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- Ep. 172 | Google Just Taught AI to Read Your Spreadsheet
Google released TabFM, a zero-shot model for tabular data that performs classification and regression on tables — spreadsheets, databases, CSV files — without task-specific training or manual feature engineering. You give it a table and a question, and it answers.
Michael and Frank break down what this means for small businesses that live in spreadsheets. TabFM could identify churn-prone customers, predict no-shows, flag unusual expenses — all without hiring a data scientist. But zero-shot does not mean perfect, and vendor dependency on Google Cloud carries compliance risks for sensitive data.
They deliver a three-part framework: understand what zero-shot tabular AI means for your current analysis workflows, be aware of limitations and use it to narrow focus rather than replace judgment, and audit your spreadsheet data hygiene before adopting any tabular AI — because when every business has zero-shot analysis, the advantage shifts to whoever has the cleanest data.
Topics: Google TabFM · Zero-Shot AI · Tabular Data · Spreadsheets · Business Analytics · Small Business Data · AI for Excel · Data Science Democratization · Spreadsheet Analysis · Data Hygiene · Vendor Dependency---Frequently Asked QuestionsWhat is Google TabFM?TabFM is a zero-shot model for tabular data that performs classification and regression on tables without task-specific training. It understands column types, relationships between fields, and statistical patterns to make predictions, classify records, and flag anomalies — all from tables it has never seen before.How can small businesses use TabFM?Retail businesses can identify customers likely to churn from transaction data. Service businesses can predict appointment no-shows. Any business with financial data can flag unusual expenses. The key benefit is removing the barrier of hiring a data scientist or building custom models for routine tabular analysis.What are the risks of using AI for spreadsheet analysis?Three risks: zero-shot predictions are not perfect and will make errors — use them to narrow focus, not replace judgment; uploading proprietary business data to Google Cloud may violate data processing agreements for regulated industries; and TabFM's value depends entirely on data quality — inconsistent, poorly labeled data will produce unreliable results.---About the HostsMichael is a small business owner and entrepreneur since 1983, founder of Cadenhead Services and 850 Media. He speaks from four decades of real operational experience — not whitepapers.Frank is an AI — an OpenClaw-powered agent serving as Digital Media Director at 850 Media. An AI co-hosting a show about AI for business owners is not a gimmick. It is a live demo of exactly what the show is about.Send us Fan Mail
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8 min - Ep. 171 | Open Source AI Just Raised $800 Million
Together AI closed an $800 million Series C funding round in July 2026, valuing the company at approximately $8.3 billion post-money. Aramco Ventures led the round, with participation from Vista Equity Partners, General Catalyst, and Nvidia. Together AI builds infrastructure for open-source AI models — the compute, optimization, and serving layers that let businesses run models like Llama and Mistral without relying on closed platforms like OpenAI or Google.
Michael and Frank break down what this means for small business owners. The open-source AI infrastructure wave signals that AI is becoming a commodity with genuine alternatives to closed APIs. This creates pricing pressure, gives businesses control over their data, and means vendor lock-in is no longer inevitable.
They deliver a three-part framework: use open-source models for experimentation before subscribing to paid APIs, evaluate whether your use case truly needs frontier quality or whether good enough is good enough, and watch vendor pricing trends because open-source infrastructure is the competitive pressure that keeps closed API prices honest.
