Leveraging AI
Leveraging AI
Isar Meitis
Dive into the world of artificial intelligence with 'Leveraging AI,' a podcast tailored for forward-thinking business professionals. Each episode brings insightful discussions on how AI can ethically transform business practices, offering practical solutions to day-to-day business challenges. Join our host Isar Meitis (4 time CEO), and expert guests as they turn AI's complexities into actionable insights, and explore its ethical implications in the business world. Whether you are an AI novice or a seasoned professional, 'Leveraging AI' equips you with the knowledge and tools to harness AI's power responsibly and effectively. Tune in weekly for inspiring conversations and real-world applications. Subscribe now and unlock the potential of AI in your business.
302 | ChatGPT 1B user milestone but slips below 50% market share, GLM 5.2 takes the lead in coding, Microsoft CoPilot Cowork now available, and more AI news for the week ending on June 19 2026
Can a company reach 1 billion users before figuring out how to make money—and still dominate the future of AI? This week’s AI news cycle delivered a fascinating mix of milestones, competitive shakeups, enterprise AI breakthroughs, security concerns, and agentic innovation. OpenAI crossed the historic 1-billion-user mark, Microsoft opened Copilot CoWork to the masses, SpaceX made a massive move with its $60 billion Cursor acquisition, and new open-source challengers emerged to challenge the in...
Jun 20
42 min
301 | The AI That Builds Itself — And the Government Hand That Pulls the Plug, the largest IPO in History, and AI companies legally liable for hallucination outcomes, and more AI news for the week of June 12, 2026
What happens when AI starts building the next generation of AI—and even its creators admit they don't know what comes next? This week, we explore a convergence of breakthroughs, billion-dollar bets, government oversight, and legal accountability that could reshape business faster than most leaders are prepared for. Anthropic's latest research suggests we're approaching an era where AI systems increasingly improve themselves, while governments are simultaneously looking for ways to slow, regul...
Jun 16
37 min
300 |💥 AI done right - behind the scenes of the most advanced AI company I work with, with Ari Supran, CEO of Sonance
What does AI transformation actually look like when it's done right? After 300 episodes exploring AI's potential, it's time to go behind the scenes with one of the most advanced AI adoption stories we've seen. Not a Silicon Valley software company. Not an AI startup. A manufacturing business with 360 employees that has embedded AI into the way it works, builds, sells, and innovates. In this special 300th episode, Isar Meitis sits down with Ari Supran, CEO of Sonance, to unpack the real-world ...
Jun 13
47 min
299 | The magical world of AI skills - stop chatting with AI and let it work for you with Isar Meitis
What if AI could produce two weeks of business analysis in five minutes? Most leaders are still using AI as a chatbot—asking questions, generating content, and brainstorming ideas. But the real opportunity lies elsewhere: teaching AI how to execute repeatable business processes on demand. In this episode, Isar Meitis reveals why AI skills may be the most important advancement in practical AI today. You'll learn how to transform AI from a conversation partner into a digital coworker that can g...
Jun 9
28 min
298 | $500M token charge?! 🤯 The AI race is changing, Claude Opus 4.8, a robotic house cleaning  service and more AI news for the week of June 5, 2026
Secure your spot for the MULTI-AGENT ORCHESTRATION AI COURSE: https://multiplai.ai/multi-agent-orchestration-course/ Are AI jobs disappearing faster than they're being created—or are we asking the wrong question? For months, AI leaders warned of massive job losses. Now, some of the same voices are changing their tune. But while Sam Altman and Dario Amodei are sounding more optimistic, tech layoffs continue to climb, AI anxiety is spreading across the workforce, and business leaders are faci...
Jun 6
55 min
297 | From Prompt to Powerful: The Secret Formula Behind High-Impact AI Videos with Eve Whitaker
What if the problem with your AI videos isn't the AI... it's the story? Most business leaders are racing to adopt AI-powered content creation. Yet despite having access to incredible tools, many are still producing videos that fail to engage, inspire, or convert. In this episode, former TV Executive Producer Eve Whitaker reveals why great video content starts long before you open an AI video generator. Drawing on more than 15 years in television production and her deep expertise in AI workflo...
Jun 2
40 min
296 | How AI Gets You Better Leads - Instead of More Bad Leads with Andy Crestodina
Secure your spot for the MULTI-AGENT ORCHESTRATION AI COURSE: https://multiplai.ai/multi-agent-orchestration-course/ What if your biggest growth problem isn’t a lack of leads—but too many of the wrong ones? Most business leaders assume more traffic, more campaigns, and more leads equal more growth. But what if the real opportunity is creating fewer, smarter, higher-converting interactions? In this conversation, Andy Crestodina breaks down how AI is transforming B2B lead generation—not by cr...
May 26
51 min
295 | “A Profound Moment for Humanity" (Demis Hassabis, CEO Google Deep Mind). Connecting the dots of this weeks news to understand why. May 22, 2026
This week wasn’t just another wave of AI announcements. It may have been the week the industry quietly crossed into a different phase entirely. In this episode, Isar connects the dots behind one of the biggest weeks in AI so far—from Anthropic’s explosive growth, to Google I/O, OpenAI’s legal win, NVIDIA’s record earnings, and Andrej Karpathy joining Anthropic to work on recursive self-improvement. Individually, each story matters. Together, they point to something bigger: accelerating AI...
May 23
44 min
294 | 3 Surprisingly Simple Ways To Connect Claude Cowork To External Applications, To Automate Everything In Your Business with Isar Meitis
Can Claude really run major parts of your business… if it can’t even be triggered from the outside world? Turns out: yes—but only if you know the workarounds. In this episode, we tackle one of Claude’s biggest limitations and break down practical ways to connect it with the rest of your business ecosystem. If you're building AI-powered workflows and feel like you've hit a wall, this episode may save you weeks of experimentation. The takeaway: don't wait for perfect tools. The smartest operato...
May 19
25 min
293 | The gloves are off in the AI implementation race and it will reshape the job market, Elon Musk had a “spy” inside OpenAI’s board, Claude for small businesses is now available, and more important Ai new for the week of May 15, 2026
Secure your spot for the MULTI-AGENT ORCHESTRATION AI COURSE: https://multiplai.ai/multi-agent-orchestration-course/ What if the biggest tech layoffs in history aren't really about AI… but the AI wave that justifies them is just getting started? Tech giants are posting record revenues while cutting tens of thousands of jobs. CapEx is hitting historic highs. And behind closed doors, the courtroom drama between Elon Musk, Sam Altman, and Microsoft is revealing things that sound straight out of ...
May 16
52 min
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