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Building better business relationships in the age of AI requires more than collecting contacts or automating follow-ups. Zvi Band shares how entrepreneurs, consultants, and business owners can use AI to remember important details, organize their professional networks, and maintain relationships more consistently without losing the human connection that makes them valuable. He explains why relationships can start fading from memory after roughly six months, how to decide who deserves your attention, and why networking works better when it becomes a repeatable system instead of something you get to when you have time. As AI handles more of the administrative work, skills like curiosity, judgment, presence, and genuine care may become even more important. 00:00 Introduction 02:25 Why Relationships Matter More in the AI Era 05:32 How AI Makes Relationship Building More Human 06:58 Can AI Actually Help Us Care More? 11:29 The Relationship OS for Solopreneurs 14:59 How Fast Do Business Relationships Fade? 16:40 Th