This episode explores how to make AI practical, powerful, and human. Chris Parker talks with Walid Boulanouar, founder of AY Automate, about real-world implementations of generative AI and automation in business. They dig into adoption strategies, buy-versus-build tradeoffs, and how leaders can simplify their operations without losing speed or soul.

Walid shares insights from building layered agentic systems and how he approaches every client engagement with one principle: solve real pain quickly.Walid brings the perspective of a founder, builder, and systems thinker. With roots in full-time engineering and a transition into entrepreneurship, he created AY Automate to meet a clear need: making AI approachable and immediately useful. His approach is grounded in observation, experimentation, and pragmatism. What makes him stand out is not just his technical fluency, but his ability to orchestrate solutions that feel personal, efficient, and scalable.

Listeners will walk away with a fresh mindset for adopting AI: focus on the pain, not the tool. They’ll hear examples of automation implemented step by step, how to assess tool feasibility, and what it looks like to integrate agents into daily business. This episode is especially relevant for founders, operators, and change agents navigating complexity in fast-moving environments.

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