All Episodes
The AI Corner — 60 episodes
Node co-founder Steven Baker on diagnosing broken workflows, the disappearing CIO role, and building an AI-native company from New Zealand | The AI Corner Ep: 53 Steven Baker
AI, copyright, and why developers can't give an IP indemnity on AI‑built product anymore | The AI Corner Ep: 52 Andrew Dentice
How a Napier creative agency is using AI to rebuild pre-earthquake Pā sites and tell Holocaust survivor stories | The AI Corner Ep: 51 Dan Browne
From data scientist to enterprise AI leader at NZ Post | The AI Corner Ep: 50 Tom Lintern
How a 200-person airport runs AI like a small city | The AI Corner Ep: 49 Fiona Millar
From exec buy-in to build vs buy: AI lessons from a billion-dollar food business | The AI Corner Ep: 48 Sean Narayan
From Air NZ engineer to AI founder: Solving AI search invisibility for NZ brands | The AI Corner Ep: 47 Derrick Edward
AI transformation lessons across Fonterra, One NZ and Spark, shadow AI risks, and measuring invisible human value | The AI Corner Ep: 46 Habib Baluwala
NZ's first ChatGPT App: Trade Me Property; the distribution shift coming for every business; and why marketing to AI agents is the next frontier | The AI Corner Ep 45
From agency leader to solo founder building Geodde with Claude Code, GEO vs SEO, and staying lean in the AI age | The AI Corner Ep 44: Toby Cox
What is OpenClaw / Clawdbot, its security risks, and building 24/7 with AI agent teams | Adam Holt: The AI Corner - Episode 43
AI On The Couch Ep 6 - Building The AI Corner: 0 → 6,000 Subscribers In One Year
26 years of AI lessons, why RAG isn't just bigger memory, how AI cut his recruitment from 290 hours to 10, plus why NZ needs local GPUs | Damon Kelly: The AI Corner - Episode 42
The AI Bubble, tech feudalism, China's AI strategy, and what NZ must do before it's too late | Ben Reid: The AI Corner - Episode 41
How NZ AI start-up Contented transforms conversations into insights, the 70 coffee challenge, and why AI shouldn't overshadow humans | Hannah Hardy-Jones: The AI Corner - Episode 40
Automating work humans shouldn't be doing with Dave Howden from Superhuman AI, and why doing nothing with AI impacts everyone in your business | The AI Corner - Episode 39
ProCare CEO Bindi Norwell on AI in healthcare, preventative care strategy, and empowering 2,500 clinicians | The AI Corner - Episode 38
How AI mirrors reflect our assumptions, auto-fabrication over automation, and AI in education with Dr Guy Bate | The AI Corner - Episode 37
How NZ SMBs Access Enterprise AI to grow profitably with Asa Cox (Arcanum AI) | The AI Corner Ep 36
Mike's Musings | Agentic Commerce Explained: AP2, ACP & The Rise of AI Shopping Agents
How to drive AI adoption using real‑world training with Cowan Henderson at Avocado AI | The AI Corner - Episode 35
How AI is reshaping work, leadership, and talent in NZ with Fiona Hewitt: Episode 34
Talking Agentic commerce and voice agents with Leo Garcia‑Curtis: Episode 33
The AI Corner Ep 32: Emily Makere Broadmore | Redefining the creative industry with AI, and how she trains Juniors for the AI era
The AI Corner Ep 31: Serge van Dam | Reveals his two-hour weekly AI training system, four AI adoption personas, and why New Zealand's small market is an advantage
The AI Corner Ep 30: Taru Peters-Naug | Building AI products that drive Kiwi business growth, and how to turn AI strategy into real‑world business value
The AI Corner Ep 29: Caelan Huntress | Turning marketers into AI‑enabled professionals, and how he uses playful workshops to integrate generative AI into everyday work
The AI Corner Ep 28: Hitarth Sharma | Building next‑gen AI agents, and memory architectures
The AI Corner Ep 27: Gavin Sharkey | Embedding AI in businesses, avoiding pilot traps & enabling teams
The AI Corner Ep 26: Jacob Bank | Building no-code AI agents with Relay.app to power your AI stack, automate workflows, and rethink how lean teams get real work done
The AI Corner Ep 25: Frances Valentine | How AI can scale NZ, fix productivity & train future leaders
AI On The Couch Ep 5 | How To Teach ChatGPT To Know You
The AI Corner Ep 24: Leslie Tan | The rise of GEO & how AI is changing search for NZ
AI On The Couch Ep 4 | What is Google's Nano Banana?
