Mind the Gap - Navigating The AI Innovation Frontier
Bernard Marr's Future of Business & Technology PodcastShow Notes
Why are startups racing ahead with AI while half of enterprises remain stuck in pilot purgatory? 🚀 I’m joined by Sasha Rubel, GenAI Policy Lead for AWS in EMEA, and Alexandru Voica, Head of Public Affairs at Synthesia, to discuss the widening two-tier AI economy, the four critical barriers holding companies back (infrastructure, regulation, funding, and skills), real-world impact stories from Rwanda to Ukraine, the rise of agentic AI, and why the future of work will be tech-enabled but funda...
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