The Murray Newlands Show

Murray Newlands

The Murray Newlands Show explores how AI is transforming business, executive leadership, enterprise workflows, startups, and the future of professional networks.Each episode examines the practical impact of AI on how companies are built, managed, secured, and scaled. Topics include enterprise AI, AI agents, automation, executive decision-making, AI governance, startup growth, venture investing, and the future of work.The show features conversations with founders, CEOs, CFOs, CTOs, CISOs, investors, operators, and technology leaders who are shaping the next generation of business. Alongside interviews, Murray shares insights from the front lines of Silicon Valley on emerging trends, executive communities, and how organizations are adapting to rapid technological change.The channel covers: Enterprise AIAI agents and automationExecutive AI leadershipAI governance and securityStartup and operator intelligenceVenture capital and innovationExecutive communities and networkingThe future of workEnterprise technology trendsHosted by Murray Newlands, Partner at IA Seed Ventures and founder of Open Future Forum, a Silicon Valley executive community that brings together CEOs, CFOs, CMOs, CROs, CISOs, CTOs, founders, investors, family offices, and public company board members through curated dinners, roundtables, private forums, and leadership discussions.Drawing on conversations from more than 100 executive events, the show provides practical insights into how leaders are using AI, building companies, managing risk, raising capital, and navigating change.

Episodes

  1. Jun 9

    Claude for the C-Suite - Executive Briefing

    In this executive briefing, Murray Newlands of the Open Future Forum sits down with Yvonne Newlands, Co-Founder and Managing Partner of Trekka, a consulting firm that helps companies navigate AI transformation, to break down how leaders are actually using Claude. Not the hype version. What it's good at, where it saves real time, and where it changes how you think about a problem. The conversation moves past basic AI use into the two modes that matter for executives: using Claude as a thinking partner that sharpens your own judgment, and using it as a doer that automates the repeatable work eating your week, through tools like Cowork. Topics discussed include: how executives should start using Claude AI for reading and summarizing long documents confidentiality and data privacy with AI Claude as a strategic thinking partner AI automation for executives Claude Cowork and agentic workflows board meeting and decision prep with AI common mistakes leaders make with AI where not to use AI and the hard lines building a 30-day AI habit One of the clearest takeaways from the conversation: The future isn't executives using AI to draft emails. It's executives using Claude two ways at once. As a thinking partner that sharpens their judgment, and as a doer that takes the repeatable work off their plate. Open Future Forum is a Silicon Valley executive community connecting founders, operators, investors, and enterprise leaders around AI, technology, and the future of executive leadership. #AI #ArtificialIntelligence #Claude #ClaudeAI #Anthropic #AIforExecutives #ExecutiveLeadership #CEO #CFO #AIAutomation #Cowork #AIStrategy #FutureOfWork #SiliconValley #OpenFutureForum #AIAdoption

    10 min
  2. Jun 9

    What Startup CEOs Are Actually Using AI For Right Now - Executive Briefing

    What Startup CEOs Are Actually Using AI For Right Now | Executive Briefing In this executive briefing, Murray Newlands from Open Future Forum discusses how startup CEOs are actually using AI inside modern companies today. Rather than focusing on hype, this conversation explores the practical operational use cases emerging across venture-backed startups, executive teams, and enterprise environments. Topics covered include: * AI for executive decision making * Competitive intelligence workflows * AI tools used by startup CEOs * AI for investor preparation and sales meetings * Enterprise AI adoption trends * AI operational leverage * AI-assisted research and communication * Startup productivity and execution * AI workflows inside growing companies Tools and platforms discussed include ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Perplexity, Granola, AI note-taking systems, and AI workflow automation tools. This briefing is based on conversations with startup founders, investors, operators, CFOs, CISOs, and enterprise leaders across the Open Future Forum executive community. About Murray Newlands Murray Newlands is the founder of Open Future Forum, an executive AI and technology community connecting founders, operators, investors, and enterprise leaders around emerging technology, AI adoption, startup growth, and executive strategy. Subscribe for more executive AI briefings, enterprise AI discussions, startup leadership insights, and conversations around the future of AI-driven companies. #AI #StartupCEO #EnterpriseAI #ChatGPT #AItools #ArtificialIntelligence #ExecutiveBriefing #OpenFutureForum #StartupGrowth #VentureCapital

    5 min
  3. Jun 9

    Who is Murray Newlands - Executive Briefing

    In this executive briefing, Murray Newlands introduces himself, his work, and the rooms he builds across Silicon Valley. Murray Newlands is Partner at IA Seed Ventures and founder of Open Future Forum. He is also Partner at Tilden Family Office Group alongside Ed Dua, the founding partner, and writes Murray's Newsletter on Substack with more than 50,000 subscribers covering AI, executive community, and the shift toward smaller, higher-trust working environments. Before IA Seed Ventures and Open Future Forum, he worked at Turing.com, Forbes, and Inc. Open Future Forum has run over 400 events since 2021 across CEO Private Dinners, the CFO Dinner Series, the Enterprise AI and Agentic Security Dinner Series, and the Public Board Member Dinner Series. Murray's current focus includes building out the Tilden Family Office Group presence, programming the next cohort of the Public Board Member Dinner Series on quantum computing, and running the Enterprise AI and Agentic Security Dinner Series with sponsors in the agent infrastructure category. Topics discussed include: who is Murray Newlands Open Future Forum founder IA Seed Ventures Tilden Family Office Group Murray's Newsletter Substack Turing Forbes Inc background Silicon Valley executive community early-stage venture investing family office direct investments public board education small rooms vs large networks AI agents in executive discovery One of the clearest takeaways from this briefing: Small rooms beat large networks for senior decision makers. The best executive communities are built by operators, not media companies or VC firms. AI agents are about to change how senior people discover and attend events, and the communities that prepare for that shift will be the ones that last. Open Future Forum is a Silicon Valley executive community connecting founders, operators, investors, and enterprise leaders around AI, technology, and the future of executive leadership. #MurrayNewlands #IASeedVentures #OpenFutureForum #TildenFamilyOffice #SiliconValley #VentureCapital #ExecutiveCommunity #FamilyOffice #AIAgents #FoundersAndOperators #ExecutiveLeadership

    3 min

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The Murray Newlands Show explores how AI is transforming business, executive leadership, enterprise workflows, startups, and the future of professional networks.Each episode examines the practical impact of AI on how companies are built, managed, secured, and scaled. Topics include enterprise AI, AI agents, automation, executive decision-making, AI governance, startup growth, venture investing, and the future of work.The show features conversations with founders, CEOs, CFOs, CTOs, CISOs, investors, operators, and technology leaders who are shaping the next generation of business. Alongside interviews, Murray shares insights from the front lines of Silicon Valley on emerging trends, executive communities, and how organizations are adapting to rapid technological change.The channel covers: Enterprise AIAI agents and automationExecutive AI leadershipAI governance and securityStartup and operator intelligenceVenture capital and innovationExecutive communities and networkingThe future of workEnterprise technology trendsHosted by Murray Newlands, Partner at IA Seed Ventures and founder of Open Future Forum, a Silicon Valley executive community that brings together CEOs, CFOs, CMOs, CROs, CISOs, CTOs, founders, investors, family offices, and public company board members through curated dinners, roundtables, private forums, and leadership discussions.Drawing on conversations from more than 100 executive events, the show provides practical insights into how leaders are using AI, building companies, managing risk, raising capital, and navigating change.