In The Blink of A.I. with Georgie Healy

• The Billion-Dollar AI Opportunity No One’s Talking About - With Asseti’s Aonghus Stevens

  Episode SummaryAonghus Stevens, founder of Asseti, built his first drone business as a teenager and now leads one of Australia’s most fascinating AI infrastructure startups. In this episode, he shares why the real money in AI isn’t in the apps, but in the unsexy, invisible backend of enterprise and asset management.Georgie and Aonghus unpack the surprising power of drones and defect detection, why asset degradation is a billion-dollar problem, and how Asseti is using AI to transform the way buildings, warehouses, and industrial sites are monitored and managed. They also dive into what makes a great VC partner, how to talk AI without sounding like a buzzword machine, and why drone delivery startups might be more hype than hope.Plus, Aonghus names the one boring AI workflow that’s actually revolutionising how massive global clients manage their assets, and why most legacy systems are still stuck in 1995.Time Stamps02:19 – Aonghus’ Origin Story: From Teen Drone Dealer to Founder05:03 – Drones 101: Fixed Wing, Multirotor, and Enterprise Use Cases08:13 – AI Hack of the Week: SQL Without Writing a Line of Code11:29 – Why Drones Are Just the Beginning at Asseti14:16 – Turning PDF Reports Into Live Asset Intelligence16:20 – How AI, Imagery & Photogrammetry Power Asseti18:41 – Startup Trade-Offs: When to Spend vs. Let It Burn22:56 – The Broken Workflows in Asset Management25:31 – Ideal Clients for Asseti & The Scale Problem in Inspections30:14 – Lame or Lucrative: Drone Coffees, Google Wing, Flying Cars36:17 – What Makes a Great VC (and Why Timing Is Everything)40:15 – Form vs. Function, Flying Cars & Startups with Grit42:45 – Where to Find Asseti and Why It’s a Quiet Game-ChangerResources🙋🏻‍♂️ Aonghus Stevens Linkedin https://www.linkedin.com/in/ajbstevens/👶 Aonghus Stevens on Forbes 30 Under 30 https://www.forbes.com/profile/aonghus-stevens/?ctpv=searchpage🛩️ Asseti https://www.asseti.co/In The Blink of A.I. is 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 In The Blink of AI episodes and upcoming shows.

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• Sarah Kaur on Human-Centred AI, Design Ethics, and Reimagining Tech from the Ground Up

  Sarah Kaur is not your typical technologist, and that’s the point. As Principal Design Strategist at Portable, she brings an artist’s eye and a community-first mindset to the world of AI and justice tech. In this episode, Sarah joins Georgie Healy to explore what it really means to build AI that works with people, not just on them.They dive into the hidden biases in design, the pitfalls of “black box” systems, and the real cost of leaving communities out of the development process. From building tools in Australia’s family law system to dreaming up a sovereign digital twin that protects your data, Sarah’s approach to ethical innovation is bold, reflective, and deeply grounded in care.Whether you’re designing for scale or simply wondering how AI can be made more equitable, this conversation will give you a new lens on what it means to build technology that respects, adapts, and listens.Time Stamps03:20 – From Artist to AI Strategist: Sarah’s Unconventional Path07:42 – What Human-Centred AI Actually Means11:57 – Sitting in Ambiguity: The Black Box Camera Experiment14:40 – Using ChatGPT to Surface Personal Bias18:20 – What the Public Doesn’t Understand About AI Design22:32 – Why Co-Design Matters More Than Ever30:32 – Designing With Communities, Not Just for Them35:40 – When Explainability Matters More Than Accuracy in AI40:00 – Inside Portable’s AI Sprint Model43:02 – Ethical AI vs. Imaginative AI47:31 – Dream Tech: A Sovereign Digital Twin That Asks for ConsentResources👩‍💻 Sarah Kaur on LinkedIn – https://www.linkedin.com/in/sarahkaur/🏢 Portable – https://www.portable.com.au/📘 Amica (Family Law Tool) – https://www.amica.gov.au/🛠️ AI Sprint Model by Portable – https://www.portable.com.au/articles/ai-design-sprintsIn The Blink of A.I. is 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 In The Blink of AI episodes and upcoming shows.

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