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  1. Why Every Founder & Investor Needs to Understand Open Source AI (Replay Episode)

    3D AGO

    Why Every Founder & Investor Needs to Understand Open Source AI (Replay Episode)

    Episode SummaryIn this episode of First Cheque, Cheryl and Maxine sit down with Laura Chambers, CEO of @Mozilla to dive into the transformative power of open source technology and its role in shaping the future of the internet and artificial intelligence. Laura shares insights on Mozilla’s unique nonprofit structure, the importance of transparency and accessibility in technology, and the critical need for an open AI ecosystem to drive innovation and equity. From the historical impact of open source software like Firefox to the current challenges of balancing ethical AI development with business needs, this conversation is packed with lessons for early-stage investors and tech enthusiasts alike. Laura also provides an inside look at Mozilla Ventures and the Builders Program, which are supporting the next wave of open-source innovators. Whether you're an investor, founder, or just curious about the future of tech, this episode is a must-listen! Time Stamps00:00 Intro & Guest Highlights 00:21 Why We're Excited About Laura Chambers 03:14 Interview Begins: Laura's First Investment at Age 10 05:20 Open Source 101: What It Is & Why It Matters 07:08 Firefox vs Internet Explorer: The Open Source Origin Story 09:58 How Healthy Is the Internet Today? 13:50 Can You Actually Make Money From Open Source? 15:45 What If the Internet Had Stayed Behind Paywalls? 17:33 Gen AI Is the New Model T: We're Missing the Seatbelts 19:37 The Case For & Against Closed Source AI 21:35 Why Researchers, Academics & Governments Need Open Access 22:17 Where Are We in the Gen AI Infrastructure Cycle? 24:18 AI in Education: What Skills Do Kids Actually Need? 26:36 Older Generations & the AI Learning Gap 29:16 Open vs Closed: Who's Winning Right Now? 33:49 Meta's Llama & the Strategic Logic of Going Open 35:21 Advice for Founders & Investors Building on Open vs Closed Models 39:21 Inside Mozilla Ventures: What They're Investing In 41:31 Prompt Engineering Tips From a CEO (Say Please!) 46:13 The Biggest Brave Moment: Moving Her Family & a 17-Year-Old Dog to Australia 49:20 The Weight of Being CEO & What That Feels Like Resources1) Mozilla Ventures: Supporting startups focused on privacy, AI, and open source innovation. (https://mozilla.vc/) 2) Mozilla Builders Program: Investing in and mentoring early-stage entrepreneurs building ethical tech solutions. (https://builders.mozilla.org/) 3) Harvard University Study: Open Source Software’s $8 Trillion Economic Impact A study on the global economic value created by open source technology. (https://www.hbs.edu/ris/Publication%20Files/24-038_51f8444f-502c-4139-8bf2-56eb4b65c58a.pdf) 4) Anthropic Report on Bias in AI: Research highlighting the impact of bias and the importance of transparency in AI models. (https://www.anthropic.com/research/mapping-mind-language-model) First Cheque is part of Day One.Day One helps founders and startup operators make better business decisions more often. To learn more, join our newsletter to be notified of new First Cheque episodes and upcoming shows. This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Podtrac - https://analytics.podtrac.com/privacy-policy-gdrp Spotify Ad Analytics - https://www.spotify.com/us/legal/ad-analytics-privacy-policy/

