Miss AI Podcast

Keira Nesdale

Miss AI is a podcast about the people actually building AI, not just talking about it. Host Keira Nesdale sits down with the founders, engineers and creators shipping real AI products, and gets into how they build, what's working, and the parts that break. No hype, no buzzwords. Just honest conversations about building with AI right now. Keira's building too. She's creating the operating system for AI-powered podcasters and creators, in public, and this show is where a lot of that thinking starts.

  1. 4d ago

    AI Can Now Do the Job. So What Happens to Humans?

    In this episode of the Miss AI Podcast, Keira Nesdale sits down with AI educator and creator Kyle Balmer to unpack how rapidly AI is changing content creation, business, software and the future of work. Kyle shares how he built an AI-powered content system where Codex edits his YouTube videos, how publishing at speed helped him capture breaking AI stories, and why consistency rather than algorithm “hacks” has driven his growth across social platforms.The conversation goes much deeper into what happens when AI can increasingly operate the tools humans once used. Keira and Kyle discuss which jobs may be most exposed, why businesses often have a people and process problem rather than an AI problem, the future of SaaS when software becomes easy to replicate, AI influencers and AI-generated content, the growing importance of distribution and community, and why human connection may become one of our most valuable advantages.### What you will learn How Kyle uses AI and Codex to turn livestreams into edited YouTube videos and dramatically reduce production time.Why AI adoption inside businesses starts with understanding people, workflows and problems rather than simply buying more AI tools.Why distribution, community and trust could become bigger competitive advantages as software gets easier to build.Why Kyle believes we have moved from chatting with AI to delegating work to AI, and what that shift could mean for jobs and human skills.### Chapters 00:00 — How AI is already editing entire YouTube videos09:09 — What 3,000+ pieces of content taught Kyle about growth14:06 — Will AI replace white-collar workers?20:22 — What should young people study in the age of AI?24:00 — Why businesses don’t actually have an “AI problem”35:48 — Turning AI workflows into real products38:56 — Is SaaS dead in the age of AI?43:21 — AI influencers, deepfakes and the future of content52:59 — The human skills that become more valuable because of AI57:18 — China, open-source AI and why the AI race is getting bigger### 🔗 Follow Kyle:Website: https://aiwithkyle.com/YouTube:    / @iamkylebalmer  Instagram:   / iamkylebalmer  X: https://x.com/iamkylebalmerLinkedIn:   / kylebalmer   TikTok:   / uchllglbhdasnogkbjdehnqg   ### 🔗 Follow Keira:Website: https://realmissai.com/YouTube:    / @realmissai  Instagram:   / realmissai  X: https://x.com/RealMissAILinkedIn:   / keira-nesdale-b287899b  TikTok:   / keiranesdale  ### 🎧 Listen on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0QIuSAR...### 🎧 Listenm on Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast...### About the Miss AI PodcastThe Miss AI Podcast explores how artificial intelligence is changing the way we work, build businesses, create and live.Hosted by Keira Nesdale, each episode goes beyond the AI hype to unpack what people are actually building, how they're using the technology, and what you need to know to stay relevant in the age of AI.

    AI Can Now Do the Job. So What Happens to Humans?
  2. Sep 1

    From Corporate to AI Founder: Building Everything Herself

    How to run an entire business on Claude Code: the AI systems, automations and workflows behind a whole tech festival, built by one person.Most people are still using AI to write emails and captions. Brooke is using it to build an entire business infrastructure from content systems and onboarding workflows to CRMs, ticketing platforms and the technology behind her upcoming AI festival, Techcella.In this episode of the Miss AI Podcast, Keira sits down with Brooke to explore what happens when you stop asking AI for ideas and start using it to execute your own. They unpack how AI has transformed Brooke's career, allowed her to build without a traditional development team, and helped her create systems designed around the way her brain actually works.What you'll learn in this episode:1. Why human ideas + AI execution is more powerful than asking AI what to do2. How Brooke uses AI and automation to run a business as a solo founder3. Why your business processes need to work before you try to automate them4. How to learn AI by building, experimenting and collaborating with the toolsBrooke's Tech Stack:Claude Code — building tools, systems and workflowsn8n — cloud-based automationsRemotion — automated video editing and text overlaysBlotato — social media distributionApify — scraping and analysing previous contentChatGPT Image Gen — image and brand asset creationGitHub — sharing and deploying projectsChapters:00:00 — Most people use AI for emails. Brooke builds with it02:57 — Building TechCella and creating a new kind of tech event05:07 — From 158 followers to teaching thousands of women AI11:47 — Inside Brooke's AI coding camps17:23 — ADHD, autism and building systems around your brain21:45 — Running a business with AI as an operational partner24:58 — Why AI can't fix broken business processes26:23 — Brooke's AI tech stack and content system39:48 — The fastest way to actually learn AI44:17 — How AI completely changed Brooke's career45:45 — Raising children in the age of AI58:15 — How far can a solo founder really go with AI?🔗 Follow Brooke:Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/wright_mode/Techella: https://techellafest.com/YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@UCnhBg0G1nqv0cUq8xfOpTyA 🔗 Follow Keira:Website: https://realmissai.com/YouTube:    / @realmissai  Instagram:   / realmissai  X: https://x.com/RealMissAILinkedIn:   / keira-nesdale-b287899b  TikTok:   / keiranesdale  🎧 Listen on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0QIuSAR...🎧 Listenm on Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast...About the Miss AI PodcastThe Miss AI Podcast explores how artificial intelligence is changing the way we work, build businesses, create and live.Hosted by Keira Nesdale, each episode goes beyond the AI hype to unpack what people are actually building, how they're using the technology, and what you need to know to stay relevant in the age of AI.

