Inside the builds, brains & businesses of founders shipping with AI.
A podcast for founders building with AI.
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Into the Engine Room is an unfiltered look inside the builds, brains and businesses of founders shipping with AI.
Ollie sits down with founders of cool companies and digs into the backstory, the marketing playbook, the growth curve, and how AI actually shows up in the day-to-day of their business — no fluff, no theatre, just the engine room.
Some Recent Episodes
Embracing the AI roller coaster
How a napkin idea turned into a category-defining product, the early scrappy growth loops, and where AI quietly took over the back office. read more
Accelerate your business success
The marketing bets that actually moved the needle, the hires that mattered, and the AI workflows running quietly under the hood. read more
Founders, your name is your brand
What it really looks like to ship AI features customers pay for. The stack, the team shape, and the wins worth stealing. read more
Hosted by Hanani
Hanani is Host of Into the Engine Room, speaking to founders across the US and having real, genuine conversations.
With a background spanning global markets, she has helped businesses adopt digital services, marketing strategies, and AI systems that drive real growth.
Topics we cover
Founder Backstory
The real path from idea to first customer.
AI in Operations
Agents, automations and workflows in production.
Marketing Playbooks
The experiments that moved the needle.
Scaling & Hiring
Growing without losing what made it work.
Product & Engineering
Shipping fast and deciding what not to build.
Revenue & Fundraising
Bootstrapped, venture-backed, or in between.