{"podcast":{"title":"AI News & Strategy Daily with Nate B. Jones","slug":"ai-news-strategy-daily-with-nate-b-jones-7703542","podcast_index_feed_id":7703542,"rss_url":"https://feeds.acast.com/public/shows/69ab3b7c7036d739021982df","website_url":"https://natesnewsletter.substack.com/","image_url":"https://assets.pippa.io/shows/69ab3b7c7036d739021982df/1773243810570-b3b4a15e-30d4-4137-8886-3390ad5090ec.jpeg","author":"Nate B. Jones","episode_count":154,"summary":"Daily AI strategy and news for the AI curious, builders & executives. I'm Nate B. Jones, a 20-year product leader, AI strategist, and your guide through the noise. Most AI content is hype or generic advice. I cut through both with frameworks and workflows you can use immediately. Whether you're an executive making AI decisions or a builder implementing solutions, you'll get practical guidance, tested in real organizations. New videos every day on YouTube. Deeper analysis + exclusive playbooks → https://natesnewsletter.substack.com/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-11T02:17:08.760997+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/ai-news-strategy-daily-with-nate-b-jones-7703542"},"episode":{"title":"Model Routing Is Table Stakes. Here's the Real AI Edge","slug":"model-routing-is-table-stakes-here-s-the-real-ai-edge","published_at":"2026-07-05T14:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/ai-news-strategy-daily-with-nate-b-jones-7703542/model-routing-is-table-stakes-here-s-the-real-ai-edge","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/ai-news-strategy-daily-with-nate-b-jones-7703542","url":"https://natesnewsletter.substack.com/p/beyond-model-routing","audio_url":"https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/69ab3b7c7036d739021982df/e/6a4a54b9ecd1239143f4d578/media.mp3","summary":"For deeper playbooks and analysis: https://natesnewsletter.substack.com/ What's really happening when AI execution gets cheaper but everything starts to feel the same? The common story is that cheaper models make advanced work a commodity, but the reality is that value moves toward the people who can imagine better work, bring context to it, and give themselves permission to run the experiment. In this episode, I share the inside scoop on why imagination x execution is becoming the operating question for AI teams. Why the $9 model test and the $40 model test mean very different things How cheap open execution becomes an engine, not the whole strategy What the porch-mailer example reveals about new work no task list had captured Where context, permission, and technical imagination meet Why the Stripe migration story is really about prepared infrastructure If you are building with AI, managing a team, or trying to understand where frontier spend still matters, the question is not just which model is cheapest. The question is whether your task list has changed. Subscribe for daily AI strategy and news. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","meta_description":"For deeper playbooks and analysis: https://natesnewsletter.substack.com/ What's really happening when AI execution gets cheaper but everything starts to f…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":939,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/ai-news-strategy-daily-with-nate-b-jones-7703542/episodes/model-routing-is-table-stakes-here-s-the-real-ai-edge/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/ai-news-strategy-daily-with-nate-b-jones-7703542/model-routing-is-table-stakes-here-s-the-real-ai-edge.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}