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In this insightful interview, Andrew Gaule, (linkedin.com/in/andrew-gaule-aimava), talks with Bill Liao, (https://www.linkedin.com/in/billliao/ ) a global citizen, entrepreneur, and investor with an impressive portfolio. As a general partner at venture firm SOSV and Ki Tua Fund. Bill shares his thoughtful, purpose-driven approach to building successful, sustainable ventures.From emphasizing the importance of founder mindset and partnerships to leveraging emerging technologies like generative AI, Bill provides valuable lessons for entrepreneurs and investors alike. This interview offers a master class in aligning purpose, process, people, and performance metrics to drive meaningful change.Purpose to Performance: Innovative New Value Chain book by Andrew mentioned by Bill is available at https://amzn.eu/d/eiTlreV  To book a meeting to discuss entrepreneurship, AI and other business change with Andrew - https://calendly.com/andrew-gaule/30min?You can listen to this interview as a podcast on Gaule's Question Time on Apple, Spotify, Google and many other podcast channels. https://www.podomatic.com/podcasts/gaulesqt Subscribe for future interviews. See this and other video content at Aimava Purpose to Performance Channel -  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCV9o-htFNIk9Yt7jp2XcdWw Bill Liao has a nuanced perspective on the current wave of generative AI tools and technologies. He sees the significant advancements in the user interface and accessibility of these language models, noting that they allow the average person to easily harness powerful AI capabilities for a wide range of business tasks.Overall, Bill is excited about the potential for AI to enhance human abilities, but cautions entrepreneurs and investors to approach it pragmatically, diving in to learn and experiment, while maintaining a clear-eyed focus on building successful, impactful ventures.Bill's interestswww.SOSV.com - opportunities in early tech ventureswww.kituafund.com - backing healthwww.WeForest.org - environmentwww.sens.org - longevitywww.CoderDojo.org - all kinds of awesomeHere is a summary of the key points from the interview:PurposeBill's overarching purpose is to create "a world that works for all living things, while civilization thrives"His core values driving this purpose are kindness, curiosity, and getting things doneProcessBill is selective about the startups he engages with, looking for those who have done their research and built relationships with relevant investorsHe advises startups to connect with leaders of companies that have raised funding from target investors to get warm introductionsPeopleThe founding team is the most important factor - they must be able to convince others to passionately follow themStartups need a balance of technical/scientific expertise and business/execution skills on the teamProper founder vesting agreements are critical to align incentivesPartnersPartnerships across the value chain are essential as no single company can do everythingExamples include finding the right manufacturing, sales, and distribution partnersLeveraging the network and expertise of investors as partners is also keyPerformance MeasuresBill emphasizes the importance of tracking the right metrics, not just high-level financialsFor impact-oriented funds, he looks at concrete outcomes like CO2 equivalent avoided/sequesteredContinuous monitoring of key operational metrics is critical for founders to effectively manage their businessTo book a meeting https://calendly.com/andrew-gaule/30min?

In a heartfelt interview with Andrew Gaule, (linkedin.com/in/andrew-gaule-aimava), Joseph Orya (https://www.linkedin.com/in/joseph-orya-3b8778179/ ), the co-founder and lead at Peddle Innovation Lab, shares his inspiring journey from a remote Nigerian village to becoming a social entrepreneur dedicated to transforming lives through education. Faced with poverty and the loss of his parents at a young age, Joseph's path to education was fraught with challenges. However, his personal experiences fueled his determination to provide underprivileged youth with access to quality education and digital skills. Andrew is a mentor for Joseph on the Just IMAGINE If social entrepreneur program by Paul Lindley at Uni of Reading.Orya's brainchild, Peddle Innovation Lab, develops portable, solar-powered mobile classrooms equipped with AI-enabled platforms, enabling learners in both grid and off-grid areas to access educational resources. Targeting children aged 6 to 18, the initiative offers lessons in literacy, mathematics, computer appreciation, and coding, bridging the digital divide and fostering lifelong learning opportunities. See Joseph's video for Just IMAGINE If at https://youtu.be/c_vYBb0IB_U?si=cGK4NAF3aEHpCK6U See details and topics below. To book a meeting to discuss entrepreneurship, AI and other business change with Andrew - https://calendly.com/andrew-gaule/30min?AI Programmes to build your AI and Business Skills. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/aimava-global-advisory-firm-11938296163#eventsThe context of tech and business change featured in Andrew's book "Purpose to Performance: Innovative New Value Chains" https://amzn.eu/d/6cK5C6Q and AI was discussed in this context. You can listen to this interview as a podcast on Gaule's Question Time on Apple, Spotify, Google and many other podcast channels. https://www.podomatic.com/podcasts/gaulesqtSubscribe for future interviews. See this and other video content at Aimava Purpose to Performance Channel - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCV9o-htFNIk9Yt7jp2XcdWwTopics discussed. Joseph's background and inspiration behind Peddle Innovation Lab.Explanation of what Peddle Innovation Lab does and the services it provides.Details about the age range and subjects taught to the students.Locations and number of schools/camps where the program has been implemented.Impact on children's lives and the staggering number of out-of-school children in Nigeria.Scaling needs, including hardware, energy systems, and funding.Joseph's team and their combined experience.Financial ask and projected impact on the number of beneficiaries.Business model and revenue streams for sustainability.Joseph's inspiring message and call to action for others to create change.To book a meeting to discuss entrepreneurship, AI and other business change with Andrew - https://calendly.com/andrew-gaule/30min?