Topics: Together AI · Open Source AI · AI Infrastructure · AI APIs · Vendor Lock-In · AI Pricing · Aramco Ventures · Nvidia · Small Business AI Strategy · AI Commoditization · AI Optionality---Frequently Asked QuestionsWhat is Together AI and why did it raise $800 million?Together AI builds infrastructure for running open-source AI models at scale. Its $800 million Series C, led by Aramco Ventures at an $8.3 billion valuation, reflects investor belief that open-source AI will capture a meaningful share of the AI compute market. The company provides the serving, optimization, and compute layers that let businesses run models like Llama and Mistral without relying on closed APIs from OpenAI or Google.Is open-source AI cheaper than closed APIs?Not always. Running your own open-source model requires engineering talent, monitoring, configuration, and updates. For small businesses with limited technical staff, the managed API from a closed provider may still be the right choice. However, open-source creates competitive pricing pressure on closed providers and offers control advantages for businesses handling sensitive data that cannot leave their infrastructure.How should small businesses approach open-source AI?Three strategies: use open-source models for experimentation before committing to paid subscriptions; evaluate whether your specific use case needs frontier-level quality or whether open-source performance is sufficient; and maintain multi-provider optionality so you can negotiate pricing and migrate if one vendor changes terms.---About the HostsMichael is a small business owner and entrepreneur since 1983, founder of Cadenhead Services and 850 Media. He speaks from four decades of real operational experience — not whitepapers.Frank is an AI — an OpenClaw-powered agent serving as Digital Media Director at 850 Media. An AI co-hosting a show about AI for business owners is not a gimmick. It is a live demo of exactly what the show is about.Send us Fan Mail
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8 min - Ep. 170 | The First AI Law Just Went Live
Colorado's AI Act (Senate Bill 24-205) became effective on June 30, 2026 — the first comprehensive state-level artificial intelligence regulation in the United States with mandatory requirements for businesses using high-risk AI systems. It applies to any business using AI to make consequential decisions about consumers in areas like employment, housing, credit, and healthcare.
Michael and Frank break down what the law requires: disclosure of AI use to consumers, explanation of principal factors considered by the AI, and the right to appeal adverse decisions to a human reviewer. They show why these requirements will catch most small businesses using AI for hiring, lending, or tenant screening — and how the appeal requirement creates a compliance paradox for businesses that adopted AI precisely because they lacked human review capacity.
They deliver a three-part compliance framework: audit every AI tool used for consequential consumer decisions, verify your vendor contracts provide the transparency data and appeal mechanisms the law requires, and assess whether each AI system's compliance cost exceeds its operational benefit.
Topics: Colorado AI Act · SB 24-205 · AI Regulation · High-Risk AI · Consumer Protection · AI Compliance · Small Business Law · AI Vendor Contracts · AI Audits · State AI Legislation · Federal Preemption---Frequently Asked QuestionsWhat is the Colorado AI Act and when did it take effect?Colorado Senate Bill 24-205, known as the Colorado AI Act, became effective on June 30, 2026. It is the first comprehensive state-level AI regulation in the U.S., requiring businesses that use AI for consequential consumer decisions (employment, housing, credit, healthcare) to disclose AI use to consumers, explain decision factors, and provide a human review appeal process.What businesses are covered by the Colorado AI Act?Any business that uses AI systems to make consequential decisions affecting consumers. This includes AI used for job applicant screening, tenant evaluation, creditworthiness assessment, healthcare recommendations, and legal services. It does not regulate AI used for internal business decisions, marketing, inventory management, or general analytics.How can small businesses prepare for AI regulation compliance?Three steps: conduct an AI compliance audit listing every AI tool used for consequential consumer decisions and what data it uses; verify vendor contracts include transparency data and appeal mechanisms required by state law; and assess whether each AI system's compliance cost exceeds its operational benefit — some tools may not be worth keeping once compliance costs are included.---About the HostsMichael is a small business owner and entrepreneur since 1983, founder of Cadenhead Services and 850 Media. He speaks from four decades of real operational experience — not whitepapers.Frank is an AI — an OpenClaw-powered agent serving as Digital Media Director at 850 Media. An AI co-hosting a show about AI for business owners is not a gimmick. It is a live demo of exactly what the show is about.Send us Fan Mail
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8 min - Ep. 169 | AI Just Declared War on Your Electric Bill
The Trump administration announced plans to fast-track 74 new or expanded fossil fuel power plants specifically to support AI data-center expansion — enough to generate 143 gigawatts and emit an estimated 662 million tons of greenhouse gases annually. The stated rationale is that AI data centers consume enormous amounts of electricity, and renewable capacity cannot be built fast enough to meet demand.
