The cost of AI, Scam Prevention, and Digitising Smell with Scentian Bio
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The cost of AI, Scam Prevention, and Digitising Smell with Scentian Bio

B1IntermediateJune 9, 202644 min

Host Paul Spain sits down with Jonathan Good, Co-Founder and CEO of Scentian Bio, to dive into the "digitisation of smell and taste “and what it means for industries in New Zealand and beyond. Jonathan shares about the realities of fundraising both locally and abroad, and the challenges and opportunities of bringing cutting-edge chemical sensing technology to market. Plus, Paul and Jonathan explore the latest tech news, including: Health New Zealand’s Hybrid Cloud MigrationSpark’s Verified Call Feature Against ScamsWorkday’s Go Platform expands to NZ & AU2degrees’ Shaping Business Study 2026Is AI More Expensive Than Human...

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So we're digitizing smell and taste. Animals, humans were able to collect real-time chemical information about the world around us through smell and taste. And we want, you know, your phone, your computer, LLMs to be able to smell the world.

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Greetings and welcome along to the New Zealand Tech Podcast. I'm your host Paul Spain and privileged to have Jonathan Goode, the co-founder and chief executive of CNT and Bio joining us again. How are you Jonathan? I'm great thanks. Thanks so much for having me. Yeah, Thanks for setting aside some time to come back in.

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Maybe you can remind listeners where you fit into this big wide world of tech before we jump into the news and then we'll come back for a deep dive into what's happening in the centium bioworld. So yes I'm the co-founder and CEO of Centium Bioworld. We're a deep tech startup here in Auckland and we're digitising smell and taste. So we're giving machines a sense of smell.

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