In this episode of the Inventing Fire podcast, taken from my keynote at the EDGE Leadership Summit 2025, I introduce myself and share the story behind Mill5—an AI-first company founded a decade ago, long before most people were even talking about artificial intelligence.

I explain how, through early AI applications like NLP, we were able to detect major events like the Boston Marathon bombing before the mainstream media. That real-time insight showed us just how powerful AI could be—and how fast it was evolving.

This isn’t theory. I break down exactly how AI is reshaping labor, replacing roles from surgeons to remote technicians, and transforming the economy itself. I also share why I believe general AI will be the last invention humanity ever needs to create—and why it's more urgent than ever for us to understand, adopt, and champion this technology now. Leaders have to stop sitting on the sidelines; the time to get into AI, if you haven’t already, is right now, before your competition eats your lunch.

We get into:

• What it means to lead in a 10x world
• Why China's AI leadership should concern us
• My personal AI learning stack
• The “50 touch points” strategy for staying ahead
• Why I never use Google
• How AI helps me launch full businesses in weeks and apps in one day.

🎧 Watch now to learn how to leverage AI before it replaces what you do.

AI may be the biggest technological leap forward in human history since we learned to harness the power of fire.

AI is the biggest technological leap forward in human history since we learned to harness the power of fire. AI is able to solve challenges that were thought to be impossible before, advancing our understanding of medicine, climate change, food production, just to name a few. But, at the same time, AI presents unique challenges that we’ve never faced before. On this, the first episode of the Inventing Fire With AI podcast, I introduce myself, and show you why I am one of the best people to turn to when you have questions about AI, and how it will change your future, and the future of the world.

On this, the first episode of the Inventing Fire With AI podcast, I introduce myself, and show you why I am one of the best people to turn to when you have questions about AI, and how it will change your future, and the future of the world.

Timecode

0:00 Intro

0:04 Welcome to episode one!

1:21 How I started MILL5

2:30 Why I started this podcast

2:57 How would you solve climate change?

3:30 Eliminate the human race in 7 steps

5:38 What this podcast will do

6:23 What to expect from this podcast in the future