Leveraging AI

Are your Custom GPTs living on borrowed time—or is this the perfect opportunity to build something even better?
Rumors that OpenAI may phase out Custom GPTs have sparked plenty of debate. But instead of focusing on what might disappear, this episode explores what comes next—and why business leaders should be paying attention now.
If you've invested time building AI automations, or you're just starting to explore how AI can streamline your business, you'll discover how Custom GPTs, Projects, Skills, and Agents fit together, where each one excels, and why the future belongs to portable, reusable AI workflows.
Rather than waiting for platform changes to force your hand, learn how to build AI systems that are flexible, scalable, and ready for what's next. This episode breaks down the concepts into practical examples you can apply immediately.
In this session, you'll discover:
Why the rumors around Custom GPTs matter—and what they could mean for your business.
The differences between Chats, Custom GPTs, Projects, Skills, and AI Agents.
When Projects are a better choice than Custom GPTs.
How Skills make AI automations reusable across multiple workflows.
The building blocks behind effective AI automation: instructions, context, and memory.
A practical framework for creating reliable AI workflows that deliver consistent results.
How to transition from simple prompts to sophisticated AI-powered business processes.
Real-world examples of proposal automation, reporting, and workflow orchestration.
About Leveraging AI
The Ultimate AI Course for Business People: https://multiplai.ai/ai-course/
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Connect with Isar Meitis: https://www.linkedin.com/in/isarmeitis/ 
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Is your business ready for a world where AI doesn't just answer questions—but gets the work done?
The age of agentic AI has officially arrived. Companies are rapidly shifting from chat-based AI to autonomous AI agents capable of completing hours of work with minimal human involvement. The organizations that adapt early are likely to gain a significant competitive advantage, while those that hesitate risk falling behind.
In this episode, Isar Metis unpacks the biggest AI developments of the week—from OpenAI's dramatic internal transformation and Anthropic's latest enterprise agent, to the growing talent war between leading AI labs and breakthrough healthcare applications. More importantly, he explains what these changes mean for business leaders and how to prepare your organization for the next phase of AI adoption.
In this session, you'll discover:
 Why OpenAI has shifted almost entirely to agentic AI internally. 
 What the end of Custom GPTs means for businesses. 
 How Anthropic's Claude is becoming a true AI teammate inside Slack. 
 The biggest challenges around AI governance, security, and trust. 
 Why AI agents are creating new budgeting and infrastructure challenges. 
 The growing competition for top AI researchers—and why it matters. 
 Healthcare breakthroughs showing AI's real-world impact. 
 Practical steps every business leader should take today to prepare for an agentic future. 
If you're leading a team, shaping AI strategy, or simply trying to stay ahead of one of the fastest technology shifts in history, this episode will help you separate the hype from the practical reality.
About Leveraging AI
The Ultimate AI Course for Business People: https://multiplai.ai/ai-course/
YouTube Full Episodes: https://www.youtube.com/@Multiplai_AI/
Connect with Isar Meitis: https://www.linkedin.com/in/isarmeitis/ 
Join our Live Sessions, AI Hangouts and newsletter: https://services.multiplai.ai/events
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What if the biggest AI opportunity for your business isn't ChatGPT—but the tool quietly replacing it?
While much of the AI conversation has focused on Claude Code and coding assistants, a new contender is changing how business leaders think about productivity, automation, and execution.
In this episode, Dan Sanchez joins Isar Meitis to explore how OpenAI Codex has evolved far beyond software development. Together they reveal how AI agents can proactively find context, take action, automate complex workflows, and become true collaborators inside your business, not just chatbots that answer questions. 
If you're looking for practical ways to scale marketing, streamline operations, and unlock new levels of efficiency without increasing headcount, this conversation offers a glimpse into what the next generation of AI-powered work looks like. 
