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 The AI CEO Podcast Host: Seema Alexander, Co-founder & President of Virgent AI | Co-Chair, DC Startup & Tech Week AI isn't just another tool—it's the next frontier of business. The AI CEO Podcast explores the intersection of AI, business strategy, and leadership, equipping CEOs, founders, and executives with the insights they need to navigate and leverage AI effectively. Hosted by Seema Alexander, Co-founder & President of Virgent AI—a company specializing in AI-powered solutions and AI agents—this podcast goes beyond the hype to break down how AI is transforming industries, leadership, and innovation. As Co-Chair of DC Startup & Tech Week, Seema is at the forefront of AI-driven business evolution, helping companies move from AI-curious to AI-powered. Each episode features CEOs, founders, AI experts, and industry leaders sharing real-world strategies and case studies on: ✅ AI adoption and implementation for business growth ✅ AI agents, automation, and next-gen AI technologies ✅ How AI is shaping leadership and decision-making ✅ AI-driven innovation and competitive advantage ✅ Ethics, governance, and responsible AI use ✅ The future of work and workforce transformation ✅ AI investments, ROI, and scaling AI initiatives Powered by Virgent AI, The AI CEO Podcast is your go-to resource for staying ahead in the AI revolution. Subscribe now and redefine what's possible with AI! 🚀Produced by Legacy Sessions2023 Economics Leadership Management & Leadership
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  • Leadership for a New Era | Bridging Defense, AI & National Readiness | LTG (Ret) Leslie

    Leadership for a New Era | Bridging Defense, AI & National Readiness | LTG (Ret) Leslie
    Apr 2 2026
    Special Edition | AUSA x The AI CEO Podcast A Special Edition of the AI CEO Podcast featuring Lieutenant General (LTG (Retired)) Leslie C. Smith, Vice President (VP) of Leadership and Education, Association of the United States Army (AUSA)—in collaboration the AI CEO Podcast & ISCI About the Special Edition: This collaborative episode commemorates two major milestones: ● 75th Anniversary of AUSA ● 10th Anniversary of DC Startup & Tech Week (2025) (@dctstartupweek) Episode Focus: Anchored by a featured interview with LTG (Ret.) Leslie C. Smith—whose leadership at AUSA shapes the development of current and future leaders—this episode explores how leadership must evolve alongside rapidly advancing technologies. Key Discussion Themes: Co-hosted by Seema Alexander and Claradith E.Landry, the conversation highlights: ● Public–private partnerships as strategic accelerators ● Leadership development in a technology-driven environment ● The intersection of innovation, readiness, and national resilience Closing Insight: This special edition reflects a broader effort to bridge institutional leadership with entrepreneurial innovation, positioning cross-sector collaboration as essential for the next phase of national and global advancement. WHAT YOU'LL LEARN • How the Army defines "readiness" — and why every CEO needs this framework • How small businesses and startups can access DoD and US Army contracts • What the merger of Army Futures Command + Training & Doctrine Command means for tech vendors • How the Army runs AI feedback loops with brigade combat teams and what that means for startups • Why leadership presence not technology is the biggest competitive differentiator • How to speak to DoD decision-makers (Gen. Smith: "We're normal people. Speak English.") TIMESTAMPS 00:00 Introduction — Lt. Gen. Leslie Smith, AUSA 2025 & co-host Claire Landry 01:54 What is AUSA? The Army's largest defense industry convener explained 05:21 How the Army defines "readiness" — and why every CEO needs this framework 09:42 Army command merger: what Futures + Training Command fusion means for vendors 15:33 How small businesses get DoD contracts: certifications, APEX, and entry points 18:16 Army venture capital and the innovation acquisition process explained 19:38 Leading through chaos: the 9/11 story and the Army's uncertainty playbook 22:47 How CEOs should lead their teams through AI uncertainty right now 24:54 Human connection vs. AI: maintaining trust while adopting new technology 29:47 Rapid fire: Army vs. private sector, AI risks, and what to say to the DoD 32:35 Key takeaways: the process, the playbook, and the humanity of leadership ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ ABOUT THE GUESTS ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ ● Lt. General Leslie C. Smith is the VP for Leadership & Education at the Association of the United States Army (AUSA). With 35+ years in the US Army, he is one of the foremost voices on readiness, leadership, and the intersection of military strategy and emerging technology. Website: https://www.ausa.org ● Claradith E. Landry is the Founder of Inclusive Security Collective Initiative (iSCI), a cross-sector platform operating at the intersection of defense, innovation, and culture. It connects leaders, ideas, and institutions across both public and private sectors. iSCI is redefining how leadership, business, and culture influence policy and diplomacy, while also unlocking emerging markets that are shaping the future of national security. Website: www.claradithlandry.com ABOUT THE AI CEO PODCAST ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ ● The AI CEO Podcast explores how artificial intelligence is transforming business, leadership, and the future of work. ● Hosted by Seema Alexander, an international keynote speaker on the future of AI and Business, the Founder & CEO of Disruptive AI , host of the AI CEO podcast and creator of AI BusinessCon--the show brings together CEOs, technologists, and innovators to help leaders understand what's changing — and what to do next. ●New episodes every Tuesday. Subscribe so you never miss one. CONNECT ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ ● Host: Seema Alexander | Founder, Disruptive AI | Host, The AI CEO Podcast ● Co-Host: Claradith E.Landry | Founder & CEO, Inclusive Security Collective Initiative ● Guest: Lt. General Leslie C. Smith | VP Leadership & Education, AUSA ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ #TheAICEOPodcast #AILeadership #FutureofBusiness #AgenticAI #disruptiveAI #AUSA #leadership #voiceoftheArmy #SupportfortheSoldier #HonorwhoServed #ISCI #accessgranted #Honor #Legacy #UnitetheFuture
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    36 mins
  • AI Will Reshape Every Industry in 5 Years | The AI CEO Podcast

