From Tesla to Trepo: Matt Taylor Reinventing the Kitchen with AI
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From Tesla to Trepo: Matt Taylor Reinventing the Kitchen with AI

B1IntermediateAugust 18, 20261 hr 10 min

Join host Paul Spain as he chats with Matt Taylor, Kiwi founder of Trepo, an AI-powered startup revolutionising the kitchen. Discover Matt’s journey from tinkering in New Zealand to working at Nuro and Tesla in Silicon Valley, and hear how he’s tackling food waste and kitchen chaos with smart hardware and software. Gain insights on true Silicon Valley grit, building hardware, rapid startup growth, and how AI is transforming everyday household life. Thanks to our partners: Fortinet, One NZ, Workday, 2degrees, Spark, PwC New Zealand, and Gorilla Technology.

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where we're building a really good system that's helping people with their current problems in the kitchen and we're taking that chaos away and you get to do the passionate cool stuff like cooking and enjoying time with people and trying new things. The New Zealand Tech Podcast brought to you by Gorilla Technology, proactive and strategic IT.

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Greetings, I'm your host Paul Spain. Our guest today is Matt Taylor, founder of Trepo, an AI powered startup building what could become the operating system for the modern kitchen. He is based in San Francisco, has a background as an electrical engineer and his career has featured roles at Tesla and Nuro. Nuro of course, a Silicon Valley based company that Kiwi co-founded

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and is focused on autonomous vehicles and robotics. Matt himself is also a former New Zealand representative and NCAA Division I water polo athlete and is now applying artificial intelligence and hardware innovation

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