Anthropic has filed for an IPO, putting the Claude maker, investor FOMO and the costly reality of the AI boom on a collision course with public markets.
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A jury said Elon Musk was too late to challenge OpenAI’s for-profit turn, clearing a legal cloud as the AI boom prepares to sell itself to public investors.
The USD11 billion AI startup, whose voice cloning tools have raised deepfake concerns, is expanding its enterprise presence in Australia and NZ.
Tim Cook hands over an Apple far richer and more powerful than the one he took over. But his successor John Ternus faces a much tougher job.
Canva has ripped up its product for the AI era, betting a full reboot and new pricing model can transform it from a design software company into a workplace software giant.
Allbirds, the NZ-founded wool shoe darling of the free-money era, is entering a bizarre second act as an AI infrastructure company. The vibes feel deeply familiar.
Software stocks have taken another pounding as Anthropic fed deep fears AI agents will absorb enterprise revenue, replace vendors and uncover decades-old bugs.
Anthropic’s Canberra roadshow was less about its AI model Claude than a far more important product: a close relationship with the Australian state.
A supply shock bigger than the Gulf War is hitting oil markets as the Middle East crisis continues, yet equities so far are reacting like it’s a routine wobble.
Atlassian is cutting 1,600 staff as it bets on AI, putting the spotlight on its unique and precarious exposure to the upheaval tearing through the software industry.
This week was a reminder that the artificial intelligence story is as much about power and leverage as it is about economics and finance.
In a week of AI anxiety, Block CEO Jack Dorsey announced cuts of almost half the workforce to chase its efficiency gains. The investor verdict so far: more, please.
A gloomy AI memo went viral this week, briefly spooking markets. Whether true or not, two Australian tech stories today suggest the pressures it describes are real.
Firmus is speeding towards the ASX with its AI infrastructure pitch, but market nerves are jangling over governance and its shifting strategy.
The AI boom has become a global economic shockwave, toppling stock prices as Big Tech races to buy the compute power of tomorrow.
Software companies are bleeding red across global markets today as fears of AI disruption grow. But the selloff might be more irrational than it looks at first blush.
With Coalition tensions rising, the scuttlebutt turns to who might follow Barnaby Joyce in defecting to Pauline Hanson’s One Nation.
As Big Tech rides the AI wave, Tesla’s pivot from cars to robots and energy demonstrates Elon Musk’s latest reinvention of his ever-evolving empire.
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney told Davos today the rules-based international order is dead. Australia is still clinging to the hope it just needs a tune-up.
The pact between Microsoft and the Australian Council of Trade Unions on AI deployment and skills training shows the boom’s politics in action.
A criminal probe into US Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell is the latest marker of a Trump presidency defined by disruption — and a world trying to adapt to it.
The year hasn't started quietly, with a royal commission backflip, a One Nation polling jolt, Trump tremors, BlueScope drama and the onward march of AI all packing the calendar early.
Australian founder Max Marchione’s ambitious health tech startup Superpower captures the new Silicon Valley mood: loud, brash and convinced AI will eat the world.
Netflix’s megabid for Warner Bros Discovery's film assets marks the final act in Hollywood’s decades-long battle with Big Tech. And the tech giants are winning.
Nvidia's jaw-dropping quarterly result is once again raising a key question: is the artificial intelligence boom a bubble, or a megacycle for the ages?
Sydney-based IREN has struck a $14.8 billion deal with Microsoft to fuel its AI cloud ambitions, underlining its transformation from Bitcoin miner to 'neocloud' operator.
Nvidia’s Jensen Huang is telling anyone who will listen that there is no AI bubble. OpenAI’s revamp and Big Tech results will put that faith to the test.
The Albanese government’s decision to reject a text and data mining exemption in copyright law marks the end of the first battle over AI in Australia — for now.
With Anthony Albanese set to sit down with Donald Trump overnight, the stakes are high. For now, a friendly meeting looks likelier than a bruising Oval Office clash.
The AI boom is reshaping venture capital, with massive Silicon Valley funding rounds leaving Australia’s smaller funds looking to find their own deep tech edge.
OpenAI’s lavish chip deal with AMD had markets buzzing, and gave AI bubble watchers some fresh fodder for their future case studies.
AI hype has shifted from sci-fi panic to old-fashioned bubble speculation. With Australia hoping to hitch a ride on the data centre boom, the future is looking uncertain and very expensive.
Just as Anthony Albanese failed to land a meeting with Donald Trump, the Murdochs seemed to be weaselling their way back in with the president via the TikTok deal.
Atlassian’s $1.5 billion acquisition of DX shows how the company is pushing to stay important in the AI era, as new tools change how software development gets done.
Atlassian's browser bet is part defence, part gamble on how we’ll use software when the next wave of AI hits. But convincing knowledge workers to switch over will be a tough ask.
OpenAI's long-anticipated new model has arrived, but in a crowded, fast-moving market, the fanfare is fading and rivals are getting harder to beat.
The legal industry is at the tip of the spear in the AI shift, and top firms like Gilbert + Tobin are racing to make it part of every lawyer’s toolkit.
A new report on Donald Trump’s ‘bawdy’ birthday message to Jeffrey Epstein has capped a chaotic week of paranoia, backlash and uneasy questions from the MAGA faithful.
Elon Musk has reignited his psychodrama with Trump with his new party, threatening Republican unity and testing how far billionaire egos can shape US politics.
With the US tariff pause set to expire, Australia seems unlikely to get a deal that's either better or worse — and 10% may be as good as it gets amid ongoing trade concerns.
