How Adam Bonnifield brought AI to the European aviation giant Airbus

How does an operator turn his insight into successful leadership as a CEO? And how does a tech and AI expert who worked for the US administration apply his learnings into the start-up ecosystem?

On this episode we are joined by Adam Bonnifield, a tech entrepreneur behind some of the most impactful projects in global mobility. Most recently. Adam served as CEO of KONUX, the first AI scale-up in rail and was also Head of AI at Airbus, the world’s largest aerospace company, driving innovations in autonomous flight, advanced manufacturing, predictive maintenance and sustainability. Previously, Adam led data and technology projects for the Obama White House, and founded two startups dedicated to democratising AI and Big Data.

We discuss how to train teams and scale up capabilities, how deep tech companies can get over their struggles with R&D, how a CEO can help a company continue to innovate depending on its stage, and how experience in the public sector can actually turn into wisdom about scaling operations and bureaucracies. We also dissect how today is simultaneously the best and also hardest time to create a company in the AI space, and why Adam is bullish about Europe’s future in the field despite the challenges.