{"podcast":{"title":"AGI - Advance, Grow, Innovate with AI","slug":"agi-advance-grow-innovate-with-ai-7324503","podcast_index_feed_id":7324503,"rss_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/102cca29c/podcast/rss","website_url":"https://www.linkedin.com/company/agipodcast/","image_url":"https://d3t3ozftmdmh3i.cloudfront.net/staging/podcast_uploaded_nologo/43319327/43319327-1777459123087-d39518f73fd23.jpg","author":"AGI Podcasters","episode_count":136,"summary":"AGI Podcast — Advance, Grow, Innovate with AI For people who got stuck making AI work and educators preparing students for what's next. Our mission is to cut through AI hype with practical insights for workforce development, education, and small to medium businesses → where AI implementation happens in the trenches, not the headlines. 3 shows, 1 mission: *Saturdays: School's Out - Educators and students preparing for an AI-driven future schoolsout.agipodcast.ai/ Mondays: The Weekly Blitz - AI news recaps with cohost Julie Koehrer Monthly: The Vibe - Long-form deep dive conversations","last_synced_at":"2026-09-06T14:17:37.604070+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/agi-advance-grow-innovate-with-ai-7324503"},"episode":{"title":"Who Gets to Shape the AI Future? | AI4, Agents, Open Source, and Small Business","slug":"who-gets-to-shape-the-ai-future-ai4-agents-open-source-and-small-business","published_at":"2026-08-10T11:30:04+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/agi-advance-grow-innovate-with-ai-7324503/who-gets-to-shape-the-ai-future-ai4-agents-open-source-and-small-business","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/agi-advance-grow-innovate-with-ai-7324503","url":"https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/agi-podcasters/episodes/Who-Gets-to-Shape-the-AI-Future---AI4--Agents--Open-Source--and-Small-Business-e3n7560","audio_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/102cca29c/podcast/play/124015232/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-7-10%2F429557187-44100-2-4f1dc46aa498c.mp3","summary":"AI is changing the rules faster than most people can make sense of them. In this Weekly Blitz, Jason Padgett talks with Nirav Nimish Shah, co-founder of Quantal AI, about what he saw at AI4 and what it means for people trying to keep up with AI without getting lost in hype or fear. They cover the move from copilots to agents, governance, security, open source, data privacy, AI companions, and why small businesses have a real opportunity to use AI before larger organizations fully catch up. WHAT YOU’LL TAKE AWAY How to think about practical AI adoption without ignoring risk. Why small businesses should start with useful, low-complexity AI workflows. When open-source or self-hosted models may make sense. Why technical skill alone is no longer enough for future engineers. Why AI literacy matters for families, students, and everyday workers. TAKEAWAY AI will change the world. Joining the conversation is how we increase the odds that it changes it for the better. GUEST Nirav Nimish Shah Co-Founder, Quantal AI AI engineer, AI consultant, and automation architect M.S. in Computer Science, Columbia University Former quant-trading technology professional at UBS LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/theniravshah/ Quantal AI https://www.linkedin.com/company/quantal-ai/ RESOURCES MENTIONED AI4 Conference Quantal AI ChatGPT Claude Gemini Open-source AI models CONNECT WITH JASON PADGETT Jason Padgett | AI Solutions Architect | Co-Founder, Wooden Boy Industries | Host, AGI Podcast | AI Adoption, LLM Systems & Human-AI Workflows AGI - Advance Grow and Innovate with AI Podcast Network 🌐 https://schoolsout.agipodcast.ai/ CoFounder, Wooden Boy Industries 🌐 https://woodenboyindustriesai.com/ Chief Solutions Architect, Chakra AI Solutions 🌐 https://chakrasolutions.ai/ 📧 jason@agipodcast…","meta_description":"AI is changing the rules faster than most people can make sense of them. In this Weekly Blitz, Jason Padgett talks with Nirav Nimish Shah, co-founder of Q…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":4208,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/agi-advance-grow-innovate-with-ai-7324503/episodes/who-gets-to-shape-the-ai-future-ai4-agents-open-source-and-small-business/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/agi-advance-grow-innovate-with-ai-7324503/who-gets-to-shape-the-ai-future-ai4-agents-open-source-and-small-business.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}