The AI Corner
by Mike Bayly
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Spotlighting Kiwis moving the local and global AI ecosystem forward.
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- New Zealand’s AI rules, data centres and who gets paid | The AI Corner Ep: 64 John-Daniel Trask · 38 minJoin host Mike Bayly and guest John-Daniel Trask, co-founder of Raygun and Autohive. After the Aotearoa AI Summit, JD returns to ask what New Zealand could earn from AI and who…
- AI @ Sharesies: Building the Sharesies brain and managing agents across data engineering | The AI Corner Ep: 63 Nic Cox · 39 minJoin host Mike Bayly and Nic Cox, principal data engineer at Sharesies, for a look inside a company putting AI to work across its teams. Nic shares what getting data ready for AI…
- How Nylon is reinventing tax and law | The AI Corner Ep: 62 Andrew Wierda · 30 minJoin host Mike Bayly and guest Andrew Wierda, founder of Auckland-based AI startup Nylon and former EY tax lawyer, to explore how a Kiwi company is transforming tax and legal…
- Legal's role in building trusted AI | The AI Corner Ep: 61 Natalie Kim · 45 minJoin host Mike Bayly and guest Natalie Kim, founder of Inflection Group and former VP Legal and AI Transformation Lead at Omnidian, for a practical look at what it actually takes…
- Inside Air NZ's approach to AI Engineering | The AI Corner Ep: 60 Jackson Lee · 28 minJoin host Mike Bayly and guest Jackson Lee from Air New Zealand for an inside look at how one of New Zealand’s most recognised businesses is approaching AI engineering. Jackson…
- Ipsos AI Monitor 2026: why 65% of Kiwis are nervous, only 21% trust AI outputs, and sentiment has not moved in three years | The AI Corner Ep: 59 Carin Hercock · 30 minJoin host Mike Bayly and guest Carin Hercock, Country Manager NZ at Ipsos, to explore what the June AI Monitor study of 32 countries and 1,000 New Zealanders reveals about a…
- How Halter supports its sales and customer support with AI agents | The AI Corner Ep: 58 Pouria Asghari · 37 minJoin host Mike Bayly and guest Pouria Asghari, Head of GTM Ecosystems & AI at Halter, to explore how a fast-scaling agritech unicorn builds an AI engine that runs its…
- How Fibre Fale helps Pacific communities navigate AI | The AI Corner Ep 57 · 47 minJoin host Mike Bayly and guests Julia Pahina, CEO and co-founder of Fibre Fale, and Eteroa Lafaele, co-founder and head of AI and culture, to explore how they left global and…
- Trade Me's people-led approach to AI transformation. Loren Thomas on governance, training, and change | The AI Corner Ep: 56 Loren Thomas · 41 minJoin host Mike Bayly and guest Loren Thomas, Head of People Strategy and Experience at Trade Me, to explore how one of New Zealand's most iconic tech companies is navigating AI…
- Why Most Custom AI Agents Are Already Obselete | The AI Corner Ep: 55 Nyssa Waters · 34 minJoin host Mike Bayly and guest Nyssa Waters, founder of possibl.ai, to explore how a consulting firm of builders and engineers grew across New Zealand, Australia and beyond into…
- Justin Flitter reveals why NZ businesses keep stalling on AI, the literacy and confidence gap, and how to shift from ChatGPT-as-Google to AI in the loop | The AI Corner Ep: 54 Justin Flitter · 22 minJoin host Mike Bayly and returning guest Justin Flitter, founder and Chief AI Officer of NewZealand.AI, to unpack why most Kiwi businesses are still using AI as a glorified…
- Node co-founder Steven Baker on diagnosing broken workflows, the disappearing CIO role, and building an AI-native company from New Zealand | The AI Corner Ep: 53 Steven Baker · 33 min · Episode 32Join host Mike Bayly and guest Steven Baker, co-founder of Node (formerly Vendor Sage), to explore how he's building an AI-native company that acts as a CIO in your pocket…
- AI, copyright, and why developers can't give an IP indemnity on AI‑built product anymore | The AI Corner Ep: 52 Andrew Dentice · 43 minJoin host Mike Bayly and guest Andrew Dentice, Partner at Hudson Gavin Martin, for a grounded look at the legal reality behind AI deployment in New Zealand. Andrew unpacks what…
- How a Napier creative agency is using AI to rebuild pre-earthquake Pā sites and tell Holocaust survivor stories | The AI Corner Ep: 51 Dan Browne · 46 minJoin host Mike Bayly and guest Dan Browne, creative agency owner in Napier with 16 years in video production, to explore how AI is reshaping the creative industry from the…
- From data scientist to enterprise AI leader at NZ Post | The AI Corner Ep: 50 Tom Lintern · 39 minJoin host Mike Bayly and guest Tom Lintern, Head of AI at New Zealand Post, to explore how a data scientist with experience at homes.co.nz and Trade Me is now driving AI…
- How a 200-person airport runs AI like a small city | The AI Corner Ep: 49 Fiona Millar · 36 minJoin host Mike Bayly and guest Fiona Millar, Digital Transformation Manager at Christchurch International Airport, to explore how a 200-person organisation running a campus of…
- From exec buy-in to build vs buy: AI lessons from a billion-dollar food business | The AI Corner Ep: 48 Sean Narayan · 43 minJoin host Mike Bayly and guest Sean Narayan, AI and BI Lead at Bidfood New Zealand, to explore how a background in statistics and data led him to become one of the most hands-on…
- From Air NZ engineer to AI founder: Solving AI search invisibility for NZ brands | The AI Corner Ep: 47 Derrick Edward · 51 minJoin host Mike Bayly and guest Derrick Edward, co-founder of Harnex AI and AuraScope, to explore his journey from software engineer at Datacom to AI entrepreneur. You'll hear how…
- AI transformation lessons across Fonterra, One NZ and Spark, shadow AI risks, and measuring invisible human value | The AI Corner Ep: 46 Habib Baluwala · 1 h 1 minJoin host Mike Bayly and guest Habib Baluwala, AI Transformation Lead at Fonterra and former GM of AI and Data Foundations at One New Zealand, to explore what 15 years of…
- NZ's first ChatGPT App: Trade Me Property; the distribution shift coming for every business; and why marketing to AI agents is the next frontier | The AI Corner Ep 45 · 27 minJoin host Mike Bayly as he dives into Trade Me Property's launch as New Zealand's first ChatGPT app, and unpacks what this distribution shift means for every business. Mike walks…