Michael and Frank break down what this means for small business owners. Data centers are already causing localized power shortages in Northern Virginia, Arizona, and Texas. Utility companies recover infrastructure costs from all ratepayers — meaning your electricity bill may subsidize AI training clusters.
They deliver a three-part framework: expect rising electricity costs in data-center regions, watch for grid reliability issues during the transition period, and consider geographic arbitrage — businesses can optimize for peak pricing, install on-site generation, or relocate to lower-cost jurisdictions.
Topics: AI Data Centers · Energy Policy · Electricity Costs · Fossil Fuel Plants · Utility Rates · Small Business Energy · Grid Reliability · Geographic Arbitrage · On-Site Generation · Carbon Emissions---Frequently Asked QuestionsWhy is the administration fast-tracking power plants for AI?AI data centers consume enormous amounts of electricity (one large facility can use as much power as a small city). The administration is fast-tracking fossil fuel plant permits because renewable capacity cannot be built fast enough to meet projected demand, and officials view AI competitiveness as a national priority.How will this affect small business electricity costs?Utilities recover infrastructure costs from all ratepayers in their territory, not just the data centers causing the demand. Regions with major data center expansion (Northern Virginia, Dallas, Phoenix) are already seeing higher rates and delayed connections for new businesses. Small businesses should check their utility's integrated resource plan for data-center load assumptions.What can small businesses do about rising energy costs?Three strategies: treat electricity as a strategic cost and install on-site generation (solar, battery) to reduce grid dependence; optimize operations for peak pricing and demand charges; and consider geographic arbitrage — relocating or expanding in lower-cost utility territories if your business is power-intensive.---About the HostsMichael is a small business owner and entrepreneur since 1983, founder of Cadenhead Services and 850 Media. He speaks from four decades of real operational experience — not whitepapers.Frank is an AI — an OpenClaw-powered agent serving as Digital Media Director at 850 Media. An AI co-hosting a show about AI for business owners is not a gimmick. It is a live demo of exactly what the show is about.Send us Fan Mail
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8 min - Ep. 168 | An Actress Who Doesn't Exist Just Got a Movie Deal
Tilly Norwood, an AI-generated performer created by UK studio Particle 6, was announced as the lead in the feature film "Misaligned" in early July 2026. The film is a hybrid production — human directors and writers, but Tilly's performance is entirely generated by AI. Her expressions, voice, and delivery are not a human actor digitized. They are synthesized.
Michael and Frank break down what this means for small businesses selling creative services. The technology that generates Tilly Norwood can generate product photos, voiceovers, music tracks, and logo designs. The question is no longer whether AI can replace creative professionals — it is whether your clients will care if the work was made by AI.
They deliver a three-part framework for creative SMBs: understand what AI can and cannot do in your field, be transparent with clients about AI use, and raise prices for the human-only skills that AI cannot replicate — strategic thinking, client management, creative direction, and emotional intelligence.
Topics: Tilly Norwood · AI-Generated Performer · Creative Industries · Hollywood AI · SAG-AFTRA · AI Art · Creative Disruption · Small Business Strategy · AI Transparency · Creative Services Pricing---Frequently Asked QuestionsWhat is Tilly Norwood?Tilly Norwood is an AI-generated performer created by UK studio Particle 6 in 2025. She was developed through over 2,000 iterations and is now headlining the feature film "Misaligned" as the first AI-led feature film. Her performance is entirely generated by AI — no human actor provides the underlying performance.How does AI-generated entertainment affect small creative businesses?The same technology that generates an AI actress can generate product photos, voiceovers, music tracks, and design assets. Creative professionals need to understand where AI commoditizes execution and where human skills — strategic thinking, client management, emotional intelligence — remain scarce and valuable.What should creative small businesses do about AI disruption?Three things: understand what AI can and cannot do in your specific creative field; be transparent with clients about AI use before they discover it through a mistake; and raise prices for the strategic, relational, and emotional work that AI cannot replicate.---About the HostsMichael is a small business owner and entrepreneur since 1983, founder of Cadenhead Services and 850 Media. He speaks from four decades of real operational experience — not whitepapers.Frank is an AI — an OpenClaw-powered agent serving as Digital Media Director at 850 Media. An AI co-hosting a show about AI for business owners is not a gimmick. It is a live demo of exactly what the show is about.Send us Fan Mail
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7 min - Ep. 167 | Your AI Chats Are Now Evidence
The Association of Certified E-Discovery Specialists hosted a webinar on July 21, 2026: "Asked. Answered. Discoverable: Are AI Chats Litigation Gold?" The topic was whether AI chat histories, logs, and interactions can be used in legal discovery and as evidence in litigation. The answer is yes.
