Recruitment has always been personal, imperfect, and painfully slow. In this episode, Mark Venables sits down with Tom Lakin, Global Head of Future of Work at Robert Walters, to explore how AI is rewriting the rules of hiring, automating bias, exposing trust gaps, and redefining what it really means to be human in the hiring loop.

Philosopher-turned-AI leader Filippo Sassi explores why building AI that can work is not the same as building AI that should work. In this episode, he dissects the architecture of ethical intelligence, from data bias and risk governance to the cultural and philosophical questions shaping the next frontier of responsible AI.

Gen Z is building companies with AI agents as co-founders, interns and middle managers, while legacy enterprises are still writing slide decks. In this episode, Jill Kenney, CEO of Sundae_Bar, maps the plug-and-play workflows, agent-to-agent protocols and outcome-first mindset behind this shift, and explains what leaders must change now.    

While businesses rush to deploy AI for competitive advantage, cybercriminals are weaponizing the same technology to launch sophisticated attacks that would have been impossible just years ago. Ethical hacker Andre Baptista reveals how AI is democratizing cybercrime, turning novices into dangerous threat actors, and why fighting AI-powered attacks might require embracing AI as a defence, but at what moral cost?

In this episode of Into The Madverse, Edosa Odaro, Senior Executive Advisor for AI & Data, challenges the obsession with model size, speed and accuracy. He argues for a value-first approach where AI is measured by the human outcomes it creates, not the technical benchmarks it achieves.

As chips push past 2,000 watts, heat is emerging as the biggest threat to the future of AI. In this episode, Shahar Belkin, EVP at ZutaCore, explains why traditional cooling is failing, how two-phase solutions like pool boiling could redefine data centres, and why ignoring heat might stall the entire AI revolution.  

Half of all AI projects stall after pilots, but failure isn’t the end of the story. In this episode of Into The Madverse, Mark Venables and Michael Eiden, Managing Director at Alvarez & Marsal, expose why most companies aren’t truly AI-ready, the hidden gaps in strategy and culture, and what it really takes to turn hype into impact.

Forget Rosie the robot, the real AI revolution is happening quietly in enterprise back-offices, where agentic systems are replacing vast swathes of clerical work and unlocking hidden value in billions of documents. John Bates joins Mark Venables to explore why smart content AI is the next industrial revolution and what leaders must do now to seize the advantage.

AI has moved beyond the lab, but too many enterprises are still stuck talking instead of doing. Robbie Jerrom, Senior Principal Technologist for AI at Red Hat, joins Into The Madverse to unpack how open-source infrastructure, hybrid cloud, and agentic AI can turn lofty ambitions into scalable, governed reality.

AI is rapidly becoming both a weapon and a target in the evolving cyber threat landscape, yet most developers still ship insecure code without realising the risks. In this hard-hitting episode Michael Burch, a former Green Beret turned security strategist breaks down how AI is reshaping the battlefield, and why the future of trust depends on rewriting the rules of secure development.

What happens when AI stops being a tool and starts becoming a collaborator, a co-creator, even a companion? In this episode of Into The Madverse, visionary creative technologist Manon explores how personalised AI is transforming everything from music and filmmaking to in-car experiences and digital wallets—raising big questions about empathy, ethics, and the future of human expression.

Is the future of AI being shaped in virtual reality? Mark Venables dives into the rise of Spatial AI with Nfinite CEO Alexandre de Vigan, exploring how photorealistic 3D environments are redefining how machines learn to see, think, and interact with the real world.

CoachHub’s Hilary Aylesworth blends neuroscience, AI, and hard-earned tech wisdom to reveal what it takes to build an AI coach that people trust—not just use. From emotional engagement and digital embodiment to reskilling rituals and persuasive infrastructure, this episode challenges everything you thought you knew about talent development in the age of AI.

Elena Tzvetinova joins Into The Madverse to explore how AI is disrupting legal practice, from automating workflows to raising urgent ethical and regulatory questions. If you think the law is safe from AI disruption, think again.

What happens when your smart speaker becomes your personal shopper? Will Glynn-Jones, founder of Send Me a Sample, joins Into The Madverse to explore how voice tech, AI, and hyper-personalisation are turning the home into the next battleground for brand engagement.

Can Small Language Models outsmart their massive cousins? Informatica’s Sidd Rajagopal unpacks why the future of AI may be leaner, cleaner, and a lot more focused, from domain-specific precision to radically improved efficiency and sustainability.

In this episode, Dwayne Johnson, Chief Local Government Officer at ICS.AI, unpacks how councils are using AI to tackle one of the UK’s most complex challenges—adult social care. From personalised assistance to predictive insights, he exposes the tension between innovation, ethics, and the irreplaceable human touch.

Johan Sundstrand - CEO and founder of Swedish-British AI and automation firm Phyron - isn’t just talking about the future, he’s building it, one automated car video at a time. In this episode, we dive into how AI is transforming auto retail and why your next car dealer might be an algorithm with excellent taste.

In this episode, Olivia Gambelin, AI ethicist and founder of Ethical Intelligence, joins me to unpack how ethics can be practically applied to the development and deployment of AI. With experience advising everyone from Fortune 500 companies to startups, Olivia shares how leaders can make better decisions by embedding ethical thinking into strategy, design, and operations. We discuss the real-world impact of responsible governance, the evolving role of ethics in innovation, and why values must be at the core of any AI system.

In this episode, I’m joined by Stelios Constantinidis, Director of AI at MPowered Mortgages. With a strong background in computer science and machine learning. We discuss how AI is revolutionising the mortgage industry, the challenges of automating financial decision-making, and what it takes to build technology that can underwrite loans in minutes—delivering a final lending decision within one working day for 96% of customers.