This week on patch: a quick AI update on Google’s “Nano Banana Pro” (thinking partner > pretty pics), then a primer on privacy in 2025 with Canadian lawyer & privacy pro Neil Proudfoot (views expressed on this show are his own).

In this episode, Neil explains what privacy truly means in 2025, how AI systems collect and learn from personal data, and why global regulation is splitting into two competing philosophies: Europe’s rights-first model and America’s innovation-first approach. We also unpack Law 25, Canada’s strongest privacy law to date, and what Canadians should know before trusting any AI tool with their data. Plus Neil's A-D-S checklist: Autonomy, Dignity, Safety. In the lifestyle segment we chat with Neil about how he’s staying grounded as a new dad.

Zoe Seguev did not follow a traditional path into crypto, and that is exactly what makes her perspective so rare. With an MSc in anthropology from the London School of Economics, her career has always focused on understanding people, systems, and the mechanics of trust. That lens carried her through consulting, operations, fintech, and eventually into one of the most demanding areas of modern finance: crypto compliance.

Today she is the Chief Compliance Officer at Tetra Trust, Canada’s first qualified digital asset custodian and the regulated vault responsible for keeping billions in digital assets safe from hacks, loss, or misuse. In this episode Zoe explains what crypto actually means in 2025, why custody sits at the foundation of digital finance, and how stablecoins are quickly becoming the quiet infrastructure behind a new global money system. She brings clarity to a space that often feels chaotic and shows how governance, oversight, and well-designed controls matter far more than hype cycles or price swings.

We also cover what people most misunderstand about regulation, how institutions are driving adoption, and why compliance remains the invisible layer that prevents collapse in an industry defined by speed and risk.

In our lifestyle segment we get Zoe’s take on showing up well at work, including the wardrobe pieces she relies on to stay polished in the C-suite. We also talk about Tetra Digital Group’s recent ten million dollar raise to build a Canadian dollar stablecoin backed by banks, fintechs, and major technology companies. It is a clear signal that stablecoins are moving from the fringe into mainstream financial infrastructure and that Canada is ready to step into the global conversation.

With childhood dreams of becoming an FBI agent, our guest this week, Anuj Soni eventually landed on something just as heroic: fighting cyber threats from behind the screen. He’s a reverse engineer, cybersecurity expert, YouTube creator, and the founder and lead instructor of The Malware Lab at Breakpoint Cybersecurity, where he teaches people how to take apart cyber threats for a living.

We explore how malware actually works, the difference between viruses, worms, Trojans, ransomware, and phishing, how attacks sneak onto your device, what really happens when systems get hit, and why reverse engineering is one of the most powerful tools in modern defense.

Patches you’ll learn to make you patchperfect:

• Spot red flags of an infected device (and what to do first)
• Understand the major malware types in plain English
• See how phishing turns into real compromise (email, SMS, voice)
• Learn how reverse engineering powers better threat intel and products
• Career patch: how to prove skills without "required experience"

And because we always end on a lifestyle note, Anuj walks us through the reverse engineer’s uniform, from functional work-from-home staples to his go-to Nike sneakers.

Plus, a quick headline on Project Concord, South Korea’s upcoming AI-run data center, and why letting AI manage power, water, and workloads could change how we build and run the world’s digital infrastructure.

This week on patch, we're talking about intentionality in tech, in security, and in your personal power.

First, we discuss the massive new $1.2 billion partnership between Nvidia and Deutsche Telekom. This is more than just a cloud: it's Europe’s first industrial AI power plant, bringing sovereign computing closer to home and changing the game for European businesses.

Then, we dive into quantum readiness. Why are experts saying the time to upgrade your digital security is now? We explain what quantum computers will do to current encryption and why the people who plan ahead will be the ones who stay in control.

On the lifestyle front, we’re sharing two patches: my new obsession with Google's NotebookLM, the AI tool that makes learning feel effortless, and the Fall/Winter 2025 fashion trends to make you feel your best at your next tech event.