    From Corporate to AI Founder: Building Everything Herself
  3. Aug 11

    How He Used Data to Build 100,000 Followers (And Why AI Isn’t the Answer)

    Going viral isn't magic... it's data.In this episode of the Miss AI Podcast, I sit down with Noe van to unpack how he grew an audience of more than 100,000 followers, what the numbers actually tell you about creating viral content, and why blindly relying on AI won't make your content perform.We get into the systems behind audience growth, how to analyse what is working instead of guessing, why creators need to treat content like an experiment, and where AI actually fits into the process.We talk about:• How Noe grew to 100,000+ followers• Why going viral is more about data than luck• What metrics creators should actually pay attention to• Why AI-generated content can still be incredibly dumb• How to use AI without outsourcing your creativity• Testing, analysing and iterating content• Why successful creators double down on what the data tells them• The future of AI, creators and personal brandsIf you're trying to grow an audience, create better content or understand how AI can actually help you become a better creator, this episode is packed with practical lessons you can use immediately.If that sounds like your kind of thing, hit subscribe.🔗 Follow Noe:Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/noevarner.ai/YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@noeautomatesSkool: skool.com/noeai-premium/about🔗 Follow Keira:Resources: https://realmissai.com/Instagram: /realmissaiX: https://x.com/RealMissAILinkedIn: /keira-nesdale-b287899bTikTok: /keiranesdale🔗 Work with me:AI consulting and implementation for businesses: https://studioautomate.ai🔗 Subscribe for more conversations like this:/@realmissai🎧 Listen on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0QIuSARzgY8AMRe8hs6qVT?si=46f589d2e5aa4e1a🎧 Listen on Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/miss-ai-podcast/id1896774405

    How He Used Data to Build 100,000 Followers (And Why AI Isn’t the Answer)
  4. Jul 18

    How to Create a Week of Content in 2 Hours Using AI

    What if you could create an entire week of content in just two hours using AI?In this episode of the Miss AI Podcast, Keira Nesdale speaks with Morgan Renda about how creators and business owners can build an AI content creation system using Claude, Notion, Canva, Higgsfield, OpenArt, WhisperFlow, Blotato and other AI tools.Morgan breaks down how to turn Claude AI into a content engine that understands your brand voice, researches your audience, generates content ideas, writes scripts, creates carousels and schedules content across multiple social media platforms.We cover:• How to create a full week of content in two hours• How to build an AI content system inside Claude• How to train AI on your brand voice and business• The best AI tools for content creators• How to automate social media content and scheduling• How to create AI influencers and digital twins• How to avoid generic AI-generated content• Why human creativity still matters in the age of AI• How businesses can use AI to save time and make money online• The risks of connecting AI agents to your computer and private informationMorgan also shares her personal AI content stack, including Claude, Notion, Canva, Higgsfield, OpenArt, ElevenLabs, WhisperFlow and Blotato.Whether you are a creator, entrepreneur, marketer or small-business owner, this episode provides a practical roadmap for using AI to create better content in less time.⏱️ CHAPTERS00:00 Straight into it, no intro00:50 A full week of content in 2 hours01:08 It's a setup, not a speed trick04:36 If you ran a plumbing business, start here05:22 The four Claude projects that run everything08:49 Why a fresh chat forgets you11:53 Onboard the project like an employee14:53 Where the human stops the AI slop16:34 WhisperFlow, and why talking beats typing25:30 The six prompts that go viral every time28:00 Turning what you love into $9.99 a month33:23 Inside Claude HQ and the community36:51 Building an AI influencer, start to finish43:02 What everyone gets wrong: prompting44:58 The $100 context window lesson46:42 The full stack, tool by tool51:33 Claude in Chrome audits your Instagram53:54 Five years out, and the skill that steals your bank details01:04:01 What AI should never take from us01:07:35 Why the trades might win🔗 Follow Keira:Website: https://realmissai.com/X: https://x.com/RealMissAILinkedIn: /keira-nesdale-b287899bInstagram: /realmissaiTikTok: /keiranesdale🔗 🔗 Follow Morgan:Instagram:   / mrsocialgrowthstudio_  🔗 Subscribe for more conversations like this:/@realmissai🎧 Listen on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0QIuSAR...

