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An opening made for the occasion.
ISS Leadership Series · Monaco 2026
The opening film for the International Superyacht Society’s Leadership Series in Monaco. Created by Southern Sky AI, bringing cinematic storytelling to an industry event.
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Selected projects
AI Blueprint for a harbour cruise operator
A review of 38 systems across nine departments, with 11 prioritised opportunities and a sequenced implementation plan.
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A connected yacht charter catalogue
Charter-feed integration, searchable yacht listings and scheduled updates within an existing website.
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A marketing agent for four brands
An assistant that drafts posts, emails and newsletter items from approved sources, with team review before scheduling.
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Specialist context for the brief, with enquiries from other sectors welcome.
Working with Southern Sky AI.
Matt Hyde
Technical Director, Seahub - Yacht Maintenance Software
I had the opportunity to work with Kristina from Southern Sky AI on an AI initiative for Seahub Software, where we explored the use of AI to extract and structure data from a diverse range of complex document types.
Suzy Rayment
Asia-Pacific Superyacht Association
Working with Kristina has been a game-changer for the Asia Pacific Superyacht Association (APSA). Engaging her consultancy, Southern Sky AI, was the best investment APSA could have made to modernise its digital presence. Kristina seamlessly overhauled our infrastructure, taking us from the launch of our new website through to a bespoke, customised CRM and highly effective automated member communications.
Amanda Anderson
Training and Development Manager, SeaLink Sydney Harbour
Kristina delivered AI capability training for our team at SeaLink Sydney Harbour, and the impact has been genuinely noticeable in the weeks since.
Maddie Spencer
Operations Manager, AIMEX, Superyacht Australia and ACMG
Kristina from Southern Sky AI has been a fantastic resource for AIMEX/Superyacht Australia in helping us think through how AI can fit sensibly into the way our team actually works, rather than adding complexity for its own sake. She took the time to understand our systems and day-to-day operations before recommending practical, systems-focused guidance that gave us a clearer path to bringing our tools and processes together.
Dr Georgie McClean
Experienced Director in Arts and Media, The Gist
Kristina's brilliant training demystifies AI: from principles to price points, workarounds and workflows.
Lauren Dziepak
Charter Experience Manager, Ocean Alliance
Kristina was an absolute pleasure to work with. She supported our business through a complex API setup and made the entire process feel clear and manageable. She was professional, responsive and incredibly patient, always taking the time to explain things clearly and keep us updated along the way. Her communication was excellent, everything was handled promptly, and we always felt confident that the project was in capable hands. We are extremely grateful for her support and would happily recommend Kristina to anyone looking for someone knowledgeable, reliable and genuinely lovely to work with.
Vinay Roy
Fractional AI Strategist | ex-CPO | ex-Nvidia | ex-Apple | UC Berkeley Faculty
One of the most thoughtful, grounded, and professionally relevant AI implementation blueprints I've seen. Kristina brought her full self to this project - her legal and maritime expertise, operational insight, and vision for what's possible with AI resulted in an approach that was both compelling and deeply authentic.
Maritime experience.
A wider horizon.
Southern Sky AI brings together Kristina's work in AI, her background in law and her experience in the maritime industry.
We work with marine and superyacht businesses, and with organisations whose needs connect with the same expertise.
About Kristina and Southern Sky AIRecent writing.
The Great Equaliser
A short film called Candy, my own giant-and-kraken opener for Monaco, and what AI video opens up for your business.
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Managing AI risk in yachting: ISS Leadership Series, Monaco 2026
A six-minute briefing on the risks of using AI in yachting and superyacht management, and how to manage them, made for the ISS Leadership Series in Monaco on 23 September 2026.
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An AI Agent Acts For You
What an AI agent is, why one is usually a team of them working to an org chart, what a marketing build looks like inside, and the parts of the job that stay with you.
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Draw a Banana: How AI Models Work
Why a language model reaches for the most ordinary answer, how computer vision does the same thing with pixels, and why bias comes out of that mechanism rather than being added on top.