This interview between Andrew Gaule, (linkedin.com/in/andrew-gaule-aimava) and Chris Noring, (https://www.linkedin.com/in/christoffer-noring-3257061/) a Senior Cloud Advocate at Microsoft, covers how artificial intelligence is transforming businesses. See details and topics below. Chris's GenAI in Practice Newsletter https://www.linkedin.com/newsletters/generative-ai-in-practice-7148117999957274624/AI Programmes to build your AI and Business Skills. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/aimava-global-advisory-firm-11938296163#eventsThe context of tech and business change featured in Andrew's book "Purpose to Performance: Innovative New Value Chains" https://amzn.eu/d/6cK5C6Q and AI was discussed in this context. To book a meeting to discuss AI and other business change with Andrew - https://calendly.com/andrew-gaule/30min?Chris Noring and Andrew Gaule discuss Microsoft's pivot towards being an AI-first company through investments in models like OpenAI. Noring shares how he sees businesses moving away from search engine optimization to instead optimizing for AI assistants. He predicts the need for AI coaches similar to agile coaches to help companies adopt AI. Noring and Gaule explore the role of partnerships in AI adoption. They also debate approaches for measuring ROI and strategic value of AI investments. Overall, they are excited by the potential for AI to free up human time for more creative, strategic work. However, they emphasize that successful implementation requires change management and clear communication between technology partners and business stakeholders.Leveraging AI to Transform Your BusinessPurpose:The core purpose for businesses adopting AI should be to integrate it in a way that augments human capabilities and transforms business models, rather than solely focusing on cost savings. AI can elevate human productivity and creativity. Companies should find opportunities for leveraging AI across all products and data sources.Process:The process for implementing AI requires starting with small experiments on discrete use cases where impact can be measured, before scaling across the organization. Hands-on workshops can show employees AI’s value and help them become comfortable interacting with systems using natural language prompts. Starting with no-code solutions allows for rapid prototyping.People:A key requirement for successfully leveraging AI is change management and upskilling employees to effectively utilize these new tools. “AI coaches” will be crucial to help workers adapt, much as “agile coaches” emerged. Enhanced communication skills and clarity when providing prompts and requirements will drive optimal AI output.Partners:AI adoption requires both business and technology partners. Communication partners can translate business needs while technical partners handle solution implementation. Look for partners with domain expertise in your industry who also understand core barriers to organizational change management. Vet partners thoroughly regarding data privacy and security.Performance Measures:The ROI of AI investments can be measured based on time savings and bottom line business performance where applicable. In some cases, AI competency is a strategic imperative for competitiveness. Set goals and KPIs early about what business objectives AI solutions will achieve. Continually assess how worker time is freed up to focus on more creative, strategic initiatives after AI automation.With the right vision and preparation, AI technology offers enormous potential to transform businesses by enhancing human productivity and innovation. Following the strategies around purpose, process, people, partners and performance measurement outlined above will set your organization up for success.To book a meeting to discuss AI and other business change with Andrew - https://calendly.com/andrew-gaule/30min?

