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

Women in AI | The Founders & Builders Flipping the Script | Event | Creator's Cut | Mar 2026 | 4K

In this Creator's Cut of the Live Edition of The AI Space Podcast. host, Sanjay Kalluvilayi,l moderates a panel of women leaders building at the frontier of AI across motorsports, tech staffing, AI Design Studios, and MedTech. Winner of Two Telly Awards 2026! - Human First!, AI Native. 💠 Key Insights1. Why "Fits the Workflow" Beats "Best Model"2. Why Your Own Voice Is the Moat AI Cannot Copy3. Why Process, Not Talent, Is What Actually Scales⚡ The Show Log | Season 2 | Episode 17 | Live Event🎙️ Host & Moderator: Sanjay Kalluvilayil | Founder & CEO | Stonehaas Advisors | Creator | The AI Space Podcast🎤 Guest MC: Dr. Kimberly "KJ" Haywood |Founder & CEO | Nomad Cyber Concepts🎙️ Guests:- Erum Manzoor | Founder & CEO | Box Motorsports- Valerie Freeman | Founder & CEO | BravoTECH- Jabeen Zaidi | Founder & CEO | Spring AI- Florina Linco | VP, Strategic Partnerships | Flourish Health Partners📍 Dallas, TX📅 Recording: Tuesday, March 24, 2026🔔 Subscribe - Real world insights for AI Founders & Start-ups!Key Links:🌐 Website: https://theaispacepodcast.ai🔗 Platforms: https://theaispacepodcast.ai/platforms📝 Transcript: https://theaispacepodcast.ai/s2-e17-women-in-ai-2026👤 Guest BiosErum Manzoor is Founder & CEO of Box Motorsports. Before motorsports she built systems for defense and government, including Lockheed Martin and the US Treasury, and led global consumer and cloud enablement for a international bank. Her 2026 focus is taking Box Motorsports to profitability while bringing F1-grade telemetry to the track.Valerie Freeman is a Dallas entrepreneur and CEO of BravoTECH, an IT staffing firm. She also founded Freeman Leonard in creative and marketing staffing and co-founded Prime Women Media. She speaks candidly on the jobs of the future, high-performing teams, and the written processes that let a business scale.Jabeen Zaidi is the founder of Spring, an AI creative studio that combines image, video, and agentic workflows into one platform for brands. She took an immersive AI photo booth concept to New York Fashion Week, with a focus on making AI invisible so it empowers people rather than replacing them.Florina Linco is a Health x AI executive, advisor, and fractional GTM leader. Drawing on a background in MedTech and longevity research, she advises that AI which does not fit the clinical workflow is dead on arrival, and points to narrow AI cutting stroke diagnosis time and accelerating rare disease detection as the model for humane, high-impact deployment.📈 Host Bio:Sanjay Kalluvilayil helps AI businesses win clients, convert sales, and scale operations to maximize cash flow and valuation. As a trusted advisor and fractional CXO, he brings 30+ years of expertise spanning Big 4 consulting, Fortune 500 transformation, and start-up acceleration.🎯 Company Bio:At Stonehaas Advisors, we help AI founders overcome growth and cash flow challenges with GTM strategies that drive organic growth, capital raises, and strategic exits.Chapters00:00 Intro: Blaze the Trail or Get Left Behind00:36 Meet the Panel: 2026 Goals06:16 Where AI Creates Value: Workflow Is Everything10:24 Motorsports, Telemetry and the Data Edge12:28 AI Explained: LLMs, Agents and Image Gen18:33 AI in Healthcare: Saving Lives at Scale20:13 Skills and the Tech Stack28:22 Sales, Marketing and Your Real Voice32:11 Scaling a Business: Process Over Hustle36:21 Operating at Scale and AI Ethics40:39 Democratizing AI for Small Business43:15 Closing Encouragement and Sanjay's Story48:49 Audience Q&A57:17 Minority Women in AI: DEI and Self-Education1:02:59 Closing Thanks. AI, Artificial Intelligence, AI Podcast, AI News, Tech News, Women in AI, Women in Tech, AI Founders, AI Builders, Go to Market, GTM Strategy, AI in Healthcare, MedTech AI, AI Creative Studio, Agentic AI, AI in Business, Founders and Builders, Enterprise AIJoin the AI Revolution - Artificial Intelligence Insights for AI Start-ups & Founders!

Use AI to Find Exact Channels That Reach Your Audience | Sandeep Kondury | Founder/CEO | Feat | 4k

In this episode, the Host, Sanjay Kalluvilayil, sits down with Sandeep Kondury, Founder and CEO of feat., to explore why the marketing world is broken, how AI is rewriting the rules of distribution, and why "featured marketing" is replacing SEO as the new growth playbook for founders and creators. 💠 Key Insights1. Why Featured Marketing Is Replacing SEO in the AI Era2. Why You Now Market to Two Layers: Humans First, AI Always3. Why Lingo Leverage Is the One Common Feature of Successful Companies--------------------------------------------------------------------⚡ The Show Log - Season 2 | Episode 16🎙️ Guest: Sandeep Khondury | Founder & CEO | feat.📍 Austin, TX🎙️ 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:🌐 feat.: https://feat.press/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-e16-featured-marketing-sandeep-kondury👤 Guest BioSandeep Khondury is a venture capital associate and founder building tools at the intersection of media, distribution, and AI. A TED Editor's Pick speaker, he has worked with 1,400+ startups and helped deploy over $10M in early-stage capital, developing his thesis on "lingo leverage" and how language predicts startup outcomes.💠 Company Bio:feat. is an AI-powered distribution platform that helps founders and creators instantly find the trusted newsletters, podcasts, communities, and creators that drive real influence with their ideal audience, removing the guesswork from distribution and compounding growth across both human and AI discovery layers.📈 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: Use AI to Find the Exact Channels That Reach Your Audience1:53 Host Intro2:43 Key AI Trends - Marketing, Coding & Content Creation3:06 Top AI Strategies - The Featured Marketing Playbook5:25 Guest Intro - Sandeep Khondury | feat.6:21 AI Journey - Seattle VC to Austin Founder8:00 TED Talk & Lingo Leverage Thesis9:48 Why AI Slop Is Killing Marketing Trust11:42 Founding feat. - From $3K Launch Week to Traction12:20 ICP & Target Verticals13:04 AI-ML Architecture & Tech Stack14:18 Favorite LLMs - Opus, Codex & Cursor16:58 Marketing to Two Layers - Humans & AI18:32 Breaking Through a Crowded Niche19:04 Niching Down - The AI Founder Playbook22:11 Why The AI Space Podcast?26:30 How feat. Found Sanjay - Product in Action27:04 Featured Marketing - Real Customer Examples30:21 Sales, Marketing & The First 100 Customers41:32 Reskilling & Workforce Disruption44:22 Ethical & Responsible AI46:54 Final Thoughts - Focus on Revenue, Not Funding50:18 Show OutroAI, Artificial Intelligence, AI Podcast, AI News, Tech News, Featured Marketing, AI Distribution, AI Marketing, SEO vs AI, GEO, Generative Engine Optimization, AI Visibility, Founder Marketing, Startup Marketing, AI DiscoveryJoin the AI Revolution - Artificial Intelligence Insights for AI Startups & Founders!#FeaturedMarketing #AIVisibility #FounderMarketing #AIMarketing #StartupMarketing #GEO #SEO #AIPodcast

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!