Beyond the Prompt
Beyond the Prompt is a podcast that explores the practical applications of AI in business. Host Sani Djaya interviews product, engineering, and GTM leaders who are building AI-native products and using AI to enhance team operations. The show aims to provide insights for scaling businesses with AI and learning from those at the frontier of AI innovation.
Episodes
Customer-Funded AI SaaS Success: Building Hushly Without VCs | Geoff Rego
How do you compete with billion-dollar marketing tech giants when you're customer-funded? Today's guest has the answer – and it involves rethinking everything about how B2B buyers consume content.I'm joined by Geoff Rego, CEO and Co-Founder of Hushly, an all-in-one personalization platform that's helping companies like NVIDIA transform their digital experiences. After Oracle acquired his
Building AI That Delivers McKinsey-Level Insights in Days | Kara Whitaker
Most employee surveys deliver generic insights that executives already know. But what if AI could predict organizational risks months before they impact your bottom line?Today I'm joined by Kara Whitaker, VP of Client Partnerships at Etnromy. Entromy helps private equity firms and their portfolio companies get fast, unfiltered reads on organizational health. They're not just running surve
From World's Largest Sales Prospecting Training Company to AI SaaS | Mario Martinez Jr.
Mario reveals the fascinating story behind Vengreso's transformation, including the challenges of transitioning from a service-based model to software, the discovery that led to FlyMessage's creation, and how they've built an integrated suite of AI tools that save sales professionals an average of 30 hours per month.TakeawaysService-to-SaaS Pivot Strategy: Mario explains the 13-month tran
AI's Impact on Investment Banking Workflows | Derek Boman
Explore how artificial intelligence is transforming the traditionally manual world of mergers and acquisitions financial analysis.Derek shares how Socratic AI is solving a massive pain point for investment bankers and M&A advisors who spend countless hours cleaning up messy financial data from private companies. From Excel spreadsheets to PDF bank statements, Derek explains how his te
How Wise Systems is Revolutionizing Last-Mile Delivery | Erin Blair
Ever wonder how companies like DHL Express manage to deliver thousands of packages efficiently every single day? The secret lies in sophisticated AI-powered routing and dispatch automation - and today's guest is at the forefront of this revolution.Join me as I sit down with Erin Blair, VP of Global Partnerships at Wise Systems, an MIT-born company that's transforming how businesses handle
Agentic AI that makes elite GTM teams superhuman | Frank Wittkampf
Ever wonder how massive sales forces at companies like Microsoft, Salesforce, or Databricks manage to consistently hit their targets and understand complex customer needs? A huge part of the answer lies in sophisticated, AI-driven insights, and today's guest is right at the heart of building that technology.Today, I'm joined by Frank Wittkampf, Head of Applied AI at DataBook. DataBook is
Perspectives on AI from ex-Apple, Microsoft, and Amazon Exec | Anthony Bay
My first ever guest on the podcast is Anthony Bay — a veteran product and technology executive with decades of experience shaping some of the world’s most impactful tech platforms.After starting his career in early startups, he spent eight years at Apple across the U.S. and Europe leading product marketing efforts in networking, communications, and media. He then moved to Microsoft, where
