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Hello AI Founder, Innovator, and Explorer!
Welcome to this week's issue of The AI Space Podcast Newsletter.
In July, we held our AI Policy Summit and had some amazing insights and multiple posts about the event.
Next week, we are back with our live events. The Founders and Builders Forum | GTM Playbook takes place Thursday, August 27 in Dallas, at a new location with better seating, more privacy, and a separate boardroom for VIP networking.
Instead of panel discussions, I will be sharing my perspective on building a business with AI. The theme is one line: the content is the vehicle, your voice is the moat. We will cover a range of topics including building your brand authority, revenue streams, and the tool stack that scales your voice without diluting it. In a market filling up with AI slop, the thing nobody can copy is your unique voice and perspective.
If you have not registered, there is still time. Grab your ticket here. VIP Early Bird is 50% off and ends soon.
The new episode is live. Sales and Marketing: Lead Gen to Loyalty is the Creator's Cut of our Live Edition panel from our April networking event. Four founders and builders working the full sequence, from lead generation through to loyalty, across marketing, agentic AI, CRM operations, and fractional sales leadership.
I am also now a HighLevel Affiliate Partner. It is the platform I use to automate the operational layer across both businesses. This is an affiliate link, and I get commissions for purchases made through this link. More on that below.
I am grateful you are a valuable member helping to build this community and ecosystem.
Thank you,
Sanjay Kalluvilayil
Creator and Host | The AI Space Podcast
Founder and CEO | Stonehaas Advisors
Winner of Two Telly Awards 2026!
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EVENTS
Your Voice Is the Moat that
Wins Trust & Sales, Not AI Slop!
Date | Thursday, August 27, 2026 |
|---|---|
Venue | Dallas, TX. New location this month |
Check-In and Networking | 5:00 to 5:40 PM |
Sponsor Lightning Intros | 5:40 to 6:00 PM |
Presentation | 6:00 to 6:45 PM |
Audience Q and A | 6:45 to 7:00 PM |
General Networking | 7:00 to 8:00 PM |
VIP Networking | 7:00 to 8:00 PM |
Human First!, AI Native. That belief runs through the whole session.
Presentation
Brand Authority - Insights into building authentic brand authority from a Winner of Two Telly Awards 2026!
Revenue Streams - Explore creating multiple revenue streams & pricing models for your business/enterprise.
Top Platforms & Tools - Explore top platforms and tools to authentically elevate your voice and market reach.
Note: This workshop will be in presentation and discussion format, not a hands-on build session.
VIP Early Bird is 50% off and ends soon.
VIP includes reserved seating and the private networking session.
NEW EPISODE
Sales and Marketing: Lead Gen to Loyalty
Season 2 | Episode 19 | Live Event | Creator's Cut | 57 Minutes
A national marketing leader set the bar in the first five minutes.
“If Edgar Allan Poe walked in the door right now with a typewriter under his arm, I promise you we wouldn't hire him because he's too slow.”
That is the bar now. Not talent. Throughput. No hype, just real founders and builders sharing actionable playbooks for 2026.
Guest MC: Stefan Boehmer | Managing Director and CFO | Texas Advisory Services
Tori Begg | Sr. Manager, AI Programs | V Digital Services | Co-Founder | Mind and Machine
Abdel Filali | Co-Founder and CEO | Rel8 AI
Viktoria Savchenko | Founder and CEO | HubElevate
Tim Mata | Fractional Sales Executive | Cavalry Sales Partners | Co-Founder | Mind and Machine
1. Why the Tool Is an Afterthought and the System Comes First
Nail down how you find, qualify, and convert leads before you buy anything. Switching software rarely fixes a process problem, and most founders replacing a CRM never implemented the one they had.
2. Why "If It Is Not Written Down, It Does Not Exist"
Most process lives in someone's head, and AI cannot use what it cannot read. Get the workflow into text form first, then find the pain points actually worth automating.
3. Why AI Closes the Gap Between Your Best and Worst Rep
Feed your top performers' call transcripts into a model and it will tell you what the bottom half is not doing. Battle cards and objection handling on demand turn a new rep into an experienced one mid-call.
And on why sales hires fail, from the fractional sales seat: they need a process. Entry and exit criteria per stage, battle cards, competitor sheets. Hire a rep, give them none of that, and the failure is not the rep.
AFFILIATE PARTNER
I Am Now a HighLevel Affiliate Partner!
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Key Questions to Ask Yourself
What would your business look like once you stop running it manually?
Are you managing multiple tools and app subscriptions?
How many tools are in your stack right now, and how many of them talk to each other?
Are you running your business or is your business running you?
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Until the next issue, Space Cowboy!
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