<p>Piers Linney is a tech-focused entrepreneur, investor, and former Dragons’ Den star known for his work in AI, additive manufacturing, and business innovation. He co-founded Implement AI—an award-winning AI startup building scalable digital workforces—and co-hosts The Implement AI Podcast. Piers also chairs Atherton Bikes, creators of world-champion 3D-printed mountain bikes. With a background in law, investment banking, venture capital, and government advisory, he’s a leading voice on AI, emerging tech, and entrepreneurship across major media and global events.</p><p><br></p><p>Connect with Piers Linney!</p><p>https://uk.linkedin.com/in/pierslinney</p><p>https://www.pierslinney.com</p><p>https://www.implementai.io</p><p><br></p><p>CHAPTERS:</p><p>0:00 – Introduction</p><p>0:45 – Meet Piers Linney</p><p>1:01 – What Piers has been focused on over the past 6 months</p><p>3:38 – Piers transitions from law into investment banking</p><p>4:30 – What the early internet boom taught Piers about exponential tech</p><p>6:04 – The story behind Atherton Bikes and 3D-printed bike manufacturing</p><p>7:55 – Piers’ involvement in space tech and SEN cameras</p><p>8:22 – Building Implement AI and raising $2M to scale it</p><p>10:45 – Andy asks whether Piers had major exits that funded his investments</p><p>12:52 – Why entrepreneurs chase hypotheses more than money</p><p>13:22 – Piers on the “coming wave” of AI and why resistance is pointless</p><p>14:10 – Why some people are unaware of AI and robotics</p><p>15:11 – How a 19-year-old can position themselves for the AI future</p><p>18:53 – Passion vs. skill vs. market: how to identify real opportunities</p><p>20:49 – How Piers uses ChatGPT as a thinking partner and creative augmenter</p><p>23:15 – Piers’ workflow: ideation → draft → critique → rewrite → SWOT</p><p>25:49 – Andy asks if AI can auto-scrape your posts and autopost on your behalf</p><p>27:05 – AI-generated video and Sora’s impact on authenticity</p><p>28:38 – How Implement AI finds customers and leads</p><p>30:16 – The new productized “AI agent teams” Implement AI offers</p><p>31:27 – Andy’s story of being fooled by an AI caller</p><p>33:34 – The danger of hyper-realistic avatars scamming your parents</p><p>34:17 – How Implement AI builds guardrails and safety layers</p><p>35:57 – How Piers uses AI to grow his podcast</p><p>38:00 – How Piers thinks about raising kids in a rapidly changing world</p><p>40:25 – How small moments of mentorship can change someone’s life</p><p>45:16 – How AI can sometimes do a better job than humans</p><p>48:56 – Why most AI projects fail (MIT study) and why implementation is hard</p><p>50:39 – Why Piers believes coding will eventually disappear entirely</p><p>52:04 – Why Piers continues building businesses despite the stress</p><p>54:29 – Piers explains the layers of AI and exponential improvement</p><p>56:48 – The coming shift from AGI to ASI (Artificial Superintelligence)</p><p>58:40 – Piers&#39; recent life discoveries</p><p>1:00:53 – Piers&#39; goals and focus for the next 6 months</p><p>1:01:46 – Connect with Piers</p><p>1:02:42 – Why domains and the traditional internet will diminish over time</p><p>1:04:02 – Outro</p>