Host Dave Fiore speaks with Ja’Baree Allen, founder of Phusion AI, a Tallahassee-based tech company helping small businesses put artificial intelligence to work in practical, meaningful ways.
Ja’Baree grew up in Perry, Florida, navigating racism in a divided small town, being the smart kid on the bus who learned early that standing out can cut both ways. He had a gift for words, a photographic memory and an entrepreneurial instinct he couldn’t quite explain. Music gave him a voice and a professor at FSU’s Jim Moran College of Entrepreneurship gave him something he had never had before — someone who truly believed in him.
These days Phusion AI is an Anthropic and NVIDIA partner bringing serious technology to local businesses that would not otherwise have access to it. Ja’Baree will tell you God opened every door and that he continues to walk in faith right through them.
Dave and Ja’Baree talk about opportunity, community and what it really means to build something bigger than yourself.
