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Digital Nexus

Chris Sinclair and Mark Monfort

36 episodes

3 weeks ago

Can AI help understand our emotional state? Nicole Gibson, founder of Love Out Loud and co-founder of inTruth, shares how a recovery journey became a product mission, and how she’s using AI in mental health to scale evidence-based impact, leadership, and a love-led culture. Watch for: From anorexia recovery to national advocate → AI product leader The origin of Love Out Loud and community design that changes behaviour inTruth: AI ethics, data consent, and measurable outcomes in mental health...

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Can AI help understand our emotional state? Nicole Gibson, founder of Love Out Loud and co-founder of inTruth, shares how a recovery journey became a product mission, and how she’s using AI in mental health to scale evidence-based impact, leadership, and a love-led culture. Watch for: From anorexia recovery to national advocate → AI product leader The origin of Love Out Loud and community design that changes behaviour inTruth: AI ethics, data consent, and measurable outcomes in mental health...

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Episodes (20/36)

Digital Nexus

How AI Could Heal a Generation Mental Health to AI Leader w/ Nicole Gibson

Can AI help understand our emotional state? Nicole Gibson, founder of Love Out Loud and co-founder of inTruth, shares how a recovery journey became a product mission, and how she’s using AI in mental health to scale evidence-based impact, leadership, and a love-led culture. Watch for: From anorexia recovery to national advocate → AI product leader The origin of Love Out Loud and community design that changes behaviour inTruth: AI ethics, data consent, and measurable outcomes in mental health...

3 weeks ago

1 hour 3 minutes

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Ep 38 | Prompt Like a Product Pro in ChatGPT & Claude: The 3-Phase System you must know (w/ Bastian Epskamp)

Want clearer, more consistent AI outputs? In this episode, we break down three prompting skills that help founders, PMs, and UX leads go from idea → clickable MVP fast—using ChatGPT and Claude. Guest Bastian Epskamp shares his 3-phase system (prepare → implement → learn), how to ship prototypes stupid fast with V0/vibe-coding, and a case study on building Auction Buddy (AI for buyer-side property decisions). What you’ll learn The 3 skills: framing, constraint design, and iterative prompting...

4 weeks ago

42 minutes

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Ep 37 | 5 Product Traps Killing AI Projects (and What To Do Instead w/ Kurt Yang)

Build Real AI Products (Fast): Product Manager to Community Builder with Kurt Yang (Fintech & EdTech, RAG, Embedded Finance) From banker to PM to community catalyst, Kurt Yang shares how non-engineers are shipping functional AI prototypes, validating with customers, and turning meetups into massive and strong ecosystems. Chapters: 4:17 – Community lessons for PMs 8:34 – De-risking AI with stakeholders 12:50 – Tooling spotlight: Lovable in practice 17:07 – Prototyping workflows that scal...

1 month ago

34 minutes

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Ep 36 | The CEO Who Cloned Herself To Run The Company — Michelle Gilmore (Juno leading AI research platform)

Michelle Gilmore (CEO & Co-founder, Juno) built a digital twin of herself to scale her business. Juno conducts high-quality, qualitative interviews—turning Michelle's 20+ years, and 10,000+ research projects into an AI “listening engine.” We dive into how Juno runs real conversations at scale, why expertise-in-the-loop beats checkbox surveys, and how a digital twin lets a CEO focus on strategy while the AI handles the heavy lifting. Guest & company: Michelle Gilmore, CEO & ...

1 month ago

43 minutes

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Ep 35 | Stop Using Spam Cannons The B2B Playbook That 5×’d Replies

From IBM strategist to startup founder, Serena Lam is building Fuzzy AI to reshape B2B sales with hyper-personalized outreach. In this candid conversation, she shares her founder journey, lessons from building in AI, and where sales tech is heading next. 👉 Expect practical founder advice, the realities of building with limited resources, and insights into how design thinking and AI workflows are changing the game. ⏱️ Chapter Timestamps 0:00 – Intro & why Serena flew budget class from S...

2 months ago

49 minutes

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Ep 34 | Aussie AI (Reality Check): From POCs to Product—What Changed?

