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The data enrichment startup has raised a seed round from Google's AI fund and Silicon Valley investors.

Australian lawyer John Denton, who heads up the International Chamber of Commerce, wants broader input from traditional industries and civil society in shaping AI frameworks.

The tech lobbying group's push to weaken copyright laws for AI companies has exposed tensions within its membership base between startups and global software giants.

The Tasmanian founder of popular Apple design app Procreate is one of the few sceptical voices in tech on generative AI. "When civilisation has no incentive to produce, we get into a very dark time."

A new generation of Australian fund managers is iterating on traditional venture capital models, creating retail-accessible funds, secondary market strategies and hybrid debt-equity structures as competition from mega-funds forces innovation.

The ambitious clean energy project has encountered several difficulties but may now be primed to capitalise on a government push to attract AI data centres to Australia.

Atlassian co-founder and Tech Council chair Scott Farquhar says Australia’s copyright laws block billions in AI investment. But his argument might not stack up.

The e-conveyancing company is launching its services in the Northern Territory on Friday, making its platform truly national 15 years after its founding.

Newly released court documents for the first time detail Employment Hero's version of the events leading up to its lawsuit against ASX-listed giant Seek, one of its own investors.

The VC says it is not interested in raising "mega-funds", despite support from its latest raising from blue-chip US institutions including Harvard's endowment.

AI is making software faster and cheaper to build. That’s forcing venture capital firms to rethink how they fund the startups of the future.

Melbourne-based VC Boson Ventures has raised $10 million of a target $30 million fund and is positioning itself as a bridge between Australia and China.

NRF chair Martijn Wilder has told Capital Brief investing in the fund's other priority areas of agriculture, forestry, transport, military and green manufacturing is proving “difficult”.

Gilmour Space Technologies’ debut rocket may have crashed 14 seconds after launch. But getting off the ground at all marks a historic breakthrough for Australia’s sovereign space ambitions.

Updoc is expanding from consumer services into the enterprise market, leveraging a network of flexible doctors to deliver one-hour consultations across Australia.

Australia's National Reconstruction Fund has invested $150 million in venture capital firm Brandon Capital in a bid to stop promising biotech companies from moving offshore.

CEO David Gall said the fund can triple its investment target to $1.5 billion next year while delivering emergency loans to industries hit by market disruption.

The proptech startup says its AI-powered platform, which identifies high growth-suburbs, and shared equity loans, eliminate the need for deposits.

The Melbourne startup is looking to expand its AI-powered health platform, aiming to make life-saving, preventive care more accessible in Australia and beyond.

The company, founded by fintech veterans, has opened pre-orders for its purpose-built workstations as they explore bringing final assembly back to Australia.

While 189 companies raised $100 million rounds last year, only 37 VC-backed companies went public — fuelling a shadow market where private shares trade against company wishes.

An investigation following a whistleblower complaint has dismissed most allegations aside from procedural failures relating to document handling and record keeping.

Australian design giant Canva is appearing on US trading platforms despite the company forbidding such transactions, as demand for pre-IPO exposure continues to rise.

Boutique Capital has quietly become the back office provider of choice for Australia's next generation of fund managers. And it's just been snapped up in an under-the-radar deal.