In this interview hosted by Andrew Gaule (linkedin.com/in/andrew-gaule-aimava), Graphcore CEO Nigel Toon (https://www.linkedin.com/in/nigeltoon/) shares his perspectives on artificial intelligence and the hardware powering the latest capabilities. Nigel and Andrew are mentors on the AI Stream at Creative Destruction Labs based in Oxford University. See more of the topics below.The discussion includes key insights from Nigel's book "How AI Thinks: How we built it, how it can help us, and how we can control it" https://amzn.eu/d/bkDXk7YThe context of tech and business change featured in Andrew's book "Purpose to Performance: Innovative New Value Chains" https://amzn.eu/d/6cK5C6Q and AI was discussed in this context. To book a meeting to discuss AI and other business change with Andrew - https://calendly.com/andrew-gaule/30min?You can listen to this interview as a podcast on Gaule's Question Time on Apple, Spotify, Google and many other podcast channels. https://www.podomatic.com/podcasts/gaulesqtSubscribe for future interviews. See this and other video content at Aimava Purpose to Performance Channel - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCV9o-htFNIk9Yt7jp2XcdWwNigel outlines how far AI has advanced, from beating the world champion at Go to the recent explosion in popularity of chatbots like ChatGPT. Underpinning these leaps in software are rapid gains in semiconductor chips, improving at an astonishing 25 billion fold over 60 years. Graphcore builds specialty AI chips to provide an alternative to dominant player Nvidia, allowing more researchers to accelerate discoveries.Beyond keeping up with technical progress, Nigel stresses that education must transform to prioritize creativity over rote learning. He welcomes AI-assisted teaching tailored to individuals. Regarding ethical concerns, Nigel argues biases come from flawed data rather than being inherent to AI systems. Still, developers must pledge transparency while testing for unfair impacts on diverse groups. With sensible safeguards, AI can augment human intelligence to solve previously intractable problems. The technology itself is neither good nor bad; it merely amplifies our own goals and values.Here are six key topics from the interview Graphcore's AI chips  Enable more parallel processing like the human brain  Optimized to accelerate neural networks for complex AI workloads  Provide an alternative to Nvidia for AI compute in data centersComparing AI and human cognition  Many subconscious brain skills remain beyond AI systems currently  Things easy for people often prove difficult computationally  Future computing may better approximate biological infrastructureAI adoption in China  Leading aggressive deployment of AI across many sectors  Rapid integration into education at early ages  Authoritarian system enables swift data collection and trialsAI's economic impact  Potential to augment productivity on par with industrial revolution  Requires rethinking of education models and job training  Risk of automating certain jobs must be mitigatedEthics of AI systems  Biases originate from flawed training data rather than inherently  Guidelines needed to ensure transparency and test for harm  Clearly unethical applications should be bannedHardware progress enabling AI  Exponential improvements in semiconductors underlying gains  Future quantum and molecular computing shifts possible  Enormous data digitization also crucial for progress To book a meeting to discuss AI and other business change with Andrew - https://calendly.com/andrew-gaule/30min?

