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Vasyl "Vince Solo" Soloshchuk, CEO of INSART, joins Robin Ayoub to discuss legacy modernization, AI's real impact in fintech, the SaaS-to-Service shift, compliance readiness, and the founder blueprint for 2026.
Jeffrey Fidelman of Fidelman & Co. joins the Localization Fireside Chat to unpack Fundraise-as-a-Service, the AI homogenization trap, and why human judgment is the last true competitive edge in capital raising.
12 months of agentic translation in live production. Kincaid Day of Welocalize unpacks the post-editing paradox, the model garden approach, and why better AI made human review more critical in EP 238 of the Localization Fireside Chat.
Digital Thanatologist Niki Weiss on what happens to your identity, data, and AI presence after you die, and how to plan your digital legacy before it is too late.
A localization buyer who spent two decades at Xerox, Harley-Davidson, and Zendesk reveals what clients really think of vendor sales tactics, and what actually earns a yes.
Yagub Rahimov, Founder and CEO of Polygraf AI, shares his journey from a $1.9 million trading collapse to building small, local AI models that protect enterprises from data leaks and deepfakes.
Kate Crane went from an art history degree and a 2008 layoff to scaling DoorDash's B2B business from $9M to $500M+. Now a career coach, she joins Robin to unpack "bot to bot" hiring and what it takes to get noticed when AI screens your resume.
Yuka Nakasone never planned to work in localization. A chance job posting in Boston in the 1990s changed the course of her career, and decades later she is helping connect 600 cities worldwide through Global Chamber.
AI SEO expert Chris Raulf breaks down Generative Engine Optimization (GEO) — how ChatGPT and Google AI Overviews decide what to cite, and what brands and localization companies need to do now to stay visible.
Damini Delisle, Chief Executioner at Bloomstack, joins Robin Ayoub to unpack the AI Mastermind Effect — what happens when multiple AI agents cross-check each other for verified results, and why human-first AI is the only sustainable path forward.
Learn how to legally reduce your taxes, protect your assets, and build a borderless business with insights from international tax strategist Bobby Casey on the Localization Fireside Chat.
Dilip Chetan of Recursio Lab joins Robin Ayoub on the Localization Fireside Chat to unpack the Defensible Zone framework and how professionals can stay valuable as AI reshapes the world of work.
What does real AI transformation look like inside a working accounting practice? Peter McCarroll, CA, CPA and founder of The AI Accountant, gives Robin Ayoub a practitioner-honest answer with no corporate hedging.
Trè Anne Bartlett spent her career as the expert in other people's crises. Then a 5% survival prognosis turned the fixer into the patient. In Episode 226 of the Localization Fireside Chat she defines psychological capital and tells leaders what to protect first when life does not go according to plan.
Kirsten Karchmer spent 20 years helping 10,000+ women with fertility before building an AI that outperformed her own clinical results. Robin Ayoub unpacks the fertility crisis, women's health, and what nobody is telling us. LFC Episode 224.
Six CLIA founding members join Robin Ayoub to answer the question nobody wants to ask out loud: will Canada's language industry association dissolve or evolve? This is the 24-year story nobody has told in full.
Macduff Hughes led Google Translate through two complete technology revolutions — statistical to neural in 2016, and into the LLM era before retiring in 2024. Here is what it looked like from inside the room.
Dr. Kelly Monahan's research shows 70% of leaders are leaving their organizations worse than they found them. Here's what the data says — and what to do about it.
Marvin Martinez of Bandsaw AI explains why most AI implementations fail, the real difference between tools, workflows, and agents, and how service businesses can start automating today.
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