    How to Create a Week of Content in 2 Hours Using AI
  5. Jul 9

    The Million-Dollar Business With No Employees

    AJ grew up in New Delhi with no roadmap. He failed grade 12. Not once, but twice, which in India gets treated like a death sentence. At 17 he moved to the United States alone, with broken English and no network. He wanted more.So he started building. From a single Google Doc and a Tumblr page, he grew Roomi from zero to 2.4 million users across more than 20 cities, all out of an underground studio in New York City. Then came Simplified, scaled to 20 million users and one of the first companies in the world to build on OpenAI's API. Along the way he raised over $29 million in venture capital and landed on the Forbes 30 Under 30 list.Then he walked away from the venture playbook entirely.Today AJ is the Vibe Founder. Over 300,000 followers on Instagram. 114,000 on LinkedIn. A newsletter closing in on 40,000 subscribers. Every Sunday he builds live in public, showing anyone who shows up that one person plus AI can now replace a whole company. His mission? Take a one-person business to $1 million in revenue, in public, by the end of the year, and give away the tools as he goes.In this episode, AJ breaks down:- Why he is building his own tool to kill the $1,000-a-month software he was paying for- His personal AI operating system: the local agents that run his brand deals, content, and research- How to build bulletproof skills, and why an agent is really just a stack of skills- Open source vs closed source, US vs Chinese models, and when to use the cheap one over the best one- The real math behind a one-person, million-dollar business (1,000 people paying $100)- How to make your first $1,000 with AI, and why distribution is the one thing that still needs a humanIf you have ever felt locked out of the AI conversation, this episode is the door in.CHAPTERS[00:00] Intro: building a one-person, $1M business[02:30] Why he is killing the $1,000 tool he was paying for[10:50] Open source vs closed source, US vs China[18:50] Beating AI fatigue by building in public[21:40] His personal AI operating system and agents[28:00] OpenClaw, skills, and what an agent really is[38:00] Chirper.ai and the road to your first $1,000[59:20] What AI should never take from us🔗 Follow AJ:Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thevibefounder/YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@thevibefounderNewsletter: https://letter.thevibefounder.com/LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/yadavajay/X: https://x.com/thevibefounder🔗 Follow Keira:Instagram: /realmissaiX: https://x.com/RealMissAILinkedIn: /keira-nesdale-b287899bInstagram: /missaipodcastTikTok: /keiranesdale🔗 Subscribe for more conversations like this:/@realmissai🎧 Listen on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0QIuSARzgY8AMRe8hs6qVT?si=46f589d2e5aa4e1a

    The Million-Dollar Business With No Employees
  6. Jul 9

    She Was $500K in Debt. Then AI Took Over.

    She went from $500,000 in debt and 80-hour weeks to a $750,000 buyout offer all by automating her business with AI. This is how.After swimming with sharks, sailing the Caribbean for 4 years, and running an e-commerce brand off a catamaran, Andrea Palacio bought a "boring" landscaping company that nearly destroyed her: a thieving seller, a manager who sabotaged the crew, revenue collapsing from $70K to $40K, and two babies at home. Closing the doors wasn't an option so she taught herself AI and automated the entire business task by task until it could run itself.Today she runs Crueless, building AI employees for service-based businesses, and acquires companies to automate them. In this conversation she breaks down EXACTLY how she did it: the tools, the mindset, and the sales lessons that took her to a $95K month.In this episode:→ The #1 thing most businesses refuse to see about AI→ How she taught herself automation: Make.com, then n8n, then Claude Code→ Why "nobody actually buys AI" and what to sell instead→ The exact tech stack behind her AI agents→ The skills AI can NEVER replace: sales & leadership→ How to make your first $1,000 with AI, even with no business→ Why a human using AI will replace a human who doesn't⏱️ CHAPTERS00:00 Andrea's story: 35 countries, sailing & sharks01:23 The truth most businesses refuse to see about AI02:51 The $500K landscaping nightmare08:24 How she taught herself AI from zero09:01 Coding HTML vs. building with AI today13:24 Bringing automation into service businesses19:16 Handing systems to clients: data & privacy23:29 Buy a boring business, automate it, sell it?26:19 Her AI tech stack: Claude Code, Retell, Nano Banana28:06 The skills her AI agents run on31:40 Why views don't equal revenue37:09 How a coach changed everything: mindset over strategy42:37 The skills AI can never replace47:11 How to actually sell an AI solution53:58 How to make your first $1,000 with AI57:40 The one thing AI should never take away1:00:28 Where to find Andrea🔗 CONNECT WITH ANDREA PALACIOInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/andreapalacio/🎙️ THE MISS AI PODCASTReal conversations about building, automating, and living with AI.👉 Subscribe so you never miss an episode: https://www.youtube.com/@realmissai📲 Follow Miss AI: https://www.instagram.com/realmissai/#AIautomation #AIagents #Entrepreneurship

