{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Lay of The Land","title":"#254 EASE Logistics & jakib","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":3600,"description":"What does it take for AI to matter inside a real operating business? Not as a demo, not as a dashboard, and not as a generic productivity tool — but as something that answers calls, reduces clicks, quotes freight, improves service, and helps people spend more time doing the work that actually moves the business forward.\nToday we're republishing an episode from The O.H.I.O. Fund Report with Mark Kvamme — co-founder, CEO, and CIO of The O.H.I.O. Fund — Peter Coratola, founder and CEO of EASE Logistics, and Andy Jenks, co-founder of JAKIB.ai.\nTogether, they unpack one of the clearest examples we’ve seen of applied AI in Ohio: a service-heavy logistics business navigating a difficult freight market, partnering with an AI company to start small, solve real operational bottlenecks, and eventually build Amy — an AI layer embedded directly into how EASE works. They discuss track-and-trace calls, customer service, quoting, user adoption, CEO-level ownership, and why AI at its best may be less about replacing people and more about multiplying their output.\nSo please enjoy this conversation with Mark Kvamme, Peter Coratola, and Andy Jenks.\n00:00 Introduction to the Ohio Fund and Ease Logistics\n05:12 Challenges in the Logistics Industry\n09:50 AI Transformation in Logistics\n13:55 First AI Project Implementation\n17:26 Integrating AI with Existing Systems\n20:12 User Adoption and Trust in AI\n23:20 Operational Efficiency and Cost Savings\n26:36 AI as a Knowledge Transfer Tool\n31:39 Lessons Learned in AI Implementation\n33:04 The Supercharged Engineer: AI's Impact on Productivity\n34:28 Empowering Non-Technical Users: AI for Everyone\n38:03 AI as a Multiplier: Enhancing Workforce Efficiency\n40:47 Customer-Centric AI: Transforming Client Interactions\n44:26 Mindset for AI Adoption: Insights for Business Leaders\n47:26 Evaluating Business Readiness for AI Implementation\n51:03 The Ohio Advantage: Why Midwestern Companies Thrive\n53:28 Future Predictions: The Next Big Leap in AI and Business...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/83f-43Wz3A8u4303ZUZ8sIr3iY-45NuHaXW4rZCGBA0/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9zaG93/LzE2MTMwLzE2Mjg3/MTAwMjUtYXJ0d29y/ay5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}