Ep 323 Autonomously Intelligent - Your AI Employees with Alok Kumar, Co-Founder & CEO of Cozmo AI; San Francisco, CA, USA
Wed Feb 04 2026
Are AI employees the future of hiring and operations?
In today’s episode, I sat down with Alok Kumar, co-founder and CEO of Cozmo AI, to explore the cutting-edge AI tools that are changing the game for enterprises. Alok takes us inside Cozmo AI’s platform, which enables businesses to build AI agents capable of seeing, speaking, thinking, and acting all while maintaining a human-like touch. From reducing costs to streamlining complex workflows, Cozmo AI is helping enterprises across industries like banking, insurance, and sales scale at lightning speed.
We also tackle some of the toughest challenges in AI adoption, like data integration and overcoming the fear of automation taking jobs. Whether you’re a business leader or a tech enthusiast, this episode is packed with insights that will help you harness AI to its full potential.
Here are the highlights:
-Transforming Enterprises with Multimodal AI: Alok explains how Cozmo AI’s agents can not only handle text and calls but also analyze images, videos, and documents—enabling businesses to automate tasks that were once too complex for machines.
-Eliminating AI Adoption Barriers: We dig into the real obstacles businesses face when adopting AI and how Cozmo AI’s platform removes these hurdles by creating seamless integration across systems, so you don’t need 19 different tools.
-AI That Feels Human: Alok shares how Cozmo AI is pushing the boundaries of what we expect from automation—creating agents so lifelike that customers often don’t realize they’re speaking to AI, enhancing both speed and customer satisfaction.
-From Startup to Scale-Up: Alok opens up about Cozmo AI’s rapid growth, from a FinTech startup to a multimodal AI platform used by Fortune 100 companies, and how they cracked the code on founder-led sales and building a network of early adopters.
-The Future of AI in Business: Alok offers a bold vision for the future, where AI becomes an integrated, intuitive backbone for enterprises, making operations smarter, faster, and more efficient across the board.
About the guest: Alok Kumar is the co-founder and CEO of Cozmo AI, a cutting-edge platform that’s revolutionizing enterprise operations with multimodal AI. With a background in engineering and management consulting, Alok has built Cozmo AI into a solution trusted by Fortune 100 companies in industries like banking, insurance, and sales. His passion for leveraging AI to solve complex business challenges drives his vision of creating human-like, intelligent agents that can see, speak, think, and act. Before founding Cozmo AI, Alok co-founded a successful FinTech company, and his work continues to push the boundaries of AI innovation.
Connect with Alok:
Website: https://hellocozmo.ai/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alokhk
Connect with Allison:
Feedspot has named Disruptive CEO Nation as one of the Top 25 CEO Podcasts on the web.
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/allisonsummerschicago/
Website: https://www.disruptiveceonation.com/
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Are AI employees the future of hiring and operations? In today’s episode, I sat down with Alok Kumar, co-founder and CEO of Cozmo AI, to explore the cutting-edge AI tools that are changing the game for enterprises. Alok takes us inside Cozmo AI’s platform, which enables businesses to build AI agents capable of seeing, speaking, thinking, and acting all while maintaining a human-like touch. From reducing costs to streamlining complex workflows, Cozmo AI is helping enterprises across industries like banking, insurance, and sales scale at lightning speed. We also tackle some of the toughest challenges in AI adoption, like data integration and overcoming the fear of automation taking jobs. Whether you’re a business leader or a tech enthusiast, this episode is packed with insights that will help you harness AI to its full potential. Here are the highlights: -Transforming Enterprises with Multimodal AI: Alok explains how Cozmo AI’s agents can not only handle text and calls but also analyze images, videos, and documents—enabling businesses to automate tasks that were once too complex for machines. -Eliminating AI Adoption Barriers: We dig into the real obstacles businesses face when adopting AI and how Cozmo AI’s platform removes these hurdles by creating seamless integration across systems, so you don’t need 19 different tools. -AI That Feels Human: Alok shares how Cozmo AI is pushing the boundaries of what we expect from automation—creating agents so lifelike that customers often don’t realize they’re speaking to AI, enhancing both speed and customer satisfaction. -From Startup to Scale-Up: Alok opens up about Cozmo AI’s rapid growth, from a FinTech startup to a multimodal AI platform used by Fortune 100 companies, and how they cracked the code on founder-led sales and building a network of early adopters. -The Future of AI in Business: Alok offers a bold vision for the future, where AI becomes an integrated, intuitive backbone for enterprises, making operations smarter, faster, and more efficient across the board. About the guest: Alok Kumar is the co-founder and CEO of Cozmo AI, a cutting-edge platform that’s revolutionizing enterprise operations with multimodal AI. With a background in engineering and management consulting, Alok has built Cozmo AI into a solution trusted by Fortune 100 companies in industries like banking, insurance, and sales. His passion for leveraging AI to solve complex business challenges drives his vision of creating human-like, intelligent agents that can see, speak, think, and act. Before founding Cozmo AI, Alok co-founded a successful FinTech company, and his work continues to push the boundaries of AI innovation. Connect with Alok: Website: https://hellocozmo.ai/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alokhk Connect with Allison: Feedspot has named Disruptive CEO Nation as one of the Top 25 CEO Podcasts on the web. LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/allisonsummerschicago/ Website: https://www.disruptiveceonation.com/ #CEO #leadership #startup #founder #business #businesspodcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices