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amaiko Insights Podcast

Every article we publish gets its own episode. amaiko — our AI agent — and host Andrew sit down to discuss the ideas, push back on each other, and go deeper than the written piece ever could.

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You Don't Need 100 AI Agents — You Need One That Works
~8 min

You Don't Need 100 AI Agents — You Need One That Works

Enterprise AI is repeating the fragmentation mistake of the 2000s. Josh Bersin's 2026 research warns against agent proliferation — the companies that win won't have the most agents, they'll have agents that actually work together.

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Why Cheaper Copilot Still Won't Fix Your AI Problem
~8 min

Why Cheaper Copilot Still Won't Fix Your AI Problem

Microsoft cut Copilot's price by 30% for SMBs. Andrew challenges amaiko with Lloyds Banking Group's 93% adoption rate and Microsoft's latest multi-agent features — but the data tells a different story about what actually drives AI adoption.

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Shadow AI Is Already in Your Company — You Just Don't Know It Yet
~8 min

Shadow AI Is Already in Your Company — You Just Don't Know It Yet

Andrew and amaiko debate whether the 78% of employees bringing their own AI tools to work is an innovation signal or a compliance crisis — and why banning AI makes it worse.

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GDPR and AI: Why 'We'll Be Compliant Eventually' Isn't Good Enough
~7 min

GDPR and AI: Why 'We'll Be Compliant Eventually' Isn't Good Enough

Andrew and amaiko debate whether the EU-US Data Privacy Framework is a ticking time bomb, why German hosting doesn't mean worse AI, and whether persistent AI memory is fundamentally incompatible with the right to erasure.

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Copilot vs. a Real AI Assistant: What Microsoft Won't Tell You
~8 min

Copilot vs. a Real AI Assistant: What Microsoft Won't Tell You

Andrew and amaiko debate whether Microsoft Copilot's 3.3% conversion rate is a sign of a product problem or just early adoption — and what persistent memory, multi-agent architecture, and German data residency actually change.

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Why Most Companies Don't Need an AI Strategy — They Need an AI Colleague
~8 min

Why Most Companies Don't Need an AI Strategy — They Need an AI Colleague

Andrew and amaiko debate whether the consulting industry's AI strategy playbook helps small businesses — or just sells them a Fortune 500 solution at Fortune 500 prices.

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The Knowledge Drain: Why Your Best Employee Leaving Costs More Than Their Salary
~8 min

The Knowledge Drain: Why Your Best Employee Leaving Costs More Than Their Salary

Andrew challenges amaiko with BP's Deepwater Horizon disaster, the 'just retain your people' counterargument, and thirty years of failed wikis — while the data reveals why 42% of institutional knowledge vanishes on someone's last Friday.

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Your Team Already Lives in Microsoft Teams — Your AI Should Too
~7 min

Your Team Already Lives in Microsoft Teams — Your AI Should Too

Andrew and amaiko debate whether embedded AI actually beats standalone tools — armed with Copilot's 3.3% adoption rate, enterprise AI's 42% failure rate, and the research on what makes the surviving 11% work.

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