The AI Movement with Brooke

Chandler Malone is the CEO of Bootup Studios, an AI-powered startup studio built for early-stage entrepreneurs. We get into how first-time founders can use AI agents to develop an idea, find customers, access funding opportunities, and handle more of the day-to-day execution of building a business. AI is making it possible for one founder or a very small team to do work that once required far more people, but knowing what to build and what not to hand off to AI still matters. If you hav...

Paid partnership: This episode includes paid promotional content from Omnisend. AI adoption can save a team hours without improving business results. After over a decade in marketing, Bernard Meyer now leads AI operations at Omnisend, despite not coming from a technical background. He explains why teams need to measure AI by the outcomes they want, then test whether their AI workflows deliver. We chat about making AI a daily habit, where human judgment still matters, and what changes wh...

When someone asks AI which business to choose, what gives it a reason to recommend yours? PR strategist Gloria Chou joins me to explain why she sees credible third-party coverage as an increasingly important part of AI visibility. Her argument: getting attention is only part of the job. Businesses also need evidence of their expertise beyond their own websites. We explore how podcast interviews and editorial mentions can contribute to that credibility, plus how small businesses can approach P...

Ximena Paul is the CEO and co-founder of Nala, an AI-powered HR platform focused on performance management, talent reviews, succession planning, and workforce planning. We talk about how AI could make employee feedback more useful, why quiet high performers may become easier to see, and how the manager's job changes when AI takes over more of the process work. As AI gets better at tracking performance and spotting patterns across a company, it may start changing who gets promoted at work. Xim...

After experiencing three pregnancy losses, Melissa Ablett-Jordaan couldn't stop thinking about the support she wished existed. She eventually left her COO role and founded Sibyl, an AI companion designed to support women through pregnancy loss. We talk about becoming a first-time founder and the responsibility of building something people may turn to during a deeply vulnerable moment. Recorded live at eMerge Americas 2026, this conversation goes inside the decisions behind Sibyl. I ask Meliss...