The AI Space Podcast

Physical AI Forum | Builders Reveal the New Moat & Playbook | Creator & Founder's Cut | Mar 2026 | 4K

In this special Creator & Founder's cut of the live edition of The AI Space Podcast, recorded at the Physical AI Builders Forum UTD in Richardson, TX, Sanjay Kalluvilayil, was invited by David Cao and F50 to co-host, curate, and moderate a panel of AI founders and operators building at the frontier of physical AI, computer vision, robotics, and multimodal conversational AI. This is real builders sharing real playbooks for 2026.💠 Key Insights1. Why Physical AI Is Fundamentally Different From Gen AI2. Why Scene AI Beats Frame AI in Real-World Deployments3. Why Distribution Is the New Moat in 2026 -------------------------------------------------------------------⚡ The Show Log - The AI Space Podcast - Season 2 | Episode 15 | Live Event🤝 Host & Event Partner: Physical AI Builders | David Cao | Managing Partner | F50 | @F50F50🎙️ Co-Host: Sanjay Kalluvilayil | Founder & CEO | Stonehaas Advisors | Creator | The AI Space Podcast🎙️ Guests: - Victor Perry | Founder & CEO | Longhorn International Motorsports Corporation- Skip Howard | Founder & President | Computer Visionaries AI - Steve Deeb | Founder & CEO | Lonestar Ascent AI - Alex Siskos | SVP Strategy | Everseen 📍 Jindal School of Management, UTD, Richardson, TX📅 Recording: Thursday, March 5, 2026 🔔 Subscribe - Playbooks for AI Founders & Start-ups! Key Links: 🌐 Website: https://theaispacepodcast.ai 📅 Calendar: https://calendly.com/sanjay-stonehaasadvisors/ai-advantage-15-min 🔗 Platforms: https://theaispacepodcast.ai/platforms 📬 Newsletter: https://newsletter.theaispacepodcast.ai 📝 Transcript: https://theaispacepodcast.ai/s2-e15-new-moat-playbook-physical-ai-builders-forum 👤 Event Partner Bio David Cao is a community builder, venture investor, and entrepreneur at the forefront of the Physical AI and Embodied AI ecosystem for Manufacturing. Managing Partner at F50, where he leads initiatives engaging innovators, investors, and industry leaders across manufacturing, construction, and real estate. 👤 Guest Bios Victor Perry is Founder & CEO of Longhorn International Motorsports Corporation, building a multi-track motorplex ecosystem in North Central Texas. Skip Howard is the Founder & President of Computer Visionaries AI, a fractional skunkworks for artificial intelligence serving Fortune 1000 enterprises. With deep expertise in robotics and computer vision, Skip is also building two new startups in stealth, including a supply chain robotics company. Steve Deeb is the Founder & CEO of Lonestar Ascent AI, with 25+ years in the automotive space spanning voice tech, telematics, usage-based insurance, and fleet telematics. He has built a multimodal conversational AI platform that generates immersive customer experiences for luxury retail. Alex Siskos is SVP of Strategy at Everseen, an Ireland-based retail analytics leader approaching nine-figure annual revenue. With three decades in retail analytics and a process engineering background, Alex specializes in computer vision, scene AI, and helping global retailers protect people, process, and profitability.📈 Host Bio: Sanjay Kalluvilayil is a visionary leader on a mission to help AI businesses win clients, convert sales, and scale operations to maximize cash flow and valuation. As a trusted advisor and fractional CXO, I bring 30+ years of strategic and execution expertise—from Big 4 consulting to Fortune 500 transformation to startup acceleration. 🎯 Company Bio: At Stonehaas Advisors, we work with AI founders and businesses to overcome growth and cash flow challenges by designing and executing GTM strategies that drive organic growth, successful capital raises, and strategic exits. AI, Artificial Intelligence, AI Podcast, AI News, Tech News, Physical AI, Computer Vision, Robotics, Scene AI, Multimodal AI, Conversational AI, AI Builders, Enterprise AI, Physical AI Builders, Future 50 Join the AI Revolution - Artificial Intelligence Insights for AI Startups & Founders!

