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  • Katherine Boiciuc (EY) on Why Australia Must Lead - Not Lag, in the AI Revolution
    May 22 2025

    🎟 Live Show at UNSW – May 29

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    Episode Summary

    Katherine Boiciuc, Chief Technology and Innovation Officer at EY Oceania, delivers a powerful wake-up call on why Australia is at risk of becoming a global AI laggard. With a unique perspective at the intersection of technology, innovation, and policy, Katherine breaks down how Australia, despite inventing WiFi, is sitting on the sidelines of the AI revolution, missing a $115 billion economic opportunity. She shares how EY has up-skilled over 85% of its 400,000-strong workforce in AI, built the world’s largest private AI platform, and implemented AI agents at scale, while most organisations are still debating their first AI hires.

    This episode dives deep into what Australia needs to do now to avoid falling irreversibly behind, from setting a bold national AI strategy to investing in mass up-skilling programs and embracing AI across industries like healthcare, financial services, retail, and energy. Katherine also offers inspiring and practical advice for women looking to pivot into AI, shares her favourite tools and productivity hacks (including the AI prompt that gives her “permission to log off” for the day), and calls on every listener to claim their seat at the AI table, before it’s too late.

    Time Stamps

    03:03 – What Is EY’s AI Story & Their Internal AI Training Playbook

    06:28 – EY’s Private AI Platform: How EYQ Empowers 120,000+ Employees

    13:48 – Australia’s Missed Economic Opportunity: $115B at Stake

    16:51 – Why EY Built the AI Sentiment Index, And What It Revealed

    23:32 – The Three Fixes Needed to Course-Correct Australia’s AI Future

    30:40 – The Five Industries Australians Want AI To Transform

    35:18 – KB’s Advice for Women Reentering the Workforce in the AI Age

    39:39 – Rapid Fire: Why Voice-Activated AI Is the Next Big Frontier

    Resources

    🙋‍♀️ Katherine Boiciuc on LinkedIn – https://www.linkedin.com/in/katherineboiciuc/

    📚 EY Skills Passport for Free AI Training - https://www.ey.com/en_gl/ai-skills-passport

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  • Jacky Koh (Relevance AI) on Building the AI Workforce and Why Most AI Agents Are Just Workflows
    May 15 2025

    🎟 Live Show at UNSW – May 29

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    Episode Summary

    Jacky Koh, Co-Founder and Co-CEO of Relevance AI, has been building AI agents long before they became the hottest trend of 2025. Fresh off their Series B raise, Relevance AI is on a mission to democratise access to AI agents, making them easy to build for everyone, not just engineers.

    In this conversation, Jacky unpacks why most “AI agents” today are just glorified workflows, how real multi-agent systems will power the future of business automation, and why Australia needs to think bigger if it wants to compete globally. Plus, he shares the origin story of Relevance AI’s iconic pixel-art agents, how he leads calmly under pressure, and his spicy predictions for AI’s next black swan event.

    Time Stamps

    00:00 – Introduction: Who is Jacky Koh & What is Relevance AI?

    03:26 – Why AI Agents Aren’t Just for Developers Anymore

    05:42 – Should You Still Study Software Engineering in the Age of AI?

    12:24 – The Origin Story of Relevance AI and Their Pivot to Agents

    14:16 – What People Get Wrong About AI Agents (Single vs. Multi-Agent Systems)

    17:43 – Are Most AI Agents Just Glorified Workflows?

    19:25 – Why Relevance AI Uses Pixel Characters (Hint: Pokémon Fans Will Love This)

    23:41 – How Jacky Manages Stress and Crisis Moments as a Founder

    28:37 – Building a Global Business: The Difference Between Aussie & U.S. Investors

    34:47 – How Founders Should Pick AI Models and Avoid Lock-In

    40:51 – Jacky’s Hot Take: The One Black Swan AI Event We Might See This Year

    47:02 – How to Keep AI Agents Ethical

    50:51 – Rapid Fire: Silicon Valley Myths, Scary AI Headlines & Favourite Pokémon

    Resources

    👨🏻‍💻 Jacky Koh’s LinkedIn – https://www.linkedin.com/in/jackykoh/

    🤖 Relevance AI – https://relevanceai.com/

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  • Millie Marconi on Building an AI to Test Content Before You Post It
    May 8 2025

