AI Australia Podcast
Episodes
Revolutionising the Frontline: Scaling AI Agents Globally with Deputy
18 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Can AI truly understand the nuances of a busy commercial kitchen or a retail floor? Ciaran and Deepesh from Deputy join the podcast to discuss explore...
Building beautiful AI experiences and why the secret to high-performing AI teams might actually just be... more cake!
04 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
In the world of FinTech, there are those who talk about AI, and those who ship it. Tracy Moore, GM of AI and Data at MYOB, is firmly in the latter cam...
Leader or laggard: where do you sit in the AI divide in 2026?
17 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
We change things up in today's episode and grill two Mantel Leaders, Samuel Irvine Casey and Vihan Patel, who have been in the trenches over the past ...
The Death of the Dashboard: Why ThoughtSpot's CEO Says 'AI is the New BI'
10 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Forget building dashboards! The CEO of ThoughtSpot reveals how conversational AI is killing traditional business intelligence and putting a personal, ...
The F1 Garage of Swimming: How Swimming Australia is leveraging AI for Olympic Success
05 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Discover how Swimming Australia is diving deep into data and AI to secure Olympic gold! Today we chat to Jess Coronas, Head of Performance Insights at...
Learning from the Industrial Revolution: How do we re-think user experiences in the age of AI?
03 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
What does factory floorplan design during the Industrial Revolution have to do with re-imagining user experiences in the ages of AI? In today's episod...
AI-Powered Development: How GitHub is democratising software development and transforming productivity
23 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Join us for a conversation with Sharryn Napier, Vice President for APAC at GitHub, as she discusses leading the company's strategic direction and busi...
From Human to Agentic: What it takes to be an AI-Native business
30 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we talk with David Hyman, CEO and co-founder of Lendi Group, the company behind Australia's leading digital mortgage brand, Lendi, an...
AI's Palm Pilot Era: Why we're using a game-changing tech all wrong
23 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of the AI Australia podcast, hosts Kat and Emma speak with David Brudenell, Executive Director of Decidr, an Australian AI software co...
The AI-First Shift: How Brands Can Win in the Age of Generative AI
10 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In a world where nearly half of Australians have adopted generative AI, traditional marketing is being reshaped. This episode features Celia Harding, ...
Don't build AI into broken processes: Unlocking business potential with Process Mining
01 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we chat with Professor Wil van der Aalst, the "Godfather of Process Mining." He's the brains behind a multi-billion dollar industry ...
The Human Touch: Navigating AI in Finance and Beyond
11 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, May Lam, Chief Information Officer at Australian Payments Plus, shares her incredible journey from a software engineer tackling Y2K b...
Special: Live from the Databricks Data and AI Summit 2025 from San Francisco
16 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Highlights from Databricks Data and AI Summit 2025 In this special episode of the AI Australia podcast, Kathryn Collier and Emma Bromet report live...
How AI is Reshaping Customer Expectations & Driving Business Value with Sandy Iyer
28 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
How AI is Reshaping Customer Expectations & Driving Business Value with Sandy Iyer (General Manager, Data Science at Sportsbet) Join your hosts Emma B...
Venture Capital in AI with Danielle Haj-Moussa and Roo Harris (Part 2)
05 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Because we loved talking to Roo and Danielle SO much in our last episode, we are delighted to bring you another installment of that conversation. In ...
AI Australia Presents: This Week in AI vol 13
30 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of This Week in AI brought to you by the AI Australia podcast, Kobi and Natalie dive into wide-ranging discussions covering recent pol...
Venture Capital in AI with Danielle Haj-Moussa and Roo Harris (Part 1)
23 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This episode of AI Australia features a discussion with Danielle Haj-Moussa, a deep-tech investor at Main Sequence Ventures, and Roo Harris, a partner...
AI Australia Presents: This Week in AI vol 12
09 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
We're back after a bit of hiatus, and a rebrand - the AI Australia podcast is now brought to you by Mantel Group (formerly a house of brands including...
AI in Education with Prof Andrew Maynard
13 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
We have rebranded! The AI Australia is now brought to you by Mantel Group (Eliiza's parent company). Please join us this week as we discuss AI in ed...
AI and Cybersecurity with Karissa Breen and EJ Wise
23 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome back to the AI Australia podcast for 2024, with your hosts Natalie Rouse and Kobi Leins. We are joined by two experts in the field of cybersec...
AI Australia Presents: This Week in AI vol 11
15 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In our last episode for 2023, Kobi & Nat discuss the following recent developments around the world and how they relate to Australia: The EU AI Act, ...
AI Australia Presents: This Week in AI vol 10
01 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This week join Kobi and Natalie as they discuss some perhaps seemingly-unrelated global trends, and ponder how AI may or may not impact or amplify the...