    51 min
  2. The Future of AI Payments: Agents, Stablecoins and Going Global

    6D AGO

    The Future of AI Payments: Agents, Stablecoins and Going Global

    Episode SummaryStripe’s Head of Startups, Hayley Hopwood, joins Georgie to unpack what the next era of commerce actually looks like and why founders need to rethink payments now, not later. They start with something unexpected: vibe coding a household chore app in 20 minutes. But the conversation quickly moves into much bigger territory. From OpenAI’s arrival in Australia to agentic commerce and Stablecoins, Hayley explains how AI is reshaping the final mile of every transaction and why payments are no longer just infrastructure, they are strategy. They dive into frictionless checkout, tokenisation, and the psychology of “one click” buying. Hayley shares why Australia will not build the next foundational LLM but can absolutely dominate in niche AI verticals like health, insurance, agriculture and education. She also unpacks why founders must build for global from day one, even if they are only selling locally, and how ignoring tax, currency and billing models early can quietly kill your scale later. Plus: is B2B SaaS actually dead, what jobs will change first in the AI era, why mediocrity will not survive, and what founders should do in 2026 to stay ahead of the curve. This is a masterclass in building durable infrastructure in a world moving at AI speed. In the Blink of AI is made possible by our wonderful partnersStripeFor early-stage, venture-backed founders – Stripe Startups is where to start. Enrol in the program and receive access to credits on Stripe fees, expert insights, and a focused community of other founders building on Stripe. Apply for Stripe Startups at https://www.dayone.fm/stripe ✨ Connect with Georgie HealyLinkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/georginahealy/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/georgina_healy/ Twitter: https://x.com/georgina__healy?lang=en The Day One NetworkIn The Blink of AI is part of Day One, the podcast network dedicated to founders, operators & investors. Sign up to get your weekly insights into the up-and-coming AI startups: https://dayone.fm/newsletter Mentioned in this episode: Stripe Startups For early-stage, venture-backed founders – Stripe Startups is where to start. Enrol in the program and receive access to credits on Stripe fees, expert insights, and a focused community of other founders building on Stripe. Apply for Stripe Startups at dayone.fm/stripe Stripe Ad_Nov 2025_02

    44 min
  3. AI in AppSec: Hype, Layoffs and What's Actually Real

    MAR 4

    AI in AppSec: Hype, Layoffs and What's Actually Real

    Episode SummaryArtificial intelligence is dominating headlines in cybersecurity, but how much of it holds up under scrutiny? In this solo episode of Secured, Cole Cornford, founder and CEO of Galah Cyber, shares his unfiltered take on three of the biggest AI narratives making waves in the AppSec space right now. Cole breaks down the Claude Code security announcement and why the market reaction dramatically overstated its real-world impact, arguing that the most meaningful security vulnerabilities have never been the ones static analysis tools can easily catch. He then examines Aikido's continuous penetration testing proposition, raising serious questions around noise, cost, resilience, and whether most organisations are even architected to support it. Finally, Cole tackles the AI job displacement narrative head-on, making the case that most high-profile tech layoffs are less about AI capability and more about mismanaged businesses using automation as convenient cover for decisions driven by poor performance and investor pressure. Timestamps00:00 – Intro & Cole's hot take on AI hype 01:30 – Claude Code Security: what it is and why markets overreacted 03:30 – Why meaningful vulnerabilities need context, not static analysis 05:30 – Autofix, token waste, and who's actually using Claude Code 08:00 – Aikido Infinite: the continuous pen testing promise 10:00 – Cost, resilience, and noise concerns with Aikido 12:49 – The AI jobs narrative: Cole's verdict 14:30 – WiseTech, Block, and the smokescreen theory 16:00 – Jobs shift, not job loss 17:03 – Closing thoughts and solo format feedback 🐙 Secured is grateful to be sponsored and supported by Chainguard. Chainguard is the trusted source for open source. Get hardened, secure, production-ready builds so your team can ship faster, stay compliant, and reduce risk. Download your free CVE Reduction Assessment at https://dayone.fm/chainguard Secured is part of Day One.Day One helps founders and startup operators make better business decisions more often. To learn more, join our newsletter to be notified of new First Cheque episodes and upcoming shows. Mentioned in this episode: Call for Feedback This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Podtrac - https://analytics.podtrac.com/privacy-policy-gdrp Spotify Ad Analytics - https://www.spotify.com/us/legal/ad-analytics-privacy-policy/

    19 min
  4. The Swyftx Story: Building Australia’s Fastest-Growing Crypto Exchange

    MAR 4

    The Swyftx Story: Building Australia’s Fastest-Growing Crypto Exchange

    In 2019, two founders launched Swyftx to make buying crypto easier and cheaper for everyday Australians. Seven years later, the platform processes over a billion dollars in monthly trades and serves 1.5 million users. In this episode, Andy Jones speaks with Jason Titman, CEO of Swyftx, about the company’s remarkable growth journey. Jason shares his path from auditing banks at KPMG to building e-commerce platforms, and what convinced him to dive into crypto. We explore the early days of Swyftx, the culture that has driven its success, and what the Australian crypto landscape looked like when the company launched during a brutal bear market. From a few hundred dollars a month to over a billion, this is how Swyftx became one of Australia’s largest crypto exchanges.

