The Business of AI
AI is our Business. Looking at how businesses are using AI to build services and tools, transforming organisations and delighting consumers. We explore the different types of businesses that are emerging and find out how they are using AI technology. UKAI is the trade association for AI businesses in the UK. The show is hosted Tim Flagg, AI entrepreneur and chief executive of UKAI. Featuring business leaders, policymakers, authors, politicians and entrepreneurs. Join us to learn how to build your AI business.
Episodes
57 episodes
58. How AI Optimises Infrastructure, Turning Complexity into Clarity, with Michael Avant-Smith BMA
AI can help make sense of complex infrastructure projects, turning disconnected systems into clear plans that improve efficiency at scale and help protect national infrastructure. Energy, water, and other essential networks are under growing pr...
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57. Why Sustainability and AI Are About to Collide (Hard): Alex Smith
What does real sustainability look like when AI enters the room—loud, power-hungry, and ethically ambiguous?In this episode of the UKAI Women in AI Podcast, we’re joined by Alex Smith, CEO of Future Plus, to talk candidly about non-line...
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56. Women, Work and the Future of AI: Sheridan Ash and Tech She Can
In this episode of the UKI Women in AI podcast, Sheridan (Founder & Co-CEO of Tech She Can) tells the story from “Well Rough” (Wellingborough, as lovingly rebranded by its own sign-vandals) to global consulting, to launching a charity that’...
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55. AI, Finance & Chaos: Lida Cepuch on Risk, Governance, and Surviving the Markets
In this episode of the UKAI Women in AI Podcast, Zahra sits down with Lida Cepuch — a technologist-turned-governance heavyweight whose career has zig-zagged through derivatives trading floors, complex risk management, and the boardrooms of some...
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54. Governing The Machine: The UK's Chance to Lead with Ray Eitel-Porter & Paul Dongha
How do you actually govern AI so you can use it at scale without blowing up your risk register?In this episode of the Business of AI podcast, Tim chats with Ray Eisel Porter (former Global Lead for Responsible AI at Accenture) and Dr Pa...
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53. Work Amplifiers: How AI Agents Can Transform Non-Profits with Alex Skinner
AI agents can become “work amplifiers” for non-profits and membership organisations IF you start with the problem, not the solution. In this in-person episode, Alex Skinner (CEO & Co-founder of Pixl8) explains how AI can help lean teams do ...
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52. Bold, Loud, Unstoppable: How Women Can Win in AI with Ramyani Basu
Ramyani shares her 25-year journey from being the only woman in engineering classes to leading digital, analytics, and AI across Northern Europe, while championing diversity and lifting other women as she climbed. She opens up about a defining ...
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51. Leveraging AI as a Competitive Advantage in a Global Corporation with Bosch's Steffen Hoffmann
Bosch on Skills, Trust, and the Future of Work. What does real adoption actually look like inside a global industrial giant? In this episode, Stefan Hoffmann, President of Bosch for Northern and Eastern Europe, cuts through the noise to explain...
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50. Women in AI: IBM's Sharon Moore MBE on Leadership, Sponsorship, and Building a Career in Technology
In this episode of UKAI’s The Business of AI Podcast: Women in AI special, Zahra Shah, Chair of UKAI’s Women in AI Working Group, speaks with Sharon Moore MBE, CTO for Public Sector and Technology ...
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49. From No.10 to Next-Gen AI: Ben Turner on Behaviour Prediction & Synthetic Data
In this episode of the Business of AI podcast, we’re joined by Ben Warner, co-founder of Electric Twin, a company creating cutting-edge synthetic populations to help organisations understand and predict human behaviour at unprecedented speed. B...
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48. AI Marketing Playbook 2025: Tactics, Trends & Real Business Use Cases with Martin Broadhurst
In this episode of The Business of AI Podcast, host Tim Flagg sits down with chartered marketer, HubSpot Platinum Partner and AI & automation consultant Martin Broadhurst – to explore how AI is transforming marketing, sales and wider busine...
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47. Women in AI: AI, Gender Bias and Online Safety: Insights from Researcher Sarah Wyer
In this episode of the UKAI Women in AI Podcast, host Zahra Shah sits down with Sarah Wyer, a leading PhD researcher specialising in gender bias in large language models. Sarah shares her non-linear journey into AI, from starting out in busines...
