New Zealand's innovation funding system is outdated and ill-equipped to support the rapid pace of technological advancement. Our counterparts overseas (even as close as Sydney) are accelerating their innovation cycles, and our processes remain sluggish and inflexible. We say it's the way it's always been done. Then my question is why has everyone else BUT us been able to figure it out? People who do not understand the speed at which AI is moving - are the same people holding