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Dylan Condensa: Hey guys. Michael Houck: Hey Dylan. Ed’s here too. Edward Goode: Hi there. Dylan Condensa: Oh great. So thanks for making the time. I’ll be quick because I know you’re both busy. I run a podcast called The AI Native Show and I’m basically looking to interview founders who are building with AI in interesting ways. And Megaphone came up on my radar as a company doing really cool stuff in this space. Michael Houck: Yeah, happy to chat. What’s the format of the podcast? Dylan Condensa: It’s roughly 45 minutes to an hour, typically one-on-one, and I focus a lot on the tactical side of things , how people are actually using AI in their workflows, what’s working, what’s not. Less of the big picture theoretical stuff. Michael Houck: That’s our favorite kind of conversation. Dylan Condensa: Good. So can you give me the quick overview of what Megaphone does? Michael Houck: Yeah, so Megaphone is a content agency focused on newsletters and LinkedIn for B2B companies. We do all the writing and strategy and production. And what makes us a bit different is that we’ve built a pretty significant AI layer into our operations. So we’re using AI for research, for first drafts, for editing feedback, for distribution insights. Dylan Condensa: How long have you been building that out? Michael Houck: We started seriously investing in it about a year ago. Before that it was pretty manual. And I think the shift has been pretty dramatic in terms of what we can produce and how fast. Dylan Condensa: And where do you see the biggest gains from AI? Edward Goode: For me it’s definitely on the research and synthesis side. We can take a client interview that’s like an hour long and within minutes have a really strong first draft that captures their voice and their ideas. That used to take a writer a day or more. Michael Houck: And the consistency piece is big too. Like, one of the hard things at scale is keeping the quality consistent across writers and across clients. AI helps with that in ways that are hard to replicate otherwise. Dylan Condensa: What are the limits you’re bumping into? Michael Houck: Voice is still the hardest thing. Getting AI to truly sound like a specific person , like, capturing their idioms, their sentence patterns, the way they think , that’s still a craft thing. The AI can get you 70% of the way there but you need skilled editors to close the gap. Dylan Condensa: And how do clients feel about AI being in the process? Michael Houck: It’s evolved. A year ago people were nervous. Now, most of our clients are asking how they can do more with AI, not less. The anxiety has really shifted. Dylan Condensa: Love that. Okay, I think this would make a great episode. Can we find a time to record? Michael Houck: Yeah, definitely. Reach out to Ed and we’ll get something on the calendar. Dylan Condensa: Perfect. Thanks guys. Edward Goode: Thanks Dylan.