Interview
Teaching the World AI – Annie Liao
What happens when a group of friends gathering at Starbucks on Sundays to experiment with ChatGPT evolves into a global movement spanning more than 40 cities?
That’s the journey of Build Club, and its founder Annie Liao has some compelling insights about what it takes to actually make AI adoption work—not just in theory, but in practice.
Annie, who recently raised over $1.7 million and relocated to San Francisco, has a front-row seat to how AI is reshaping work. From her early days in data science at Westpac to strategy consulting at BCG and venture capital, she’s now solving what she calls the “AI adoption problem” that enterprises are struggling with worldwide.
In this episode, you’ll hear:
- Why Annie’s “AI Champions” approach has been Build Club’s most successful way of helping companies embrace AI
- How she struck partnership deals with big names like Nvidia and Lovable
- Annie’s prediction we’re all likely to have agents working overnight on our behalf and what that means
- The AI tools Annie uses in her daily workflow, and
- What makes San Francisco’s AI ecosystem fundamentally different from Australia’s
From her vantage point in the Bay Area, Annie shares what excites her most about seeing people use AI for the first time, why there might be too many no-code tools flooding the market, and the practical steps anyone can take to position themselves for what’s coming next.
Enjoy this episode with the indomitable Annie Liao.
Useful links:
Annie Liao on LinkedIn