    18 min
  5. Can Crypto Deliver? Series Trailer | Swyftx & Jason Titman

    SEASON 1 TRAILER

    Can Crypto Deliver? Series Trailer | Swyftx & Jason Titman

    Two founders. A bear market. And a few hundred dollars in monthly trading. Six years later, Swyftx is doing over a billion dollars a month. In this trailer for Episode 1 of Can Crypto Deliver?, Day One host Andy Jones sits down with Jason Titman, CEO of Swyftx, one of Australia's largest cryptocurrency exchanges, serving more than 1.5 million Australians. Episode 1 goes beyond the growth story. Jason shares his own journey from KPMG auditor to hotel investor to crypto CEO, why he believes the traditional financial system has far more intermediaries than it needs, and why he thinks we are still at the very beginning of what crypto can become. According to Jason, Swyftx grew its customer base by 70% in the last 12 months alone, and with independent studies suggesting another 20-25% of Australians are expected to invest in crypto in the next two to three years, the story is only getting bigger. If you've ever been curious about crypto but not sure where to start, or you're already invested and want to understand the bigger picture, this one is worth your time. Can Crypto Deliver? Episode 1 drops Thursday. Subscribe so you don't miss it.

    1 min
  6. The Copyright War That Will Shape the Future of Music and AI | With Holly Rankin (aka Jack River)

    FEB 26

    The Copyright War That Will Shape the Future of Music and AI | With Holly Rankin (aka Jack River)

    Episode SummaryEvery time you ask an AI to write a song, generate a script, or mimic a creative style, there's a good chance it learned how to do that by consuming someone's life's work, without asking, without paying, and without them ever knowing. In October 2025, the Albanese Government became the first in the world to rule out a text and data mining exception to copyright law, a landmark win for creators that is now being actively challenged by the tech industry. It's the backdrop to everything Holly and Georgie discuss here. Holly Rankin, the artist behind Jack River and founder of cultural strategy company Sentiment Agency, has testified before Australian Parliament and become one of the most articulate voices in the fight to ensure the AI economy doesn't get built on the back of stolen human culture. In this episode she and Georgie get into the staggering labour that goes into making a single song, why the "it's too complicated to license" argument from Big Tech is a convenient myth, and what the Anthropic book piracy settlement really signals about where this is all heading. But underneath the policy detail is a bigger question: if we let machines consume and replicate everything that makes us human, what exactly are we left with? Jack River - https://www.jackrivermusic.com/ Holly Rankin Linkedin - https://www.linkedin.com/in/holly-rankin-3535912b3/ In the Blink of AI is made possible by our wonderful partnersStripeFor early-stage, venture-backed founders – Stripe Startups is where to start. Enrol in the program and receive access to credits on Stripe fees, expert insights, and a focused community of other founders building on Stripe. Apply for Stripe Startups at https://www.dayone.fm/stripe ✨ Connect with Georgie HealyLinkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/georginahealy/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/georgina_healy/ Twitter: https://x.com/georgina__healy?lang=en The Day One NetworkIn The Blink of AI is part of Day One, the podcast network dedicated to founders, operators & investors. Sign up to get your weekly insights into the up-and-coming AI startups: https://dayone.fm/newsletter Mentioned in this episode: Stripe Startups For early-stage, venture-backed founders – Stripe Startups is where to start. Enrol in the program and receive access to credits on Stripe fees, expert insights, and a focused community of other founders building on Stripe. Apply for Stripe Startups at dayone.fm/stripe Stripe Ad_Nov 2025_02

    50 min
  7. Cracking AI Growth & Retention: How Instant & Relume scaled from $0 to $10m

