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Jason Mudd is a professional public speaker, accredited public relations practitioner, published author, podcaster, and entrepreneur. The World Communication Forum named him North America’s top PR leader. He’s the CEO and managing partner of Axia Public Relations. Forbes Magazine named Axia as one of America’s Best PR Agencies. He is a trusted adviser and dynamic strategist to some of America’s most admired and fastest-growing companies. His past PR work includes American Airlines, Budweiser, Dave & Buster’s, H&R Block, Hilton, HP, Miller Lite, New York Life, Pizza Hut, Southern Comfort, and Verizon.

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Embedded AI: The future of PR and communication workflows

April 07, 2026 • Jason Mudd, Axia Public Relations • Episode 171

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In this episode, Muck Rack CEO Greg Galant joins host Jason Mudd to discuss how embedded AI is transforming PR and communications workflows.

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Meet Our Guest:

Our episode guest is Greg Galant, CEO and cofounder at Muck Rack. A returning guest on On Top of PR, he is a leading voice at the crossroads of PR, technology, and media. Greg is also recognized as an early champion of generative engine optimization, shaping the emerging frontier of brand visibility in an AI-driven world.

Five things you’ll learn from this episode:

Why embedded AI is more effective than standalone assistants in PR workflows
How AI preserves messaging consistency and insight accuracy across teams
Ways to make PR teams more adaptable in real time using AI
How AI-powered media intelligence predicts trends and shifts in reputation
Strategies to integrate AI into every stage of PR: discovery, outreach, monitoring, and reporting

Quotables

“Being able to take advantage of AI is knowing what everyone's doing right now and figuring out which stages of our workflow can benefit from AI and having the right tooling to do that.” — @Greg Galant
“The PR profession's been doing generative engine optimization even before generative AI came to be because when these AI systems were built, they were all trained on news data.” — @Greg Galant
“The work we did a year ago or two years ago is even more valuable today than it was then.” — @Greg Galant
“There's two big buckets. One is: How does AI influence PR, and how does PR influence AI?” — @Greg Galant
“We have to look at this from a macro and a micro level and keep testing and tweaking what we're doing and improving upon it.” — @Jason Mudd

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