The Reality Behind AI Adoption
Season 01
2026
Where AI companies hear what customers really think
AI has a feedback problem. This show closes it.Every episode, an executive operator or business owner goes on the record about the AI they pay for, the tools they've walked away from, and the products they wish existed.
For the people building AI and the people deciding whether to buy it.
HOST
Galina FendikevichManufacturing · Logistics · Finance · Legal · Media · Hospitality · Defense · Fashion · Healthcare ·
Manufacturing · Logistics · Finance · Legal · Media · Hospitality · Defense · Fashion · Healthcare ·
Who this is for
two audiences. one conversation.
For AI Companies
Customer intelligence, built into the partnership.
A partnership reaches an audience of decision-makers and returns a structured account of how those decision-makers think: what they buy, what they cancel, and what they wish existed.
— Founding Partner, Strategic Partner & Episode Partner tiers
— Monthly operator-insight report, long before it appears in a Gartner report
—Clip licensing: license the moment a customer named your product on camera
For Guests
Running a real business with AI?Come say what's actually true.
Guests are executive operators and business owners who actively buy and deploy AI. Three questions, no script, and a platform in front of the people building the tools you use.
— A produced episode plus captioned clips, cut for your own channels
— Your product wishlist, heard directly by AI companies
— A seat in a growing operator network across industries
CONVERSATIONS from the front lines of AI adoption
Seven episodes across luxury travel, legacy industries, deep tech, hospitality, M&A, and health & wellness. Every guest naming the tools they actually pay for.
Featured Episode
Sam Polstein on what why AI fails at building a media list
Sofiane Ghorbel makes an AI product request for luxury hospitality
Dr. Nikki Siso uses 15 Claude skills to help clients assess their toxins
Who’s Been on the Show
Every guest actively buys and deploys AI inside a real business.
Annija Eizenarma · Founder & Investor · Legacy Industries
Sam Polstein · HAUS Agency · Deep Tech / Comms
Chrissy McDannell · M&A Advisory
Jennifer Kerum · Anchor Croatia · Luxury Yacht Rental
Sofiane Ghorbel · AL Luxury Hospitality
Dr. Nikki Siso · Conscious Kitchen · Health & Wellness
Every episode asks three questions. Every answer is a data point.
I.
What’s working
The tools operators rely on and pay for named on the record.
"It took ChatGPT 3 minutes to review a 45-page commercial lease. It flagged 8 things that would've hurt me."
- Dr. Nikki Siso · Conscious Kitchen
II.
what’s broken
Where AI falls short in practice and what's at stake when it does.
"A client asked ChatGPT if he could anchor in 25 knots of wind. It said yes. I said: I don't care what ChatGPT says, you need to trust the captain."
- Jennifer Kerum · Anchor Croatia
III.
what still needs to be built
The product wishlist, stated directly by the people who would pay for it.
"If there's a 3-week lag in the information feeding into Claude, that's basically useless for building a media list."
- Sam Polstein · HAUS Agency
hosted by
galina fendikevich
Wall Street machine learning → 1 exit to $9B company → led enterprise go-to-market for an AI unicorn → now interviewing the operators deploying AI every day
Beyond the podcast: curated salons and dinners for operators shaping how AI is adopted across industries.
No panels, no performative networking.
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