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AI to ROI is a podcast that shares how enterprises translate AI investments into measurable business value. Hosted by Ray Rike, Founder and CEO of Benchmarkit, the show features senior enterprise leaders and AI software executives who share how AI initiatives move from pilots to production, and how ROI is actually measured and achieved. In addition, each week, we publish a bonus episode with AI to ROI Newsletter co-author, Peter Buchanan to discuss the Big Story of the Week. The AI to ROI podcast is the evolution of the original "Metrics to Measure Up" podcast.
Ray Rike hosts AI to ROI, a business show with 242 episodes published.
Most B2B software companies are sitting on one of the most powerful and underutilized data assets in their business: product telemetry. Every click, API call, and feature interaction is a signal. The question is whether
What does it actually look like when a CFO drives the strategic, pricing, and financial decisions behind an AI-first product transformation? Kunal Agarwal, CFO at Gorgias, the leading e-commerce customer experience platf
OpenAI built $25 billion in annualized revenue and 910 million weekly active users in three and a half years. It also has 33% gross margins, a projected $14 billion loss, a CFO who was reportedly demoted for saying the c
Five months ago, Ray and Peter called NVIDIA the maestro of the AI economy. Since then, NVIDIA has not just conducted the orchestra. It has rewritten the music and may be building the entire concert hall. In this episode
Our host, Ray Rike sits down with Jake Saper, General Partner at Emergence Capital, to unpack the firm's AI-Native Services Playbook. Jake brings a unique lens: 12 years at Emergence, early-stage bets on companies like Z
Ray Rike sits down with Jim Piazza, Chief AI Officer at Ensono, a managed services provider scaling AI across both its internal operations and customer environments. Jim brings a rare combination of deep infrastructure e
SpaceX filed for what could be the largest IPO in history, targeting a $1.75 trillion valuation and $75 billion raise on NASDAQ in June. Ray Rike and Peter Buchanan cut through the narrative and go straight to the number
Ray Rike and Peter Buchanan dig into McKinsey's 2026 State of Organizations Report, a landmark study drawing on more than 10,000 senior executives across 15 countries and 16 industries. The central finding is both simple
In this week's AI to ROI: Big Story episode, Ray Rike and Peter Buchanan unpack the OpenClaw phenomenon and what it reveals about the future of personal AI agents for both individuals and enterprises. From a solo develop
Eye tracking has moved far beyond the clinic and the sports performance lab. In this episode, Ray Rike sits down with Adam Gross, co-founder and CEO of HarmonEyes, to explore how AI-powered eye-tracking is being deployed
While the AI headlines obsess over foundation model fundraises and hyperscaler spending, a quieter revolution is generating real, measurable returns. In this episode of AI to ROI: The Big Story, Ray Rike and Peter Buchan
Pricing is one of the most underleveraged strategic levers in B2B SaaS and AI Software. Most companies are getting it wrong. In this episode, Ray Rike sits down with Dan Balcauski, founder of Product Tranquility and a 20
In this episode of the AI to ROI Podcast, host Ray Rike sits down with Amanda Kahlow, founder and CEO of 1Mind. Prior to 1Mind, Amanda was the founder and former CEO of 6sense, an early pioneer in intent data. The Vision
On this AI to ROI Big Story episode, our hosts Ray Rike and Peter Buchanan dig into Deloitte's 2026 State of AI Report, a 41-page annual study surveying over 3,300 business leaders on the state of enterprise AI adoption.
Is the trillion-dollar AI bet actually going to pay off? In this episode of AI to ROI, hosts Ray Rike and Peter Buchanan tackle the big question head-on: with hyperscalers pouring over $600 billion into AI infrastructure
What does it actually mean for an ERP to be AI-native and why does it matter for your finance team? In this episode of the AI to ROI podcast, host Ray Rike sits down with Santiago Nestares (Santi), Founder and CEO of Dua
Is your company leaving money on the table by not having a Chief AI Officer? In this episode, Ray Rike and Peter Buchanan dig into groundbreaking research from IBM's Institute of Business Value, spanning 600+ executives
This episode of the AI to ROI podcast, hosted by Ray Rike and Peter Buchanan, explores how leading SaaS companies are surviving the "SaaSpocalypse" - a massive market cap devaluation triggered by the rise of AI. The host
In this episode, our host Ray Rike sits down with Jacco van der Kooij, founde and CEO, Winning by Design, to discuss the real-world deployment of "Jack" - an AI SDR that has spent the last 12 months redefining the front
Are we witnessing a productivity revolution or the greatest labor displacement in history? In this detailed episode of AI to ROI, Peter Buchanan and Ray Rike break down the "Great AI Jobs War," a period of massive upheav
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AI to ROI is hosted by Ray Rike. The show is categorised under business (management) and has published 242 episodes.
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