{"podcast":{"title":"Authentic and Agentic with Jayson Manship","slug":"authentic-and-agentic-with-jayson-manship-7593234","podcast_index_feed_id":7593234,"rss_url":"https://feeds.megaphone.fm/authentic-agentic","website_url":"https://jaysonmanship.com/podcast","image_url":"https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/5fa4fa98-c493-11f0-9560-f384e7a611ec/image/1feeacfebe33445db3456d5a62fd88c0.jpg?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress","author":"IBJ Media","episode_count":27,"summary":"AI is reshaping the world at a pace humanity has never seen, and the real challenge is not simply understanding the technology. It is learning how to remain deeply human while everything around us accelerates. Authentic & Agentic is the place where leaders come to make sense of that tension. Hosted by serial entrepreneur Jayson Manship, the show pairs clear analysis with honest conversation and real examples you can put into practice. Every episode looks at how AI shows up in the real world, from boardrooms to classrooms to kitchen tables, and explores what it means to build, lead and love in a time shaped by algorithms. The hard things are yet to come. It is time to lean in.","last_synced_at":null,"page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/authentic-and-agentic-with-jayson-manship-7593234"},"episode":{"title":"Thumbprint CEO Tom Rector on founder mode, enterprise merch and AI lawsuits","slug":"thumbprint-ceo-tom-rector-on-founder-mode-enterprise-merch-and-ai-lawsuits","published_at":"2026-05-12T10:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/authentic-and-agentic-with-jayson-manship-7593234/thumbprint-ceo-tom-rector-on-founder-mode-enterprise-merch-and-ai-lawsuits","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/authentic-and-agentic-with-jayson-manship-7593234","url":"https://traffic.megaphone.fm/ANAIA2917245647.mp3","audio_url":"https://traffic.megaphone.fm/ANAIA2917245647.mp3","summary":"Host Jayson Manship explores the legal and social implications of artificial intelligence on this episode of Authentic and Agentic. In the news segment, Manship details how courts are increasingly treating chatbot conversations as discoverable legal evidence, referencing the ongoing lawsuit between Elon Musk and OpenAI. He also discusses a Cambridge University study on AI-powered toys for toddlers and the growing role of corporate financial officers in making major technology decisions. Tom Rector, founder and CEO of Thumbprint, joins the podcast to share his entrepreneurial journey from selling shirts in college to leading a 103-person company that manages enterprise merchandise for Fortune 100 businesses. Rector details how Thumbprint stands out in a saturated industry by focusing on custom software integrations, direct product sourcing and clean customer data. The conversation dives into modern leadership and automation. Rector breaks down his approach to founder mode, emphasizing the importance of staying in the daily details of a functional organization without micromanaging employees. The episode concludes with a look at how Thumbprint uses AI to fix data mapping issues, streamline e-commerce orders and prepare for the eventual integration of automated warehouse robots.","meta_description":"Host Jayson Manship explores the legal and social implications of artificial intelligence on this episode of Authentic and Agentic. In the news segment, M…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":5124,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/authentic-and-agentic-with-jayson-manship-7593234/episodes/thumbprint-ceo-tom-rector-on-founder-mode-enterprise-merch-and-ai-lawsuits/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/authentic-and-agentic-with-jayson-manship-7593234/thumbprint-ceo-tom-rector-on-founder-mode-enterprise-merch-and-ai-lawsuits.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}