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46. Women in AI: Mary Kemp on Breaking Barriers and Building Inclusive Innovation
In this episode of The Business of AI Podcast: Women in AI, host Zahra Shah speaks with co-founder of AI Potential Mary Kemp, about her unexpected and transformative journey into the world of artificial intelligence. Mary reflects on moving fro...
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45. Women in AI: Beth Wells Navigating Imposter Syndrome in the Move from Biology to Legal Tech
In this episode of the UKAI Women in AI Podcast, Zahra speaks with Beth Wells, Innovation Manager at Weightmans Solicitors, about her unexpected journey from studying biology to building a career in legal tech and innovation. Beth shares how a ...
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44. Why Law Firms Must Innovate Now: AI, Culture and Change with Dr Catriona Wolfenden
In this episode of The Business of AI Podcast, Tim welcomes Dr Catriona Wolfenden, Director of Product and Innovation at Weightmans, to explore how one of the UK’s leading law firms is reshaping its approach to technology, problem solving and c...
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43. AI in Law: Isabel Bathurst on Private AI, Security and the New Skills Lawyers Need
In this episode of The Business of AI Podcast, Tim is joined by Isabel Bathurst, solicitor, law firm consultant and co-founder of Legal AI. Isabelle shares her journey from early work with geographic information systems at Manchester University...
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42. How to Use AI Without the Hype: David Lane on Fat Fish Digital & Health Tech
In this episode of The Business of AI Podcast, Tim is joined by David Lane, founder of Fat Fish Digital, to explore what happens when decades of AI experience meet today’s hype cycle. David shares his journey from early AI research at BT AI Lab...
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41. How Agentic AI Will Rewrite Business with Shashi Jagtap, Founder, Super Agentic AI
Agentic AI isn’t just another tech trend, it's a generational shift that could rewrite how every business operates. In this episode of The Business of AI, Shashi Jagtap, founder of Super Agentic AI and former Apple engineer, reveals why he walk...
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40. Turning Businesses into AI Powerhouses: Logic Lab’s Practical Approach to Automation
In this episode of The Business in AI Podcast, host Tim Flagg welcomes Barbara Bouffard, CEO of Logic Lab and James McInerney, Director of Logic Lab, to discuss how small and medium-sized businesses can harness AI automation to drive growth, bo...
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39. From Design to AI: Building a Human-Centred Tech Future with Alyna Butt
In this episode of the UKAI Women in AI Podcast, Zahra Shah speaks with Alyna, Founder and CEO of WeUno Technologies about her inspiring journey from design and communications into technology and artificial intelligence. Elena shares how she to...
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38. Empowering Marketers with AI: How Algo Marketing is Redefining Growth
In this episode of The Business of AI Podcast, host Tim Flagg sits down with Yomi Tejumola, founder of Algo Marketing, to explore how AI is transforming marketing teams and redefining talent. Yomi shares how Algo Marketing has built one of the ...
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37. Women in AI: Claire Roberts' Vision for Building a Purpose-Driven Tech Future
In this episode of The Business of AI: Women in AI Special, Zahra Shah, Chair of the UKAI Women in AI Working Group, speaks with Claire Roberts, founder of the AI consultancy ForAllF5 and long-time technology leader. Claire reflects on her 25-y...
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36. From Hype to Everyday Impact: The Real AI Revolution in Pharma
In this episode of The Business of AI, James Turnbull, Founder and Managing Director of Camino Communications, explores how artificial intelligence is reshaping communication in the pharmaceutical and healthcare industries. James shares his jou...
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35. Women in AI: Beth Curtis-Clarke on Leadership, Mentorship, and Overcoming Imposter Syndrome
Women in AI special: Zahra Shah speaks with Beth Curtis Clarke, Principal AI Consultant at Ignite AI Partners, about her journey from early challenges to leadership in artificial intelligence.Beth shares candid reflections on failure, m...
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34. Missed Calls to Booked Revenue: An SME’s AI Playbook with The AI Pros
In this episode of The Business of AI Podcast, Tim Flagg talks with Mark Pratt (Founder, The AI Pros) about shipping real outcomes: from capturing missed calls with a cloned-voice AI receptionist to auto-booking viewings straight into the CRM.<...
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