{"podcast":{"title":"Business Leader","slug":"business-leader-5718807","podcast_index_feed_id":5718807,"rss_url":"https://feeds.acast.com/public/shows/665f2584aa134f0012248c29","website_url":"https://shows.acast.com/665f2584aa134f0012248c29","image_url":"https://assets.pippa.io/shows/665f2584aa134f0012248c29/1773238209478-64865cc5-209d-41cb-b0c3-06a01ee13ffd.jpeg","author":"Business Leader","episode_count":212,"summary":"Richard Harpin grew his business HomeServe from a single idea to a £4.1bn sale. On the Business Leader Podcast , he speaks to entrepreneurs and business leaders about the moments that shaped their success and failure, unlocking original advice and practical insights for anyone building or leading a business. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","last_synced_at":null,"page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/business-leader-5718807"},"episode":{"title":"How to build an AI startup in the UK","slug":"how-to-build-an-ai-startup-in-the-uk","published_at":"2026-05-26T15:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/business-leader-5718807/how-to-build-an-ai-startup-in-the-uk","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/business-leader-5718807","url":"https://shows.acast.com/business-leader-podcast/episodes/how-to-build-an-ai-startup-in-the-uk","audio_url":"https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/665f2584aa134f0012248c29/e/6a0d85e1e07cbb249e30017a/media.mp3","summary":"Nnamdi Emelifeonwu left a top London law firm to set up one of the UK’s fastest-growing legal tech companies. He talks to host, Sir Richard Harpin, about how building a tool to help his visually impaired colleague to navigate complex legal documents led to co-founding Definely. It is an AI-powered legal tech platform designed to help lawyers access definitions, clauses and key information instantly without leaving the Word document they’re working on. It is used by some of the world’s leading law firms and global businesses and is now integrated into Anthropic’s Claude. Nnamdi shares the reality of becoming a founder, the challenges of raising investment, and how solving one deeply personal problem evolved into a multi-million-dollar AI business.   Themes include: The future of AI in the legal industry Building a startup from scratch Entrepreneurship, risk and resilience Scaling a B2B company Expanding into the US Starting a business in the UK Business Leader is a membership community for ambitious CEOs and founders of mid-sized UK companies, designed to help them grow with purpose through strategic support, peer-to-peer learning, expert coaching, and high-impact events. Join the Business Leader community here and sign up for our newsletter here . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","meta_description":"Nnamdi Emelifeonwu left a top London law firm to set up one of the UK’s fastest-growing legal tech companies. He talks to host, Sir Richard Harpin, about…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2778,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/business-leader-5718807/episodes/how-to-build-an-ai-startup-in-the-uk/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/business-leader-5718807/how-to-build-an-ai-startup-in-the-uk.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}