In this episode of Digital Nexus, we sit down with Sha-maybe Chan, Co-founder of Friyay and Wakey Wakey Sales, to unpack how AI is reshaping startups, SMEs, and big business in Australia. We cover: 🚀 How startups can now build products without a tech co-founder 📱 The story behind Wakey Wakey, an AI SMS sales assistant helping small businesses scale 🏦 Why big corporates are finally moving past endless POCs and into real AI adoption 🛠️ The rise of agentic workflows vs. AI agents — and what th...

2 months ago

42 minutes

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Ep 32 | ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude and Perplexity DeepResearch Battle

In Episode 32 of Digital Nexus, we go from the bush to the boardroom. Kev the Yowie returns as we unpack the latest in AI trends, Google’s Gemini V3, OpenAI’s new business features, and Perplexity’s research mode. We dive into AI adoption in Australia, explore how Perplexity outperforms in real-world research comparison tests, and showcase our entry into the world’s largest AI hackathon. Plus, we reveal how ambient agents and agentic workflows are quietly reshaping knowledge work and how busi...

4 months ago

58 minutes

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Ep 31 | Claude, OpenAI and Perplexity strike back with huge announcements

🚀 Episode 31 Post-Google I/O Shockwave, Agentic AI Chaos & a $1M Hackathon? 🎙️ Hosted by Chris & Mark | Witty, high-energy, and absolutely packed with insights Still catching your breath from Google I/O? So is the entire AI industry. In this episode, the boys sift through the aftershocks—and unearth gold from the companies overshadowed by Google’s tidal wave. 🔥 Highlights this week: 🧠 AI Whiplash Google’s I/O left everyone reeling—VO3, NotebookLM mobile, and that wild try-on shopp...

5 months ago

56 minutes

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Ep 30 | Google's AI Shockwave, Claude 4 & Agentic AI Explained!

📍 New studio. Bigger ideas. Massive week in AI. Mark & Chris celebrate the “Dirty 30” of Digital Nexus in style—recording from a new space powered by FEX Global—and dive headfirst into the wildest week of AI news we’ve seen yet. 🔥 In this episode: Google’s AI Overload from I/O: Gemini’s supercharged updates, life-like video generation with Veo, try-on AI in Google Shopping, new coding tools & search redefinedOpenAI's big moves: Codex evolution, a creative collab with design lege...

5 months ago

46 minutes

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Ep 29 | Research says AI isn't improving anything!

In this episode of Digital Nexus (#29), we dive into the latest in AI tools, prototyping trends, and productivity myths. We explore how Australians are using AI, updates from OpenAI and Claude, and why most people are still prompting AI wrong. We break down MVPs vs prototypes, share insights from MBA teaching sessions, and unpack Google’s move into Figma-style tools. Plus: what “vibe coding” really means, why you still need to understand your dev process, and how to stay employable in an AI-d...

5 months ago

1 hour 9 minutes

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Ep 28 | Accelerating AI Innovation - Google, Claude and Meta level things up

In the latest Digital Nexus podcast, we talk about all things AI from the national radio station using undisclosed AI announcers and the low levels of trust in AI among Australians. We also cover the necessity of AI education contrasted by recent AI policy changes and their potential impacts on journalism and news accuracy. We also cover an upcoming UX and AI course from Chris, and some highlights on revamped the Sike knowledge management tool from Mark. TIMELINE 0:00 - Intros and wra...

6 months ago

59 minutes

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Ep 26 | Real-World AI Use Cases with Ned Moorfield

In this episode of Digital Nexus, we explore groundbreaking AI news and practical applications with tech entrepreneur Ned Moorfield from Product Edge AI. Ned, a veteran of Google, Eventbrite, and co-founder of GoCatch, shares insider insights into AI strategies transforming businesses. 🔔 Subscribe for more updates! AI news, Anthropic Claude, XAI, OpenAI modules, Google Gemini 2.5, ChatGPT image generation, deepfakes, Apple AI, AI in business, AI adoption strategies, Ned Moorfield, Product E...

7 months ago

58 minutes

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Ep 27 | Google is winning at AI and HeyBossAI could take your job

👨‍🚀 Hosted by Mark & Chris | 🦕 Yes, they’re still dinosaurs (for now) 🔗 WATCH NOW to see AI in action, industry-shaking news, and a wild website demo that might just give CEOs an existential crisis. 💥 What’s Inside This Episode? Mark and Chris are back with a jam-packed update on all things AI, tech, and the Aussie innovation scene. From Google’s latest moves to hands-on demos of futuristic tools, this episode is all about real applications of AI—and the implications they bring. ⏱ Col...

