Why Every Boat Needs This: AquaGPS, Boat Theft, and Visibility at Sea

About this episode

The episode discusses AquaGPS and its impact on marine visibility and asset tracking, alongside the latest tech news.

Host Paul Spain is joined by Sam Allen and Nick Walton , co-founders of NZ Boat Register , to explore how Kiwi innovation is improving marine visibility and asset tracking using AquaGPS, a Starlink-enabled GPS solution. The conversation also covers the latest in tech news, including: Game changing Nvidia chip coming to Windows laptops and PCs MSD Welfare decisions moving to AI Automated Decision-Making New Zealand’s First Deepfake Porn Prosecution One New Zealand AI Trust Report (2026) New Zealand Government budget’s impact on the tech sector Experimental chip demo shows 1000x performance gains Special thanks to our show partners: Fortinet , Workday , Spark New Zealand , One New Zealand , 2degrees , and Gorilla Technology .

People in this episode

Host: Paul Spain

Guests: Sam Allen, Nick Walton

Topics covered

• marine visibility
• asset tracking
• AquaGPS
• technology news
• AI in decision-making
• deepfake prosecution
• Nvidia chip

Keywords

• AquaGPS
• marine technology
• GPS solution
• Nvidia chip
• AI decision-making
• deepfake
• New Zealand tech news

Sponsors

Fortinet, Workday, Spark New Zealand, One New Zealand, 2degrees, Gorilla Technology

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: NZ Boat Register, Nvidia, MSD

Places: New Zealand

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