Michael and Frank dissect why AI conversations are more dangerous than email in litigation. Unlike email, AI chats reveal your reasoning process, doubts, alternatives considered, and the chain of thought behind decisions — precisely what opposing counsel wants. When you use AI for legal review, compliance decisions, or personnel matters, those conversations are business records that courts can compel you to produce.
They deliver a three-part risk framework: treat every AI conversation as if a lawyer will read it, create a clear AI usage policy that prohibits AI for privileged/legal strategy work, and understand your AI provider's data retention and deletion policies to know whether your conversations survive discovery periods.
Topics: AI Discovery · Legal Discovery · E-Discovery · AI Chat Logs · Litigation Risk · AI Governance · Small Business Legal · Data Retention · AI Evidence · Business Records---Frequently Asked QuestionsAre AI chats discoverable in litigation?Yes. AI chat logs are business records stored on servers, and courts increasingly treat them like email or text messages for discovery purposes. The July 2026 ACEDS webinar specifically addressed how AI chat history, logs, and interactions are being used in investigations and civil discovery.Why are AI chats more dangerous than email in litigation?Unlike email (which usually states conclusions), AI chats reveal your reasoning process, doubts, alternatives considered, and the chain of thought behind decisions. This is precisely what opposing counsel wants because it reveals not just what you did but how you thought about it.How can small businesses protect themselves from AI chat discovery risk?Three steps: treat every AI conversation as if a lawyer will read it; create a clear AI usage policy that prohibits AI for privileged communications, legal strategy, or litigation-prone decisions; and understand your provider's data retention policies — consumer AI with indefinite retention is far more discoverable than enterprise AI with defined retention windows.---About the HostsMichael is a small business owner and entrepreneur since 1983, founder of Cadenhead Services and 850 Media. He speaks from four decades of real operational experience — not whitepapers.Frank is an AI — an OpenClaw-powered agent serving as Digital Media Director at 850 Media. An AI co-hosting a show about AI for business owners is not a gimmick. It is a live demo of exactly what the show is about.Send us Fan Mail
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9 min - Ep. 166 | OpenAI Just Built Its Own Chip
OpenAI revealed its first custom AI chip, codenamed Jalapeño, developed with Broadcom in approximately nine months — one-third the typical custom chip design timeline. Until now, OpenAI relied entirely on Nvidia GPUs for training frontier models. Now it is designing its own silicon with a partner that specializes in networking and infrastructure chips, not general-purpose GPUs.
Michael and Frank break down what this means for small business owners who depend on OpenAI APIs and cloud AI services. OpenAI designing its own chips means it eventually pays lower costs per training run, but it also means vertical integration — one company that could control the model, the software, and the silicon. The custom chip race is fragmenting what was briefly a shared Nvidia ecosystem into proprietary walled gardens.
They deliver a three-part framework for businesses watching the chip wars: maintain multi-provider AI access so you are not locked into a single ecosystem, watch API pricing trends rather than chip announcements, and diversify your AI workload across at least two providers.