Andrew Gaule (linkedin.com/in/andrew-gaule-aimava) discusses with Simon Portman (https://www.linkedin.com/in/simon-portman-0b918014/), commercial lawyer at Marks and Clerk, explores key legal issues surrounding artificial intelligence. As AI capabilities rapidly advance, companies developing and utilizing these technologies face complex challenges around copyright, ownership, liability, and emerging regulation. See the overview below. To book a meeting to discuss AI and other business change with Andrew - https://calendly.com/andrew-gaule/30min?The discussion examines recent high-profile copyright lawsuits against AI firms related to training machine learning models. While outcomes remain unresolved, Portman expects some form of licensing models to emerge. On output generated by AI systems, current legal consensus necessitates human creativity for IP protections. However, proving human authorship could grow increasingly difficult.Shifting to AI regulation, while frameworks vary across regions, most balance protecting the public with encouraging innovation. However, Portman notes enforcement lags capability evolution. Meanwhile from a business standpoint, Gaule emphasizes focusing less on AI risks, and more on the promise of transformations to value chains across many industries. Though acknowledging some job losses, historical precedents suggest new opportunities will emerge.For a book on corporate innovation and venturing see "Purpose to Performance - Innovative New Value Chains" by Andrew Gaule. ( shorturl.at/dfDTW )You can listen to this interview as a podcast on Gaule's Question Time on Apple, Spotify, Google and many other podcast channels. https://www.podomatic.com/podcasts/gaulesqtSubscribe for future interviews. See this and other video content at Aimava Purpose to Performance Channel - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCV9o-htFNIk9Yt7jp2XcdWwKey topics and main points under each:AI Copyright Lawsuits- Major media and artists suing AI firms for infringement related to training ML models- Outcomes remain legally untested - cases proceeding in courts- Expect licensing models to compensate copyright owners to emergeAI-Generated IP Protections- Require human creativity under current laws- Humans increasingly claiming false authorship of AI output- Commercial viability remains even without formal protectionsEU AI Act- Most aggressive regulations globally so far- Industry pushback - could stifle innovation and discourage companies- Adds substantial compliance burden especially on smaller firmsUK AI Regulation Approach- Aims to balance risks with enabling innovation- Avoid prescriptive rules, but acting sometime necessary- Sensible to allocate oversight across sectorsUS AI Executive Order- Seeks to balance privacy/security and competition- Benchmark that other countries will follow- Signals aim to lead in AI commerciallyGlobal AI Governance- One harmonized set of AI rules unlikely- Fragmentation across regions inevitable as with data privacy- All trying to balance similar priorities differentlyRegulation Lagging Capability Evolution- Exponential progress makes laws drafted today obsolete soon- Enforcement also difficult once deployed at scale- Hard to put "genie back in the bottle"Risks Overstated- More pragmatic take versus AI catastrophes- Changes likely mundane - similar past technology revolutions- Focus on transformations to business processes/value chainsJob Losses Overstated- Difference is white collar roles  impacted- Expect adaptation versus mass  unemploymentLegal Industry Adoption- Historically slow to adopt- Focus on higher judgement tasks vs mundaneTo book a meeting to discuss AI and other business change with Andrew - https://calendly.com/andrew-gaule/30min?

Andrew Gaule (linkedin.com/in/andrew-gaule-aimava), had the pleasure of speaking with Udai Dhamija and Jenni Morris about the fantastic Oxbridge AI Challenge. Their unified effort across Cambridge and Oxford Universities delivered over 80 AI startup applicants who benefited tremendously from pitch feedback and mentorship. The competition was supported by some big players including, Digital Realty, Microsoft, Taylor Wessing LLP, The Alan Turing Foundation, Marcho Partners, Keltie LLP, and JP Morgan.See more details below. To book a meeting with Andrew - https://calendly.com/andrew-gaule/30min?For a book on corporate innovation and venturing see "Purpose to Performance - Innovative New Value Chains" by Andrew Gaule. ( shorturl.at/dfDTW )You can listen to this interview as a podcast on Gaule's Question Time on Apple, Spotify, Google and many other podcast channels. https://www.podomatic.com/podcasts/gaulesqtSubscribe for future interviews. See this and other video content at Aimava Purpose to Performance Channel - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCV9o-htFNIk9Yt7jp2XcdWwKey Topics:Organizing the Oxbridge AI Challenge- Unified committee across societies- Fundraising and applicant recruitment- Multi-round pitching and mentoringAI Challenge Finals Event- Top 10 startup pitches- Judging panel and selection criteria- Networking and awards celebrationOxbridge AI Finalists 2023Ignota Labs - applying AI to identify and turn around distressed pharmaceutical assets Adalat AI - next-gen AI transcription for deployment across legal Court systemRegfyl - AI platform to simplify financial compliance in AfricaAgrilinks - AI platform for data-driven lending to farmers across AfricaJRE Group - AI powered tools to control manufacturing in heavy industriesCanopy AI - AI ultra-realistic human-like agents for interviewsBiterite, AI concierge to recommend restaurants for those with dietary restrictionsLetera - AI powered language learning platforminnex.ai - AI co-pilot for facilities management in hospitals and other settingsPerspectives on AI’s Impact- Startup integration across sectors- Exceeds internet transformation- Broadened access to educationLooking Ahead- Plans to build on AI challenge- Continued campus entrepreneur support