Scott McIsaac & Len Landale, Co-Founders at Helios Core AI. Helios Core AI is a new, forward-thinking company offering a fresh take on driving outcomes with AI at scale. They focus on delivering practical, transformative AI solutions that simplify complexity, unlock insights, and optimize business performance. With a commitment to innovation and measurable results, they help organizations elevate their operations and achieve success in an AI-driven world.

Episode Highlights:
- Len Landale and Scott McIsaac left the corporate enterprise world to return to a startup environment focused on creativity, agility, and direct problem-solving. Their motivation lies in leveraging AI to transform the future of work, improve efficiency, and help businesses scale intelligently.

- Initially positioned as AI consultants, they quickly evolved into building an AI-first managed services platform, offering not just tools but ongoing support to ensure successful implementation, adoption, and ROI. The platform is tightly coupled with services to guide clients through AI deployment and scale.

- They emphasize a consultative approach to AI adoption—starting with data readiness and business problem identification. To avoid scope creep, they guide clients by organizing needs into:
*Must-haves
*Nice-to-haves
*Future vision
This structure helps clients focus and prioritize effectively.

- Contrary to their initial assumptions, small and mid-sized businesses (SMBs) have shown strong appetite for AI adoption. One notable example is an SMB using a voice agent to fully manage rental equipment calls, freeing up staff time and improving customer experience—demonstrating real-world ROI in efficiency.

- They’re launching Kokoro, a voice AI product that helps people preserve and interact with the memories and personalities of loved ones. Inspired by grief and family separation, Kokoro allows users to hear loved ones' voices, share stories, or even read bedtime stories remotely, leveraging AI’s emotional and conversational capabilities in a deeply human way.

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