AI Power Moves: Shopify, Duolingo & The €20B EU Data Push Future-Ready Insights podcast

AI Power Moves: Shopify, Duolingo & the €20B EU Data Push

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In this episode of Future Ready Insights, we unpack the biggest stories shaping the future of tech, business, and AI. From Shopify making AI skills a baseline expectation, to the EU’s €20 billion investment in AI gigafactories, and the Duolingo CEO revealing how AI transformed their product roadmap—there’s no shortage of innovation to talk about.

You’ll also hear about Microsoft’s pause on data center builds, energy concerns around AI’s rapid growth, and Samsung’s launch of Ballie, their Gemini-powered home robot.

To close, we share 4 actionable insights you can apply right now in Business Analysis, AI, Data Protection, and IT Leadership—whether you’re leading a team, shaping strategy, or just staying future-ready.

Chapters

00:00 Introduction to Future Ready Insights
00:56 The AI Skills Gap
04:49 Shopify's AI Integration
06:56 AI for Good Summit
08:46 EU's AI Investment
10:30 Duolingo's AI Innovations
13:24 Samsung's New AI Robot
14:23 Business Insights and Strategies
19:17 New Chapter

Forward-Focused Headlines

Using AI is now a fundamental expectation of everyone at Shopify
https://x.com/tobi/status/1909251946235437514

80% of CMOs concerned about ‘AI skills gap’
https://www.marketingweek.com/marketers-ai-skills-gap

AI for Good summit in Geneva is just 90 days away
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/united-nations-leading-event-ai-just-90-days-0xqxe/
https://aiforgood.itu.int/

EU’s €20 Billion Investment in AI Gigafactories
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/apr/09/eu-to-build-ai-gigafactories-20bn-push-catch-up-us-china

Microsoft Pauses Some AI Data Center Projects
https://apnews.com/article/4d987fe8446fc9e6cda31d919f938911

Energy demands from AI datacentres to quadruple by 2030, says report
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/apr/10/energy-demands-from-ai-datacentres-to-quadruple-by-2030-says-report

Duolingo CEO Highlights AI’s Transformative Impact on Education
https://www.axios.com/2025/04/04/axios-event-pittsburgh-local-ai-duolingo-education

Samsung’s Gemini-powered Ballie home robot
https://news.samsung.com/global/samsung-and-google-cloud-expand-partnership-bring-gemini-to-ballie-a-home-ai-companion-robot
https://design-milk.com/samsung-ballie-rolls-into-the-hearts-of-ces-2020

Actionable Insights for Businesses

Business Analysis: “Use Visual Thinking to Clarify Complexity”
Artificial Intelligence: “Validate AI Outputs Like You Would a Team Member’s Work”
Data Protection: “Don’t Just Inform—Empower Your Customers”
IT Leadership: “Leaders Don’t Just Set Direction—They Clear the Path”

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