In The Blink of AI with Georgie Healy

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Stay ahead of the curve in the rapidly changing world of technology with the In the Blink of AI podcast Host of the show Georgie Healy leverages 15 years in tech with a vibrant Aussie sense of humor to interview leading experts in Artificial Intelligence to unpack AI’s transformative potential and provide weekly commentary on the latest headlines. Tune in for candid conversations as the rapid speed of technology navigates innovation and ethics. The podcast's mission is to demystify the AI jargon and provide real human insights for everyone from the AI-curious to seasoned experts. Hosted by Georgie Healy, In the Blink of AI is a Day One® show. Day One is the podcast network dedicated to founders, operators, and investors. Follow In the Blink of AI through Day One on LinkedIn Sign up to get your weekly insights into the up-and-coming AI startups.

  1. 1 day ago

    The UI Was the Moat: Mirko Gropp, GM of Digital, Data and Technology at The Living Company

    Georgie Healy talks to Mirko Gropp, General Manager of Digital, Data and Technology at The Living Company, live from Dreamforce day three. The Living Company owns, develops and operates student housing, build-to-rent apartments and senior living across Australia, with around 2,000 people and about $17 billion in assets by Mirko's count. Mirko's take on the week: Salesforce going headless means the UI, long the moat for software companies, is no longer the point, and Claude arriving inside Salesforce lets his team ask plain-language questions of their cases. He says agentic coding lets him build in 3 months what used to take a year, with 2 people who never touch the code. They get into how a company rolls AI out when a small group of super users does most of the heavy lifting, and the HR question nobody has answered yet: how do you reward someone who is 10x more productive? Mirko explains why students hate email and voice, how The Living Company will build its first agent for senior living, and why most customer chat doesn't need a top-tier model. If you have a custom tool you assumed was too hard to build, this one is the push. Mirko's advice is to describe the outcome you want, let the tool walk you there, and be a critical, proactive builder. Captions 00:00 Cold open 01:30 Welcome back: the final Dreamforce interview 01:39 Headline: AI agents don't need screens 03:29 Headline: Headless 360 and the 5% AI value gap 05:27 Headline: How AI ends email and password fatigue 08:59 Mirko joins live from Dreamforce 10:22 The Living Company and the headless shift 11:49 Building in 3 months with 2 people who never touch code 12:51 Onboarding 10,000 students with 80% old school automation 13:53 What chatbot questions reveal, plus Cowork inside Salesforce 15:14 Rolling AI out to staff and the super users 16:56 The HR question: employees who are 10x more productive 17:20 Students trying to jailbreak the agent 18:13 Senior living: building the first agent 19:44 Designing for Gen Z and seniors 23:11 Tone of voice and rebuilding the bot with Salesforce 24:18 Shipping 5x to 10x faster than 10 years ago 25:47 Rapid fire: will AI disrupt property? 27:52 Predicting who's leaving and filling rooms early 28:40 You don't need Fable for everything 30:04 Where The Living Company goes next 32:16 Mirko's advice for builders 34:28 Outro: Attention is All I Need Mentioned in this episode: Deel x BAI_Script 02 - Sep 2026 Deel x BAI_Script 01 - Sep 2026

    The UI Was the Moat: Mirko Gropp, GM of Digital, Data and Technology at The Living Company

  2. 1 Oct

    The End of Logging in? Live from Dreamforce: Agentic AI, Headless and Customer Zero