7 months ago

1 hour 3 minutes

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Ep 25 | Rise of the Agents! We got to play with Manus and Cline

In the latest episode of the we highlight the news but deep dive into Manus, a new AI agent tool currently in beta but making big waves around the world. We also dive into one of the open source tools that Manus is built on with Cline. In news we look at Grok AI's integration into X, Nvidia's partnership with Disney and more. TIMESTAMPS 05:27 - AI News Roundups 15:47 - Diving into Manus 28:50 - Cline - one of the key open-source tools underpinning Manus. A live demo 38:39 - Enterprise ...

7 months ago

1 hour

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22 | Competition gets heated with Deepseek vs. OpenAI

Kicking off with AI reflections reminiscent of Black Mirror, we dive into how emerging tools are breaking perception barriers. Chris shares exciting AI tools under development, while we also spotlight DeepSeek, a groundbreaking model adopted by major players like Microsoft and Perplexity AI. We examine key use cases, fine-tuning methods, and the broader opportunities Deep Seek presents for innovation and automation. Don’t miss discussions on Alibaba’s Qwen 2.5 Max, OpenAI's latest o3 Mini mo...

9 months ago

57 minutes

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21 | Nothing Trumps this AI week, until the next one!

Welcome back to another episode of the Digital Nexus podcast. 👀 Episode Highlights: Apple's iOS summary feature and what it means for your notificationsGame-changing ChatGPT functionalities and how they compare to new models like Deep SeekTrump’s election win and the announcement of Project Stargate, a groundbreaking tech partnershipTools you can’t miss: Perplexity’s Sonar, the Prompt Cowboy, and more! Timestamp: 0:00 - Intro and welcome back 3:20 - Trumps election win 7:00 - Discussin...

9 months ago

58 minutes

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20 | Digital Nexus Getting AI Ready for 2025

Welcome back to another Digital Nexus episode, this time it's the first one for 2025. It's just Mark on this show with Chris off-sick but there in spirit. We have a whole lot to cover so let's get into it - jump ahead in the timestamps below and make sure to like, share and subscribe. Timestamps 0:00 - Intro 1:10 - Digital Nexus podcast website and YouTube videos 2:37 - Scheduled Tasks in ChatGPT 3:24 - Microsoft with CoPilot Chat coming out 4:10 - More on blockchain helping AI agents with R...

9 months ago

25 minutes

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19 | Google Vs OpenAI Gets Heated

In the latest episode of the Digital Nexus podcast, it’s the last of the year with Mark and Chris diving into significant advancements in artificial intelligence and emerging technology. They kick off the discussion with an introduction to the newly launched Australian Defi Association website and a round-up of OpenAI's notable announcements over a 12-day period, including the introduction of Sora, a video generation tool. The episode further explores AI tools like Bolt and highlights the imp...

10 months ago

1 hour 10 minutes

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18 | 12 Days of AI - OpenAI looking to end the year strong

In the latest episode of the Digital Nexus Podcast, Mark and Chris explore updates from OpenAI, Claude, and the Australian Senate's recent recommendations on AI regulation. We also highlight new updates from OpenAI, Anthropic, Google and even our own update of the Aus DeFi website as well as a demo of Fuzzy Sequence. Timestamps 0:00 - Intro and updates 4:05 - Techstars Demo Day 8:22 - 12 days of shipmas by OpenAI 15:00 - Lightricks AI video tool 16:35 - ElevenLabs - GenFM Reader 18:45 - Runw...

11 months ago

49 minutes

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17 | Crypto and AI worlds collide

In this episode we come to you live from the Australian Crypto Conference where we highlight the experiences and the convergence of AI and blockchain technologies. In news this week we coveredAmazon's $4 billion investment in Anthropic and improvements in ChatGPT 4O, alongside challenges like issues with facial recognition at Bunnings. In the blockchain and crypto segment, the discussion covered recent Blockies Awards winners, the need for better self-regulation and investor protection amidst...

11 months ago

36 minutes