Podcasts 🎧

Auckland Startup Week is coming + Nicola Taylor reflects on Taxi success

Plus: Caffeine is thrilled to announce a brand new partnership

Apr 16 •

The Importance of Situational Awareness in International Expansion

PLUS: Tariffs could cost Zuru $3b, Future Food and Fibre summit back in May and a belated April Fools prank in Silicon Valley.

Apr 15 •

Scribbles from the Startup Frontlines: Expertise is overrated

Plus: NZGIF shuttered, $75m raise for police drone startup and why Australia's defence sector might look to tech founders.

Apr 9 •

Pitch perfect: Why some founders fly and others flop

PLUS: Research spotlights gender issues in tech sector, Business is Boring returns and major VC reportedly raises largest ever fund

Apr 8 •

Kitea Health's incredible progress with world-first implantable brain sensor

Plus: MoA acting Chief Exec calls for more startups, not just more restructuring, OpenAI struggling under strain of new sign ups and TikTok ban…

Apr 2 •

New report shows startup investment rebound

Plus: Google unveils Gemini 2.5 pro, some AI users are already becoming addicted and the bright future for solar power in NZ

Mar 26 •

Is the age of robots finally here?

Plus: Caffeine beams into Startup Theatre episode 2, NASA astronauts finally return and Musk' DOGE actions might be unconstitutional.

Mar 19 •

Rocket Lab set to acquire Mynaric, Callaghan reprieve and Trump buys a Tesla

Plus: US potentially reverses course on CHIPS, major new fund launches for young founders and (mechanical) tragedy in space.

Mar 12 •

Why AI progress feels like a black comedy

Plus: NZ mulls response to Trump tariffs, why VCs might be 'ghosting' you and billionaire moves to sack NZME board.

Mar 6 •

Rocket Lab soars, Orr departs and Trump tariffs unleashed

Plus: AI valuations surge, Kumo Study tool launched and earnings season wrap up.

Mar 5 •

Rocket Lab shares sink, bounty offered after crypto heist and Alexa gets upgrade

Plus: Perplexity launches new fund, asteroid mining could be a reality and the viral chat bot conversation that has people nervous.

Feb 26 •

Veteran of Trade Me, Xero wants less startup 'theatre' and more actual startups

Plus: Medtech Global acquired, humanoid robots deployed with impressive new AI model and is woke banking really a problem in NZ?

Feb 20 •

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