Nine To Noon for Wednesday 6 May 2026
Danny Tomsett, founder of UneeQ, a company creating 'digital humans', joins Nine To Noon to discuss the company's evolution and the booming chatbot business. UneeQ's digital humans are used by companies globally, with their pioneer project being Nadia, a digital human voiced by Cate Blanchett.
Danny Tomsett, a New Zealander, founded UneeQ, a company that creates 'digital humans' that mimic real people. UneeQ's first project was Nadia, a digital human voiced by Cate Blanchett, to help navigate the Australian National Disabilities Insurance Scheme. The company's creations are now used globally. Tomsett moved to Texas in 2019 to build UneeQ's US presence and is now back in New Zealand for the Ignite '26 business summit. UneeQ is at the forefront of the AI chatbot industry, which has become mainstream online infrastructure.
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