Inside the builds, brains & businesses of founders shipping 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
Building a billion-dollar company from a one-page sketch — Founder Name
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
Scaling past the first million ARR without burning the team — Founder Name
The marketing bets that actually moved the needle, the hires that mattered, and the AI workflows running quietly under the hood. read more
AI in production, not in slides — Founder Name
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 Ollie
Ollie is Host of Into the Engine Room, speaking to founders across the US and having real, genuine conversations.
He has consulted with some of the top brands in the world, including Ray-Ban, Meta, Schwarzkopf, Hinge, and many more.
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.