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Your environment shapes your thinking. If you want to get to grips with AI, surrounding yourself with people who are immersed in it every day is one of the fastest ways in.
AI in business podcasts deliver long-form conversations that surface beliefs, working methods and ideas you can take straight back to your own business. The people talking are the ones actually building and deploying these tools. These 11 shows are worth adding to your rotation.
Why Business Owners Should Be Keeping Up With AI Podcasts
AI is changing how businesses operate, how decisions get made and which founders pull ahead. Business owners who stay informed can make faster decisions, spot opportunities earlier and avoid expensive mistakes. The pace of change means what was new six months ago is already standard.
Podcasts and YouTube shows fit into the gaps of your day: a commute, a workout or a flight. They deliver the kind of unfiltered thinking that a newsletter rarely captures and you get a genuine sense of where the technology is heading, what works in practice and what the people closest to it actually believe. Hearing someone think out loud about how they use AI in their own business gives you ideas in a way that reading a summary never quite does. Business owners who make this a habit may be able to spot opportunities sooner, make better decisions faster and often build an advantage before everyone else catches up.
The shows on this list were chosen because they prioritize what business owners can actually do with AI, not just what AI can theoretically do.
Top AI Business Podcasts And Guides
It’s your duty as a business owner to take a comprehensive approach to staying current, listen for the golden nuggets of information and discard everything else. The shows below have different structures and approach AI through various levels; some are deeply practical tutorials, some are strategic conversations with founders and investors and some are daily news briefings. Pick two or three that match where you are right now, then add more when you’re ready.
1. Using AI at Work
The thing most AI content gets wrong is talking about potential rather than practice. Using AI at Work focuses on how AI is applied inside real teams and businesses, covering automation, productivity systems and workplace adoption. Episodes run between 44 minutes and an hour and include solo breakdowns and interviews with people actively working in this space.
Guests are practitioners, meaning the conversations are grounded in what’s actually working inside companies right now. If you’re trying to figure out where to start or how to go further, the practical framing makes it straightforward to translate what you hear into action.
2. Jeff Su
A former Google product marketer of nine years, Jeff Su built his channel around one idea: getting better at being productive. Videos cover practical applications of AI tools inside real work systems, including ChatGPT, Notion and workflow automation. Episodes run generally ten to 20 minutes and follow a clear tutorial format.
The focus is on knowledge workers who want to move faster and get more done. Su tests tools himself and shares what works, which means you’re watching someone actually build things. For business owners who want to master skills with AI quickly and apply them, this channel delivers.
3. Matt Wolfe
Matt Wolfe‘s channel has a particular focus on news and tool developments. He also runs FutureTools, an AI tool directory, which gives him a broad view of what’s launching. New videos drop every Friday, with occasional additional episodes throughout the week.
When a major AI story breaks, such as the wave of users leaving ChatGPT or the closing of Sora, Wolfe covers it clearly and quickly. Business owners who want a reliable weekly digest of what’s shifting in AI will get a lot as the channel is useful for staying up to date.
4. Tina Huang
An ex-Meta data scientist with over 1 million subscribers, Tina Huang built her channel around the philosophy: minimize effort, maximize outcome. She goes into the technical side of AI including how to use it for coding, but always with a practical lens. Videos run between ten and 30 minutes and cover AI tools, coding tutorials and career applications.
Huang is worth watching if you want to understand what AI can actually do at a deeper level without needing a computer science background to follow along. Her willingness to engage with the nuts and bolts, and her talent for making it accessible, means you come away with a clearer picture of what’s possible and how to use it.
5. Doc Williams
Most AI content is made for tech companies. Doc Williams‘ channel is made for small business owners. Williams is a business consultant, and has previous experience running and streamlining his own operations. His channel teaches entrepreneurs without a technical background how to automate their systems using simple, no-code tools. Episodes are between five and 20 minutes long and include step-by-step workflow tutorials, tool reviews and real examples from clients and students.