    Description Couldn't make it to Dreamforce? Salesforce is bringing the latest from the event to Sydney on 20 October and Melbourne on 27 October with Agentforce World Tour Essentials. Find out more: https://www.salesforce.com/au/events/ Recorded at Dreamforce 2026, Georgie sits down with Joe Inzerillo, President, Enterprise and AI Technology at Salesforce. Joe oversees Slack and leads Salesforce's Customer Zero program, where the company puts its own AI to work on itself before customers do. Before Salesforce he was CTO of Disney Streaming, where he led the launch of Disney+, and Chief Product and Technology Officer at SiriusXM. Joe breaks down Claudeforce, the Salesforce and Anthropic partnership, and why he thinks the SaaSpocalypse story never held up. He explains what headless means for a platform built around screens, and why he says the UI was necessary but not the point Then he gets into Customer Zero: small squads that pair a business owner with a couple of technologists to build with coding agents, sometimes shipping within the day. Joe shares the numbers Salesforce is seeing, including a legal team agent he says now routes tickets more accurately than the lawyers who used to do it by hand. Plus the story of when a Salesforce agent recommended a competitor! In the rapid fire, Georgie asks what Joe thinks is nonsense here on the ground, and what he predicts for Dreamforce 2027. Chapters 00:00 Cold open: Do you still need to log into Salesforce? 01:08 Georgie's AI assistant and the four hours a week it saves 02:08 OpenAI launches Dots 03:08 GPT 6.1 Astra pulled after safety testing 04:00 Georgie's McLaren take: no brakes, no release 05:32 Meet Joe Inzerillo 07:38 Dreamforce 2026: Super Bowl meets Coachella 09:26 Claudeforce and the SaaSpocalypse myth 12:14 What "headless" Salesforce actually means 14:02 Slackbot and putting agents and people in one place 15:45 Why Slackbot already knows how your company works 17:14 Slackbot as the impartial teammate in the room 19:19 Customer Zero: how enterprises actually adopt agents 23:47 Can a big enterprise move like a startup? 26:47 Winning hearts and minds with 67 small teams 28:12 The human side: what should agents do, and what stays human? 29:09 When agents go off the rails: the competitor story 31:17 Rapid fire: will Salesforce still have a login screen? 32:03 What's nonsense: "my company can't" 33:16 The flyer story: one prompt that changed her mind on AI 34:21 One prediction for Dreamforce 2027 35:33 Wrap up and Georgie's Substack Mentioned in this episode: Deel x BAI_Script 01 - Sep 2026 Deel x BAI_Script 02 - Sep 2026

    The End of Logging in? Live from Dreamforce: Agentic AI, Headless and Customer Zero

  3. 24 Sept

    Inside Atlassian and the The $100m House Next Door

    Mike Cannon-Brookes and Scott Farquhar built Atlassian into one of Australia's most successful tech companies, and one of the rare local startups to become a global software giant. Then the partnership behind it came apart. Journalists John Stensholt and Perry Williams join Georgie to unpack their new book on the two co-founders: how they scaled a hundred-billion-dollar company side by side, and what happens to a business when the people at the top stop seeing eye to eye. They cover how co-CEO leadership worked inside Atlassian, how the founders' split affected the company's culture, and what it took to keep the business moving through it. Then the big question: where does Atlassian stand now? They get into the share price, the pressure on software companies to prove themselves in the AI era, and whether Atlassian can make the leap. Plus, John and Perry step into Mike and Scott's shoes to argue who was the better entrepreneur. CHAPTERS 00:00 Cold open 00:47 This week's AI headline: an OpenAI agent inside Medicare 02:55 Meet John Stensholt and Perry Williams, authors of Tech Bros 05:05 The farewell dinner Mike Cannon-Brookes skipped 09:51 Why Mike and Scott wouldn't talk to the authors 11:28 Point Piper: the $71M house next to the $100M house 16:17 Private school vs public school: did class play a part? 19:33 How two journalists split and wrote one book 22:02 Atlassian's share price rollercoaster 23:57 Can Atlassian navigate AI and become a 2.0? 27:42 Australia's next billionaires: data centres 30:01 Debate: Scott vs Mike, who's the better entrepreneur? 32:50 Charismatic Mike, "robotic" Scott, and the famous punch 34:11 Signed book + predictions giveaway 34:34 "The most toxic place I've worked": Atlassian's culture 37:18 The Silicon Valley mediator who couldn't fix it 40:38 Will they reunite? SunCable, Anthropic and Skip Capital 42:29 Have Mike and Scott read the book? 44:35 Who should read Tech Bros 47:14 Outro Mentioned in this episode: Deel x BAI_Script 01 - Sep 2026 Deel x BAI_Script 02 - Sep 2026

