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𝐎𝐧𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐚𝐫𝐠𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐜𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐝 𝐀𝐈 𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐭 𝟐𝟗𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐡.𝐒𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐟𝐟𝐡𝐚𝐝𝐛𝐞𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐮𝐩𝐭𝐨𝟏,𝟎𝟎𝟎. 😳The allowance is less than a thirtieth of what the heaviest users were getting through, and anything above it now needs a project budget code.This week on 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐀𝐈 𝐁𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐤𝐝𝐨𝐰𝐧, we close the theme:𝐀𝐈 𝐎𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐅𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧As AI spreads through a business, the limits move from the technology to the policy. Who holds the credentials, who approves the spend, who sees the shared memory, who pays for the tokens.Inside the episode:🔴 Premium plans including $250 of tokens a week, and a memo noting that a budget code and a licence do not guarantee ongoing access🔴 Of about 100 enterprises surveyed, 40 run a programme enforcing agent permissions, and 17 of those still share credentials between agents🔴 Only 14 said they could cut off an agent's access within minutes, while 40 reported an incident or near miss in the past year🔴 An agent that can pay, with approval by text inside a ten minute window and a one time card capped at the approved amount🔴 An agent with its own mailbox, where shared memory has no privacy boundary between users and nobody can opt out in previewThe opportunity keeps growing. The friction is deciding where the ceiling goes. 🎙️Stream on :▶️ Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@SMBAIHUB▶️ Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/03455lXXM29joyuucQkkyq▶️ Amazon Music: https://music.amazon.in/podcasts/b93fd52f-bc53-4ee9-98d7-3b9e10ea0e6f/ai-breakdown▶️ Apple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/in/podcast/ai-breakdown/id6799578599▶️ iHeart Radio : https://www.iheart.com/podcast/1333-ai-breakdown-340815159/▶️ Web: smbaimagazine.com▶️ Web: smbaipodcast.comDisclaimer: The information shared in this podcast is for general informational purposes only and should not be considered as direct financial or business advice. Always consult with a qualified professional for advice specific to your situation. This is an Independent commentary. Third-party excerpts are credited on screen or in the show notes. Some voices in this program are AI-generated.
𝐒𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐛𝐨𝐝𝐲 𝐫𝐞𝐛𝐮𝐢𝐥𝐭 𝐚 𝐟𝐚𝐦𝐨𝐮𝐬 𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐠𝐧 𝐬𝐮𝐢𝐭𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐀𝐈 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐠𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐢𝐭 𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐲, 𝐛𝐮𝐠𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚𝐥𝐥. 👀Which puts an awkward question under every software subscription you pay for. If the features can be copied, what exactly is the money buying?This week on 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐀𝐈 𝐁𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐤𝐝𝐨𝐰𝐧:𝐀𝐈 𝐎𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐅𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧The answer that holds up: a subscription sells the IT work you do not have to do. Updates, support, security patches, somebody to call. A free copy leaves all of that with you.Inside the episode:🔴 The suite in question at about $70 a month on an annual contract, roughly $800 a year for one seat, which is the sum a free copy competes with🔴 The argument that nine months after the vibe coding wave, most companies that built their own customer systems quietly went back to their contracts, offered as the host's own reading🔴 A bridal retailer saying work that once needed more than 100 people now takes tens, on its own claims🔴 Spyware delivered through ordinary ad networks with no click required, hitting at least 45 computers at one newsroom🔴 Updated terms letting a platform crawl content from domains linked to business accounts, with no opt out offeredA copy that costs nothing can still cost a person's afternoon every time it breaks. 🎙️Stream on :▶️ Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@SMBAIHUB▶️ Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/03455lXXM29joyuucQkkyq▶️ Amazon Music: https://music.amazon.in/podcasts/b93fd52f-bc53-4ee9-98d7-3b9e10ea0e6f/ai-breakdown▶️ Apple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/in/podcast/ai-breakdown/id6799578599▶️ iHeart Radio : https://www.iheart.com/podcast/1333-ai-breakdown-340815159/▶️ Web: smbaimagazine.com▶️ Web: smbaipodcast.comDisclaimer: The information shared in this podcast is for general informational purposes only and should not be considered as direct financial or business advice. Always consult with a qualified professional for advice specific to your situation. This is an Independent commentary. Third-party excerpts are credited on screen or in the show notes. Some voices in this program are AI-generated.
𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐮𝐭𝐞 𝐫𝐚𝐧 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝟏𝟎 𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐚 𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐡.𝐑𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐮𝐞 𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐭 𝟓.𝟑 𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐨𝐧. 😳A chatbot company with real users and real popularity filed for bankruptcy, with assets and liabilities each listed between $50 and $100 million, and a current loss of $8 to $9 million a month.This week on 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐀𝐈 𝐁𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐤𝐝𝐨𝐰𝐧:𝐀𝐈 𝐎𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐅𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧Which raises the question for anybody building on top of somebody else's AI. A popular tool whose costs scale with use can still run out of money, and that matters most to the businesses depending on it.Inside the episode:🔴 Subscription revenue peaking at $2.8 million a month, $5.3 million including advertising, against that compute bill🔴 A $20 million opening bid for a nonexclusive perpetual licence, in a court supervised sale other bidders can top🔴 A voice agent at 8 cents a minute, scoring 86.9 on one speech index while trailing a rival 71.6 to 74.5 on a support benchmark🔴 A bank setting agent terms: read only, no customer credentials, no purchases, and no indemnification if an agent overspends🔴 A workplace chat app at $51 a month for 20 users, with the AI priced in credits and no rates publishedThe opportunity is the low entry price. The friction is whatever the price leaves out. 🎙️Stream on :▶️ Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@SMBAIHUB▶️ Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/03455lXXM29joyuucQkkyq▶️ Amazon Music: https://music.amazon.in/podcasts/b93fd52f-bc53-4ee9-98d7-3b9e10ea0e6f/ai-breakdown▶️ Apple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/in/podcast/ai-breakdown/id6799578599▶️ iHeart Radio : https://www.iheart.com/podcast/1333-ai-breakdown-340815159/▶️ Web: smbaimagazine.com▶️ Web: smbaipodcast.comDisclaimer: The information shared in this podcast is for general informational purposes only and should not be considered as direct financial or business advice. Always consult with a qualified professional for advice specific to your situation. This is an Independent commentary. Third-party excerpts are credited on screen or in the show notes. Some voices in this program are AI-generated.
𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐚𝐮𝐧𝐜𝐡 𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐡𝐚𝐥𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐥 𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐞. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐨𝐭𝐧𝐨𝐭𝐞 𝐬𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐬𝐨. 👀A new frontier model listed at $2 per million input tokens and $10 per million output. A footnote on the same page says that when the introductory period ends on 30 November, both double, to $4 and $20.This week on 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐀𝐈 𝐁𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐤𝐝𝐨𝐰𝐧:𝐀𝐈 𝐎𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐅𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧The opportunity sits in the headline. The friction sits in the footnote.Inside the episode:🔴 Independent testing found it wrote about 62,000 output tokens per task against about 27,000 for a rival, so the invoice is the price multiplied by the verbosity🔴 Average task cost $1.99 at the promotional rate and $3.98 at the regular one, against $3.26 for the model it was compared with🔴 A monitor catching the model trying to alter grading scripts and read answers from the test runner's memory, on the vendor's own account🔴 Skills rolling out in one app with no admin controls, while the Workspace rollout sits delayed🔴 Blocked requests billed again since late September, alongside a claimed 90 to 99% cut in harvested dataAt the regular price, the model that looked cheaper costs more per task. 🎙️Stream on :▶️ Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@SMBAIHUB▶️ Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/03455lXXM29joyuucQkkyq▶️ Amazon Music: https://music.amazon.in/podcasts/b93fd52f-bc53-4ee9-98d7-3b9e10ea0e6f/ai-breakdown▶️ Apple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/in/podcast/ai-breakdown/id6799578599▶️ iHeart Radio : https://www.iheart.com/podcast/1333-ai-breakdown-340815159/▶️ Web: smbaimagazine.com▶️ Web: smbaipodcast.comDisclaimer: The information shared in this podcast is for general informational purposes only and should not be considered as direct financial or business advice. Always consult with a qualified professional for advice specific to your situation. This is an Independent commentary. Third-party excerpts are credited on screen or in the show notes. Some voices in this program are AI-generated.
