How to Sell and Monetize AI Today: Insights from the MIP Playbook | Pax8 - Academy Live Podcast Episode 36

In this episode of Academy Live, Chance Weaver, VP of AI Adoption Americas at Pax8, joins the show to break down how Managed Service Providers can evolve into Managed Intelligence Providers (MIPs) and start selling AI today! This episode walks through the frameworks that turn AI from an intimidating buzzword into a revenue-generating reality. 🔑 Key Topics Covered ✅ What is the Managed Intelligence Provider (MIP) Playbook? ✅ How to have real, consultative conversations with customers about AI ✅ How to turn on Copilot Chat for your Customers for FREE ✅ Overview of Pax8’s Guided Growth and Academy enablement ✅ Using the Result Selling Framework to unlock AI opportunities ✅ Overcoming AI fear and transforming tech roles ✅ How Pax8 helps partners monetize and scale AI ✅ The role of Guided Growth and the Pax8 Agent Store 📌Plus, Chance addresses the human side of AI adoption: the fear, the uncertainty, and the massive opportunity it brings for MSPs who act early and start the conversation before someone else does. 🔗 Learn more about Guided Growth: https://pages.pax8.com/data-ai-guided-growth.html 🔗 Learn more about the Results Selling Framework: https://academy.pax8.com/pages/193/results-selling-framework-hub ⬇️ Download the The Agentic Inflection Point full report to learn how to thrive in the era of the managed intelligence provider: https://pages.pax8.com/agentic-inflection.html 👍Like and 🔔Subscribe to stay up to date on our latest episodes. Remember, we’re live 🔴 on YouTube every other Tuesday at 2 PM MT. 🗓️ This episode was previously streamed on Youtube on 10/28/2025   ⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯ CONNECT WITH THE HOSTS Rex Frank | Vice President of Academy | Pax8 https://www.linkedin.com/in/rexfrank/ Chris Kaiser | Director of Peer Initiatives | Pax8 https://www.linkedin.com/in/ckaisercsquared/ Amanda Glidden | Director of Academy Content | Pax8 https://www.linkedin.com/in/amandafglidden/   ⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯ CONNECT WITH THE GUEST Chance Weaver l VP of AI Adoption Americas l Pax8 https://www.linkedin.com/in/chanceweaver/ ⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯ LINKS Pax8 Academy Homepage https://tinyurl.com/y4m8d3cd Become a Partner with Pax8 Academy https://signup.pax8.com/?lang=EN_US ⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯ ☁ Pax8 Beyond 2026 ☁ Learn more about our partner event: https://www.pax8beyond.com/ ☁ Learn More About Pax8 ☁ Why Pax8? - http://pax8.io/H1MI50NFhHl Explore our cloud marketplace - http://pax8.io/Ix0450NFhI9 ☁ Subscribe To Our Channel ☁ Never miss an episode of Academy Live - http://pax8.io/5yxJ50JJ3Z3 ☁ Follow Us ☁ LinkedIn - http://pax8.io/1jFu50JJ423 Twitter - http://pax8.io/AAth50JJ42u Facebook - http://pax8.io/A4gR50JJ43f ☁ Shop Pax8 Club ☁ See our collection of softwear - http://pax8.io/5xUR50NFhJb