Podcast Payoffs Rewind: AI As Your Teammate, with Evan Ryan
Oct 17, 2025
Evan Ryan, founder of Teammate AI and author of 'AI as Your Teammate', shares insights from his decade of experience integrating AI into businesses. He reveals how AI can enhance creativity by automating mundane tasks and discusses his ambitious goal to free up 10 million work hours. Evan emphasizes the importance of human wisdom in conjunction with AI and highlights the need for continuous upskilling. He provides practical strategies for leveraging AI, transforming it into a customizable teammate for increased productivity and innovation.
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How A Conference Sparked Evan's Path
- Evan discovered AI at a conference and taught himself coding after seeing AI outperform doctors in cancer diagnosis.
- That moment sparked his drive to use AI to eliminate boring tasks and build a company.
AI Is An Enabler Not A Lifeline
- Evan defines AI as a computer doing something a human used to do and positions it as an enabler for growth.
- AI frees humans from robotic tasks so teams can create bigger and better marketplace value.
Augmented Intelligence, Not Artificial Wisdom
- AI adds intelligence without adding humans but does not replace human wisdom and creativity.
- Augmented intelligence frees humans to apply judgment and create value.
