**AI moved fast in 2025. The bigger story? The people building with it.** In this Year in Review, Chris & Mark recap the biggest themes from the last 13 episodes—what founders got right, where “AI strategy” goes wrong, and why *experts* (not just “humans”) need to be in the loop as tools get more powerful. We unpack the show’s pivot from a weekly AI news format into deeper interviews (shout out to Ned Warfield for helping trigger that shift), then revisit standout conversations across pr...

Can AI actually make us more emotionally intelligent instead of more robotic? In this episode of the Digital Nexus Podcast, we sit down with Dr Nathan Jones – musician, MTV/Nickelodeon voiceover artist turned psychologist, researcher and co-founder of Mood.ai, an emotional intelligence and psychological safety platform for workplaces. Nathan unpacks his journey from a shy minister’s kid in Adelaide, finding his voice through music and church piano, to winning development deals, doing TV prom...

Can you shoot a Cannes-level ad with no cameras, a fraction of the budget and a 99% lower carbon footprint? That’s exactly what Kent Boswell and Marcus Tesoriero are doing with aiCandy, one of the first AI film production studios built for brands and agencies. In this episode of Digital Nexus, we unpack how they’re turning “impossible” ideas from old agency bottom drawers into fully realised films – including a United Nations climate piece set to Mad World by Gary Jules, crafted from real se...

In this episode of Digital Nexus, Chris and Mark are joined by Dr Tim Rayner — AI Philosopher, author of Hacker Culture and the New Rules of Innovation, and educator at UTS Business School — to unpack how AI can move from “smart autocomplete” to genuine teammates that help people think better, learn faster and build braver. If you’re a founder, product lead, educator or operator trying to make sense of AI beyond the hype cycle, this one goes deep into the human side of intelligent systems: ...

Can AI make game dev truly “prompt to play”? Jack Wakem (Founder, Tempest AI) breaks down how his team is building “Lovable for games” — a consumer platform where anyone can prompt, iterate, and ship, including a timeline that lets you scrub your build like a YouTube video. Tempest started as an AI-native RPG engine (RAG, context engineering, custom schemas) and evolved into a fast, consumer game-creation workflow. We dig into the hard parts (state, memory, assets), product pivots, and what ...

Digital Nexus Ep 42: Annie Liao, From Community to Company: Building AI Products That Actually Ship What does it take to turn AI hype into shipped products? Annie Liao (Build Club / Relevance AI) joins us to unpack agentic workflows, community-led product discovery, and the mindset founders need to go from idea to MVP and revenue, fast. Annie shares the playbook behind The Builders Club AI and her work at Relevance AI, including how to validate problems, run lightweight experiments, and use...

From hacking mainframes to building Haven (mental health) and now Indy, an AI co-pilot helping families navigate paediatric and developmental care, Jeff Quach shares a builder’s journey grounded in anthropology, trust, and real-world impact. We unpack when AI should support human care (not replace it), why guardrails matter, how to find the right co-founder, and the gritty reality of bootstrapping (“the desert walk”), plus practical tools and workflows you can use today. Time stamps 00:00 – ...

AI isn’t the enemy, it’s the experiment of our lifetime. At SXSW Sydney 2025, we took Digital Nexus onto the floor and into the streets to ask a simple question: doom or hope? From late-night hackathons to founders shipping agentic workflows, this episode captures how Australians are actually building with AI. We go behind the scenes with builders and community leads from Build Club, hands-on teams using Relevance AI, Lovable, and Bolt.new, and ecosystem voices like the National AI Centre, p...

Can AI help understand our emotional state? Nicole Gibson, founder of Love Out Loud and co-founder of inTruth, shares how a recovery journey became a product mission, and how she’s using AI in mental health to scale evidence-based impact, leadership, and a love-led culture. Watch for: From anorexia recovery to national advocate → AI product leader The origin of Love Out Loud and community design that changes behaviour inTruth: AI ethics, data consent, and measurable outcomes in mental health...

Want clearer, more consistent AI outputs? In this episode, we break down three prompting skills that help founders, PMs, and UX leads go from idea → clickable MVP fast—using ChatGPT and Claude. Guest Bastian Epskamp shares his 3-phase system (prepare → implement → learn), how to ship prototypes stupid fast with V0/vibe-coding, and a case study on building Auction Buddy (AI for buyer-side property decisions). What you’ll learn The 3 skills: framing, constraint design, and iterative prompting...

Build Real AI Products (Fast): Product Manager to Community Builder with Kurt Yang (Fintech & EdTech, RAG, Embedded Finance) From banker to PM to community catalyst, Kurt Yang shares how non-engineers are shipping functional AI prototypes, validating with customers, and turning meetups into massive and strong ecosystems. Chapters: 4:17 – Community lessons for PMs 8:34 – De-risking AI with stakeholders 12:50 – Tooling spotlight: Lovable in practice 17:07 – Prototyping workflows that scal...

Michelle Gilmore (CEO & Co-founder, Juno) built a digital twin of herself to scale her business. Juno conducts high-quality, qualitative interviews—turning Michelle's 20+ years, and 10,000+ research projects into an AI “listening engine.” We dive into how Juno runs real conversations at scale, why expertise-in-the-loop beats checkbox surveys, and how a digital twin lets a CEO focus on strategy while the AI handles the heavy lifting. Guest & company: Michelle Gilmore, CEO & ...

From IBM strategist to startup founder, Serena Lam is building Fuzzy AI to reshape B2B sales with hyper-personalized outreach. In this candid conversation, she shares her founder journey, lessons from building in AI, and where sales tech is heading next. 👉 Expect practical founder advice, the realities of building with limited resources, and insights into how design thinking and AI workflows are changing the game. ⏱️ Chapter Timestamps 0:00 – Intro & why Serena flew budget class from S...

In this episode of Digital Nexus, we sit down with Sha-mayne Chan, Co-founder of Friyay and Wakey Wakey Sales, to unpack how AI is reshaping startups, SMEs, and big business in Australia. We cover: 🚀 How startups can now build products without a tech co-founder 📱 The story behind Wakey Wakey, an AI SMS sales assistant helping small businesses scale 🏦 Why big corporates are finally moving past endless POCs and into real AI adoption 🛠️ The rise of agentic workflows vs. AI agents — and what th...