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The Agentic AI Podcast

Navigate the fast-moving world of AI agents, automation, and intelligent workflows with The Agentic AI Podcast. Hosted by Dave, a long-time voice and AI specialist with more than 20 years of industry experience, this podcast explores real-world AI deployments, autonomous agents, voice technology, op

New episodes: Weekly
Typical length: 7 min
Latest: 14 Oct 2026
Language: English

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14 Oct 2026 · 7 minNew

Unlocking Business with AI phones

"Just ask Dave send him a text" This episode of The Agentic AI Podcast explores how AI phone systems turn customer calls into completed bookings, service tickets and CRM updates. With suitable integrations and clear permissions, AI agents handle after-hours enquiries, support busy reception teams and transfer complex requests to staff. Compatible SIP handsets often stay in service. An illustrative example shows how saving three minutes across 100 weekly calls releases five staff hours, worth ...

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S2 · E13 · 14 Sep 2026 · 24 min
Untitled projectAI Customer Retention: Spot Problems Early and Keep More Customers
"Just ask Dave send him a text" This episode of The Agentic AI Podcast explores how AI retention agents help businesses identify customers at risk of leaving by reviewing renewal dates, unresolved service issues and buying patterns. The agent assigns follow-up tasks, tracks progress and prepares account managers for informed conversations. Your team keeps control over discounts, contract changes and other commercial commitments. Two financial examples model potential returns: a technology ser...
S2 · E12 · 7 Sep 2026 · 6 min
The Rise of AI Buyers: Transforming Online Commerce
"Just ask Dave send him a text" Dave explains how AI assistants are moving from product searches to making buying decisions and completing transactions. With Mastercard and Visa supporting agentic commerce, businesses now need to sell to software as well as people. AI buying agents compare structured product information, full pricing, eligibility, service areas, certifications, reviews and performance evidence. Businesses with unclear pricing, missing data or unsupported claims risk being exc...
S2 · E11 · 3 Sep 2026 · 9 min
Unlocking Hidden Sales: AI's Predictive Power
"Just ask Dave send him a text" This episode explores how AI sales agents identify customers who are ready to buy by analysing CRM activity, website visits, email responses, purchase history and contract dates. The AI ranks customers by purchase intent and alerts salespeople when engagement increases or a renewal approaches. Each alert explains what changed, why the customer moved up the list and which action the salesperson should take next. For example, a customer nearing the end of a servi...
S2 · E10 · 18 Aug 2026 · 7 min
Navigating the Risks of AI Agent Deployment
"Just ask Dave send him a text" Dave explains why AI agents should be treated like digital employees with access to business systems. Without proper controls, agents might expose data, make unauthorised decisions or create compliance failures. Security and compliance are different. Security protects against misuse and unauthorised access, while compliance covers privacy, consent, retention, accountability and regulatory obligations. Safer deployments require limited permissions, human approva...
S2 · E9 · 3 Aug 2026 · 7 min
Unlocking Business Potential with IB2
"Just ask Dave send him a text" In this episode, Dave explores how IB2 helps businesses turn disconnected data into a competitive advantage. Instead of relying on spreadsheets, manual processes, and isolated systems, IB2 brings business information together in one intelligent platform. The discussion covers how IB2 automates repetitive tasks, delivers real time dashboards, improves collaboration across departments, strengthens compliance, and helps businesses scale without increasing administ...
S2 · E8 · 20 Jul 2026 · 6 min
Unlocking AI's True Value: From Tasks to Tangible Profits
"Just ask Dave send him a text" Most businesses invest in AI to save time, but time savings alone do not create business value. The real measure of success is whether AI increases revenue, lowers operating costs, reduces business risk, or improves customer outcomes. This podcast explores why many AI projects fail to deliver a financial return. The discussion explains the difference between productivity metrics, such as hours saved, and business metrics, such as higher sales, better customer r...