    🎟 Live Show at UNSW – May 29

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    Episode Summary

    Millie Marconi is the founder and CEO of Yesterday, and the creator of Test Feed, a breakout AI tool that lets users preview how their content will land with a synthetic audience before posting it online. In this episode, Millie shares the story behind building Test Feed after a viral LinkedIn post backfired and sparked a personal reckoning around reputational risk.

    We explore how synthetic audiences are making elite-level brand testing accessible to everyday founders, why building in public is both terrifying and empowering, and what non-technical founders can bring to the AI table. Millie also opens up about her nomadic lifestyle, her favorite AI tools (Claude and Gemini, anyone?), and the unexpected upside of being “canceled.”

    Time Stamps

    02:25 – What Millie’s Building: Yesterday & Test Feed

    04:52 – Why Synthetic Audiences Are a Game-Changer

    06:14 – The Demo That Went Viral: Over 800 Signups

    07:58 – How a Personal Misstep Sparked the Idea for Test Feed

    10:43 – Who Test Feed Is For: Founders, Content Creators, and Social Media Managers

    13:11 – Building in Public vs. Stealth Mode

    16:48 – Female Founders, Visibility & Vulnerability

    19:52 – What Non-Technical Founders Bring to the AI Era

    22:45 – Integrating AI into Test Feed as a Non-Technical Founder

    26:20 – AI Tools Millie Loves: Claude, Cursor, Gemini, and More

    33:43 – Just Play: How to Get Started with AI Without the Overwhelm

    36:06 – Digital Nomad Life: Lessons From 2.5 Years on the Move

    42:17 – Rapid Fire: Guess That Cringe Tweet (Trump vs Elon Edition)

    Resources

    🙋‍♀️ Follow Millie on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/millie-marconi/

    💼 Yesterday Testfeed - https://yesterday.work/

    🧵 Millie’s LinkedIn Post on “Masculine Energy” - https://www.linkedin.com/posts/millie-marconi_after-interviewing-100-hr-leaders-about-activity-7284745207923781632-QU-X?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop&rcm=ACoAACb9cQIBMRvkSzVlzjznYUqzAEsWp-Q5zBo

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  • Introducing Perspective X | Hosted by Pauline Fetaui - Perspective X with Pauline Fetaui
    May 3 2025

    What drives bold decisions, intentional leadership, and the courage to create something entirely new?

    In Perspective X, host Pauline Fetaui dives deep into conversations with extraordinary entrepreneurs and leading innovators to explore not just their successes—but the overlooked decisions, mindset shifts, and personal turning points that sparked their greatest breakthroughs.

    This show is about the ripple effect of choice: how deep accountability enables us to respond intentionally to life's challenges, rather than simply reacting. If you're curious about the inner journey behind meaningful achievements and how leaders evolve through adversity, this podcast is for you.

    Join us on Perspective X, where we move beyond the highlight reel and into the pivotal moments that changed everything.

    Launching on the 12th of May, wherever you get your podcasts.

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  • Anish Sinha (upcover) on How Founders Can Thrive Despite Australia’s AI Budget Blunder
    Apr 29 2025

    🎟 Live Show at UNSW – May 29

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    Episode Summary

    Anish Sinha, co-founder of upcover, blends his background in finance, startups, and risk management to tackle one of Australia’s overlooked challenges: the future of AI and innovation policy. From building a modern insurance platform serving 60,000+ businesses to sounding the alarm on Australia’s absence of AI strategy, Anish’s story shows how bold thinking and practical execution go hand-in-hand.

    In this conversation, he shares insights on why the government’s silence on AI is a major risk, how Australia could learn from China’s tech playbook, and how AI agents will reshape the future of business operations — including in highly regulated industries like insurance.

