Reuben Bijl

Reuben is the Founder and Managing Director of Smudge - a Christchurch-based software development company dedicated to creating beautifully simple software for forward-thinking organisations.

We need to talk about AI

AIAIJuly 24, 2025

Reuben Bijl argues it’s time for New Zealand to go beyond the AI innovation hype and address the ethical, legal

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