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The Butterfly in the Machine
Why an AI system gives different answers to the same question, what a rounding error in 1961 has to do with your build in 2026, and what it takes to run systems that keep moving.
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Eighteen months in AI feels like forty years
In May 2025 I told our industry the safest AI tier started at USD $10,000. That tier now sits on a desk, and deployment starts with a goal stated in your own words. What changed, what it costs,…
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The EU AI Act: the two duties that apply to your business now
Seventeen minutes on the training duty and the transparency rules, with the EU's July guidance on what needs a disclosure and what doesn't.
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The website your clients' AI assistant reads
The digital duel that turned into a discipline: AEO in plain words, and what an AEO-informed build changes on a maritime website.
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What a finished AI build looks like
Five documented builds from the Log Book, and what deployment actually means: tools handed over working, configured to your systems, with documentation.
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The twelve questions an AI use policy has to answer
What an insurer, auditor or client reads for in an AI use policy: twelve questions that test any draft, template-started or written from scratch, before someone asks to see it.
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What AI training delivers when it's built for maritime operations
What a maritime AI training day delivers: capability people keep, confidence on real tasks, and three documented deliveries from the Log Book.
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I Am the Bottleneck: One Week With Fable 5
Seven days with Anthropic's Fable 5 across client systems, two product launches, and back-burner builds. What one person can carry, and what stays human.
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When someone asks for your AI position in writing
The buyer's moment when a client, board or insurer asks how you use AI: four engagements from the Log Book, and what a written AI position does for each.
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The Question Has Changed
A year ago, leaders asked whether they should be using AI. Now they ask how exposed they are to what their teams are already doing. That shift is a governance question, even when nobody uses the word.
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Model Dependency Is a Supply Chain Decision
When a US directive took Anthropic's newest models offline globally overnight, it made one question visible: if the AI tools your team uses every day were no longer available tomorrow, what would break?
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Prompt Injection: The Instruction You Did Not Give
AI agents can carry real work. Prompt injection is the risk to understand before you let one act for you. What it is, where it hides, and how to stay safe.
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Data That Builds Trust: Personalisation in Luxury Maritime
In a small, high-trust industry, personalisation works by knowing the individual, and privacy becomes discretion. Insights from the Yacht Femme Forum panel on data and trust.
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The 2026 AI Position Report: A Call for Contributions
We're opening the 2026 AI Position Survey, a short, anonymous instrument designed to map where maritime and superyacht leaders actually stand on AI right now. The findings will be published in the inaugural AI Position Report and shared…
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Twelve Months of AI, and Losing Sleep
Reflections from ASMEX 2026 on twelve months of AI in maritime: $11.5 billion spent in a single week on deployment, the 95% pilot failure rate, the 10 December 2026 Australian privacy deadline, and the seven things that have…
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Full recording of Kristina Agustin's keynote at the Australian Superyacht, Commercial Marine and Export Conference (ASMEX) 2026, twelve months of AI in maritime, the $11.5 billion consulting shift, and the seven things that have moved under our industry's…
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What the SaaSpocalypse and Vibe Coding Mean for Maritime Leaders
In February 2026, roughly $285 billion was wiped from SaaS valuations in 48 hours. Vibe coding has collapsed the cost of building software, and from 10 December 2026 Australian privacy law requires organisations to disclose where they use…
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The Door That Just Opened Inside Microsoft
Anthropic is now a Microsoft sub-processor. Claude Opus 4.7 runs inside the same tenant as your data. The agent layer connects to over 1,400 systems. For maritime companies that have been Microsoft-locked and AI-blocked, the procurement gate has…
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Which Problems Don't Belong to AI
AI adoption is three decisions at once: technology, business architecture, and human change. A framework from Harvard's Dr Arthur Brooks for discerning which problems belong to AI, and which belong to people.