    Inside Atlassian and the The $100m House Next Door

  4. 17 Sept

    Inside Alexa Plus: Amazon's Blake Nussey on Voice AI, Far Field Tech and Building for Australia

    Blake Nussey leads at Amazon on Alexa, and he joins Georgie for a deep dive into Alexa Plus, now live in Australia. They cover the shift from rigid voice commands to a true personal assistant powered by over 70 models, and why Amazon built a model agnostic architecture to trade off speed against reasoning depth. The conversation gets personal fast: a customer who broke her leg and called for help through Alexa, Blake's Alexa run wind down routine, and why "don't lead the witness" has become his and Georgie's go to line for settling arguments with a neutral AI referee. They dig into what it actually took to make Alexa understand Australian English (avo, servo and all), the far field listening tech that lets Alexa hear you across a noisy room, and how privacy and trust are engineered in, down to a hardware mute button. They also talk accessibility (Alexa's role for vision impaired and elderly users), kids and voice AI, and Blake's prediction for when voice hits 50% of how we interact with tech. Plus a rapid fire round covering Tesla FSD, Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, flat whites, and Jimmethy the raccoon. *** Georgies Alexa+ Prompts to Try “Alexa, remember that Imogen can't have dairy” Alexa+ will remember preferences and factor it into recommendations like dinner ideas “Alexa, remember my frequent flyer number is [number].” “Alexa, it’s too hot in here.” Nelly disagrees, but use this with a connected air conditioner to adjust the room temperature “Alexa, every morning at 7, check the weather, recommend what to wear and play the news.” Create a Routine like the corporate athlete you are “Alexa, what happened while I was out?” Alexa+ reviews footage from connected doorbells and cameras like a deliveries *** CHAPTERS 00:00 – Cold open: FSD and "don't lead the witness" 01:18 – Intro: Georgie's honest take on Alexa Plus 04:04 – Sponsor: Deel 04:22 – Welcome + Blake's favorite AI hack (voice routines + Tesla FSD) 06:27 – Most non-AI thing: Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu 08:30 – Evolution of Alexa to Alexa Plus 09:59 – Behind the scenes: how Alexa picks the right model 12:51 – Smart home routines and the "corporate athlete" habit 15:29 – Alexa recommends a book (the Kindle story) 16:25 – Sponsor: Deel 17:12 – Building Australian Alexa: colloquialisms and local speech 20:58 – What made the Aussie rollout hard 22:36 – 2 billion interactions and Australian usage patterns 24:32 – Kids and Alexa: safety, kids mode, and development 26:44 – Presence, phones, and family dinner table use 27:44 – Privacy, trust, and the hardware mute button 30:52 – Accessibility: vision impairment, aging, and emergency use 34:21 – Near field vs far field: how Alexa actually hears you 39:19 – Voice AI hype, predictions, and wearable mic concepts 46:17 – Privacy culture, recording etiquette, and Meta glasses 48:44 – Rapid fire round 55:16 – Outro Mentioned in this episode: Deel x BAI_Script 01 - Sep 2026 Deel x BAI_Script 02 - Sep 2026

    Inside Alexa Plus: Amazon's Blake Nussey on Voice AI, Far Field Tech and Building for Australia

  5. 10 Sept

    Georgie’s First Ever Ask Me Anything (50K Special)

    For the first time in 80 episodes, host Georgie Healy flips the format and answers your questions. Recorded to mark 50,000 Spotify plays, this Ask Me Anything covers the questions listeners have been sending in since the early days of the show: the imposter syndrome years when even friends and family weren't listening, the two lines she still repeats to herself every week, and how she prepares guests before they ever hit record. There's a rapid-fire round covering her most-used AI tools (Claude is the one she can't make a decision without), the AI products everyone can't stop talking about right now (Higgsfield and Grok Bot both get a mention), and the guest she's still chasing. Georgie also goes behind the scenes on the interview mistake that still makes her wince years later, told in full for the first time, along with the moment a live Sydney audience quietly revealed just how many of them had Claude running while they sat there. It closes on where the show goes next: Georgie's honest, ambitious answer to what success looks like, and why she wants In The Blink of AI to be your weekly AI Superbowl. Mentioned in this episode: Deel x BAI_Script 01 - Sep 2026 Deel x BAI_Script 02 - Sep 2026