    Time Stamps

    01:10 – Introduction: Who is Anish Sinha & What upcover Does

    02:49 – Why Insurance Tech Is “Sexy” When You Frame It as Risk

    04:54 – From Goldman Sachs to Founder: Finance Lessons for Entrepreneurs

    09:23 – Australia’s Federal Budget Omits AI: The Strategic Blind Spot

    13:11 – What Australia Can Learn from China & the U.S. on Innovation Policy

    18:39 – Cybersecurity Funding Crisis: Why $20 per Business Isn’t Enough

    22:35 – AI Agents Unpacked: Hype, Promise, and Agent-to-Agent Flows

    30:51 – upcover’s AI in Action: Automating Quotes & Data Structuring

    36:34 – Hot Takes: Aussie Deep Tech Faves (Samsara Eco, Cover Genius, Gilmour Space)

    42:18 – Future Insurability: Climate Risk, AGI Concerns & Startups to Watch

    Resources

    🙋🏻‍♂️ Anish Sinha’s LinkedIn – https://www.linkedin.com/in/anishsinha13/

    🏢 upcover Website – https://upcover.com/

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  • Accelerating Discovery: Alain Richardt on AI, Quantum Chemistry, and the Future of Materials Science
    Apr 23 2025

    🎟 Live Show at UNSW – May 29

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    Episode Summary

    Alain Richardt, founder of Atomic Tessellator, combines deep expertise in chemistry, quantum mechanics, and AI to accelerate groundbreaking discoveries in material science. From childhood experiments with toxic chemistry sets to building high-powered simulation tools capable of modeling complex atomic interactions, Alain’s journey highlights the transformative potential of marrying traditional chemistry with cutting-edge AI. In this conversation, he explains how AI-driven simulations now achieve results thousands of times faster than traditional methods, shares ambitious projects like developing fusion reactor materials, and reveals the exciting future of “declarative materials” where scientists specify desired properties, and AI generates the perfect material match.

    Time Stamps

    02:21 – Alain’s Early Chemistry Adventures & Favourite Element (Molybdenum)

    05:12 – Mercury Experiments: Crazy Ideas & Influential Teachers

    08:19 – Why Alain Founded Atomic Tessellator: Fixing Broken Chemistry Tools

    11:38 – Force Field vs. Quantum (DFT) Simulations Explained

    15:25 – How Cloud Computing & AI are Revolutionising Chemistry Simulations

    17:53 – Promising Applications: Fusion Reactors & Plasma-Facing Materials

    23:08 – When AI Simulations Go Rogue: Unexpected (and Expensive) Results

    26:04 – Decoding AI Headlines: Schrödinger’s Cat & Quantum Computing Explained

    35:09 – Measuring Success as a Founder: Experimental Parity & New Material Discoveries

    41:39 – Hot Takes: Periodic Table Merch, Atomic Cocktails, and the Joy of Being a Rebel Founder

    Resources

    🙋🏻‍♂️ Alain’s Linkedin - https://www.linkedin.com/in/alain-richardt/

    🔬 Atomic Tessellator - https://www.linkedin.com/company/atomictessellator/

    ⚛️ Interactive Periodic Table https://atomictessellator.com/ptable

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  • AI Agents, AlphaGo & the $18B Wrapper: Will Liang on What’s Next in AI
    Apr 15 2025

    🎟 Live Show at UNSW – May 29

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    Episode Summary

    Will Liang, former CTO and Executive Director at MA Financial and a LinkedIn Top Voice in AI, joins the show to unpack the real-world impact of AI on business. A professional Go player turned deep tech expert, Will shares why most AI agents are just glorified workflows, why Perplexity AI is winning without its own model, and how companies can move beyond AI as a buzzword to embed it into their core operations. He also weighs in on whether Nvidia will remain dominant, how Claude and Gemini stack up against ChatGPT, and what he'd prioritize if he were CEO of OpenAI.

