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Nobody lies to their search bar. Every day, millions of people type their real fears, desires, and questions into a box with zero filter. And right now, AI is intercepting those answers before your brand ever shows up.
In this episode, I sit down with Stephan Bajaio, co-founder of Conductor (the enterprise SEO platform behind FedEx, Uber, and Johns Hopkins), who scaled the company to a $525M valuation, sold it to WeWork, survived the collapse, and helped buy it back. Now the CEO of VibeLogic, Stephan breaks down why "Web Presence Intelligence" is replacing SEO, how AI is rewriting the rules of customer discovery, and what businesses of all sizes need to do to survive the disruption ahead.
Topics covered:
- The WeWork acquisition and implosion (from the inside)
- Why the SEO industry's identity crisis is its own fault
- Web Presence Intelligence: the framework replacing traditional SEO
- How AI chatbots, Reddit, and LLMs are intercepting your buyers
- Building an uncopyable data moat from your company's internal wisdom
- Why your input matters more than your output in the AI age
- Uncle Elie learning Chinese at 102 (and why that matters)
Watch the full video episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZTrkCh2s_vo
Connect with Stephan: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/stephanbajaio/
Website: https://www.vibelogic.com/
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