    Georgie’s First Ever Ask Me Anything (50K Special)

  6. 3 Sept

    Vibe coding til he dies

    Lazar Jovanovic didn't go to engineering school. He found a beta tool called GPT Engineer, set himself a challenge to build a new app every week, and filmed the whole thing. Two years later he's Lovable's in-house vibe coder, building load bearing internal tools that engineers tell him used to take a team of twenty. In this episode of In the Blink of AI, Georgie Healy hands him her own website and asks him to roast it live. He does, in about four minutes, and the fixes he gives are ones you can apply to your own site today. From there it gets sharper. Why "explain it like I'm five" is the worst thing you can say to an AI, and the exact script to use instead. Why opening four tabs costs you less than fixing one bad build. Why he thinks almost nobody writes their own code by hand anymore, and why that was never the valuable part of engineering anyway. And when Georgie asks why people blame the tools, he gives the line the whole episode hangs on: it's a vehicle, it's faster than you, and if you won't take the wheel, enjoy the cliff. Plus what's actually left for humans when building gets cheap, the three tools he can't work without, and who he thinks Georgie should book next. Hands on episode. Get a pen. Mentioned in this episode: Deel x BAI_Script 01 - Sep 2026 Deel x BAI_Script 02 - Sep 2026

    Vibe coding til he dies

  7. 27 Aug

    Elon Musk: Hero to Headcase

    For a decade, Elon Musk was the face of the modern entrepreneur: a self-made billionaire who bet his fortune on impossible ideas and somehow made them work. SpaceX made reusable rockets a reality. Tesla helped turn electric cars into a global phenomenon. He became one of the most admired and influential figures in technology. So what happened? In this episode of In the Blink of AI, Georgie Healy traces Musk’s journey from bullied South African kid and PayPal millionaire to the man behind Tesla, SpaceX, Starlink, X, xAI and more. Along the way, we explore the moments that transformed his public image: the Tesla “funding secured” controversy, his increasingly combative behavior online, his influence over Starlink during the war in Ukraine, his takeover of Twitter, his political rise alongside Donald Trump, and the controversies surrounding Grok. But this isn’t simply a takedown. Using the 4Gs framework, Georgie asks the harder question: Was Elon Musk actually a genius, or was he simply in the right place at the right time? The answer is more complicated than either side might want to admit. Because Musk may genuinely have helped solve some of the hardest engineering problems of our time. But does extraordinary capability excuse harmful behaviour? You be the judge. CHAPTERS 00:00 Elon Musk: From the World’s Most Admired Entrepreneur to the Most Controversial 02:08 Growing Up in South Africa: Bullying, Obsession, and Early Signs of Genius 02:57 Leaving South Africa and Building His First Tech Ventures 04:26 Zip2: Musk’s First Major Exit and the $307 Million Sale 04:38 X.com, PayPal, and the Power Struggle That Ousted Musk 05:26 The PayPal Mafia and the Fortune That Funded Musk’s Next Bets 07:40 SpaceX and Tesla: Betting His Fortune on Impossible Ideas 08:09 Falcon 1’s Historic Launch and SpaceX’s Near-Death Experience 08:50 Tesla’s Rise and the Revolution of Electric Cars 10:28 Peak Elon: SpaceX, Tesla, Neuralink, and the Golden Years 11:06 How Much Did Elon Musk Actually Build? The Founder Debate 12:27 The Iron Man Myth and the People Behind Musk’s Companies 13:26 2018: The Year Elon Musk’s Public Image Changed 13:50 The “Funding Secured” Tweet and Tesla’s SEC Battle 15:10 The Thailand Cave Rescue and the “Pedo Guy” Controversy 15:45 Joe Rogan, Marijuana, and Musk’s Growing Pattern of Controversy 18:18 Starlink in Ukraine: When a Private Company Controls Wartime Infrastructure 19:17 Musk, Crimea, and the Limits of Private Power 20:47 Why Starlink May Be Musk’s Biggest Governance Problem 21:07 Buying Twitter for $44 Billion and Taking Over the Platform 22:00 Mass Layoffs, Free Speech Absolutism, and the Birth of X 23:43 Hate Speech, the Great Replacement Theory, and the Advertiser Exodus 25:13 The Case Against Musk’s Version of Free Speech 27:11 Musk Enters Politics and Becomes Trump’s Biggest Donor 28:02 DOGE, the Controversial Gesture, and Musk’s Growing Political Influence 28:44 Tesla Protests, DOGE’s Promised Savings, and the Fallout 30:58 Musk vs. Trump: From Political Alliance to Public Feud 31:16 xAI and Grok: Musk’s Vision for an “Anti-Woke” AI 32:08 Grok’s Hitler Controversy and the Rise of “Spicy Mode” 33:46 AI Safety, Non-Consensual Images, and the Cost of Unrestricted AI 35:00 The Expanding Musk Empire: SpaceX, Starlink, X, xAI, Tesla, and More 36:28 The 4 Gs: Is Elon Musk a Grown-Up, Genius, or Something Else? 36:49 Why Musk Fails the “Grown-Up” and “Gravitas” Tests 39:00 Genius vs. Accountability: What Musk Actually Changed 40:00 The Final Verdict: Genius Without a Hall Pass

