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Elixir AI Dispatch. Conversations with the practitioners building and operating enterprise AI in production. Not panel discussions. Not predictions. Decisions and outcomes from real deployments.

Every episode of Elixir AI Dispatch features a conversation with an Elixir practitioner, a client stakeholder, or a domain expert who has made a specific decision about enterprise AI in production. What they decided. What happened. What they would do differently. Available on all major podcast platforms.

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Conversations from the practitioners operating enterprise AI.

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Episode 07

Finance leaders on what changed when AI ran the close: Three CFO conversations from 2026

Three CFOs share the same observation: the month-end sprint did not disappear when AI arrived. The remaining work is the hardest to automate. What that means for finance teams planning AI deployments in 2026.

  • Finance Operations
  • 48 min
  • LIXI, Elixir Books
Episode 06

What Codelco showed us about sourcing automation at scale: 250 RFP events per day, zero buyers involved

The Kyyte delivery lead on the Codelco SourcifAI engagement. What made it work, what the 500+ suppliers per RFP event required from the data architecture, and what 6-8 FTE saved actually looks like in a procurement team.

  • Procurement AI
  • SAP Ariba
  • 52 min
Episode 05

The data foundation problem: Why 60% of enterprise AI programmes stall at the same point

Elixir's AI data practice lead on what the AI Outlook 2026 research found about data foundation failures. The specific types of data quality issues that stop an AI build mid-programme, and how the Agentic AI Framework's Layer 1 addresses them before the build begins.

  • AI Strategy
  • Data Foundation
  • 44 min
Episode 04

Claim denied: How SAP MedTech AI reduced a Gulf healthcare group's denial cycle from 14 days to under 9

The Healthcare RCM Hypercase in full. The delivery lead on the NLP model selection, the governance requirements for a Gulf healthcare environment, and why the outcome is still being improved twelve months after go-live.

  • Healthcare AI
  • SAP MedTech
  • 56 min
Episode 03

Permanent Operations: Why most AI programmes fail after go-live and what Elixir does differently

Elixir's Agentic Operations lead on Layer 5 of the Agentic AI Framework. What Permanent Operations actually involves day to day, how 314 agents are currently being operated, and what the monthly outcome report looks like.

  • Agentic Operations
  • All platforms
  • 50 min
Episode 02

VPRC and the patent behind the agent: How owned research reaches production inside SAP

VPRC's research director on the path from the multi-agent orchestration patent to the coordinated agent architecture inside SourcifAI and the six Kyyte products. What research-to-production actually looks like on a 12 to 18 month cycle.

  • VPRC Research
  • SAP BTP
  • 46 min
Episode 01

The AI-First Manifesto: Five principles and why each one came from a programme that failed without it

Elixir's practice leads on the origin of each of the five AI-First Manifesto principles. Each principle is traced back to a specific programme failure pattern that the principle was designed to prevent. The AI Outlook 2026 research findings presented in context.

  • AI Strategy
  • Manifesto
  • 54 min

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Recent episodes

Ep 07: Finance leaders and the closeEp 06: Codelco and SourcifAIEp 05: The data foundation problemEp 04: Healthcare RCM Hypercase

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