Episode Summary

At a Relevance AI community event, Georgie Healy speaks with Beth Lovell (FoBoH), Sam Garven (Hello Canopy) and Sally (King River Capital) about building AI agents that deliver real results. They share practical hacks, first-use cases, and lessons learned on data hygiene, onboarding and keeping humans in the loop. The panel also explores why women are adopting AI at lower rates and how non-engineers can use their unique strengths to create better tools.

Time Stamps

01:05 – Beth’s journey from Woolies X to FoBoH: COVID supply chains, failed portals & why AI is different

04:07 – Sam’s origin story: unsafe workplaces, no safe way to speak up, and building Hello Canopy

06:15 – Sally’s investor lens: hundreds of agents tested, why she backs Relevance AI

07:32 – Favourite hacks you can steal: Replit, sticky notes → tables, system preferences for style

12:26 – First useful agents: outreach automation, policy-scraping, VC inbound triage

17:28 – What we wish we knew before building: expect errors, keep it simple, chain tasks, onboard like a teammate

20:07 – Designing for reality: data hygiene, human-in-the-loop, guardrails

22:27 – Dream agents: life OS, product-copy deployer, Excel-beating modeller

25:10 – Why women adopt AI less — and why that must change

30:32 – Strengths non-engineers should lean into: empathy, domain expertise, communication

33:27 – Career & workflow tips to start tomorrow: post weekly, try tools, ask for opportunities, get to “no” fast

Resources

👾 Relevance AI - https://relevanceai.com/

✨ FoBoH - https://www.foboh.com/

🙋‍♀️ Hello Canopy - https://www.hellocanopy.com/

🤴🏻 King River Capital - http://www.kingriver.co/

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