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Steer Deliberately Into Disruption
What Anthropic's Mythos model means for maritime cybersecurity, invisible AI adoption, and why governance that waits for a crisis to define it arrives too late.
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Why Maritime Professionals Are Moving to Claude
A practical guide to Claude and the Anthropic product suite for maritime professionals, including how to migrate from ChatGPT, data privacy settings, and the governance considerations that apply to tool selection.
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Southern Sky AI Selected as Finalist for the Marinas26 Innovators and Start-Ups Showcase
Southern Sky AI has been selected as one of five finalists for the Innovators and Start-Ups Showcase at Marinas26, taking place 25 to 26 May 2026 at RACV Royal Pines Resort, Gold Coast.
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MARE Forum: Three Things Worth Knowing About AI in Maritime
Three things worth knowing about AI adoption in maritime, organisational AI architecture, agentic workflows, and why starting with implementation is not always the right first move.
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ISS Leadership Series: AI in Yachting (Panel Recording)
Full recording of the ISS Education Committee Leadership Series panel on AI in Yachting, moderated by Kristina Agustin in West Palm Beach, March 2026. Panelists: Jake Lazarus, Sara Shake, Claire Hagen, Alistair Callender, and Christina Norris.
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Structured AI adoption means holding five dimensions simultaneously: vision, discovery, security, efficiency, and accountability. Insights from the ISS Education Committee panel in West Palm Beach, March 2026.
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Joining the AI Panel at Marinas26
Southern Sky AI will join the AI: Practical Applications for Marinas panel at Marinas26, taking place 25 to 26 May 2026 at RACV Royal Pines Resort, Gold Coast.
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Kristina Agustin Returns as Judge for the 2026 Australian Marine Industry Awards
Kristina Agustin, founder of Southern Sky AI, returns for her third consecutive year as a judge of the Australian Marine Industry Awards, hosted by the Australian International Marine Export Group (AIMEX).
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AI in Superyacht Marketing: Insights from the USSA Superyacht Summit
Insights from the USSA Superyacht Summit AI in Marketing Panel, West Palm Beach, March 2026. Digital avatars, AEO, data governance, and what structured AI adoption looks like in practice.
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Speaking at ASMEX 2026
Kristina Agustin, Founder of Southern Sky AI, will speak in the AI in the Marine Industry session at ASMEX 2026 on 19 May 2026 at the Gold Coast, Queensland.
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Outranked by My Own Name: An AEO Origin Story
Understanding how AI systems form their picture of an entity, and doing the structural work to make that picture accurate and confident, is what shifted the results. An Answer Engine Optimisation story.
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The Model Wars: Don't Get Caught on the Wrong Side
The AI model landscape shifts faster than most organisations can respond. A structured guide to the four layers, company, model, product, system, and why model agnosticism is the design principle that matters.
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Kristina Agustin Joins USSA Superyacht Summit Panel on AI in Marketing
Kristina Agustin will join the U.S. Superyacht Association's Day of Insight, Influence, & Impact at the Superyacht Summit, contributing to a focused conversation on harnessing AI for marketing in the superyacht industry.
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From Sea to Sky: My Core Purpose
I have always moved toward things that challenge me. The gap between understanding and not understanding is rarely about intelligence, it is almost always about access.
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Southern Sky AI Founder to Speak at Super Yacht Americas WPB Edition 5, 2026
Kristina Agustin has been announced as a panelist for Super Yacht Americas WPB Edition 5, 2026, contributing to the conversation on how applied AI is transforming maritime and luxury experiences.
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Kristina Agustin to Moderate ISS West Palm Beach Leadership Series Panel on AI in Yachting
Kristina Agustin will moderate the ISS Education Committee panel on AI in yachting at the West Palm Beach Leadership Series on March 25, 2026, joined by Alastair Callender, Christina M. M. Norris, Claire Hagen, Jake Lazarus, and Sara…
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Considerations for AI Adoption
Episode 4, Part 3: Considerations for AI Adoption. A 7-minute guide to adopting AI securely, responsibly, and sustainably, covering data security levels, responsible AI principles, and environmental impact.
