AI
Artificial intelligence — the models, the products and the hype.
AI is the loudest story in tech and the easiest to get wrong — both the hype and the dismissal. The useful question for founders isn't whether it matters, but where it creates a durable advantage versus a feature everyone will have by next quarter.
Founders and investors building in and around AI cut through it: what's real, what's a wrapper, where the moats are, and how to build a company rather than a demo.
“You are in a sector where you can't afford to be cautious about growth.”
What founders want to know
Answers are drawn live from the network's conversations by Ask the Network.
Shows covering AI
Building Tech Teams with James MacDonald
9 episodes on AI
Founders in Motion with Thea Ngo
9 episodes on AI
Pick My Brain with Alan Jones
9 episodes on AI
Secured by Galah Cyber
6 episodes on AI
First Cheque with Cheryl Mack & Maxine Minter
5 episodes on AI
Operator AI with Zachary King
4 episodes on AI
Perspective X with Pauline Fetaui
3 episodes on AI
Investment Thesis with Kali Norman
2 episodes on AI
What The Health with Emily Casey
2 episodes on AI
Oversubscribed with Brendan Hill
2 episodes on AI
Mumbition with Carrie Kwan & Lucy Kippist
2 episodes on AI
The Startup Retro with Will Richards & Gemma Clancy
2 episodes on AI
Diaspora NZ with David Booth
2 episodes on AI
Unfunded with Joan Westenberg
1 episode on AI
58 episodes on AI
▶ Investment Thesis with Kali Norman · 21 October 2026
Ian Gardiner's Investment Thesis | Investment Thesis with Kali Norman
▶ What The Health with Emily Casey · 15 October 2026
Longevity: Hype, Breakthroughs and What Comes Next
▶ Operator AI with Zachary King · 9 October 2026
The AI Nomad: How Nathan Clark Switches Tools Without Losing the Work
▶ What The Health with Emily Casey · 8 October 2026
The Everlab Journey and Building Preventative Health
▶ First Cheque with Cheryl Mack & Maxine Minter · 28 September 2026
Why Australia Has More AI PhDs Than Anywhere | First Cheque
▶ Operator AI with Zachary King · 25 September 2026
The Mad Men Era of Knowledge Work: Inside Román Olivera's Agent Brain
▶ Operator AI with Zachary King · 10 September 2026
Marketing at the Speed of AI: Luke Marshall's One-Man Growth Machine
▶ Building Tech Teams with James MacDonald · 2 September 2026
The Engineer Who Hasn’t Written Code in 9 Months: Jack Rudenko, 10x Labs
▶ Founders in Motion with Thea Ngo · 27 August 2026
AI Insurance Brokerage: 80 Marathons, Uninsured | Sean Stuart, Rosella
▶ Operator AI with Zachary King · 27 August 2026
How Paul Rowsthorn Runs Airguides With an AI Co-Founder Named Amelia
▶ Pick My Brain with Alan Jones · 26 August 2026
The Buzzword to Rethink in Your Pitch: Billy Chan on Alfred Travel
▶ Building Tech Teams with James MacDonald · 26 August 2026
Nobody Knows What to Pay Anymore: A Building Tech Teams Best-Of
▶ Founders in Motion with Thea Ngo · 20 August 2026
Basketball Stats From One Phone Video: Their $3.5M AI Pivot | Cordelia King, Superstat
▶ Building Tech Teams with James MacDonald · 11 August 2026
Why "Show Me Your Harness" Beats Any Coding Test: Adam Witanowski, AI Architect
▶ Building Tech Teams with James MacDonald · 4 August 2026
The Junior Engineer Isn’t Needed Anymore: Cloë Stanbridge, Talent Lead at Airtree
▶ Founders in Motion with Thea Ngo · 31 July 2026
Why AI Can't Fix Your Business and Why Raising Less Beats Raising More | Lee Lagdameo, Shikii Labs
▶ Building Tech Teams with James MacDonald · 28 July 2026
How to Build AI Capability Without Chasing Every New Model — Patrick McQuaid, NGM Group
▶ Building Tech Teams with James MacDonald · 21 July 2026
Are Your People More Productive — or Just Faster? — Claudia Barriga-Larriviere, Startup Flamingo
▶ Building Tech Teams with James MacDonald · 14 July 2026
Nathan Hill: Managing a Team of Agents Now — What's That Worth?