    AI Will Reshape Every Industry in 5 Years | The AI CEO Podcast
    Mar 17 2026
    Today's AI CEO Podcast episode is a special excerpt from last year's Futurist Series, curated by Seema Alexander at DC Startup & Tech Week. You will hear two sessions featuring Paul Allen, CEO of Soar AI: his compelling keynote, "Can AI Disrupt Unhappiness?" followed by a fireside chat with Seema and Paul on how AI is reshaping business as we know it. Can artificial intelligence actually disrupt unhappiness? In this special episode of The AI CEO Podcast, host Seema Alexander shares a powerful excerpt from the Futurist Series at DC Startup & Tech Week. This episode features Paul Allen, who delivers a compelling keynote exploring a provocative idea: Can AI disrupt unhappiness? Following the keynote, Seema and Paul sit down for a fireside conversation about how artificial intelligence is already reshaping business, leadership, and the human experience. Together they explore how AI could influence not only productivity and decision-making, but also how people experience meaning, fulfillment, and work in the future. What You'll Learn in This Episode In this conversation, we explore: • Whether AI could influence human happiness and well-being • How artificial intelligence is reshaping modern business models • Why CEOs must rethink strategy in the age of intelligent systems • The next phase of AI-powered companies • The deeper societal implications of AI adoption As AI continues to accelerate, leaders are being forced to confront new questions about technology, humanity, and the future of organizations. This conversation challenges leaders to think beyond automation and productivity — and consider the broader implications of AI for society. About The AI CEO Podcast The AI CEO Podcast explores how artificial intelligence is transforming business, leadership, and the future of work. Hosted by Seema Alexander, the show brings together CEOs, technologists, and innovators to translate complex AI developments into practical insights for business leaders. If you're a CEO, founder, or executive navigating AI transformation, this podcast helps you understand what's changing — and what to do next. Episode Timestamps 00:00 Introduction 01:20 Paul Allen keynote: Can AI Disrupt Unhappiness? 06:45 The intersection of AI and human well-being 12:10 How AI is reshaping business and leadership 18:35 Fireside chat with Seema Alexander and Paul Allen 24:20 Why CEOs must rethink strategy in the AI era 30:10 The future of AI and human fulfillment 36:40 Final thoughts for business leaders Subscribe for More AI & Business Insights If you're interested in the future of AI, business strategy, and leadership, subscribe to The AI CEO Podcast for conversations with CEOs, innovators, and experts building the next era of intelligent companies. 👇 Where to Find Seema Alexander / Disruptive AI Instagram: @seemaalexander LinkedIn: Seema Alexander Disruptive AI: getdisruptive.ai The AI CEO Podcast: Instagram: @theaiceopodcast LinkedIn: The AI CEO Podcast 📌 If this shifted your thinking… #AICEO #AIForBusiness #AILeadership #AGI #AgenticAI
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    39 mins
  • Who Will Dominate the AI Era? (Hint: It's Not Who You Think) I AI CEO Podcast with Jason Michael Perry