    Time Stamps

    01:20 – From MA Financial to AI Venture: Will’s bold new chapter

    05:35 – Why most businesses still don’t actually use AI

    07:18 – The “Purple Person” bridging tech and business

    08:56 – What AlphaGo taught Will about the future of AI

    11:16 – What is an AI agent? Will’s pineapple analogy

    16:00 – Financial services + AI: A real-world use case

    18:20 – Does AI raise the ceiling—or just the floor?

    24:00 – Perplexity AI’s $18B valuation without its own LLM

    30:06 – The “AI-first” mindset and Will’s productivity hack

    33:47 – Will Nvidia stay dominant? Or is Apple, Google, DeepSeek catching up?

    38:39 – Claude vs. ChatGPT vs. Gemini – What Will uses and why

    Resources

    👨‍💻Follow Will Liang on LinkedIn

    Weekly insights and top 5 tech takeaways – linkedin.com/in/willliang

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  • Building Legal AI That Lawyers Can Actually Rely On (ft. Deeligence)
    Apr 10 2025
    Episode Summary

    Georgie Healy speaks with Elena Tsalanidis and Justin Hansky, co-founders of Deeligence, a legal AI startup transforming the way law firms handle M&A due diligence. Both ex-lawyers, Elena and Justin share how their deep domain expertise led them to build an AI platform that accelerates contract review with accuracy lawyers can trust, without ever compromising on confidentiality.

    They reveal why generic tools like ChatGPT fall short in legal workflows, and how Deeligence combines machine learning with human oversight to safely automate one of the most tedious parts of legal practice. The duo breaks down the erosion of the billable hour, the rise of vertical AI tools, and why some partners still red-pen documents like it’s 1998.

    Throughout the episode, they reflect on the cultural barriers to AI adoption in law, the importance of custom training data, and the pressures of building AI-native products for regulated, high-stakes environments. Elena and Justin also share candid takes on fundraising, global expansion, and how legal AI can empower rather than replace lawyers.

    Whether you’re in law, tech, or somewhere in between, this episode offers a rare look into building AI that doesn’t just work, but works where it really matters.

    Time Stamps

    01:06 – Big Announcement: The First-Ever Live Show

    Georgie reveals exciting news about In the Blink of AI going live at UNSW.

    01:31 – Introducing Deeligence

    Meet co-founders Elena and Justin, who left corporate law to build an AI platform for M&A due diligence.

    02:19 – The Billable Hour: Why It’s Getting Eroded

    How AI is forcing law firms to question time-based billing.


    05:00 – Why ChatGPT Doesn’t Cut It in Legal

    Elena explains the confidentiality nightmare and “hallucinations” that make generic LLMs risky.


    09:29 – Will AI Replace Junior Lawyers?

    Elena and Justin share their nuanced take on the future of entry-level legal roles.


    12:50 – Supercharging, Not Replacing

    Why Deeligence focuses on helping lawyers rather than automating them out of a job.


    16:18 – Avoiding AI Hallucinations

    Justin on how Deeligence meticulously sources evidence to ensure accurate contract summaries.


    28:33 – Scaling Deeligence Globally

    Why expanding into the UK and US is a natural next step—and what it takes to get there.


    34:18 – Hot Takes: Vertical AI vs. Everything Else

    Elena and Justin weigh in on AI agents, overhyped tools, and why deep domain expertise wins.


    46:36 – The Best (and Most Real) Legal TV Show

    Justin’s pick for legal TV done right—and why he loves it more than Suits.

    Resources

    🎤Live show announcement: In the Blink of AI is going live on Thursday, May 29 at University of New South Wales (UNSW) featuring Andrew McCarthy, Head of APAC at Notion.

    📍https://bit.ly/BAI-LiveEvent

    💼Deeligence: The AI-powered legal tech startup transforming M&A due diligence.

    https://www.deeligence.com

    🙋‍♀️ Elena’s Linkedin - https://www.linkedin.com/in/elena-tsalanidis/

    🙋🏻‍♂️ Justin’s Linkedin - https://www.linkedin.com/in/justin-hansky-70154693/

    📺Fisk – Justin’s favourite legal TV show, starring Kitty Flanagan https://iview.abc.net.au/show/fisk

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