAI #SoloFounder

  7. May 27

    The 5 F's of a Legendary Life | Ep. 10 with Coach Kevin (We Live Legend)

    🎙️ The 5F's of a Legendary Life | Coach Kevin Coach Kevin has coached more than 40,000 people across five continents, from everyday entrepreneurs to heirs and billionaires. In this episode he tells Dave Goyal what almost every single one of them got wrong about success, why his first three billionaire clients were suicidal, and how to build KPIs for the parts of your life that actually matter: your marriage, your kids, your fitness, your faith. We get into the Five Facets framework (Fitness, Faith, Family, Finance, Fun), why a grind season is fine but a "season" without an end date is just laziness, the teenager KPI that will rewire how you parent, and a brutally honest take on what AI is doing to entrepreneurs right now (spoiler: it lets you overclock until you melt). In this episode: 00:47 The two truths almost no one will tell themselves 03:16 Why coaching billionaires taught Kevin that money is not enough 10:32 The Five Facets framework: Fitness, Faith, Family, Finance, Fun 14:29 Deferring joy is the same as deferring profit 19:25 How to set real KPIs for marriage, faith, and family 31:30 Grind seasons are fine. Seasons with no end date are not. 38:18 The KPI every father needs to be tracking 44:36 The teenager hack: crossroads and giving them the radio 53:46 AI is the tractor of the mind (and why it will melt you) 59:04 The constraint you didn't choose but should be grateful for 1:05:20 Love yourself warts and all If this episode gave you a new lens, hit subscribe, drop a comment with the one KPI you're going to start tracking this week, and send it to the entrepreneur in your life who needs to hear it. --- 🔗 Links & Resources Coach Kevin: https://itscoachkevin.com Grow Without Sacrifice: https://growwithoutsacrifice.com/ #ThinkAIPodcast #CoachKevin #Mindset #Entrepreneurship #LiveLegend

  8. May 19

    Grow Without Sacrifice | Ep. 9

    🎙️ Grow Without Sacrifice This is an episode about three things that looked unrelated and turned out to be the same thing: a composer, a hand bike, and an AI workforce. If you have ever felt like the business you built was the thing standing between you and the life you actually wanted, this one is for you. By the end, I'll show you how an AI workforce gave me back my Saturdays, my hobby, and my today. In this episode: 00:00 The dark monitor moment that changed everything 03:30 Why sacrifice doesn't bill you in hours 05:30 The composer who stopped trying to play every instrument 08:30 The Kishore Kumar song that reframed why I build AI 10:30 AI as a cognitive prosthetic for the founders no one talks to 15:00 Meet the AI team: Maya, Morgan, Sasha, Owen, Felix, Harper, Theo 21:30 The hand bike: the real proof 25:00 Where to start in your next 90 days If this episode lands for you, pick the one role you would hire first, write a one-page job description, and send it to me on LinkedIn. I'll tell you if it's the right place to start. 🔗 Links & Resources LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/davegoyal/ Grow Without Sacrifice (Pilot Program): https://growwithoutsacrifice.com/ Think AI Consulting: https://thinkaicorp.com/ #GrowWithoutSacrifice #AIWorkforce #SoloEntrepreneur #DisabledFounder #DataAIStudio

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  • Creator
    Dave Goyal
  • Years Active
    2026
  • Episodes
    16
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    © 2026 Dave Goyal
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    Think AI Podcast