At the top end of the market, Australia&#x27;s richest investors are deeplyengaged in the AI boom: Some are betting the house on AI, others are fighting to rescue their reputation as AI sweeps through every industry sector. John Stensholt co-author of &#x27;Tech Bros&#x27; the extraordinary story of Atlassian&#x27; joins Associate Editor, James Kirby in this episode. In today&#x27;s show, we cover: Rich pickings in an AI bonanza How Atlassian&#x27;s &#x27;tech bros&#x27; are pivoting towards AI Wes Maas bets the house on Firmus Why did Gina Rinehart invest heavily in SpaceX? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

How rich listers are investing in the AI boom 

The Money Puzzle

Hello and welcome to The Australian's Money Puzzle podcast. I'm James Kirby. Welcome aboard, everybody. You know, if you look at the main coverage across investment media and all through this year, and indeed on the show all through this year, the subtext of all investing and investing growth and investing success this year is all about AI, artificial intelligence. What I wanted to do

today was actually have a look at how are the richest and smartest people in our world investing in AI. And if you think about it, there is some terrific stories, fascinating scenarios emerging in our markets. We think of the people like the Atlassian duo, Mike Cannon-Brooks and Scott Farquhar of Atlassian and what they're doing. We think of Wes Maz, who we haven't talked about on the show,

but if you don't know, he was, of course, a famous rugby league player. He has tripled his bet on AI. He has bet his entire company really on AI and he's already a rich lister. And I was thinking, how could we actually do a show that we would capture the issues that are emerging and where you might actually find out what the wealthiest people in the country are doing around AI and what we might learn from it? My guest today is John Stensholt. He's been on the show. He's often on

the show once a year, at least when he does the Rich 250 list. In recent times, just for good measure, he has also written a book which is called Tech Bros. It's published by Harper Collins. It's written with my colleague, Harry Williams of The Australian, and it's out in the next few days. So I thought it was the ideal time to have him on.

How rich listers are investing in the AI boom

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How rich listers are investing in the AI boom

Read the full transcript

The candid version is on a podcast, not the earnings call.

The candid version is on a podcast,
not the earnings call.