Architecting Autonomous, Real-time AI and IT Platforms | Shirish Nimgaonkar | Founder | eBlissAI

In this episode, the Host, Sanjay Kalluvilayil, sits down with Shirish Nimgaonkar, Founder and CEO of eBlissAI, to explore how founders and enterprises are architecting autonomous, real-time AI and IT platforms that move beyond static automation into predictive, self-healing intelligence. T💠 Key Insights1. Why Less Than 5% of Enterprise Issues Are Solved by Static Automation2. Why Outcomes, Ease of Adoption, and Safety Are the New AI Scaling Framework3. Why Small Language Models and Self-Learning Knowledge Bases Win in the Enterprise -------------------------------------------------------------------⚡ The AI Space Podcast - Season 2 | Episode 14🎙️ Guest: Shirish Nimgaonkar | Founder & CEO | eBlissAI📍 Boston, MA🎙️ Host: Sanjay Kalluvilayil | Founder & CEO | Stonehaas Advisors | Creator | The AI Space Podcast📍 Dallas, TX 🔔 Subscribe - Real world insights for AI Founders & Start-ups! Guest Links:🌐 eBlissAI: https://eblissai.com/Key Links: 🌐 Website: https://theaispacepodcast.ai📅 Calendar: https://calendly.com/sanjay-stonehaasadvisors/ai-advantage-15-min🔗 Platforms: https://theaispacepodcast.ai/platforms 📬Newsletter: https://newsletter.theaispacepodcast.ai/📝 Transcript:/s2-e14-autonomous-ai-platforms-shirish-nimgaonkar👤 Guest Bio Shirish Nimgaonkar is a serial entrepreneur driven by one core belief: technology should elevate human potential, not exhaust it. As Founder and CEO of Ebliss AI, he is building the autonomy layer for enterprise IT, replacing reactive firefighting with predictive, self-healing intelligence. Trained at IIT Bombay, Stanford, and Harvard, Shirish serves as an Entrepreneur in Residence at Harvard and a longtime mentor with TIE, helping founders build ideas that scale real-world impact.💠 Company Bio: eBlissAI is an AI-native platform designed to power the future of autonomous operations in a world where fragmented and reactive tools and manual workflows drive unscheduled downtime, costing enterprises over $725 billion annually. eBlissAI automates the detection, diagnosis, resolution, and prediction of dynamic enterprise IT issues before people even notice, replacing reactive firefighting with predictive self-healing intelligence that keeps systems running smoothly across devices and environments.📈 Host Bio: Sanjay Kalluvilayil is a visionary leader on a mission to help AI businesses win clients, convert sales, and scale operations to maximize cash flow and valuation. As a trusted advisor and fractional CXO, I bring 30+ years of strategic and execution expertise—from Big 4 consulting to Fortune 500 transformation to startup acceleration.🎯 Company Bio: At Stonehaas Advisors, we work with AI founders and businesses to overcome growth and cash flow challenges by designing and executing GTM strategies that drive organic growth, successful capital raises, and strategic exits.Chapters0:00 Trailer: Autonomous, Real-Time AI & IT Platforms1:53 Host Intro2:43 Key AI Trends - Autonomy, Outcomes, Invisible AI4:17 The Human Side of AI Adoption5:28 Top AI Strategies to Scale6:49 Guest Intro - Shirish Nimgaonkar | eBlissAI8:05 AI Journey - IIT Bombay, Stanford, Harvard9:48 Indian Classical Music Meets AI12:17 Early Career - Intel, VC/PE, Banking19:29 Founding Ebliss AI20:26 ICP & Target Verticals21:20 AI-ML Architecture & Tech Stack24:25 Small Language Models vs LLMs25:40 Self-Learning Knowledge Base27:41 Automation vs Autonomy30:51 Runbooks & Human-in-the-Loop32:38 Security & Guardrails34:26 Why The AI Space Podcast?35:09 Vision, Mindset & Strategy41:32 Sales & Marketing for First Customers44:22 Streamlining Operations & Scaling46:54 What Investors Look For48:25 AI Democratization50:18 Reskilling & Workforce Disruption52:15 Ethical & Responsible AI54:04 Final Thoughts56:00 Show Outro

