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

About this episode

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