December 17, 2025 · 51 min · Season 9 · Episode 20
About this episode
James Cadwallader discusses the impact of AI on branding and information retrieval.
James and Hector sit down with James Cadwallader, CEO and Co Founder of Profound, to unpack how AI is reshaping the internet and what that means for every brand on the planet. James explains why large language models are not just a new interface, but a fundamental platform shift in how people retrieve information. Instead of humans clicking blue links, user agents now visit the web on our behalf, read content, and answer questions directly. Profound sits in the middle of this change, helping ...
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Host: Hector
Guest: James Cadwallader
Topics covered
AI Visibility
branding
large language models
information retrieval
internet transformation
Keywords
AI
branding
large language models
internet
information retrieval
user agents
Profound
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Organizations: Profound
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