Redefining & Financing The Future of AI: GPUs & Infrastructure | Hamid Djam | CTO | Vertical Data

In this episode, the Host, Sanjay Kalluvilayil, sits down with Hamid Djam, CTO of Vertical Data and GPU Financing, to explore how founders and enterprises are redefining and financing the future of AI through GPUs, data centers, and the infrastructure stack powering the next wave of AI businesses. 💠 Key Insights from the Episode1. Why 70% of AI Deployments FailMost companies underestimate cost, human resources, and longevity. Hamid breaks down the pre-work founders and enterprises must do before spending a dollar on hardware.2. Why Financing Is the Unlock for AI InfrastructureWith average deals of $100–$125M, Hamid explains how CapEx vs OpEx financing lets founders keep cash on hand, scale faster, and de-risk hardware bets using contracts as collateral.3. Why Supply Chain Reliance Is the Silent KillerThe fewer moving parts, the fewer points of failure. Vertical Data brings hardware, data center, MSPs, and financing under one umbrella so founders do not get stuck waiting on the stack. ⚡ The Show Log | Season 2 | Episode 13🎙️ Guest: Hamid Djam | CTO | Vertical Data📍 Las Vegas, NV🎙️ Host: Sanjay Kalluvilayil | Founder & CEO | Stonehaas Advisors | Creator | The AI Space Podcast📍 Dallas, TX 🔔 Subscribe - Real world insights for AI Founders & Start-ups!Key Links: 🌐 Website: https://theaispacepodcast.ai📝 Transcript: https://theaispacepodcast.ai/s2-e13-hamid-djam👤 Guest Bio Hamid Djam is the CTO of Vertical Data and GPU Financing, where he drives innovation in AI infrastructure through colocation and flexible financing solutions. With deep expertise in high-performance computing and data center strategy, he helps organizations accelerate AI adoption while optimizing costs. Hamid is passionate about bridging the gap between advanced AI hardware and real-world business outcomes.💠 Company Bio: Vertical Data and GPU Financing empower enterprises and startups to accelerate AI adoption through high-performance infrastructure, colocation, and flexible financing solutions. By partnering with industry leaders such as NVIDIA, Dell, and IBM, we make advanced AI hardware accessible and scalable. 📈 Host Bio: Sanjay Kalluvilayil is a visionary leader on a mission to help AI businesses win clients, convert sales, and scale operations to maximize cash flow and valuation. As a trusted advisor and fractional CXO, I bring 30+ years of strategic and execution expertise—from Big 4 consulting to Fortune 500 transformation to startup acceleration.🎯 Company Bio: At Stonehaas Advisors, we work with AI founders and businesses to overcome growth and cash flow challenges by designing and executing GTM strategies that drive organic growth, successful capital raises, and strategic exits.Chapters0:00 Trailer: Redefining & Financing The Future of AI1:38 Host Intro - Sanjay Kalluvilayil2:10 Key AI Trends in 2026 - Hardware, Pricing, Inflection Point5:41 Surprising Insight - 70% AI Deployment Failure Rate7:40 Top AI Strategies to Grow & Scale11:54 Guest Intro - Hamid Djam | CTO | Vertical Data13:07 AI Journey - 30 Years in Data & HPC14:56 Greenplum, EMC, Dell Experience16:25 Why Vertical Data?20:35 CTO Role & Mandate21:57 Next-Gen GPU-as-a-Service Platform25:04 ICP & Use Cases - Neo Clouds & Low-Latency AI27:34 AI-ML Architecture & Tech Stack33:05 GPU vs TPU Decisions36:18 Deterministic vs Probabilistic AI43:38 Why The AI Space Podcast?47:27 Subscribe & Follow Us48:22 Vision, Mindset, & Strategy51:00 Actions & Execution53:04 Sales & Marketing Insights - Sun Microsystems Lesson1:00:17 GPU Financing Explained - CapEx vs OpEx1:06:12 AI Democratization1:08:19 Tokenomics & Architecture Evolution1:13:05 Ethical & Responsible AI1:18:12 Final Thoughts & Encouragement1:21:19 Show OutroAI, Artificial Intelligence, AI Podcast, AI News, Tech News, GPU, GPU Financing, AI Infrastructure, Data Centers, Neo CloudsJoin the AI Revolution - Artificial Intelligence Insights for AI Startups & Founders!

LIVE EVENT | AI GTM Playbook | 2026 | Creator & Founder's Cut | 4K

Sanjay Kalluvilayil hosts a live panel of three practitioners who are actively building with AI right now: Victor Perry, Founder and CEO of Longhorn International Motorsports Corporation; Emily Bell-Wootten, Founder and CEO of EBW Consulting; and Stefan Boehmer, Managing Director and Fractional CFO at Texas Advisory Services. They deliver an unfiltered AI go-to-market playbook built from real execution, not theory to help you craft your AI GTM Playbook for 2026.💠 Key Insights from the Episode1. Why 2026 Is the Year of Execution, Not ExperimentationThe panel agrees: companies still running AI pilots are already behind. If you are not applying AI to your business today, you will be challenged to catch up later.2. Why Most AI Tools Will Fail in the Next Couple of YearsWith over 700 AI marketing tools alone flooding the market, Emily delivers a clear-eyed warning: you cannot spin up an AI tool and expect the world to buy it. Market fit and differentiation are the only things that survive.3. Why the New Divide Is Not Rich vs. PoorStefan's most quoted line of the night: the coming divide will be between the AI literate and the AI non-literate, and it is the responsibility of every leader in the room to close that gap inside their own teams.⚡The Show Log — The AI Space Podcast — Season 2 | Live Event #2 | E12 🎙️Panelists - Victor Perry | Founder & CEO | Longhorn International Motorsports Corporation - Emily Bell-Wootten | Founder & CEO | EBW Consulting- Stefan Boehmer | Managing Director / CFO | Texas Advisory Services🎙️ Host: Sanjay Kalluvilayil | Founder & CEO | Stonehaas Advisors | Creator | The AI Space Podcast📍 Plano, TX 🔔 Subscribe - Real world insights for AI Founders & Start-ups! Key Links: 🌐 Website: https://theaispacepodcast.ai📅 Calendar: https://calendly.com/sanjay-stonehaasadvisors/ai-advantage-15-min🔗 Platforms: https://theaispacepodcast.ai/platforms 📬Newsletter: https://newsletter.theaispacepodcast.ai/📝 Transcript: https://theaispacepodcast.ai/e12-ai-gtm-playbook📈 Host Bio: Sanjay Kalluvilayil is a visionary leader on a mission to help AI businesses win clients, convert sales, and scale operations to maximize cash flow and valuation. As a trusted advisor and fractional CXO, I bring 30+ years of strategic and execution expertise. from Big 4 consulting to Fortune 500 transformation to startup acceleration.🎯 Company Bio: At Stonehaas Advisors, we work with AI founders and businesses to overcome growth and cash flow challenges by designing and executing GTM strategies that drive organic growth, successful capital raises, and strategic exits.00:00 Intro01:41 Welcome and Intros03:08 Key AI Trends in 202605:42 Building an AI-Powered Motorsport Complex06:14 From Enterprise to Start-up Founder08:25 CFO's Case Against AI as a Shiny Toy10:30 AI for Design and Biometrics13:09 Startup Launch: 8 Weeks, 80% Cost Reduction15:30 Risk Reduction and EBITDA17:10 The AI Marketing Tool Bubble21:32 No More Barriers to Information24:27 Beyond SEO: Get Into the AI Summary26:59 Building an Investor-Ready Business Case28:00 AI Democratization and Legacy31:21 AI Literate vs. AI Non-Literate33:12 Ethical and Responsible AI35:21 Just Start or Get Left Behind37:37 Q&A: Who Is Your Customer?39:48 Q&A: AI Security and Innovation43:42 Q&A: Domain Expertise Is Everything47:06 Q&A: AI Interns vs. Seasoned Operators49:00 Closing and NetworkingAI, Artificial Intelligence, AI Podcast, AI News, Tech News, GPTJoin the AI Revolution - Artificial Intelligence Insights for AI Startups & Founders!#TheAISpacePodcast