    Who Will Dominate the AI Era? (Hint: It's Not Who You Think) I AI CEO Podcast with Jason Michael Perry
    Feb 27 2026

    Your competitor isn't experimenting with AI.
    They're rebuilding their company around it.

    That gap?
    That's where market leaders are being decided.

    In this episode of The AI CEO Podcast, host Seema Alexander sits down with Jason Michael Perry (CEO of Perry Labs, author of The AI Evolution) to break down AI in plain English — beyond ChatGPT — and explain what's coming next: agentic AI, RAG, conversational AI, personalization, and "vibe teams" that out-produce larger teams.

    They debate the hard truth: AI will eliminate jobs, but the bigger threat is this:
    "It's not AI that's going to put your company out of business. It's a company that natively uses AI."

    You'll also learn:

    • Why AI adoption is mostly change management

    • Why many "AI tools" are just thin wrappers (and what's actually worth using)

    • How RAG reduces hallucinations by grounding AI in real data

    • Why 95% of AI projects fail (and what to do instead)

    • A simple CEO roadmap: roll out AI → train teams → connect to data → prepare for agents

    If you're a founder, executive, or operator trying to future-proof your company, this is your playbook for the messy middle.

    Subscribe for weekly CEO-level AI strategy.
    Guest: Jasonandperry.com

    Chapters (YouTube Timestamps)

    00:00 AI-native companies will win
    00:03 AI is "same old evolution"… or is it?
    00:05 AI explained beyond ChatGPT
    00:06 Agentic AI + real workflow automation (HubSpot + Claude + Perplexity example)
    00:08 Supply chains, tariffs, and AI decision-making
    00:10 Hyper-personalization (the AI-generated "Norway retreat" song)
    00:11 "We're in the AOL days of AI"
    00:12 What CEOs actually need to know
    00:14 Computer vision in plain English (inventory, retail, "just walk out")
    00:16 RAG explained (the "pants or shorts" example)
    00:17 HR use case: AI as first-line support
    00:20 Redefining work: the job isn't the task
    00:23 AI adoption = change management
    00:24 Yes, jobs will disappear — and companies will get flatter
    00:26 "Vibe teams" and the new output multiplier
    00:29 Google Flow vs Runway, Suno, and the creator tool shift
    00:32 ROI + why AI projects fail (snake oil, no training, no data connection)
    00:36 The "Chief AI Officer" problem (who has the football?)
    00:41 Duolingo's AI-native strategy and hard decisions
    00:45 AI will "eat" entire industries (Grammarly example)
    00:50 The CEO starting point: training + rollout + connect to data
    00:51 The 5 layers toward AGI (chat → reasoning → agents → innovators → operators)
    00:56 Controlling non-deterministic AI (workflows + smaller chunks)
    00:59 The future: passive personalization + retail experiences
    01:03 AI dating AI + agent-to-agent future
    01:07 What replaces the laptop/keyboard? Convergence of AI + robotics + vision
    01:15 Winning the messy middle ("time to love sloppy joes")
    01:18 Overhyped tools vs underrated tools
    01:22 The future of business: hyper-personalization
    01:23 Where to find Jason + wrap

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