    FEB 25

    Cracking AI Growth & Retention: How Instant & Relume scaled from $0 to $10m

    How do AI companies scale this fast without breaking? Eight figure revenue in competitive markets. Products that double revenue in a single month. Customers who tattoo your logo on their body. Not growth hacks. Not hype. Real traction, earned the hard way. Brendan Hill sits down with Daniel Slater from Relume, Liam Millward from Instant, and Sally Yu from King River Capital to unpack what actually drives breakout AI companies in 2025. The answer is not building more features. It is obsession with distribution, ruthless focus on speed to value, and teams that move faster than their competitors think is possible. Relume did not start as an AI startup. It started as an agency. Building websites manually, feeling the pain firsthand, and removing the work that should never have existed. Instant did not find product market fit once. It found it three times, killing products, rebuilding teams, and learning the hard way that revenue without stickiness is a mirage. And from Silicon Valley, Sally Yu shares what she sees across the fastest growing AI companies in the world, why community is becoming the real moat, and why founders with unwavering conviction now win disproportionately. They talk candidly about churn, mistakes, hiring A players, monthly execution cycles, and why most AI products fail not because the tech is bad, but because the company moves too slowly. This is a conversation about momentum. About earning distribution. About building products people would fight to keep. If you want to understand how modern AI companies actually scale, and what it takes to stay ahead once you do, this episode is for you. Oversubscribed is proudly supported by our sponsor Vanta 🦙 Vanta is the all-in-one solution for startups to become compliant quickly and build a security foundation with ease. Startup customers get $1000 off Vanta at vanta.com/oversubscribed The Day One Network Oversubscribed is part of Day One, the podcast network dedicated to founders, operators & investors. Guest Founders: Relume: relume.io Connect with Daniel: https://www.linkedin.com/in/daniel-james-slater-13079288/ Instant: instant.one Connect with Liam: https://www.linkedin.com/in/liammillward/ King River Capital:http://www.kingriver.co/ Connect with Sally: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sally-tech/ Stay Updated: Listen to the Oversubscribed Podcast on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/6rZ9SajGVXkO8oxuvEHAsk?si=I2yR92GgRZa-Fdqbp8T4bw Listen to the Oversubscribed Podcast on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/oversubscribed/id1848789610 Please note that the content here is for informational purposes only; should NOT be taken as legal, business, or investment advice or be used to evaluate any investment or financial product. Brendan Hill is an investor in Everlab, Relevance AI and A1Base. About the Host: Brendan Hill is a Venture Partner at TEN13 and an angel investor in Australia’s fastest-growing startups, including Everlab, Heidi Health, Relevance AI and Instant. If you are interested in finding out more about angel investing, connect with Brendan on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/itsbrendanhill/

    1h 39m
  8. How to Make Your Fintech Pitch Unforgettable | James Horan from Phinly

    FEB 24

    How to Make Your Fintech Pitch Unforgettable | James Horan from Phinly

    Episode Summary Consumers lose billions to scams and miss out on trillions in potential savings every year. So what if everyone had their own AI-powered financial assistant working 24-7? In this episode of Pick My Brain, Alan Jones is joined by James Horan, founder of Phinly, an AI-driven personal finance platform designed to help consumers automate savings, prevent fees, and optimise their financial lives. James walks through his live pitch for Phinly, outlining the problem with doom-scrolling money advice, the rise of AI agents in personal finance, and a bold vision for owning the AI money assistant category. Phinly connects to over 20,000 institutions, identifies cost savings opportunities, and enables one-tap actions from cancelling subscriptions to switching providers. With early partnerships secured, backing from a global AI accelerator, and a savings-based revenue model, the startup is raising $800,000 on a pre-seed SAFE to scale toward $4.5M ARR in 18 months. But Alan’s feedback goes deeper than traction and TAM. He challenges James to avoid blending in with every other AI fintech startup in the room. Instead of leaning purely on logic and numbers, Alan pushes for something more memorable: behavioural insights that surprise the audience about their own financial habits. The goal is simple. Make investors go home and say, “Did you know that…?” and have that sentence start with something you taught them. If you’re building in fintech, AI, or any crowded category, this episode is a masterclass in standing out when everyone else looks the same. Time Stamps 02:08 – Meet James Horan and his founder journey 03:14 – Lessons from a failed two-sided marketplace 04:28 – The Phinly pitch begins 05:40 – Money advice, TikTok, and the cost-of-living crisis 06:50 – How Phinly works: AI-powered money automation 07:45 – Traction: 20,000 institutions connected and major partnerships 08:30 – Revenue model: percentage of savings and future subscriptions 09:10 – Alan’s first reaction: good foundation, but blends in 11:45 – The power of surprise in a crowded fintech room 12:30 – Using behavioural economics to stand out 14:00 – Stop reading your slides 15:30 – Supporting your story instead of replacing it 17:00 – Bringing emotion into a rational fintech pitch 18:00 – How to create a pitch people repeat to others Resources 💸 Phinly – https://phinly.com 🎙 Ask Alan a Question – https://speakpipe.com/pickmybrain 🎧 More from Alan Jones – https://www.startupfoundercoach.com Sponsors:Pick My Brain is supported by our wonderful sponsors:Galah Cyber offers the Foundations of Application Security course: a practical, hands-on AppSec course built for engineers who actually ship code. Two days of real-world lessons you can apply immediately. Learn more at galahcyber.com.au/learn. The Day One NetworkPick My Brain is part of Day One, the podcast network dedicated to founders, operators & investors.To learn more, join our newsletter to be notified of new and upcoming shows. The only content we create is content that will help Australian founders.

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