Anish Acharya

I think it's super important that most AI demos happen in controlled environments.

The real challenge begins when AI has to operate inside large organizations where information is fragmented across systems, teams, emails, phone calls, and workflows that have evolved over years.

Logistics and supply chains have become an early proving ground for these systems.

Success depends not just on model intelligence, but on coordination, context, and the ability to execute work reliably in the real world.

Anish Acharya and Olivia Moore speak with Pablo Palafox and Luis Parra from Happy Robot about voice AI, enterprise agents, and the challenges of deploying AI in operationally complex industries.

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The idea guys are sort of having a moment.

In fact, it's funny, like, I'm, like, looking for new ideas to work on.

You know, in the old days, somebody would give you their app idea and you'd be like, oh, here we go again.

And now I'm like, cool, how about I build it for you?

When you're a child, nobody tells you, Kevin, you're bad at drawing or you're good at painting.