Kirin reconnects with former business school classmate, Glendon Haas, now a Director at an AI company, for an essential unpack of where the field truly stands. They dive deep into the why we might still be in the stone age of AI and what it takes for models to move from talking to genuinely doing.

Glendon talks about the shift to agentic AI, detailing what practical tool use looks like and how deep research is becoming the new search function. He also breaks down complex model behavior, explaining why reinforcement learning can sometimes make systems too agreeable, and ultimately that discernment is the single most important human skill in the age of AI.

Our patches:

• Tool Use over Talk: Models must learn to act, not just articulate.
• Agents that Act: The future is in autonomous, goal-directed AI.
• Deep Research as the New Search: Moving beyond basic information retrieval.
• Discernment is the Real Edge: The human skill that matters most.

We wrap with the lifestyle segment, as Glendon shares his personal playbook for staying grounded as a director and a dad and why the simple, present-focused act of baking cookies is his favorite reset.

When Amazon Web Services experienced an outage this week, a glitch in Virginia took down apps and sites around the world, from Alexa to Delta Airlines. In this solo episode, Kirin breaks down what really happened with AWS, why the cloud matters more than ever, and how one line of code can basically make the whole internet pause.

She explains what AWS actually does, describing it as Amazon renting out secure “digital real estate” to the world’s biggest companies, and unpacks how a small DNS error at Amazon’s main data center in Virginia temporarily disrupted daily life worldwide.

Kirin also gets into the bigger picture: our growing dependence on the cloud, what resilience really means in tech, and how these hiccups are quietly shaping a smarter, more secure internet as we move into the post-quantum era.

In the lifestyle segment, she shares a fall travel recap from D.C. and Montreal, plus the Zara long waxed trench coat with corduroy cuffs that officially became her workwear MVP. Also on rotation: the Victoria Beckham Netflix soundtrack that’s on repeat while she works, and of course, a quick celebration for the Toronto Blue Jays as they head to the World Series.

Sources:

• What caused Amazon’s AWS outage, and why did so many major apps go offline?
• AWS Outage: What To Know As Amazon Says Cloud Service Is Back To Normal
• AWS outage: Are we relying too much on US big tech?

Lifestyle Segment Mentions

• Zara Long Waxed Trench Coat with Corduroy Cuffs
• VB Soundtrack

Fresh off the press...NVIDIA just announced the DGX Spark today, October 15, a desk-side AI supercomputer that’s making high-performance computing personal. After this update, we switch gears to fashion tech with Julia Dietmar, CEO and co-founder of OpenWardrobe.co, who’s using AI to reimagine how we shop, style, and sustain what we wear.

After two decades leading product at Yahoo, Walmart, and Vue.ai, Julia saw the overproduction and waste behind the fashion industry, and built OpenWardrobe to give power back to the consumer. She shares how the platform evolved from a simple digital closet to an AI-driven ecosystem that recognizes your clothes, tracks cost-per-wear, estimates resale value, and even connects you to stylists and repair services. We also dive into Style Blueprint, her color-analysis tool, and Lola AI (“lots of lovely algorithms”), the recommendation engine teaching us why certain tones and silhouettes make us feel our best.

In the lifestyle segment, Julia shares her go-to confidence formula: structured silhouettes and the behavioral psychology book she swears by for anyone building something from the ground up.

Show Notes:

• Guest: Julia Dietmar, CEO & Co-Founder of OpenWardrobe.co
• Favorite Book: Pre-Suasion by Robert Cialdini
• Follow: @openwardrobeofficial

That is a wrap on Season One. Over the last 12 weeks, we broke down data science in plain English, explored how AI is reshaping fashion and family businesses, looked at blockchain’s role in vaccine delivery, and talked about navigating grief in the middle of a tech career.
This highlight reel brings together some of my favorite moments with guests who made us laugh, think, and rethink what “tech and lifestyle” can look like.
We are back on October 15 with Season Two: new guests, big ideas, and the same mix of sharp insights with a sprinkle of lifestyle.