The AI Corner Ep 23: Mark Laurence | How NZ execs can lead AI adoption: culture, use cases & senior leadership fluency
The AI Corner Ep 22: Bex Rose & Sam Gibson on building AI-ready schools in New Zealand
The AI Corner Ep 21: Tom Barraclough on what sovereign AI means, why law‑as‑code matters, and risks if NZ leaves AI control to others
The AI Corner Ep 20: Blake Harkness reveals how MainPower is reshaping essential services with AI workflows
The AI Corner Ep 19: Simon Archer & Scott Houston | AI meets insurance disruption
The AI Corner Ep 18: Tane van der Boon | How Inviol’s AI is reshaping workplace safety
The AI Corner Ep 17: Matteo Castiello | Turning Gen AI from point solutions into scalable enterprise tools
AI On The Couch Ep 3 | What AI Tools to use?
The AI Corner Ep 16: Justin Flitter | The NZ leaders’ guide to building practical AI systems, developing AI muscle, and embedding AI into workflows
The AI Corner Ep 15: Young Kiwi founder Nikolas Hardwick on starting an AI‑IoT startup (Quela.io), and what happens when you found your first company at 16.
AI On The Couch Ep 2 | What is Vibe Coding?
The AI Corner Ep 14: Daniel Xu | how ElementX AI built with AI before the ChatGPT hype, and NZ’s early AI wins and lessons
AI On The Couch Ep 1: Agent Mode
The AI Corner Ep 13: Nadia Ellis | How to build with AI agents and scale adoption in your business
The AI Corner Ep 12: Karrina Mountfort | Connecting women in AI, building inclusive communities and lifting all voices
The AI Corner Ep 11: Heath Waugh | How AI-powered photography cuts shoot costs by 30%, and why furniture and homeware brands are leading the AI wave
The AI Corner Ep 10: Stephen Morison on scaling AI at Fonterra, change management, and Copilot rollouts
The AI Corner Ep 9: David Dempsey shares how AI transforms engineering education, curriculum redesign & real‑world skills
The AI Corner Ep 8: Practical AI for SMBs - Matt Browning on tailored software, workshop light-bulb moments, and the opportunities Kiwis are missing
The AI Corner Ep 7: John-Daniel Trask unpacks the launch of AutoHive, how it powers AI agents for teams, and why New Zealand businesses must lean in now
The AI Corner Ep 6: Susana Tomaz on AI literacy in schools, building strategy at Westlake Girls, and future-ready students
The AI Corner Ep 5: John-Daniel Trask on the rise of AI Agents, and why NZ must shift the narrative to move faster and solve productivity challenges.
The AI Corner Ep 4: Dr. Karaitiana Taiuru on Māori data sovereignty, AI ethics, and indigenous leadership in technology
The AI Corner Ep 3: Matt Ensor on building agents, breaking AI fear, and why NZ’s just 8 hours from AI transformation—plus the story behind ‘No Voice Left Behind’
The AI Corner Ep 2: Joe Sutheran reveals how he went from analyst to AI specialist, built agent‑powered content workflows, and shares lessons in people‑first automation
The AI Corner Ep 1: Dan Fowlie reveals how he builds with AI, the two types of businesses left in 2030, and everyday AI use cases