The AI Advantage: Smart Tech for Modern Leaders where artificial intelligence meets real business outcomes. No fluff. Just strategy.
Hosted by Solomon Williams, Founder of Solonox, this show delivers bold conversations on AI strategy, business automation, cloud technology, and digital transformation. Featuring business leaders, technology experts, startup founders, and innovation practitioners who are actually implementing AI and automation not just theorizing about it. Plus, solo episodes breaking down actionable strategies you can use immediately.
Whether you're leading a company, building a team, or driving technology adoption in your organization, you'll discover:
✓ AI implementation strategies solving real business challenges
✓ Automation and cloud technology frameworks for scaling operations
✓ Digital transformation insights from those doing the work
✓ Innovation tactics driving competitive advantage
✓ Practical technology leadership strategies for growth
This isn't generic tech advice, it's how business professionals, entrepreneurs, and technology practitioners are winning with artificial intelligence, automation, and modern technology. Real conversations with people building the future of IT, SaaS, and cloud industries.
Perfect for anyone navigating AI adoption, implementing automation, or leveraging technology to grow their business or career.
New episodes every week. Subscribe now and unlock your AI advantage.
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The AI Advantage: Smart Tech for Modern Leaders where artificial intelligence meets real business outcomes. No fluff. Just strategy.
Hosted by Solomon Williams, Founder of Solonox, this show delivers bold conversations on AI strategy, business automation, cloud technology, and digital transformation. Featuring business leaders, technology experts, startup founders, and innovation practitioners who are actually implementing AI and automation not just theorizing about it. Plus, solo episodes breaking down actionable strategies you can use immediately.
Whether you're leading a company, building a team, or driving technology adoption in your organization, you'll discover:
✓ AI implementation strategies solving real business challenges
✓ Automation and cloud technology frameworks for scaling operations
✓ Digital transformation insights from those doing the work
✓ Innovation tactics driving competitive advantage
✓ Practical technology leadership strategies for growth
This isn't generic tech advice, it's how business professionals, entrepreneurs, and technology practitioners are winning with artificial intelligence, automation, and modern technology. Real conversations with people building the future of IT, SaaS, and cloud industries.
Perfect for anyone navigating AI adoption, implementing automation, or leveraging technology to grow their business or career.
New episodes every week. Subscribe now and unlock your AI advantage.
Beyond the AI Hype: What It Really Takes to Build Scalable Automation with Solomon Williams and Noah Borts
The AI Advantage: Smart Tech for Modern Leaders
47 minutes 58 seconds
6 days ago
Beyond the AI Hype: What It Really Takes to Build Scalable Automation with Solomon Williams and Noah Borts
In this episode of The AI Advantage, host Solomon Williams sits down with Noah Borts, Co-Founder of Happy Path, for an honest conversation about what it really takes to build and scale AI automation in the enterprise world - without getting lost in hype.
Noah shares the behind-the-scenes journey of Happy Path, from early experimentation and overreach to finding focus by solving one real, painful problem exceptionally well. Together, Solomon and Noah explore the two extremes dominating AI adoption today deep skepticism and unchecked optimism and why both can derail meaningful progress.
The discussion dives into infrastructure realities, testing challenges, educational gaps, and the human side of scaling AI: hiring the right people, aligning technical and business goals, and setting realistic expectations with clients. Noah also unpacks Happy Path’s internal framework (“the Sauce”) and the leadership lessons that came with building a company in one of tech’s most competitive spaces.
If you’re building AI products, leading automation initiatives, or trying to understand what sustainable AI adoption actually looks like, this episode delivers clarity without the buzzwords.
Key Takeaways:
Why AI skepticism and over-optimism are equally dangerous
The shift from “solving everything” to winning with focus
What real AI ROI looks like in enterprise automation
Infrastructure and testing challenges most teams underestimate
The human and leadership realities behind scaling AI startups
Why education remains one of the biggest blockers to adoption
Lessons for founders building AI implementation services
Key Moments:
00:00 "Bridging Gaps in Software Development"
03:46 "Origins of Testing Innovation"
07:17 "Debating AI's Role in Engineering"
11:17 "Scaling Challenges and Lessons Learned"
14:10 "Focused AI for Targeted Solutions"
17:20 Advancing DOM Analysis Over Visuals
21:52 Scaling AI Model Testing Efficiently
25:38 Teen Entrepreneur's Cigarette Startup Journey
29:52 "Building Success Through Trust"
31:53 "Embracing Different Cultures & Approaches"
34:12 "Happy Path Growth and Metrics"
39:39 "White Glove Service and UX"
42:51 "Cheap AI Infrastructure Focus"
45:20 "Innovative Cost-Saving Approaches"
48:13 "AI Advantage: Share Ideas"
About the guest :
Name: Noah Borts
Company Website: https://happypath.io/
Linkedin URL: https://www.linkedin.com/in/noahborts/
Business Linkedin URL: https://www.linkedin.com/company/happypath-ai/
Email: noah@happypath.io
About the host :
Solomon Williams is the founder of Solonox and the host of the podcast "AI Advantage." Dedicated to helping modern leaders navigate the future of technology, Solomon cuts through the noise and hype to deliver clear, insightful conversations about AI and automation. On his podcast, he shares his expertise, sometimes solo, sometimes alongside the brightest minds in tech, offering practical advice on what it really takes to grow smarter in a rapidly evolving digital world. With "AI Advantage," Solomon invites listeners to join him on a journey to decode the technologies shaping tomorrow.
Contact Solomon:
Website: https://solonox.net/
The AI Advantage: Smart Tech for Modern Leaders
The AI Advantage: Smart Tech for Modern Leaders where artificial intelligence meets real business outcomes. No fluff. Just strategy.
Hosted by Solomon Williams, Founder of Solonox, this show delivers bold conversations on AI strategy, business automation, cloud technology, and digital transformation. Featuring business leaders, technology experts, startup founders, and innovation practitioners who are actually implementing AI and automation not just theorizing about it. Plus, solo episodes breaking down actionable strategies you can use immediately.
Whether you're leading a company, building a team, or driving technology adoption in your organization, you'll discover:
✓ AI implementation strategies solving real business challenges
✓ Automation and cloud technology frameworks for scaling operations
✓ Digital transformation insights from those doing the work
✓ Innovation tactics driving competitive advantage
✓ Practical technology leadership strategies for growth
This isn't generic tech advice, it's how business professionals, entrepreneurs, and technology practitioners are winning with artificial intelligence, automation, and modern technology. Real conversations with people building the future of IT, SaaS, and cloud industries.
Perfect for anyone navigating AI adoption, implementing automation, or leveraging technology to grow their business or career.
New episodes every week. Subscribe now and unlock your AI advantage.