AI Australia Presents: This Week in AI vol 9
24 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This week in AI has been a week like no other - join Natalie & Kobi to mull over the back and forth at OpenAI over the last week as we delve into what...
Maori Data Sovereignty with Megan Tapsell, Dr Karaitiana Taiuru JP, and Assoc Prof Maui Hudson
03 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to another episode from the AI Australia podcast, with your hosts Natalie Rouse and Kobi Leins. Continuing the conversation from our last inte...
AI Australia Presents: This Week in AI vol 7
26 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
We're back! After a brief hiatus, Natalie and Kobi talk about some of the recent developments around the legal world with union agreements and lawsuit...
Eyes of AI with Khoa Le
23 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
It's no secret that AI is enhancing efficiency across nearly every industry in the world today. Unsurprisingly, that includes dentistry and pathology ...
AI Australia Presents: This Week in AI vol 6
11 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This week in AI, Natalie and Kobi talk about the global progress on the regulation conversation, and the potential for a global governing body for AI....
Indigenous Data Rights with Distinguished Professor Maggie Walter
05 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
It is long overdue that we, as organisations, and people in organisations, start to question our own thinking. And as a global society need to move to...
Women in AI APAC Interview Series episode 12 - Dr Ava Bargi
28 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Eliiza is teaming up with Jewelrock and Women in AI APAC to run a limited interview series in support of the Women in AI Awards 2023. The series will ...
Women in AI APAC Interview Series episode 11 - Dr Muneera Bano
22 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Eliiza is teaming up with Jewelrock and Women in AI APAC to run a limited interview series in support of the Women in AI Awards 2023. The series will ...
Women in AI APAC Interview Series episode 10 - Dr Tabinda Sarwar
09 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Eliiza is teaming up with Jewelrock and Women in AI APAC to run a limited interview series in support of the Women in AI Awards 2023. The series will ...
Women in AI APAC Interview Series episode 9 - Amanda Princi
02 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Eliiza is teaming up with Jewelrock and Women in AI APAC to run a limited interview series in support of the Women in AI Awards 2023. The series will ...
Women in AI APAC Interview Series episode 8 - Kelly Brough
31 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Eliiza is teaming up with Jewelrock and Women in AI APAC to run a limited interview series in support of the Women in AI Awards 2023. The series will ...
Women in AI APAC Interview Series episode 7 - Kendall Jenner
24 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Eliiza is teaming up with Jewelrock and Women in AI APAC to run a limited interview series in support of the Women in AI Awards 2023. The series will ...
AI Australia Presents: This Week in AI vol 5
17 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This week in AI, Natalie and Kobi tackle some hefty potential societal impacts. They talk about the strange proposition of a young woman "cloning...
Women in AI APAC Interview Series episode 6 - Deborah Henderson
10 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Eliiza is teaming up with Jewelrock and Women in AI APAC to run a limited interview series in support of the Women in AI Awards 2023. The series will ...
Women in AI APAC Interview Series episode 5 - Dr Rena Logothetis
06 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Eliiza is teaming up with Jewelrock and Women in AI APAC to run a limited interview series in support of the Women in AI Awards 2023. The series will ...
Women in AI APAC Interview Series episode 4 - Dr Yun Sing Koh
02 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Eliiza is teaming up with Jewelrock and Women in AI APAC to run a limited interview series in support of the Women in AI Awards 2023. The series will ...
Women in AI APAC Interview Series episode 3 - Aruna Kolluru
26 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Eliiza is teaming up with Jewelrock and Women in AI APAC to run a limited interview series in support of the Women in AI Awards 2023. The series will ...
Women in AI APAC Interview Series episode 2 - Malliga Krishnan
21 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Eliiza is teaming up with Jewelrock and Women in AI APAC to run a limited interview series in support of the Women in AI Awards 2023. The series will ...
AI Australia Presents: This Week in AI vol 4
19 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
There have been several noteworthy developments in the world of AI this week, and in today's episode, we share our take on the good, the bad, and the ...
Women in AI APAC Interview Series episode 1 - Professor Ann Nicholson
12 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Eliiza is teaming up with Jewelrock and Women in AI APAC to run a limited interview series in support of the Women in AI Awards 2023. The series will ...
Live from the National AI Centre's AI Leadership Summit
05 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of AI Australia, we are going on the road! Join us as we go inside the National AI Centre (NAIC)'s inaugural AI Leadership Summit, hel...
Variety Data Ethics Review with Mandy Burns and Mahdi Rasouli
15 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of AI Australia, we bring about an exciting topic and project being taken on by those at the children's charity Variety in collaborati...
AI Australia Presents: This Week in AI vol 3
10 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
We begin this week's discussion on all things AI and its developments over the past few days by talking about love and war. We chat about the Bing cha...
