AI Expert: The 20-Year-Old Who Sold an AI Company Before Finishing High School | Nick Mihailou

We think we’re using AI in Australia but most of us are barely scratching the surface. If you’re a business owner, that should worry you.

I’ve been working with 20-year-old AI expert Nick Mihailou to bring AI into my businesses. His work also includes projects with the Sydney Roosters and Yellow Brick Road.

We sat down to discuss what this technology could mean for small business owners, from helping your team get more done to buying back your time.

We also share what we’ve been working on at Yellow Brick Road and where we’re taking it next.

Please subscribe so you can check out the first episode of my 3-part AI series with Nick, which comes out next week.

00:00 – Introduction & The Las Vegas Hotel Story
02:18 – Nick’s First Venture: Building Mobile Games at Age 12
05:51 – Starting an Online Rental Business During Lockdown
07:55 – Mindset on Risk, Action & Persistence Over Talent
13:04 – Australian vs. US Startup Culture & Investor Mindsets
16:03 – Creating HSC GPT & Selling an AI Company in Year 12
18:30 – Practical AI for Enterprise: Developing "Nectaria" for Yellow Brick Road
24:00 – How Nick Met Mark Bouris
26:34 – Future AI Projects: Mentored AI & Project 100 Health Dashboard
30:34 – AI Series for Australian Small Businesses: Moving Beyond Chatbots
35:05 – Boosting Small Business Productivity & Adopting AI Agents
38:21 – Building Swarms of AI Agents & Why Taking Action Matters
40:42 – Closing Thoughts & Upcoming Podcast Series Announcement