TFS#244 - Piers Linney: The Former Dragon’s Den Star Reveals How Anyone Can Make Money Online With AI

Piers Linney is a tech-focused entrepreneur, investor, and former
Dragons’ Den star known for his work in AI, additive
manufacturing, and business innovation. He co-founded Implement
AI—an award-winning AI startup building scalable digital
workforces—and co-hosts The Implement AI Podcast. Piers also
chairs Atherton Bikes, creators of world-champion 3D-printed
mountain bikes. With a background in law, investment banking,
venture capital, and government advisory, he’s a leading voice on
AI, emerging tech, and entrepreneurship across major media and
global events.





Connect with Piers Linney!


https://uk.linkedin.com/in/pierslinney


https://www.pierslinney.com


https://www.implementai.io





CHAPTERS:


0:00 – Introduction


0:45 – Meet Piers Linney


1:01 – What Piers has been focused on over the past 6 months


3:38 – Piers transitions from law into investment banking


4:30 – What the early internet boom taught Piers about
exponential tech


6:04 – The story behind Atherton Bikes and 3D-printed bike
manufacturing


7:55 – Piers’ involvement in space tech and SEN cameras


8:22 – Building Implement AI and raising $2M to scale it


10:45 – Andy asks whether Piers had major exits that funded his
investments


12:52 – Why entrepreneurs chase hypotheses more than money


13:22 – Piers on the “coming wave” of AI and why resistance is
pointless


14:10 – Why some people are unaware of AI and robotics


15:11 – How a 19-year-old can position themselves for the AI
future


18:53 – Passion vs. skill vs. market: how to identify real
opportunities


20:49 – How Piers uses ChatGPT as a thinking partner and creative
augmenter


23:15 – Piers’ workflow: ideation draft critique rewrite
SWOT


25:49 – Andy asks if AI can auto-scrape your posts and autopost
on your behalf


27:05 – AI-generated video and Sora’s impact on authenticity


28:38 – How Implement AI finds customers and leads


30:16 – The new productized “AI agent teams” Implement AI offers


31:27 – Andy’s story of being fooled by an AI caller


33:34 – The danger of hyper-realistic avatars scamming your
parents


34:17 – How Implement AI builds guardrails and safety layers


35:57 – How Piers uses AI to grow his podcast


38:00 – How Piers thinks about raising kids in a rapidly changing
world


40:25 – How small moments of mentorship can change someone’s life


45:16 – How AI can sometimes do a better job than humans


48:56 – Why most AI projects fail (MIT study) and why
implementation is hard


50:39 – Why Piers believes coding will eventually disappear
entirely


52:04 – Why Piers continues building businesses despite the
stress


54:29 – Piers explains the layers of AI and exponential
improvement


56:48 – The coming shift from AGI to ASI (Artificial
Superintelligence)


58:40 – Piers' recent life discoveries


1:00:53 – Piers' goals and focus for the next 6 months


1:01:46 – Connect with Piers


1:02:42 – Why domains and the traditional internet will diminish
over time


1:04:02 – Outro