Partnership ecosystems are evolving quickly as native AI companies scale at unprecedented speed. In this Belly2Belly episode, Bill Kenney talks with Chris Samila from Partnership Leaders about how AI companies are building partner programs, why distribution matters more than ever, and how service and technology partners are beginning to blend together in the AI economy.

Chris Samila, Partnership Leaders
https://www.partnershipleaders.com/
https://www.joincatalyst.com/
https://www.linkedin.com/in/chrissamila/
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Bill Kenney, bill@meetroi.com
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AI partnerships are evolving quickly, but they are not yet mature.

In this Belly2Belly episode, Bill Kenney speaks with David Winter of Orion Innovation about the current AI partnership landscape and what system integrators should focus on today.

They cover:
• Why AI partnerships currently flow through cloud ecosystems
• The role of Microsoft AI Foundry and AWS Bedrock
• How frontier AI partner programs may develop by 2026
• The hardware layer behind AI inference
• How to prepare to become a launch partner

David Winter
Orion Innovation
https://www.linkedin.com/in/davewinter3/

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Bill Kenney, bill@meetroi.com
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Sales is the one lynchpin to U.S. success.

In this Belly2Belly episode, Bill Kenney talks with Cameron Heffernan from Beyond Borders Marketing about the most common mistakes companies make when expanding into the U.S. market and how to avoid them.

They discuss why go-to-market matters more than operations, how to approach early traction, why niche targeting works, and what realistic B2B timelines look like.

Cameron Heffernan
https://www.linkedin.com/in/cameronjh/
https://www.marketingbeyondborders.com/blog-posts/expanding-to-the-us-market-avoid-these-8-most-common-missteps

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