S2 · E7 · 22 Jun 2026 · 7 min
AI Agents Don't Just Save Money. They Make It.
"Just ask Dave send him a text" Most businesses still view AI as a way to reduce costs and save time. While that's true, the bigger opportunity is revenue generation. AI agents are transforming how businesses attract, engage, and grow customers. Instead of waiting for staff to respond to enquiries, AI agents engage prospects instantly, qualify leads, answer questions, collect information, and book appointments around the clock. Every missed enquiry becomes a potential sales opportunity. The i...
18 Jun 2026 · 8 min
AI is transforming financial management
"Just ask Dave send him a text" This episode explored how AI is transforming financial management for businesses. The AI Financial Management Agent helps businesses save hundreds of hours each year, reduce overdue invoices by more than 30%, and cut data entry errors by up to 75%. More importantly, it improves cash flow, speeds up payments, and helps business owners make better financial decisions. Phase 1 focuses on bookkeeping compliance and debtor management. The AI identifies missing finan...
S2 · E13 · 9 Jun 2026 · 7 min
AI's Hidden Revolution: Transforming Workflow Automation
"Just ask Dave send him a text" This episode explores how Agentic AI is transforming business operations far beyond chatbots and content generation. While most people think of AI as a tool for answering questions, some of the biggest benefits are happening behind the scenes through workflow automation. The discussion focuses on how AI agents are handling complex business processes that traditional automation struggles with, especially when exceptions occur. Modern AI systems can analyse situa...
S2 · E12 · 3 Jun 2026 · 10 min
Avoiding the Hidden Costs of AI: Bill Shock Explained
"Just ask Dave send him a text" AI Bill Shock is becoming a growing challenge for businesses using AI chatbots, agents, and automation tools. The problem occurs when organisations expect a small monthly AI bill, only to receive an invoice worth thousands of dollars due to unexpected token consumption. AI providers charge based on tokens, which are the pieces of text processed by the AI. Every question, response, document upload, conversation history, system prompt, and workflow interaction co...
S2 · E11 · 28 May 2026 · 7 min
Unmasking AI Bias: The Hidden Hiring Crisis
"Just ask Dave send him a text" A Stanford study analysing more than 4 million job applications across 156 employers found some AI hiring systems were disproportionately screening out Black and Asian applicants. The issue was not limited to one company. Many organisations were using the same underlying AI models and assessment systems, creating what researchers called “algorithmic monoculture.” If one AI model contains bias or flawed assumptions, those problems spread across multiple bu...
S2 · E10 · 27 May 2026 · 8 min
AI Revolutionizing Property Management: Time-Saving Insights
"Just ask Dave send him a text" AI is rapidly changing property and strata management workflows. AI voice agents and workflow automation systems are now handling calls, maintenance requests, contractor coordination, compliance tracking, after-hours emergencies, and tenant communication automatically. Property management groups are reporting savings of 20 to 40 hours per week by reducing repetitive admin tasks and improving workflow consistency. The biggest gains are coming from: • 24/7 AI cal...
S2 · E9 · 23 May 2026 · 7 min
The Shift From AI Tools to AI Operations
"Just ask Dave send him a text" This podcast explores how AI is rapidly becoming part of everyday business operations instead of remaining a simple productivity tool. The discussion focuses on how businesses are moving from basic AI use, like writing emails and summarising meetings, into full operational AI workflows including: • AI voice agents • automated follow ups • appointment booking • compliance monitoring • workflow automation • customer engagement The episode explains that successful...
S2 · E8 · 21 May 2026 · 7 min
Revolutionizing Tax Compliance: AI is Changing the Role