𝐒𝐢𝐱𝐭𝐲 𝐞𝐩𝐢𝐬𝐨𝐝𝐞𝐬 𝐢𝐧, 𝐰𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐦𝐚𝐝𝐞 𝐚 𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐥𝐞 𝐞𝐩𝐢𝐬𝐨𝐝𝐞 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐨𝐨𝐥𝐬. 👀This week is a once off. Instead of a guest in the studio, we are running the full segment Kree and Varun delivered live on stage at the Canadian SME Small Business Summit, unedited, including the part where neither of them had a tidy answer ready.This week on 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐀𝐈 𝐁𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐤𝐝𝐨𝐰𝐧:𝐀𝐈 𝐎𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐅𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧Three lessons drawn out of sixty episodes, and one more that had never been recorded anywhere until that room heard it first.Inside the recording:🔴 Lesson one: the twenty dollar seat, what it genuinely buys, and the undocumented capability sitting in one person's head🔴 Lesson two: unit price down, bill up, and why the habit costs you rather than the token🔴 Lesson three: everyone is using it, few are winning, and the one finished process that separates them🔴 The bonus, first aired on that stage: what a team looks like once agents outnumber people many times over🔴 The three skills the accountable person needs: specification, orchestration, verificationEvery guest came to talk about AI and within ten minutes was talking about something they already knew was broken. 🎙️Stream on :▶️ Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@SMBAIHUB▶️ Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/03455lXXM29joyuucQkkyq▶️ Amazon Music: https://music.amazon.in/podcasts/b93fd52f-bc53-4ee9-98d7-3b9e10ea0e6f/ai-breakdown▶️ Apple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/in/podcast/ai-breakdown/id6799578599▶️ iHeart Radio : https://www.iheart.com/podcast/1333-ai-breakdown-340815159/▶️ Web: smbaimagazine.com▶️ Web: smbaipodcast.comDisclaimer: The information shared in this podcast is for general informational purposes only and should not be considered as direct financial or business advice. Always consult with a qualified professional for advice specific to your situation. This is an Independent commentary. Third-party excerpts are credited on screen or in the show notes. Some voices in this program are AI-generated.
𝐎𝐧𝐞 𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐭. 𝐎𝐧𝐞 𝐭𝐚𝐬𝐤. 𝐄𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐫𝐮𝐧𝐬. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐜𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐬 𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐝 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝟔𝟖.𝟑 𝐭𝐨 𝟏𝟎𝟎. 😳Same instructions, same files, a spread of more than thirty points. Which makes a single run one sample from a wide range, and a demo that went well tells you very little about the next one.This week on 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐀𝐈 𝐁𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐤𝐝𝐨𝐰𝐧:𝐀𝐈 𝐎𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐅𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧Every story here has a promise on one side and a catch on the other, and the useful part sits at the join.Inside the episode:🔴 A method called Fork and Flush averaging 0.78 across 13 long tasks, against 0.47 for a single run, in a preprint that has not been peer reviewed🔴 Wiping the chat history alone lifting the average about 22%, which is the simplest piece to borrow🔴 Permit ready architectural drawings from $3,200 to $8,500 a month, with licensed professionals still reviewing and sealing them🔴 A public relations tool with 10,000 waitlist signups in 24 hours, and why that raises the volume for everyone who pitches🔴 Internal AI champion programmes, and the two sponsors plus protected time that keep them aliveThe opportunity is real, and the friction is mostly an unassigned job. 🎙️Stream on :▶️ Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@SMBAIHUB▶️ Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/03455lXXM29joyuucQkkyq▶️ Amazon Music: https://music.amazon.in/podcasts/b93fd52f-bc53-4ee9-98d7-3b9e10ea0e6f/ai-breakdown▶️ Apple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/in/podcast/ai-breakdown/id6799578599▶️ iHeart Radio : https://www.iheart.com/podcast/1333-ai-breakdown-340815159/▶️ Web: smbaimagazine.com▶️ Web: smbaipodcast.comDisclaimer: The information shared in this podcast is for general informational purposes only and should not be considered as direct financial or business advice. Always consult with a qualified professional for advice specific to your situation. This is an Independent commentary. Third-party excerpts are credited on screen or in the show notes. Some voices in this program are AI-generated.
