The show for people doing the work.

We start with the operating problem, follow the implementation trade-offs, and ask what changed after the demo. Tools are evidence, not the story.

The show examines the practical work behind AI adoption: agentic workflows, knowledge systems, architecture, integration, governance, costs and the decisions that determine whether a pilot becomes a reliable operating capability. We focus on what people have built, where the constraints appeared and what changed after the first demo.

It is for business owners, operators and technical leaders who own a process, budget, system or adoption outcome.

An operator in this context may be the person responsible for a business process, a technical system, an AI adoption programme, a budget or the quality of the result. The audience includes people making implementation decisions in small businesses, growing companies and larger organisations.

AI Operators is operated by Valid Agenda Pty Ltd from Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Dave Pengelley, Richard Webbe, Matt Slager and Marno Brits host the weekly panel, with operators, founders and specialists joining when their experience can add practical signal for the audience.

The show combines a weekly live conversation with published episode pages, show notes, chapters, resources and transcripts where they are available. AI Operators also publishes IRL event recaps, talk pages and guest profiles.

AI Operators is a media and community project operated by Valid Agenda Pty Ltd. It is not a software vendor, a managed service desk, investment advice, or a substitute for legal, financial, security or implementation advice tailored to a particular organisation.

The show accepts selected guest, sponsor and partnership enquiries. A guest appearance or sponsorship relationship is not, by itself, an endorsement of a product, company or position.

Episodes are conversations, not product documentation or investment advice. Guests and hosts may describe their own experiences, tools and opinions. Where a discussion makes a factual claim, use the cited primary source or a current official source before treating it as settled guidance.

Use the topic guide to choose a starting point, then open an episode page for the conversation, transcript, chapters, resources and linked primary sources.

Start with the episode archive or topic guide when you need a particular question, then open the relevant episode page for its show notes, chapters, resources and transcript. Attribute opinions to the named speaker and episode. Transcripts are conversational records and can contain corrections, shorthand and incomplete context, so they should not be treated as a standalone source for high-stakes claims.

AI Operators also publishes IRL event recaps, individual talk pages and guest profiles. These pages are intended to help people find a specific conversation without treating an appearance as an endorsement of a product, company or position.