"Just ask Dave send him a text" This episode of the AI Voice Bot Podcast explores how AI is transforming tax compliance and accounting workflows. The discussion explains how AI systems now monitor regulation changes, pre fill tax forms, identify deductions, and flag compliance risks in real time. The podcast highlights several major benefits for accounting firms: • AI continuously tracks tax law and compliance changes, reducing the risk of missed updates and penalties. • AI pulls ...
S2 · E7 · 19 May 2026 · 6 min
The Call That Could Change Everything
"Just ask Dave send him a text" This podcast explores one of the biggest hidden problems in customer service, businesses spending heavily on marketing and lead generation, only to lose customers because nobody answers the phone quickly enough. The discussion focuses on how Reception Overflow AI Agents help businesses answer calls instantly during busy periods, reducing missed opportunities and improving customer experience. Key points include: • Customers move on quickly whe...
S2 · E6 · 14 May 2026 · 9 min
AI is transforming the accounting industry
"Just ask Dave send him a text" This podcast episode explores how AI is transforming the accounting industry by reducing repetitive admin work like data entry, compliance checks, audit preparation, and reporting. The discussion highlights how accountants spend a large portion of their time on manual tasks and how AI helps automate those workflows, improving speed, accuracy, and efficiency. The episode explains how AI supports financial analysis by identifying trends, anomalies, and pred...
S2 · E5 · 15 Mar 2026 · 7 min
IQ Leads
"Just ask Dave send him a text" Around 70 percent of the buying process happens before a customer speaks with a sales rep. Businesses research solutions online first. They read articles, compare vendors, and review pricing. IQ Leads focuses on those research signals. The platform tracks digital behaviour such as website visits, search activity, and content engagement. When a company shows strong research activity, the system flags the organisation as a high interest lead. This approach change...
S2 · E4 · 31 Jan 2026 · 5 min
AI Agent with Memory
"Just ask Dave send him a text" This episode explores one of the most important shifts happening in artificial intelligence right now: the move from AI systems we talk to toward autonomous AI agents that actually do work. Using a small open-source project (formerly known as Clawd.bot) as the lens, the discussion unpacks why long-term memory, proactive behaviour, and task execution mark a fundamental break from traditional chatbots. Unlike typical AI tools that respond and forget, this new cla...
S2 · E3 · 23 Jan 2026 · 6 min
AI Vibes Syndrome
"Just ask Dave send him a text" This episode of the AI Voice Bot Podcast takes aim at a big, uncomfortable truth: companies are pouring billions into AI but often have no idea whether it’s actually delivering value. The core argument is simple and blunt — AI should be measured like labour, not magic. Businesses would never hire a sales team without tracking cost per sale, conversion rates, or ROI, yet many deploy AI systems and judge success on vanity metrics like conversation volume or “enga...
S2 · E3 · 19 Jan 2026 · 6 min
How AI Predicts Customer Churn Before It Happens
"Just ask Dave send him a text" Most businesses don’t realise a customer is leaving until months after the early warning signs have already started. The podcast dives into how AI voice bots completely flip that script by detecting subtle behavioural shifts long before churn shows up on any report. AI essentially acts like emotional intelligence at scale. It hears the things humans miss — shorter conversations, tone changes, hesitation, longer pauses, and even complete silence. And silence is ...
S2 · E1 · 8 Jan 2026 · 5 min
the Ratchet Effect
"Just ask Dave send him a text" Podcast Summary – The Ratchet Effect in AI Voice Bots In this episode of the AI Voice Bot Podcast, Dave explores one of the biggest hidden risks in AI voice technology: the ratchet effect — where AI systems repeat and reinforce the same mistakes over time without correction. The discussion unpacks how voice bots often misinterpret silence or quick agreement as positive feedback, causing flawed behaviour to become entrenched. With studies showing bots can repeat...
S1 · E73 · 18 Dec 2025 · 6 min
The hard truth