Transform Handshakes into Sales | Abdel Filali | Founder & CEO | Rel8 AI | 4K

In this episode, host Sanjay Kalluvilayil sits down with Abdel Filali, Founder & CEO, of Rel8 AI to explore why most professionals leave events with a stack of business cards they never follow up on and why the 48-hour window after every handshake is where deals are won or lost. They explore how Rel8 AI, a Relationship Intelligence Platform. rescues these connections from the 'Business Card Graveyard' by capturing, ingesting, enriching, and activating those connections automatically. 💠 Key Insights from the Episode 1. Why Most Professionals Lose Their Best ConnectionsMemory decays 80% within a day of an event. Rel8 AI's voice debrief captures the context no data provider can replicate. 2. Why One Photo Can Replace Hours of CRM Data EntryBulk-scan 10 cards in one photo, auto-enrich each contact, and sync to your CRM in seconds. 3. Why AI Native Is Not the Same as AI PoweredMost companies bolt AI onto existing products. Abdel built Rel8 AI using AI to build the product and AI as the product. ------------------------------------------------------------------- ⚡ The Show Log — The AI Space Podcast — Season 2 | Episode 11 🎙️ Guest: Abdel Filali | Founder & CEO | Rel8 AI 📍 Dallas, TX 🎙️ Host: Sanjay Kalluvilayil | Founder & CEO | Stonehaas Advisors | Creator | The AI Space Podcast 📍 Dallas, TX 🔔 Subscribe - Real world insights for AI Founders & Start-ups! Key Links: 🌐 https://theaispacepodcast.ai 📅 https://calendly.com/sanjay-stonehaasadvisors/ai-advantage-15-min 🔗https://theaispacepodcast.ai/platforms 👤 Guest Bio Abdel Filali is a technology entrepreneur and executive, best known as the founder of RelAI Technology. He has held executive leadership roles in enterprise technology, and led teams across networking, infrastructure, and advanced technology initiatives. His career blends executive management, large-scale delivery, and AI strategy within complex enterprise environments. 💠 Company Bio: Rel8 AI is a relationship intelligence platform that transforms how professionals capture, remember, and nurture their network. Rel8 is Your AI Sidekick for Relationships. It scans cards, ingest inboxes, and sync calendars. Rel8 auto-writes follow-ups, surfaces context, and updates your CRM, so you can focus and stay human while the busywork runs itself. 📈 Host Bio: Sanjay Kalluvilayil is a visionary leader on a mission to help AI businesses win clients, convert sales, and scale operations to maximize cash flow and valuation. As a trusted advisor and fractional CXO, I bring 30+ years of strategic and execution expertise—from Big 4 consulting to Fortune 500 transformation to startup acceleration. 🎯 Company Bio: At Stonehaas Advisors, we work with AI founders and businesses to overcome growth and cash flow challenges by designing and executing GTM strategies that drive organic growth, successful capital raises, and strategic exits. Chapters 0:00 Trailer: Transform Handshakes into Sales 1:38 Host Intro - Sanjay Kalluvilayil 2:10 Key AI Trends in 2026 5:41 Surprising Insight - Agentic AI at Production Level 7:05 Top AI Strategies to Grow & Scale 9:15 Guest Intro - Abdel Filali | Rel8 AI 10:04 AI Journey - Abdel Filali 11:50 Ericsson Experience - Mobile 14:52 WWT Experience - IT 18:07 Rel8 AI Overview 20:27 Why Rel8 AI? 23:06 Incubating vs. Spinning Off 27:23 AI-ML Architecture & Tech Stack 30:01 Business Card Graveyard 33:47 React 35:41 Computer Vision + OCR + LLM 38:51 Relationship & Sales Intelligence Platform 40:25 AI Voice Agent 41:17 Quality Outreach & Follow-up 45:25 Why The AI Space Podcast? 47:27 Subscribe & Follow Us 48:44 Vision, Mindset, & Strategy 49:55 Actions & Execution 51:58 Sales & Marketing Insights 56:45 Streamline & Scale Operations 1:01:17 AI Democratization 1:10:24 Ethical & Responsible AI 1:14:32 Final Thoughts & Encouragement 1:16:44 Show Outro AI, AI PodcastJoin the AI Revolution - Artificial Intelligence Insights for AI Startups & Founders! #TheAISpacePodcast