Podcast Summary: Accelerating Creativity with Full Speed AI’s Custom Workflows

Podcast: Reshaping Workflows with Dell Pro Precision and NVIDIA RTX PRO GPUs
Host: Logan Lawler
Guests: Ben Christopher and Aaron Bilgrad (Full Speed AI)
Date: February 19, 2026

Overview

This episode delves into how Full Speed AI, spearheaded by Ben Christopher and Aaron Bilgrad, is revolutionizing creative and operational workflows across industries. Focusing on the impact of custom AI solutions—powerfully enabled by Dell Pro Precision workstations with NVIDIA RTX PRO GPUs—the discussion covers the shift from off-the-shelf tools to highly tailored, efficient, and locally-deployed AI technology. It’s a candid look behind the scenes, bringing out both the technical breakthroughs and the client-centric “dream sessions” that set Full Speed AI apart.

Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Origins: From Speed Read AI to Full Speed AI

Timestamps: 01:15 – 06:10

• Ben Christopher: 15+ years coding and a screenwriter; founded Speed Read AI in 2023 to expedite entertainment industry script analysis.
  • “I saw, oh, I can build a solution for the entertainment industry ... I brought Aaron on and then this year we founded Full Speed AI as a way to build more custom solutions for businesses.” [01:15]
• Aaron Bilgrad: Extensive entertainment business background and 13 years in entrepreneurship.
  • “We both love the software, we both love where everything's going, but it's like, what do people really need?” [01:44]
• Catalyst: Speed Read AI allowed instantaneous script reading and analysis for studios, saving countless hours.
• Realized many industries have similar needs—quick, intelligent processing of large content and data sets.

2. Why Custom AI? How Off-the-Shelf Falls Short

Timestamps: 06:24 – 08:40

• Off-the-shelf solutions rarely fit perfectly; custom tools can be tailored exactly to client workflows.
  • “...if you're a company in Canada and software was built in Florida and it’s one-size-fits-all, you start using it and you’re like, this is cool, but it’s just not doing exactly what we need.” [07:30 — Aaron]
• Full Speed AI’s collaborative, “translator” approach bridges the gap between broad AI capabilities and specific human needs.
• Big focus: move “mundane” tasks to automation so human creativity can flourish.

3. The Sweet Spot: What Full Speed AI Builds

Timestamps: 10:52 – 14:27

• Focus: Custom engines that understand and manage core company assets (e.g., scripts, documents, massive media libraries).
• Typical clients:
  • Media companies with decades of footage.
  • Legal, healthcare, and others with mountains of documentation.
• Main value: Streamlining A-to-B-to-C workflows that are traditionally arduous, leveraging custom-built AI over proprietary, one-size-fits-all products.
  • “We can radically speed up your workflow as long as you have kind of an A to B to C structure. Like, we can shrink that.” [12:12 — Aaron]
• Cross-industry needs share surprising similarities.

4. Impact of Local, High-Performance Hardware (Dell/NVIDIA)

Timestamps: 14:27 – 19:53

• Move from cloud to local deployment was transformational.
  • “The killer of creativity is definitely API bills. It just, it crushes.” [16:37 — Ben]
• Dell Pro Max and NVIDIA RTX PRO GPUs enable cost-effective local experimentation, privacy, and speed.
  • “It allows us to talk to our clients about what's possible not in the cloud and in a localized way.” [19:54 — Aaron]
  • No more being bottlenecked by cloud resources or cost-prohibitive API usage.
• Local models = flexibility for HIPAA, legal, and proprietary constraints.
• New hardware (e.g., single large VRAM GPUs like the 6000 Blackwell) means seamless handling of bigger models, faster development.