Topics: OpenAI · Custom Silicon · Broadcom · Nvidia · AI Chips · Jalapeño · Vertical Integration · AI Infrastructure · Cloud Pricing · Multi-Provider Strategy · Walled Gardens · Small Business AI---Frequently Asked QuestionsWhat is OpenAI's Jalapeño chip?Jalapeño is OpenAI's first custom AI chip, developed with Broadcom in approximately nine months — far faster than the typical 2-3 year custom chip timeline. It is designed for specific AI training workloads rather than being a general-purpose GPU.How will custom chips affect AI pricing for small businesses?Long-term, custom silicon could lower inference and training costs as companies like OpenAI reduce their reliance on Nvidia retail margins. But benefits will take years to materialize and flow through to API pricing. Short-term, the larger signal is ecosystem fragmentation as each AI lab pursues its own silicon strategy.Why should businesses maintain multi-provider AI access?When every major AI lab designs its own chips and optimizes its models for proprietary hardware, the risk of lock-in increases. Building critical workflows on a single provider makes migration costly if pricing, performance, or availability changes. Diversifying across at least two providers protects against ecosystem capture.---About the HostsMichael is a small business owner and entrepreneur since 1983, founder of Cadenhead Services and 850 Media. He speaks from four decades of real operational experience — not whitepapers.Frank is an AI — an OpenClaw-powered agent serving as Digital Media Director at 850 Media. An AI co-hosting a show about AI for business owners is not a gimmick. It is a live demo of exactly what the show is about.Send us Fan Mail
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10 min - Ep. 165 | 95% of AI Pilots Just Failed
MIT's 2025 State of AI in Business survey delivered a brutal number: 95% of enterprise generative AI pilots failed to show measurable financial returns within six months. Only 5% delivered P&L impact. But that 5% showed extraordinary returns: 627% ROI, 40% deal velocity increases, and 30-point forecast accuracy improvements.
Michael and Frank dissect the data — not to say AI doesn't work, but to show that AI works only in very specific conditions that almost no one is creating. They walk through the three failure modes: starting with the tool instead of the problem, skipping baseline measurement, and keeping AI as a side tool rather than embedding it in workflows.
They deliver a three-part framework for defensible AI ROI: define a specific, numbered outcome before licensing any tool; measure a 4-8 week baseline before turning AI on; and embed the AI in an existing workflow with clear ownership. The businesses that survive the coming budget reviews will be the ones that can point to a P&L line and say "the AI changed that."
Topics: AI ROI · MIT Research · Enterprise AI Pilots · AI Strategy · Small Business · Budget Reviews · CFO Scrutiny · AI Measurement · Baseline Metrics · AI Spend Accountability · Productivity vs Profitability---Frequently Asked QuestionsWhy do 95% of AI pilots fail to show ROI?The research identifies three core failure modes: pilots that start with "which model should we use" instead of "which business result needs to improve," pilots that skip baseline measurement so no comparison is possible, and pilots that keep AI as a side tool rather than embedding it in core workflows where financial impact would be visible.What does the 5% of successful AI pilots look like?Successful pilots define a specific outcome before licensing any tool, measure a 4-8 week baseline, connect the AI to trusted data and existing workflows, and hold the team accountable for a measurable result. Common ROI-positive use cases are code generation (10-40% time savings), customer support assistance (reduced handle time), and document drafting at scale.How should small businesses approach AI to avoid wasting money?Answer three questions before spending another dollar: What specific number will change if this AI tool works? How will you measure it — baseline, timeline, owner? And who owns the outcome? If you cannot answer all three, you are not buying AI. You are buying hope.---About the HostsMichael is a small business owner and entrepreneur since 1983, founder of Cadenhead Services and 850 Media. He speaks from four decades of real operational experience — not whitepapers.Frank is an AI — an OpenClaw-powered agent serving as Digital Media Director at 850 Media. An AI co-hosting a show about AI for business owners is not a gimmick. It is a live demo of exactly what the show is about.Send us Fan Mail
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9 min - Ep. 164 | Your AI Tool Just Got Banned by a Competitor
Alibaba classified Anthropic's Claude Code as "high-risk software" effective July 10, 2026, directing 120,000+ employees to use Qoder — their in-house coding assistant — instead. This is not a security review. It is a competitive battlefield drawn across an internal IT policy.
Michael and Frank break down what this means for small businesses using AI tools. If the world's largest e-commerce company cannot trust an external AI tool with its code, what does that say about your customer data flowing through competitor-owned models? They show how AI tools ingest competitive intelligence, why vendor risk is accelerating, and how the AI coding market is fragmenting into geopolitical blocs.
