36. 2x Ideas with Serial Founder Nick Boniciolli

Today we’re speaking with Nick Boniciolli, founder and CEO of Optible AI. We touch on his serial-entrepreneur-ness, starting with how his stock trading in university funded his first business, through to his current venture.He also brings two ideas to the table that we build on - a life soundtrack based on brainwave emotion detection, and a lie detector based on facial recognition and senses that detect blood flow changes in the face.And we side-track into thoughts on autonomous vehicles, and opportunities in the circular economy.(18:34) Idea #1 - Life soundtrack(25:03) Idea #2 - Blood-flow lie detector(32:11) Autonomous vehicles(33:35) Opportunity in the circular economyGet in contact with Nick: * LinkedIn * Optible AIAbout NickNick Boniciolli, with a decade in the startup technology world, has made significant strides in Alternative Funding and AI. He started trading stocks in university, which funded a string of businesses in music and entertainment, media production and alternative funding. He holds degrees in Engineering and Economics, and in his spare time he’s an award-winning film composer, and rocks a six-string guitar on stage.Optible AI is a ground-breaking platform designed to transform information processing tasks into decision-ready data and automated workflows. Since Optible began in the most unlikely of places - the back of a truck on a dirt road on a Balinese island - they've gone from strength to strength. From day one, their initial project for a Government department, which automated grant application screening , predicted grant decisions with 99% accuracy and potentially saving 91% of assessment work.----------------This episode is part of a special series with _SOUTHSTART in the lead up to the 2024 festival from the 5th to 7th March in Adelaide. Click HERE for tickets and more info.Help us grow by liking, sharing and commenting, and if you're interested in pursuing any of our ideas, or you already have, reach out to us for a chat.If you're an entrepreneur or in corporate innovation and want some help in idea generation and/or idea validation, get in touch with us.Music by Rodney Hutton. Artwork by Anton Mastrullo.