NZ Tech Podcast

["Nile Ratud says Spark used satellite connectivity to keep about 20,000 Northland customers online during Cyclone and opened access to 3,000 more nearby customers.", "Paul Spain and Nile also dig into Air New Zealand's digital ID trials, Lanaco's wool filter for Artemis II, Rocket Lab's European expansion, and Anthropic's Project Glasswing.", "Nile says Spark is turning off 3G, simplifying its stack, and planning a new consumer app for Q1 next financial year.", "The recurring thread is Spark's push to use biometrics, satellite broadband, and AI while keeping privacy guardrails and human intervention in place."]

["Paul Spain and Brett Roberts open with Peter Beck cutting his Rocket Lab salary from US$800,000 to US$1 a year and redirecting the money into research and development, while also talking about Rocket Lab's Mount Wellington and Warkworth expansion.", "They then break down Spark's live Starlink satellite-to-mobile rollout, One New Zealand's earlier move, and Two Degrees' AST Space Mobile partnership, with Brett warning that telcos are now competing against global orbital coverage.", "The conversation moves to autonomous vehicles, where Waymo's remote operators in the Philippines, Tesla's emergency remote driving, and Baidu's robotaxis in Wuhan show how far the technology still is from full autonomy.", "The episode closes on Apple turning 50, with Brett arguing that Apple wins by saying no to distractions, using Steve Jobs, the iPhone, and an open-source advocate's iPhone story to show why the company still stands out."]

["Paul Spain and James Bergen use the New Zealand Tech Podcast to connect Halter's $377 million Series E, New Zealand's finished 3G shutdown, Meta's court losses, and Xero's Anthropic deal.", "Halter's round, led by Peter Thiel's Founders Fund, valued the ag-tech company at $2 billion US and came after it sold more than a million solar-powered collars.", "James Bergen says Xero's new multi-year partnership with Anthropic is about real-time financial intelligence and meeting accountants, bookkeepers, and small businesses where they work.", "The episode also covers Meta's $375 million New Mexico verdict, a $6 million Los Angeles addiction case, smart-glasses privacy, Roblox safety, and older iPhone patching."]

Host Paul Spain interviews Jamie Beaton, co-founder of Crimson Education, about the company's growth and the role of AI in education.

Host Paul Spain interviews the new CEO of MaaS Bioimaging about portable CT scanners and discusses tech news.

Shane Smith explains how Education Perfect grew from Language Perfect, a vocab tool built in Flash, into an adaptive online learning platform used by 1.8 million students in New Zealand and Australia.

The New Zealand Tech Podcast examines OpenClaw, an AI agent that controls a computer, runs continuously, and can use skills to perform tasks.

Steve Sasson built Kodak’s first digital camera in 1975 using a 100-by-100-pixel Fairchild CCD and repurposed movie-camera optics.

Host Paul Spain interviews Francesca Logan from Toku Eyes about AI-powered diagnosis of systemic diseases through retinal imaging, along with tech news and updates.

Host Paul Spain interviews Jonathan Good from Sentient Bio about creating a digital sense of smell and taste, followed by tech news.

Host Paul Spain interviews Robbie Paul, CEO of Icehouse Ventures, about venture capital and tech startups in New Zealand.

Host Paul Spain interviews Justin Sung, founder of Orthsignal, about cybersecurity and identity authentication, followed by tech news discussion.

Host Paul Spain interviews Rowan Simpson about his book 'How To Be Wrong' and discusses technology and startup lessons.