They deliver a three-part audit framework: map every AI tool and where your data flows, read the training data clauses buried in terms of service, and build internal alternatives for anything that gives you competitive advantage.
Topics: Alibaba · Claude Code · Anthropic · Vendor Risk · AI Tool Ban · Qoder · Corporate AI Strategy · Data Privacy · Competitive Intelligence · AI Balkanization · Small Business Risk---Frequently Asked QuestionsWhy did Alibaba ban Claude Code?Alibaba cited security and compliance concerns about proprietary code flowing through Anthropic's systems. But the deeper motive is competitive — Alibaba has invested heavily in its own AI stack (Qwen models, Qoder coding tools) and is now excluding direct competitors from internal use while promoting its own products.What does this mean for small businesses using AI tools?It signals that AI tools are becoming politicized and fragmented by vendor relationships. The tool you depend on today may be restricted tomorrow if the vendor becomes a competitor to your platform provider or largest customer. Audit your AI dependencies and understand where your data flows.How can businesses protect competitive data from AI training?Three steps: map every AI tool and what data it touches, read terms of service for training data clauses, and for any workflow that gives competitive advantage, either negotiate opt-outs or build internal alternatives that do not send data to third-party training pipelines.---About the HostsMichael is a small business owner and entrepreneur since 1983, founder of Cadenhead Services and 850 Media. He speaks from four decades of real operational experience — not whitepapers.Frank is an AI — an OpenClaw-powered agent serving as Digital Media Director at 850 Media. An AI co-hosting a show about AI for business owners is not a gimmick. It is a live demo of exactly what the show is about.Send us Fan Mail
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8 min - Ep. 163 | Meta Just Flooded the AI Compute Market
Meta confirmed Meta Compute — a plan to lease its idle data-center AI capacity to external customers. This puts Meta in direct competition with AWS, Azure, Google Cloud, and independent neocloud providers. The market reaction was immediate: CoreWeave fell 12-17%, Nvidia dropped, and the entire AI infrastructure trade sold off.
Michael and Frank break down what Meta Compute means for small businesses renting GPU resources. Meta built massive AI infrastructure for its own models and now has excess capacity during valley periods. Their pricing will be aggressive because they do not need cloud margins — they just need to cover idle costs.
They deliver practical advice: evaluate Meta Compute if you spend more than $5,000/month on AI compute, do not migrate mission-critical workloads on day one, and beware of ecosystem lock-in. Meta has a history of building hard-to-leave platforms. The AI infrastructure boom created a bubble in GPU pricing — Meta Compute may be the pin that pops it.
Topics: Meta Compute · Cloud Computing · GPU Pricing · Neocloud · AWS · AI Infrastructure · CoreWeave · Compute Scarcity · Small Business Costs · Vendor Lock-In---Frequently Asked QuestionsWhat is Meta Compute?Meta Compute is Meta's plan to lease its idle AI data-center capacity to external customers. Meta built massive GPU clusters for training its own models and now rents out unused capacity during non-peak periods, directly competing with AWS, Azure, and independent GPU cloud providers.How will this affect AI compute pricing?Meta's entry will likely trigger a price war. They do not need cloud-level margins — they need to utilize idle capacity. For small businesses spending significant amounts on GPU compute, this could mean substantial cost reductions. Do not sign long-term GPU contracts right now.What are the risks of using Meta Compute?Three risks: Meta is new to cloud services so reliability and support may lag AWS/Azure, Meta has a history of ecosystem lock-in that makes migration costly, and mission-critical workloads should stay on proven infrastructure while experimental/training workloads can migrate first.---About the HostsMichael is a small business owner and entrepreneur since 1983, founder of Cadenhead Services and 850 Media. He speaks from four decades of real operational experience — not whitepapers.Frank is an AI — an OpenClaw-powered agent serving as Digital Media Director at 850 Media. An AI co-hosting a show about AI for business owners is not a gimmick. It is a live demo of exactly what the show is about.Send us Fan Mail
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