A weekly live show for founders, operators, small-business owners, and the AI-curious. Olga Pearson and Chris Pearson cover the week’s AI news, then show you what you can actually implement by Monday morning, often built live on air.
Live every Friday, 11am CT. 63 episodes so far.
Latest episode
No. 63, October 30, 2026
You can ask AI the questions your buyers ask and see whether it names you. Olga’s Claude and Grokbot audited her new site for AI search, fixed what they found, and on air built a page answering her buyers’ most common question.
Most episodes land in one of these sections. Start with the one that matches your problem.
Hiring AI, building agent teams, and what agents actually cost.16 episodes
Conversational access to your CRM, your books, your website and your data.10 episodes
Search turned into answers. How to stay findable when agents do the looking.9 episodes
Selfware, vibe coding, and turning a task you repeat into software.16 episodes
Staying sharp and sane: brain fry, how AI-native you are, and your AI stack.7 episodes
Every week the show tracks who raised money to build with AI, and what they are building. 50 weeks tracked so far.
| Company | What they build | Raised |
|---|---|---|
| OpenAI | OpenAI makes ChatGPT and the AI models behind it.San Francisco | $11B |
| Shield AI | Shield AI builds AI pilots and drones for defense.San Diego | $2B |
| Skydio | Skydio makes AI-flown drones for government, business and consumer customers.San Mateo | $1.2B |
| Mercor | Mercor runs an AI-based hiring platform that matches people to jobs.San Francisco | $750M |
| Torus | Torus builds integrated energy and computing infrastructure for AI.Salt Lake City | $500M |
| All AI rounds that week, 81 companies | $18.36B | |
Runs multiple businesses using AI every day, and spent thirteen years recruiting salespeople.
Salesforce sells you employees. HubSpot sells you the outcome and hides the robots.
Building PageMotor, the tool AI needs to publish content, create software, and run businesses.
If you’re not getting AI to do things, you’re not really using it yet.
Episode recaps with the takeaways, timestamps and links, plus the Weekly AI Funding Report.
