What happens to young men when AI starts replacing jobs, universities lose value, and the future feels increasingly unstable?

In this episode of Cut Through, we sit down with Justin Stafford — tech entrepreneur, engineer, founder and CEO of BlueShift, a software company building enterprise systems used by major Australian and global brands. Justin has spent more than two decades working at the forefront of technology, building teams, scaling products, hiring engineers, and navigating the rapid rise of AI and automation.

But what makes this conversation different is that Justin isn’t just another Silicon Valley-style futurist.

He’s deeply technical, highly analytical, building autonomous systems and experimenting with emerging technology in the real world — while also being a husband, father, disciplined builder, and person of faith.

We talk about:

• whether AI is genuinely reshaping humanity
• the jobs and careers most at risk
• why universities are losing relevance
• the widening gap between adaptable people and those falling behind
• side projects, discipline and building leverage
• entrepreneurship, resilience and failure
• humanoid robots and the future of work
• why Justin believes we may be living in a simulation
• how a highly technical founder still rationally believes in God
• and where young men can find meaning and purpose in an increasingly artificial world

This isn’t a hype-driven AI conversation.

It’s a grounded discussion about how to remain valuable, disciplined and fully human in a world changing faster than most people are prepared for.

If you’re a young man trying to figure out:

• what future to build
• what skills still matter
• how to avoid drifting through life
• whether faith still makes sense
• and how to not get left behind…

this episode is for you.