AI Australia Presents: This Week in AI vol 2
16 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
As we continue our discussion on everything that has happened in the world of AI in the past week, we begin today's episode with what the public is cu...
AI Australia Presents This Week in AI Vol 1
07 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The AI space is complicated and there are so many questions that we don't have the answers to. Although it may seem like ChatGPT-3 does in fact have a...
The Human Technology Institute with Edward Santow, Nicholas Davis and Sally Cripps
31 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Today's panel discussion is an extra special one. We welcome three guests from the Human Technology Institute, or HTI, to talk about how AI can be use...
A Renewed Responsible AI Focus
20 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome back to the AI Australia Podcast. After an extensive hiatus, we decided to revive the show but felt it was paramount to pivot the overall them...
Banking In The Age of AI, with Dan Jermyn
03 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Dan Jermyn joins us today to share his experiences as the head of the biggest AI and Data Science practice in Australia. He explores the criticality o...
CAIDE - Amplifying the Australian AI Conversation, with Jeannie Paterson and Tim Miller
20 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Jeannie Paterson and Tim Miller join us from CAIDE to discuss AI, ethics, accountability and explainability. What is changing in these spaces, espec...
Do Robots Have Values? With Professor Jon Whittle
07 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Today on AI Australia, we have the opportunity to talk to Professor Jon Whittle of Monash University about the impacts - both good and bad - data scie...
Digital Rights in the Age of AI
10 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In today's episode, Lizzie O'Shea discusses the great power of data and AI — and how we can use them to empower people rather than oppress them. She...
Finding AI's True Potential for Humans Around the World With Kriti Sharma
24 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Kriti Sharma, seen in Forbes 30 Under 30 in Technology, is an artificial intelligence technologist, business executive, and humanitarian. She has been...
OVIC: Closer to the Machine
30 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of AI Australia, we're changing things up a little. With James overseas, Nigel and his friend Sarah Turner from REA Group hosted multi...
AI and the Future of Healthcare with Karin Verspoor
02 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Dr Karin Verspoor works at the intersection of Science and Technology, applying computation to analysis and interpretation of biological and clinical ...
Privacy and Consent in the Age of AI and Whistleblowing With Suelette Dreyfus
01 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
On today's episode of AI Australia, we have the pleasure of speaking with Suelette Dreyfus renowned researcher and journalist on digital privacy and w...
Bias In Machine Learning Systems With Katherine Bailey and Oisin Deery
01 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Today we're talking with Data Scientist Katherine Bailey and Professor of Philosophy Oisin Deery about bias in machine learning systems. Katherine and...
More Than Chatbots: Humanising Machines with Sarah Bell
26 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Today we're talking with Aire co-founder and mum of the Rita AI, Sarah Bell. Sarah discusses with us the evolution of Rita, humanisation of machines, ...
CRISPR, Biohacking, and AI with JJ Hastings
07 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Today, we're chatting with artist and scientist J.J. Hastings. Her research explores self-experimentation, genome editing, machine learning and the fu...
Societal Automation Challenges, Ethics, Benefits, and Requirements with Chris Hausler
18 Feb 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Today we're speaking with Chris Hausler, Senior Data Science Manager at Zendesk, a global customer support SaaS company. Chris believes that the futur...
Biometric Mirror, Unreliable Data, And Dystopian Attraction Scales - How Can AI Bring Us Together? with Dr Niels Wouters
04 Feb 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Today, we're chatting with Dr Niels Wouters, Head of Research and Emerging Practice for Science Gallery Melbourne and Research Fellow in the Interacti...
Cybersecurity Trends in AI with Zane Lackey
17 Dec 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Joining us today is Zane Lackey, Co-Founder and Chief Security Officer at Signal Sciences based in New York. Zane serves on multiple public and pri...
Ethical Conundrums, Government Regulation, and the Future of AI with Toby Walsh
10 Dec 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Today, we're chatting with AI expert, activist, and author Toby Walsh. Toby is a professor of artificial intelligence at the University of New South W...
AI, Job Seeking, and Machine Bias with Kendra Vant
03 Dec 2018
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of AI Australia, we're excited to be speaking with Kendra Vant. Kendra is currently the principal data scientist at SEEK, and has had ...
Explainable AI, with Tim Miller (Melbourne University)
19 Nov 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Today we're speaking with Tim Miller, associate professor in the School of Computing and Information Systems at The University of Melbourne. Tim's pri...
Our Role and Responsibilities in Automation with Ellen Broad
13 Nov 2018
Contributed by Lukas
We're so excited to announce our first guest: Ellen Broad. Ellen is a renowned expert in the field of data ethics and AI. She has a wealth of knowledg...