2025-10-19 Small Business Daily

Silk Logic’s Small Business Daily Podcast Episode Date: October 18, 2025 Welcome everyone to Silk Logic’s Small Business Daily Podcast, your source for practical news on how technology is shaping business, one innovation at a time. I’m your host, and today we’re diving into stories that could change the way you work. Up first: how artificial intelligence is helping fight loneliness for seniors—and opening up new markets for business. Plus, you’ll hear how the beauty industry is using AI and biotech to create hyper-personalized products, and why a five dollar internet price hike may be more damaging to your business than it seems. Let’s get straight to the news that matters. Story one: AI Companions for Seniors—A New Business Boom Here’s something that might surprise you: one of the hottest new uses for AI isn’t marketing or e-commerce—it’s companionship for older adults. At RiverSpring Living in New York, dozens of seniors, like eighty-four-year-old Salvador Gonzalez, have starte