AI Heroes: Jason Hauer - Episode 15

<p><strong>AI Heroes: Jason Hauer on Agentic AI, Predictive Insight and Compounding Innovation</strong> ⚡</p><p>In this episode, Dave sits down with innovation veteran <strong>Jason Hauer</strong>, founder of The Garage Group and now builder of a portfolio of <strong>AI native companies</strong>, to unpack how enterprise teams can move beyond experiments and turn AI into real revenue, speed and market impact.</p><p>Jason shares what he looks for when backing AI products for modern enterprises: robust security and LLM agnostic builds, yes, but more importantly, <strong>predictive intelligence</strong> that surfaces cultural and category signals early, automation that removes the bottom 80% of manual work and execution engines that take ideas all the way to shelf.</p><p>We also dive into:<br />• <strong>Agentic AI</strong> as an outcomes engine, from always on search to hands free concepting, testing and go to market<br />• Why leadership mindset, curiosity, experimentation and fluency now outperforms classic process optimization<br />• Predictive insight in the wild, including cultural trend detection such as GLP 1, flavor and ingredient foresight and faster retail sell in<br />• Avoiding new bottlenecks by pairing AI acceleration with partners who can execute at the same speed<br />• <strong>Compounding advantage</strong>, capturing and connecting learnings so portfolios get smarter, Oura style feedback loops<br />• Rethinking ROI, start with use cases linked to the P&amp;L, iterate in public and scale what works<br />• How answer engines and agentic shopping will change brand discovery and why marketers must adapt now</p><p>If you lead insights, innovation or brand growth and you’re ready to shift from pilots to pipelines, this conversation is a practical playbook for building AI systems that <strong>predict, decide and ship</strong>.</p><p>Connect with Jason on <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/jasonhauer/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">LinkedIn</a> to learn more about his AI ventures and follow <a href="https://open.spotify.com/show/2bvTekXCVa5hbF1VnaF3HV?si=w6EKkr6oRoujEm6PFGVmxw" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">One Strategy Studio</a> for new episodes.</p>