Hosted by Ben Drakes · 🇺🇸 US · EN-GB · 47 episodes
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AI Outcomes —the podcast that brings you real-world customer stories and data points on how companies are using artificial intelligence to drive business outcomes. If you’re in B2B sales, consulting, or any role that involves talking to clients about AI—at a business rather than a technical level—then this podcast is for you.
Ben Drakes hosts AI Outcomes, a business show with 47 episodes published.
The biggest SaaS giants are scrambling to survive the AI era. Ben Drakes sits down with Thomas Odenwald, ex-SAP and ex-HPE, to ask the question every enterprise leader is quietly asking: can SaaS survive AI? They unpack
92% of companies are increasing AI investment. 1% of their leaders think they're ready to deploy it. That's the AI readiness gap. And it's about to claim two casualties in enterprise sales. In this solo episode, Ben brea
Most boardrooms are buying AI like they're buying a grand piano and announcing they've got a concert hall. They've skipped the hard part: humans don't decide logically–they decide cognitively. In Episode 45 of the AI Out
In this episode of the AI Outcomes Podcast, Rob LoCascio — founder and CEO of URAI and the man who invented live chat on websites in 1997 — shares his contrarian vision for the future of AI. After running LivePerson for
Jensen Huang just dropped a 2hr 20min GTC keynote and we've cut it down to what actually matters for enterprise. Ben is joined by Thomas Odenwald (Silicon Valley-based enterprise AI strategist) to react to the biggest mo
The world's biggest banks and tech companies are mandating AI adoption across their workforces. JPMorgan, Goldman Sachs, BNY Mellon and Meta are all reporting hard numbers. And Block just showed us what can happen next —
Join Ben Drakes and Thomas Odenwald (Tech Exec ex-HPE, ex-SAP, Advisor & Podcaster) for a no-BS breakdown of the biggest Musk empire story in 2026: SpaceX's acquisition of xAI (creating the $1.25T+ XAIX entity) and what
In this solo episode of the AI Outcomes Podcast (EP 40), I share my unfiltered journey with OpenClaw – the viral open-source autonomous AI agent that's completely changed how I work. This isn't just another chatbot. Open
Sales tools have promised magic bullets for years, but are they actually helping sellers close deals, or just creating more noise? In this episode, I sit down with Nathan Hulcoop, CRO at NedTech and Helm AI, to discuss w
In this powerhouse episode of the AI Outcomes Podcast, host Ben Drakes sits down with Rickard Hansson, CEO and Co-Founder of Weavy, to explore the biggest shift in software development today: AI-powered coding tools. We
In Episode 37, host Ben examines the AI bubble debate with tech executive Thomas Odenwald (HPE, Orbit Fab, SAP). They recap Star Cloud's orbital Nvidia H100 launch, discussing space data centers' challenges like heat dis
The first data-center-grade @NVIDIA H100 just spoke from orbit (and Elon Musk FOMO’d in with a retweet). This is the exclusive first interview with @starcloud-inc co-founder & CEO Philip Johnston, recorded hours before t
Cold, prospecting emails are dead (this is good news btw!). The reps crushing quota right now are using real human video supercharged by AI to get replies when everything else gets ignored. Sati Hillyer, Founder & CEO of
In this episode, I cover Starcloud's groundbreaking launch of the first NVIDIA H100 GPU into orbit, exploring how space-based data centers could solve AI's massive energy crisis. From heat dissipation innovations to real
In Episode 34, Sean Williams (Founder & CEO of AutoGenAI) pulls back the curtain on how specialist AI is transforming the RFP and bid management world. You’ll discover: 00:00 Introduction & the $50M+ RFP problem most tea
Just one hyperscaler outage can erase revenue and trust overnight-let alone two. Episode 32 analyses the October-November 2025 AWS and Azure failures—15-hour DNS crashes, thermal shutdowns, and worldwide fallout—then arm
Will AI take your job—or just the worst parts of it? In this episode, Ben is joined by Alan Back (30 years in sales leadership across public sector, cloud and PE-backed businesses) to unpack what AI really means for jobs
In this episode of the AI Outcomes Podcast, Ben Drakes is joined by Matt Armstrong-Barnes, Group AI Practice Director at Servita and former CTO for AI at HPE. Matt breaks down what real enterprise AI adoption looks like—
MIT reports 95% of enterprise AI pilots fail. Why? In this episode of AI Outcomes, Rickard Hansson (CEO of Weavy) returns to unpack the real reasons so many AI initiatives crash and burn—and what to do instead. We break
Welcoming back Thomas Odenwald to the AI Outcomes podcast! In this episode, we cover the breakneck pace of AI development across the globe—including billion-dollar deals, infrastructure arms races, and enterprise breakth
Rob LoCascio
founder and CEO · LivePerson Inc.
1 appearance on this show
Philip Johnston
co-founder + CEO · Starcloud
1 appearance on this show
Elon Musk
President Elon Musk · Department of Government Efficiency
1 appearance on this show
Jeff Bezos
founder and former CEO · Amazon / Blue Origin
1 appearance on this show
Sean Williams
Co-Founder & CEO of AutogenAI · Cadence Wealth Partners
1 appearance on this show
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