In this session, you'll discover:
 Why OpenAI Codex is gaining momentum beyond software development 
 The key differences between Codex, ChatGPT, Claude Code, and Claude CoWork 
 How AI agents proactively find context and execute tasks autonomously 
 Why project-based AI workflows are becoming essential for modern businesses 
 How Dan uses Codex for marketing, content creation, and process automation 
 The power of AI-accessible folders, files, and organizational systems 
 How AI can generate, manage, and improve business assets over time 
 Practical examples of automating large-scale content operations 
 Why business leaders should start thinking beyond prompts and toward AI-powered execution 
 The future of agentic workflows and AI-assisted business operations
About Leveraging AI
The Ultimate AI Course for Business People: https://multiplai.ai/ai-course/
YouTube Full Episodes: https://www.youtube.com/@Multiplai_AI/
Connect with Isar Meitis: https://www.linkedin.com/in/isarmeitis/ 
Join our Live Sessions, AI Hangouts and newsletter: https://services.multiplai.ai/events
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Can a company reach 1 billion users before figuring out how to make money—and still dominate the future of AI?
This week’s AI news cycle delivered a fascinating mix of milestones, competitive shakeups, enterprise AI breakthroughs, security concerns, and agentic innovation. OpenAI crossed the historic 1-billion-user mark, Microsoft opened Copilot CoWork to the masses, SpaceX made a massive move with its $60 billion Cursor acquisition, and new open-source challengers emerged to challenge the industry's biggest players. 
For business leaders, the message is becoming increasingly clear: AI capabilities are no longer the bottleneck. Adoption, governance, employee enablement, and operational execution are now the real competitive advantages. Organizations that successfully train their teams and embed AI into daily workflows are already seeing dramatic productivity gains and measurable business outcomes. 
In this session, you'll discover:
 Why OpenAI's 1-billion-user milestone may be more complicated than the headlines suggest 
 How ChatGPT's market share slipped below 50% while Gemini and Claude continue gaining ground 
 OpenAI's new $150 million partner network and what it means for enterprise AI adoption 
 Why Microsoft Copilot CoWork could become a game changer for organizations already invested in Microsoft 365 
 The strategic implications of SpaceX acquiring Cursor for $60 billion 
 How new open-source coding models are challenging leading closed-source AI systems 
 Why AI governance and international cooperation became a major focus at the G7 Summit 
 The growing scrutiny facing OpenAI ahead of its anticipated IPO 
 New developments in agentic AI platforms from Databricks and Vercel 
 How leading companies are using AI agents to transform productivity and operations 
 What business leaders need to know about AI's growing impact on jobs, hiring, and workforce planning 
 Why employees who openly use AI may still face workplace stigma despite widespread adoption
About Leveraging AI
The Ultimate AI Course for Business People: https://multiplai.ai/ai-course/
YouTube Full Episodes: https://www.youtube.com/@Multiplai_AI/
Connect with Isar Meitis: https://www.linkedin.com/in/isarmeitis/ 
Join our Live Sessions, AI Hangouts and newsletter: https://services.multiplai.ai/events
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What happens when AI starts building the next generation of AI—and even its creators admit they don't know what comes next?
This week, we explore a convergence of breakthroughs, billion-dollar bets, government oversight, and legal accountability that could reshape business faster than most leaders are prepared for. Anthropic's latest research suggests we're approaching an era where AI systems increasingly improve themselves, while governments are simultaneously looking for ways to slow, regulate, or gain visibility into the process. 
For business leaders, this isn't a future problem. It's a present-day strategic challenge. The organizations that understand how these forces connect—from AI capability acceleration to trillion-dollar capital markets and industry-wide disruption—will be far better positioned to navigate what's coming next.
In this session, you'll discover:
 Why Anthropic believes recursive self-improvement may arrive sooner than most institutions are prepared for. 
 How AI is now generating the majority of code used to improve future AI systems. 
 What the latest AI performance gains mean for software development, research, and innovation. 
 Why OpenAI and Anthropic are pursuing trillion-dollar-scale IPOs. 
 How AI-driven consolidation could transform industries such as accounting. 
 The emerging government response to increasingly powerful frontier AI models. 
 Why policymakers are exploring new forms of oversight, ownership, and control of AI infrastructure. 
 The growing debate around legal liability when AI-generated mistakes create real-world consequences. 
 What business leaders should be watching over the next 12–24 months.
About Leveraging AI
The Ultimate AI Course for Business People: https://multiplai.ai/ai-course/
YouTube Full Episodes: https://www.youtube.com/@Multiplai_AI/
Connect with Isar Meitis: https://www.linkedin.com/in/isarmeitis/ 
Join our Live Sessions, AI Hangouts and newsletter: https://services.multiplai.ai/events
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