"Just ask Dave send him a text" Most AI voice bot projects don’t fail because the tech is bad — they fail because people are ignored. This episode breaks down why 72% of AI implementations collapse, even when the technology works perfectly. The real killer is human psychology: fear of job loss, lack of trust, and being excluded from decisions. Employees don’t usually revolt loudly — they resist quietly, through workarounds, avoidance, and gaming the system. The companies that win do three thi...
S1 · E70 · 7 Dec 2025 · 6 min
The Rise of the Micro-Bot Model
"Just ask Dave send him a text" This episode dives into the major shift happening in AI: moving away from giant, do-everything systems and towards networks of small, specialised micro-bots. Dave explains how this new architecture mirrors how effective organisations actually work — no single “employee” does every job, and AI shouldn’t either. Specialised bots dramatically boost accuracy, reduce errors, and can be deployed in stages. A business can roll out a booking bot one day, add a receptio...
S1 · E69 · 3 Dec 2025 · 5 min
flu-season
"Just ask Dave send him a text" An healthcare provider proved that automation doesn’t have to kill the human touch. By deploying an outbound AI voice bot, they booked 50,000 flu shot appointments in 30 days, cut long wait times, and increased patient satisfaction by 25%. The big breakthrough wasn’t just the technology it was the persona. The first version of the bot was efficient but too formal. When they redesigned it to sound like a warm, caring nurse, engagement jumped 10% overnight. Patie...
S1 · E68 · 23 Nov 2025 · 6 min
Cloud vs On-Premise for AI
"Just ask Dave send him a text" This episode exposes the uncomfortable truth: 90% of companies choose their AI infrastructure based on habit, not strategy — and it’s costing them millions. The presenters unpack why both cloud and on-premise AI deployments are riddled with hidden risks and invisible costs. Cloud AI is often launched without proper security controls, leading to major vulnerabilities, foreign data processing, and long-term cost blowouts. Some organisations see their cloud bills ...
S1 · E67 · 12 Nov 2025 · 7 min
“The Path to Buying an AI Bot,”
"Just ask Dave send him a text" In this episode, Dave breaks down the five stages of AI adoption — from thinking about it to full optimisation. Most businesses are still at the starting line — 65% are stuck in the “thinking” phase — while others fall into the “off-the-shelf trap”, buying generic bots that only do part of the job. Dave explains why custom-built bots powered by ib2 deliver ROI in 60–90 days, not 18 months. He also warns that 82% of companies don’t know where their AI data is st...
S1 · E66 · 10 Nov 2025 · 6 min
“Meet the AI Sales Manager That Never Sleeps”
"Just ask Dave send him a text" In this episode of The AI Voice Bot Podcast, host Dave, a 20-year veteran in voice technology, explores a bold question: What if your next boss wasn’t human — but an AI voice bot that never sleeps, never misses a detail, and helps your team perform better?Powered by ib2, this AI system manages entire sales teams — checking in daily, analysing performance, updating CRMs, and even suggesting strategic fixes like reallocating leads when conversions drop. Rather th...
S1 · E65 · 10 Nov 2025 · 6 min
"Speed Wins: How AI Voice Bots Are Redefining Sales Response"
"Just ask Dave send him a text" In this episode of The AI Voice Bot Podcast, Dave and his co-host unpack a startling truth — 78% of leads go unanswered in the first hour, costing businesses thousands in lost opportunities. Enter ib2, the conversational AI engine from AI Voice Solutions that’s rewriting the sales playbook. Unlike typical automation tools, ib2-powered voice bots hold natural, human-like conversations across channels — phone, email, and LinkedIn — engaging leads instantly, dete...
10 Nov 2025 · 5 min
“The AI Privacy Revolution: Why Zero Trust Is the Future of Ethical AI”
"Just ask Dave send him a text" In this eye-opening episode of The AI Voice Bot Podcast, Dave and Jess pull back the curtain on one of the most alarming truths in the AI industry: how many major platforms quietly feed your company’s private data into shared AI models — effectively training your competitors’ systems with your own proprietary intelligence. They explore the hidden risks behind “shared learning,” comparing it to the early social media era when users unknowingly gave away their mo...

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Publisher: Dave
Language: English
Category: Tech & Science
New episodes: Weekly
Typical length: 7 min
Latest episode: 14 Oct 2026
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