    Elon Musk: Hero to Headcase

  8. 20 Aug

    We're afraid of the wrong thing in AI - with Paloma Newton

    Paloma Newton is the founder of Elita, a longevity platform for dogs that combines biological testing, clinical history, and the changes owners notice day to day into one picture of how a dog is ageing. She built it backwards by most startup standards, a stem cell bank before a product, years of science before a single marketing push, all under one rule: don't promise more than the platform can back up. On this episode, Paloma brings that same rigor to two of the week's biggest AI headlines. She explains why South Australia's $3 million Royal Commission into AI is aimed at the wrong problem, and makes the sharper case that most of our anxiety about AI isn't really about the technology at all, it's about trust in who controls it. She also gets into the Jevons Paradox and why AI was never going to hand us more free time, her own weekly system for separating real output from busywork, and why she thinks women stepping back from AI over ethical concerns is a bigger loss than it looks. Plus, the origin story behind Elita, starting with her dog Edgar's breed health scan, and a closing surprise guest who may or may not understand what a podcast is. Whether you're building, funding, or just trying to make sense of the AI news cycle, this one's worth the full listen. CHAPTERS 00:00 Cold open 01:10 Welcome & episode preview 02:14 Sponsor: Deel 02:40 AI hack of the week: the self-updating Slack to-do list 04:01 What is Elita 04:51 Headline: South Australia's $3M AI Royal Commission 11:31 Headline: Does AI actually give us more free time 14:58 Sponsor: Deel 18:29 The Elita origin story: Edgar, stem cells, and building backwards 25:35 Pet longevity vs. human longevity 32:18 Holding AI's promise and its doom and gloom at once 40:52 The AI-designed cancer vaccine that started with one dog 45:06 Why women opting out of AI should worry everyone 50:01 Rapid fire 53:23 What Australia does best in AI and deep tech 55:46 A very special guest

    We're afraid of the wrong thing in AI - with Paloma Newton
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Stay ahead of the curve in the rapidly changing world of technology with the In the Blink of AI podcast Host of the show Georgie Healy leverages 15 years in tech with a vibrant Aussie sense of humor to interview leading experts in Artificial Intelligence to unpack AI’s transformative potential and provide weekly commentary on the latest headlines. Tune in for candid conversations as the rapid speed of technology navigates innovation and ethics. The podcast's mission is to demystify the AI jargon and provide real human insights for everyone from the AI-curious to seasoned experts. Hosted by Georgie Healy, In the Blink of AI is a Day One® show. Day One is the podcast network dedicated to founders, operators, and investors. Follow In the Blink of AI through Day One on LinkedIn Sign up to get your weekly insights into the up-and-coming AI startups.

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