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The Business of Tech

BusinessDesk
Artificial Intelligence
New Zealand
Quantum Computing
Healthcare
Agriculture
Open Source
Bitcoin
New Zealand Economy
Generative AI
Rocket Lab
Cody Ellingham
Drones
Electric Vehicles
Apple
Google
New Zealand Government IT Procurement
AI Policy
Encryption
Catalyst IT
Wellington

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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New Zealand-founded robotics company Syos Aerospace is building autonomous aircraft, drone boats, ground vehicles and underwater robots from its Mt. Maunganui base

In the latest episode of The Business of Tech, Syos founder Sam Vye tells me how a ... more

Australasian venture-capital heavyweight Blackbird has closed a record $1.25 billion sixth fund – and its New Zealand general partner Phoebe Harrop Meadows says Kiwi companies are central to its investment strategy.

The fund, described by Blackbird... more

What if space was not simply a place to launch satellites – but a factory floor for making things that cannot be produced on Earth?

That is the bet being made by Auckland startup Outlier Space, which has raised around US$7.35 million (NZ$12.3 milli... more

Auckland Mayor Wayne Brown is about to turn 80 – and is still plainly more interested in the next deal, the next big export market and the next practical problem to fix than in winding down.

In this week’s episode of The Business of Tech, Brown del... more

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Wayne Brown
Auckland Mayor
Auckland Council
Episode: Wayne Brown’s tech plan: look to Asia and ditch the AI fluff
Igor Costa
Founder of Autohand, former GitHub/Microsoft/AWS engineer
Autohand
Episode: The Copilot engineer shaking up software development
Jessica Venning-Bryan
Co-founder of Factor, energy pricing and forecasting software
Factor
Episode: Factor’s electrifying, $35 million exit
Dom Pym
Aussie entrepreneur, investor, fintech pioneer
Triple Bubble; Ferocia; Up Bank (history)
Episode: Dom Pym’s playbook for building and backing winners
Luke Sinclair
Co-founder of FTN Motion
FTN Motion
Episode: FTN Motion's electric ride
Kendall Bristow
Co-founder of FTN Motion
FTN Motion
Episode: FTN Motion's electric ride
Roger Sharp
Seasoned entrepreneur, investor, and online travel veteran
Technology Queenstown / WebBeds / Webjet (former board member)
Episode: Roger Sharp’s bid to build a travel tech powerhouse
Daniel Spector
Tech consultant, Internet governance veteran, Internet New Zealand board candidate
Internet New Zealand
Episode: Unworkable: the teen social media ban
Yu Liu
Co-founder of Heidi Health
Heidi Health
Episode: Heidi: the AI scribe shaking up NZ healthcare

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Peter Griffin
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The Copilot engineer shaking up software development
Q: What makes Autohand different from other copilots or AI platforms currently on the market?
Autohand uses a self-evolving prompt system and an open-harness architecture that supports hundreds of models, emphasizing user sovereignty, local operation, and open-source development to avoid vendor lock-in.
Roger Sharp’s bid to build a travel tech powerhouse
Q: How will the community handle challenges such as housing, cost of living, and infrastructure while growing tech?
Sharp stresses a careful, long-term approach emphasizing a modest, sustainable growth model; the goal is to avoid a two-class society by ensuring tech wages translate into broader local economic benefits, supported by deliberate planning and education.
Roger Sharp’s bid to build a travel tech powerhouse
Q: What are the concrete steps to make Queenstown a global travel-tech hub over the next 20 years?
The plan involves education partnerships, building a tech campus, establishing an accelerator, engaging major investors, and formalizing a multi-year funding coalition to fund research, programs, and partnerships with universities, airlines, and tech firms.
Roger Sharp’s bid to build a travel tech powerhouse
Q: What inspired the pursuit of Technology Queenstown as a travel-tech hub, and why now?
Sharp explains that the combination of 3 million annual tourists, existing hospitality tech strengths, and a need to diversify a high-cost economy created a clear opportunity to build a sustainable tech cluster that leverages local assets and international networks.
Kiwi co-founded world‑builder hits $2.5 billion valuation
Q: What are the biggest scientific or technical hurdles you're focusing on right now?
Multimodality (integrating vision, audio, and other signals) and learning by experience, including causal learning, pose the toughest challenges, but progress is being made toward simulating high-quality multisensory data and leveraging it to train more capable agents.

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This show centers on the practical implications of emerging tech for business leaders, with frequent deep-dives into AI, software development, cloud and data sovereignty, and regional tech ecosystems. Episodes spotlight founders, policy makers, and technologists who translate complex tech trends into actionable strategies for growth, governance, and capital allocation. A notable thread is real-world implementation and regional positioning—especially in New Zealand and nearby markets—along with candid takes on governance, regulation, and the economics of scaling tech-enabled businesses. The format tends to blend founder stories, policy debates, and practitioner-focused insights, making it useful for executives evaluating tech investments, ve... more

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