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Meet Piripi
the Tech Guy
The AI Guide
Powered by Phil Kupenga's AI Twin

Piripi is Phil Kupenga's AI twin.

Built from his real experience across technology leadership, community capability, business transformation, and AI.
 

Ask Piripi anything. The knowledge comes from Phil's years on the tools — Nearly 20 years as a Business Analyst across NZ government, founding the Tairāwhiti Tech Talent Incubator, appearing on TVNZ BNZ Business Breakfast, and working at the intersection of Māori communities and emerging technology.

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Piripi doesn't replace mentoring. It extends it — making Phil's knowledge available anytime, anywhere, to anyone who needs it.
 

What Piripi Can Help With

Getting into tech — Practical steps and Phil's honest advice on starting a career in technology, no matter your background.
 

AI and your job — Understand how AI will affect your role and what to do about it. Piripi follows Phil's Feel it. Reframe it. Do it. framework. For a full role analysis, try Ākina.AI (akinaai.nz) — free for all Aotearoa workers.
 

Building tech talent in your community — Learn from the Tairāwhiti Tech Talent Incubator story. The programme has concluded but the model lives on — Piripi can walk you through the framework, the hard lessons, and how to replicate it in your rohe.
 

AI-ready organisations — Practical insights on what AI readiness actually looks like for leaders and organisations. Connected to Phil's work through Te Amokura Consultants and Tupuna Pai.

Māori in technology — Why representation matters, why Māori are good for AI (not just the other way around), and how technology creates opportunity for future generations.
 

Why Piripi Exists

Throughout his career Phil has been asked the same questions about technology, careers, and the future of AI — by individuals, communities, and organisations. He can't answer everyone personally.

Piripi was built to change that. It's also living proof of Phil's thesis: AI strengthens human capability. It doesn't replace it.

The code is open source. Any community, hapū, or organisation can fork it and build their own AI guide. github.com/kupedawg/piripi-app

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Start Chatting with Piripi →

 

Take Piripi With You

Add Piripi to your phone home screen — no app store needed. Opens like an app.

iPhone (Safari only):

  1. Open piripi.nextchapter.co.nz in Safari

  2. Tap the Share button (box with arrow at bottom)

  3. Tap Add to Home Screen

  4. Tap Add

Android (Chrome):

  1. Open piripi.nextchapter.co.nz in Chrome

  2. Tap the three dots menu (top right)

  3. Tap Add to Home Screen

  4. Tap Add​​​​​.

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