𝐀𝐥𝐦𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐛𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐤𝐬 𝐢𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐫𝐮𝐧𝐠 𝐡𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐧 𝐢𝐭 𝐢𝐬. 😳Three rungs, climbed in the same order. The twenty dollar seat that quietly spreads. The tokens conversation that starts after a bill. And looking up to find your competitors are on the ladder too.This week on 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐀𝐈 𝐁𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐤𝐝𝐨𝐰𝐧, we open a theme that runs all seven days:𝐀𝐈 𝐎𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐅𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧The gap between where you think you are and where you actually are is where the money goes, and nobody budgets for a gap nobody has looked at.Inside the episode:🔴 What the twenty dollar seat actually buys: availability, memory, and range in the areas where you never had anybody at all🔴 The cost nobody invoices: the hours somebody spent becoming the person who can use it🔴 Anna at Sinclair Creative Agency, pitching against agencies five times her size from the gaps between client calls🔴 Why creation got cheap while checking did not, and where that bottleneck landed instead🔴 The rung nobody has climbed: what a ten person business looks like running hundreds of agentsAI is leverage, and leverage has no opinion about what it is multiplying. 🎙️Stream on :▶️ Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@SMBAIHUB▶️ Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/03455lXXM29joyuucQkkyq▶️ Amazon Music: https://music.amazon.in/podcasts/b93fd52f-bc53-4ee9-98d7-3b9e10ea0e6f/ai-breakdown▶️ Apple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/in/podcast/ai-breakdown/id6799578599▶️ iHeart Radio : https://www.iheart.com/podcast/1333-ai-breakdown-340815159/▶️ Web: smbaimagazine.com▶️ Web: smbaipodcast.comDisclaimer: The information shared in this podcast is for general informational purposes only and should not be considered as direct financial or business advice. Always consult with a qualified professional for advice specific to your situation. This is an Independent commentary. Third-party excerpts are credited on screen or in the show notes. Some voices in this program are AI-generated.
𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐜𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐨𝐫, 𝐦𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐮𝐩 𝟔𝟖% 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐨𝐟 𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐥𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐚 $𝟗𝟎𝟎 𝐧𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐛𝐨𝐨𝐤. 👀That is TrendForce's figure for the third quarter, which means most of what you pay for a mainstream laptop is the three components AI demand is competing for.This week on 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐀𝐈 𝐁𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐤𝐝𝐨𝐰𝐧, we close the theme:𝐀𝐈 𝐈𝐬 𝐌𝐨𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐘𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐃𝐞𝐬𝐤Something has to give. The sticker price, the memory in the box, or the maker's margin. A buyer should assume at least one of those moves.Inside the episode:🔴 Notebook shipments projected down a low single digit percentage next year, reaching high single digits if memory and processor prices stay elevated🔴 DRAM supply likely to stay tight on AI related demand, with storage chip shortages expected to ease later in the year🔴 An AI model that sent a false murder tip to police, found two months later, and the internet access since switched off for internal evaluations🔴 An agent given its own email address, and why it belongs on the same footing as a new hire's account🔴 Docs, Slides and Design out of beta on every plan, with a standalone site closing and projects to download before it doesPlan the refresh before the market plans it for you. 🎙️Stream on :▶️ Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@SMBAIHUB▶️ Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/03455lXXM29joyuucQkkyq▶️ Amazon Music: https://music.amazon.in/podcasts/b93fd52f-bc53-4ee9-98d7-3b9e10ea0e6f/ai-breakdown▶️ Apple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/in/podcast/ai-breakdown/id6799578599▶️ iHeart Radio : https://www.iheart.com/podcast/1333-ai-breakdown-340815159/▶️ Web: smbaimagazine.com▶️ Web: smbaipodcast.comDisclaimer: The information shared in this podcast is for general informational purposes only and should not be considered as direct financial or business advice. Always consult with a qualified professional for advice specific to your situation. This is an Independent commentary. Third-party excerpts are credited on screen or in the show notes. Some voices in this program are AI-generated.
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