AI Truth Serum

How does a legacy tech veteran pivot to AI? Sid Sheth joins to share how Claude Code changed everything at d-Matrix almost overnight, what happens when your engineers are generating more code than they can validate, and why Sid appointed his co-founder as company AI czar. Plus: why Sid tells every new grad to ditch the generalist playbook, and how he's using AI in his personal life.Links:Sid's LinkedInd-Matrix

After just five days on the job as Head of AI at Section, Michael Domanic joins Greg for their first one-on-one together. He shares about his experience as VP of Generative Business strategy at User Testing, and how they measured the ROI on AI adoption in the office. Plus, how many agents per employee are we likely to have in the future?Do you have questions about AI or adoption challenges at work? Drop us a line at podcast at sectionai dot com. Supercompanies is on YouTube too: youtube.com/@supercompaniespod.Michael's websiteMichael's LinkedIn

Latent Supercompanies are among us. In this conversation with Greg Shove, Wade Foster, co-founder and CEO of Zapier, shares how he’s found massive success integrating AI internally and with customers.Zapier was already a success story. Three friends co-founded the automation company in college and built it into a $5B company by working nimbly and embracing remote work early on. Now, Wade is fully embracing wide AI adoption. Learn how Zapier was able to drive 50% employee adoption in just a week, and the strategies that have been key to Zapier’s continued success.Links:Zapier.comWade's website

AI can be your most powerful productivity tool… or a shortcut to cognitive decline. Neuroscientist Dr. Sahar Yousef joins Greg on stage at SXSW to debate whether AI allows us to borrow 30 IQ points, or ultimately makes us dumber?” Dr. Yousef shares new, unpublished UC Berkeley data about cognitive offloading, and outlines how to leverage AI without losing your mind.

Some of the challenges with developing better AI have already been faced by other new technologies - like autonomous vehicles. Whether building human-in-the-loop systems or emergent scaling issues, AV companies like Waymore and Zoox are pioneering real-world solutions. What should the broader industry be learning from them?Tech and policy reporter Tim Lee (Understanding AI, Ars Technica, Washington Post)) joins to discuss his and Greg’s shared appreciation for autonomous vehicles. Tim has covered AVs for years, and breaks down what a company like Waymo can show us about what’s ahead for AI at large.Links:Understanding AI newsletterTim’s Twitter

Greg plays guest on It's All About AI with Danilo McGarry.Learn what's actually happening inside companies adopting AI and why most leaders are getting it dangerously wrong. Greg shares what he sees on the ground, working with enterprise AI leaders across the US and Europe. Watch AI Truth Serum on YouTube, @aitruthserum.Episode LinksIt's All About AI YouTube channelDanilo's website

AI has the power to completely reshape the tasks we do - and how we approach our work in the first place. Greg taps Ed’s expertise as a custom AI agent developer to understand what leaders should know about what agents can do for us today. How can we convert inference into business value today?Ed shares the VVV framework he uses as part of his process for automating workflows. Plus, which tech industries might own the future - SaaS, Cloud, AI?Episode links:Ed’s LinkedInMachine & Partners website

Journalist and author Brian Merchant (Motherboard, LA Times), joins to discuss his book Blood in the Machine, and what the AI revolution should learn from the Luddite movement. Brian’s substack functions as part of Greg’s conscience, and they talk about the current political climate in AI, and why AI companies face a strategy challenge after driving adoption with free services. When a tech critic and an AI CEO compare notes, where do they find common ground?Plus, Greg pitches Brian on his vision of future supercompanies. For more on that, see Juliet Bailin’s analysis in Episode 2 - Who’s Going to Win in the AI Economy?Episode links:Brian’s newsletter, Blood in the MachineWatch this episode on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cokKQKhBtPw

AI is driving an arms race in classrooms, but what about the tech’s potential to give individualized instruction? What other ways might new technology change how we learn for the better? What’s ahead for the education tech landscape?Claire Zau, venture partner at GSV Ventures and author of the AI & Education newsletter, specializes in educational technology investment. She joins Greg from New York to discuss what’s next for education.Episode Links:Claire's newsletter AI & EducationClaire's Instagram Zauey TalksGSV Venture's website

It’s been a big year for fake news. So this New Year’s Eve, we look back at the hype, pitches, and rumors about AI we’ve heard in 2025, and Greg shares his predictions for 2026. And are we in a bubble? There may be a few, but there’s more to the story. If there’s one thing we can count on, it’s another year of AI’s presence growing in our lives.This episode has presentation visuals on YouTube.

Business strategist and best-selling author Sangeet Paul Choudary joins Greg to discuss why AI is such a big deal for corporate structures and platforms. As AI requires organizations to fundamentally rethink how their structures work, it enables savvy competitors to exploit new operating paradigms. And as these tools allow users to cross traditional work boundaries, the impacts of AI to knowledge work promise to be many.How will new efficiencies change client demands, and how will firms and individuals structure their work? What should we do when the AI bubble bursts? Sangeet shares what he tells execs and heads of state, and discusses ideas from his book Reshuffle.Episode links:Sangeet’s LinkedInPlatform Thinking LabsSangeet’s Substack

At a time when AI narratives are being pushed by board rooms and C-suites, how big is the present moment, really? Investor Juliet Bailin, venture partner at Kindred Capital, joins Greg to give a bird's eye view of the changing AI economy. Are we in a bubble that’s going to burst, or a boom that will carry us forward – and which companies will successfully make the jump to the future? Greg gets some Canadian founder therapy along the way.Links:Juliet's LinkedInKindred CapitalArsenal F.C.

Are we going to lose our minds to artificial intelligence? Cognitive offloading is the biggest bogeyman in AI right now. And with good reason - it took us 10 years to realize what social media had done to our brains, and by then it was too late.New studies from MIT say ChatGPT power users have decreased brainwave activity – and are showing signs of dependence. So can we use AI without giving up our cognitive skills? How do we “borrow 30 points of IQ” from AI without losing our minds completely?Greg speaks with Dr. Sahar Yousef, cognitive neuroscientist and lecturer at UC Berkeley’s Haas School of Business, and one of the world’s leading experts on cognitive training and the science of productivity. Sahar shares what we can learn from the research, what's she's seeing in the lab, and how she's handling AI with her students. How can we use AI for our benefit, and what's on the line?Episode links:Dr. Sahar Yousef's websiteMIT/OpenAI study on ChatGPT power usersTechPolicy report on AI addictionResearchers propose Gen AI Addiction Syndrome

Welcome to AI Truth Serum, your antidote to the hype and doom of AI. Join veteran tech CEO Greg Shove as he speaks with AI experts and industry leaders about the real-world impact of AI on our lives. Tune in and learn how to thrive in the age of AI. You’ll get practical information about AI’s impact, actionable insights, and honest punchy commentary from the people building the future.Find AI Truth Serum on YouTube: @AITruthSerum