    She Was $500K in Debt. Then AI Took Over.
  7. Jul 9

    AI Is Making Business Owners Slower

    Everyone treats AI as the thing that saves a struggling business. Oliver Merrick builds AI systems that run whole companies, and he says that's backwards. Before you touch a single tool: audit, delete, simplify. Then automate.We get into why most owners are actually getting slower with AI, why your context (not the model you pick) is the real moat, how he taught his AI to think like Elon Musk, and the honest truth about creators faking "AI runs my ads on autopilot." It's a proper niche AI masterclass, with a blunt take on the entrepreneurship gold rush, the marketing games creators play, and a lot you can put to work in your own business today.New here? Miss AI is where Keira Nesdale sits down with the founders, creators and operators actually building with AI, for the real story of how they did it. Subscribe and stick around.Guest: Oliver Merrick, builds AI operating systems for founders, e-commerce brands and creators. Made his first $5 online at 14 selling Instagram shout-outs, once hit 50 million views streaming FIFA, and now runs The Brain Dump, a weekly AI newsletter.Oliver's studio: https://mez.studioOliver on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/oliver-merrick/Oliver on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/olivermerrick___/Chapters:00:00 Intro02:00 Audit, delete, simplify, then add AI03:30 Why your context is the moat11:30 Teaching an AI to think like Elon Musk17:30 The paper that says AI made owners slower27:00 The AI ad creators who are faking it29:20 The 100-plus AI skills he's built40:00 Building a business like Lego46:00 From a $5 shout-out at 14 to AI systems53:30 How to predict 70% of the future56:30 You're your own biggest limit1:03:00 What AI still can't replaceSubscribe for a new build every week. This one's for anyone into AI, entrepreneurship, marketing, and building a real business without a big team.#AI #artificialintelligence #entrepreneurship #business #podcast

    AI Is Making Business Owners Slower
  8. Jul 9

    Men Are Paying Women Who Aren’t Real

    Sesh grew up in Philly with no roadmap. He had a bachelor's degree, the highest grades in his school, and a list of accolades, but he watched his friends settle into a life of pity, distraction, and dead-end work. He wanted more.So he packed up everything, drove three days across America, slept in a car, then on the floor of his brother's shed in California. He set one goal: become the highest-paid private chef in the state. He hit it.Then COVID happened, he made a video about the stock market, and it went viral. He's been riding the wave ever since.Today Sesh is the self-styled A.I Prince. Over 125 million views on YouTube. Half a million followers on Instagram. Half a million subscribers on YouTube. He's a rapper, a #1 Yelp-ranked chef, an AI educator, and the GOAT of making money online. His message? Escape the matrix through mindset, manifesting, and AI.In this episode, Sesh breaks down:– His full journey from sleeping on a shed floor to becoming the A.I Prince– The perfect prompt — characters, scene, lighting, vibe — and the Higgsfield workflow that runs his content– How he and his team are building AI influencers, what they monetise, and where the market is going– The 2000-day meditation streak, manifesting without the tarot cards, and how he engineers his subconscious daily– Why he believes anyone ignoring AI right now will be "cooked in 12 months"If you've ever felt locked out of the AI conversation, this episode is the door in.CHAPTERS[00:00] Intro and escape the matrix[08:30] Philly to California: the full origin story[19:30] The perfect prompt: characters, scene, lighting, vibe[27:30] A day in the life, meditation, and manifesting[43:30] Inside the AI influencer business[01:02:00] What AI should never take from us🔗 Follow Sesh:Instagram: @thesessioncaYouTube: @thesessionca🔗 Follow Keira:Instagram: @realmissaiLinkedIn: /keira-nesdale-b287899bWebsite: https://www.aiconsultancy.co.nz/🔗 Subscribe for more conversations like this:/@realmissai#ai #artificialintelligence #podcast #aiprince #sesh #aiinfluencers #higgsfield #escapethematrix #aicreators #makemoneyonline #aientrepreneur #aitools #promptengineering #generativeai #manifesting #mindset #aimarketing #digitalart #futureofai #missaipodcast

    Men Are Paying Women Who Aren’t Real

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Miss AI is a podcast about the people actually building AI, not just talking about it. Host Keira Nesdale sits down with the founders, engineers and creators shipping real AI products, and gets into how they build, what's working, and the parts that break. No hype, no buzzwords. Just honest conversations about building with AI right now. Keira's building too. She's creating the operating system for AI-powered podcasters and creators, in public, and this show is where a lot of that thinking starts.