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The Business of Tech

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Artificial Intelligence
New Zealand
Quantum Computing
Healthcare
Agriculture
Bitcoin
New Zealand Economy
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Drones
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Apple
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AI Policy
Encryption
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Creative Industries

The Business of Tech, hosted by leading tech journalist Peter Griffin. Every week they take a deep dive into emerging technology and news from the sector to help guide the important decisions all Business leaders make.

Issues such as cybersecurity, retaining trust after a cyberattack, business IT needs, purchasing SaaS tools and more.

New Episodes out every Thursday. Follow or subscribe to get i... more

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Australian startup Heidi Health has become one of the most visible examples of AI actually shifting the dial on healthcare productivity – and New Zealand is at the forefront of that story.

In this week’s episode of The Business of Tech, I talk to ... more

Another New Zealander has joined the global AI big league.

Auckland-raised engineer Jeff Hawke is now co‑founder and chief technology officer of Odyssey, a Palo Alto‑ and London‑based frontier lab that has just raised an eye‑watering US$310 millio... more

China is racing ahead in artificial intelligence and robotics – and New Zealand risks being left on the sidelines if it doesn’t pay close attention.

In this week’s episode of The Business of Tech, I talk to two Kiwis who’ve just had a rare front‑ro... more

The Government’s plan to cut 8,700 public sector jobs and save $2.4 billion has been framed largely as a brutal cost‑cutting exercise.

In this week’s episode of The Business of Tech podcast, Hamilton‑based technologist Brandon Hutcheson argues it ... more

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Recent Guests

Brandon Hutcheson
HSO's head of Quantum, founder of Aware Group (now part of HSO)
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Episode: AI vs public sector jobs
AJ Tills
Growth marketer and co-founder/leader at Exaba, previously at Uber and Crimson Education
Exaba
Episode: From Uber to Exaba: AJ Tills takes on Big Tech storage
Alex Stewart
WombatNET founder and Wellington-based wireless provider
WombatNET
Episode: Is Starlink eating rural NZ?
Andreas Hamberger
Enterprise architect, AI governance specialist, author of Space Mafia
Author of Space Mafia
Episode: Space Mafia: How orbital AI changes everything
Qiulae Wong
Leader of The Opportunity Party and parliamentary candidate
The Opportunity Party
Episode: Power play: Qiulae Wong on R&D, AI, hi-tech skills and tax
James Donald
CEO and co-founder of Ideally, Auckland-based startup using AI to re-imagine market research
Ideally
Episode: The Business of Tech: AI is eating market research
Sean Doherty
Christchurch-based manufacturing expert with a 30-year career in manufacturing technology
Rockwell Automation; Callaghan Innovation
Episode: Factories in retreat: inside NZ’s deindustrialisation crisis
Cécile Meier
BusinessDesk journalist
BusinessDesk
Episode: How algorithms are quietly rewriting the state
James Boult
Co-founder of Gravity, a venture studio focused on corporate innovation
Gravity
Episode: Why big companies kill good ideas – and how to save them

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Peter Griffin
Host of The Business of Tech

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From Uber to Exaba: AJ Tills takes on Big Tech storage
Q: Give us the origin story of Exaba and the seed funding you've just closed.
Exaba emerged from a focus on cost-effective, local data storage; we secured about 11.8 million in seed funding to accelerate go‑to‑market, deepen ties in New Zealand, and expand to the US and Australia.
From Uber to Exaba: AJ Tills takes on Big Tech storage
Q: AJ, welcome to The Business of Tech. How are you doing?
I'm good, thanks for having me, excited to dive in and share what we're building at Exaba and how it connects to the broader cloud shift.
Space Mafia: How orbital AI changes everything
Q: What is orbital AI and why should we care now?
Orbital AI is AI processing happening on satellites and in space-based data centers, which could dramatically reduce latency for certain applications and enable analytics that Earth-based data centers struggle to support, but it also raises governance, privacy, and strategic risk questions that must be addressed.
Power play: Qiulae Wong on R&D, AI, hi-tech skills and tax
Q: How would AI regulation be approached in New Zealand under this party?
They advocate goal-standard, technology-neutral regulation that sets clear intended outcomes for AI use while creating a favorable environment for domestic AI development and education to ensure workers can harness the technology responsibly.
Power play: Qiulae Wong on R&D, AI, hi-tech skills and tax
Q: What is the core policy mix that supports R&D and tech-led growth?
The core policy mix includes doubling R&D investment to 3% of GDP, investing in commercialization, strengthening competition via the Commerce Commission, and reforming energy and tax to fund long-term innovation.

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A tech-focused interview show that centers on practical implications of emerging technologies for businesses, featuring founders, executives, researchers, and journalists who translate complex innovations into market-ready insights. Episodes commonly cover AI applications and governance, national tech policy, industrial and manufacturing trends, digital twins and infrastructure, and the strategic role of data-driven decision making in marketing, product development, and public sector tech. The conversations blend hands-on experiences, real-world case studies, and policy or regulatory context, often weighing opportunities against risks like sovereignty, privacy, and market disruption. A notable pattern is spotlighting NZ-centric case studies... more

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