▶ Pick My Brain with Alan Jones · 8 July 2026
What's Your Moat When AI Can Copy Your Product in 48 Hours? | Dilip Jacob from Pitchberry
▶ Building Tech Teams with James MacDonald · 7 July 2026
Guardrails Are Just Suggestions: Securing AI Agents with Okta's Kevin Akermanis
▶ Perspective X with Pauline Fetaui · 3 July 2026
Taryn Williams: Building 6 Companies — and the Cost No One Talks About
▶ Founders in Motion with Thea Ngo · 2 July 2026
$350M Fintech Founder Steps Down as CEO to Rebuild With AI | Josh Foreman, InDebted
▶ Building Tech Teams with James MacDonald · 30 June 2026
Why Your First Hire Isn't an Engineer Anymore — Michael Batko, ex-Startmate CEO
▶ Investment Thesis with Kali Norman · 26 June 2026
Rohan Workman of Skalata — Backing overlooked founders as AI rewrites the thesis
▶ Pick My Brain with Alan Jones · 25 June 2026
The Four-Quadrant Framework Every Solo Founder Needs | Neel Bhattacharya from LeadTrackAI
▶ Founders in Motion with Thea Ngo · 21 May 2026
The D1 Athlete Who Built a $100M Voice AI Company | Will Bodewes, Phonely (YC S24)
▶ Secured by Galah Cyber · 15 May 2026
What AI Is Actually Changing in Cyber and How to Keep Up
▶ Perspective X with Pauline Fetaui · 14 May 2026
From Police Officer to AI Pioneer to Psychedelics: Dr. Catriona Wallace’s Unfiltered Story (Part Two)
▶ Founders in Motion with Thea Ngo · 8 May 2026
$40M FinTech Founder on Raising Millions Before He Had a Business Idea | Shakeel Lala, Marloo
▶ Perspective X with Pauline Fetaui · 30 April 2026
From Police Officer to AI Pioneer to Psychedelics: Dr. Catriona Wallace’s Unfiltered Story (Part One)
▶ Secured by Galah Cyber · 30 April 2026
How Dam Secure Puts Guardrails on AI Generated Code
▶ Pick My Brain with Alan Jones · 18 April 2026
The Lazy Sales Tactic That's Hurting Your Business | Ben King from Aviato Consulting
▶ Secured by Galah Cyber · 2 April 2026
What the ISM AI Update Actually Means for Cyber Teams
▶ Founders in Motion with Thea Ngo · 27 March 2026
How He Turned 3 YC Rejections into a $25M AI Governance Company | Nam Nguyen, TruthSystems (YC S25)
▶ First Cheque with Cheryl Mack & Maxine Minter · 9 March 2026
Why Every Founder & Investor Needs to Understand Open Source AI (Replay Episode)
▶ Secured by Galah Cyber · 4 March 2026
AI in AppSec: Hype, Layoffs and What's Actually Real
▶ Founders in Motion with Thea Ngo · 26 February 2026
Why Early Facebook Investors Backed a Self-Taught Aussie Dev | Finnlay Morcombe, Fluency
▶ Oversubscribed with Brendan Hill · 26 February 2026
Cracking AI Growth & Retention: How Instant & Relume scaled from $0 to $10m
▶ Pick My Brain with Alan Jones · 25 February 2026
How to Make Your Fintech Pitch Unforgettable | James Horan from Phinly
▶ Secured by Galah Cyber · 19 February 2026
How AI Pen Testing Actually Works (and Where It Breaks)
▶ Secured by Galah Cyber · 5 February 2026
AI, Hiring, and Trust: Why Shortcuts Break Interviews
▶ Founders in Motion with Thea Ngo · 29 January 2026
He Ran One of Australia's Biggest Athleisure Brands - Then Built Software to Fix Its Biggest Flaw | Jevon Le Roux, Keeyu
▶ Oversubscribed with Brendan Hill · 12 December 2025
Pain is a Moat: How Australia’s Top AI Founders Are Building Global Giants
▶ First Cheque with Cheryl Mack & Maxine Minter · 8 September 2025
Why Australia’s AI Opportunity Is Bigger Than We Think
▶ Pick My Brain with Alan Jones · 30 July 2025
How to Stand Out in a Sea of AI Wrappers: Elena Tsalanidis on Selling B2B SaaS into Law Firms
▶ Pick My Brain with Alan Jones · 16 July 2025
How to Build a Community-Led Startup | with James Davie from Miyagi
▶ Mumbition with Carrie Kwan & Lucy Kippist · 19 June 2025
Ep 115: Solving the Mental Load Crisis: Claire Waring’s Bold Vision for Working Parents
▶ Mumbition with Carrie Kwan & Lucy Kippist · 18 June 2025
Ep 114: Cyber Awareness & Tech Tools for small business
▶ Pick My Brain with Alan Jones · 18 June 2025
How to Build Ethical AI for Artists: Kartini Ludwig Pitches Koup Music
▶ Pick My Brain with Alan Jones · 21 May 2025
How to Hook Investors: Alan Jones Breaks Down Braiv’s Winning Pitch
▶ Diaspora NZ with David Booth · 18 April 2025
S3 | E7 - Xavier Collins (CEO & Co-Founder at Wonder) on AI’s creative revolution, building thriving marketplaces, and reshaping the film industry
▶ Diaspora NZ with David Booth · 7 March 2025
S3 | E1 - Jamie Beaton (Crimson Education) on scaling a global education empire, the future of universities, and AI’s role in learning
▶ First Cheque with Cheryl Mack & Maxine Minter · 27 January 2025
From Firefox to AI: Mozilla’s Fight for Open Technology
▶ First Cheque with Cheryl Mack & Maxine Minter · 2 December 2024
Leveraging AI to Predict Venture Success: John Sharp's Journey with Hatcher+
▶ Unfunded with Joan Westenberg · 12 September 2024
Building a Profitable AI-Driven Design Platform Without VC Funding
▶ The Startup Retro with Will Richards & Gemma Clancy · 4 August 2024
Canva's AI buy, SAVCF report & BFF grant axed
▶ The Startup Retro with Will Richards & Gemma Clancy · 7 July 2024
Fintech vs. banks, AI jobs surge & top startup raises
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