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Use Cases Across Maritime and Superyachts
Episode 3, Part 2: Use Cases Across Maritime and Superyachts. A 6-minute exploration of AI applications across the maritime and superyacht industries, from autonomous shipping to custom business solutions.
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What is AI?
Episode 2, Part 1: What is AI? A 5-minute deep dive into what artificial intelligence actually is, from Alan Turing's original question to today's generative and agentic AI systems.
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Why AI Now?
Episode 1: Introduction, Why AI Now? This is a 5-minute introduction to a 60-minute industry field briefing called 'Steering Deliberately Into Disruption.'
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Where to Start with AI Adoption
Episode 5, Part 4: Where to Start with AI Adoption. Learn how to identify the right problems to solve, calculate ROI, and build the foundations for successful AI implementation in your organisation.
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Kristina Agustin Awarded ATSE Elevate Scholarship
Southern Sky AI founder Kristina Agustin has been selected as an Elevate scholar through the Australian Academy of Technological Sciences & Engineering, supporting her Master of Artificial Intelligence studies.
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Southern Sky AI 2025 Industry Presentations
Kristina Agustin presented at four major maritime and superyacht conferences in 2025, guiding leaders through practical, secure and responsible AI adoption.
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GPT-5.2: A Meaningful Step Forward
OpenAI released GPT-5.2 today, a significant leap in reasoning, decision-making, and complex multi-step tasks. Here's what it means for knowledge work.
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Australia's National AI Plan: What It Means for Leaders
The Australian Department of Industry, Science and Resources released the National AI Plan. Here's a quick TLDR and what it means for business leaders.
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AI Is Advancing Faster Than Our Instincts
Major governments have released new AI initiatives showing how quickly the global environment is shifting. Here are three current updates shaping the landscape.
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Australian AI Week 2025: Resources for Businesses
The Australian National AI Centre is encouraging businesses to take their next step with AI during AI Week, with open events, webinars, and practical resources.
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Southern Sky AI Receives eBusiness Institute Australia Award for Excellence
Southern Sky AI has been honoured with the eBusiness Institute Australia Award for Excellence, recognising digital businesses that deliver results with professionalism and build trust through expertise.
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Building the Plane While Flying It: Reflections on AI, Power and Energy at SXSW Sydney 2025
Listening to OpenAI's VP of Global Affairs at SXSW Sydney 2025 made me realise that even frontier leaders feel like they're building the plane in the air.
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What I Learned from a Day Inside the SXSW Sydney 2025 Hackathon
A reflection on the SXSW Sydney 2025 Hackathon x Build Club powered by National AI Centre, where the people mattered more than the prototype.
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Southern Sky AI Joins the National AI Directory
Southern Sky AI is now listed on the Australian Government's National AI Directory, established by the National AI Centre and the Department of Industry, Science and Resources.
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Kristina Agustin Achieves CPD Certified AI Trainer Accreditation
Southern Sky AI founder Kristina Agustin has achieved CPD Certified AI Trainer accreditation through AI for Non-Techies, underscoring Southern Sky AI's commitment to practical, accessible AI training.
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Kristina Agustin Speaks on AI at the Australian Superyacht Conference 2025
Southern Sky AI founder Kristina Agustin presented on AI in the superyacht industry at the Australian Superyacht Conference, exploring practical applications and leading through change.
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Digital Avatars: A Practical Demo for Maritime Industries
At the Australian Superyacht Conference, I showed a Digital Avatar demo, a quick look at how AI can work for our industry, not just in theory, but in practice.
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Get to know AI through explanations, conversations and practical experience.
Managing AI risk in yachting
The six-minute Monaco 2026 briefing, presented by Kristina’s AI avatar.
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Short episodes to help you understand AI and decide where to begin.
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