Bart Pietruszka, Former Chief Data Analytics Officer at HSBC. Now CEO of Refocus AI. Vice Chairman of the Polish Business Council in Dubai. Someone who left the largest bank in the world to build in AI, not just talk about it.

What we covered:Why he left HSBC for building his own AI company.

The real opportunity in data monetization (hint: most companies haven't even seen what they already have)Where AI is actually headed vs. the sci-fi versionWhat to tell your kids to study for a world that doesn't have a playbook yetHis closing question on Ikigai, and what he'd fix with a magic wandA grounded, no-hype view from someone who's built AI inside a regulated giant and outside it.