The Business of Tech

Dr Matt Boyd of Adapt Research deals with catastrophes on a day-to-day basis.

In episode 21 of The Business of Tech, Dr Boyd takes us through some of the big risks on his radar, both natural and man-…

This week, we catch up with our resident political guru, Pattrick Smellie, BusinessDesk’s founder and editor, to get his insights into how tech issues are factoring into politicians' thinking. 

See om…

Silicon Valley is a bastion of innovation, where fortunes are made and unicorns created. But it also has its dark side in the rapacious business models, and the extreme concentration of power and wea…

Mark Billinghurst is a professor at the University of Auckland’s bioengineering institute and director of the empathic computing laboratory at the University of South Australia in Adelaide. In our fe…

Is it time for NZ to be bolder with regulating big tech?

Peter talks to the European Union's envoy to Silicon Valley about how the EU's efforts to regulate big tech have been received and what NZ cou…

This week our main feature comes from Peter's experience at the site of OpenStar, a local startup that has big plans for creating a viable nuclear fusion reactor. He speaks to founder Ratu Mataira, i…

This week's episode is sponsored by 2degrees and takes a deep look at the telco's Shaping Business report for 2023.

Ben interviews a guest panel that includes:

• 2degrees chief business officer Andrew…

This month was the hottest in recorded history, and the evidence that humanity is at fault is irrefutable. That's why episode 14 is all about how using data and digital tools could help start to move…

It's episode 13 and Rocket Lab founder and CEO Peter Beck joins to talk about why the company gave up on catching rockets with helicopters to focus on fishing them out of the ocean instead.

Beck also…

Tāwhaki chief exec Linda Falwasser and BryceTech managing director Simon Potter join this week to talk about the big plans for an aerospace hub on the Kaitorete Spit in Canterbury, and how it can hel…

No one is 100% immune to being scammed and for businesses, one simple mistake can cost dearly.

We talk to Nigel Latta who has returned to NZ's screens with You've Been Scammed, a deep dive on the bus…

In episode 10 we talk to science communicator extraordinaire Neil deGrasse Tyson.

In an interview with Ben, Neil shares his views on commercialising space, the cesspit of social media, science's raci…

In Episode 9 of The Business of Tech we quickly dip into the 2023 NZ Hi Tech Awards.

Then, we catch up with Ben Reid, Aotearoa's leading futurist, the creator of the influential Memia weekly newslett…

In episode 8, we feature an extended interview with Paul James, the government's chief digital officer, and the chief executive officer of Te Tari Taiwhenua Department of Internal Affairs (DIA).

Jame…

Special guest Marian Johnson, chief executive of the Ministry of Awesome, features in episode 7 to explain the benefits that women founders can bring to NZ's economy, and how we can best support wome…

This week, Ben and Peter are joined by Apple watcher Dr Sarb Johal from A+ Report to talk about the biggest Apple product drop since the Apple Watch - the Vision Pro.

They ask what it will take for t…

This week it's all about generative AI and LLMs on episode five. 

Ben and Peter dig into the NZ Privacy Commission's 'expecations' around businesses using tools like ChatGPT and consider how it compa…

This week, the state of NZ’s startup scene is on Ben and Peter’s minds following the release of TIN’s 2023 Technology Investment Report. They discuss key points from Ben’s interview with TIN managing…

Welcome to episode three of The Business of Tech, hosted by leading tech journalist Peter Griffin and BusinessDesk technology editor Ben Moore. 

This week we're joined by Mark Callander, chief execut…

Welcome to episode two of The Business of Tech, hosted by leading tech journalist Peter Griffin and BusinessDesk technology editor Ben Moore. 

It’s a two-fer this week on The Business of Tech as Pete…