AI Down Under
I interview AI experts in Australia.
Episodes
Dr Brian Lowe - Chief AI Officer in Australia
Brian Lowe has held the title of Chief AI Officer—one of the few in Australia to do so—and brings a clear message for business leaders concerned they are falling behind on AI: you are not missing out. In fact, up to 95% of AI initiatives never reach production, and much of what is presented as progress is often little more than hype.Brian began his career with a PhD in Information Systems and has
Simon Kriss - CEO, Sovereign Australia AI
Simon Kriss is building Australia's own AI. His argument is simple. Every model Australian businesses and governments use today is rented from overseas, and somebody else holds the off switch.Simon spent more than 35 years in the corporate world, held the chief AI officer role, and has keynoted at the UN in Geneva. He mentors boards and executives on AI adoption, and he is now CEO of Sovereign Aus
AI Engineer @ $3B Software Firm
He builds AI for a living, and he says most businesses asking for AI don't need it. They need automation.Edward Budiman is an AI engineer at NiCE, where he does client facing AI implementation. Before that he was an AI and automation engineer, and before that he studied data science.0:00 Who he is and how he got into AI0:44 The build that saved a hundred people hundreds of hours2:15 He custom buil
Head of AI @ $2B Finance Firm
His AI agents do the analyst's work at a $2B finance firm. Deal research that took analysts three weeks now takes a coffee break.Ivan Wong has a PhD in microbiology. He now runs data and AI at LVP, a $2B Sydney private equity firm, where he built the entire AI capability himself as one of their first tech hires.0:00 A PhD in microbiology, then NASA, then AI1:03 How good is the thing he built, real