For business owners, that means seeing where AI could save time, reduce costs or create an entirely new way of operating that unlocks a competitive advantage. Williams focuses on turning five-hour tasks into 20-minute wins for people who aren’t developers. This channel may be helpful if you’re trying to scale without hiring more people and want concrete automation strategies that work.
6. Allie K. Miller
Named by TIME as one of the top 100 most influential people in AI, Allie K. Miller spent years at AWS as Global Head of AI for Startups and Venture Capital, and before that at IBM where she launched the company’s first multimodal AI team. Her channel translates that experience into practical guidance for people who don’t code but are eager to learn about AI. Her videos cover AI tools, business strategy and personal development.
With 2 million followers across platforms, Miller is one of the most followed voices on AI business. Her recent focus has included hands-on work with tools like Claude Cowork. For business owners who want someone who has operated at the highest levels of AI and can explain what it means for their day-to-day, this channel delivers credibility and clarity.
7. The AI Automators
Brothers Alan and Daniel Walsh built their channel the AI Automators from years of running online businesses and implementing automation systems across different industries. The format is show-and-tell: they share exactly what they’ve been building, including real workflows and automation systems for business processes. The channel has 55,000 subscribers.
Rather than discussing what automation could do, Alan and Daniel show what they’ve actually built, which makes it easy to borrow ideas and apply them directly. Topics include how to make your AI agents smarter and how to sell what you build.
8. Nate Herk
With 650,000 subscribers, Nate Herk has built one of the largest audiences in the AI automation space. He posts several episodes a day covering how businesses can use AI for time efficiency, reducing costs and standing out amongst competition. The content ranges from workflow tutorials to live experiments.
The volume and variety of content means there’s almost always something relevant to whatever you’re working on. Herk tests things in public and shares what happens, which gives the channel an energy that more polished productions lack. This featured video is a ten hour tutorial on how to build and sell using Claude Code.
9. The AI Daily Brief
The AI Daily Brief is a daily news analysis show hosted by Nathaniel Whittemore looking at AI in different ways, from new tools and creative applications to how it’s affecting work and industry, to bigger questions around AGI and alignment. A recent episode covered Jack Dorsey and Sequoia’s Roelof Botha publishing an essay that said AI can replace the information-routing role that a corporate hierarchy serves, and compared that vision to what’s actually emerging on the ground at companies already deploying agents.
This is the show for business owners who want to stay ahead of what’s happening without having to track the news. Episodes are concise and well-curated, making it a useful daily habit. If you only have 20 minutes and want to know what actually moved in AI today, this is where to go.
10. Lenny’s Podcast
Lenny Rachitsky interviews product leaders and growth experts in Lenny’s Podcast to provide insights and takeaways about product launches, growth and development. AI runs through almost every conversation now, from hard truths about building in the AI era to interviews with the head of growth at Anthropic to guests sharing how AI tools changed how they work. The focus is on building products, but AI is woven into all of it.
For business owners who are building or scaling a product, this podcast connects AI to real business decisions. Episodes regularly feature founders who have used vibe coding and AI-first workflows to build faster. Episodes run between one and two hours and Rachitsky shares his biggest takeaways from each conversation with paid subscribers.
11. No Priors
Co-hosted by investor Sarah Guo and serial entrepreneur Elad Gil, No Priors ask thought-provoking questions about AI to experts in the field: engineers, researchers and founders. A recent episode explored whether SaaS is ending, how AI is automating workflows and making more predictive customer strategies possible and how tech companies are dominating the stock market and what that means in the grand scheme of things.
This is the show for business owners who want the strategic view, understanding not just what AI tools exist, but how the entire space is shifting and where to place your bets. Episodes run around thirty to forty-five minutes.
These 11 shows cover the full range from daily news briefings and step-by-step tutorials to strategic conversations with the investors and founders shaping the field. Listening to AI-focused podcasts gives you an advantage, helping you stay current and find ways to apply AI to your own business.
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