CRLIVE37: MWC 2025 Day 2 with Chris Penrose NVIDIA and Kaaren Hilsen, Telenor

We are live from #MWC25 (Mobile World Congress 2025), direct from the Expo floor, with a limited series of episodes talking to leaders from across the industry on themes of the conference, as well as filling in on all of the news and gossip.

On the second day of the conference, Dave, Esmee, and Rob had very exciting conversations about AI trends with:

• Chris Penrose, Global VP for Business Development for Telcos at NVIDIA
• Kaaren Hilsen, Head of AI Factory at Telenor

TLDR:
00:37: Evaluation of day 1 and expectations of day 2 - it's all about AI and the future
6:03: Conversation with Chris Penrose about NVIDIA partnerships and trends
42:25: Conversation with Kaaren Hilsen about setting up the AI factory
1:11:20 Reflections on day 2 by the team

Guest
Chris Penrose: https://www.linkedin.com/in/chris-penrose-7742441/
Kaaren Hilsen: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kaarenhilsen/

Hosts
Dave Chapman: https://www.linkedin.com/in/chapmandr/
Esmee van de Giessen: https://www.linkedin.com/in/esmeevandegiessen/
Rob Kernahan: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rob-kernahan/

Production
Marcel van der Burg: https://www.linkedin.com/in/marcel-vd-burg/
Dave Chapman: https://www.linkedin.com/in/chapmandr/

Sound
Ben Corbett: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ben-corbett-3b6a11135/
Louis Corbett:  https://www.linkedin.com/in/louis-corbett-087250264/

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