5. Real-World Custom Solutions & Use Cases

Timestamps: 24:39 – 31:41

• Media/Entertainment: Automated script change impact analysis.
  • “If you make a change in the script, you can look at the ways the script is going to change...it'll estimate cost, suggest dialogue, propagate changes downstream.” [24:40 — Aaron]
• Social & Content Creation: Generate “rough edits” and scripts for social posts from massive archived media after relevant events.
  • “It kind of puts together a package... Leveraging this huge trove of content they have that they can’t afford to manually sift through.” [28:49 — Ben]
• Sports/News Aggregation: Fast clip retrieval and highlight montage assembly from decades-old footage.
  • “Sometimes someone will come to them and say, we want to do a montage...we’re going to make this really easy so you can get this thing done pretty fast and do it at scale.” [30:51 — Aaron]
• Value: Not replacing creative jobs, but freeing up staff for higher-level thinking by automating the repetitive “TV watcher”-style roles.
  • “His job was, his title was TV watcher … he always looked exhausted. I was like, he just watched TV all day. He’s like, no, dude, this is awful.” [30:29 — Ben]

6. Unique Approach: "Dream Sessions"

Timestamps: 32:19 – 35:42

• Full Speed AI hosts collaborative “dream calls”—hour-long sessions to deeply understand what workflow pains clients want to fix.
  • “If you could wave a wand and make everything different, what would that be?” [32:19 — Aaron]
• They encourage clients to talk freely—little pain points can suggest big workflow fixes.
  • “Sometimes we'll find in those little requests...maybe the fix is here…it's not like, yeah, tell us your main issue, but you can complain for like 30 minutes if you want, because we'll listen and we might hear something important.” [34:17 — Ben]
• They help their clients pitch the business case internally, showing ROI and cost savings to decision makers.

Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• On Off-the-Shelf vs. Custom AI:

  • Aaron: “There’s a thousand different softwares they can buy off the shelf, but they’re like, 'this is good but it doesn’t really do exactly what our workflow needs.' So we’ll come in … it’s exactly catered to your needs.” [04:54]

• On Hardware Empowerment:

  • Ben: “The killer of creativity is definitely API bills. It just, it crushes…Part of creativity is doing stuff that nobody asked for.” [16:37]
  • Aaron: “You guys are really trying to bring this whole AI thing to the next level…giving us like this great machinery that we can use … it's taken everything to a new level.” [19:54]

• On Workflow Automation’s Real Purpose:

  • Ben: “Anyone who’s had a job has had moments where they're like, 'why am I doing this? This isn't what you're paying me to do.'” [06:10]
  • Aaron: “The whole idea is, by putting this out there, the people who were like slaving away on really menial tasks all day, that can get done for them … you can actually use their creative mind a lot better.” [05:51]

• On the Power of Dream Sessions:

  • Aaron: “We would love to have a dream call with you. It is a great time … there's no obligation. It’s just a way for you to get your company moving into the AI direction.” [36:58]

Key Timestamps

• [01:15] – Ben’s background and the genesis of Speed Read AI
• [03:06] – What Speed Read AI is and market need for Full Speed AI
• [06:24] – Discussion: Off-the-shelf software limitations
• [10:52] – What workflows Full Speed AI focuses on
• [14:27] – Importance of Dell/NVIDIA hardware (local vs. cloud)
• [16:37] – "The killer of creativity is API bills!"
• [24:39] – Real-world use case: Managing script changes
• [28:49] – Real-world use case: Instant social media edits from media archives
• [30:29] – Anecdote: "TV watcher" role at a late-night show
• [32:19] – Dream Sessions: How Full Speed AI gathers requirements
• [36:02] – One-minute summary for new listeners
• [38:25] – Where to find Full Speed AI

Takeaways for Non-Listeners

• Full Speed AI crafts custom AI solutions that fit the exact workflow needs of businesses—especially where off-the-shelf isn’t good enough.
• Their approach is highly collaborative (“dream sessions”), focusing on discovering pain points and designing software that automates the boring, freeing staff for higher-level creative work.
• Dell Pro Max and NVIDIA RTX PRO GPUs make this possible—local processing is faster, more private, and cheaper for creative iteration, model tuning, and high-volume workflows.
• Their technology is already revolutionizing how media companies handle script changes, video search, and even social content generation—solutions that can translate to other industries with complex content needs.
• Open invitation: Any business curious about AI’s potential can book a no-pressure dream call to talk possibilities.

Quick Links

• Website & Dream Session Signup: Go Fullspeed AI
• Socials: @fullspeedai on Instagram and other major platforms

“We know we need to use AI, but we don’t know how to do it and we don’t know where to turn. We are the people you can turn to. We would love to have a dream call with you.” — Aaron Bilgrad [36:58]